Editorial

Pound of prevention, ounce of cure?

CMAJ 2004 171: 213; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041125 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Éditorial

Vaut-il mieux guérir que prévenir?

CMAJ 2004 171: 215; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041126 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Highlights of this issue

Highlights of this issue

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Letters • Correspondance

Treatment of locally advanced breast cancer

Sunil Verma, Mark Clemons, Barbara Fitzgerald, and Orit Freedman
CMAJ 2004 171: 219; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040532 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of locally advanced breast cancer

Deepu Mirchandani, Kamal Haider, and Haji Chalchal
CMAJ 2004 171: 219-220; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040624 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Treatment of locally advanced breast cancer

Joseph L. Pater
CMAJ 2004 171: 220-221; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040625 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Treatment of locally advanced breast cancer

Tamara Shenkier, Mark Levine, and Ivo Olivotto
CMAJ 2004 171: 221-222; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040848 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correction

CMAJ 2004 171: 222; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041117 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Synopsis • Synopsis

       News • Nouvelles

Crisis in orthopedic care: surgeon and resource shortage

         Pauline Comeau
         CMAJ 2004 171: 223; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041073 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Immigration could strain EU health services

         Colin Meek
         CMAJ 2004 171: 224; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041071 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Czech Republic fears EU membership will lure doctors

         Dinah A. Spritzer
         CMAJ 2004 171: 224-225; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041072 [Full Text] [PDF]  

OCFP pesticide study triggered by complaint

         Pauline Comeau
         CMAJ 2004 171: 225; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041034 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alberta continues cat-and-mouse game with reform

         Lisa Gregoire
         CMAJ 2004 171: 226; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041075 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Germany's new user fee cuts doctor visits

         Claudia Orellana
         CMAJ 2004 171: 226; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041004 [Full Text] [PDF]  

BC contracting-out a threat to privacy and health acts

         Deborah Jones
         CMAJ 2004 171: 227; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041092 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Canadian inmates unhealthy and high risk

         Donalee Moulton
         CMAJ 2004 171: 227; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041070 [Full Text] [PDF]  

News @ a glance

         Barbara Sibbald
         CMAJ 2004 171: 228; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041069 [Full Text] [PDF]  

       Analysis • Analyses

New directions in drug approval

         Joel Lexchin
         CMAJ 2004 171: 229-230; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040330 [Full Text] [PDF]  

       Practice • Dans la practique

              Public Health • Santé publique

New outbreaks of polio: WHO issues travel warning

                       Aleksandra Misak
                       CMAJ 2004 171: 231; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

              In the literature

Should we use albumin or saline for fluid resuscitation of critically ill patients?

                       Roy Ilan and Robert A. Fowler
                       CMAJ 2004 171: 232; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040960 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

              Clinical Vistas • Images cliniques

Pulmonary abscess with bacteremia in a young man

                       Markus G. Engelmann, Sigrid Nikol, and Claus Vogelmeier
                       CMAJ 2004 171: 233; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031525 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Research • Recherche

Determinants of overdose incidents among illicit opioid users in 5 Canadian cities

Benedikt Fischer, Suzanne Brissette, Serge Brochu, Julie Bruneau, Nady el-Guebaly, Lina Noël, Jürgen Rehm, Mark Tyndall, Cameron Wild, Phil Mun, Emma Haydon, and Dolly Baliunas
CMAJ 2004 171: 235-239; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031416 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in a provincial population of Canadian preschool children

Patricia M. Canning, Mary L. Courage, and Lynn M. Frizzell
CMAJ 2004 171: 240-242; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040075 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Commentary • Commentaire

Early childhood obesity: a call for early surveillance and preventive measures

J. Douglas Willms
CMAJ 2004 171: 243-244; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040938 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Are the recommendations to use perioperative ß-blocker therapy in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery based on reliable evidence?

P.J. Devereaux, Salim Yusuf, Homer Yang, Peter T.-L. Choi, and Gordon H. Guyatt
CMAJ 2004 171: 245-247; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031619 [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Ethics review procedures for research in developing countries: a basic presumption of guilt

Robert H. Gilman and Hector H. Garcia
CMAJ 2004 171: 248-249; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031121 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review • Synthèse

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency in elderly patients

Emmanuel Andrès, Noureddine Henoun Loukili, Esther Noel, Georges Kaltenbach, Maher Ben Abdelgheni, Anne Elisabeth Perrin, Marie Noblet-Dick, Frédéric Maloisel, Jean-Louis Schlienger, and Jean-Frédéric Blicklé
CMAJ 2004 171: 251-259; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1031155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Online Appendix] View Animation  

The Left Atrium • Côté Coeur

Digital bodies

Normand Carrey
CMAJ 2004 171: 261-262; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041124 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Napalm

Ted St. Godard
CMAJ 2004 171: 262-264; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041019 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tough night for call

Amrita Burdick
CMAJ 2004 171: 263; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040452 [Full Text] [PDF]  

The man who kept his wife in a box

Beverley Smith
CMAJ 2004 171: 264; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040729 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deaths • Nécrologie

Deaths

CMAJ 2004 171: 295; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1041074 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Query • Réflexion

Query

CMAJ 2004 171: 296; doi:10.1503/cmaj.1040387 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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