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   Highlights
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Dans ce numéro   Back

   Dans ce numéro
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Editorial   Back

   Medical errors, apologies and apology laws
Noni MacDonald, MD MSc and Amir Attaran, LLB DPhil
CMAJ 2009 180: 11. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Éditorial   Back

   Erreurs médicales, excuses et lois sur les excuses
Noni MacDonald, MD MSc and Amir Attaran, LLB DPhil
CMAJ 2009 180: 13. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentary   Back

   Thiazolidinediones: Do harms outweigh benefits?
Lorraine L. Lipscombe, MD MSc
CMAJ 2009 180: 16-17. [Full Text] [PDF]  
   The controversy over the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine
Ross Andrews, PhD MPH and Sarah A. Moberley, BN MPH
CMAJ 2009 180: 18-19. [Full Text] [PDF]  

News   Back

   Clinical trials: the muddled Canadian landscape
Ann Silversides
CMAJ 2009 180: 20-22. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  
   Legumes, lemons and streptomycin: A short history of the clinical trial
Roger Collier
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   Physician allocation system in Quebec inhibits recruitment
Hannah Hoag
CMAJ 2009 180: 25. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  
   Incremental change, rather than wholesale reform, expected from new US president Barack Obama
Katie Lewis
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   Ex-provincial health minister sees red
Ann Silversides
CMAJ 2009 180: 27. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  
   Briefly
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ 2009 180: 28. [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Dispatch from the medical front: Somali symbiosis, part 3: how it affects me
John Barnhill
CMAJ 2009 180: 28. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  
   For the record
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ 2009 180: 29. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

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   Long-term use of thiazolidinediones and fractures in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis
Yoon K. Loke, MBBS MD, Sonal Singh, MD MPH, and Curt D. Furberg, MD PhD
CMAJ 2009 180: 32-39. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Résumé] [Online Appendices]  
   Comparison of prognosis for men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and men with cardiovascular disease
Gilles R. Dagenais, MD, Annie St-Pierre, PhD, Patrick Gilbert, MD, Benoît Lamarche, PhD, Jean-Pierre Després, PhD, Paul-Marie Bernard, MSc, and Peter Bogaty, MD
CMAJ 2009 180: 40-47. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Résumé]  
   Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination in adults: a meta-analysis
Anke Huss, PhD, Pippa Scott, MSc, Andreas E. Stuck, MD, Caroline Trotter, PhD, and Matthias Egger, MD MSc
CMAJ 2009 180: 48-58. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Résumé] [Online Appendices]  

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   Acute monoarthritis: What is the cause of my patient's painful swollen joint?
Lingling Ma, MD PhD, Ann Cranney, MD MSc, and Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc, MD
CMAJ 2009 180: 59-65. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Online Appendices]  

Analysis   Back

   Making early childhood count
Clyde Hertzman, MD MSc and Robin Williams, MD
CMAJ 2009 180: 68-71. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Practice   Back

   Teaching cases: Painful swelling in the thigh: diabetic muscle infarction
Ami Schattner, MD, Taiba Zornitzki, MD, Meital Adi, MD, and Joshua Friedman, MD
CMAJ 2009 180: 72-74. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  
   What is your call?: Migratory pulmonary infiltrates
Ewan C. Goligher, MD and Allan S. Detsky, MD PhD
CMAJ 2009 180: 75-77. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Letters   Back

   Use administrative databases with caution
Bruno Hubert, MD and Rodica Gilca, MD
CMAJ 2009 180: 78. [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Use administrative databases with caution
Sandra Dial, MD MSc and Samy Suissa, PhD
CMAJ 2009 180: 78-79. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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   Corrections
CMAJ 2009 180: 79. [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Corrections
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   Corrections
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   Creative works: Imagined lives
John Wood, MFA PhD
CMAJ 2009 180: 80-82. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only] [Online Appendix]  
   A note from the Humanities' editor
Barbara Sibbald, BJ
CMAJ 2009 180: 82. [Full Text] [PDF]  
   Review: Achieving self-definition
Shane Neilson, MD
CMAJ 2009 180: 83. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

Clinical images   Back

   Facial swelling after a dental procedure
Mariam Ghali Eskander, MD BSc
CMAJ 2009 180: 139. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

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   Doctors don't own medical knowledge
Tarek Abd El Halim, BSc
CMAJ 2009 180: 140. [Full Text] [PDF] [Figures Only]  

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