© 1999 Canadian Medical Association with the rest of us that the results of scientific research
often exert an influence in the social and political realm; indeed, policy-makers, among …

UK and will begin leukodepletion processing of donated blood. These decisions were taken
on the basis of evidence that the “hypothetical” risk that new variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob …

John Hoey, Anne Marie Todkill, Ken Flegel ß See related articles pages 173, 191 they
recognize imprecision in the measurement of other outcomes? Or will they and their physicians …

The Left Atrium mind Ruskin’s critique of the picturesque in that, despite the tragic ruin they
record, their most noticeable attribute is beauty. Many are interiors: paint peels in enormous …

But the physician who takes on an ancillary role as journalist may do both. The medical
intervention is not abandoned; the photographic intervention merely widens it into a public and …

Discussion of conflict of interest is not new to this journal; one variation on the theme concerned
the appointment of a pharmaceutical industry executive to the governing council of the …

Each of the above situations has arisen at CMAJ in the past 2 years. In the first set of instances
our responses were as follows.(1) We felt that including a disclosure of the competing …

Open Medicine 2008 2 (4): e26-32 traditional copyright limitations allows anyone the ability
to use science for learning, teaching and discussion without having to pay for its use in the …

Understanding and accommodating patients ‚values is a key aspect of patient-centred care.
Patients respond to illness and make health care decisions within a unique personal context …

From Barbara McGill Balfour, m melancholia & melanomata, artist’s book. sheet of glass, as
if ready for examination under a giant microscope. This exaggeration of scale reveals a …