Ayear ago the editors at CMAJ joined the interna-tional community of general medical
journals in deciding to devote a November issue to the impact of new technologies in …

This section is reserved for commentaries and brief essays dealing with matters of interest to
physicians. Material for consideration should not exceed five double-spaced typewritten …

Many of us in the practice of medicine are swimming in technology and yet we seldom
carefully observe its appropriate uses and how technology seems to be crowding out the …

Tolstoy-“Resurrection”[l] 0 ver the years, the medical profession has enjoyed a considerable
amount of trust from the public. This trust is in part a result of the humanitarian tradition …

New drugs, new devices, improved surgical techniques, and innovative diagnostic
procedures and equipment emerge rapidly. But development of these technologies has …

Almost every night on television, news stories describing the latest and greatest, the newest
and shiniest device, cure for cancer, surgical procedure, or weight loss drug, spill out over …

With this fundamental tension as a likely stimulus, the editors of 89 medical journals from
around the world voted to select “Impact of New Technologies in Medicine” as the topic for …

A lot of exciting" good news" about health is circulating these days. For instance, 12,000
Americans (that we know oO have reached 100 years of age or more, 1 and one of every …

Advances in medicine have brought us the stethoscope, artificial kidneys, and computerized
health records. They have also changed the doctor-patient relationship. This book explores …

The use of high technology in medicine continues to expand. Apart from the usual questions
that accompany the introduction of any new procedure in medical care, such as efficacy …