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Table of Contents

December 15, 1997; Volume 157,Issue 12

Editorial * Éditorial

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    Editor's preface
    J. Hoey
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1649;
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    Mot du rédacteur en chef
    J. Hoey
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1649;

Letters * Correspondance

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    Speaking from the heart
    P. Neumann
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1736;
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    Speaking from the heart
    D. Rapoport
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1736;
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    Factors in low birth weight
    A. T. Shennan
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1737-1738;
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    Factors in low birth weight
    K. S. Joseph and M. S. Kramer
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1738-1739;
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    Licence plates for drugs
    D. J. Doyle
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1739;
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    The best solutions may be simplest
    W. B. Houston
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1739-1740;
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    Where does our duty lie?
    H. M. Scott
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1740;
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    Is it ethical to forgo treatment?
    W. A. Lafrance
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1740-1741;
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    Is it ethical to forgo treatment?
    P. A. Singer
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1741;

Review * Synthèse

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    Native health -- It's time for action
    B. Postl
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1655-1656;
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    Clinical nutrition -- The DASH to lower blood pressure
    L. J. Hoffer
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1657-1658;
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    Cardiovascular disease -- Disheartening developments on the world stage
    G. Paradis, G. R. Dagenais and A. Chockalingam
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1659-1660;
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    Injury prevention -- The accidental patient
    R. J. Brison
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1661-1662;
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    Family medicine -- A practical foundation
    M. S. Godwin
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1667-1668;
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    Genetics -- Mendel might get dizzy
    J. G. Hall
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1669-1670;
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    Gastroenterology/Hepatology -- Less hype, more hope
    E. Shaffer
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1671-1672;
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    Cardiology -- The heart of the matter
    W. L. Williams
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1673-1674;
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    Tropical medicine -- First the bad news . .
    J. D. MacLean and B. J. Ward
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1675-1676;
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    Respiratory medicine -- Breathing easier
    G. King and P. D. Pare
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1677-1679;
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    Surgery -- At the cutting edge
    J. L. Meakins
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1681-1682;
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    Emergency medicine -- Progress, frustration and controversy
    R. Gerace and B. McCauley
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1683-1684;
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    Men's health -- Progress in prostate cancer
    P. Warde and M. K. Gospodarowicz
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1685-1686;
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    Palliative care -- Death: a rewarding experience?
    T. A. Hutchinson and J. F. Seely
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1687-1688;
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    Bioethics -- Human values in health care: trying to get it right
    J. B. Dossetor
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1689-1690;
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    Research ethics -- Consent and discontent
    N. S. Wenger and M. F. Shapiro
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1691-1692;
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    Parenting -- All in the family
    H. Armstrong
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1693-1694;
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    HIV/AIDS -- One step forward, two steps back
    S. A. Strathdee and M. T. Schechter
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1699-1700;
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    Infectious diseases -- The latest word on emerging pathogens
    P. R. Gully
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1701-1702;
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    Antimicrobial resistance -- The microbes strike back
    A. J. McGeer and D. E. Low
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1703-1704;
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    Immunization -- Point, counterpoint
    D. W. Scheifele
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1705-1706;
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    Women's issue -- Women's health comes of age
    D. E. Stewart
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1711-1712;
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    Women's issues -- Cracking the glass ceiling
    M. Cohen
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1713-1714;
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    The information age -- What's up in medical informatics?
    R. B. Haynes, A. R. Jadad and D. L. Hunt
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1718-1719;
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    Medical publishing -- Plus ça change . .
    B. P. Squires
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1720-1721;
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    US health care -- This business called medicine
    L. Van Dusen
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1724-1725;
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    Health policy -- Wrong answers at the wrong time?
    R. Deber
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1726-1727;
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    Coming home -- You can go home again
    P. Vaughan
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1728-1729;
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    Politics -- Allan Rock comes a-courting
    C. Gray
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1730-1731;
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    Operatics -- Arias, anxieties and epidemics
    M. Hutcheon and L. Hutcheon
    CMAJ December 15, 1997 157 (12) 1734-1735;
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