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Table of Contents

September 30, 2003; Volume 169,Issue 7

Highlights of this issue

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    Highlights of this issue
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 649;

Editorial

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    BMJ.com: toll-free no more
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 645;

Commentary

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    Are all evidence-based practices alike? Problems in the ranking of evidence
    Ross E.G. Upshur
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 672-673;
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    Report of the ombudsman–ethicist, 2002
    John B. Dossetor
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 674-675;
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    Introducing CMAJ's Readers' Advisory Panel
    Jennifer Thomas and John Hoey
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 676;
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    Letters, numbers, symbols and words: how to communicate grades of evidence and recommendations
    Holger J. Schünemann, Dana Best, Gunn Vist, Andrew D. Oxman and for The GRADE Working Group
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 677-680;

News

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    SARS had immense impact on some MDs' practices
    Brad Mackay
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 698;
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    SARS linked genetically to animals in China
    Allison Gandey
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 698-698-a;
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    Teacher takes helm of Nova Scotia's health care system
    Donalee Moulton
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 699;
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    Nursing shortage more urgent than expected
    Barbara Sibbald
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 699-699-a;
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    OxyContin class-action suit to proceed
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 699-699-b;
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    New Brunswick assailed over “sexist” abortion laws
    Donalee Moulton
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 700;
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    As one journal ends open-access policy, a new one embraces it
    Barbara Sibbald
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 700-700-a;
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    Fee-for-service v. salary: the debate is heating up
    Shelley Martin
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 701;
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    “There's an invisible whip on me”
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 701-701-a;
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    Are Canadians paying too much for generic drugs?
    Barbara Sibbald
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 702;
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    Gulf War syndrome ruling upheld in UK
    Cathel Kerr
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 702-702-a;
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    Obesity epidemic hits New Zealand
    Heather Kent
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 702-702-b;
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    News @ a glance
    Barbara Sibbald
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 703;

Research

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    Adherence and plasma HIV RNA responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1 infected injection drug users
    Evan Wood, Julio S.G. Montaner, Benita Yip, Mark W. Tyndall, Martin T. Schechter, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy and Robert S. Hogg
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 656-661;
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    Risk of emergency admission while awaiting elective cholecystectomy
    Boris Sobolev, Dale Mercer, Peter Brown, Mark FitzGerald, Diederick Jalink and Ralph Shaw
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 662-665;
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    Cervical cleaning improves Pap smear quality
    Andrew J. Kotaska and Jasenka P. Matisic
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 666-669;

Review

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    Diagnosis and management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
    Lorne S. Parnes, Sumit K. Agrawal and Jason Atlas
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 681-693;

Practice

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    The burden of rhinitis: nothing to sniff at
    Erica Weir
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 694;
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    Is transfer for primary angioplasty better than on-site fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction?
    Stephen Choi
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 695;
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    A 44-year-old woman with dry cough and solitary nodule
    Christine Hye Chong Lee
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 696-697;

Letters

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    No absolutes
    Anthony T. Kerrigan
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 651;
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    No absolutes
    Daniel Hackam
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 651-651-a;
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    Misdiagnosis of abuse
    A.J. Walter
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 651-652;
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    Misdiagnosis of abuse
    W. James King, Morag MacKay and Susan Bennett
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 652;
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    Correction
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 652-652-a;

Deaths

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    Deaths
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 736;

Éditorial

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    BMJ.com : l'accès gratuit disparaÎt
    CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 647;
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