Canadian Medical Association Journal: 169 (7)

September 30, 2003; Volume 169,Issue 7

Highlights of this issue

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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;

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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;

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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;

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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;

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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;

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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;

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CMAJ September 30, 2003 169 (7) 647;