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Table of Contents

February 12, 2008; Volume 178,Issue 4

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    Dans ce numéro
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 365-365-a;

Highlights of this issue

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    Highlights of this issue
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 365;

Editorial

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    Protecting Canadian travellers: Prevention is better than cure
    Jay S. Keystone
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080027

Éditorial

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    La protection des voyageurs canadiens : mieux vaut prévenir que guérir
    Jay S. Keystone
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 375; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080080

Commentary

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    Research: Mortality benefit from unrestricted access to clopidogrel: Too good to be true?
    Samy Suissa
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 425-427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071592
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    Health policy: Moving from opacity to transparency in pharmaceutical policy
    Irfan Dhalla and Andreas Laupacis
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 428-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070799
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    Optimizing the use of prescription drugs in Canada through the Common Drug Review
    Mike Tierney, Braden Manns and ; with the Members of the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 432-435; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070713

News

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    Searching for docs on foreign shores
    Miriam Shuchman
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 379-380; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080097
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    Physician, count thyself
    Elizabeth Howell
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 381-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080028
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    Doctors call for plan to curb physician shortage
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080071
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    Cigarette ads return to Canadian magazines
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 384-385; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080046
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    Checking up on Health Check
    Amanda Truscott
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 386-387; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080030
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    News @ a glance
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 388; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080039
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    Dispatch from the medical front: Pyrrhic victories
    Wendy Lai
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 388-388-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080037

Research

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    Comparison of provincial prescription drug plans and the impact on patients' annual drug expenditures
    Virginie Demers, Magda Melo, Cynthia Jackevicius, Jafna Cox, Dimitri Kalavrouziotis, Stéphane Rinfret, Karin H. Humphries, Helen Johansen, Jack V. Tu and Louise Pilote
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 405-409; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070587
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    Restrictive access to clopidogrel and mortality following coronary stent implantation
    Odile Sheehy, Jacques LeLorier and Stéphane Rinfret
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 413-420; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070586
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    Research letter: Availability of emergency contraception after its deregulation from prescription-only status: a survey of Ontario pharmacies
    Sheila Dunn, Thomas E.R. Brown and Jason Alldred
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 423-424; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070861

Practice

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    Teaching Case Report: Recognizing a common genetic syndrome: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
    Ronak K. Kapadia and Anne S. Bassett
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 391-393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071300
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    Interesting images: Pseudohorseshoe lung
    Navneet Singh, Ritesh Agarwal and Dheeraj Gupta
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 394; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070839
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    Clinical quiz: Leg pains, clubbing of digits and lung mass: What is your call?
    Jenn-Yu Wu and Jin-Yuan Shih
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 395-396; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071390
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    Public Health: Canine leptospirosis in Canada: a veterinarian's perspective
    John Prescott
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 397-398; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071092
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    Public Health: Leptospirosis in the family dog: a public health perspective
    Ken Brown and John Prescott
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 399-401; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071097

Letters

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    Funding for Canadian health care research
    Aaron M. Orkin
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 439; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1070164
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    Organ procurement and futile medical care
    Mohamed Y. Rady, Joseph L. Verheijde and Joan L. McGregor
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 439-440; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1070171
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    MedsCheck: an opportunity missed
    C. Shawn Tracy and Ross E.G. Upshur
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 440; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1070172

Corrections

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    Corrections
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 440-440-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080043
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    Corrections
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 440-440-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080087

The Left Atrium

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    Book review: Tuning into the mind
    Linda Hutcheon and Michael Hutcheon
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 441; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080035
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    Wit and whimsy: A modest request
    David Thow
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 442-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071263
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    Past progressive: Taking the waters in Banff, Alberta
    Katharine Fletcher
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 444; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080044

Deaths

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    Deaths
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080079

Salon

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    Supporters of the disabled should demand Latimer's release
    Ken Walker
    CMAJ February 12, 2008 178 (4) 520; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080045
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