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Table of Contents

December 02, 2008; Volume 179,Issue 12

Highlights

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    Highlights
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1233;

Dans ce numéro

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    Dans ce numéro
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1235;

Editorial

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    Statins, indication creep and risks for children and youth
    Noni MacDonald, Matthew B. Stanbrook and Michael J. Rieder
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081718

Éditorial

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    Les statines, l'étendue des indications et les risques pour les enfants et les adolescents
    Noni MacDonald, Matthew B. Stanbrook and Michael J. Rieder
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1241; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081831

Commentary

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    Can studies of harm be harmful?
    Joel G. Ray
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1243-1244; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081597
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    Treatment of community-acquired pneumonia
    Donald E. Low
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1245-1246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081593
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    Balancing evidence and opinion in stroke care: the 2008 best practice recommendations
    Mark Bayley, Patrice Lindsay, Chelsea Hellings, Elizabeth Woodbury, Stephen Phillips and ; on behalf of the Canadian Stroke Strategy (a joint initiative of the Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada)
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1247-1249; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081536

News

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    Patient-safety reforms inhibited by systemic impediments
    Ann Silversides
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1253-1255; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081790
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    Jordan's Principle remains in limbo
    Dan Lett
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081756
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    Health advocates assail Canada's asbestos stance
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1257; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081806
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    For the record
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081759
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    Canada needs paradigm shift in public health nutrition
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1259-1261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081755
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    Briefly
    Wayne Kondro
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081757
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    Dispatch from the medical front: Somali symbiosis, part 2: what I did
    John Barnhill
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1262-1262-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081760

Research

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    Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists and placenta-mediated adverse pregnancy outcomes
    Shi Wu Wen, Jia Zhou, Qiuying Yang, William Fraser, Olufemi Olatunbosun and Mark Walker
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1263-1268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080859
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    Respiratory fluoroquinolones for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
    Konstantinos Z. Vardakas, Ilias I. Siempos, Alexandros Grammatikos, Zoe Athanassa, Ioanna P. Korbila and Matthew E. Falagas
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1269-1277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080358

Review

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    Diagnosis and treatment of dementia: 6. Management of severe Alzheimer disease
    Nathan Herrmann and Serge Gauthier
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1279-1287; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.070804

Analysis

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    Global health: Health care reform in Chile
    Gabriel Bastías, Tomás Pantoja, Thomas Leisewitz and Víctor Zárate
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1289-1292; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.071843

Practice

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    Review: “Doctor, will that x-ray harm my unborn child?”
    Savithiri Ratnapalan, Yedidia Bentur and Gideon Koren
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1293-1296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080247
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    What is your call?: A spontaneous skin lesion
    Josie McCabe, Zoe Blades and Emmet E. McGrath
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1297-1299; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080635

Letters

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    No-fault compensation systems
    William S. Tucker
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1300-1301; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080118
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    Accuracy in images
    Albert Schumacher
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1301; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080113
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    Accuracy in images
    Rajendra Kale
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1301-1301-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081851

Corrections

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    Corrections
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1301-1301-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081812
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    Corrections
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1301-1301-c; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081825

Holiday reading

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    The cure is a gift
    Mark Frutkin
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1302-1303; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081748
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    Time to heal thyself: Christmas Eve
    Shane Neilson
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1303; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081173
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    Flawed physicians
    Michael Cussen
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1304-1305; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081556
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    Words are not wasted when there is soup to deliver
    Amy Hendricks
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1306-1307; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081749
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    Final exam
    Catherine Varner
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1307-1308; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081611
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    Book review: Spilling the beans on the pharmaceutical industry
    Miriam Shuchman
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1309-1310; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081496

Clinical images

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    Fracture of the maxillary bone during hyperbaric oxygen therapy
    Yi-Heng Liu, Te-Chun Hsia, Juhn-Cherng Liu and Wei Chen
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1351; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080713

Salon

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    A proposal for peace
    Mark Leith
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) 1352; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081778

Supplement

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    Canadian best practice recommendations for stroke care (updated 2008)
    Patrice Lindsay, Mark Bayley, Chelsea Hellings, Michael Hill, Elizabeth Woodbury, Stephen Phillips and ; (Canadian Stroke Strategy Best Practices and Standards Writing Group on behalf of the Canadian Stroke Strategy, a joint initiative of the Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada*)
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) S1-S25; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081148.R2

Supplément

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    Recommandations canadiennes pour les pratiques optimales de soins de l'AVC (mise à jour de 2008)
    Patrice Lindsay, Mark Bayley, Chelsea Hellings, Michael Hill, Elizabeth Woodbury, Stephen Phillips and ; (Groupe de rédaction Pratiques optimales et normes au nom de la Stratégie canadienne de l'AVC une initiative conjointe du Réseau canadien contre les accidents cérébrovasculaires et de la Fondation des maladies du cœur du Canada*)
    CMAJ December 02, 2008 179 (12) SF1-SF29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.081928
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