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As of July 1, 2008, CMAJ discontinued the Deaths department. It was a difficult decision, which we took for several reasons. Most importantly, we appreciated that we were not doing a very thorough job at providing this information. Because of space and human resource limitations, we were providing only the most basic of details (in most cases). This seemed not only inadequate but also disrespectful.
In addition, the obituary notices published pertained only to members of the Canadian Medical Association. Thus, they did not reflect the entire population of Canadian physicians. In effect, the listings were a membership service. We therefore decided that the listings more properly belonged on the CMA website (www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/86505/la_id/1.htm).
We encourage you to visit the CMA website where you will find a comprehensive, up-to-date listing.
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Competing interests: See www.cmaj.ca/misc/edboard.shtml