Canadian Medical Association Journal: 182 (6)

April 06, 2010; Volume 182,Issue 6

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CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 531;

Editorial

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No more dithering on e-health: let’s keep patients safe instead
Kimberlyn McGrail, Michael Law and Paul C. Hébert

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.092189

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Strategies to decrease the rate of preventable readmission to hospital
Norbert Goldfield

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 538-539; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100243
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Good prescribing: better systems and prescribers needed
Simon Maxwell

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 540-541; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100335

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Ontario’s plan for electronic health records is at risk, official says
Paul Christopher Webster

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E253-E254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3193
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Premier not alone in venturing south of the 49th parallel for medical treatment
Brittany Hinds

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E255-E256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3199
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Recalibration or “regurgitation”?
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E257-E258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3200
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Pilot projects lay foundation for national tissue surveillance and traceability system
donalee Moulton and Wayne Kondro

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E259-E260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3195
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Democrats consider playing trump card in effort to pass Obama’s health reforms
Cal Woodward

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E261-E262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3198
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Dispatch from the medical front: Antiobiotics without food
S. Kate Amiel

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E263; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3173
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Accountability key for patient charter
Roger Collier

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E264; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3192
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Briefly
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E265-E266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3205
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For the record
CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E267-E268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3206
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Federal budget light on initiatives for health, research
Wayne Kondro

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 542-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3201
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Global shift toward increased biovigilance
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 544-546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3196
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Where “stigma leaves the room”
Roger Collier

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-3197

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Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community
Carl van Walraven, Irfan A. Dhalla, Chaim Bell, Edward Etchells, Ian G. Stiell, Kelly Zarnke, Peter C. Austin and Alan J. Forster

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 551-557; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091117
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Accuracy of patient-reported height loss and risk factors for height loss among postmenopausal women
Karine Briot, Erik Legrand, Denis Pouchain, Stéphanie Monnier and Christian Roux

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 558-562; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090710
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Why do patients with cancer visit the emergency department near the end of life?
Lisa Barbera, Carole Taylor and Deborah Dudgeon

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 563-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091187
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Association between parity and risk of suicide among parous women
Chun-Yuh Yang

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 569-572; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090813

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Public Health: Keeping children safe: rethinking how we design our surroundings
Andrew W. Howard

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 573-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.080162

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Preparing for infectious disease threats at mass gatherings: the case of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games
Kamran Khan, Clark C. Freifeld, Jun Wang, Sumiko R. Mekaru, David Kossowsky, Amy L. Sonricker, Wei Hu, Jennifer Sears, Angie Chan and John S. Brownstein

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 579-583; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100093

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Clinical Images: Successive sebopsoriasis, erysipelas and Koebner phenomenon
Manuelle Viguier and Hervé Bachelez

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) E252; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091387
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What is your call?: Work-up for Cushing syndrome
Lisa-Ann Fraser and Stan Van Uum

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 584-587; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090250
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Cases: Acquired primary hypothyroidism: vaginal bleeding in a quiet child
Anne Wormsbecker and Cheril Clarson

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 588-590; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090883
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Clinical Images: Lactation associated with a pituitary tumour in a man
T.M. Anoop, P.K. Jabbar and Joseph M. Pappachan

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 591; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090888

Letters

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The pursuit of excellence
R.J. Riopelle

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 592; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2036
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Tough choices?
Ralph F. Bloch

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 592-592-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2044
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Indigenous health
Gerry K. Schwalfenberg

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 592-592-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2042
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Children with brain injuries
Sascha Meyer

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 592-593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2045
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Seasonality and H1N1
Richard Schabas

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2039
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Commercial ultrasound
Edward J. Cormode

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 593-593-a; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2037
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Intubation in acute asthma
Stephen E. Lapinsky

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 593-593-b; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2043
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The problem with sleep?
James M. Walker

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 593-593-c; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110-2047

Humanities

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Creative Works: For the love of a man
Barbara Whelan

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 594-595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090232
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Books: Making a case for medical miracles
Shelley McKellar

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 595-596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091943

Salon

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Stop the beef eaters, save the world
Edward S. Weiss

CMAJ April 06, 2010 182 (6) 636; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.100123

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