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Table of Contents

September 08, 2015; Volume 187,Issue 12

Highlights

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    Highlights
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 855;

Editorial

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    Why the federal government must lead in health care
    Matthew B. Stanbrook
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 858; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150896

Commentary

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    Investigations for patients with early-stage breast cancer: oversetting the stage
    Daniel Rayson and Geoff Porter
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 860-861; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150621
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    Regulating electronic cigarettes: finding the balance between precaution and harm reduction
    Ronald Labonté and Raphael Lencucha
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 862-864; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150347

News

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    Private cannabis clinics offer clients access
    Shannon Lough
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 865-866; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5119
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    New CMA president tackles demographic issues
    Barbara Sibbald
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 866-867; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5127
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    A new online tool to improve physician billing
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 868; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5120
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    Nova Scotia targets orthopedic wait times
    Quentin Casey
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E362; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5073
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    Panel recommends health care innovation fund to be administered by new agency
    Laura Eggertson
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E363-E364; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5117
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    Ebola needed better coordinated Canadian response
    Brian Owens
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E365; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5106
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    10 health stories that mattered: June 12–19
    Lauren Vogel
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5102
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    Synchrotron sheds new light on research questions
    Becky Rynor
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E367; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5097
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    10 health stories that mattered: June 19–25
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5110
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    The costs of vilifying pharma
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E369-E370; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5112
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    H1N1 vaccine and narcolepsy link discovered
    Carolyn Brown
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E371; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5118
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    Podcast: 10 questions with Dr. Peter Piot
    Lauren Vogel
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E372; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5101
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    Competing interests are a complex problem
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5103
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    Health Canada e-cigarette response delayed
    Lauren Vogel
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E374; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5122
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    Advocacy needed for borderline personality disorder
    Dane Wanniarachige
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E375-E376; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5096
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    Lessons from Ebola bring WHO reforms
    Shannon Lough
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E377-E378; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5125
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    The cannabis doctor is in
    Shannon Lough
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E379-E380; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5121
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    CIHR cutting MD/PhD training program
    Paul Christopher Webster
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E381-E382; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5124
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    WMA investigates its future president
    Paul Christopher Webster
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E383; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5128
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    10 health stories that mattered: June 26–July 3
    Roger Collier
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5114
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    Need to define patient engagement in research
    Shannon Lough
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E385-E386; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5109

Research

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    Effect of older age on treatment decisions and outcomes among patients with traumatic spinal cord injury
    Henry Ahn, Christopher S. Bailey, Carly S. Rivers, Vanessa K. Noonan, Eve C. Tsai, Daryl R. Fourney, Najmedden Attabib, Brian K. Kwon, Sean D. Christie, Michael G. Fehlings, Joel Finkelstein, R. John Hurlbert, Andrea Townson, Stefan Parent, Brian Drew, Jason Chen, Marcel F. Dvorak and Rick Hansen Spinal Cord Injury Registry Network
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 873-880; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150085
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    Imaging for distant metastases in women with early-stage breast cancer: a population-based cohort study
    Demetrios Simos, Christina Catley, Carl van Walraven, Angel Arnaout, Christopher M. Booth, Matthew McInnes, Dean Fergusson, Susan Dent and Mark Clemons
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E387-E397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150003

Research in CMAJ Open

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    Highlights
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 882; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150917

Review

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    Diagnosis and management of acute ischemic stroke: speed is critical
    Tapuwa D. Musuka, Stephen B. Wilton, Mouhieddin Traboulsi and Michael D. Hill
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 887-893; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140355

Practice

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    Decisions: A woman with a family history of glaucoma
    Alfred Basilious and Yvonne M. Buys
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 899-900; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140685
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    What is your call?: Nonresponding osteomyelitis in a two-year-old boy
    Sarah Khan, Jennifer Stimec and Ian Kitai
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 901-904; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140989
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    Cases: Peanut and fish allergy due to platelet transfusion in a child
    Joyce Cheung Yee Ching, Wendy Lau, Barbara Hannach and Julia Elizabeth Mainwaring Upton
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 905-907; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141407
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    Subungual malignant melanoma
    Stephan Braun and Peter Gerber
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 909; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140554
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    Five Things to Know About ...: Glaucoma
    Chris J. Hong and Graham E. Trope
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E398-E399; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140401

Letters

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    Lyme law: targeting best practices
    David M. Patrick
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 911; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1150054
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    Carter v. Canada
    Michael Slawnych, Leonie Herx, Jessica Simon and Srini Chary
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 911-912; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1150055
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    De-inking and docs
    Jason A. MacDonald
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 912; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1150057
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    Heart failure guidelines fail
    Justin A. Ezekowitz, Eileen O’Meara and Jonathan G. Howlett
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 912; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1150056

Humanities

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    Medicine and society: The rhetoric of female sexual dysfunction: faux feminism and the FDA
    Judy Z. Segal
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 915-916; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150363
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    Encounters: With friends like that …
    Ellen D. Feld
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) 917; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150181
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    Encounters: Au-delà des yeux glacés
    Fadila Naji
    CMAJ September 08, 2015 187 (12) E400-E401; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141615
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