Canadian Medical Association Journal: 188 (17-18)

December 06, 2016; Volume 188,Issue 17-18

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CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1202;

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Innovation and the new health accord
Matthew B. Stanbrook

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1207; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.161208

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An urgent call to increase access to evidence-based opioid agonist therapy for prescription opioid use disorders
M. Eugenia Socías and Keith Ahamad

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1208-1209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160554
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Addressing the limitations of the CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain
Jason W. Busse, David Juurlink and Gordon H. Guyatt

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1210-1211; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.161023
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Requiring physicians to dispense mifepristone: an unnecessary limit on safety and access to medical abortion
Wendy V. Norman and Judith A. Soon

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E429-E430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160581
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Seeking safe stool: Canada needs a universal donor model
Carolyn Edelstein, Jamie R. Daw and Zain Kassam

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E431-E432; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150672
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Pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation in endurance athletes: an overview of recent findings
Fabian Sanchis-Gomar and Alejandro Lucia

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E433-E435; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160416
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Evaluating the “family veto” of consent for organ donation
Maeghan Toews and Timothy Caulfield

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E436-E437; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160752

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Physician suicide still shrouded in secrecy
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1213; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5337
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MAiD in the Netherlands led by physicians
Barbara Sibbald

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1214-1215; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5342
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Most contributors to major US cancer guidelines have financial conflicts
Roger Collier

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1215; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5334
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Provincial economic crisis concerns Newfoundland and Labrador doctors
Donalee Moulton

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1216; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5335
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UN inaction emboldens attacks on health care
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E415-E416; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5340
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Uncertainty over MAiD likely to continue
Barbara Sibbald

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E417-E418; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5343
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Mouth and throat cancers from HPV on rise in men
Roger Collier

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E419-E420; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5347
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Assisted-dying demand concentrated in four provinces
Roger Collier

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E421-E422; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5345
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Doctors call to phase out coal-fired electricity
Barbara Sibbald

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E423-E424; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5348
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Switched before birth
Alison Motluk

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5346
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Landmark Halifax decision heads to appeal court
donalee Moulton

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E426; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5344
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One in 18 patients harmed in hospital
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5351
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NHS England aims to increase transparency
Roger Collier

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E428; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-5341

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In-hospital mortality after hip fracture by treatment setting
Katie J. Sheehan, Boris Sobolev, Pierre Guy, Lisa Kuramoto, Suzanne N. Morin, Jason M. Sutherland, Lauren Beaupre, Donald Griesdale, Michael Dunbar, Eric Bohm and Edward Harvey; for The Canadian Collaborative Study of Hip Fractures

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1219-1225; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160522
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Association of maternal chronic disease with risk of congenital heart disease in offspring
Hsin-Hsu Chou, Meng-Jiun Chiou, Fu-Wen Liang, Lea-Hua Chen, Tsung-Hsueh Lu and Chung-Yi Li

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E438-E446; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160061
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Job insecurity and risk of diabetes: a meta-analysis of individual participant data
Jane E. Ferrie, Marianna Virtanen, Markus Jokela, Ida E.H. Madsen, Katriina Heikkilä, Lars Alfredsson, G. David Batty, Jakob B. Bjorner, Marianne Borritz, Hermann Burr, Nico Dragano, Marko Elovainio, Eleonor I. Fransson, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Aki Koskinen, Anne Kouvonen, Meena Kumari, Martin L. Nielsen, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Krista Pahkin, Jan H. Pejtersen, Jaana Pentti, Paula Salo, Martin J. Shipley, Sakari B. Suominen, Adam Tabák, Töres Theorell, Ari Väänänen, Jussi Vahtera, Peter J.M. Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Reiner Rugulies, Solja T. Nyberg and Mika Kivimäki; for the IPD-Work Consortium

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E447-E455; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150942
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Maternal morbidity and perinatal outcomes among women in rural versus urban areas
Sarka Lisonkova, Matthew D. Haslam, Leanne Dahlgren, Innie Chen, Anne R. Synnes and Kenneth I. Lim

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E456-E465; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151382

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CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1229; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.161338

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Caring for patients with opioid use disorder in the hospital
Joseph H. Donroe, Stephen R. Holt and Jeanette M. Tetrault

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1232-1239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160290
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Diagnosis and management of supraventricular tachycardias
Lior Bibas, Michael Levi and Vidal Essebag

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E466-E473; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160079
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Taking action on the social determinants of health in clinical practice: a framework for health professionals
Anne Andermann; for the CLEAR Collaboration

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E474-E483; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160177
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Managing smoking cessation
Robert D. Reid, Gillian Pritchard, Kathryn Walker, Debbie Aitken, Kerri-Anne Mullen and Andrew L. Pipe

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E484-E492; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151510

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Effective Canadian policy to reduce harms from prescription opioids: learning from past failures
Benedikt Fischer, Jürgen Rehm and Mark Tyndall

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1240-1244; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160356
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Palliative care for chronic illness: driving change
Graeme Rocker, James Downar and R. Sean Morrison

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E493-E498; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151454
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The case for an essential medicines list for Canada
Gina Eom, Paul Grootendorst and Jacalyn Duffin

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E499-E503; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160134

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Decisions: A 25-year-old woman with diabetes in custody
Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian, Wendy Lai, Aaron Orkin and Barbora Pek

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1249-1250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151232
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What is your call?: An 82-year-old man with ataxia and dysarthria
Lilian L.Y. Vivas, Wayne L. Gold, Daniel M. Mandell and Peter E. Wu

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1251-1254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150573
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Cases: Treatment of severe frostbite with iloprost in northern Canada
Alexander Poole and Josianne Gauthier

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1255-1258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151252
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Five things to know about …: Thyroid nodules
Sami P. Moubayed and Mark L. Urken

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1259; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160300
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Clinical Images: Acute coral contact dermatitis
Laura Miguel-Gomez and Pablo Fonda-Pascual

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151370
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Cases: Persistent mild increase of human chorionic gonadotropin levels in a 31-year-old woman after spontaneous abortion
Jianing Chen, Sheri-Lee Samson, James Bentley and Yu Chen

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E504-E508; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151481
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Cases: Primary pulmonary artery angiosarcoma mimicking pulmonary embolism in a 66-year-old man with dyspnea
Philippe Desmarais, Mikhael Laskine and Christine Caporuscio

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E509-E512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.151417
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Cases: River otter bite in a 52-year-old woman: managing animal bites
Matthew P. Cheng, Leighanne O. Parkes, Katryn Paquette, Cedric P. Yansouni and Todd C. Lee

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E513-E516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160032
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Cases: Well-differentiated thyroid cancer: Thyroidectomy or lobectomy?
Wouter P. Kluijfhout, Lorne E. Rotstein and Jesse D. Pasternak

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E517-E520; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160336
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Cases: Lead toxicity from glazed ceramic cookware
Michael Fralick, Aaron Thomspson and Ophyr Mourad

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E521-E524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160182
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Cases: Laparoscopic management of ruptured heterotopic pregnancy after intrauterine insemination
Marie Hutchinson and Cynthia Chan

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E525-E527; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160110
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Cases: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the treatment of severe refractory hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome
Han Yao and Emily G. McDonald

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E528-E530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160397
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Decisions: A young woman with acute one-sided facial paralysis
Ildikó Gagyor, Vishnu Madhok and Frank Sullivan

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E531-E532; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160108
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Decisions: A 32-year-old woman with headache
William Jeptha Davenport and Tamara M. Pringsheim

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E533-E534; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160112
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Five things to know about …: Diabetic foot osteomyelitis
Mesut Mutluoglu and Benjamin A. Lipsky

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160228
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Five things to know about …: Emergency contraception
Diana Hsiang and Sheila Dunn

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160720
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Five things to know about …: Flumazenil in benzodiazepine overdose
Howard An and Jesse Godwin

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E537; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160357
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Clinical Images: Mycobacterium chelonae bacteremia in a patient taking infliximab and prednisone
Caitlin McCallum and Bijai Johnson

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E538; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150978
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Clinical Images: Mycosis fungoides mimicking tinea pedis
Steven A. Hanna and Mark G. Kirchhof

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E539; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160038
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Clinical Images: Infantile acne
Michael Samycia and Joseph M. Lam

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E540; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160139

Letters

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Maternal morbidity and perinatal outcomes in rural versus urban areas
Stefan Grzybowski and Jude Kornelsen

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1150130
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Maternal morbidity and perinatal outcomes in rural versus urban areas
Sarah Lespérance, Katherine Miller, Rochelle Dworkin and Tom Smith-Windsor

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1261-1262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1150131
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The authors respond
Sarka Lisonkova, Kenneth I. Lim and Anne R. Synnes

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1150132
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Hippocrates and Targin
Joel Lexchin

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1150133

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Medicine and society: Inexplicable patients: the case of Charles Martell and Ward 4 at the Massachusetts General Hospital
Stephen Casper

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1263-1264; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160111
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Encounters: Cutting through the shame
Stephen P. Lewis

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1265-1266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160119
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Profile: A clearing for narrative practice
Barbara Sibbald

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) 1267-1268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160753
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Profile: Guru of graphic medicine
Paul Gessell

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E541-E542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160027
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Encounters: Cathartic narratives for chaotic thinking
Richard B. Hovey

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E543-E544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160831
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Encounters: He was a boy with a name
Nicholas Batley

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E545-E546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160530
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Encounters: Words, deeds and interpretations
Mary V. Seeman

CMAJ December 06, 2016 188 (17-18) E547-E548; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.160498

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