family personally received in the last year was very good or excellent,” quoting a report from
the Canadian Institute for Health Information. 2 Is it not odd that as many as 20% of …

Sir, Dr Murfin's editorial on medical sickness certification (August Journal, p. 313) is very
topical. I feel that this certification should not be part of general practice. It is an open secret …

It is really a world-class institu-tion", says Dr. Garth Dickin-son." And these aren't just public-
relations buzzwords. The place is at the leading edge of certain types of research in the …

W hen Dr. Martin Barkin came to Ottawa to address a recent joint meeting of three CMA
councils, he came with a lotof questions." Why is it that a patient can visit one centre in small …

The treatment of acute myocardial infarction today is aggressive and interventional, marked
by early angio plasty, thrombolytic agents, and cardiac care unit moni toring. While large and …

Acute myocardial infarction remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality in
Oklahoma. Nearly 6,000 Oklahoma Medicare beneficiaries are admitted to the hospital with …

THE FULL IMPACT of the acquired immunodeficiency syn-drome (AIDS) epidemic has yet to
be felt, even among those most at risk. The disease is lethal, it is clearly spreading, and …

There are four stages to improving medical therapeutics: 1) the discovery of new therapies,
2) the application of such treatments to humans, 3) the demonstration of their therapeutic …

Sir, I am interested and disturbed by the contrasts between the editorials in the March
Journal. On page 119, Angela Coulter quite rightly calls for a'coordinated attempt to gather …

Sir, I am interested and disturbed by the contrasts between the editorials in the March
Journal. On page 119, Angela Coulter quite rightly calls for a'coordinated attempt to gather …