CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL * JOURNAL DE L’ASSOCIATION MEDICALE CANADIENNE — Volume 164 January-June 2001 - Volume 164 janvier—juin 2001 —————————— www.cma.ca/cmaj — INDEX ¢ INDEX EDITOR * REDACTEUR John Hoey DEPUTY EDITOR ¢ REDACTRICE ADJOINTE Anne Marie Todkill MANAGING EDITOR ¢ REDACTRICE ADMINISTRATIVE Jennifer Douglas INDEX COORDINATOR * COORDONATRICE DE L’INDEX Patricia Lightfoot NEWS EDITOR ¢ REDACTEUR, INFORMATIONS GENERALES Patrick Sullivan PRODUCTION MANAGER *® GESTIONNAIRE DE LA PRODUCTION Kathryn A. Freamo ADMINISTRATION * ADMINISTRATION Carole Corkery, Erin Archibald MARKETING AND ADVERTISING SALES * MARKETING ET PUBLICITE Keith Health Care Inc. PUBLISHED BY ¢ PUBLIE PAR Canadian Medical Association ® Association médicale canadienne 1867 prom. Alta Vista Dr. Ottawa ON KI1G 3Y6 613 731-9331; fax 613 565-2382 [email protected] PRESIDENT ¢ PRESIDENT Henry Haddad SECRETARY GENERAL * SECRETAIRE GENERAL William G. Tholl EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PUBLICATIONS * DIRECTEUR EXECUTIF, PUBLICATIONS Pat Rich ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, PUBLICATIONS * DIRECTRICE ASSOCIEE, PUBLICATIONS Jill Rafuse ASSOCIATION ¢ CANADIAN MEDICALE MEDICAL CANADIENNE ASSOCIATION Index to volume 164 ¢ Index au volume 164 CMA7 is indexed according to the medical subject headings established Accidents, traffic by the National Library of Medicine, US National Institutes of Health. Car phones and car crashes: some popular misconceptions Each article title is followed by a code that designates the article’s (Redelmeier and Tibshirani) (Comm) 1581 category. The categories and accompanying codes are listed below. Driven to distraction: cellular phones and traffic accidents (Ed) 1557 Les téléphones cellulaires et les accidents de la circulation Le JAMC est indexé par vedette-matiére selon la nomenclature de la Na- tional Library of Medicine des National Institutes of Health américains. (Ed) 1559 ACE inhibitors See Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors Chaque titre d’article est suivi d’un code qui indique dans quelle caté- Acetylsalicylic acid See Aspirin gorie l’article appartient. Les catégories et leurs codes sont les suivantes. Acoustic neuroma See Neuroma, acoustic Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Commentary * (Comm) * Commentaire Antiretroviral therapy cannot be South Africa’s first priority Editorials (Ed) * Editoriaux (Ed) (Neayiyana) (Comm) 1857 Heart and Soul * (HS) ® Gens de coeur Canada’s commitment to AIDS relief in Africa (Ed) 1825 The Left Atrium * (LA) * De l’oreille gauche Drug giants drop suit against South African drug law (Sibbald) Letters ¢ (L) * Correspondance (NA) 1608 News and analysis * (NA) * Nouvelles et analyse Engagement du Canada a soulager le sida en Afrique (Ed) 1827 Research ® (Res) ® Recherche Getting the global picture of AIDS (Sinclair) (NA) 1033 Resources ® (R) ® Ressources Acupuncture Review * (Rev) * Synthése Chinese medicine now part of primary care scene in BC (Johnson) (NA) 1195 SUBJECTS ¢ SUJETS Acute cervical torticollis See Torticollis Acute disease Acute care revolution on way in Saskatchewan? (NA) 1481 a Acute myocardial infarction See Myocardial infarction Abnormalities Adenocarcinoma Effectiveness of follow-up letters to health care providers in Cervical cancer: the increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma triggering follow-up for women with abnormal results on and adenosquamous carcinoma in younger women (Liu and Papanicolaou testing (Wagner and Duggan) (Res) 207 others) (Res) 1151 Gene abnormalities may lead to multiple system defects for The role of angiogenesis in prostate and other urologic heart patients (Armstrong and Hegele) (NA) 254 cancers: a review (Izawa and Dinney) (Rev) 662 New provincial initiatives for childhood disabilities: the Adenosquamous carcinoma See Carcinoma, adenosquamous imperative for research (Miller and Zwaigenbaum) Adjuvant systemic therapy See Chemotherapy, adjuvant (Comm) 1704 Administration, oral Aborigines New insights into the physiology and pharmacology of vitamin A 550-year-old microbiology lesson emerges from BC glacier C (Padayatty and Levine) (Comm) 353 (Ehman) (NA) 678 Piil-splitting in a long-term care facility (Fischbach and others) Cardiovascular congress wrap-up (Armstrong) (NA) 392 (Res) 785 The community’s voice in research Adolescence (Macaulay and others) (L) 1661 Canada “behind eight ball” in fighting youth smoking (Sibbald) [reply] (Torrie) (L) 1662 (NA) 1479 Diabetes in Canada’s First Nations Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma (Leistikow) (L) 1126 medication on the use of health care resources (Anis and (Panton) (L) 1126 others) (Res) 625 [reply] (Young) (L) 1127 Eating disorders present tricky diagnosis (Feininger) (NA) 678 Eighteen months, 12 suicides (Kent) (HS) 1940 Guidelines do matter (Anthonisen) (Comm) 641 Inhalant use and addiction in Canada (Weir) (NA) 397 Health4Kids (OReilly) (NA) 1741 Lower respiratory tract infections in Inuit infants on Baffin Inhalant use and addiction in Canada (Weir) (NA) 397 Island (Banerji and others) (Res) 1847 Obesity in Canadian children Making the connection with Aboriginal culture (Kilpatrick) (Katzmarzyk) (L) 1563 (HS) 736 [reply] (Tremblay and Willms) (L) 1564 Abortion, induced Prevalence of migraine headache in Canada (Martin) (NA) 1481 Abortion services in Canada: a patchwork quilt with many Teen pregnancy rate down, abortion rate up (Buske) (NA) 395 holes (Eggertson) (NA) 847 Varicella vaccination (Canadian Task Force on Preventive Bioethics for clinicians: 21. Islamic bioethics (Daar and Al Health Care) (NA) 1888 Khitamy) (Rev) 60 Varicella vaccine in clinical practice (Farquhar) (NA) 1485 Solve the accessibility issue by reducing the need? (Eggertson) Adoption (NA) 848 Making the connection with Aboriginal culture (Kilpatrick) Teen pregnancy rate down, abortion rate up (Buske) (NA) 395 (HS) 736 Will Canada follow US lead on RU 486? (Sibbald) (NA) 82 Maternity leave for adoptive parents in Ontario (Schumacher) Abstracting and indexing (L) 1123 PubMed: bridging the information gap (McEntyre and MDs, maternity leave and adopted children Lipman) (Rev) 1317 (Hallett) (L) 15 Acamprosate See Alcohol deterrents [reply] (Lent) (L) 16 Access to health care See Health services accessibility Adrenal cortex hormones Accidents, radiation Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma Overexposure: the Chernobyl photographs of David McMillan medication on the use of health care resources (Anis and (Todkill) (LA) 1604 others) (Res) 625 JAMC ¢ INDEX AU VOLUME 164 Guidelines do matter (Anthonisen) (Comm) 641 Aged Osteonecrosis of the femoral head in men following Age-related differences in in-hospital mortality and the use of short-course corticosteroid therapy: a report of 15 cases thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (McKee and others) (Res) 205 (Boucher and others) (Res) 1285 Rheumatology: 11. Evaluation of the patient with pain all over Clinical examination for carpal tunnel syndrome (MacIntyre) (Puttick) (Rev) 223 (L) 1279 Adrenergic beta-antagonists Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma cancer: adjuvant systemic therapy for node-positive breast medication on the use of health care resources (Anis and cancer (summary of the 2001 update) (Levine and Steering others) (Res) 625 Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Guidelines do matter (Anthonisen) (Comm) 641 Treatment of Breast Cancer) (Comm) 644 Adriamycin See Doxorubicin Efficacy of a clinical medication review on the number of Adverse drug reaction reporting systems potentially inappropriate prescriptions prescribed for Bulletin canadien sur les effets indésirables des médicaments community-dwelling elderly people (Allard and others) (R) 95, 1042 (Res) 1291 Canadian Adverse Drug Reaction Newsletter (R) 91, 1038 Emergency doctors, nurses prescribe cure for overcrowding Lecons tirées du cisapride (Ed) 1271 (Sibbald) (NA) 1034 Lessons from cisapride (Ed) 1269 Gauging the health of our health care system Advertising (Hawkins) (L) 325 One hundred pennies for your thoughts [reply] (Sheps and Reid) (L) 326 (Nucci) (L) 1407 HRT and venous thromboembolism: more evidence of a link [reply] (Hoey) (L) 1407 (Chen) (NA) 87 Aerospace medicine Influenza vaccination in Alberta long-term care facilities The flying doctor from Pointe-Claire (Spears) (HS) 1820 (Russell) (Res) 1423 Africa Much ado about cholesterol (Green) (LA) 239 Canada’s commitment to AIDS relief in Africa (Ed) 1825 Pill-splitting in a long-term care facility (Fischbach and others) Engagement du Canada 4 soulager le sida en Afrique (Ed) 1827 (Res) 785 Age factors Predictors of mammography use among Canadian women aged Age-related differences in in-hospital mortality and the use of 50-69: findings from the 1996/97 National Population thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction Health Survey (Maxwell and others) (Res) 329 (Boucher and others) (Res) 1285 Prevention of influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia in Cervical cancer: the increasing incidence of adenocarcinoma Canadian long-term care facilities: How are we doing? and adenosquamous carcinoma in younger women (Liu and (Stevenson and others) (Res) 1413 others) (Res) 1151 Putting in time until the party is over (Dickson) (LA) 673 Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast Should methotrexate be added to prednisone therapy for cancer: adjuvant systemic therapy for node-positive breast temporal arteritis? (Chen) (NA) 1036 cancer (summary of the 2001 update) (Levine and Steering Thrombolytics in elderly patients: A triumph of hope over Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and experience? (Thiemann and Schulman) (Comm) 1301 Treatment of Breast Cancer) (Comm) 644 To treat or not to treat: managing bacteriuria in elderly people Debate about our youngest doctor continues (Miller)( L) 619 (Burden) (L) 15 [reply] (L oeb and McGeer) (L) 619 (Gans) (L) 15 [reply] (Nicolle) (L) 620 (Marion) (L) 15 Waiting time for breast cancer surgery in Quebec (Mayo and (Swyer) (L) 15 [correction 621] others) (Res) 1133 Taylor) (L) 15 Aged, 80 and over [reply] (Sullivan) (L) 15 Age-related differences in in-hospital mortality and the use of For the record thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction (Jackson) (L) 1410 (Boucher and others) (Res) 1285 [reply] (Hoey) (L) 1410 Gauging the oo of our health care system [reply] (Sheps Gauging the health of our health care system and Reid)( L) 326 (Hawkins) (L) 325 T came in elderly patients: A triumph of hope over [reply] (Sheps and Reid) (L) 326 experience? ( (Thiemann and Schulman) (Comm) 1301 Much ado about cholesterol (Green) (LA) 239 Waiting time for breast cancer surgery in Quebec (Mayo and Obesity in Canadian children others) (Res) 1133 (Finkelstein) (L) 1563 AIDS See Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Katzmarzyk) (L) 1563 AIDS vaccines [reply] (Tremblay and Willms) (L) 1564 Getting the global picture of AIDS (Sinclair) (NA) 1033 Predictors of mammography use among Canadian women aged Air pollutants, environmental ; 50-69: findings from the 1996/97 National Population L’Accord de Kyoto : nouvelle tentative (Ed) 1655 Health Survey (Maxwell and others) (Res) 329 Another kick at the Kyoto can (Ed) 1653 Prevalence of asthma symptoms among adults aged 20-44 Prevalence of asthma symptoms among adults aged 20-44 years in Canada (Manfreda and others) (Res) 995 years in Canada (Manfreda and others) (Res) 995 Preventive health care, 2001 update: screening mammography Air pollution among women aged 40—49 years at average risk of breast Crackdown on hospital incinerators coming soon (Sibbald) cancer (Ringash and Canadian Task Force on Preventive (NA) 533 Health Care) (Res) 469 [correction 753] Aircraft Rheumatology: 13. Minimizing disability in patients with The flying doctor from Pointe-Claire (Spears) (HS) 1820 low-back pain (Wing) (Rev) 1459 The weak connection between venous thromboembolism and Screening mammography for women aged 40-49: Are we off air travel (Weir) (NA) 1037 the fence yet? (Barton) (Comm) 498 Alberta Thrombolytics in elderly patients: A triumph of hope over Alberta election brought Bill 11 back into public eye experience? (Thiemann and Schulman) (Comm) 1301 (Kermode-Scott) (NA) 1035 CMA] ¢ INDEX. TO VOLUME 164 Alberta investing $10 million to keep elite specialists (Basky) Amantadine (NA) 1195 Prevention of influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia in Albertans overestimate MDs’ fees (Cairney) (NA) 392 Canadian long-term care facilities: How are we doing? Alberta’s Bill 11: Will trade tribunals set domestic health (Stevenson and others) (Res) 1413 policy? (Shortt) (Comm) 798 Ambati, Balamurali Influenza vaccination in Alberta long-term care facilities For the record [reply] (Hoey) (L) 1410 (Russell) (Res) 1423 Ambulatory care facilities Large fee increase in hand, Alberta goes courting Canada’s Alberta’s Bill 11: Will trade tribunals set domestic health MDs (Sullivan) (NA) 1607 policy? (Shortt) (Comm) 798 World Wide Web nets aly subjects for Alberta islet cell Private PET-scanning clinic opens in Vancouver (Kent) researchers (Sullivan) (NA) 860 (NA) 532 Alberta Amphetamines Calgary Addiction and the brain: the role of neurotransmitters in the \ case study of hospital closure and centralization of coronary cause and treatment of drug dependence (Tomkins and revascularization procedures (Hemmelgarn and others) Sellers) (Rev) 817 (Res) 1431 Ampicillin Determinants of violence in the psychiatric emergency service Escherichia coli infections and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (Oster and others) (Res) 32 [correction 1129] (Cimolai) (L) 1405 “Hi, Welcome to the ER” (NA) 252 Analgesia, patient-controlled Edmonton Patient-controlled analgesia Edmonton scoops foreign-trained nurses (Kent) (NA) 1479 (Doyle and Vicente) (L) 620 Making the difficult leap from academic to clinical ethics [reply] (McLeskey) (L) 620 (Kent) (NA) 531 Anatomy Mass immunizations old hat for Edmonton’s MDs (NA) 246 Bodysnatching in Canada (Francis) (LA) 530 U of A refuses tobacco-sponsored scholarship donation [correction 1129] (Sibbald) (NA) 81 Anecdotes Albertrt a Medical Association See Canadian Medical Association, Chalcedonies (Nisker) (LA) 74 Alta. Div. An experience (Gutowski) (LA) 385 Alberta Neonatal Group B Streptococcal Network The flight of the butterfly (Deady) (L A) 1328 Physicians’ prevention practices and incidence of neonatal The gravedigger’s bed (Bayne) (( LA) 672 group B streptococcal disease in 2 Canadian regions (Davies Hat trick: the doctor who was a nurse iiecchiia (LA) 1191 and others) (Res) 479 Herons and the human side of medicine (book review ofA piece Albuminuria of my mind: a new collection of essays from JAMA) (Hutchinson) Combination treatment effective option for hypertensive, (LA) 1326 diabetic patients with microalbuminuria (Chen) (NA) 861 The incredible thinness of air (Cameron) (LA) 842 Albuterol The man in the johnny shirt (Ruskin) (LA) 1473 Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma The miracle (Lupin) (LA) 383 medication on the use of health care resources (Anis and Much ado about cholesterol (€ rreen) (LA) 239 others) (Res) 625 Office visit (Carr) (LA) 52 Guidelines do matter (Anthonisen) (Comm) 641 On becoming a doctor (Workman) (LA) 1028 Alcohol deterrents Papa stories (LA) 1875 Addiction and the brain: the role of neurotransmitters in the The quizmaster (Rankin) (LA) 1603 cause and treatment of drug dependence (Tomkins and A transformation (Lambert) (LA) 1873 Sellers) (Rev) 817 A trip to the mall (Clarfield) (LA) 529 Alcohol drinking Anemia, hemolytic, autoimmune Addiction and the brain: the role of neurotransmitters in the Remission of cold hemagglutinin disease induced by rituximab cause and treatment of drug dependence (Tomkins and therapy (Sparling and others) (L) 1405 Sellers) (Rev) 81 Anesthesiology Getting to the stable door before the horse has bolted (Huntley Radiating a certain kindness in Montreal (Pinker) (HS) 448 and Touquet) (L) 323 Angina, unstable Alcoholism New advances in the management of acute coronary Determinants of violence in the psychiatric emergency service syndromes: 1. Matching ' treatment to risk (Fitchett and (Oster and others) (Res) 32 [correction 1129] others) (Rev) 1309 Getting to the stable door before the horse has bolted (Huntley Angiogenesis factor and Touquet) (L) 323 The role of angiogenesis in prostate and other urologic Helping physicians with alcohol problems (Brewster) (L) 179 cancers: a review (Izawa and Dinney) (Rev) 662 The white badge of courage (Kilpatrick) (HS) 1264 Angiogenesis, pathologic See Neovascularization, pathologic Alexis, Horace Angiography, coronary See Coronary angiography Trying to “multiply the goodness” (Hass) (HS) 952 Angioplasty Allied health personnel Thrombolytics in elderly patients: A triumph of hope over Acute care revolution on way in Saskatchewan? (NA) 1481 experience? (T hiemann and Schulman) (Comm) 1301 Alternative medicine Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary Chinese medicine now part of primary care scene in BC A case study of hospital closure and centralization of coronary (Johnson) (NA) 1195 revascularization procedures (Hemmelgarn and others) Proof versus plausibility: rules of engagement for the struggle to (Res) 1431 evaluate alternative cancer therapies (Hoffer) (Comm) 351 Treating acute myocardial infarction Altruism [reply] (( Dodek) (L) 324 Chalcedonies (Nisker) (LA) 74 [reply] (Pilote) (L) 324 Cross-border medicine (Moulton) (HS) 608 Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors Healer to the world (Square) (HS) 160 Combination treatment effective option for hypertensive, Humanitarian aid and medical research: an illusion of diabetic patients with microalbuminuria (Chen) (NA) 861 dichotomy in international health (Roth) (Comm) 1862 Lisinopril for migraine (Chen) (NA) 1337 Radiating a certain kindness in Montreal (Pinker) (HS) 448 JAMC ¢ INDEX AU VOLUME 164 The value of industry-sponsored studies of initial Bodily paradox (Tors) (LA) 1729 antihypertensive therapies Elusive inspiration (Todkill) (LA) 1326 (Caro and Payne) (L) 1832 Focus on attention deficit (Moulton) (LA) 1472 [reply] (Wright) (L) 1832 Inukshuk (Dickson) (LA) 1191 Animal diseases Arthralgia Foot-and-mouth disease in animals and humans (Weir) Rheumatology: 14. Diagnosis and management of anterior (NA) 1338 knee pain (Taunton and Wilkinson) (Rev) 1595 Animals Arthritis, rheumatoid Regarding Pooh (Schuh) (L) 1123 COX-2 inhibitors and gastrointestinal toxicity (Myers) Ankle injuries (NA) 1200 oy Snowboarding injuries: hitting the slopes (Weir) (NA) 88 Artificial blood See Blood substitutes Ankylosing spondylitis See Spondylitis, ankylosing ASA See Aspirin Anti-asthmatic agents Asbestos Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma Asbestos manufacturers dodge litigation (Sibbald) (NA) 532 medication on the use of health care resources (Anis and Asbestos risks to receive airing in US (NA) 1332 others) (Res) 625 A ban on asbestos: Is now the time? (Ed) 453 Guidelines do matter (Anthonisen) (Comm) 641 A ban on asbestos must be based on a comparative risk Antibiotic prophylaxis assessment (Camus) (Comm) 491 Physicians’ prevention practices and incidence of neonatal A call for an international ban on asbestos (LaDou and others) group B streptococcal disease in 2 Canadian regions (Davies (Comm) 489 [correction 753] ; and others) (Res) 479 Interdiction de l’amiante : le moment est-il venu? (Ed) 455 Antibiotics Should Canadian health care professionals support the call for Escherichia coli infections and hemolytic-uremic syndrome a worldwide ban on asbestos? (Siemiatycki) (Comm) 495 (Cimolai) (L) 1405 Ascorbic acid (Romney) (L) 1406 A cure for miracles (Ed) 317. Fewer antibiotics prescribed to children (Sibbald) (NA) 680 Une cure pour les miracles (Ed) 319 Thwarting sore throats (Levine) (L) 461 New insights into the physiology and pharmacology of The underuse of probiotics by family physicians (Edmunds) vitamin C (Padayatty and Levine) (Comm) 353 (Res) 1577 Proof versus plausibility: rules of engagement for the struggle Antibodies, monoclonal to evaluate alternative cancer therapies (Hoffer) Remission of cold hemagglutinin disease induced by rituximab (Comm) 351 therapy (Sparling and others) (L) 1405 Aspergillus Anticholesteremic agents ORs closed after Aspergillus discovered at Royal Vic (Pinker) Did the major clinical trials of statins affect prescribing (NA) 1333 behaviour? (Mamdani and Tu) (Res) 1695 Aspirin Anticoagulants ASA or low-molecular-weight heparin in the initial ASA or low-molecular-weight heparin in the initial management of acute ischemic stroke complicating atrial management of acute ischemic stroke complicating atrial fibrillation? (Farquhar) (NA) 396 fibrillation? (Farquhar) (NA) 396 Assault See Violence Antidepressive agents Assisted reproductive technologies See Reproduction Bitter pills (Moulton) (LA) 527 techniques Unwanted freebies (Buffett and McCormick) (L) 464 Asthma Antifungal agents Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma FDA issues warnings about drugs used to treat fungal nail medication on the use of health care resources (Anis and infections (Wharry) (NA) 1738 others) (Res) 625 Anti-HIV agents Guidelines do matter (Anthonisen) (Comm) 641 Antiretroviral therapy cannot be South Africa’s first priority Prevalence of asthma symptoms among adults aged 20-44 (Neayiyana) (Comm) 1857 years in Canada (Manfreda and others) (Res) 995 Antihypertensive agents Atherosclerosis Combination treatment effective option for hypertensive, Statins and bones (Moghadasian and Frohlich) (Comm) 803 diabetic patients with microalbuminuria (Chen) (NA) 861 Athletic injuries Anti-inflammatory agents, non-steroidal Snowboarding injuries: hitting the slopes (Weir) (NA) 88 Rheumatology: 11. Evaluation of the patient with pain ail over Atrial fibrillation (Puttick) (Rev) 223 ASA or low-molecular-weight heparin in the initial Antioxidants management of acute ischemic stroke complicating atrial New insights into the physiology and pharmacology of vitamin fibrillation? (Farquhar) (NA) 396 C (Padayatty and Levine) (Comm) 353 Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity Antiviral agents Focus on attention deficit (Moulton) (LA) 1472 Antiretroviral therapy cannot be South Africa’s first priority Attitude of health personnel (Neayiyana) (Comm) 1857 Hat trick: the doctor who was a nurse (Dutchyn) (LA) 1191 No public funding for flu-fighting drug: report (Sullivan) Healing uncontrived (book review of The bear’s embrace: a true (NA) 859 story ofs urviving a grizzly bear attack) (Greenwood) Apgar score (LA) 1602 ‘The Soranus score (Iceton) (LA) 674 Radiating a certain kindness in Montreal (Pinker) Apolipoproteins B (HS) 448 Apolipoprotein B versus lipoprotein lipids: vital lessons from Attitude to death the AFCAPS/TexCAPS trial (Sniderman and others) At wit’s end (review of Wit) (Kent) (LA) 841 (Comm) 44 Caring, not curing (Swanson) (HS) 1392 Arrhythmia Final crossing (book review of Crossing over: narratives of Cisapride and patient information leaflets (Sukkari and Sasich) palliative care) (Latimer) (LA) 840 (L) 1276 Jacob’s ladder (Hazelton) (LA) 1605 Art Papa stories (LA) 1875 Bitter pills (Moulton) (LA) 527 Radiating a certain kindness in Montreal (Pinker) (HS) 448 CMAJ ¢ INDEX TO VOLUME 164 Standing watch (book review of Meeting death: in hospital, Bed rest hospice, and at home) (MacKenzie) (LA) 1471 Bedrest (Chesterton) (LA) 1874 Attitude to health Behavior At wit’s end (review of Wit) (Kent) (LA) 841 Guidelines as rationing tools: a qualitative analysis of Australia psychosocial patient selection criteria for cardiac procedures Is Australia’s safe injection site experiment bound for (Giacomini and others) (Res) 634 Vancouver? (Kent) (NA) 1332 Psychosocial patient selection criteria in clinical practice Autistic disorder guidelines: An ethical basis for rationing? (Dossetor) New provincial initiatives for childhood disabilities: the imperative (Comm) 642 for research (Miller and Zwaigenbaum) (Comm) 1704 Behavior, addictive Automobile driving Addiction and the brain: the role of neurotransmitters in the Car phones and car crashes: some popular misconceptions cause and treatment of drug dependence (Tomkins and (Redelmeier and Tibshirani) (Comm) 1581 Sellers) (Rev) 817 Driven to distraction: cellular phones and traffic accidents Injection drug use and despair through the lens of gender (Ed) 1557 (Spittal and Schechter) (Comm) 802 Les téléphones cellulaires et les accidents de la circulation Sex-specific determinants of HIV infection among injection (Ed) 1559 drug users in Montreal (Bruneau and others) (Res) 767 Autonomic nervous system diseases Bennett, Carolyn The fainting patient: value of the head-upright tilt-table test in Eight physicians elected to Commons (Sullivan) (NA) 80 adult patients with orthostatic intolerance (Lamarre-Cliche Benzimidazoles and Cusson) (Rev) 372 Combination treatment effective option for hypertensive, Autopsy diabetic patients with microalbuminuria (Chen) (NA) 861 Hospital moves to assure public that autopsies are respectful, Benztropine legal (Moulton) (NA) 1199 Benztropine for acute muscle spasm in the emergency Awards and prizes department (Epstein) (Res) 203 Measured words: announcing the winners of the first CMA7 Bias (epidemiology) Essay Prize (Todkill) (Comm) 1859 The value of industry-sponsored studies of initial Seven new inductees named to Canadian Medical Hall of Fame antihypertensive therapies (NA) 1196 [correction 1665] (Caro and Payne) (L) 1832 [reply] (Wright) (L) 1832 Bioethics =e Bioethics for clinicians: 21. Islamic bioethics (Daar and Al Babesiosis Khitamy) (Rev) 60 Transfusion- transmitted babesiosis in Ontario: first reported Bioethics for clinicians:2 2. Jewish bioethics (Goldsand and case in Canada (Kain and others) (Rev) 1721 others) (Rev) 219 Back pain Bioethics for clinicians: 23. Disclosure of medical error Benztropine for acute muscle spasm in the emergency (Hébert and others) (Rev) 509 department (Epstein) (( Res) 203 Bioethics for clinicians: 24. Brain death (Lazar and others) Rheumatology: 13. Minimizing disability in patients with (Rev) 833 low-back pain (Wing) (Rev) 1459 Bioethics for clinicians: 25. Teaching bioethics in the clinical Bacteriuria setting (McKneally and Singer) (Rev) 1163 To treat or not to treat: managing bacteriuria in elderly people Bioethics for clinicians: 26. Assisted reproductive technologies (Miller) (L) 619 (Shanner and Nisker) (Rev) 1589 [reply] (Loeb and McGeer) (L) 619 Continuing review of research approved by Canadian research [reply] (Nicolle)( L) 620 ethics boards (Weijer) (Comm) 1305 Baffin Island See Se Baffin Island Environment and health: 8. Sustainable health care and Bandages emerging ethical responsibilities (Jameton and Pierce) Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast (Rev) 365 cancer: 11. Lymphedema (Harris and others) (Res) 191 Future genetics, futurist ethics (book review of From chance to Barer, Morris choice: genetics and justice) (Burgess) (LA) 671 Heads of new institutes to set tone for Canadian research Making the difficult leap from academic to clinical ethics (Sinclair) (NA) 254 (Kent) (NA) 531 A view from the front line (Hammond) (L) 1406 Biography Bats See Chiroptera A career shaped by a father’s death (Kent) (HS) 1648 Battered women Caring, not curing (Swanson) (HS) 1392 Abuse: A risk factor for low birth weight? A systematic review Cross-border medicine (Moulton) (HS) 608 and meta-analysis (Murphy and others) (Res) 1567 Eighteen months, 12 suicides (Kent) (HS) 1940 Abuse during pregnancy: a quintessential threat to maternal The flying doctor from Pointe-Claire (Spears) (HS) 1820 and child health — so when do we start to act? (Campbell) Healer to the world (Square) (HS) 160 (Comm) 1578 Health policy analyst, economist CMA’s new secretary general Bears (Sullivan) (NA) 1031 Healing uncontrived (book review of The bear’s embrace: a true The human genome leads back to BC (Kent) (HS) 312 story ofs urviving a grizzly bear attack) (Greenwood) (LA) 1602 Keeping it real at UBC (Kent) (HS) 1552 Oh bother: CMAs Pooh article reaches around the world Making the connection with Aboriginal culture (Kilpatrick) (Sullivan) (NA) 389 (HS) 736 Regarding Pooh Radiating a certain kindness in Montreal (Pinker) (HS) 448 (Black) (L) 1124 The rebuilding generation (Cohen) (HS) 1112 (Blumenberg) (L) 1123 Trying to “multiply the goodness” (Hass) (HS) 952 (Coles) (L) 1124 The white badge of courage (Kilpatrick) (HS) 1264 (Hoffman) (L) 1124 Biological markers (Schuh) (L) 1123 The role of angiogenesis in prostate and other urologic [reply] (Shea and others) (L) 1125 cancers: a review (Izawa and Dinney) (Rev) 662 JAMC °° INDEX AU VOL UME 164 Biological psychiatry Bone remodeling Psychiatry divided (book review of Of two minds: the growing Statins and bones (Moghadasian and Frohlich) (Comm) 803 disorder in American psychiatry) (Uhlmann) (LA) 73 Botulism Biological waste disposal See Medical waste disposal Botulism in Canada (Weir) (NA) 538 Biotechnology Bovine spongiform encephalopathy See Encephalopathy, Feds’ approach to genetically modified products criticized bovine spongiform (Sibbald) (NA) 853 Brachytherapy Bipolar disorder Brachytherapy for prostate cancer: Effective, but ...? (Nickel) Nutritional supplement to treat bipolar disorder? (B asky) (Comm) 1011 (NA) 81 Systematic overview of the evidence for brachytherapy in Birth injuries clinically localized prostate cancer (Crook and others) Neonatal subgaleal hemorrhage: diagnosis and management (Res) 975 (Davis) (Comm) 1452 Bradley, John Bisphosphonates See Diphosphonates Seven new inductees named to Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Black Canadian Scholarship Fund See Fellowships and (NA) 1196 [correction 1665] scholarships Brain Bladder neoplasms Addiction and the brain: the role of neurotransmitters in the The role of angiogenesis in prostate and other urologic cause and treatment of drug dependence (Tomkins and cancers: a review (Izawa and Dinney) (Rev) 662 Sellers) (Rev) 817 Blastomycosis Brain death Inoculation blastomycosis (Bernstein and Richardson) (L) 1664 Bioethics for clinicians: 24. Brain death (Lazar and others) Blood component transfusion (Rev) 833 Jehovah’s Witnesses and artificial blood (Muramoto) (L) 969 Brain ischemia Transfusion-transmitted malaria in Canada (Slinger and ASA or low-molecular-weight heparin in the initial others) (Rev) 377 management of acute ischemic stroke complicating atrial Blood donors fibrillation? (Farquhar) (NA) 396 New blood donor restrictions on visitors to France (Pinker) Brain neoplasms (NA) 1482 No link between cellular-phone use and brain tumours? (Hoey) Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in Ontario: first reported (NA) 537 case in Canada (Kain and others) (Rev) 172 Branton, Philip Transfusion-transmitted malaria in Canada (Slinger and Heads of new institutes to set tone for Canadian research others) (Rev) 377 (Sinclair) (NA) 254 Blood glucose BRCA1 genes See Genes, BRCA1 Undiagnosed diabetes: Does it matter? (Young and Mustard) Breast neoplasms (Res) 24 Baseline staging tests in primary breast cancer: a practice Blood pressure guideline (My ers and others) (Res) 1439 The sodium-restricted DASH diet lowers blood pressure Breast cancer survival by teaching status of the initial treating (Hoey) (NA) 1613 hospital (Chaudhry and others) (Res) 183 [correction 1280] Blood substitutes Chemoprevention of breast cancer: a joint guideline from the Jehovah’s Witnesses and artificial blood (Muramoto) (L) 969 Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and the Blood transfusion Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative’s Steering Committee on De la nounoucratie a la divulgation : le rapport de l’enquéte sur Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of ESB (Ed) 167 Breast Cancer (Levine and others) (Res) 1681 From nannyism to public disclosure: the BSE Inquiry report Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast (Ed) 165 cancer: 11. Lymphedema (Harris and others) (Res) 191 Jehovah’s Witnesses and artificial blood (Muramoto) (L) 969 Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast Transfusion-transmitted babesiosis in Ontario: first reported cancer: adjuvant systemic therapy for node-negative breast case in Canada (Kain and others) (Rev) 1721 cancer (summary of the 2001 update) (Levine and Steering Transfusion-transmitted malaria in Canada (Slinger and Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and others) (Rev) 377 Treatment of Breast Cancer) (Comm) 213 [correction 465] Blood transfusion, autologous ‘linical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast Evaluation of a decision aid for patients considering autologous cancer: adjuvant systemic therapy for node-positive breast blood donation before open-heart surgery (Grant and cancer (summary of the 2001 update) (Levine and Steering others) (Res) 1139 Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Body mass index Treatment of Breast Cancer) (Comm) 644 Obesity in Canadian children Gerry’s wig (review of My left breast: an unusual film about breast (Finkelstein) (L) 1563 cancer) (Todkill) (LA) 672 [reply] (Tremblay and Willms) (L) 1564 Is it time to stop teaching breast self-examination? Body weight (Nekhlyudov and Fletcher) (Comm) 1851 Obesity in Canadian children Keeping breast cancer guidelines current (Hoey) (Comm) 212 (Auer and others) (L) 1563 Preventive health care, 2001 update: screening mammography (Finkelstein) (L) 1563 among women aged 40-49 years at average risk of breast (Katzmarzyk) (L) 1563 cancer (Ringash and Canadian Task Force on Preventive [reply] (Andersen) (L) 1565 Health Care) (Res) 469 [correction 753] [reply] (Tremblay and Willms) (L) 1564 Preventive health care, 2001 update: Should women be Bone density routinely taught breast self-examination to screen for breast Statins and bones (Moghadasian and Frohlich) (Comm) 803 cancer? (Baxter and Canadian Task Force on Preventive Bone diseases, metabolic Health Care) (Res) 1837 Influence of bone densitometry results on the treatment of Psychosocial issues following a positive result of genetic testing osteoporosis (Fitt and others) (Res) 777 for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations: findings from a focus Bone neoplasms group and a needs-assessment survey (Di ‘Prospero and Baseline staging tests in primary breast cancer: a practice others) (Res) 1005 guideline (Myers and others) (Res) 1439 CMAJ ¢ INDEX TO VOLUME 164 Specialization and cancer: words with too many meanings A ban on asbestos: Is now the time? (Ed) 453 should be handled with care (Grilli) (Comm) 210 Banks no longer banking on earning potential of medical Waiting time for breast cancer surgery in Quebec (Mayo and students (Wh: arry) ( (NA) 17 others) (Res) 1133 Be cautious when presc ae to: ienliciie doctors warned Breast self-examination (NA) 245 Is it time to stop teaching breast self-examination? The best things in life are free ... at least, some of them are (Nekhlyudov and Fletcher) (Comm) 1851 (Till) (L) 465 Preventive health care, 2001 update: Should women be Bioethics for clinicians: 25. Teaching bioethics in the clinical routinely taught breast self-examination to screen for breast setting (McKneally and Singer) (Rev) 1163 cancer? (Baxter and Canadian Task Force on Preventive Bioethics for clinicians: 26. Assisted reproductive technologies Health Care) (Res) 1837 (Shanner and Nisker) (Rev) 1589 British Columbia Bodysnatching in Canada (Francis) (LA) 530 [correction 1129] \ 550-year-old microbiology lesson emerges from BC glacier Botulism in Canada (Weir) (NA) 538 (Ehman) (NA) 678 Brain drain? Maybe not (Sibbald) (NA) 1878 \ career shaped by a father’s death (Kent) (HS) 1648 Bulletin canadien sur les effets indésirables des médicaments Chinese medicine now part of primary care scene in BC (R) 95, 1042 (Johnson) (NA) 1195 Can we afford medicare? Romanow to find out (Sibbald) Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma (NA) 1609 medication on the use of health care resources (Anis and Canada “behind eight ball” in fighting youth smoking (Sibbald) others) (Res) 625 (NA) 1479 Gauging the health of our health care system Canada lags in development of report cards for hospitals (Hass) (Hawkins) (L) 325 (NA) 853 [reply] (Sheps and Reid) (L) 326 Canada ranks in middle in child-injury mortality rate, report Guidelines do matter (Anthonisen) (Comm) 641 indicates (Sibbald) (NA) 1483 Che human genome leads back to BC (Kent) (HS) 312 Canada ranks near top in health spending: OECD (Buske) Keeping it real at UBC (Kent) (HS) 1552 (NA) 532 The quizmaster (Rankin) (LA) 1603 Canada’s commitment to AIDS relief in Africa (Ed) 1825 British Columbia Canada’s Ebola scare over but questions just beginning Prince George (Kilpatrick) (NA) 1031 Canada’s 17th medical school to be in northern BC? (Kent) Canada’s physicians: the rising cost of doing business (Buske) (NA) 1032 (NA) 858 Vancouver Canadian Adverse Drug Reaction Newsletter (R) 91, 1038 Is Australia’s safe injection site experiment bound for Canadian MDs help US “drug refugees” bypass high prices Vancouver? (Kent) (NA) 1332 (Sullivan) (NA) 244 Private PET-scanning clinic opens in Vancouver (Kent) Canadian MDs oppose US missile shield plan (Sibbald) (NA) 1477 (NA) 532 Canadian specialist joins elite US body (NA) 394 British Columbia Therapeutics Initiative Canadians continue to spend more on drugs than doctors First-line drugs for hypertension [reply] (Wright) (L) 178 (Martin) (NA) 1336 British Medical Association Canadians don’t appear to fear electronic medical records If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em, BMA decides (Sullivan) (Martin) (NA) 1739 (NA) 248 Cardiovascular congress wrap-up (Armstrong) (NA) 392 British Medical Journal See Periodicals Caseloads may be responsible for regional differences in care: British National Health Service See National health programs CIHI report (Sibbald) (NA) 1881 Bupropion Casinos bring ill fortune, psychiatrists warn (Sibbald) (NA) 388 Addiction and the brain: the role of neurotransmitters in the CF Medical Branch seeks new colonel commandant (NA) 392 cause and treatment of drug dependence (Tomkins and Change the Canada Health Act? Why? (Busche) (L) 178 Sellers) (Rev) 817 CG hanging course in electronic seas: rapid p ae of brief Burden of illness See Cost of illness recommendation statements by the Canadian Task Force on Bylaws See Constitution and bylaws Preventive Health Care (Feightner) (Comm) 1856 Chickenpox vaccination, not chickenpox, should be routine for Canadian children (Law) (Comm) 1454 eG Child hunger in Canada California (Finkelstein) (L) 1275 Asbestos risks to receive airing in US (NA) 133 (Leistikow) (L) 1275 Caloric intake See Energy intake {reply} (McIntyre and others) (L) old Campylobacter A cigarette pack that talks the talk (NA) Escherichia coli infections and hemolytic-uremic syndrome Cigarettes leave you breathless (NA) “i (Romney) (L) 1406 CIHR announces first research grants (Sinclair) (NA) 854 Canada Cisapride and patient information leaflets \bortion services in Canada: a patchwork quilt with many (Peterson) (L) 1278 holes (Eggertson) (NA) 847 (Sukkari and Sasich) (L) 127 L’Accord de Kyoto: nouvelle tentative( ( Ed) 1655 [reply] (Arnott) (L) 127 \cknowledgement of scientific reviewers / Remerciements aux Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast examinateurs scientifiques (Hoey) (R) 539 cancer: adjuvant systemic therapy for node-positive breast Alberta election brought Bill 11 back into public eye cancer (summary of the 2001 update) (Levine and Steering (Kermode-Scott) (NA) 1035 Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and All quiet on the flu front in 2001 (Sinclair) (NA) 680 Treatment of Breast Cancer) (Comm) 644 Another kick at the Kyoto can (Ed) 1653 CMA membership enjoys growth spurt in 2000 (NA) 248 Asbestos manufacturers dodge litigation (Sibbald) (NA) 532 CMA Policy: Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry \ssessing health technology assessment (Sinclair) (NA) 1881 (Update 2001) (R) 1339 \vec toute la diligence qui s’impose : Le traitement accéléré au JAMC (Ed) 1119 JAMC ¢ INDEX AU VOLUME 164 CMA7 no longer just a Canadian journal, eCMA7 survey Injection drug use and despair through the lens of gender indicates (Douglas and Martin) (NA) 534 (Spittal and Schechter) (Comm) 802 Continuing review of research approved by Canadian research Inner city health (Wasylenki) (Comm) 214 ethics boards (W eijer) (Comm) 1305 Interdiction de |’amiante : le moment est-il venu? (Ed) 455 Crackdown on hospital incinerators coming soon (Sibbald) Is Canada smoked out? (NA) 1881 (NA) 533 Is it health care or is it health? (Dodek and others) (L) 968 Creating a Canadian stroke system (Wilson and others) Is it time to stop teaching breast self-examination? (Comm) 1853 (Nekhlyudov and Fletcher) (Comm) 1851 A crisis aborning in maternity and newborn care? (Buske) Large fee increase in hand, Alberta goes courting Canada’s (NA) 681 MDs (Sullivan) (NA) 1607 De la nounoucratie a la divulgation : le rapport de l’enquéte sur Lecons tirées du cisapride (Ed) 1271 ESB (Ed) 167 Lessons from cisapride (Ed) 1269 Diabetes in Canada’s First Nations Lost in translation (Leistikow) (L) 1126 (Desrosiers) (L) 752 (Panton) (L) 1126 [reply] (Todkill) (L) 7 [reply] (Young) (L) 1127 Malaria deaths in visitors to Canada and in Canadian travellers: Did the major clinical trials of statins affect prescribing a case series (Kain and others) (Rev) 654 behaviour? (Mamdani and Tu) (Res) 1695 The management of hypertension in Canada: a review of La Direction des produits de santé naturels : un peu de current guidelines, their shortcomings and implications for scepticisme naturel (Ed) 615 the future (McAlister and others) (Rev) 517 Drug patent protection: How long is long enough? (Sibbald) Marijuana: federal smoke clears, a little (Ed) 1397 _ (NA) 1331 Marijuana : la fumée se dissipe un peu 4 l’échelon fédéral Ecrire pour le JAMC (R) 1048, 1347, 1745, 1894 (Ed) 1399 Eight physicians elected to Commons (Sullivan) (NA) 80 MDs “No Nukes” movement moves online (Sibbald) Email use by phys icians (NA) 1483 (McCombs) (L) 1280 Measured words: announcing the winners of the first CMA7 irephy|(( Martin) (L) 1280 Essay Prize (Todkill) (Comm) 1859 Emergency doctors, nurses prescribe cure for overcrowding Medical school enrolment growing too slowly? (Sullivan) (Sibbald) (NA) 1034 : (NA) 1334 Engagement du Canada 4 soulager le sida en Afrique (Ed) 1827 Migraine drug recalled (NA) 1336 Family medicine loses lustre as students “vote with feet” in Military MDs know where their duty lies (Peramaki) (L) 969 2001 residency match (Sullivan) (NA) 1194 Military’s environmental medicine research pushes limits of Feds announce plan to reduce domestic use of pesticides human endurance (Sibbald) (NA) 85 (Sibbald) (NA) 681 New boss at Health Canada (Gray) (NA) 682 Feds’ approach to genetically modified products criticized New program will target 45 million TB patients in next decade (Sibbald) (NA) 853 (Sibbald) (NA) 1741 Fifty years at Western (Herbert) (L) 1279 Nfld., Sask. retain smallest proportion of postgraduate trainees The flying doctor from Pointe-Claire (Spears) (HS) 1820 (Martin) (NA) 1198 From nannyism to public disclosure: the BSE Inquiry report Number of medical school applicants drops on both sides of (Ed) 165 border (Korcok) (NA) 84 ‘The future of medicine (Krauser) (L) 753 Nurses decry profession’s 1:19 male-to-female ratio (Sullivan) Gauging the health of our health care system (NA) 1738 (Zitner) (L) 324 Nutritional supplement to treat bipolar disorder? (Basky) [reply] (Roos) (L) 325 (NA) 81 Getting the facts straight about Canadian health care (Gray) Obesity in Canadian children (NA) 852 (Auer and others) (L) 1563 Greening of health care goal of new coalition (Sibbald) (Finkelstein) (L) 1563 (NA) 83 (Katzmarzyk) (L) 1563 Harm reduction or reducing harm? [reply] (Andersen) (L) 1565 (Mangham) (L) 173 [reply] (Tremblay and Willms) (L) 1564 [reply] (Kendall) (L) 173 One country, one medical licence! ps arry) (NA) 1335 Head-hunting in the health care jungle (Gray) (NA) 1334 One hundred pennies for your thoughts Heads of new institutes to set tone for Canadian research (Hammell) (L) 1407 (Sinclair) (NA) 254 (Nucci) (L) 1407 Healer to the world (Square) (HS) 160 [reply] (Hoey) (L) 1407 Health care got short shrift in an election about nothing (Gray) One in 4 Canadians smokes, Ottawa reports (Sullivan) (NA) 79 (NA) 855 Health policy analyst, economist CMA’s new secretary general One-quarter of South African adults now HIV positive (Sullivan) (NA) 1031 (NA) 1198 The HIV-positive dentist: balancing the rights of the health Out-of-pocket health care costs (Martin) (NA) 252 care worker and the patient (Gardam and others) (Rev) 1715 Over-the-counter emergency contraception available soon Holiday levity (Baker) (L) 753 across country? (Sibbald) (NA) 849 Homelessness and health (Hwang) (Rev) 229 Participation “pathetic” in hospital-based energy-saving L’hospitalisation des sans-abri (Ed) 743 program (Sibbald) (NA) 536 Hospitalizing the homeless (Ed) 741 Past concerns and future roles for regional health boards The illegality of private health care in Canada (Flood and (Lomas) (Comm) 356 Archibald) (Rev) 825 Physicians’ prevention practices and incidence of neonatal Illiteracy as a public health issue (Weir) (NA) 1486 group B streptococcal disease in 2 Canadian regions (Davies Improved ranking for CMA7 and others) (Res) 479 (Etminan) (L) 747 Pity the NHS [reply] (Hoey) (L) 747 (Cary) (L) 1407 Inhalant use and addiction in Canada (Weir) (NA) 397 [reply] (Sullivan) (L) 1407 CMAJ ¢ INDEX TO VOLUME 164 Politique de !AMC : Les médecins et l’industrie Tuition fees continue upward spiral, hit new high at Western pharmaceutique (Mise a jour 2001) (R) 1342 (Johnston) (NA) 1610 Predictors of mammography use among Canadian women aged A view from the front line (Hammond) (L) 1406 50-69: findings from the 1996/97 National Population Virtually there: take a medical school tour without leaving Health Survey (Maxwell and others) (Res) 329 home (OReilly) (NA) 1610 Prescription data Will Bush’s America draw doctors south? (Gray) (NA) 1482 (Korman) (L) 1408 Will Canada follow US lead on RU 486? (Sibbald) (NA) 82 (MacLeod) (L) 1409 With all due haste: fast tracking at CMAJ (Ed) 1117 (Shortt) (L) 1408 Writing for CMA7 (R) 100, 398, 1046, 1202, 1345, 1616, 1892 (Zitner) (L) 1408 You say statistics, I say stastistics (Benzie) (L) 1280 [reply] (Zoutman and others) (L) 1409 Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment Prevalence of asthma symptoms among adults aged 20-44 Greening of health care goal of new coalition (Sibbald) years in Canada (Manfreda and others) (Res) 995 (NA) 83 Prevalence of migraine headache in Canada (Martin) Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative (NA) 1481 Chemoprevention of breast cancer: a joint guideline from the Prevention of influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia in Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and the Canadian long-term care facilities: How are we doing? Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative’s Steering Committee on (Stevenson and others) (Res) 1413 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Preventive health care, 2001 update: Should women be Breast Cancer (Levine and others) (Res) 1681 routinely taught breast self-examination to screen for breast Canadian Cardiovascular Society cancer? (Baxter and Canadian Task Force on Preventive Cardiovascular congress wrap-up (Armstrong) (NA) 392 Health Care) (Res) 1837 Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Problems for clinical judgement: 4. Surviving in the report card Assessment era (Tu and others) (Rev) 1709 Assessing health technology assessment (Sinclair) (NA) 1881 Public ignorant about telemedicine, survey finds (Martin) No public funding for flu-fighting drug: report (Sullivan) (NA) 1035 (NA) 859 Rabies death a reminder of need for caution around bats Canadian Forces (NA) 679 Military MDs know where their duty lies (Peramaki) (L) 969 Rationing medical care: rhetoric and reality in the Oregon Canadian Institute for Health Information Health Plan (Oberlander and others) (Rev) 1583 Brain drain? Maybe not (Sibbald) (NA) 1878 Regulations for new natural health products in place by year’s Caseloads may be responsible for regional differences in care: end? (Sibbald) (NA) 679 CIHI report (Sibbald) (NA) 1881 Return-to-work guide now available online (Sinclair) (NA) 682 Getting the facts straight about Canadian health care (Gray) The rich—-poor gap in global health research: challenges for (NA) 852 Canada (Neufeld and others) (Comm) 1158 Spending on drugs approaching $15 billion a year: CIHI The Royal College and the dying joy of learning (Sibbald) (NA) 1333 (Conacher) (L) 13 Canadian Institutes of Health Research [reply] (Parboosingh) (L) 13 CIHR announces first research grants (Sinclair) (NA) 854 The rural and urban realities of family medicine (Martin) Heads of new institutes to set tone for Canadian research (NA) 1611 (Sinclair) (NA) 254 Saskatoon firm wins country’s first contract to cultivate Social sciences meet basic sciences in new era of health-services medical marijuana (Basky) (NA) 535 research (Hoey) (NA) 248 The Senate report on end-of-life care: the ball is in our court Stem cell research gets nod, source of cells remains (Chochinov) (Comm) 794 controversial (Kondro) (NA) 1736 Seven new inductees named to Canadian Medical Hall of Fame A view from the front line (Hammond) (L) 1406 (NA) 1196 [correction 1665] Canadian International Development Agency A shortage of doctors? What shortage? (Sibbald) (NA) 857 New program will target 45 million TB patients in next decade Should Canadian health care professionals support the call for (Sibbald) (NA) 1741 a worldwide ban on asbestos? (Siemiatycki) (Comm) 495 Canadian Medical Association Social sciences meet basic sciences in new era of health-services CMA membership enjoys growth spurt in 2000 (NA) 248 research (Hoey) (NA) 248 CMA Policy: Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry Societal hierarchy and the health Olympics (Bezruchka) (Update 2001) (R) 1339 (Comm) 1701 Health policy analyst, economist CMA’s new secretary general Solve the accessibility issue by reducing the need? (Eggertson) (Sullivan) (NA) 1031 (NA) 848 Politique de l’A MC : Les médecins et l'industrie Some natural scepticism about the Natural Health Products pharmaceutique (Mise a jour 2001) (R) 1342 Directorate (Ed) 613 Canadian Medical Association South Africa appeals to Canada to stop recruiting its MDs Alta. Div. (Sullivan and Ehman) (NA) 387 Albertans overestimate MDs’ fees (Cairney) (NA) 392 Spending on drugs approaching $15 billion a year: CIHI Large fee increase in hand, Alberta goes courting Canada’s (Sibbald) (NA) 1333 MDs (Sullivan) (NA) 1607 Stem cell research gets nod, source of cells remains Ont. Div. controversial (Kondro) (NA) 1736 Maternity leave for adoptive parents in Ontario (Schumacher) Stressed parents at “loggerheads” with children, report says (L) 1123 (Sibbald) (NA) 84 MDs, maternity leave and adopted children Teen pregnancy rate down, abortion rate up (Buske) (NA) 395 (Hallett) (L) 15 A textbook case for online searching (Green) (NA) 1034 [reply] (Lent) (L) 16 Toxic-substance testing needs $50-million boost, report says OSLER (Sibbald) (NA) 1478 A textbook case for online searching (Green) (NA) 1034 Transfusion-transmitted malaria in Canada (Slinger and Canadian Medical Association Journal others) (Rev) 377 Acknowledgement of scientific reviewers / Remerciements aux Trying to “multiply the goodness” (Hass) (HS) 952 examinateurs scientifiques (Hoey) (R) 539 JAMC ¢ INDEX AU VOLUME 164