Canadian Medical Association Journal: 186 (16)

November 04, 2014; Volume 186,Issue 16

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CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1191;

Editorial

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Chronically ill children and fragile families
Ken Flegel

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141207

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Responding to the rising number of children living with complex chronic conditions
Eyal Cohen and Hema Patel

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1199-1200; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141036
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Prostate cancer screening: going beyond the clinical evidence
Murray Krahn

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141252

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Barriers to accessing data are bad medicine
Carolyn Brown

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4894
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Could interferon help treat Ebola?
Miriam Shuchman

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1204; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4906
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Ebola research fueled by bioterrorism threat
Stephen Strauss

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1206; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4910
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US tries to stem antimicrobial resistance
Paul Webster

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1207; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4917
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Medicare trial postponed
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4912
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10 health stories that mattered: Sept. 20–26
Roger Collier

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E592; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4909
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Provinces press for e-cigarette crackdown
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4914
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10 health stories that mattered: Sept. 27–Oct. 3
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E594; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4915
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Cautious first guidance for prescribing pot
Lauren Vogel

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.109-4916

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The validity of recommendations from clinical guidelines: a survival analysis
Laura Martínez García, Andrea Juliana Sanabria, Elvira García Álvarez, Maria Mar Trujillo-Martín, Itziar Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta, Anna Kotzeva, David Rigau, Arturo Louro-González, Leticia Barajas-Nava, Petra Díaz del Campo, Maria-Dolors Estrada, Ivan Solà, Javier Gracia, Flavia Salcedo-Fernandez, Jennifer Lawson, R. Brian Haynes and Pablo Alonso-Coello; for the Updating Guidelines Working Group

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1211-1219; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140547
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Outcomes for patients with the same disease treated inside and outside of randomized trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Natasha Fernandes, Dianne Bryant, Lauren Griffith, Mohamed El-Rabbany, Nisha M. Fernandes, Crystal Kean, Jacquelyn Marsh, Siddhi Mathur, Rebecca Moyer, Clare J. Reade, John J. Riva, Lyndsay Somerville and Neera Bhatnagar

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E596-E609; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131693

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CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1221; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141296

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Assessment and management of falls in older people
Emily Kwan and Sharon E. Straus

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E610-E621; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131330

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Withholding and withdrawing treatment in Canada: implications of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the Rasouli case
James Downar, Robert W. Sibbald, Tracey M. Bailey and Brian P. Kavanagh

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E622-E626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140054

Guidelines

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Recommendations on screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test
Neil Bell, Sarah Connor Gorber, Amanda Shane, Michel Joffres, Harminder Singh, James Dickinson, Elizabeth Shaw, Lesley Dunfield, Marcello Tonelli and Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1225-1234; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140703

Practice

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Decisions: Reducing the risk of infection in a 74-year-old man who is to receive prednisone
Daniel M. Shafran, Paul E. Bunce and Wayne L. Gold

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1239-1240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131430
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Cases: An unusual case of appendicitis
Cora Constantinescu, Joseph Vayalumkal and Dina Fisher

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1241-1243; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131126
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Clinical Images: Hair analysis of cortisol levels in adrenal insufficiency
Christine Ibrahim and Stan Van Uum

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1244; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140407
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Five Things to Know About ...: The periodic health examination in adults
David Ponka

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1245; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141125
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Decisions: A 45-year-old woman referred for an independent medical evaluation by her insurer
Jason W. Busse, Sturla E. Bruun-Meyer, Shanil Ebrahim and Regina Kunz

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E627-E630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.130863
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Five Things to Know About ...: Dextromethorphan abuse
Tony Antoniou and David N. Juurlink

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) E631; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131676

Letters

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Incorrect conclusions about unpublished pharmaceutical research
James Karagianis

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1246-2146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.114-0079
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Induction of labour
Mark P. Hehir, Adam Mackie and Michael S. Robson

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.114-0077
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Induction of labour
Judy Slome Cohain

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1246-1247; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.114-0076
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Induction of labour
Ekaterina Mishanina, Ewelina Rogozinska, Tej Thatthi, Rehan Uddin-Khan, Khalid S. Khan and Catherine Meads

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1247; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.114-0078
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Thank you for saying this
Robert M. Bernstein

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1247; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.114-0080
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Otitis media and Bell palsy
Ross E. Harrison

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1247; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.114-0081

Humanities

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Essay: Understanding critical disability studies
Geoffrey Reaume

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1248-1249; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141236
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Books: A robust future
Allan Peterkin

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1249; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140079
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Books: Is the future now?
Dorian Deshauer

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1250; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.131814

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Revisiting Rodriguez
Svend Robinson

CMAJ November 04, 2014 186 (16) 1264; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.141213

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