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- 1From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedThe federal government is deliberately undermining capacity to generate accurate Aboriginal health data and circulating discredited health data so as to downplay the severity of the Aboriginal health crisis in Canada,...
- 2From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Although Aboriginal adults have a higher risk of end-stage renal disease than non-Aboriginal adults, the incidence and causes of end-stage renal disease among Aboriginal children and young adults are not well...
- 3From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedFactory farms, where thousands of animals are crammed together, are driving the growth of antibiotic-resistant organisms that cause human diseases. Poultry, swine and cattle receive low doses of antibiotics to reduce...
- 4From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedScreams of terror can still be heard inside the massive 18thcentury stone building on Plaza de Santo Domingo in the heart of Mexico City. Don't let the screams deter you. Just walk in. Immediately to the right of the...
- 5From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedInnovation scorecards: The United Kingdom's National Health Service will be compelled to comply with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for drugs and treatments or explain to...
- 6From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedSelf-regulation is a basic tenet of all professions, and few professions value that principle as much as the field of medicine. But in today's world--where people are more skeptical of expertise, where conflicts of...
- 7From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedChronic Condition: Why Canada's Health Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century Jeffrey Simpson Allen Lane; 2012 The first law of health care improvement is that every system is perfectly designed...
- 8From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Patients with acute rhinosinusitis are frequently encountered in primary care. Although corticosteroids are being increasingly used for symptom control, evidence supporting their use is inconclusive. We...
- 9From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedStaff vaccinations: Physicians and health care workers in publicly funded health facilities in British Columbia will be compelled to get flu vaccinations this year, or wear masks when in contact with patients during the...
- 10From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedNo-fault compensation for clinical treatment injuries may finally be inching toward reality in Scotland as the government has launched public consultations on the financial and practical implications of introducing such...
- 11From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedA clinician may be faced with the question "What is the risk of drug-induced liver injury if I prescribe drug X compared with drug Y?" In a related CMAJ article, Paterson and colleagues report a significantly higher...
- 12From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedAlberta has become the fifth province in Canada to regulate naturopathic doctors, following a push by the profession to ensure consistent regulations and practice standards across the country. The province...
- 13From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedRebecca Zener MD PGY-1 Resident, Diagnostic Radiology University of Western Ontario London, Ont. DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.111725 scribing death glimmers hazy and red glared off the tall concrete onto an indigo...
- 14From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedA 69-year-old woman presented with rapidly progressive pain in her right hip over the last two months. Physical examination revealed a restricted range of motion associated with pain. Brownish pigmentation was noticed...
- 15From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedAs part of the movement toward patient-centred care, several countries have adopted charters of rights for patients. Unlike the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, patient charters do not generally grant formal...
- 16From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedA tale of the imbalance of power Morgue Drawer Four Jutta Profijt (translation by Erik J. Macki) AmazonCrossing; 2011 Bookstores these days abound with mashups, entertaining but largely artless books in...
- 17From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedThe gap between election promises and what a government delivers is often vast, particularly for those of a minority variety. Quebec will be testing that truism after narrowly electing a minority Parti Quebecois...
- 18From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedNew York crackdown: Mandatory electronic prescribing of all controlled substances, tighter regulation of hydrocodone and a comprehensive registry of prescription drugs are among measures to be introduced in the state of...
- 19From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedThe Color of Atmosphere: One Doctor's Journey In and Out of Medicine Maggie Kozel MD Chelsea Green Publishing; 2011 Canadian medicine has a complex relationship with medicine in the United States. Differences...
- 20From: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal. (Vol. 184, Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedIn their CMAJ article "Managing obesity in adults in primary care," (1) Plourde and Prud'homme propose using the 5A model for the management of obesity. Recently, the Canadian Obesity Network launched a set of tools...