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Volume 180(1);  January 6, 2009
Highlights
Highlights
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 5.
PMCID: PMC2612057
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Dans ce numéro
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 7.
PMCID: PMC2612073
Editorials
Medical errors, apologies and apology laws
Noni MacDonald and Amir Attaran
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 11. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081997.
PMCID: PMC2612052
Cet article est disponible en français.
Erreurs médicales, excuses et lois sur les excuses
Noni MacDonald and Amir Attaran
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 13. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081906.
PMCID: PMC2612058
Commentaries
Thiazolidinediones: Do harms outweigh benefits?
Lorraine L. Lipscombe
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 16–17. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081713.
PMCID: PMC2612067
The controversy over the efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine
Ross Andrews and Sarah A. Moberley
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 18–19. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081744.
PMCID: PMC2612055
News
Clinical trials: the muddled Canadian landscape
Ann Silversides
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 20–22. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081897.
PMCID: PMC2612071
Legumes, lemons and streptomycin: A short history of the clinical trial
Roger Collier
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 23–24. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081879.
PMCID: PMC2612069
Physician allocation system in Quebec inhibits recruitment
Hannah Hoag
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 25. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081789.
PMCID: PMC2612072
Incremental change, rather than wholesale reform, expected from new US president Barack Obama
Katie Lewis
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 26–27. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081870.
PMCID: PMC2612063
Ex-provincial health minister sees red
Ann Silversides
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 27. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081872.
PMCID: PMC2612070
Briefly
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 28. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081874.
PMCID: PMC2612050
Dispatch from the medical front: Somali symbiosis, part 3: how it affects me
Dr. John Barnhill
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 28. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081816.
PMCID: PMC2612046
For the record
Wayne Kondro
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 29. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081815.
PMCID: PMC2612061
Research
Long-term use of thiazolidinediones and fractures in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis
Yoon K. Loke, Sonal Singh, and Curt D. Furberg
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 32–39. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080486.
PMCID: PMC2612065
Comparison of prognosis for men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and men with cardiovascular disease
Gilles R. Dagenais, Annie St-Pierre, Patrick Gilbert, Benoît Lamarche, Jean-Pierre Després, Paul-Marie Bernard, and Peter Bogaty
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 40–47. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.071027.
PMCID: PMC2612049
Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination in adults: a meta-analysis
Anke Huss, Pippa Scott, Andreas E. Stuck, Caroline Trotter, and Matthias Egger
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 48–58. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080734.
PMCID: PMC2612051
Review
Acute monoarthritis: What is the cause of my patient's painful swollen joint?
Lingling Ma, Ann Cranney, and Jayna M. Holroyd-Leduc
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 59–65. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080183.
PMCID: PMC2612045
Analysis
Making early childhood count
Clyde Hertzman and Robin Williams
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 68–71. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080512.
PMCID: PMC2612056
Practice
Teaching cases: Painful swelling in the thigh: diabetic muscle infarction
Ami Schattner, Taiba Zornitzki, Meital Adi, and Joshua Friedman
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 72–74. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.080572.
PMCID: PMC2612048
What is your call?: Migratory pulmonary infiltrates
Ewan C. Goligher and Allan S. Detsky
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 75–77. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081117.
PMCID: PMC2612060
Letters
Use administrative databases with caution
Bruno Hubert and Rodica Gilca
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 78. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1080124.
PMCID: PMC2612068
Use administrative databases with caution
Sandra Dial and Samy Suissa
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 78–79. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1080125.
PMCID: PMC2612066
Humanities
Creative works: Imagined lives
John Wood
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 80–82. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081865.
PMCID: PMC2612074
A note from the Humanities' editor
Barbara Sibbald
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 82. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081937.
PMCID: PMC2612054
Review: Achieving self-definition
Shane Neilson
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 83. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081866.
PMCID: PMC2612053
Clinical Images
Facial swelling after a dental procedure
Mariam Ghali Eskander
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 139. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.071883.
PMCID: PMC2612062
Salon
Doctors don't own medical knowledge
Tarek Abd El Halim
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 140. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081463.
PMCID: PMC2612059
Corrections
Corrections
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 79. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081975.
PMCID: PMC2612047
Corrects: Loraine D. Marrett, et al. Cancer in Canada in 2008. CMAJ. 2008 November 18; 179(11): 1163–1170.
Corrections
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 79. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081980.
PMCID: PMC2612044
Corrects: Konstantinos Z. Vardakas, et al. Respiratory fluoroquinolones for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. CMAJ. 2008 December 2; 179(12): 1269–1277.
Corrections
CMAJ. 2009 January 6; 180(1): 79. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081981.
PMCID: PMC2612064
Corrects: Shi Wu Wen, et al. Maternal exposure to folic acid antagonists and placenta-mediated adverse pregnancy outcomes. CMAJ. 2008 December 2; 179(12): 1263–1268.
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