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Volume 2 - Issue 1 - November 2004

Table of Contents

PREFACE FROM THE EDITORS
3
Welcome, all, to the 2nd Issue [pdf]
S. McMullen, Editor-in-Chief
4
A Call to Arms, of a Different Sort [pdf]
T. Grennan, Executive Editor
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
6
Issues in the Design and Conduct of Randomized Trials in Surgery [pdf]
M. Bhandari, P.J. Devereaux
CLINICAL REVIEW
14
Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: A Review of the Available Follow-Up Modalities [pdf]
T. Davids, A. Prebtani
BRIEF CASE
20
Gastric Carcinoma: An Unexpected Diagnosis [pdf]
C. Hanley
HEALTH POLICY AND ECONOMICS
25
Getting Better Value for Money: The Use of Economic Evaluations in Several Surgical Subspecialties [pdf]
S.N. Raza, J. Yousuf, K. Yousuf, S.D. Raza
29
Obesity: Implications for Health Care and Society [pdf]
J. Braun, B. Heal
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
34
Public Health in Canada: Considerations on the History of Neglect [pdf]
D. Yan
MEDICAL ETHICS
38
The Prescription Conundrum: Factors That Impact on Prescribing Practices [pdf]
C. Costiniuk
CLINICAL REVIEW
41
Selection of Medical Students at McMaster University: A Quarter Century Later [pdf]
H. Reiter, J. Rosenfeld, L. Giordano
43
The "Romanow Reports" and the Ethics of Health Care [pdf]
M.A. Somerville
MEDICAL CAREERS
46
Clinical Genetics: The Art and Science of Helping People Understand Their Genes [pdf]
M. Carter
ALLIED HEALTH
49
Allied Health Care Professionals and Patient Care: When Should Physicians Refer? [pdf]
J. Hunter-Orange, U. Ramanathan, L.K. McLachlin-McDermid
CLINICAL QUIZ
56
How much do you know about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? [pdf]
R. Nenshi, K. Strode
INSIGHT
60
Aunt Jane [pdf]
J. Clement

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