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	October 30, 2001 / le 30 octobre 2001 CMAJ 2001:165(9) The thorns on the quilt symbolize the pain from episiotomy or tearing of perineal tissues during childbirth. In this issue, Elizabeth Peter and colleagues report the results of a randomized controlled trial comparing 2 analgesics for pain relief (page 1203).	IN THIS ISSUE • Editorial • Letters • Research • Commentary • Review • The Left Atrium • News • Deaths • Heart & Soul PREVIOUS ISSUE BACK ISSUES *FREE eCMAJ* TOC PUB MED**

	Editorial • Éditorial
1181	Primary care — the hard parts
1183	Soins primaires — les côtés difficiles

1189	Letters • Correspondance The debate of banning asbestos — D.C.F. Muir; L. Kazan-Allen; T.L. Guidotti; D. Janigan; D. Ahmad, W.K.C. Morgan; R. Wilson, et al; D.V. Bates; responses: P. Landrigan; J. Siemiatycki; M. Camus Methylmercury poisoning — J. Ruedy; response: E. Weir Ammunition against malaria [Correction] Methylmercury exposure: fishing for answers [Correction]

	Research • Rechèrche
1197	How well is the clinical importance of study results reported? An assessment of randomized controlled trials K.B.Y. Chan, M. Man-Son-Hing, F.J. Molnar, A. Laupacis
1203	Ibuprofen versus acetaminophen with codeine for the relief of perineal pain after childbirth: a randomized controlled trial E.A. Peter, P.A. Janssen, C.S. Grange, M.J. Douglas
1210	Primary health care services provided by nurse practitioners and family physicians in shared practice D. Way, L. Jones, B. Baskerville, N. Busing

	Commentary • Commentaire
1218	Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer: the management of chronic pain in patients with breast cancer (summary of the 2001 update) C. Emery, R. Gallagher, M. Hugi, M. Levine, for the Steering Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care and Treatment of Breast Cancer
1219	The modern scientific physician: 6. The useful property of a screening regimen O.S. Miettinen
1221	Launching a new journal page: Clinical Vistas E. Wooltorton

	Review • Synthèse
1226	Why randomized controlled trials fail but needn't: 2. Failure to employ physiological statistics, or the only formula a clinician-trialist is ever likely to need (or understand!) D.L. Sackett

1238	The Left Atrium • De l'oreille gauche
	The centaur's memory (V. Hanlon on the interviews of Primo Levi) Memory and duty (M. Gordon on Holocaust memories and geriatric care) The Jewish Museum in Berlin

1242	News • Nouvelles
	Winnipeg inquest recommendations watered down, parents say Afghanistan, by the numbers Lessons Canada learned in Swissair crash being applied in New York Slumping economy boosting number of uninsured Americans Solution turns sour as patients demand physician's services Brazilian editor visits counterparts at CMAJ Companies moving to market nicotine's medicinal qualities Pulse: The burden of on-call coverage Disgruntled Newfoundland MDs take job action Homicide's toll National patient-safety strategy in the works On the Net: Give me a CBC and LFT, and put it on my Visa Clinical Update: Colorectal cancer screening: you can't be positive about a negative result Public Health: The health impact of bullying

1287	Deaths • Nécrologie

	Heart & Soul • Gens de cœur
1288	Rocking in the real world J. Hass