PATIENTS & PRACTICE
Life and death decisions: guidelines to give MB docs last word on pulling plug

Hi-tetch patients: RateMDs.com lets folks vent online.

Safety in numbers: First large review confirms flu jab's safe for toddlers.

Uptake on the downbeat: Docs quick to dismiss therapies after negative studies.

Staple treatment: Cochrane review challenges longterm efficacy of hemorrhoid stapling.

My foot! What to tell your patients about keeping their tootsies in tip-top shape.

Diagnosing dementia, Part 1: Navigate the pitfalls of this elusive disease

Practice Management
Cleavage conundrum: What to do when staffers don't know how to dress.

POLICY & POLITICS
Civil War: QC specialists' pressure tactics impact med students and residents.

A healthy debate: What the Liberals are saying about healthcare.

Quebec inches toward private care: Ideological debate runs through discussion on Bill 33.

Day in the sun: Brian Day speaks out about his family, Castro and what it's like to be the centre of attention.

ADVANCES IN MEDICINE
First past the post: The FDA has approved the first in a new class of diabetes meds.

PHYSICIAN LIFE
Dancing queens: Two Winnipeg sisters juggle medicine and a professional dance company.

Lessons in diplomacy: Our resident learns the fine art of interphysician negotiation.

Just a day's pay: One doc's simple plan to combat global HIV.

Personal Finance
Legacies for beginners: A simple estate plan will ensure you won't leave your kids with a big mess.

Departments
Editorial: Are Quebec's specialists playing a sucker's game
Editorial: Foul air emitted from Ottawa
Editorial: Cartoon
Editorial: Letters
News in brief:
Across Canada: News highlights from coast to coast to coast.
Medical History in Brief: Take a walk down medicine's oft-strange memory lane.
Sudoku puzzle: Test your 'rithmetic skills.