CPJ · RPC Canadian Pharmacists Association
Table of Contents 2003 Vol. 136 No. 5

OPINION

Editorial
Smoking cessation: A success story
Blair Jarvis

Letters
Morley Longman, Linda Lin, Suresh Shukla, Gregory Pierce

Guest Column
Lack of common values undermine a common voice
Jeff Poston

DEPARTMENTS

Web Wise
Online journals: Boon or bane to the busy pharmacist?
Dale Wright

Alternative Medicine
Pygeum extract for benign prostatic hypertrophy
Mario Bédard

Payer Perspectives
Deferred billing and punitive audits
Derek Desrosiers

The Wireless Pharmacist
Wireless networking in the dispensary
Gregory Pierce

Focus on Patient Care
Sun protection in children
Margaret Wong

Focus on Error Prevention
Multiple strengths of nonprescription products
Ian Stewart

Product Pipeline
Elidel, Avandamet

Journal Club
US hypertension guidelines updated; heart failure after therapy with tumor necrosis factor antagonists

Erratum
December 2002/January 2003, Vol. 135, No. 10; page 19

PHARMACY PRACTICE RESEARCH
Patient satisfaction with a smoking cessation program in community pharmacies
Jeff Taylor, William Semchuk, Shannan Neubauer, Glenn Kuz

CLINICAL FORUM
Beta-blockers for the management of chronic heart failure:
A summary of the evidence
Stacey MacAulay, Derek Jorgenson

MOTHERISK UPDATE
Nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy
Gideon Koren

PULSE - Pharmacy News This Month

SARS outbreak
The ongoing battle against severe acute respiratory syndrome has challenged pharmacists and pharmacy students in ways few would have imagined.

Advanced degree
The University of Montreal will introduce an entry-level PharmD program in 2005.

Retail trends
Despite an uncertain marketplace, a survey by the association of chain drug stores says business is booming.

Insurance hike
Expansion of pharmacists' services has insurers re-thinking the cost of malpractice insurance.

Mutual cooperation
Regulators hope an agreement signed by US and Canadian licensing authorities will address the growth of international prescriptions.

Retail switch
Two Nova Scotia pharmacists dispel the myths about grocery store pharmacies.

SPONSORED COLUMNS

Ask Your Pharmacist

Swimmer's Ear
Dennis Leong

West Nile Virus
Marjorie Friesen

Dialogue on Diabetes
The search for a cure
Don Rusnak

Advances in Osteoarthritis
Obesity and osteoarthritis

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