Table of Contents

Editorial

Why Open Medicine?	HTML PDF
James Maskalyk, for the Editors of Open Medicine	1-2

Research

Factors related to use of prostate cancer screening: The Alberta Tomorrow Project	HTML PDF
Harriet Richardson, Kristan J Aronson, Alison James, Elizabeth S McGregor, Heather Bryant	3-12

Rural medical students at urban medical schools: Too few and far between?	HTML PDF
Jennifer M Hensel, Maureen Shandling, Donald Redelmeier	13-17

Accuracy of administrative databases in identifying patients with hypertension	HTML PDF
Karen Tu, Norman RC Campbell, Xhong-Liang Chen, Karen J Cauch-Dudek, Finlay A McAlister	18-26

Review

A systematic review of studies comparing health outcomes in Canada and the United States	HTML PDF
Gordon Guyatt, PJ Devereaux, Joel Lexchin, Samuel B Stone, Armine Yalnizyan, David Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Qi Zhou, Laurie Goldsmith, Deborah J Cook, Ted Haines, Christina Lacchetti, John Lavis, Terrence Sullivan, Ed Mills, Shelley Kraus, Neera Bhatnagar	27-36

Analysis and Comment

Direct-to-consumer advertising and expenditure on prescription drugs: A comparison of experiences in the United States and Canada	HTML PDF
Steven G Morgan	37-45

The joys and challenges of being an open access medical journal	HTML PDF
Gavin Yamey, Virginia Barbour, Barbara Cohen, Larry Peiperl, Paul Chinnock	46-48

Peer review in open access scientific journals	HTML PDF
Matthew E Falagas	49-51

The media–medicine mix: quality concerns in medical reporting	HTML PDF
Alan KE Cassels	52-54

Clinical Practice

Decision-making in primary care: Does screening for peripheral arterial disease improve risk stratification for patients at intermediate coronary risk?	HTML PDF
Michelle Greiver	55-57

Colloquium

Pharmaceutical ethics?	HTML PDF
Jerome P Kassirer	58-59

Letters

Some problems adressing medical publishing and - maybe - Open Medicine
Manfred Gogol

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