Editorials * Éditoriaux

Appel à mes collègues québécois
Maurice Lamarche, MD

Rurally eclectic
Suzanne Kingsmill, BA, MSc

President's message: rural health care at the millennium – a time to celebrate
Patricia Vann, MD

Message du président. Les soins de santé en milieu rural au tournant du millénaire  – C'est le moment de célébrer
Patricia Vann, MD

Original articles * Articles originaux

The provision of health care in the Northwest Territories(NWT): a joint statement on health care reform in the NWT, September 1998
Northwest Territories Medical Association; Northwest Territories Registered Nurses Association

A procedural skills rurality index for the medical community
George C. Magee, MD

Case Report · Étude de cas

Rural patient stories/rural physician management narratives
James T.B. Rourke, MD; James H. Goertzen, MD; Sharon N. Hatche,MD; Paul W.H. Humphries, MD; Stuart J. Iglesias, MD; Sarah Mackinnon, MD; Lise Morin, MD; Sarah-Lynn Newbery, MD; Conleth O'Maonaigh, MD BCh; Paul Rainsberry, PhD; Joshua Tepper, MD; Carl Whiteside, MD;Mark E. Whittaker, MD

The practitioner * Le praticien

The occasional suprapubic catheter
Keith MacLellan, MD

Country cardiograms case 15: Who's had the MI? A tale of two patients
Gordon Brock, MD; Vydas Gurekas, MD

Podium: Doctors Speak Out * La Parole aux médecins

Letter from Australia
Peter Hutten-Czapski, MD

Rural CME · ÉMC rurale

SRPC's rural critical care update
Keith MacLellan, MD

Off call * Détente

Cryptic Crossword

Cryptic crossword # 15
David Howe, MD

Answers to cryptic crossword
Lee Teperman

On the Homefront

One wilderness, two viewpoints
Suzane Kingsmill, BA, MSc

Departments · Chroniques

Letters * Correspondance Scientifique

Literature · Littérature Scientifique

Correction · Correction

Out Behind the Barn * Dans le feu de l'action

Medical textbooks: Would you like paper or plastic?
Barrie McCombs, MD