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E D I T O R I A L

Evidence-based medicine and healthcare: advancing the practice
R B Haynes

M E D I C I N E    I N    S T A M P S

Philippe Pinel (1745-1826): liberator of the insane
S Y Tan, M E Yeow

E V I D E N C E - B A S E D    M E D I C I N E
A N D    H E A L T H C A R E

What is this thing called EBM?
K H Pwee
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O R I G I N A L A R T I C L E S

Public attitudes to emergency medical services in Singapore: EMS day 2002
M E H Ong, P H Y Ang, Y H Chan, S Yap

The majority of hepatitis B carriers are not on regular surveillance in Singapore
C T Wai, B Mak, W Chua, S G Lim

Immunogenicity of low-dose and conventional-dose recombinant hepatitis B vaccines in healthy adolescents in India
S S Rana, R Singhal, R K Gupta, D Sharma, P Kar

Smoking cessation programme: the Singapore General Hospital experience
H C Zow, A A L Hsu, P C T Eng

C A S E R E P O R T S

Endometriosis of the appendix presenting as acute appendicitis
J J Khoo, M S A Ismail, C C Tiu

Ectopic thyroid tissue in the parotid salivary gland
V V Mysorekar, C P Dandekar, M R Sreevathsa

P I C T O R I A L E S S A Y

Imaging of tuberculosis of the spine
E L H J Teo, W C G Peh
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B O O K R E V I E W

Stop the emotional rollercoaster
Author: A L H Peh. Reviewer: L K Tay.

L E T T E R S T O T H E E D I T O R

2001 survey on primary medical care in Singapore
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