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VOL 60: MARCH • MARS 2014

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Canadian Family Physician  Le Médecin de famille canadien

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remind our patients that doing nothing is sometimes the best thing, and to also fnd ways to ensure that they are receptive to that message.

—Lawrence C. Loh

MD MPH CCFP FRCPC

Burnaby, BC

Competing interests None declared References

1. Reid S. All I want for Christmas is amoxicillin. Can Fam Physician 2013;59:1261-2 (Eng), e526-7 (Fr).

2. Vanden Eng J, Marcus R, Hadler JL, Imhoff B, Vugia DJ, Cieslak PR, et al.

Consumer attitudes and use of antibiotics. Emerg Infect Dis 2003;9(9):1128-35.

3. Belongia EA, Naimi TS, Gale CM, Besser RE. Antibiotic use and upper respiratory infections: a survey of knowledge, attitudes, and experience in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Prev Med 2002;34(3):346-52.

4. Cals JW, Boumans D, Lardinois RJ, Gonzales R, Hopstaken RM, Butler CC, et al. Public beliefs on antibiotics and respiratory tract infections: an internet-based questionnaire study. Br J Gen Pract 2007;57(545):942-7.

DOI:10.3399/096016407782605027.

Physicians receiving gifts

F urther to Dr Ladouceur’s editorial,

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I have 42 pairs of thick wool socks of every colour, with pointed toes like the Grinch—gifts from a patient, 2 pairs per year.

—Ron VanHoof

MD

Peterborough, Ont

Competing interests None declared Reference

1. Ladouceur R. Should family physicians accept gifts from patients? Can Fam Physician 2013;59:1254 (Eng), 1255 (Fr).

Correction

I n the article “Falls in the elderly. Spectrum and pre- vention,” published in the July 2011 issue of Canadian Family Physician,

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some of the author’s affliations were inadvertently omitted. The biographical information should have read as follows:

Dr Al-Aama is Adjunct Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London, an internist and geriatrician at St Joseph’s Health Centre and London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario, and Assistant Professor at King Abdulaziz University Jeddah Saudi Arabia.

Reference

1. Al-Aama T. Falls in the elderly. Spectrum and prevention. Can Fam Physician 2011;57:771-6.

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