SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM

Sir R. Ross and I.M.S.

with the writer who immediately allowed his name to be published, as may be seen by a reference to our columns (May 1911, p. 187). This letter has long been lost, but at the time we stated and we still believe that it contained nothing beyond a statement to the effect that the writer should give his name. This having been done, we did not think it necessary to publish the letter itself, and not...

Professor Sir Derek H. R. Barton and Heterocycles

Edward Markham Skerritt, M.D. Lond., F.R.C.P.

Primary care outreach in Markham, Ont.

Historically, Canadian family physicians have operated out of their own clinics, providing excellent primary care to patients who come through the front doors. More recently, health care delivery has moved away from older models of paternalistic, physiciancentred care and toward patient-centred care. At the same time, there are ongoing efforts to maximize efficiency in our resource-limited heal...

Yes Sir, no Sir, not much difference Sir.

OBJECTIVE To assess whether making the sender's knighthood explicit in a series of letters would have any detectable effect on the response. DESIGN A random sequence was generated by flipping a coin to determine whether a letter would have 'Sir Iain Chalmers' or 'Iain Chalmers' typed under the signature. This sequence was prepared independently of the preparation of an alphabetic list of the ...