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Volume 175(2);  August 2001
Articles
This Month in wjm
Editor's Pick
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 73.
PMCID: PMC1071481
This month in wjm
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 73.
PMCID: PMC1071514
Best Practice
Straight to the Point: Seizure disorders: Part 1. Classification and diagnosis
Sandra Kammerman and Lloyd Wasserman
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 99–103.
PMCID: PMC1071497
Evidence-Based Case Reviews: Treating the patient or the population? Part 2. Judging the benefit of a treatment to society as a whole
Thomas D Heller, Richard F Heller, Stephen Pattison, and Robert Fletcher
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 104–107.
PMCID: PMC1071498
Evidence-Based Case Reviews: Nocturnal enuresis
Jonathan H C Evans
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 108–111.
PMCID: PMC1071499
Topics in Review: Nickel coinage in the United States: The history of a common contact allergen
Raymond T Kuwahara, Robert B Skinner, III, and Robert B Skinner, Jr
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 112–114.
PMCID: PMC1071501
Topics in Review: Why are people who return from war at increased risk of injury?
Nicole S Bell, Paul J Amoroso, David H Wegman, and Laura Senier
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 115–118.
PMCID: PMC1071502
Culture and Medicine
Immigrant women's health: nutritional assessment and dietary intervention
Marion M Lee and Shirley Huang
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 133–137.
PMCID: PMC1071509
Genesis
Voice of Students: Medicina Cubana: a fresh perspective
Christian Ramers
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 129–130.
PMCID: PMC1071506
Animal lab
Melinda E Glines
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 131.
PMCID: PMC1071507
Recognizing animal suffering and death in medicine
John Lynch and Bill Slaughter
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 131–132.
PMCID: PMC1071516
In the Public Eye
News and Features: Foreigners flock to Cuba for medical care
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 81.
PMCID: PMC1071486
News and Features: Time-release analgesic drug causes fatal overdoses in United States
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 82.
PMCID: PMC1071487
Media Watch: Genomics dazzle the Big Apple
Janice Hopkins Tanne
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 83.
PMCID: PMC1071488
Mail
Spider mythology across the world
Geoffrey K Isbister
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 86–87.
PMCID: PMC1071491
Hyponatremic encephalopathy induced by thiazides
Jameela Al-Salman and Robert Pursell
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 87.
PMCID: PMC1071492
Med.Pix
The risks of being a sheepherder's wife
Christopher M Lowther
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 84–85.
PMCID: PMC1071489
Medicine Cabinet
Hypertensive therapy: attacking the renin-angiotensin system
Timothy Bishop and Vincent M Figueredo
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 119–124.
PMCID: PMC1071503
Op-Ed
Ignorance about our health care workforce: a public health emergency
Tina McRee
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 78–79.
PMCID: PMC1071484
The evidence house: How to build an inclusive base for complementary medicine
Wayne B Jonas
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 79–80.
PMCID: PMC1071485
Original Research
Does the aggressive use of polyvalent antivenin for rattlesnake bites result in serious acute side effects?
Steven R Offerman, Timothy S Smith, and Robert W Derlet
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 88–91.
PMCID: PMC1071493
Commentary: The antivenin is safe, but its future is uncertain
Robert Galli
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 91–92.
PMCID: PMC1071494
Personal growth in medical faculty: a qualitative study
David E Kern, Scott M Wright, Joseph A Carrese, Mack Lipkin, Jr, Julia M Simmons, Dennis H Novack, Adina Kalet, and Richard Frankel
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 92–98.
PMCID: PMC1071495
Commentary: Becoming an emotionally intelligent physician
Mitchell D Feldman
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 98.
PMCID: PMC1071496
Other Content
Do you have images (slides, photos, etc.) of compelling visual cases in clinical medicine?
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 85.
PMCID: PMC1071490
South Beach
Ted McMahon
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 111.
PMCID: PMC1071500
Walking can burn more calories than jogging
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 124.
PMCID: PMC1071504
The hazards of color blindness
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 124.
PMCID: PMC1071515
Any Questions? Any Answers?
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 132.
PMCID: PMC1071508
Death of a hospital
James L Hutchinson
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 137.
PMCID: PMC1071510
Point-Counterpoint
Should Physicians Accept Gifts from Their Patients?: Yes: If they are given out of beneficence or appreciation
William Andereck
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 76.
PMCID: PMC1071482
Should Physicians Accept Gifts from Their Patients?: No: Gifts debase the true value of care
Charles Weijer
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 77.
PMCID: PMC1071483
Toolbox
Herbal medicine
Andrew Vickers, Catherine Zollman, and Roberta Lee
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 125–128.
PMCID: PMC1071505
Visual Commentary
About clothes
David Heiden
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 144.
PMCID: PMC1071513
West of the Rockies
Giving and receiving gifts: one perspective
John I Takayama
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 138–139.
PMCID: PMC1071511
Feudal lords of science and medicine
Johannes Borgstein and Joseph Watine
West J Med. 2001 August; 175(2): 139–140.
PMCID: PMC1071512
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