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Volume 175(3);  September 2001
Articles
This Month in wjm
Editor's pick
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 145.
PMCID: PMC1071517
This month in wjm
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 145.
PMCID: PMC1071550
Best Practice
Straight to the Point: Seizure disorders: Part 2. Treatment
Sandra Kammerman and Lloyd Wasserman
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 184–188.
PMCID: PMC1071539
Evidence-Based Case Review: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
James P Guevara and Martin T Stein
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 189–193.
PMCID: PMC1071540
Evidence-Based Case Review: Methemoglobinemia
Habib Ur Rehman
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 193–196.
PMCID: PMC1071541
Evidence-Based Case Review: Treating dyspnea in a patient with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
James R Runo and E Wesley Ely
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 197–201.
PMCID: PMC1071542
Culture and Medicine
Immigrant women's health: Infectious diseases — Part 1: Clinical assessment, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and malaria
Robin Avery
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 208–211.
PMCID: PMC1071547
Dialogue
Dialogue on Genetic Catastrophe: The realm of different human possibilities
Camille Solyagua
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 174–175.
PMCID: PMC1071534
Dialogue on Genetic Catastrophe: The 3,000-year history of conjoined twins
G E Kennedy
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 176–177.
PMCID: PMC1071535
Dialogue on Genetic Catastrophe: Reminders, lurking quietly in the dark
Robert A Sobieszek
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 178–179.
PMCID: PMC1071536
Dialogue on Genetic Catastrophe: Please lay them to rest
Kathleen Cranley Glass
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 180–181.
PMCID: PMC1071537
Dialogue on Genetic Catastrophe: Our humility in the face of life's mystery
Jacob Needleman
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 182–183.
PMCID: PMC1071538
Gene Scene
Why should primary care physicians know about breast cancer genetics?
Linda E Pinsky, Julie Bars Culver, Judith Hull, Ephrat Levy-Lahad, Mary Daly, and Wylie Burke
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 168–173.
PMCID: PMC1071532
Genesis
Voice of Students: Myth: silver sulfadiazine is the best treatment for minor burns
John Y Chung and Mel E Herbert
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 205–206.
PMCID: PMC1071544
Voice of Students: Meeting quality people
Melinda E Glines
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 206–207.
PMCID: PMC1071545
Voice of Students: Noble anonymity
Heather Rosen
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 207.
PMCID: PMC1071546
In the Public Eye
Beyond Our Borders: The critical issues in global health today
Christopher Elias
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 155–158.
PMCID: PMC1071525
Mail
Ignoring the elephant
Eugenia Z McGarry
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 212.
PMCID: PMC1071548
Prompting patients when taking a history may reduce error
Ann L Vercoutere
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 212.
PMCID: PMC1071552
Op-Ed
When does primary care turn into palliative care?
Anthony L Back and J Randall Curtis
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 150–151.
PMCID: PMC1071520
Physicians' legal duty to relieve suffering
Ben A Rich
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 151–152.
PMCID: PMC1071521
Why global health matters to US primary care physicians
John W Peabody and Richard G A Feachem
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 153–154.
PMCID: PMC1071523
Original Research
Use of Neo-melubrina, a banned antipyretic drug, in San Diego, California: a survey of patients and providers
Lori Taylor, Sergio Abarca, Bonnie Henry, and Lawrence Friedman
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 159–163.
PMCID: PMC1071527
Commentary: We should always ask our patients about unconventional treatments
Christine A Haller
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 164.
PMCID: PMC1071529
Does a fixed physician reminder system improve the care of patients with coronary artery disease? A randomized controlled trial
Craig D Frances, Peter Alperin, Joshua S Adler, and Deborah Grady
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 165–166.
PMCID: PMC1071530
Commentary: Changing physician behavior: what does it take?
David Shearn
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 167.
PMCID: PMC1071531
Other Content
Many doctors ignore patients' wishes
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 152.
PMCID: PMC1071522
Conflicts of interest and authorship in medical writing
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 154.
PMCID: PMC1071524
A film to make you think: ABC Africa
Nicholas Sargent
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 158.
PMCID: PMC1071526
The number of uninsured Americans is growing
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 163.
PMCID: PMC1071528
wjm's Hanging Committee
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 167.
PMCID: PMC1071551
Any Questions? Any Answers?
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 173.
PMCID: PMC1071533
Point-Counterpoint
Should Physicians Routinely Inquire about Guns?: Yes: Inquiry could save lives
Tonya Chaffee
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 148.
PMCID: PMC1071518
Should Physicians Routinely Inquire about Guns?: No: This inquiry is an invasion of privacy
Miguel A Faria, Jr
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 149.
PMCID: PMC1071519
Toolbox
Massage therapies
Andrew Vickers, Catherine Zollman, and Jane Tracy Reinish
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 202–204.
PMCID: PMC1071543
Visual Commentary
Culture and one child's genetic abnormality
David Heiden
West J Med. 2001 September; 175(3): 216.
PMCID: PMC1071549
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