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Volume 176(3);  May 2002
Articles
This Month in wjm
Editor's pick
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 145.
PMCID: PMC1071698
This month in wjm
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 145.
PMCID: PMC1071728
Best Practice
Straight to the Point: Generalized anxiety and panic disorder
Joseph Rabatin and Lynn Buckvar Keltz
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 164–168.
PMCID: PMC1071705
Evidence-Based Case Reviews: Management of short stature
Shayne P Taback, Heather J Dean, and Elizabeth Elliott
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 169–172.
PMCID: PMC1071706
Evidence-Based Case Reviews: Hyponatremia
Jameela Al-Salman, David Kemp, and Daniel Randall
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 173–176.
PMCID: PMC1071707
Evidence-Based Case Reviews: Communicating bad news
Anthony L Back and J Randall Curtis
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 177–180.
PMCID: PMC1071708
Topics in Review: Using e-mail to investigate outbreaks
Louisa Castrodale, Michael Beller, Sue Anne Jenkerson, and Bruce Chandler
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 181–183.
PMCID: PMC1071710
Topics in Review: An approach to critically ill patients in coma
Y Joyce Liao and Yuen T So
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 184–187.
PMCID: PMC1071711
Culture and Medicine
Genetic polymorphism and American Indian health
Jeffrey C Long and Joseph G Lorenz
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 203–205.
PMCID: PMC1071720
Height, body size, and longevity: is smaller better for the humanbody?
Thomas T Samaras and Harold Elrick
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 206–208.
PMCID: PMC1071721
Commentary: The conundrum of height and mortality
George Davey Smith
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 209.
PMCID: PMC1071722
Dialogue
Efficacy of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (Tpa) for Stroke: Truths about the NINDS study: setting the record straight
Jeffrey Mann
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 192–194.
PMCID: PMC1071714
Efficacy of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (Tpa) for Stroke: Why were the benefits of tPA exaggerated?: The role of interpretation bias
Griffin Trotter
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 194–197.
PMCID: PMC1071715
Efficacy of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (Tpa) for Stroke: Thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: still a treatment for the few bythe few
Joanna M Wardlaw, Richard I Lindley, and Steff Lewis
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 198–199.
PMCID: PMC1071716
Electronic Pages
Developing a culture of safety in a reluctant audience
Richard A Schieber and Sarah J Olson
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): e1–e2.
PMCID: PMC1071697
Genesis
Voice of Students: Physicians, shamans, and personal trainers: An interview with Chuck Palahniuk
Shahin Chandrasoma
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 200–202.
PMCID: PMC1071718
In the Public Eye
Beyond Our Borders: Emergency contraception: a vital component of reproductive healthprograms
Jolene Beitz and Jane Hutchings
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 152–154.
PMCID: PMC1071701
Med.Pix
Pink urine and a petechial rash
Hector M Ramos, Richard Bertken, and David R Pepper
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 155–156.
PMCID: PMC1071702
Medicine Cabinet
Emergency contraception: a review of current oral options: see also p 152
Marisa N Mendez
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 188–191.
PMCID: PMC1071713
Op-Ed
Why torture must not be sanctioned by the United States: It undermines our humanity and does not make society safer
Vincent Iacopino, Allen Keller, and Deborah Oksenberg
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 148–149.
PMCID: PMC1071699
Recognizing and treating childhood anxiety disorders: These disorders are treatable but often are neglected by practitioners
John Piacentini and Tami Roblek
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 149–151.
PMCID: PMC1071700
Original Research
Wildland forest fire smoke: health effects and intervention evaluation,Hoopa, California, 1999
Joshua A Mott, Pamela Meyer, David Mannino, Stephen C Redd, Eva M Smith, Carol Gotway-Crawford, and Emmett Chase
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 157–162.
PMCID: PMC1071703
Commentary: Parallels between community environmental health and occupationalhealth
William C Hinds
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 162–163.
PMCID: PMC1071704
Other Content
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 180.
PMCID: PMC1071709
Behind the scenes
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 187.
PMCID: PMC1071712
In response to our “Any questions?” box, a reader from Franceasked:
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 199.
PMCID: PMC1071717
And atwww.ewjm.com..
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 202.
PMCID: PMC1071719
Visual Commentary
Literacy and public health
David Heiden
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 216.
PMCID: PMC1071727
West of the Rockies
The neglected discipline
Michael A LaCombe
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 210–212.
PMCID: PMC1071723
Antisocial personality disorder: a new heel for Achilles?
Hobart W Walling
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 212–214.
PMCID: PMC1071724
Commentary: Achilles' heel and painting by numbers
Richard M Ratzan
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 214–215.
PMCID: PMC1071725
Commentary: Irresistible joys and discouraging pitfalls in diagnosing personalitydisorders
Michael Gitlin
West J Med. 2002 May; 176(3): 215.
PMCID: PMC1071726
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