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Volume 174(4);  April 2001
Articles
This Month in wjm
Editor's Pick
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 225.
PMCID: PMC1071332
This month in wjm
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 225.
PMCID: PMC1071367
Best Practice
Straight to the Point: Coronary artery disease: Part 1. Epidemiology and diagnosis
Nate Link and Michael Tanner
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 257–261.
PMCID: PMC1071353
Evidence-Based Case Review: Which guidelines can we trust?: Assessing strength of evidence behind recommendations for clinical practice
Alessandro Liberati, Roberto Buzzetti, Roberto Grilli, Nicola Magrini, and Silvia Minozzi
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 262–265.
PMCID: PMC1071354
Topic in Review: Knee instability: isolated and complex
Trinath K Kakarlapudi and Derek R Bickerstaff
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 266–272.
PMCID: PMC1071355
Complementary and alternative medicine for children: does it work?
Kathi J Kemper
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 272–276.
PMCID: PMC1071356
Helping pregnant smokers quit: meeting the challenge in the next decade
C Tracy Orleans, Robert Wood Johnson, Dianne C Barker, Nancy J Kaufman, and Joseph F Marx
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 276–281.
PMCID: PMC1071357
Culture and Medicine
Medical Myth: codeine is a powerful and effective analgesic
Sanjay Arora and Mel E Herbert
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 291.
PMCID: PMC1071363
Curbside Consult
Should people stretch before exercise?
Ian Shrier
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 282–283.
PMCID: PMC1071358
In the Public Eye
News and Features: United States takes precautions against BSE
Fred Charatan
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 235.
PMCID: PMC1071340
News and Features: Risk of ulcer soars with combination of arthritis drugs
Scott Gottlieb
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 236.
PMCID: PMC1071341
News and Features: Hospital bans free drug samples
Fred Charatan
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 236–237.
PMCID: PMC1071368
Journal Digest
Can a D-dimer assay, alone or combined with structured clinical risk assessment, rule out deep venous thrombosis in symptomatic patients?
M Aschwanden, KH Labs, C Jeanneret, A Gehrig, and KA Jaeger
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 255.
PMCID: PMC1071351
Commentary
James Douketis
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 256.
PMCID: PMC1071352
Mail
Misdiagnosis of brown recluse spider bite
Sérgio de A Nishioka
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 240.
PMCID: PMC1071344
Waist-to-hip ratio versus BMI as predictors of cardiac risk in obese adult women
Rudolf E Noble
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 240–241.
PMCID: PMC1071369
Toward a new definition of chronic fatigue syndrome
Hugh Robertson-Ritchie
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 241.
PMCID: PMC1071345
Med.Pix
A boy with undescended testes
Nathan Hitzeman and Richard Usatine
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 238–239.
PMCID: PMC1071342
Medicine Cabinet
Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer: who should get what?
Helen K Chew
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 284–287.
PMCID: PMC1071360
Op-Ed
Spiral computed tomography screening: Study begins to determine its efficacy in lung cancer prevention
Barnett S Kramer
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 230–231.
PMCID: PMC1071335
An innovative guide to outpatient medicine: Our new monthly series aims to help physicians manage outpatient conditions
Nate Link
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 231.
PMCID: PMC1071336
Do drug company promotions influence physician behavior?
Bob Goodman
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 232–233.
PMCID: PMC1071337
Ensuring safe nurse-to-patient ratios: Safe Staffing Bill mandates ratios based on patients' needs rather than budgets
Jill Furillo
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 233–234.
PMCID: PMC1071338
Original Research
Volunteer physician faculty and the changing face of medicine
Brian E Vath, Ronald Schneeweiss, and Craig S Scott
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 242–246.
PMCID: PMC1071346
Commentary: Where have all the preceptors gone? Erosion of the volunteer clinical faculty
David M Irby
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 246.
PMCID: PMC1071347
Collusion in doctor-patient communication about imminent death: an ethnographic study
Anne-Mei The, Tony Hak, Gerard Koëter, and Gerrit van der Wal
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 247–253.
PMCID: PMC1071348
Commentary: Physicians, patients, and prognosis
Theodore J Iwashyna and Nicholas A Christakis
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 253–254.
PMCID: PMC1071349
Other Content
Children's diet is affected by television
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 234.
PMCID: PMC1071339
How to submit your medical images for publication in Med.Pix
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 239.
PMCID: PMC1071343
Should specialists wear color-coded coats?
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 241.
PMCID: PMC1071370
Moments in medical history
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 254.
PMCID: PMC1071350
Smokers are more likely to commit suicide
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 256.
PMCID: PMC1071371
Any Questions? Any Answers?
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 283.
PMCID: PMC1071359
Netphiles
Douglas Carnall
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 287.
PMCID: PMC1071361
Point-Counterpoint
Is It Ethical to Give Drugs Covertly to People with Dementia?: Yes: It is ethical if it is in their best interests
Anna M Lamnari
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 228.
PMCID: PMC1071333
Is It Ethical to Give Drugs Covertly to People with Dementia?: No: Covert medication is paternalistic
Lisa Honkanen
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 229.
PMCID: PMC1071334
Toolbox
Dental damage, sequelae, and prevention
Ruth Holt, Graham Roberts, and Crispian Scully
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 288–290.
PMCID: PMC1071362
Visual Commentary
A patient remembered
David Heiden
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 296.
PMCID: PMC1071366
West of the Rockies
Kindness and the end of life
Paul Rousseau
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 292.
PMCID: PMC1071364
Ecstasy and Odyssey: An epic of ancient cartilage
Damon A Peterson
West J Med. 2001 April; 174(4): 293.
PMCID: PMC1071365
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