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Volume 175(1);  July 2001
Articles
This Month in wjm
Editor's pick
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 1.
PMCID: PMC1071445
This month in wjm
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 1.
PMCID: PMC1071458
Best Practice
Straight to the Point: Menopause and hormone-replacement therapy: Part 2. Hormone-replacement therapy regimens
Shari Ratner and Danielle Ofri
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 32–34.
PMCID: PMC1071462
Evidence-Based Case Reviews: Treating the patient or the population? Part 1. Judging tbenefit of treatment of individual patients
Thomas D Heller, Richard F Heller, Stephen Pattison, and Robert Fletcher
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 35–37.
PMCID: PMC1071463
Evidence-Based Case Reviews: Assessing diagnostic and screening tests: Part 2. How to use the research literature on diagnosis
Ruth Gilbert, Stuart Logan, Virginia A Moyer, and Elizabeth J Elliott
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 37–41.
PMCID: PMC1071464
Topic in Review: Stem cell transplantation
Anne L Lennard and G H Jackson
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 42–46.
PMCID: PMC1071465
Culture and Medicine
Immigrant women's health: screening and immunization
Susan L Ivey and Shotsy Faust
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 62–65.
PMCID: PMC1071472
Looking Back: The solitary vice: The superstition that masturbation could cause mental illness
James Whorton
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 66–68.
PMCID: PMC1071473
Gene Scene
Genetics through a primary care lens
Linda Pinsky, Roberta Pagon, and Wylie Burke
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 47–50.
PMCID: PMC1071466
Genesis
Voice of Students: Managing medicine: A new breed of medical businessperson is needed for the 21st century
Rayshad Oshtory and Eric J Daniels
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 58.
PMCID: PMC1071469
Commentary: The master's in public health: a better preparation for understanding the health care system
Stephanie Taché
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 59.
PMCID: PMC1071470
Empathy: a lost meaning?
Andrew Moscrop
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 59–60.
PMCID: PMC1071479
Miracles
Melinda E Glines
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 61.
PMCID: PMC1071471
In the Public Eye
News and Features: FDA warning to manufacturers of AIDS drugs
Deborah Josefson
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 12–13.
PMCID: PMC1071452
News and Features: Breast cancer patients can stop tamoxifen after 5 years
Scott Gottlieb
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 13.
PMCID: PMC1071453
Medicine and Money: Metaphorically speaking: the metaphor of health care provision as a factory
Piero Mustacchi and Julius R Krevans
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 14–16.
PMCID: PMC1071454
Mail
Meaning, soul, state of mind, and hope
Marsha Milburn Madigan
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 17.
PMCID: PMC1071455
Abdominal injuries from snowboarding
Tobin M Schneider
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 17–18.
PMCID: PMC1071476
More on living wills, death, and dying
Raymond T Kuwahara
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 18.
PMCID: PMC1071456
Med.Pix
Three papules in a row
Richard Usatine
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 10–11.
PMCID: PMC1071451
Op-Ed
Why should physicians be concerned about health inequalities?: Because inequalities are unfair and hurt everyone
Alistair Woodward and Ichiro Kawachi
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 6–7.
PMCID: PMC1071448
Insulin-like growth factor in muscle growth and its potential abuse by athletes
Gregory R Adams
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 7–9.
PMCID: PMC1071449
Looking back: learning from medical history: wjm articles from a century ago are entertaining, but also instructive
James Whorton
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 9.
PMCID: PMC1071450
Original Research
Effects of being uninsured on ethnic minorities' management of chronic illness
Gay Becker
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 19–23.
PMCID: PMC1071457
Commentary: Charting the path from lack of insurance to poor health outcomes
Donna L Washington
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 23.
PMCID: PMC1071459
What triggers requests for ethics consultations?
Gordon DuVal, Leah Sartorius, Brian Clarridge, Gary Gensler, and Marion Danis
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 24–30.
PMCID: PMC1071460
Commentary: Waiting for conflict before requesting an ethics consultation
Neil Wenger
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 31.
PMCID: PMC1071461
Other Content
News Extra
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 13.
PMCID: PMC1071475
Does healthy thinking lead to healthy living?
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 18.
PMCID: PMC1071477
Any Questions? Any Answers?
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 31.
PMCID: PMC1071478
Excerpts from The Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of California, 1898: Relation Existing Between the Sexual Organs and Insanity, With Especial Reference to Masturbation
J W Robertson
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 66.
PMCID: PMC1071480
Point-Counterpoint
Does Continuity of Care Matter?: Yes: Consistent contact with a physician improves outcomes
Dimitri A Christakis
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 4.
PMCID: PMC1071446
Does Continuity of Care Matter?: No: Discontinuity can improve patient care
Robert M Wachter
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 5.
PMCID: PMC1071447
Toolbox
Dental emergencies
Graham Roberts, Crispian Scully, and Rosemary Shotts
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 51–54.
PMCID: PMC1071467
Art therapy with adolescents
Shirley Riley
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 54–57.
PMCID: PMC1071468
Visual Commentary
Clothes, poverty, and the global economy
David Heiden
West J Med. 2001 July; 175(1): 72.
PMCID: PMC1071474
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