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Volume 172(4);  April 2000
Articles
This Month in wjm
This month in wjm
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 217.
PMCID: PMC1070816
Editor's Pick
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 217.
PMCID: PMC1070854
Best Practice
Evidence-Based Case Review: Severe neutropenia: a diagnostic approach
Hidayatullah G Munshi and R Bruce Montgomery
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 248–252.
PMCID: PMC1070837
Toolbox: Medical management of menorrhagia
Andrew Prentice
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 253–255.
PMCID: PMC1070839
Topic in Review: How molecular epidemiology has changed what we know about tuberculosis
Midori Kato-Maeda and Peter M Small
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 256–259.
PMCID: PMC1070841
Medicine Cabinet: How to treat influenza and colds
Mia C Kim and Nancy P Lee
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 260–264.
PMCID: PMC1070843
Curbside Consult: Can exercise-induced muscle damage be avoided?
Malachy P McHugh
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 265–266.
PMCID: PMC1070844
Culture and Medicine
Anatomy of a medical accident
Terence M Davidson
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 267–270.
PMCID: PMC1070845
An honest mistake, within the standard of care, will not result in a finding of liability
Paul R Kiesel
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 270–271.
PMCID: PMC1070846
Placebo-controlled trials: good science or medical neglect?
Gary T Chiodo, Susan W Tolle, and Leslie Bevan
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 271–273.
PMCID: PMC1070847
Medical practice 2010: how we get there
Sunita Mutha, Gordon Norman, and Ed O'Neil
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 274–277.
PMCID: PMC1070848
In the Public Eye
News and Features: Biotechnology company claims to have 97% of human genes on its database
Deborah Josefson
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 228.
PMCID: PMC1070823
News and Features: Senators introduce bill to improve patient safety
Fred Charatan
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 229.
PMCID: PMC1070824
News and Features: Breast cancer researcher accused of serious scientific misconduct
Scott Gottlieb
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 229.
PMCID: PMC1070857
Medicine and Money: Guidelines for advertising on health web sites: Who's guarding the Koop?
Mildred K Cho
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 230–232.
PMCID: PMC1070825
Growing pains of the Internet age
M James Dougherty
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 232–233.
PMCID: PMC1070826
Media Watch: Oregon's suicide video
Michael A Glueck and Robert J Cihak
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 234.
PMCID: PMC1070828
Mail
Utilitarianism and the perversion of the ethics of Hippocrates
Miguel A Faria, Jr
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 224–225.
PMCID: PMC1070820
Author's response
Steve Heilig
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 225.
PMCID: PMC1072483
Beware of bosses bearing beverages
Udo Buchholz, Gwendolyn Bell, and David E Dassey
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 225.
PMCID: PMC1070855
Med.Pix
A baby with pink cheeks
Richard P Usatine
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 226–227.
PMCID: PMC1070821
Op-Ed
The genetically modified food fight
Michael Jacobson
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 220–221.
PMCID: PMC1070817
Providing universal coverage under national health insurance
Eli Ginzberg and Panos Minogiannis
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 221–222.
PMCID: PMC1070818
Why health care is failing in a booming economy
John C Baldwin
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 222–223.
PMCID: PMC1070819
Original Research
Outbreak of boils in an Alaskan village: a case-control study
Michael G Landen, Barbara J McCumber, Elvin D Asay, and Grace M Egeland
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 235–239.
PMCID: PMC1070829
Using towels and soap in steam baths could reduce infection
Janet C Mohale-Boetani and S Benson Werner
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 239.
PMCID: PMC1070830
Active management of labor: a cost analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Rebecca G Rogers, Michael O Gardner, Kevin J Tool, Jeanne Ainsley, and George Gilson
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 240–243.
PMCID: PMC1070831
The active management of labor: is it worth the cost?
Michael S Border
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 243–244.
PMCID: PMC1070832
Other Content
Acknowledgment
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 225.
PMCID: PMC1070856
How to submit your medical images for publication in Med.Pix
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 227.
PMCID: PMC1070822
Note to our readers
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 244.
PMCID: PMC1070833
100 years ago
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 252.
PMCID: PMC1070838
Keeping it brief
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 255.
PMCID: PMC1070840
Practice point
George Dunea
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 259.
PMCID: PMC1070842
A Book to Make You Think
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 277.
PMCID: PMC1070849
Research Digest
Poor-quality studies suggest that vitamin B6 use is beneficial in premenstrual syndrome
KM Wyatt, PW Dimmock, and PW Jones
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 245.
PMCID: PMC1070834
Mary Macdougall
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 245.
PMCID: PMC1070858
A psychoeducational program increased knowledge and decreased sexual risk behaviors in young adults with genital herpes
JM Swanson, SL Dibble, and L Chapman
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 246.
PMCID: PMC1070835
Colleen Van Berkel
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 246.
PMCID: PMC1070859
A low dose of albuterol by metered-dose inhaler with a spacer was as effective as higher doses by metered-dose inhaler or low doses by nebulizer in children with mild acute asthma
S Schuh, DW Johnson, and D Stephens
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 247.
PMCID: PMC1070836
Sharon D Horner
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 247.
PMCID: PMC1070860
Visual Commentary
Thunderhead over Nambé, New Mexico
Ray Medina
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 288.
PMCID: PMC1070853
West of the Rockies
Speaker's Corner: Reasonable accommodation: how much and how far?
Lisa Woolf
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 278–279.
PMCID: PMC1070850
Speaker's Corner: From “doctor” to physician
Sara J Denning-Bolle
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 279–280.
PMCID: PMC1070851
Letter from the Southwest: Our just desserts
Mark Carroll
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 281.
PMCID: PMC1070852
Correction
Correction
West J Med. 2000 April; 172(4): 233.
PMCID: PMC1070827
Corrects: G R Schwartz. Aspartame and breast and other cancers. West J Med. 1999 Nov–Dec; 171(5-6): 300–301.
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