09 March 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7337)

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This Week In the BMJ

Consumers should be encouraged to search critically

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 9 March 2002)

Apparently credible websites may be inaccurate

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 9 March 2002)

Internet law is muddling along

BMJ 2002;324:0.10 (Published 9 March 2002)

Unvalidated tools to rate web health information are proliferating

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

People at risk of cervical cord injury are often not immobilised

BMJ 2002;324:0.9 (Published 9 March 2002)

Popular breast cancer websites not necessarily of higher quality

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 9 March 2002)

Improving public safety in primary care

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 9 March 2002)

Quality of health information on the internet has improved

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 9 March 2002)

Microdialysis has wide applicability for in vivo measurements

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 9 March 2002)

Internet users say and do different things about quality

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Editorials

From patients to end users

BMJ 2002;324:555 (Published 9 March 2002)

Against internet exceptionalism

BMJ 2002;324:556 (Published 9 March 2002)

The quality of health information on the internet

BMJ 2002;324:557 (Published 9 March 2002)

NHS Direct audited

BMJ 2002;324:558 (Published 9 March 2002)

Three new initiatives involving bmj.com

BMJ 2002;324:559 (Published 9 March 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Effectiveness of smoking cessation initiatives

BMJ 2002;324:608 (Published 9 March 2002)

Commentary: Iloprost for cholesterol emboli syndrome

BMJ 2002;324:609.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Deaths from chickenpox

BMJ 2002;324:609.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease

BMJ 2002;324:611 (Published 9 March 2002)

Advances in virtual reality are wide ranging

BMJ 2002;324:612.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

News article on report about drug researcher was biased

BMJ 2002;324:612.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Dysphagia

BMJ 2002;324:613.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Psychiatrists' perspective is insufficient to root out racism

BMJ 2002;324:613.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Management of Helicobacter pylori infection

BMJ 2002;324:614 (Published 9 March 2002)

Clinical databases can complement controlled trials

BMJ 2002;324:615.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Hospital revises its own data in government league table

BMJ 2002;324:615.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Death rates of surgeons should not be published

BMJ 2002;324:615.3 (Published 9 March 2002)

News

Claim launched against makers of third generation pill

BMJ 2002;324:561.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Aspirin before a clot busting drug is more effective than after

BMJ 2002;324:561.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:562.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

News - continued

United Kingdom grants first human embryo research licences

BMJ 2002;324:562.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Veterans sue Ministry of Defence over post-traumatic stress disorder

BMJ 2002;324:563.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Drugs industry urged to develop medicines for children

BMJ 2002;324:563.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Overseas talent can help us build a better NHS, says Magdi Yacoub

BMJ 2002;324:565.4 (Published 9 March 2002)

“Buyer beware” remains US policy towards information on the net

BMJ 2002;324:566.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

WHO calls for a health domain name to help consumers

BMJ 2002;324:566.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

UK government aims to integrate health information on the internet

BMJ 2002;324:566.3 (Published 9 March 2002)

European Commission to publish a code of practice for websites

BMJ 2002;324:567.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Barcelona medical college runs certification system for websites

BMJ 2002;324:567.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Trust mark launched as a guarantee of safety in the Netherlands

BMJ 2002;324:567.3 (Published 9 March 2002)

NHS Direct Online explores partnerships with other health organisations

BMJ 2002;324:568.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Microdialysis

BMJ 2002;324:588 (Published 9 March 2002)

Immobilisation of the cervical spine in children

BMJ 2002;324:591.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Atrial arrhythmias

BMJ 2002;324:594 (Published 9 March 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:622 (Published 9 March 2002)

Editor's Choice

The invention of talk

BMJ 2002;324:0.11 (Published 9 March 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Health authority employing HIV positive dentist wins anonymity

BMJ 2002;324:564.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Doctors successfully screen embryos for gene mutation linked to early onset Alzheimer's

BMJ 2002;324:564.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Report recommends tougher safeguards for children in NHS

BMJ 2002;324:564.3 (Published 9 March 2002)

Help the Aged accuses NHS of discrimination

BMJ 2002;324:564.4 (Published 9 March 2002)

Five million deaths despite royal college's warning 40 years ago

BMJ 2002;324:564.5 (Published 9 March 2002)

BMA suggests nurses could become gatekeepers of the NHS

BMJ 2002;324:565.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Use of homeopathy in NHS not justified

BMJ 2002;324:565.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

German women to receive quality controlled breast screening

BMJ 2002;324:565.3 (Published 9 March 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

German health ministry forum monitors quality of health information

BMJ 2002;324:568.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Websites should specify level of evidence for information they publish, report says

BMJ 2002;324:568.3 (Published 9 March 2002)

Papers

Examination of instruments used to rate quality of health information on the internet: chronicle of a voyage with an unclear destination

BMJ 2002;324:569 (Published 9 March 2002)

How do consumers search for and appraise health information on the world wide web? Qualitative study using focus groups, usability tests, and in-depth interviews

BMJ 2002;324:573 (Published 9 March 2002)

Breast cancer on the world wide web: cross sectional survey of quality of information and popularity of websites

BMJ 2002;324:577 (Published 9 March 2002)

Accuracy of information on apparently credible websites: survey of five common health topics

BMJ 2002;324:581 (Published 9 March 2002)

Papers - continued

Follow up of quality of public oriented health information on the world wide web: systematic re-evaluation

BMJ 2002;324:582 (Published 9 March 2002)

Primary care

Enhancing public safety in primary care

BMJ 2002;324:584 (Published 9 March 2002)

Education and debate

How to find the good and avoid the bad or ugly: a short guide to tools for rating quality of health information on the internetCommentary: On the way to quality

BMJ 2002;324:598 (Published 9 March 2002)

Regulating health information: a US perspectiveCommentary: Legal aspects of health on the internet: a European perspective

BMJ 2002;324:602 (Published 9 March 2002)

Validating scales and indexes

BMJ 2002;324:606.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Books

Medicine and the Internet: The Essential Guide for Doctors

BMJ 2002;324:618.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

The Patient's Internet Handbook

BMJ 2002;324:618.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

The Regulation of Privacy and Data Protection in the Use of Electronic Health Information

BMJ 2002;324:619.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

NETLINES

Netlines

BMJ 2002;324:619.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

EXHIBITION

Dots and dashes; zeros and ones: The Once and Future Web: Worlds Woven by the Telegraph and Internet

BMJ 2002;324:620 (Published 9 March 2002)

Personal View

A day in the life of a stalker's victim

BMJ 2002;324:621.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Soundings

The basics

BMJ 2002;324:621.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Fillers

An escalating problem

BMJ 2002;324:583 (Published 9 March 2002)

Medicine by numbers

BMJ 2002;324:591.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Communication in the doctor-patient relationship

BMJ 2002;324:597 (Published 9 March 2002)

We cannot eat money

BMJ 2002;324:606.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Honour a physician with the honour due unto him

BMJ 2002;324:607 (Published 9 March 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Yaacov Matzner and Amiram Eldor

BMJ 2002;324:616.1 (Published 9 March 2002)

Paula Cienska

BMJ 2002;324:616.2 (Published 9 March 2002)

Guy Nicholson Constable

BMJ 2002;324:616.3 (Published 9 March 2002)

Allen John Hughes

BMJ 2002;324:616.4 (Published 9 March 2002)

Aftab Hussain

BMJ 2002;324:616.5 (Published 9 March 2002)

John Cuthbertson Jeffrey

BMJ 2002;324:616.6 (Published 9 March 2002)

Herbert Kaye

BMJ 2002;324:616.7 (Published 9 March 2002)

Ekkehard Von Kuenssberg

BMJ 2002;324:616.8 (Published 9 March 2002)

Eva Martin-Bates

BMJ 2002;324:616.9 (Published 9 March 2002)

Philip John Simpson

BMJ 2002;324:616.10 (Published 9 March 2002)

Norman Vincent Williams

BMJ 2002;324:616.11 (Published 9 March 2002)

Helen Elizabeth Young (née Dunn)

BMJ 2002;324:616.12 (Published 9 March 2002)