hi all

this entire issue seems to be devoted to 'medical error' questions and solutions
i don't think i should post the whole thing [!}
but it looks very interesting to me

janet

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eBMJ Customised @lerts: Table of Contents for Saturday, 18 March 2000
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eBMJ: http://www.bmj.com/
This issue's table of contents:
     http://www.bmj.com/content/vol320/issue7237/
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Editor's Choice
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Facing up to medical error
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0

This Week in the BMJ
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Lower error rates in reading radiographs can be sustained by redesigning the system
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/b

Older people suffer more adverse events but they have more complex care
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/c

Healthcare staff deny effects of stress and tiredness
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/d

Portable computerised prescribing may reduce errors
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/e

Preventive home visits need improving
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/f

A system approach to reducing error works better than focusing on individuals
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/0/g

Editorials
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Safe health care: are we up to it?
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/725

Medical error: the second victim
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/726

Accreditation's role in reducing medical errors
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/727

Why error reporting systems should be voluntary
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/728

Let's talk about error
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/730

News
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MPs call for safeguards for people with personality disorder
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/731

Force feeding of Ian Brady declared lawful
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/731/a

Type 2 diabetes is a major drain on resources
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/732

Imitating Mickey Mouse can be dangerous
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/732/a

In brief
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/732/b

New standards set for abortion care
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/733

Another option for Down's syndrome screening available
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/733/a

Charity calls for help for people of Aral Sea area
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/734

Doctors develop new treatment for cystic fibrosis
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/734/a

UK juniors to debate pay offer
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/734/b

Rate of HIV transmission among Africans in UK "underestimated"
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/735

Adding fatty acids to baby milk improves development
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/735/a

US drug companies announce vaccine initiative
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736

Transplanted pancreatic stem cells can reverse diabetes in mice
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/a

News Extra
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Coeliac disease specific antigen found
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/b

Doctors develop new treatment for cystic fibrosis
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/c

Irish government sets up inquiry into retained body organs
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/d

UK junior doctors will debate improved pay offer
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/e

Listen to patients, urges mental health report
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/f

Sex: when less means more
    http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/736/g

Papers
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Reducing errors made by emergency physicians in interpreting radiographs: longitudinal study
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/737

Incidence and types of preventable adverse events in elderly patients:
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/741

Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/745

Implementation of rules based computerised bedside prescribing and administration
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/750

General Practice
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Effects of preventive home visits to elderly people living in the community
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/320/7237/754

Clinical Review
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Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/759

ABC of arterial and venous disease: Acute limb ischaemia
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/764

Education and Debate
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Human error: models and management
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/768

System changes to improve patient safety
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/771

Epidemiology of medical error
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/774

How to investigate and analyse clinical incidents
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/777

On error management: lessons from aviation
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/781

Anaesthesiology as a model for patient safety in health care
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/785

Using information technology to reduce rates of medication errors in hospitals
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/788

Gaps in the continuity of care and progress on patient safety
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/791

Detecting and reporting medical errors: why the dilemma?
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/794

Website of the week: Error in medicine
     http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7237/811/a
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