hi all

this month's issue of the British Medical Journal on-line
seems to be primarily internet-related;
i've listed those articles below

janet

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http://bmj.com/
This issue's table of contents:
     http://bmj.com/content/vol324/issue7337/

Editor's Choice
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The invention of talk
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/0/j


This Week in the BMJ
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Unvalidated tools to rate web health information are proliferating
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/0

Internet users say and do different things about quality
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/0/a

Apparently credible websites may be inaccurate
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/0/c

Quality of health information on the internet has improved
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/0/d

Consumers should be encouraged to search critically
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/0/f

Internet law is muddling along
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/0/i

Editorials
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From patients to end users
     Tom Ferguson
     BMJ 2002;324 555-556
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/555

Against internet exceptionalism
     Sasha Shepperd and Deborah Charnock
     BMJ 2002;324 556-557
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/556

The quality of health information on the internet
     Gretchen P Purcell, Petra Wilson, and Tony Delamothe
     BMJ 2002;324 557-558
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/557

NHS Direct audited
     Steve George
     BMJ 2002;324 558-559
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/558

Three new initiatives involving bmj.com
     Tony Delamothe
     BMJ 2002;324 559-560
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/559

News
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"Buyer beware" remains US policy towards information on the net
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/566

WHO calls for a health domain name to help consumers
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/566/a

UK government aims to integrate health information on the internet
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/566/b

European Commission to publish a code of practice for websites
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/567

Barcelona medical college runs certification system for websites
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/567/a

Trust mark launched as a guarantee of safety in the Netherlands
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/567/b

NHS Direct Online explores partnerships with other health organisations
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/568

News Extra
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German health ministry forum monitors quality of health information
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/568/a

Websites should specify level of evidence for information they publish,
report says
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/568/b

Papers
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Examination of instruments used to rate quality of health information on
the internet: chronicle of a voyage with an unclear destination
     Anna Gagliardi and Alejandro R Jadad
     BMJ 2002;324 569-573
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/324/7337/569

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
     Gunther Eysenbach and Christian Kohler
     BMJ 2002;324 573-577
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/324/7337/573

Accuracy of information on apparently credible websites: survey of five
common health topics
     Heinke Kunst, Diederik Groot, Pallavi M Latthe, Manish Latthe, and
     Khalid S Khan
     BMJ 2002;324 581-582
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/581

Follow up of quality of public oriented health information on the world
wide web: systematic re-evaluation
     Chiara Pandolfini and Maurizio Bonati
     BMJ 2002;324 582-583
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/582

Education and Debate
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How to find the good and avoid the bad or ugly: a short guide to tools for
rating quality of health information on the internet * Commentary: On the
way to quality
     Petra Wilson and Ahmad Risk
     BMJ 2002;324 598-602
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/598

Education and debate: Regulating health information: a US perspective *
Commentary: Legal aspects of health on the internet: a European perspective
     Nicolas Terry and Benedict A Stanberry
     BMJ 2002;324 602-606
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/602

Statistics Notes: Validating scales and indexes
     J Martin Bland and Douglas G Altman
     BMJ 2002;324 606-607
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/606

Letters
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Advances in virtual reality are wide ranging
     Francesco Rubino, Luc Soler, Jacques Marescaux, and Herve Maisonneuve
     BMJ 2002;324 612
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/612

Dysphagia
     Kerry Haddow, Gillian M MacDougall, Malcolm A Buchanan, and Grant
     Bates
     BMJ 2002;324 613
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/613

Psychiatrists' perspective is insufficient to root out racism
     Apu Chakraborty and Kwame McKenzie
     BMJ 2002;324 613
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/613/a

Clinical databases can complement controlled trials
     Louie Plenderleith
     BMJ 2002;324 615
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/615

Reviews
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Book: Medicine and the Internet: The Essential Guide for Doctors
     Douglas Carnall
     BMJ 2002;324 618
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/618

Book: The Patient's Internet Handbook
     Cathy Neale
     BMJ 2002;324 618
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/618/a

Book: The Regulation of Privacy and Data Protection in the Use of
Electronic Health Information
     Ross Anderson
     BMJ 2002;324 619
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/619

Exhibition: Dots and dashes; zeros and ones
     Tony Delamothe
     BMJ 2002;324 620
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/620

Netlines
     Harry Brown
     BMJ 2002;324 619
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/619/a

Personal Views:

A day in the life of a stalker's victim     BMJ 2002;324 621
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/621

Soundings:

The basics
     Colin Douglas
     BMJ 2002;324 621
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/621/a


Fillers
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A memorable patient: An escalating problem
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/583

Endpiece: Medicine by numbers
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/591/a

A paper that changed my practice: Communication in the doctor-patient
relationship
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/597

Endpiece: We cannot eat money
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/606/a

Honour a physician with the honour due unto him
    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/607


Career focus
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Computer marked written examinations
     Wai-Ching Leung
     BMJ 2002;324 73
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/S73a

Using computers to make more of your medical skills
     Jim McMorran, Stewart McMorran, and Damian C Crowther
     BMJ 2002;324 76
     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7337/S76

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