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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