This week's This week in the BMJ

	Lower error rates in reading radiographs can be sustained by redesigning the system [Full text] FREE

	Older people suffer more adverse events but they have more complex care [Full text] FREE

	Healthcare staff deny effects of stress and tiredness [Full text] FREE

	Portable computerised prescribing may reduce errors [Full text] FREE

	Preventive home visits need improving [Full text] FREE

	A system approach to reducing error works better than focusing on individuals [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Safe health care: are we up to it?
	Lucian L Leape, Donald M Berwick
	BMJ  2000;320:725-726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.725 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical error: the second victim
	Albert W Wu
	BMJ  2000;320:726-727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.726 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accreditation's role in reducing medical errors
	Dennis S O'Leary
	BMJ  2000;320:727-728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.727 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why error reporting systems should be voluntary
	Michael R Cohen
	BMJ  2000;320:728-729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.728 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Let's talk about error
	James L Reinertsen
	BMJ  2000;320:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.730 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	PFI rides again
	Jonathan Sleath, Adrian Eyre, E J Barton, David Pitt, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;320:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.797 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Choosing between home and hospital delivery
	Gavin Young, Edmund Hey, Alison Macfarlane, Rona McCandlish, Rona Campbell, Geoffrey Chamberlain, James Drife
	BMJ  2000;320:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.798 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Helicobacter pylori and myocardial infection
	Claire Armitage, Jayne Deighton, Simon Jameson, Richard Wheatley, M Das, R Lehal, John Danesh, Rory Collins
	BMJ  2000;320:799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.799 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of schizophrenia
	Pat Bracken, Philip Thomas, J King, Erik C R Milner, Andrew McIntosh, Sanjay Rao, Stephen Lawrie, John McGrath, W Brett Emmerson
	BMJ  2000;320:800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.800 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing pressure sores
	Amanda Hahn, Fran Hall, Linda Russell, Tim Reynolds, Michael Clark, Mary Bliss, Bruno Simini
	BMJ  2000;320:801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.801 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	World Trade Organisation agreements should be subject to health impact assessment
	Margaret Douglas
	BMJ  2000;320:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.802 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Britain is ahead of US in dealing with misconduct
	BMJ  2000;320:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.803 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chinese hypnosis can cause qigong induced mental disorders
	Sing Lee
	BMJ  2000;320:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.803/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dental recalls are useful for detecting oral cancer
	André F Haigh
	BMJ  2000;320:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.803/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Carbon monoxide poisoning
	Mark Turner, David Snashall, Nerys Williams
	BMJ  2000;320:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.804 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More reluctance in accepting evidence on smoking and cancer
	David Pollock
	BMJ  2000;320:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.804/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Student publications
	Tim Marshall, Adrian Evans, Simon Chapman
	BMJ  2000;320:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.805 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Meningitis C immunisation is low among young people who are not in education
	Linda Booth, E Naracott, Julie Greenslade
	BMJ  2000;320:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.805/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	MPs call for safeguards for people with personality disorder
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.731 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Force feeding of Ian Brady declared lawful
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.731/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Type 2 diabetes is a major drain on resources
	Peter Moore
	BMJ  2000;320:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.732 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Imitating Mickey Mouse can be dangerous
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.732/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.732/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New standards set for abortion care
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;320:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.733 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Another option for Down's syndrome screening available
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2000;320:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.733/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity calls for help for people of Aral Sea area
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.734 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors develop new treatment for cystic fibrosis
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2000;320:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.734/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK juniors to debate pay offer
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.734/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rate of HIV transmission among Africans in UK "underestimated"
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2000;320:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.735 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Adding fatty acids to baby milk improves development
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.735/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US drug companies announce vaccine initiative
	James Ciment
	BMJ  2000;320:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.736 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Transplanted pancreatic stem cells can reverse diabetes in mice
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;320:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.736/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Coeliac disease specific antigen found
	BMJ  2000;320:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.736/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors develop new treatment for cystic fibrosis
	BMJ  2000;320:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.736/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Irish government sets up inquiry into retained body organs
	BMJ  2000;320:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.736/d [Extract] [Full text]

	UK junior doctors will debate improved pay offer
	BMJ  2000;320:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.736/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Listen to patients, urges mental health report
	BMJ  2000;320:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.736/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Sex: when less means more
	BMJ  2000;320:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.736/g [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems
	Paul Barach, Stephen D Small
	BMJ  2000;320:759-763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.759 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Definitions, extra references and appendices]

	ABC of arterial and venous disease: Acute limb ischaemia
	Ken Callum, Andrew Bradbury
	BMJ  2000;320:764-767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.764 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Effects of preventive home visits to elderly people living in the community: systematic review
	Jolanda C M van Haastregt, Jos P M Diederiks, Erik van Rossum, Luc P de Witte, Harry F J M Crebolder
	BMJ  2000;320:754-758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.754 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Crisis in the air
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2000;320:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.813/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Looking back . . .
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2000;320:812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.812 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Plane speaking
	Louis Appleby
	BMJ  2000;320:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.813 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Human error: models and management
	James Reason
	BMJ  2000;320:768-770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.768 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	System changes to improve patient safety
	Thomas W Nolan
	BMJ  2000;320:771-773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.771 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemiology of medical error
	Saul N Weingart, Ross McL Wilson, Robert W Gibberd, Bernadette Harrison
	BMJ  2000;320:774-777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.774 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to investigate and analyse clinical incidents: Clinical Risk Unit and Association of Litigation and Risk Management protocol
	Charles Vincent, Sally Taylor-Adams, E Jane Chapman, David Hewett, Sue Prior, Pam Strange, Ann Tizzard
	BMJ  2000;320:777-781, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.777 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details of investigation process]

	On error management: lessons from aviation
	Robert L Helmreich
	BMJ  2000;320:781-785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.781 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anaesthesiology as a model for patient safety in health care
	David M Gaba
	BMJ  2000;320:785-788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.785 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Using information technology to reduce rates of medication errors in hospitals
	David W Bates
	BMJ  2000;320:788-791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.788 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gaps in the continuity of care and progress on patient safety
	Richard I Cook, Marta Render, David D Woods
	BMJ  2000;320:791-794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.791 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Detecting and reporting medical errors: why the dilemma?
	Daniel A Pietro, Linda J Shyavitz, Richard A Smith, Bruce S Auerbach
	BMJ  2000;320:794-796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.794 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.814 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	One hundred years ago: The war in South Africa: "Comforts" and luxuries
	BMJ  2000;320:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.750/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: When I use a word . . . nice?
	BMJ  2000;320:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.750/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Realising why
	Alistair Blair
	BMJ  2000;320:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.796 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A cerebral massage?
	BMJ  2000;320:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.796/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Reviews
	BMJ  2000;320:753 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Not time to put cot death to bed
	BMJ  2000;320:753 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent advances in intensive care
	BMJ  2000;320:753 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CD

This week's CD

	CD: Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook on CD-ROM
	S Wiebe
	BMJ  2000;320:810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.810/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Sultans of spin
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2000;320:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.811 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor get away with Murder
	David Woods
	BMJ  2000;320:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.809 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Growing up in Britain: Ensuring a Healthy Future for Our Children
	Sarah Thurlbeck
	BMJ  2000;320:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.809/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Arts in Healthcare: Learning from Experience
	Joan Beadle
	BMJ  2000;320:810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.810 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Facing up to medical error
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2000;320:812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.812/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Facing up to medical error
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Error in medicine
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.811/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Health secretary wants to expand NHS services • Hospital league tables are misleading • Minister orders review of GP's out of hours services • BMA responds to CMO's proposals
	BMJ  2000;320:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.808 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	George Stirk Adams • William Ernest Beer • Ardeshir Kavasji Boman-Behram • Winston Gothard • Mary Hellier • Eric Edward Jones • Dermot Henry Graham MacQuaide • Robert Leslie Oakes • Neil Justin O'Doherty • William Dumbreck Roden • Jagdish Chand Taneja • James Stretton Young
	Peter Adams, A J Howard, Primavera Boman-Behram, J W W Gothard, Michael Denny Hellier, Gillian Benstead, Moira MacQuaide Hall, William Oakes, N V O'Donohoe, A Nisbet, R K Roden, Bruce Lervy, L M Franks, Rohma Newman
	BMJ  2000;320:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.806 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Reducing errors made by emergency physicians in interpreting radiographs: longitudinal study
	James A Espinosa, Thomas W Nolan
	BMJ  2000;320:737-740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.737 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional information] FREE

	Incidence and types of preventable adverse events in elderly patients: population based review of medical records
	Eric J Thomas, Troyen A Brennan
	BMJ  2000;320:741-744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.741 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys
	J Bryan Sexton, Eric J Thomas, Robert L Helmreich
	BMJ  2000;320:745-749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.745 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implementation of rules based computerised bedside prescribing and administration: intervention study
	P G Nightingale, D Adu, N T Richards, M Peters
	BMJ  2000;320:750-753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7237.750 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure showing the computerized system] FREE

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