E-DRUG: Patient involvement - special issue of the BMJ

E-DRUG: Patient involvement - special issue of the BMJ
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This week's BMJ is devoted to patient involvement (see below) and
may be of interest to E-druggers.

David Gilbert
Email: DGilbert@OPM.Co.UK

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  Editor's Choice
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  Take your partners for the dance
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/0

  Editor's Choice [GP]
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  Take your partners for the dance
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/0/a

  This Week in the BMJ
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  Decision aids do improve patients' decision making
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/0/b

  Staff and parents want notes kept at foot of child's bed
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/0/c

More time and better continuity improve outcome at general practice
consultations
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/0/d

  Communities' assessment of their own needs will improve quality of
  humanitarian aid
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/0/e

  Graphs showing risks help communication
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/0/f

  Sharing decisions is uncomfortable for GP registrars
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/0/g

  Editorials
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  Paternalism or partnership?
       Angela Coulter
       BMJ 1999;319 719-720
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/719

  The increasing importance of patient surveys
       Paul D Cleary
       BMJ 1999;319 720-721
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/720

  The challenge of lay partnership
       Charlotte Williamson
       BMJ 1999;319 721-722
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/721

  Gaining informed consent for screening
       Joan Austoker
       BMJ 1999;319 722-723
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/722

  Involving patients in clinical research
       Heather Goodare and Sue Lockwood
       BMJ 1999;319 724-725
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/724

  Shared decision making in a publicly funded health care system
       Mark J Sculpher, Ian Watt, and Amiram Gafni
       BMJ 1999;319 725-726
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/725

  News
  ----
  DrKoop.com criticised for mixing information with advertising
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/727

  Unbalanced presentation of facts breaks UK drug adverts code
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/727/a

  Patients satisfied with nurse run practices
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/728

  Doctor disciplined for "grossly undertreating" pain
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/728/a

  In brief
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/728/b

  Patients asked to judge quality of care they receive in hospital
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/729

  Review clears Brompton surgeons
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/729/a

  Australia's consumer champion
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/730

  Papers
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  Decision aids for patients facing health treatment or screening
decisions: systematic review
Annette M O'Connor, Alaa Rostom, Valerie Fiset, Jacqueline Tetroe,
Vikki Entwistle, Hilary Llewellyn-Thomas, Margaret Holmes-Rovner,
       Michael Barry, and Jean Jones
       BMJ 1999;319 731-734
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/319/7212/731

  Staff and family attitudes to keeping joint medical and nursing
notes at
  the foot of the bed: questionnaire survey
       S G M Luke, A Gallagher, and B W Lloyd
       BMJ 1999;319 735
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/735

  Clinical and psychosocial predictors of illness duration from
randomised
  controlled trial of prescribing strategies for sore throat
       P Little, C Gould, I Williamson, G Warner, M Gantley, and A L
Kinmonth
       BMJ 1999;319 736-737
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/736

  General Practice
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  Quality at general practice consultations: cross sectional survey
       John G R Howie, David J Heaney, Margaret Maxwell, Jeremy J
Walker,
       George K Freeman, and Harbinder Rai
       BMJ 1999;319 738-743
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/319/7212/738

  Rapid appraisal of needs in reproductive health care in southern
Sudan:
  qualitative study
       Celia A Palmer
       BMJ 1999;319 743-748
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/319/7212/743

  General practice registrar responses to the use of different risk
  communication tools in simulated consultations: a focus group study
       Adrian Edwards, Glyn Elwyn, and Richard Gwyn
       BMJ 1999;319 749-752
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/319/7212/749

  Towards a feasible model for shared decision making: focus group
study with
  general practice registrars
       Glyn Elwyn, Adrian Edwards, Richard Gwyn, and Richard Grol
       BMJ 1999;319 753-756
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/319/7212/753

  Evaluation of questionnaire on cancer family history in identifying >

patients at increased genetic risk in general practice

       Virginia Leggatt, James Mackay, and John R W Yates
       BMJ 1999;319 757-758
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/757

  Clinical Review
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  Guided self management of asthma---how to do it
       Aarne Lahdensuo
       BMJ 1999;319 759-760
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/759

  Education and Debate
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  Promoting partnerships: challenges for the internet age
       Alejandro R Jadad
       BMJ 1999;319 761-764
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/761

  Helping patients access high quality health information
       Sasha Shepperd, Deborah Charnock, and Bob Gann
       BMJ 1999;319 764-766
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/764

  Framework for teaching and learning informed shared decision making
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  Commentary: Competencies for informed shared decision making *
Commentary:
  Proposals based on too many assumptions
       Angela Towle, William Godolphin, Trisha Greenhalgh, and Jeremy >

   Gambrill

       BMJ 1999;319 766-771
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/766

  Acknowledging the expertise of patients and their organisations
       Judy Wilson
       BMJ 1999;319 771-774
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/771

  Participatory research maximises community and lay involvement
       Ann C Macaulay, Laura E Commanda, William L Freeman, Nancy
Gibson,
       Melvina L McCabe, Carolyn M Robbins, and Peter L Twohig
       BMJ 1999;319 774-778
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/774

  Partnerships with children
       Mary Dixon-Woods, Bridget Young, and David Heney
       BMJ 1999;319 778-780
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/778

  What do we mean by partnership in making decisions about treatment?
       Cathy Charles, Tim Whelan, and Amiram Gafni
       BMJ 1999;319 780-782
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/780

  Letters
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  Patient partnership is not a magic formula
       Aldo Mariotto
       BMJ 1999;319 783
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/783

  Patient participation cannot guarantee empowerment
       Sharon Saint Lamont
       BMJ 1999;319 783
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/783/a

  Patient-partners may be political correctness gone too far
       David Carvel
       BMJ 1999;319 783
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/783/b

  Doctors should help patients to communicate better with them
       Dominic F Slowie
       BMJ 1999;319 784
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/784

  Cultural diversity matters
       Vasiliy Vlassov
       BMJ 1999;319 784
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/784/a

  Whether patients should be partners depends on the patient
       Kameswari Lakshmi
       BMJ 1999;319 784
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/784/b

  Health library in India works to empower patients
       Aniruddha Malpani
       BMJ 1999;319 785
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/785

  Patients can educate doctors about long term disease
       James Phillips
       BMJ 1999;319 785
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/785/a

  Dying patients need a good relationship with their doctor
       B Kreymann
       BMJ 1999;319 785
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/785/b

  People with learning disabilities should be partners too
       David Martin
       BMJ 1999;319 786
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/786

  Patient information is often misleading
       Marco Grassi
       BMJ 1999;319 786
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/786/a

  Reorganisations often benefit administrators rather than patients
       Neville Hughes and Paul Samet
       BMJ 1999;319 786
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/786/b

  Media have key role in shaping use of health services
       Roberto Grilli
       BMJ 1999;319 786
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/786/c

  Taking medicines: concordance is not compliance
       David Dickinson, Patricia Wilkie, and Miriam Harris
       BMJ 1999;319 787
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/787

  Patients are important links in the healthcare chain
       Paola Mosconi
       BMJ 1999;319 787
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/787/a

  Encouraging HIV positive people to participate in clinical trials
       Jeffrey H Williams
       BMJ 1999;319 787
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/787/b

  Cochrane Collaboration welcomes patient participation
       Paola Rio
       BMJ 1999;319 788
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/788

  Educating patients helps the NHS
       Simon Fradd
       BMJ 1999;319 788
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/788/a

  Government wants patient partnership to be integral part of NHS
       Gisela Stuart
       BMJ 1999;319 788
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/788/b

  Reviews
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  Multimedia:
    
  Book: Patients, Power and Politics: From Patients to Citizens
       Stephanie Ellis
       BMJ 1999;319 789
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/789

  Book: Field Guide to the Difficult Patient Interview
       Christopher Martyn
       BMJ 1999;319 792
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/792

  Journal: Health Expectations
       Michel Wensing
       BMJ 1999;319 789
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/789/a

  Netlines BMJ 1999;319 790
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/790

  Press: Struck off, but why?
       Gavin Yamey
       BMJ 1999;319 791
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/791

  Personal Views:

  Clowning in hospitals is no joke
       Caroline Simonds
       BMJ 1999;319 792
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/792/a

  All change?
       Ailsa Harrison
       BMJ 1999;319 793
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/793

  Soundings:

  On the beach
       Colin Douglas
       BMJ 1999;319 793
       http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/793/a

  Minerva:
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/794
  Fillers
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  Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/725/a

  A dilemma: Entering the minds of the elderly
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/737

  Endpiece: Next best thing
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/757/a

  One hundred years ago: Multiple operations on a single patient
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/757/b

  A meeting which changed me: There is another way
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/758

  A memorable patient: On the power of communication
      http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7212/782

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