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Editorials

  • Ethnicity, equity and quality: Ethnicity, equity and quality: lessons from New Zealand (Nga mātawaka, nga āhua tika me nga painga: nga ākoranga no Aotearoa)

    • K M McPherson,
    • M Harwood,
    • H K McNaughton
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 237-238 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.237

  • High reliability organizations: High reliability organizational change for hospitals: translating tenets for medical professionals

    • M J Shapiro,
    • G D Jay
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 238-239 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.238

  • "No fault" compensation: Compensation as a duty of care: the case for “no fault”

    • C Vincent
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 240-241 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.240

Commentaries

  • Shared care: Shared care: step down or step up?

    • E J Maher,
    • D Millar
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 242 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.242

  • Prescribing: “Doing prescribing”: high hopes and unexplored beliefs

    • G Elwyn,
    • J Braspenning
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 243 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.243

  • Guidelines in rural practice: Management of hypertension in pregnancy in rural areas

    • M Maresh
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 244-245 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.244

Original Articles

  • Developing a measure for the appropriateness of prescribing in general practice

    • N Britten,
    • L Jenkins,
    • N Barber,
    • C Bradley,
    • F Stevenson
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 246-250 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.246

  • Preventable in-hospital medical injury under the “no fault” system in New Zealand

    • P Davis,
    • R Lay-Yee,
    • R Briant,
    • A Scott
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 251-256 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.251

  • Analysing differences in clinical outcomes between hospitals

    • J M Simpson,
    • N Evans,
    • R W Gibberd,
    • A M Heuchan,
    • D J Henderson-Smart
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 257-262 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.257

  • Randomised controlled trial of a shared care programme for newly referred cancer patients: bridging the gap between general practice and hospital

    • J D Nielsen,
    • T Palshof,
    • J Mainz,
    • A B Jensen,
    • F Olesen
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 263-272 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.263

  • Team structure, team climate and the quality of care in primary care: an observational study

    • P Bower,
    • S Campbell,
    • C Bojke,
    • B Sibbald
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 273-279 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.273

  • Investigation into the reasons for preventable drug related admissions to a medical admissions unit: observational study

    • R L Howard,
    • A J Avery,
    • P D Howard,
    • M Partridge
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 280-285 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.280

  • Guidelines and management of mild hypertensive conditions in pregnancy in rural general practices in Scotland: issues of appropriateness and access

    • J Tucker,
    • J Farmer,
    • P Stimpson
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 286-290 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.286

Cognitive engineering

  • Less is (sometimes) more in cognitive engineering: the role of automation technology in improving patient safety

    • K J Vicente
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 291-294 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.291

Education, training and learning

  • The value of personal professional monitoring performance data and open disclosure policies in anaesthetic practice: a case report

    • S Bolsin,
    • R Solly,
    • A Patrick
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 295-297 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.295

Quality improvement research

  • Systematic reviews of the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies and programmes

    • J Grimshaw,
    • L M McAuley,
    • L A Bero,
    • R Grilli,
    • A D Oxman,
    • C Ramsay,
    • L Vale,
    • M Zwarenstein
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 298-303 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.298

Classic paper

  • Hindsight ≠ foresight: the effect of outcome knowledge on judgment under uncertainty

    • B Fischhoff
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 304-311 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.304

  • FOR THOSE CONDEMNED TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE

    • J M Flach
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 311-312 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.311

JournalScan

  • How can healthcare organisations enhance their capacity to learn?

    • Tom Smith
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 313-316 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.313

Heroes and martyrs of quality and safety

  • Florence Nightingale gets no respect: as a statistician that is

    • D Neuhauser
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 317 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.317

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

  • Culture of safety

    • N K S Vengadasalam
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 318 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.318

  • Culture of safety

    • M Marshall,
    • D Parker,
    • A Esmail,
    • S Kirk,
    • T Claridge
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 318 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.318-a

Book reviews

  • Quantifying Quality in Primary Care: Edited by Peter Graves. Abingdon, Oxon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002. £32.95, 257 pp. ISBN 1 85775 599 5

    • D Empey
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 318 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.318-b

  • Getting Health Economics into Practice: Kernick D, ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Radclife Medical Press, 2002. Pp 324. ISBN 1 85775 575 8

    • T Wilson
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 318-319 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.318-c

  • An A–Z of Management for Healthcare Professionals: Roy Lilley. Abingdon, Oxon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002. £19.95, 198 pp. ISBN 1 85775953 2

    • D Mitchell
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 319 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.319

  • Using the Internet in Healthcare. 2nd Edition: Stuart Tyrrell. Abingdon, Oxon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 2002. £19.95, 162 pp. ISBN 1 85775 997 4

    • T L Bessell
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 319 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.319-a

Correction

  • Correction

    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 319 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.319-b

Action points

  • Action Points

    • Tim Albert
    Qual Saf Health Care 2003;12:4 320 doi:10.1136/qhc.12.4.320

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