Volume 4 Number 2 contents

Editorial

Patient safety reporting systems: do they help or hinder quality improvement?
A Hutchinson

Original articles

A clarification of the interdependence of clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice
A Lipp

Implementing evidence-based practice in primary care: perceptions of a multifaceted programme to encourage guideline use
J Marshall, P Mead, K Jones, E Kaba and P Tovey

Tracking care pathway activity across the UK National Health Service
VL Currie and R Scrivener

An integrated care pathway for the last two days of life: variance analysis - what is it, how is it done, what does it show?
A Fowell, I Finlay, R Johnstone and L Minto

Follow-up of patients with suspected transient ischaemic attack who underwent fast-track carotid doppler scanning but did not proceed to carotid endarterectomy
AK Demetriades, A Cameron, I Osman and P Phillips

Short report
Contract supply of orthopaedic sterile equipment: a two-year audit}
P Sharma and S Singh

Evidence-based practice digests

Book Reviews