27 October 2001 (Vol 323, Issue 7319)

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Editor's Choice

Learning from failures

BMJ 2001;323:0.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

News

Anthrax blamed as two postal workers die in United States

BMJ 2001;323:951.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Caesarean section rate in England and Wales hits 21%

BMJ 2001;323:951.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

In brief

BMJ 2001;323:952.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

GMC accuses surgeon of operating without consent

BMJ 2001;323:952.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Doctors press for humane treatment of asylum seekers

BMJ 2001;323:952.3 (Published 27 October 2001)

Patients wait longer in emergency units than five years ago

BMJ 2001;323:953.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

High Court throws out “suicide aid” case

BMJ 2001;323:953.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Doctor struck off after patient dies from detoxification treatment

BMJ 2001;323:955.3 (Published 27 October 2001)

Row over breast cancer screening shows that scientists bring “some subjectivity into their work

BMJ 2001;323:956.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Editorials

Meeting the needs of chronically ill people

BMJ 2001;323:945 (Published 27 October 2001)

The management of diabetes

BMJ 2001;323:946 (Published 27 October 2001)

The challenge of chronic conditions: WHO responds

BMJ 2001;323:947 (Published 27 October 2001)

Improving outcomes in depression

BMJ 2001;323:948 (Published 27 October 2001)

Disparities in outcomes from chronic disease

BMJ 2001;323:950 (Published 27 October 2001)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Prevention of type 2 diabetes

BMJ 2001;323:997.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Reanalysis of twin studies suggests that diabetes is mainly genetic

BMJ 2001;323:997.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

National screening programme for diabetic retinopathy

BMJ 2001;323:998 (Published 27 October 2001)

Single definition of overweight and obesity should be used

BMJ 2001;323:999.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Predicting risk of death from cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2001;323:999.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Dietary fats and prevention of cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2001;323:1000 (Published 27 October 2001)

Lifestyle, progesterone, and risk of breast cancer

BMJ 2001;323:1002 (Published 27 October 2001)

Study shows that smoking costs 13 times more than it saves

BMJ 2001;323:1003.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Glucosamine for osteoarthritis

BMJ 2001;323:1003.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Radiotherapy units should be seen as shared resource in EU

BMJ 2001;323:1004.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Open letter: health professions on the aftermath of terrorism

BMJ 2001;323:1004.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2001;323:1012.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Fillers

Stamps for health education

BMJ 2001;323:966 (Published 27 October 2001)

Stamps for health education

BMJ 2001;323:969 (Published 27 October 2001)

Nature will help

BMJ 2001;323:994.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

This Week In the BMJ

Less mobile women with multiple sclerosis make less use of preventive health services

BMJ 2001;323:0.6 (Published 27 October 2001)

GP intervention cuts risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes

BMJ 2001;323:0.5 (Published 27 October 2001)

Deprived people die of the same diseases as the affluent—just earlier

BMJ 2001;323:0.3 (Published 27 October 2001)

Secondary prevention programmes in coronary heart disease improve care

BMJ 2001;323:0.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

South Asians are less confident about managing their asthma than white patients

BMJ 2001;323:0.4 (Published 27 October 2001)

Clinical Reviews

Chronic asthma

BMJ 2001;323:976 (Published 27 October 2001)

Pathophysiology of duodenal and gastric ulcer and gastric cancer

BMJ 2001;323:980 (Published 27 October 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Law is effective in protecting whistleblowers, report says

BMJ 2001;323:954.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Scientists mistakenly study bovine instead of sheep tissue

BMJ 2001;323:954.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Evidence that public-private partnerships can increase funding is “paltry”

BMJ 2001;323:954.3 (Published 27 October 2001)

Less than a third of Scottish hospitals meet targets on giving thrombolysis

BMJ 2001;323:954.4 (Published 27 October 2001)

English NHS consultants now earn average of £75 000 a year

BMJ 2001;323:954.5 (Published 27 October 2001)

Unsuitable hepatitis C testing kit being used in India

BMJ 2001;323:955.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Obesity drug approved as problem grows across the world

BMJ 2001;323:955.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Early research says dust at World Trade Center site not dangerous

BMJ 2001;323:956.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Canada forced to honour Bayer's patent on ciprofloxacin

BMJ 2001;323:956.3 (Published 27 October 2001)

US company at centre of dialysis scare

BMJ 2001;323:956.4 (Published 27 October 2001)

Israel investigates tobacco firms for misleading the public

BMJ 2001;323:956.5 (Published 27 October 2001)

Teenagers sell and give away their prescription drugs

BMJ 2001;323:956.6 (Published 27 October 2001)

Ireland's staff shortages worsen

BMJ 2001;323:956.7 (Published 27 October 2001)

Papers

Randomised trials of secondary prevention programmes in coronary heart disease: systematic review

BMJ 2001;323:957 (Published 27 October 2001)

Influences on hospital admission for asthma in south Asian and white adults: qualitative interview study

BMJ 2001;323:962 (Published 27 October 2001)

Papers - continued

Deprivation, disease, and death in Scotland: graphical display of survival of a cohort

BMJ 2001;323:967 (Published 27 October 2001)

Mobility impairments and use of preventive services in women with multiple sclerosis: observational study

BMJ 2001;323:968 (Published 27 October 2001)

Primary care

Randomised controlled trial of structured personal care of type 2 diabetes mellitus

BMJ 2001;323:970 (Published 27 October 2001)

Education and debate

Adoption of disease management model for diabetes in region of Maastricht

BMJ 2001;323:983 (Published 27 October 2001)

Recommendations for patients undertaking self management of oral anticoagulation

BMJ 2001;323:985 (Published 27 October 2001)

Chronic disease management: a Singapore perspective

BMJ 2001;323:990 (Published 27 October 2001)

Management of diabetes: are doctors framing the benefits from the wrong perspective?

BMJ 2001;323:994.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

ART

Phantoms

BMJ 2001;323:1007.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Books

An Intelligent Person's Guide to Medicine

BMJ 2001;323:1007.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Encyclopedia of Death and Dying

BMJ 2001;323:1008.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

The Great Blue Yonder

BMJ 2001;323:1008.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

TV

Living with Cancer

BMJ 2001;323:1009 (Published 27 October 2001)

Personal Views

Why am I crying?

BMJ 2001;323:1010.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

An insider's guide to depression

BMJ 2001;323:1011.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Managing chronic diseases: kids' stuff

BMJ 2001;323:1010.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Soundings

Soundings

BMJ 2001;323:1011.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Cover Note

BMJ 2001;323:1012.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Corrections

Meeting calls for a national body to respond to research misconduct

BMJ 2001;323:955.4 (Published 27 October 2001)

Linking guideline to regular feedback to increase appropriate requests for clinical tests: blood gas analysis in intensive care

BMJ 2001;323:993.1 (Published 27 October 2001)

Using cardiovascular risk profiles to individualise hypertensive treatment

BMJ 2001;323:993.2 (Published 27 October 2001)

Complexity and clinical care

BMJ 2001;323:993.3 (Published 27 October 2001)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

William G CahanMalcolm MacDonald BellGeoffrey Shirley JonesChristopher (Kit) LewthwaiteArmand LowenthalJohn Eugene Anthony O'ConnellRobert Anthony O'Grady PearsonEdward Gordon PyneDouglas Walter QuantrillErnest Joseph Eric TophamSnehelata Vishwanath

BMJ 2001;323:1005 (Published 27 October 2001)