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78 articles published between 02 Dec 2002 and 08 Dec 2002

Editor's Choice

Needed: transformational leaders

BMJ 2002;325:0.6 (Published 7 December 2002)

News

Health department to improve investigation of waiting list fiddles

BMJ 2002;325:1322.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

People with schizophrenia must have a say in their treatment

BMJ 2002;325:1317.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Hospitals in north of England outperform those in south

BMJ 2002;325:1317.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;325:1318.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Smaller families aid economic growth, says UN report

BMJ 2002;325:1318.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Better research needed on childhood obesity, report says

BMJ 2002;325:1318.3 (Published 7 December 2002)

Mouse genome shows many disease genes shared with humans

BMJ 2002;325:1319.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Sharing of uncertainty can unnerve patients

BMJ 2002;325:1319.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Paediatricians did not have duty of care to patient's mother

BMJ 2002;325:1321.4 (Published 7 December 2002)

High nut consumption may reduce risk of diabetes

BMJ 2002;325:1322.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Sculpture symbolises passing on of clinical skills

BMJ 2002;325:1322.3 (Published 7 December 2002)

Clinical Review

Withdrawing life support and resolution of conflict with families

BMJ 2002;325:1342 (Published 7 December 2002)

Misleading electrocardiographic results in patient with hyperkalaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis

BMJ 2002;325:1346.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndromes

BMJ 2002;325:1348 (Published 7 December 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;325:1370 (Published 7 December 2002)

Fillers

High fibre and guar gum are equally helpful in IBS, but gum is better tolerated

BMJ 2002;325:0.7 (Published 7 December 2002)

The noble profession

BMJ 2002;325:1334.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Computer madness

BMJ 2002;325:1341.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2002;325:1346.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

But the greatest of these is charity

BMJ 2002;325:1358 (Published 7 December 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

UK government approves heroin use on prescription

BMJ 2002;325:1321.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Private doctors must improve their treatment of tuberculosis, says WHO

BMJ 2002;325:1320.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Canada's healthcare system should focus on primary care, report says

BMJ 2002;325:1320.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Drug companies urged to make drugs available at cost price to the poor

BMJ 2002;325:1320.3 (Published 7 December 2002)

Consultants resist pooled lists for routine surgery

BMJ 2002;325:1320.4 (Published 7 December 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Woman who had attended euthanasia workshop kills herself

BMJ 2002;325:1320.5 (Published 7 December 2002)

GMC committee chairman stands down while inquiry takes place

BMJ 2002;325:1321.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Letter

Copying letters to patients

BMJ 2002;325:1359 (Published 7 December 2002)

Comparison of different measures of blood pressure

BMJ 2002;325:1360 (Published 7 December 2002)

Retaining nurses in the NHS

BMJ 2002;325:1362 (Published 7 December 2002)

Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke

BMJ 2002;325:1363 (Published 7 December 2002)

When medical students go off the rails

BMJ 2002;325:1364.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Pleasing some of the people none of the time

BMJ 2002;325:1361 (Published 7 December 2002)

CONSORT statement requires closer examination

BMJ 2002;325:1364.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Making coffee has advantages

BMJ 2002;325:1364.3 (Published 7 December 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Nurses can carry out preoperative assessment

BMJ 2002;325:0.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Bacterial vaginosis is not a strong risk factor for early miscarriage

BMJ 2002;325:0.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Participants may never know which arm of the trial they were in

BMJ 2002;325:0.3 (Published 7 December 2002)

Doctors overlook living wills

BMJ 2002;325:0.4 (Published 7 December 2002)

Short courses in evidence based medicine can work

BMJ 2002;325:0.5 (Published 7 December 2002)

Editorial

Antibiotics for acute purulent rhinitis

BMJ 2002;325:1311 (Published 7 December 2002)

Sensory stimulation in dementia

BMJ 2002;325:1312 (Published 7 December 2002)

A clinical trials register for Europe

BMJ 2002;325:1314 (Published 7 December 2002)

Drug eluting coronary stents

BMJ 2002;325:1315 (Published 7 December 2002)

Correction

GMC clears Alder Hey doctor of dishonesty

BMJ 2002;325:1321.3 (Published 7 December 2002)

Minerva

BMJ 2002;325:1331.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

The SCOFF questionnaire and clinical interview for eating disorders in general practice: comparative study

BMJ 2002;325:1331.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Whooping cougha continuing problem

BMJ 2002;325:1331.3 (Published 7 December 2002)

Developing the role of patients as teachers

BMJ 2002;325:1341.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Rachael Elizabeth Spencer

BMJ 2002;325:1366 (Published 7 December 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Health Secretary Milburn refuses to renegotiate contract

BMJ 2002;325:1322.4 (Published 7 December 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

Companies refuse to deliver drugs as hospital debts soar

BMJ 2002;325:1322.5 (Published 7 December 2002)

Lack of expertise and funding are hampering prostate cancer screening and treatment

BMJ 2002;325:1322.6 (Published 7 December 2002)

Paper

Effectiveness of appropriately trained nurses in preoperative assessment: randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial

BMJ 2002;325:1323 (Published 7 December 2002)

Withholding the artificial administration of fluids and food from elderly patients with dementia: ethnographic study

BMJ 2002;325:1326 (Published 7 December 2002)

Informing participants of allocation to placebo at trial closure: postal survey

BMJ 2002;325:1329 (Published 7 December 2002)

Fatal toxicity of serotoninergic and other antidepressant drugs: analysis of United Kingdom mortality data

BMJ 2002;325:1332 (Published 7 December 2002)

Leflunomide can potentiate the anticoagulant effect of warfarin

BMJ 2002;325:1333 (Published 7 December 2002)

Primary care

Association between bacterial vaginosis or chlamydial infection and miscarriage before 16 weeks' gestation: prospective community based cohort study

BMJ 2002;325:1334.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Food allergy

BMJ 2002;325:1337 (Published 7 December 2002)

Learning in practice

Do short courses in evidence based medicine improve knowledge and skills? Validation of Berlin questionnaire and before and after study of courses in evidence based medicine

BMJ 2002;325:1338 (Published 7 December 2002)

Education and debate

Values and leadership

BMJ 2002;325:1352 (Published 7 December 2002)

Interview with Gro Brundtland

BMJ 2002;325:1355 (Published 7 December 2002)

Obituary

Frances Ames

BMJ 2002;325:1365.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

John Crammer

BMJ 2002;325:1365.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

John Bower Hickling

BMJ 2002;325:1365.3 (Published 7 December 2002)

Linda Hazel Hignett

BMJ 2002;325:1365.4 (Published 7 December 2002)

Ali M Ali Ibrahim

BMJ 2002;325:1365.5 (Published 7 December 2002)

Douglas Hugh Nelson

BMJ 2002;325:1365.6 (Published 7 December 2002)

Israel Rocker

BMJ 2002;325:1365.7 (Published 7 December 2002)

Andrew Steven Truman White

BMJ 2002;325:1365.8 (Published 7 December 2002)

TV

Horizon—Homeopathy: The Test

BMJ 2002;325:1367.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Book

The Demon in the Freezer

BMJ 2002;325:1367.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

PRESS

“Cosmo” for drug users

BMJ 2002;325:1368.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Food allergy

BMJ 2002;325:1368.2 (Published 7 December 2002)

Personal View

Overseas doctors need more attention

BMJ 2002;325:1369.1 (Published 7 December 2002)

Soundings

Feel free to ululate

BMJ 2002;325:1369.2 (Published 7 December 2002)