07 July 2001 (Vol 323, Issue 7303)

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Editor's Choice

Increasing complexity

BMJ 2001;323:0.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Increasing complexity

BMJ 2001;323:0.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

News

UK government urged to establish a national walking strategy

BMJ 2001;323:7.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

US consultants coach doctors in insurance fraud

BMJ 2001;323:7.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

In brief

BMJ 2001;323:8.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Labour's time is “running out” over NHS, BMA leader warns

BMJ 2001;323:8.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Germany debates embryonic stem cell research

BMJ 2001;323:8.3 (Published 7 July 2001)

UK government and doctors agree to end “blame culture”

BMJ 2001;323:9.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Hospitals must inform patients of errors

BMJ 2001;323:9.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Breast self examination may do more harm than good

BMJ 2001;323:11.3 (Published 7 July 2001)

United Nations agrees timetable for combating AIDS

BMJ 2001;323:12.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

European Union joins fight over drug patents

BMJ 2001;323:12.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

US concedes on cheaper drug production in Brazil

BMJ 2001;323:12.3 (Published 7 July 2001)

Editorials

Universities and tobacco money

BMJ 2001;323:1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Cannabinoids for pain and nausea

BMJ 2001;323:2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Supporting primary care with ethics advice and education

BMJ 2001;323:3 (Published 7 July 2001)

A national screening programme for diabetic retinopathy

BMJ 2001;323:4 (Published 7 July 2001)

Taking acute stroke care seriously

BMJ 2001;323:5 (Published 7 July 2001)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Doctors must learn to let others treat them and their families

BMJ 2001;323:47.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Recommendations for suspended doctors must be enacted

BMJ 2001;323:47.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Closing the gap between professional teaching and practice

BMJ 2001;323:47.3 (Published 7 July 2001)

Spreading research in primary care safely

BMJ 2001;323:48.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Letters - continued

Consumers are helping to prioritise research

BMJ 2001;323:48.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts?

BMJ 2001;323:49.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Elderly people's technique in using dry powder inhalers

BMJ 2001;323:49.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Diagnosis of acute appendicitis

BMJ 2001;323:50.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Cardiovascular events in users of sildenafil

BMJ 2001;323:50.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Hepatitis B, lamivudine, and HIV

BMJ 2001;323:51.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Addison's disease should be diagnosed biochemically

BMJ 2001;323:51.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Fetal growth markers may show nutritionally mediated effect

BMJ 2001;323:52.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Adult obesity depends on genes and environment

BMJ 2001;323:52.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Liver cirrhosis is risk factor for pyogenic liver abscesses

BMJ 2001;323:52.3 (Published 7 July 2001)

Responsibilities of sponsors are limited in premature discontinuation of trials

BMJ 2001;323:53.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Fertility treatment in HIV needs multidisciplinary team

BMJ 2001;323:53.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Iraqi doctors appeal for help from doctors in other countries

BMJ 2001;323:53.3 (Published 7 July 2001)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2001;323:58 (Published 7 July 2001)

Fillers

It is too easy to blame only the patient

BMJ 2001;323:31 (Published 7 July 2001)

A book

BMJ 2001;323:37.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

A record follow up

BMJ 2001;323:46 (Published 7 July 2001)

Clinical Reviews

Bulimia nervosa

BMJ 2001;323:33 (Published 7 July 2001)

Late diagnosis of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy presenting as global developmental delay

BMJ 2001;323:37.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Half of Americans miss out on preventive services

BMJ 2001;323:10.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

UK scientists recommend gene testing for inherited bowel cancer

BMJ 2001;323:10.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Doctors launch website on patients' experiences of illness

BMJ 2001;323:10.3 (Published 7 July 2001)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women at risk of vitamin D deficiency

BMJ 2001;323:10.4 (Published 7 July 2001)

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

Patients need to be more involved in care decisions

BMJ 2001;323:10.5 (Published 7 July 2001)

NHS faces rise in negligence payments

BMJ 2001;323:11.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Scientists discover the prion for BSE in urine

BMJ 2001;323:11.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Papers

Are cannabinoids an effective and safe treatment option in the management of pain? A qualitative systematic review

BMJ 2001;323:13 (Published 7 July 2001)

Cannabinoids for control of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting: quantitative systematic review

BMJ 2001;323:16 (Published 7 July 2001)

Hospital autopsy: standardised questionnaire survey to determine junior doctors' perceptions

BMJ 2001;323:21 (Published 7 July 2001)

Training in basic and advanced life support in UK medical schools: questionnaire survey

BMJ 2001;323:22 (Published 7 July 2001)

Cholestatic hepatitis in association with celecoxib

BMJ 2001;323:23 (Published 7 July 2001)

Primary care

Referral for menstrual problems: cross sectional survey of symptoms, reasons for referral, and management

BMJ 2001;323:24 (Published 7 July 2001)

Progress in partnerships

BMJ 2001;323:28 (Published 7 July 2001)

MMR immunisation

BMJ 2001;323:32 (Published 7 July 2001)

Education and debate

Improving care in accident and emergency departments

BMJ 2001;323:39 (Published 7 July 2001)

Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials

BMJ 2001;323:42 (Published 7 July 2001)

Books

Strong Imagination: Madness, Creativity and Human Nature

BMJ 2001;323:55.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

Thinks …

BMJ 2001;323:55.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Personal Views

There but for the grace …

BMJ 2001;323:56.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

An indestructible patient

BMJ 2001;323:57.1 (Published 7 July 2001)

BOOKCASE

Bookcase

BMJ 2001;323:56.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Soundings

Language unbecoming

BMJ 2001;323:57.2 (Published 7 July 2001)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Ian Menzies GowHerbert James (formerly Justitz)Salama Fakhry SalamaJohn Rowell SimpsonCharles Henry Stewart-HessMartha Neill Algie Wilson

BMJ 2001;323:54 (Published 7 July 2001)