21 July 2001 (Vol 323, Issue 7305)

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Editor's Choice

Reasons to be cheerful?

BMJ 2001;323:0.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Reasons to be cheerful?

BMJ 2001;323:0.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

News

UK approves preimplantation genetic screening technique

BMJ 2001;323:125.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Mortality for paediatric cardiac surgery at Bristol was twice that at other centres

BMJ 2001;323:125.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

In brief

BMJ 2001;323:126.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Tobacco company claims that smokers help the economy

BMJ 2001;323:126.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

US abortion clinics afraid of new violence

BMJ 2001;323:126.3 (Published 21 July 2001)

Scientists fertilise mouse eggs without sperm

BMJ 2001;323:127.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Embryos created for stem cell research

BMJ 2001;323:127.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

GMC steps up hearings to deal with rise in cases

BMJ 2001;323:129.4 (Published 21 July 2001)

Bill will give Americans right to buy cheaper drugs

BMJ 2001;323:130.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Levels of neurosis remained static in the 1990s

BMJ 2001;323:130.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Government decision to hand over GP negotiations branded “bizarre”

BMJ 2001;323:130.3 (Published 21 July 2001)

Editorials

The third generation pill controversy (“continued”)

BMJ 2001;323:119 (Published 21 July 2001)

Poverty reduction strategy papers

BMJ 2001;323:120 (Published 21 July 2001)

Vocational rehabilitation

BMJ 2001;323:121 (Published 21 July 2001)

Drugs for Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2001;323:123 (Published 21 July 2001)

BMJ Christmas revue

BMJ 2001;323:124 (Published 21 July 2001)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism

BMJ 2001;323:163 (Published 21 July 2001)

Asthma and early childhood infectious disease

BMJ 2001;323:164 (Published 21 July 2001)

Using clinical evidence

BMJ 2001;323:165 (Published 21 July 2001)

Code of conduct is needed for publishing raw data

BMJ 2001;323:166.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Winter deaths: warm housing is not enough

BMJ 2001;323:166.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Lay members can contribute much in primary care groups

BMJ 2001;323:167.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Letters - continued

Spirit of collaboration needs fostering

BMJ 2001;323:167.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Questionnaires for depression and anxiety

BMJ 2001;323:167.3 (Published 21 July 2001)

Exposure of healthcare workers to bloodborne viruses

BMJ 2001;323:169.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

NHS staff must be trained in how to prevent aggression

BMJ 2001;323:169.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2001;323:174 (Published 21 July 2001)

Fillers

“Relative” contradiction

BMJ 2001;323:138.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Friendship

BMJ 2001;323:138.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

The doctor in politics

BMJ 2001;323:141.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Beginning of the end

BMJ 2001;323:146.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Our innate desire

BMJ 2001;323:149.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Nothing like experience

BMJ 2001;323:157.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

This Week In the BMJ

Increased risk of thrombosis with third generation oral contraceptives is real

BMJ 2001;323:0.3 (Published 21 July 2001)

Not enough condoms are supplied to African men

BMJ 2001;323:0.4 (Published 21 July 2001)

Patients with treatment resistant hypertension do take their drugs

BMJ 2001;323:0.7 (Published 21 July 2001)

Very few patients intubated without drugs survive

BMJ 2001;323:0.6 (Published 21 July 2001)

Brief psychological therapy helps suicidal patients

BMJ 2001;323:0.5 (Published 21 July 2001)

Clinical Reviews

Assessing developmental delay

BMJ 2001;323:148 (Published 21 July 2001)

Danger of stereotyping in suspected osteomalaciaCommentary: Stereotyping may delay proper and systematic investigation

BMJ 2001;323:149.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

European court's ruling paves way for cross-border treatment

BMJ 2001;323:128.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Irish children may have been given animal vaccine for whooping cough

BMJ 2001;323:128.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Charitable funds in NHS may exacerbate disparities in access to health

BMJ 2001;323:128.3 (Published 21 July 2001)

Poor sales signal shake-up in Hungary's health insurance market

BMJ 2001;323:128.4 (Published 21 July 2001)

Fraud cases being investigated in the NHS double

BMJ 2001;323:128.5 (Published 21 July 2001)

Bill to ban tobacco advertising in UK heard in Lords

BMJ 2001;323:129.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

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

Blue Cross to reward doctors for patients' satisfaction

BMJ 2001;323:129.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Hamburg surgeon operates after stroke

BMJ 2001;323:129.3 (Published 21 July 2001)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Indian women's groups protest at new contraceptive trial

BMJ 2001;323:130.4 (Published 21 July 2001)

Doctors concerned over Pinochet verdict

BMJ 2001;323:130.5 (Published 21 July 2001)

Papers

Third generation oral contraceptives and risk of venous thrombosis: meta-analysis

BMJ 2001;323:131 (Published 21 July 2001)

Randomised controlled trial of brief psychological intervention after deliberate self poisoningCommentary: Another kind of talk that works?

BMJ 2001;323:135 (Published 21 July 2001)

Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key informants

BMJ 2001;323:139 (Published 21 July 2001)

Risk of breast cancer in women who attend the NHS breast screening programme: cohort study

BMJ 2001;323:140 (Published 21 July 2001)

Survival of trauma patients who have prehospital tracheal intubation without anaesthesia or muscle relaxants: observational study

BMJ 2001;323:141.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Primary care

Relation between insufficient response to antihypertensive treatment and poor compliance with treatment: a prospective case-control study

BMJ 2001;323:142 (Published 21 July 2001)

Managing demand: transfer of management of self limiting conditions from general practice to community pharmacies

BMJ 2001;323:146.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Education and debate

A global health fund: a leap of faith?

BMJ 2001;323:152 (Published 21 July 2001)

When should clinical guidelines be updated?

BMJ 2001;323:155 (Published 21 July 2001)

Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests

BMJ 2001;323:157.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Books

Sexual Chemistry: A History of the Contraceptive Pill

BMJ 2001;323:171.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Marijuana as Medicine? The Science beyond the Controversy

BMJ 2001;323:171.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

TV

Reputations: Florence Nightingale—Iron Maiden

BMJ 2001;323:172.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Oral contraceptives

BMJ 2001;323:172.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Personal View

Dermatological experience

BMJ 2001;323:173.1 (Published 21 July 2001)

Soundings

Making time stand still

BMJ 2001;323:173.2 (Published 21 July 2001)

Correction

Clarification

BMJ 2001;323:141.3 (Published 21 July 2001)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Albert Chisholm HarveyDorothy JacobsGeoffrey Clinton Hewett KnightPeter Henry Dalziel LewarsDonald Edwin Olliff

BMJ 2001;323:170 (Published 21 July 2001)