01 September 2001(vol 323, issue 7311)

This Week In the BMJ

• Teenagers' risk of adverse events is not increased for first birth

  BMJ 2001; 323 :c (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Decision aids provide patients with informed choice

  BMJ 2001; 323 :d (Published 01 September 2001)

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• A sixth of Gulf war veterans believe they have Gulf war syndrome

  BMJ 2001; 323 :b (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Palliative care patients are not asked for consent for drugs used outside their licence

  BMJ 2001; 323 :e (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Bullying can lead to emotional problems in teenagers

  BMJ 2001; 323 :f (Published 01 September 2001)

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Editorials

• Private health care in developing countries

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• Cardiovascular complications of recreational drugs

  BMJ 2001; 323 :464 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• A key medical decision maker: the patient

  BMJ 2001; 323 :466 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• The safety of acupuncture

  BMJ 2001; 323 :467 (Published 01 September 2001)

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Letters

• Medical error reporting must take necropsy data into account

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• Is it time to abandon the term mental illness?

  BMJ 2001; 323 :511 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Reducing deaths among drug misusers

  BMJ 2001; 323 :512 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Predictive genetics and predictive morphology have certain similarities

  BMJ 2001; 323 :514 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Greater awareness and education are needed to help prevent acute mountain sickness

  BMJ 2001; 323 :514 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research

  BMJ 2001; 323 :514 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Diagnosing genitourinary chlamydial infection

  BMJ 2001; 323 :515 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Accessing emergency test results on ward computers

  BMJ 2001; 323 :516 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Written information for treating minor illness

  BMJ 2001; 323 :516 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Smear tests: déjà vu

  BMJ 2001; 323 :517 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Conscription of children in armed conflict: clarifications

  BMJ 2001; 323 :517 (Published 01 September 2001)

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News

• Ireland fears blood shortage with new ban on donors

  BMJ 2001; 323 :469 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• US worried as restrictions on blood donors tighten

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• In brief

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• Drug company breaks 30 year agreement on patient advertising

  BMJ 2001; 323 :470 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Dutch consider following UK on vaccines after meningitis scare

  BMJ 2001; 323 :470 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• German company offers “package deal ops” to Ireland

  BMJ 2001; 323 :471 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• COX 2 inhibitors may increase risk of heart attack

  BMJ 2001; 323 :471 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Life expectancy rates show health inequalities

  BMJ 2001; 323 :471 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Leading the resistance

  BMJ 2001; 323 :472 (Published 01 September 2001)

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Clinical Reviews

• Beneficial effects of potassium

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• Recurrent bacterial meningitis: the need for sensitive imaging

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice

• Choice is hard

  BMJ 2001; 323 :a (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Choice is hard

  BMJ 2001; 323 :0 (Published 01 September 2001)

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• JAMA falls foul of fabricated suicide story

  BMJ 2001; 323 :472 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Hungarian doctors angered by plans to privatise hospitals

  BMJ 2001; 323 :472 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Drug firm is to supply AIDS drug free in South Africa

  BMJ 2001; 323 :472 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• AIDS education must target young men in developing countries

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Papers

• Prevalence of Gulf war veterans who believe they have Gulf war syndrome: questionnaire study

  BMJ 2001; 323 :473 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Teenage pregnancy and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes associated with first and second births: population based retrospective cohort study

  BMJ 2001; 323 :476 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Does bullying cause emotional problems? A prospective study of young teenagers

  BMJ 2001; 323 :480 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Prescribing of drugs for use outside their licence in palliative care: survey of specialists in the United Kingdom

  BMJ 2001; 323 :484 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Adverse events following acupuncture: prospective survey of 32 000 consultations with doctors and physiotherapists

  BMJ 2001; 323 :485 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• The York acupuncture safety study: prospective survey of 34 000 treatments by traditional acupuncturists

  BMJ 2001; 323 :486 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Getting informed consent from patients to take part in the clinical training of students: randomised trial of two strategies

  BMJ 2001; 323 :488 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Hypersensitivity reaction to balsalazide

  BMJ 2001; 323 :489 (Published 01 September 2001)

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Primary care

• Randomised controlled trial of an interactive multimedia decision aid on hormone replacement therapy in primary care

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• Randomised controlled trial of an interactive multimedia decision aid on benign prostatic hypertrophy in primary care

  BMJ 2001; 323 :493 (Published 01 September 2001)

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Education and debate

• Globalisation is good for your health, mostly

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• Residential nursing facilities in the United States

  BMJ 2001; 323 :507 (Published 01 September 2001)

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Books

• The Strange Case of R L Stevenson

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• Great Feuds in Medicine: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever

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CD

• Sound surgeons

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WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

• Bullying

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Personal View

• Getting consent for autopsies: who should ask what, and why?

  BMJ 2001; 323 :521 (Published 01 September 2001)

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Soundings

• Breaking bad news

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Fillers

• Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

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• To tell or not to tell

  BMJ 2001; 323 :489 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Nostalgia

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• Mother and child

  BMJ 2001; 323 :503 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Mischievous gossip

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• Stretched until they twang

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Corrections

• Trust defends decision to retain private beds at Heart Hospital

  BMJ 2001; 323 :471 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests

  BMJ 2001; 323 :487 (Published 01 September 2001)

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• This Week in the BMJ

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• Why a 1940s medical committee should not be forgotten

  BMJ 2001; 323 :487 (Published 01 September 2001)

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Obituary

• John Robert (Robin) BlackburneDavid John GeeBarbara Cunningham KingDavid ManderJohn Leicester Sharp

  BMJ 2001; 323 :518 (Published 01 September 2001)

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