20 October 2001 (Vol 323, Issue 7318)

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Editor's Choice

Doctors and patients: flying apart?

BMJ 2001;323:0.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

News

US fear of bioterrorism spreads as anthrax cases increase

BMJ 2001;323:883.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

UK doctors given guidance on dealing with anthrax

BMJ 2001;323:883.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Doctors divided in their attitude to military strikes on Afghganistan

BMJ 2001;323:884.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

In brief

BMJ 2001;323:884.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Leading UK paediatrician reinstated

BMJ 2001;323:885.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Hospital at centre of claims of racism is “turning the corner,” report says

BMJ 2001;323:885.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Progress is slow in narrowing the health research divide

BMJ 2001;323:886 (Published 20 October 2001)

Quarter of GPs want to quit, BMA survey shows

BMJ 2001;323:887 (Published 20 October 2001)

Meeting calls for a national body to respond to research misconduct

BMJ 2001;323:889.4 (Published 20 October 2001)

Coaxing doctors to confess

BMJ 2001;323:890.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Editorials

Appropriate responses to bioterrorist threats

BMJ 2001;323:877 (Published 20 October 2001)

Psychological implications of chemical and biological weapons

BMJ 2001;323:878 (Published 20 October 2001)

Neurodegenerative disorders

BMJ 2001;323:879 (Published 20 October 2001)

Aromatase inhibitors and inactivators in breast cancer

BMJ 2001;323:880 (Published 20 October 2001)

Treatment of sepsis with activated protein C

BMJ 2001;323:881 (Published 20 October 2001)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Wanted: social contract for practice of medicine

BMJ 2001;323:930.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Delivery by caesarean section

BMJ 2001;323:930.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Take home naloxone for opiate addicts

BMJ 2001;323:934 (Published 20 October 2001)

Bell's phenomenon should not be regarded as pathognomonic sign

BMJ 2001;323:935.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Doctors should be trained in advanced life support before students are

BMJ 2001;323:935.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Lactulose may help prevent urinary tract infections

BMJ 2001;323:936.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Audit is powerful tool for accident and emergency service

BMJ 2001;323:936.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Ethics cost, whether you have them or not

BMJ 2001;323:936.3 (Published 20 October 2001)

Stereotyping may highlight diagnoses that might be missed

BMJ 2001;323:937.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Letters - continued

Condom gap in Africa is wider than study suggests

BMJ 2001;323:937.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Thrombolysis must be considered after stroke

BMJ 2001;323:937.3 (Published 20 October 2001)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2001;323:944 (Published 20 October 2001)

Fillers

“That's very nice, but will it get me pregnant?”

BMJ 2001;323:895 (Published 20 October 2001)

Nurses for the middle classes

BMJ 2001;323:900.3 (Published 20 October 2001)

Democracy

BMJ 2001;323:900.4 (Published 20 October 2001)

This Week In the BMJ

Virtual reality technologies soon to be introduced into surgery

BMJ 2001;323:0.6 (Published 20 October 2001)

Patients are more satisfied with a patient centred approach

BMJ 2001;323:0.4 (Published 20 October 2001)

Thyroxine does not benefit euthyroid people with symptoms of hypothyroidism

BMJ 2001;323:0.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Month of birth may be linked to risk of developing Crohn's disease

BMJ 2001;323:0.5 (Published 20 October 2001)

Metered dose inhalers are most cost effective for asthma drugs

BMJ 2001;323:0.3 (Published 20 October 2001)

Clinical Reviews

Virtual reality in surgery

BMJ 2001;323:912 (Published 20 October 2001)

Evidence based management of childhood obesity

BMJ 2001;323:916 (Published 20 October 2001)

Oscillatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices

BMJ 2001;323:919 (Published 20 October 2001)

Epidemiology and diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

BMJ 2001;323:920 (Published 20 October 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

MEPs add their voice to protest at patent for breast cancer gene

BMJ 2001;323:888.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

UK physicians work 21 hours a week more than contracted, says report

BMJ 2001;323:888.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Admissions of private patients to public hospitals in Ireland increase

BMJ 2001;323:888.3 (Published 20 October 2001)

BMA attacks GMC's revalidation proposals

BMJ 2001;323:888.4 (Published 20 October 2001)

Suicide rate in young men in Scotland is twice that in England and Wales

BMJ 2001;323:888.5 (Published 20 October 2001)

Consumer groups fight plans for “direct to patient” drug advertisements

BMJ 2001;323:889.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Database of patients possibly exposed to CJD is proposed

BMJ 2001;323:889.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Cooling patients after cardiac arrest may prevent brain damage

BMJ 2001;323:889.3 (Published 20 October 2001)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

HIV/AIDS responsible for 25% of deaths in South Africa, report says

BMJ 2001;323:890.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Transatlantic agreement signed on health care and emergency measures

BMJ 2001;323:890.3 (Published 20 October 2001)

Lowering blood pressure in old people with multiple risk factors is worthwhile

BMJ 2001;323:890.4 (Published 20 October 2001)

Thyroxine treatment in patients with symptoms of hypothyroidism but thyroid function tests within the reference range: randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial

BMJ 2001;323:891 (Published 20 October 2001)

Papers

Systematic review of clinical effectiveness of pressurised metered dose inhalers versus other hand held inhaler devices for delivering corticosteroids in asthma

BMJ 2001;323:896 (Published 20 October 2001)

Systematic review of clinical effectiveness of pressurised metered dose inhalers versus other hand held inhaler devices for delivering β2agonists bronchodilators in asthma

BMJ 2001;323:901 (Published 20 October 2001)

Racial stereotyping: survey of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2001;323:905 (Published 20 October 2001)

Does month of birth affect risk of Crohn's disease in childhood and adolescence?

BMJ 2001;323:907 (Published 20 October 2001)

Primary care

Observational study of effect of patient centredness and positive approach on outcomes of general practice consultations

BMJ 2001;323:908 (Published 20 October 2001)

Education and debate

Using high quality clinical databases to complement the results of randomised controlled trials: the case of recombinant human activated protein C

BMJ 2001;323:923 (Published 20 October 2001)

The future of health care in Canada

BMJ 2001;323:926 (Published 20 October 2001)

Books

Writings on an Ethical Life

BMJ 2001;323:940.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Angelhead: My Brother's Descent into Madness

BMJ 2001;323:940.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

The Dressing Station: A Surgeon's Odyssey; What for Chop Today?

BMJ 2001;323:941.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

PRESS

Are the media losing faith in the NHS?

BMJ 2001;323:941.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Anthrax and the US media

BMJ 2001;323:942.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Bioterrorism

BMJ 2001;323:942.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Personal View

Pilgrimage

BMJ 2001;323:943.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Soundings

Lucky fibrillator

BMJ 2001;323:943.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Corrections

New house officers lack clinical skills

BMJ 2001;323:885.3 (Published 20 October 2001)

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

BMJ 2001;323:900.1 (Published 20 October 2001)

Drug Point

BMJ 2001;323:900.2 (Published 20 October 2001)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Mária Jozefa HáriRichard Garrett George BarryRoy Gibb BluesWilliam Armstrong DavidsonDavid Charles FluckWilliam Stanley HillFausto IannottiAlan Oakley JohnWilliam Gray McEwenJohn Marcus Stowers

BMJ 2001;323:938 (Published 20 October 2001)