01 December 2001 (Vol 323, Issue 7324)

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Editor's Choice

Urgently needed: leadership and mutual respect

BMJ 2001;323:0.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

News

US scientists clone first human embryo

BMJ 2001;323:1267.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

NHS to receive higher share of public spending, Brown says

BMJ 2001;323:1267.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

In brief

BMJ 2001;323:1268.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

A third of surgeons in New South Wales admit to euthanasia

BMJ 2001;323:1268.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

AMA's new chief executive draws criticism

BMJ 2001;323:1268.3 (Published 1 December 2001)

Mothers who kill their children can show intense grief

BMJ 2001;323:1269.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

NSAIDs can lower risk of Alzheimer's

BMJ 2001;323:1269.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

AIDS now fourth biggest killer worldwide, report says

BMJ 2001;323:1271.4 (Published 1 December 2001)

Scientists develop a “vaccine” against diabetes

BMJ 2001;323:1272.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Mortality in North Korea rises by 40% in seven years

BMJ 2001;323:1272.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Editorials

Aetiology of coronary heart disease

BMJ 2001;323:1261 (Published 1 December 2001)

The “redisorganisation” of the NHS

BMJ 2001;323:1262 (Published 1 December 2001)

Redefining leadership in health care

BMJ 2001;323:1263 (Published 1 December 2001)

Managing intersex

BMJ 2001;323:1264 (Published 1 December 2001)

The European working time directive for doctors in training

BMJ 2001;323:1266 (Published 1 December 2001)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Referral of Dr Peter Mansfield to the GMC

BMJ 2001;323:1304 (Published 1 December 2001)

How best to organise acute hospital services?

BMJ 2001;323:1305 (Published 1 December 2001)

Acupuncture for treatment of chronic neck pain

BMJ 2001;323:1306 (Published 1 December 2001)

Vaginal delivery after caesarean section

BMJ 2001;323:1307 (Published 1 December 2001)

Second diphtheria booster in adults raises immunity to 92%

BMJ 2001;323:1308.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Risk of macular degeneration with statin use should be interpreted with caution

BMJ 2001;323:1308.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Some children may not have had meningococcal C vaccine

BMJ 2001;323:1308.3 (Published 1 December 2001)

Journals should see original protocols for clinical trials

BMJ 2001;323:1309.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Doctors seem not to be punished for dishonesty in their cv

BMJ 2001;323:1309.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Membership of GMC seems to confer extra-long life

BMJ 2001;323:1309.3 (Published 1 December 2001)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Jeffrey Isner

BMJ 2001;323:1310.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Salem F Al-Damluji

BMJ 2001;323:1310.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Michael William Leitrim Clements

BMJ 2001;323:1310.3 (Published 1 December 2001)

Caroline Stevenson Duff

BMJ 2001;323:1310.4 (Published 1 December 2001)

John Gordon Edgar

BMJ 2001;323:1310.5 (Published 1 December 2001)

Penelope Hammick

BMJ 2001;323:1310.6 (Published 1 December 2001)

Eric Theodore Knudsen

BMJ 2001;323:1310.7 (Published 1 December 2001)

Alastair Mackintosh Suttie

BMJ 2001;323:1310.8 (Published 1 December 2001)

Roger West

BMJ 2001;323:1310.9 (Published 1 December 2001)

John Deryk Wallace Whitney

BMJ 2001;323:1310.10 (Published 1 December 2001)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2001;323:1316 (Published 1 December 2001)

Fillers

A chameleon

BMJ 2001;323:1286.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Miguel de Cervantes, hydropsy, and Thomas Sydenham

BMJ 2001;323:1293 (Published 1 December 2001)

To cure a mockingbird

BMJ 2001;323:1297 (Published 1 December 2001)

This Week In the BMJ

Childhood overweight does not lead on to adult fatness

BMJ 2001;323:0.4 (Published 1 December 2001)

Infertility clinics may be biased against patients infected with HIV

BMJ 2001;323:0.6 (Published 1 December 2001)

Lipid concentrations are inversely related to eating frequency

BMJ 2001;323:0.5 (Published 1 December 2001)

Good fetal growth and resilience to poor living standards

BMJ 2001;323:0.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Impact of neonatal intensive care: finding answers routinely

BMJ 2001;323:0.3 (Published 1 December 2001)

Clinical Reviews

Cellular immunotherapy for cancer

BMJ 2001;323:1289 (Published 1 December 2001)

Indigestion: When is it functional?

BMJ 2001;323:1294 (Published 1 December 2001)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Parents should have absolute rights over child's body after death, report says

BMJ 2001;323:1270.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Fifth person dies from anthrax

BMJ 2001;323:1270.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Costa Rica tackles high rates of stomach cancer

BMJ 2001;323:1270.3 (Published 1 December 2001)

Combining anticoagulant drugs with herbal medicines is risky, report says

BMJ 2001;323:1270.4 (Published 1 December 2001)

Doctors' smoking cohort study ends

BMJ 2001;323:1270.5 (Published 1 December 2001)

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

Vitamin cartel companies given record fines

BMJ 2001;323:1271.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Commission asked to investigate racist discrimination against doctors

BMJ 2001;323:1271.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Spain opts to fuel health funds with petrol sales

BMJ 2001;323:1271.3 (Published 1 December 2001)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Germany faces shortfall in transplant organs

BMJ 2001;323:1272.3 (Published 1 December 2001)

Ireland announces 30 primary care teams to provide “one stop services” to ease pressures on the hospital system

BMJ 2001;323:1272.4 (Published 1 December 2001)

World Bank helps fund growth of health services in central Europe

BMJ 2001;323:1272.5 (Published 1 December 2001)

Papers

Size at birth and resilience to effects of poor living conditions in adult life: longitudinal study

BMJ 2001;323:1273 (Published 1 December 2001)

Measuring later health status of high risk infants: randomised comparison of two simple methods of data collection

BMJ 2001;323:1276 (Published 1 December 2001)

Implications of childhood obesity for adult health: findings from thousand families cohort study

BMJ 2001;323:1280 (Published 1 December 2001)

Access to infertility investigations and treatment in couples infected with HIV: questionnaire survey

BMJ 2001;323:1285 (Published 1 December 2001)

Frequency of eating and concentrations of serum cholesterol in the Norfolk population of the European prospective investigation into cancer (EPIC-Norfolk): cross sectional study

BMJ 2001;323:1286.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Education and debate

Information given to patients before appointments and its effect on non-attendance rate

BMJ 2001;323:1298 (Published 1 December 2001)

NICE: faster access to modern treatments? Analysis of guidance on health technologies

BMJ 2001;323:1300 (Published 1 December 2001)

Books

A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness

BMJ 2001;323:1312.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

A History of Surgery

BMJ 2001;323:1312.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

The Cloning Sourcebook

BMJ 2001;323:1313.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

NETLINES

Netlines

BMJ 2001;323:1313.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Personal Views

Bullying in medicine

BMJ 2001;323:1314.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Pills to Africa: how to donate effectively

BMJ 2001;323:1315.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Childhood obesity

BMJ 2001;323:1314.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Soundings

Passing out parade

BMJ 2001;323:1315.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Corrections

Prescriptions with potential drug interactions dispensed at Swedish pharmacies in January 1999: cross sectional study

BMJ 2001;323:1303.1 (Published 1 December 2001)

Revisiting the Cochrane Collaboration

BMJ 2001;323:1303.2 (Published 1 December 2001)

Prospective health impact assessment: pitfalls, problems, and possible ways forward

BMJ 2001;323:1303.3 (Published 1 December 2001)