02 February 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7332)

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Editor's Choice

The ecstasy of sanctimony

BMJ 2002;324:0.10 (Published 2 February 2002)

News

US panel finds insufficient evidence to support mammography

BMJ 2002;324:255.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Advocates of PSA testing campaign to silence critics

BMJ 2002;324:255.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:256.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Doctor says some hospitals too ready to apologise

BMJ 2002;324:256.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Pro-tobacco writer admits he should have declared an interest

BMJ 2002;324:257.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Academics face court clash with tobacco giants

BMJ 2002;324:257.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Gujarat earthquake causes major mental health problems

BMJ 2002;324:259.4 (Published 2 February 2002)

Withdrawal from paroxetine can be severe, warns FDA

BMJ 2002;324:260.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

WHO issues guidance on monitoring injuries

BMJ 2002;324:260.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Editorials

Winter vomiting

BMJ 2002;324:249 (Published 2 February 2002)

Hyperprolactinaemia caused by antipsychotic drugs

BMJ 2002;324:250 (Published 2 February 2002)

Long waiting lists in hospitals

BMJ 2002;324:252 (Published 2 February 2002)

Preventing domestic violence

BMJ 2002;324:253 (Published 2 February 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Chronic aspirin is effective—if data are massaged sufficiently

BMJ 2002;324:295.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Revalidating retired doctors

BMJ 2002;324:295.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Transplant patients need to be made aware of skin cancer risk

BMJ 2002;324:296.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Any changes in prevalence of autism must be determined

BMJ 2002;324:296.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Use of interactive multimedia decision aids

BMJ 2002;324:296.3 (Published 2 February 2002)

Public views of UK Population Biomedical Collection are being taken into account

BMJ 2002;324:298.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Independent review of Worcester PFI is needed

BMJ 2002;324:298.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Variation in rates of oestrogen receptor positivity in breast cancer again

BMJ 2002;324:298.3 (Published 2 February 2002)

Canadian Medicare needs choice

BMJ 2002;324:299.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

New method to monitor drugs at dance venues

BMJ 2002;324:299.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Widespread body pain and mortality

BMJ 2002;324:300.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Evaluation is essential for all types of intervention

BMJ 2002;324:300.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Cover picture highlighted what is wrong with approach to managing chronic disease

BMJ 2002;324:300.3 (Published 2 February 2002)

Emergency departments are well placed to identify alcohol misuse problems

BMJ 2002;324:300.4 (Published 2 February 2002)

Reducing health risks to British Muslim pilgrims

BMJ 2002;324:301.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Letters - continued

Hand-arm vibration syndrome may be associated with prolonged use of vibrating computer games

BMJ 2002;324:301.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Kenneth Buxton

BMJ 2002;324:302.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Forest William Fyfe

BMJ 2002;324:302.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

John Bowden Garland

BMJ 2002;324:302.3 (Published 2 February 2002)

Eric Greenwood Jenner

BMJ 2002;324:302.4 (Published 2 February 2002)

Saw Taik Leong

BMJ 2002;324:302.5 (Published 2 February 2002)

James McArthur

BMJ 2002;324:302.6 (Published 2 February 2002)

Paul Bernard Gregory McKee

BMJ 2002;324:302.7 (Published 2 February 2002)

Jacob Solomon (“Jack”) Norell

BMJ 2002;324:302.8 (Published 2 February 2002)

John Graham Pegg

BMJ 2002;324:302.9 (Published 2 February 2002)

David Corbett Tomlins

BMJ 2002;324:302.10 (Published 2 February 2002)

Barbara Stalker Watt (née Thomson)

BMJ 2002;324:302.11 (Published 2 February 2002)

Clinical Review

Childhood leukaemia

BMJ 2002;324:283 (Published 2 February 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:308 (Published 2 February 2002)

Fillers

A nose is a nose is a nose

BMJ 2002;324:267.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

The cigarette and the depopulation problem

BMJ 2002;324:267.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Two deaths, two lives

BMJ 2002;324:279 (Published 2 February 2002)

Lessons of yore

BMJ 2002;324:287 (Published 2 February 2002)

Unreasonableness pays off

BMJ 2002;324:288.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Excess mortality at Bristol is not explained by low volume of operations

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Fear of partner is linked to domestic violence

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 2 February 2002)

Concerns over direct consumer advertising are justified

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 2 February 2002)

Should GPs screen for domestic violence?

BMJ 2002;324:0.9 (Published 2 February 2002)

Developing rheumatoid arthritis is not due to genes

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Genetic abnormalities are responsible for childhood leukaemia

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 2 February 2002)

Ileoprost may alleviate cholesterol emboli syndrome

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 2 February 2002)

Management of profound hypokalaemia should be revised

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 2 February 2002)

Booked inpatient admissions systems require reserve capacity

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 2 February 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

No cash to implement NICE, health authorities tell MPs

BMJ 2002;324:258.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

End to rubella in US thwarted by unvaccinated, foreign born population

BMJ 2002;324:258.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Winter virus closes Scottish hospitals

BMJ 2002;324:258.3 (Published 2 February 2002)

French healthcare system beset by strikes

BMJ 2002;324:258.4 (Published 2 February 2002)

Quarter of Dutch paediatric intensive care beds closed

BMJ 2002;324:259.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Canada sees a bigger role for private companies in health care

BMJ 2002;324:259.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

King's Fund calls for NHS to be made a corporation

BMJ 2002;324:259.3 (Published 2 February 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Polish police hold health workers over alleged murder of patients

BMJ 2002;324:260.3 (Published 2 February 2002)

Papers

Mortality and volume of cases in paediatric cardiac surgery: retrospective study based on routinely collected data

BMJ 2002;324:261 (Published 2 February 2002)

Relative importance of genetic effects in rheumatoid arthritis: historical cohort study of Danish nationwide twin populationCommentary: Do genes or environment influence development of rheumatoid arthritis?

BMJ 2002;324:264 (Published 2 February 2002)

Improvement in cholesterol emboli syndrome after iloprost therapy

BMJ 2002;324:268 (Published 2 February 2002)

Challenges in managing profound hypokalaemia

BMJ 2002;324:269 (Published 2 February 2002)

Primary care

Reported frequency of domestic violence: cross sectional survey of women attending general practice

BMJ 2002;324:271 (Published 2 February 2002)

Identifying domestic violence: cross sectional study in primary care

BMJ 2002;324:274 (Published 2 February 2002)

Influence of direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising and patients' requests on prescribing decisions: two site cross sectional survey

BMJ 2002;324:278 (Published 2 February 2002)

Information in practice

Booked inpatient admissions and hospital capacity: mathematical modelling study

BMJ 2002;324:280 (Published 2 February 2002)

Education and debate

All you need is cognitive behaviour therapy?Commentary: Benevolent scepticism is just what the doctor orderedCommentary: Yes, cognitive behaviour therapy may well be all you needCommentary: Symptoms or relationshipsCommentary: The “evidence” is weake…

BMJ 2002;324:288.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Books

Errors, Medicine and the Law

BMJ 2002;324:304.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Ecosystem Change and Public Health: A Global Perspective

BMJ 2002;324:304.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

A Few Months to Live: Different Paths to Life's End; Physician's Guide to End-of-Life Care

BMJ 2002;324:305.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

CD

The Human Face of Medicine

BMJ 2002;324:305.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

PRESS

Coming up roses

BMJ 2002;324:306.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Cognitive behaviour therapy

BMJ 2002;324:306.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Personal View

Cancer isn't the only malignant disease

BMJ 2002;324:307.1 (Published 2 February 2002)

Soundings

Ancient resentments

BMJ 2002;324:307.2 (Published 2 February 2002)

Correction

A third of surgeons in New South Wales admit to euthanasia

BMJ 2002;324:259.5 (Published 2 February 2002)