16 March 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7338)

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Editor's Choice

Informed compliance

BMJ 2002;324:0.9 (Published 16 March 2002)

News

Woman makes legal history in right to die case

BMJ 2002;324:629 (Published 16 March 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:630.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Public less worried about MMR vaccine than many other issues

BMJ 2002;324:630.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Improved anthrax vaccine is needed, claims report

BMJ 2002;324:630.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

Children at risk after sperm donor develops late onset genetic disease

BMJ 2002;324:631.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Patients with emergency brain disorders are denied specialist care

BMJ 2002;324:631.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Assisted reproduction increases risk of birth defects, study says

BMJ 2002;324:633.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

Woman may face death penalty in postnatal depression case

BMJ 2002;324:634.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Editorials

Shame: the elephant in the room

BMJ 2002;324:623 (Published 16 March 2002)

Declining altruism in medicine

BMJ 2002;324:624 (Published 16 March 2002)

Epidemic of cardiovascular disease in South Asians

BMJ 2002;324:625 (Published 16 March 2002)

Time to abandon the “tendinitis” myth

BMJ 2002;324:626 (Published 16 March 2002)

Deprofessionalising doctors?

BMJ 2002;324:627 (Published 16 March 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

The “redisorganisation” of the NHS

BMJ 2002;324:672 (Published 16 March 2002)

Effectiveness of guidelines on persistent glue ear in children

BMJ 2002;324:673 (Published 16 March 2002)

Why general practitioners do not implement evidence

BMJ 2002;324:674.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Adult obesity and growth in childhood

BMJ 2002;324:674.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Implications of childhood obesity for adult health

BMJ 2002;324:676 (Published 16 March 2002)

Combining high quality clinical and interpersonal care

BMJ 2002;324:677.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Social deprivation affects outcome of nocturnal enuresis

BMJ 2002;324:677.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Breast screening seems driven by belief rather than evidence

BMJ 2002;324:677.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

Price of interferon beta is similar in UK and Australia

BMJ 2002;324:677.4 (Published 16 March 2002)

Data on take home naloxone are unclear but not condemnatory

BMJ 2002;324:678.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Venous ulcers may be associated with gravitational eczema

BMJ 2002;324:678.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Violence may be serious in men with body dysmorphic disorder

BMJ 2002;324:678.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

Chinese medicines for slimming still cause health problems

BMJ 2002;324:679.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Pharmaceutical packaging can induce confusion

BMJ 2002;324:679.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Roy Porter

BMJ 2002;324:680.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Isidore Ash

BMJ 2002;324:680.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Sydney Brandon

BMJ 2002;324:680.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

Harry Leslie Leaming

BMJ 2002;324:680.4 (Published 16 March 2002)

Raymond Keith Mason

BMJ 2002;324:680.5 (Published 16 March 2002)

William Neville

BMJ 2002;324:680.6 (Published 16 March 2002)

Jacob (“Jack”) Shafar

BMJ 2002;324:680.7 (Published 16 March 2002)

Margaret Leslie Stephen (née Macalister)

BMJ 2002;324:680.8 (Published 16 March 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:647.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:686 (Published 16 March 2002)

Fillers

Scottish doctors' esteem

BMJ 2002;324:647.5 (Published 16 March 2002)

New life

BMJ 2002;324:655 (Published 16 March 2002)

A strange case of familial atopy

BMJ 2002;324:661 (Published 16 March 2002)

Strike of American army nurses

BMJ 2002;324:662.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

A tale of two blisters

BMJ 2002;324:671 (Published 16 March 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Pregnant women comply with, rather than choose, mode of birth

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Strict control of vancomycin resistant enterococci is not justified

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 16 March 2002)

Abdominal pain in infectious mononucleosis may signal splenic rupture

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 16 March 2002)

Surgery is option for unresponsive temporal lobe epilepsy

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 16 March 2002)

Cost effectiveness of continuing professional development is unclear

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 16 March 2002)

NHS must respond to patients' needs and wishes

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 16 March 2002)

South Asian children are more insulin resistant than white children

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Demand for emergency ambulances has risen

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Recent developments in neurology

BMJ 2002;324:656 (Published 16 March 2002)

Abdominal pain in acute infectious mononucleosis

BMJ 2002;324:660 (Published 16 March 2002)

Junctional tachycardias

BMJ 2002;324:662.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Cases of child malnutrition double in Gaza because of blockade

BMJ 2002;324:632.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Parents agree to surgery after case goes to high court

BMJ 2002;324:632.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Former health minister accused of diverting funds from health care

BMJ 2002;324:632.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

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

Think tank recommends free personal care for elderly people

BMJ 2002;324:632.4 (Published 16 March 2002)

BMA calls for government action on drugs and driving

BMJ 2002;324:632.5 (Published 16 March 2002)

Tobacco industry knowingly duped public with “low tar” brands

BMJ 2002;324:633.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Primary care trusts should give local people a voice, says report

BMJ 2002;324:633.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

EU tries to protect developing countries from high drug costs

BMJ 2002;324:634.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Campaigners win ruling that antiretroviral drugs order be enforced

BMJ 2002;324:634.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

More than two million homes are cold enough to cause ill health, Shelter says

BMJ 2002;324:634.4 (Published 16 March 2002)

Papers

Early evidence of ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk: cross sectional comparison of British South Asian and white children

BMJ 2002;324:635 (Published 16 March 2002)

Qualitative study of evidence based leaflets in maternity care

BMJ 2002;324:639 (Published 16 March 2002)

Use of evidence based leaflets to promote informed choice in maternity care: randomised controlled trial in everyday practice

BMJ 2002;324:643 (Published 16 March 2002)

Trends in demand for emergency ambulance services in Wiltshire over nine years: observational study

BMJ 2002;324:646 (Published 16 March 2002)

Primary care

After Bristol: putting patients at the centreCommentary: Patient centred care: timely, but is it practical?

BMJ 2002;324:648 (Published 16 March 2002)

Learning in practice

Cost effectiveness of continuing professional development in health care: a critical review of the evidence

BMJ 2002;324:652 (Published 16 March 2002)

Education and debate

What action should be taken to prevent spread of vancomycin resistant enterococci in European hospitals?

BMJ 2002;324:666 (Published 16 March 2002)

Designing studies to ensure that estimates of test accuracy are transferable

BMJ 2002;324:669 (Published 16 March 2002)

CD

Every Family in the Land: Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination against People with Mental Illness

BMJ 2002;324:682.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Books

Bodies

BMJ 2002;324:682.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change, and Their Effects on National Security and Development

BMJ 2002;324:683.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Evaluating International Humanitarian Action: Reflections from Practitioners

BMJ 2002;324:683.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Personal Views

Do we hear our patients? And would a patient's page help?

BMJ 2002;324:684.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Letters to patients: sending the right message

BMJ 2002;324:685.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Medical history

BMJ 2002;324:684.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Soundings

The skier's tale

BMJ 2002;324:685.2 (Published 16 March 2002)

Corrections

Filler

BMJ 2002;324:647.1 (Published 16 March 2002)

Biological warfare and bioterrorism

BMJ 2002;324:647.3 (Published 16 March 2002)

Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict

BMJ 2002;324:647.4 (Published 16 March 2002)

Donald William Gould

BMJ 2002;324:680.9 (Published 16 March 2002)