30 March 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7340)

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Editor's Choice

Old and new wisdoms

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 30 March 2002)

News

“Unlawfully treated” woman to move to new unit

BMJ 2002;324:753.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Pfizer gets a public dressing down over promoting unlicensed drugs

BMJ 2002;324:753.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:754.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Transplants from live patients scrutinised after donor's death

BMJ 2002;324:754.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

BMA negotiator calls for more male medical students

BMJ 2002;324:754.3 (Published 30 March 2002)

Cancer money siphoned off to pay debts

BMJ 2002;324:755.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

New test simplifies genetic testing for breast cancer

BMJ 2002;324:755.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Overall health of Hungary's Roma worse than average population

BMJ 2002;324:755.3 (Published 30 March 2002)

Healthcare costs hit older Americans

BMJ 2002;324:756.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Paediatricians meet to tackle child abuse in former Soviet bloc

BMJ 2002;324:756.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Editorials

Initial antiretroviral regimens

BMJ 2002;324:747 (Published 30 March 2002)

The long case versus objective structured clinical examinations

BMJ 2002;324:748 (Published 30 March 2002)

Falling neonatal autopsy rates

BMJ 2002;324:749 (Published 30 March 2002)

Protein conjugate pneumococcal vaccines

BMJ 2002;324:750 (Published 30 March 2002)

Global nursing shortages

BMJ 2002;324:751 (Published 30 March 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Redefining leadership

BMJ 2002;324:786.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Bullying in medicine

BMJ 2002;324:786.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Violence in the workplace

BMJ 2002;324:788.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Language of self harm is somatic and needs to be learnt

BMJ 2002;324:788.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Statins as the new aspirin

BMJ 2002;324:789.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Case of cholestatic hepatitis with celecoxib did not fulfil international criteria

BMJ 2002;324:789.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Mini-cholecystectomy is often used in gallbladder surgery

BMJ 2002;324:790.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Several databases give free access now

BMJ 2002;324:790.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Letters - continued

Medline and PubMed will be able to synthesise clinical data

BMJ 2002;324:791.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Vitamin A programme in Assam probably caused hysteria

BMJ 2002;324:791.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Full time forensic pathology service

BMJ 2002;324:791.3 (Published 30 March 2002)

Same shortcomings of NHS have existed for years

BMJ 2002;324:792.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Therapeutics needs to be better taught

BMJ 2002;324:792.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

John Meyer Eisenberg

BMJ 2002;324:793.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Robert Brown

BMJ 2002;324:793.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Donald Burrell

BMJ 2002;324:793.3 (Published 30 March 2002)

Henry Caplin

BMJ 2002;324:793.4 (Published 30 March 2002)

David Thompson Irwin

BMJ 2002;324:793.5 (Published 30 March 2002)

Kathleen Mary McPhillips (née Casey)

BMJ 2002;324:793.6 (Published 30 March 2002)

Manjit (“Jim”) Shahi

BMJ 2002;324:793.7 (Published 30 March 2002)

Eric James Strachan

BMJ 2002;324:793.8 (Published 30 March 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:798 (Published 30 March 2002)

Fillers

Ugly editor needed

BMJ 2002;324:767.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Randomised controlled trial of short bursts of a potent topical corticosteroid versus prolonged use of a mild preparation for children with mild or moderate atopic eczema

BMJ 2002;324:768.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Quacks in Germany

BMJ 2002;324:768.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Recertification of doctors in 931

BMJ 2002;324:780.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Truth so bitter

BMJ 2002;324:785 (Published 30 March 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Diagnostic tests are overused

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 30 March 2002)

Neonatal autopsies give valuable information

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Allergens and viruses act together to exacerbate asthma

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 30 March 2002)

Autologous blood transfusion is more cost effective than allogenic transfusion

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 30 March 2002)

Flowcharts in children's notes increase documentation of possible intentional injury

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 30 March 2002)

This Week In the BMJ - continued

Renal colic shows a circadian pattern

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 30 March 2002)

Triple combination therapy for HIV is effective

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Autologous transfusion

BMJ 2002;324:772 (Published 30 March 2002)

Broad complex tachycardia—Part II

BMJ 2002;324:776 (Published 30 March 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Study helps explain relation between heart disease and insulin resistance

BMJ 2002;324:756.3 (Published 30 March 2002)

Blocking angiotensin II receptors with losartan reduces cardiovascular events and stroke

BMJ 2002;324:756.4 (Published 30 March 2002)

Using asthma inhalers can give false positive results in breath tests

BMJ 2002;324:756.5 (Published 30 March 2002)

Many websites make false health claims

BMJ 2002;324:756.6 (Published 30 March 2002)

Israeli doctors consider carrying emergency kits

BMJ 2002;324:756.7 (Published 30 March 2002)

Papers

Systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence for increasing numbers of drugs in antiretroviral combination therapy

BMJ 2002;324:757 (Published 30 March 2002)

Ten years of neonatal autopsies in tertiary referral centre: retrospective study

BMJ 2002;324:761 (Published 30 March 2002)

Synergism between allergens and viruses and risk of hospital admission with asthma: case-control study

BMJ 2002;324:763 (Published 30 March 2002)

Circadian pattern in occurrence of renal colic in an emergency department: analysis of patients' notes

BMJ 2002;324:767.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Education and debate

Simple intervention to improve detection of child abuse in emergency departments

BMJ 2002;324:780.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Rational, cost effective use of investigations in clinical practice

BMJ 2002;324:783 (Published 30 March 2002)

Books

Surgery of the Soul: Reflections on a Curious Career

BMJ 2002;324:795.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Bent not Broken

BMJ 2002;324:795.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Encyclopedia of Birth Control

BMJ 2002;324:796.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

NETLINES

Netlines

BMJ 2002;324:796.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Children of donor insemination

BMJ 2002;324:796.3 (Published 30 March 2002)

Personal View

How it feels to be a child of donor insemination

BMJ 2002;324:797.1 (Published 30 March 2002)

Soundings

Lawyers are from Mars, doctors are from Venus

BMJ 2002;324:797.2 (Published 30 March 2002)

Correction

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

BMJ 2002;324:775 (Published 30 March 2002)