06 April 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7341)

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Editor's Choice

Why so unhappy?

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 6 April 2002)

News

Pakistan's doctors protest at killing of 13 colleagues this year

BMJ 2002;324:805.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Staff shortages threaten public health in London

BMJ 2002;324:805.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:806.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Indian group seeks ban on use of electroconvulsive therapy without anaesthesia

BMJ 2002;324:806.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

Bush to drop medical records privacy clause

BMJ 2002;324:806.3 (Published 6 April 2002)

Global Fund overwhelmed by requests

BMJ 2002;324:807.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

HIV drug under review as firm withdraws FDA application

BMJ 2002;324:807.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

Oregon jury hits Philip Morris with $150m damages for low tar cigarettes

BMJ 2002;324:808.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

WHO links long term pill use to cervical cancer

BMJ 2002;324:808.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

Editorials

Areca nut use: an independent risk factor for oral cancer

BMJ 2002;324:799 (Published 6 April 2002)

Murder by fake drugs

BMJ 2002;324:800 (Published 6 April 2002)

Management of co-infection with HIV and TB

BMJ 2002;324:802 (Published 6 April 2002)

Epidemiology of HIV in China

BMJ 2002;324:803 (Published 6 April 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Legalising active euthanasia and physician assisted suicide

BMJ 2002;324:846 (Published 6 April 2002)

Doctors should not decide on medical and “existential” suffering

BMJ 2002;324:848.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Medical education must be rehabilitated in Afghanistan

BMJ 2002;324:848.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

National screening programme for diabetic retinopathy

BMJ 2002;324:849 (Published 6 April 2002)

Infections and risk factors in entrants to Irish prisons

BMJ 2002;324:850.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Complaints about advertising of medicines are encouraged

BMJ 2002;324:850.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

Declarations for new doctors are unnecessary

BMJ 2002;324:851.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Continuity would be achieved with patient held records

BMJ 2002;324:851.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

Hospital responsibilities and communication must be clear

BMJ 2002;324:851.3 (Published 6 April 2002)

Pattern of some parents' complaints against doctors must be recognised

BMJ 2002;324:852.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Letters - continued

Investigating doctors' performance can cause problems of consent and confidentiality

BMJ 2002;324:852.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Thomas Gordon Wadsworth

BMJ 2002;324:853.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Alison Dalziel (née Shannon)

BMJ 2002;324:853.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

Philip Evans

BMJ 2002;324:853.3 (Published 6 April 2002)

Rob Harris

BMJ 2002;324:853.4 (Published 6 April 2002)

Boleslaw Zygmunt Jaskmanicki

BMJ 2002;324:853.5 (Published 6 April 2002)

Joseph Kevin McConnon

BMJ 2002;324:853.6 (Published 6 April 2002)

Denis Hubert Merrin

BMJ 2002;324:853.7 (Published 6 April 2002)

Herzl Sless

BMJ 2002;324:853.8 (Published 6 April 2002)

Prakash Chandra Srivastava

BMJ 2002;324:853.9 (Published 6 April 2002)

Harold James Macklin Stratton

BMJ 2002;324:853.10 (Published 6 April 2002)

Elisabeth Peta (“Jane”) Walker (née Shaw)

BMJ 2002;324:853.11 (Published 6 April 2002)

Dorthothy Wright (née Senior)

BMJ 2002;324:853.12 (Published 6 April 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:858 (Published 6 April 2002)

Fillers

On becoming 79

BMJ 2002;324:812 (Published 6 April 2002)

Bridging medicine

BMJ 2002;324:823 (Published 6 April 2002)

One hundred years ago: Should milk be boiled?

BMJ 2002;324:827.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

The treatment of an abscess is …

BMJ 2002;324:845 (Published 6 April 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

NICE is not fulfilling its promise

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 6 April 2002)

Intensive follow up after surgery for colorectal cancer improves survival

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

Meningococcal C vaccination is cost effective

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Parents recognise benefits of postmortems

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 6 April 2002)

Visual aids help patients understand risk

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 6 April 2002)

A new agreement is needed if the NHS is to reform

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 6 April 2002)

This Week In the BMJ - continued

Change in psychological agreement makes doctors unhappy

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 6 April 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Explaining risks: turning numerical data into meaningful pictures

BMJ 2002;324:827.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Acute myocardial infarction—Part I

BMJ 2002;324:831 (Published 6 April 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Ombudsman criticises GP for striking patients off without warning

BMJ 2002;324:808.3 (Published 6 April 2002)

US prisoner at centre of heart transplant row

BMJ 2002;324:808.4 (Published 6 April 2002)

US drug companies will meet more than half the cost of drug approval

BMJ 2002;324:808.5 (Published 6 April 2002)

Drug industry writers propose code of ethical conduct

BMJ 2002;324:808.6 (Published 6 April 2002)

Australian government forced to bail out medical malpractice insurer

BMJ 2002;324:808.7 (Published 6 April 2002)

Papers

Modelling cost effectiveness of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccination campaign in England and Wales

BMJ 2002;324:809 (Published 6 April 2002)

Impact on survival of intensive follow up after curative resection for colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

BMJ 2002;324:813 (Published 6 April 2002)

Cross sectional survey of parents' experience and views of the postmortem examination

BMJ 2002;324:816 (Published 6 April 2002)

Primary care

Systematic review of whether nurse practitioners working in primary care can provide equivalent care to doctors

BMJ 2002;324:819 (Published 6 April 2002)

Information in practice

Communicating accuracy of tests to general practitioners: a controlled study

BMJ 2002;324:824 (Published 6 April 2002)

Education and debate

Unhappy doctors: what are the causes and what can be done?

BMJ 2002;324:835 (Published 6 April 2002)

The medical profession, the public, and the government

BMJ 2002;324:838 (Published 6 April 2002)

From guidance to practice: Why NICE is not enough

BMJ 2002;324:842 (Published 6 April 2002)

Books

Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny

BMJ 2002;324:855.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Allowing Dignity in Death

BMJ 2002;324:855.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus: An International Perspective

BMJ 2002;324:856.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

BOOKCASE

Bookcase

BMJ 2002;324:856.2 (Published 6 April 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Assisted suicide

BMJ 2002;324:856.3 (Published 6 April 2002)

Personal View

The role of role avoidance

BMJ 2002;324:857.1 (Published 6 April 2002)

Soundings

A painful experience

BMJ 2002;324:857.2 (Published 6 April 2002)