25 May 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7348)

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Editor's Choice

On things not being what they seem

BMJ 2002;324:0.9 (Published 25 May 2002)

News

Government should outlaw theft of DNA, commission says

BMJ 2002;324:1233.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Sex selection in China sees 117 boys born for every 100 girls

BMJ 2002;324:1233.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:1234.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Australia turns to drug company representatives to cut prescribing

BMJ 2002;324:1234.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

Doctor sues company over unethical marketing

BMJ 2002;324:1234.3 (Published 25 May 2002)

NHS is not ready for a 48 hour working week

BMJ 2002;324:1235.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Government proposes licensing system for doctors

BMJ 2002;324:1235.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

“Shortcomings in care” to blame for avoidable epilepsy deaths

BMJ 2002;324:1237.3 (Published 25 May 2002)

Teenage suicides double as the future crumbles

BMJ 2002;324:1238 (Published 25 May 2002)

Entente not so cordiale

BMJ 2002;324:1239 (Published 25 May 2002)

How whistleblowing cost one doctor £550000

BMJ 2002;324:1240.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Editorials

Postpartum urinary incontinence

BMJ 2002;324:1227 (Published 25 May 2002)

Panayiotopoulos syndrome

BMJ 2002;324:1228 (Published 25 May 2002)

Regulating cosmetic surgery

BMJ 2002;324:1229 (Published 25 May 2002)

Using telephones in primary care

BMJ 2002;324:1230 (Published 25 May 2002)

Health care for older people

BMJ 2002;324:1231 (Published 25 May 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

The fresh new contract for general practitioners

BMJ 2002;324:1274 (Published 25 May 2002)

Academic medicine

BMJ 2002;324:1275 (Published 25 May 2002)

Globalisation and health

BMJ 2002;324:1276 (Published 25 May 2002)

Treating seasonal allergic rhinitis

BMJ 2002;324:1277 (Published 25 May 2002)

Hyperprolactinaemia caused by antipsychotic drugs

BMJ 2002;324:1278 (Published 25 May 2002)

Consumption of seafood and preterm delivery

BMJ 2002;324:1279.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Grading referrals to specialist breast unit may be ineffective

BMJ 2002;324:1279.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Manuel Velasco-Suarez

BMJ 2002;324:1280.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Obituaries - continued

Marie Bridgid Comer

BMJ 2002;324:1280.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

Niall Cox

BMJ 2002;324:1280.3 (Published 25 May 2002)

Brian Eddleston

BMJ 2002;324:1280.4 (Published 25 May 2002)

Christopher Vincent Everard

BMJ 2002;324:1280.5 (Published 25 May 2002)

Kemble Greenwood

BMJ 2002;324:1280.6 (Published 25 May 2002)

Wilfrid Hocking Parry

BMJ 2002;324:1280.7 (Published 25 May 2002)

Mary Frances Savory

BMJ 2002;324:1280.8 (Published 25 May 2002)

Mary Margaret Skillen

BMJ 2002;324:1280.9 (Published 25 May 2002)

Paul Warren

BMJ 2002;324:1280.10 (Published 25 May 2002)

Michael Peter Wright

BMJ 2002;324:1280.11 (Published 25 May 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:1286 (Published 25 May 2002)

Fillers

A warning

BMJ 2002;324:1258.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

The passing of the beard

BMJ 2002;324:1264.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

Only external things

BMJ 2002;324:1271.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

Physiotherapy helps postpartum incontinence

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 25 May 2002)

Link of stress to heart disease is artefactual

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 25 May 2002)

The rise of the child soldier

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 25 May 2002)

Peer reviewers are too hard

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 25 May 2002)

Community treatment orders are not effective

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

How to manage a genital prolapse

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 25 May 2002)

Self harm is not reduced by a letter

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Abortion law affects health

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 25 May 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Management of genital prolapse

BMJ 2002;324:1258.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Helicobacter pylori breath tests

BMJ 2002;324:1263 (Published 25 May 2002)

Conditions affecting the left side of the heart

BMJ 2002;324:1264.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Diabetic drug is often prescribed inappropriately, researchers say

BMJ 2002;324:1236.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Moderate drinking can help women with type II diabetes, says study

BMJ 2002;324:1236.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

Health bodies defend their right to access patient data

BMJ 2002;324:1236.3 (Published 25 May 2002)

Gene could give clue to cloning failures

BMJ 2002;324:1236.4 (Published 25 May 2002)

Greek doctors prescribe the most antibiotics

BMJ 2002;324:1236.5 (Published 25 May 2002)

WHO calls for countries to shift from acute to chronic care

BMJ 2002;324:1237.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Pressure increases on UK government to remove anonymity from sperm donors

BMJ 2002;324:1237.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

German doctors claim shorter working hours threaten patient care

BMJ 2002;324:1240.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

Guidelines could reduce children's head injuries from cycling

BMJ 2002;324:1240.3 (Published 25 May 2002)

Papers

Promoting urinary continence in women after delivery: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2002;324:1241 (Published 25 May 2002)

Assessing the outcome of compulsory psychiatric treatment in the community: epidemiological study in Western Australia

BMJ 2002;324:1244 (Published 25 May 2002)

Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease: empirical demonstration of bias in a prospective observational study of Scottish men

BMJ 2002;324:1247 (Published 25 May 2002)

Prevalence of morbidity associated with abortion before and after legalisation in South Africa

BMJ 2002;324:1252 (Published 25 May 2002)

Metabolic decompensation in pump users due to lispro insulin precipitation

BMJ 2002;324:1253 (Published 25 May 2002)

Primary care

General practice based intervention to prevent repeat episodes of deliberate self harm: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2002;324:1254 (Published 25 May 2002)

Education and debate

Child soldiers: understanding the context

BMJ 2002;324:1268 (Published 25 May 2002)

Peer review of statistics in medical research: the other problem

BMJ 2002;324:1271.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Books

Theater of Disorder: Patients, Doctors, and the Construction of Illness

BMJ 2002;324:1282.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Medicine Matters After All: Measuring the Benefits of Medical Care, a Healthy Lifestyle, and a Just Social Environment

BMJ 2002;324:1282.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

THEATRE

Camera Obscura

BMJ 2002;324:1283.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Peer review

BMJ 2002;324:1283.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

PRESS

Chronic fatigue syndrome guidelines spark media row

BMJ 2002;324:1284.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

BOOKCASE

Bookcase

BMJ 2002;324:1284.2 (Published 25 May 2002)

Personal View

Breaking bad news

BMJ 2002;324:1285.1 (Published 25 May 2002)

Soundings

I'm a believer

BMJ 2002;324:1285.2 (Published 25 May 2002)