29 June 2002 (Vol 324, Issue 7353)

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Editor's Choice

Shooting the messenger

BMJ 2002;324:0.10 (Published 29 June 2002)

News

Anastrozole shows promise for early breast cancer

BMJ 2002;324:1539.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Doctor “interfered” in treatment of girl after parents rejected his help

BMJ 2002;324:1539.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;324:1540.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

US draws up plans for smallpox outbreak after terrorist attack

BMJ 2002;324:1540.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Give patients a second chance before striking them off, says ombudsman

BMJ 2002;324:1540.3 (Published 29 June 2002)

AMA considers whether to pay for donation of organs

BMJ 2002;324:1541.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

BMA has to pay £815000 in damages for indirect racial discrimination

BMJ 2002;324:1541.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Rare medieval medical manuscript goes public

BMJ 2002;324:1541.3 (Published 29 June 2002)

Researchers discover adult cell that acts like stem cell from embryos

BMJ 2002;324:1544.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Popping a multivitamin daily can keep disease at bay

BMJ 2002;324:1544.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Doped East German athletes to receive compensation

BMJ 2002;324:1544.3 (Published 29 June 2002)

Editorials

New treatments for atopic dermatitis

BMJ 2002;324:1533 (Published 29 June 2002)

Long term care for older people

BMJ 2002;324:1534 (Published 29 June 2002)

Psychological medicine

BMJ 2002;324:1536 (Published 29 June 2002)

Whooping cough—a continuing problem

BMJ 2002;324:1537.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Alteplase for stroke

BMJ 2002;324:1581 (Published 29 June 2002)

Authors' reply to getting more for their dollar: Kaiser v the NHS

BMJ 2002;324:1583 (Published 29 June 2002)

Health care in Britain remains variable

BMJ 2002;324:1584.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

PFI is here to stay

BMJ 2002;324:1584.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Ethics of limb allografts

BMJ 2002;324:1585.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Co-artemether has been used in ambulatory treatment of falciparum malaria

BMJ 2002;324:1585.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Action is still needed to stem heterosexual transmission of HIV in Africa

BMJ 2002;324:1586.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Clarifications: open access follow up for inflammatory bowel disease

BMJ 2002;324:1586.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Raphael Marcus

BMJ 2002;324:1587.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Christopher John Anders

BMJ 2002;324:1587.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Arnold Philip Bentley

BMJ 2002;324:1587.3 (Published 29 June 2002)

Obituaries - continued

Ernest James Dennison

BMJ 2002;324:1587.4 (Published 29 June 2002)

Arthur (“Red”) Evans

BMJ 2002;324:1587.5 (Published 29 June 2002)

Cyril Haydn Lewis Howells

BMJ 2002;324:1587.6 (Published 29 June 2002)

Alan Jenkins

BMJ 2002;324:1587.7 (Published 29 June 2002)

John (“Jock”) Burgess Metcalfe

BMJ 2002;324:1587.8 (Published 29 June 2002)

David Robinson

BMJ 2002;324:1587.9 (Published 29 June 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;324:1592 (Published 29 June 2002)

Fillers

What is a good doctor and how can we make one?

BMJ 2002;324:1537.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Make the first move

BMJ 2002;324:1545.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

One got away, and one was lost

BMJ 2002;324:1559 (Published 29 June 2002)

Living with Parkinson's disease—a child's perspective

BMJ 2002;324:1562 (Published 29 June 2002)

A dead man brought to life

BMJ 2002;324:1580 (Published 29 June 2002)

This Week In the BMJ

NSF targets for diabetes are impractical

BMJ 2002;324:0.7 (Published 29 June 2002)

Researching medical education

BMJ 2002;324:0.8 (Published 29 June 2002)

Walk-in centres outperform GPs

BMJ 2002;324:0.5 (Published 29 June 2002)

Spiritual belief resolves grief

BMJ 2002;324:0.3 (Published 29 June 2002)

Scrutinising risk factor thresholds

BMJ 2002;324:0.6 (Published 29 June 2002)

Dengue is escalating

BMJ 2002;324:0.9 (Published 29 June 2002)

Early treatment for amblyopia improves outcome

BMJ 2002;324:0.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Disorganised students fail exams

BMJ 2002;324:0.4 (Published 29 June 2002)

Anti-leukotrienes do not benefit asthma

BMJ 2002;324:0.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Dengue: an escalating problem

BMJ 2002;324:1563 (Published 29 June 2002)

The consultation

BMJ 2002;324:1567 (Published 29 June 2002)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

United Kingdom divided as Scotland introduces free personal care for elderly people

BMJ 2002;324:1542.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Netherlands: long term care paid by compulsory insurance

BMJ 2002;324:1542.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Germany: everyone has to be insured for cost of long term care

BMJ 2002;324:1542.3 (Published 29 June 2002)

Spain: old people frequently live with their families

BMJ 2002;324:1543.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Ireland: state pays maximum of £124 a week to the cost of a nursing home bed

BMJ 2002;324:1543.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

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

Australia: federal government subsidises long term care by up to £22,000 a year

BMJ 2002;324:1543.3 (Published 29 June 2002)

US: Medicaid pays for half of nursing home bills, but better off do not qualify

BMJ 2002;324:1543.4 (Published 29 June 2002)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Older people in queues for surgery might make way for younger people

BMJ 2002;324:1544.4 (Published 29 June 2002)

Harm from smoking is even greater than previously thought

BMJ 2002;324:1544.5 (Published 29 June 2002)

Children of HIV infected mothers have heart damage, says report

BMJ 2002;324:1544.6 (Published 29 June 2002)

Eating meat more than 10 times a week almost doubles chances of bowel cancer

BMJ 2002;324:1544.7 (Published 29 June 2002)

Papers

Anti-leukotrienes as add-on therapy to inhaled glucocorticoids in patients with asthma: systematic review of current evidence

BMJ 2002;324:1545.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Amblyopia treatment outcomes after screening before or at age 3 years: follow up from randomised trial

BMJ 2002;324:1549 (Published 29 June 2002)

Spiritual beliefs may affect outcome of bereavement: prospective study

BMJ 2002;324:1551 (Published 29 June 2002)

Medical students' compliance with simple administrative tasks and success in final examinations: retrospective cohort study

BMJ 2002;324:1554 (Published 29 June 2002)

Prolonged erections produced by dihydrocodeine and sildenafil

BMJ 2002;324:1555.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Primary care

An observational study comparing quality of care in walk-in centres with general practice and NHS Direct using standardised patients

BMJ 2002;324:1556 (Published 29 June 2002)

Learning in practice

Research in medical education: three decades of progress

BMJ 2002;324:1560 (Published 29 June 2002)

Education and debate

Risk factor thresholds: their existence under scrutiny

BMJ 2002;324:1570 (Published 29 June 2002)

Effective diabetes care: a need for realistic targets

BMJ 2002;324:1577 (Published 29 June 2002)

Books

The Devil's Gardens: A History of Landmines

BMJ 2002;324:1589.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

The Cure: A Story of Cancer and Politics from the Annals of the Cold War

BMJ 2002;324:1589.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

TV

Inside My Head

BMJ 2002;324:1590.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Review

Netlines

BMJ 2002;324:1590.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Personal View

Prescribing rights: are medical students properly prepared for them?

BMJ 2002;324:1591.1 (Published 29 June 2002)

Soundings

Songlines

BMJ 2002;324:1591.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Corrections

Are selective COX 2 inhibitors superior to traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs?

BMJ 2002;324:1538 (Published 29 June 2002)

Male circumcision linked to lower rates of cervical cancer

BMJ 2002;324:1555.2 (Published 29 June 2002)

Homoeopathy use in NHS not justified

BMJ 2002;324:1555.3 (Published 29 June 2002)

Driving and arrhythmias

BMJ 2002;324:1555.4 (Published 29 June 2002)