21 September 2002 (Vol 325, Issue 7365)

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Editor's Choice

Consent for research on stored body samples

BMJ 2002;325:0.9 (Published 21 September 2002)

News

Watchful waiting as good as surgery for prostate cancer

BMJ 2002;325:613.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Tamoxifen reduces breast cancer by a third in high risk women

BMJ 2002;325:613.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

In brief

BMJ 2002;325:614.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Intellectual property rights are becoming less flexible, says Oxfam

BMJ 2002;325:614.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Trusts fail to discipline those who manipulate waiting lists

BMJ 2002;325:614.3 (Published 21 September 2002)

Doctors resist government's wish to force feed Fortuyn murder suspect

BMJ 2002;325:615.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Medical advances mask epidemic of violence by cutting murder rate

BMJ 2002;325:615.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Women demand use of embryos without former partners' consent

BMJ 2002;325:617.3 (Published 21 September 2002)

Sudan's media laws frustrate drives on AIDS and genital mutilation

BMJ 2002;325:618.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Patients get access to evidence based, online health information

BMJ 2002;325:618.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Editorials

Efficacy and safety of COX 2 inhibitors

BMJ 2002;325:607 (Published 21 September 2002)

The global response to mental illness

BMJ 2002;325:608 (Published 21 September 2002)

Preventing and treating eclamptic seizures

BMJ 2002;325:609 (Published 21 September 2002)

Average length of stay, delayed discharge, and hospital congestion

BMJ 2002;325:610 (Published 21 September 2002)

Babywalkers

BMJ 2002;325:612 (Published 21 September 2002)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Reducing blood transfusion

BMJ 2002;325:655 (Published 21 September 2002)

Misperceptions exist about sleep attacks when driving

BMJ 2002;325:657.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Locomotor milestones and babywalkers

BMJ 2002;325:657.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Way forward is combining good from both worlds

BMJ 2002;325:658.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Randomised trials in surgery

BMJ 2002;325:658.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Detaining dangerous people with mental disorders

BMJ 2002;325:659.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Asian patients may receive inferior care

BMJ 2002;325:659.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Medicine needs to be an inclusive profession

BMJ 2002;325:660.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Long term care for older people

BMJ 2002;325:660.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Sir Douglas Black

BMJ 2002;325:661.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Elaine Allen

BMJ 2002;325:661.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

William Frederick Colburn

BMJ 2002;325:661.3 (Published 21 September 2002)

Cyril Samarawickrama Pallewela

BMJ 2002;325:661.4 (Published 21 September 2002)

Robert McAlpine Rae

BMJ 2002;325:661.5 (Published 21 September 2002)

William Mortimer Haigh Shaw

BMJ 2002;325:661.6 (Published 21 September 2002)

John Richard Theobalds

BMJ 2002;325:661.7 (Published 21 September 2002)

David Bolt

BMJ 2002;325:661.8 (Published 21 September 2002)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2002;325:666 (Published 21 September 2002)

Clinical Reviews

Acute cholecystitis

BMJ 2002;325:639 (Published 21 September 2002)

Delirium

BMJ 2002;325:644 (Published 21 September 2002)

News roundup

Junior doctor charged with manslaughter after medical error

BMJ 2002;325:616.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Revalidation will need good appraisal summaries

BMJ 2002;325:616.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Exhibition aids dialogue between doctors and patients with chronic pain

BMJ 2002;325:616.3 (Published 21 September 2002)

European Court adviser rules against British American Tobacco and Imperial

BMJ 2002;325:616.4 (Published 21 September 2002)

Scottish NHS signs £4m deal with private sector

BMJ 2002;325:616.5 (Published 21 September 2002)

Gynaecologist accused of delegating inappropriately

BMJ 2002;325:616.6 (Published 21 September 2002)

Polio epidemic hits Uttar Pradesh

BMJ 2002;325:617.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Controls on human research participants are “outdated”

BMJ 2002;325:617.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

News extra

UK food poverty could contravene UN human rights

BMJ 2002;325:618.3 (Published 21 September 2002)

Doctor accused of giving false information to drug trial

BMJ 2002;325:618.4 (Published 21 September 2002)

Demographic change is likely to affect ophthalmology and cardiovascular surgery the most

BMJ 2002;325:618.5 (Published 21 September 2002)

Temperature drop can affect respiratory illness several days later

BMJ 2002;325:618.6 (Published 21 September 2002)

Retained Organs Commission will stay open for extra year

BMJ 2002;325:618.7 (Published 21 September 2002)

Papers

Efficacy, tolerability, and upper gastrointestinal safety of celecoxib for treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2002;325:619 (Published 21 September 2002)

Observational study of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in elderly patients given selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors or conventional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

BMJ 2002;325:624.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Systematic review of long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt in adults

BMJ 2002;325:628.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Accumulation of prion protein in tonsil and appendix: review of tissue samples

BMJ 2002;325:633 (Published 21 September 2002)

Informed consent for genetic research on blood stored for more than a decade: a population based study

BMJ 2002;325:634 (Published 21 September 2002)

Gabapentin induced cholestasis

BMJ 2002;325:635 (Published 21 September 2002)

Filler

Bedsores, what bedsores?

BMJ 2002;325:623 (Published 21 September 2002)

Presents from patient

BMJ 2002;325:624.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Hospital league tables 1830

BMJ 2002;325:628.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2002;325:636.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Two lives saved

BMJ 2002;325:643 (Published 21 September 2002)

My first patient

BMJ 2002;325:651.4 (Published 21 September 2002)

Primary care

Married couples' risk of same disease: cross sectional study

BMJ 2002;325:636.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Education and debate

No consent should be needed for using leftover body material for scientific purposesForAgainst

BMJ 2002;325:648 (Published 21 September 2002)

Post-randomisation exclusions: the intention to treat principle and excluding patients from analysis

BMJ 2002;325:652 (Published 21 September 2002)

Reviews

Medicate

BMJ 2002;325:663.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science

BMJ 2002;325:663.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

The operation was a success (but the patients died)

BMJ 2002;325:664.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Prostate cancer

BMJ 2002;325:664.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Is longevity a sustainable goal?

BMJ 2002;325:665.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

Scaling up

BMJ 2002;325:665.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Corrections

Growth hormone in growth hormone deficiency

BMJ 2002;325:611 (Published 21 September 2002)

Health can take precedence over trade issues, says report

BMJ 2002;325:651.1 (Published 21 September 2002)

This Week in the BMJ

BMJ 2002;325:651.2 (Published 21 September 2002)

Career focus

BMJ 2002;325:651.3 (Published 21 September 2002)