11 January 2003 (Vol 326, Issue 7380)

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Editor's Choice

A doctor ponders, a journalist reveals

BMJ 2003;326:0.8 (Published 11 January 2003)

News

US doctor warns of misuse of prescribed stimulants

BMJ 2003;326:67.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Drug companies defend rewards to doctors for switching treatments

BMJ 2003;326:67.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;326:68.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Animal rights activist is removed from government committee

BMJ 2003;326:68.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

More doctors is not the answer to the EU Working Time Directive

BMJ 2003;326:68.3 (Published 11 January 2003)

Cigarette possession becomes illegal for Novia Scotia's under 19s

BMJ 2003;326:69.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Over half of costs related to lung cancer is due to smoking, says US study

BMJ 2003;326:69.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Being “tired of life” is not grounds for euthanasia

BMJ 2003;326:71.3 (Published 11 January 2003)

UK improves cancer control

BMJ 2003;326:72.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Editorials

Drug treatment of hypertension

BMJ 2003;326:61 (Published 11 January 2003)

Intimate examinations and other ethical challenges in medical education

BMJ 2003;326:62 (Published 11 January 2003)

New edicts for letters to the editor

BMJ 2003;326:63 (Published 11 January 2003)

Testing new pharmaceutical products in children

BMJ 2003;326:64 (Published 11 January 2003)

Racism and health

BMJ 2003;326:65.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Preventing obesity

BMJ 2003;326:102 (Published 11 January 2003)

Patient centred approach may help in hypertension

BMJ 2003;326:103.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

The exiled tribe: don't forget overseas members of the BMA

BMJ 2003;326:103.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Involving patients can work in home blood glucose testing

BMJ 2003;326:103.3 (Published 11 January 2003)

Violence as a public health problem

BMJ 2003;326:104 (Published 11 January 2003)

Vaccine induced protection against hepatitis B

BMJ 2003;326:105.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Case report showed Muehrcke's nails, not Beau's lines

BMJ 2003;326:105.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Referees make journal clubs fun

BMJ 2003;326:106.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Cycle of abuse goes on

BMJ 2003;326:106.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Why are miraculous cures mainly of cancer?

BMJ 2003;326:106.3 (Published 11 January 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Paul Atkins

BMJ 2003;326:107.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Obituaries - continued

Anthony Harrie William Babington

BMJ 2003;326:107.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Isobel Porritt Beswick

BMJ 2003;326:107.3 (Published 11 January 2003)

John Bingham

BMJ 2003;326:107.4 (Published 11 January 2003)

David Robert Bird

BMJ 2003;326:107.5 (Published 11 January 2003)

Raymond Dudley Blachford

BMJ 2003;326:107.6 (Published 11 January 2003)

Heather Elliott

BMJ 2003;326:107.7 (Published 11 January 2003)

Harold Gilbert

BMJ 2003;326:107.8 (Published 11 January 2003)

John Clifford Ham

BMJ 2003;326:107.9 (Published 11 January 2003)

Geoffrey Ian Mair

BMJ 2003;326:107.10 (Published 11 January 2003)

Elaine Oenone Stewart (née Earengey)

BMJ 2003;326:107.11 (Published 11 January 2003)

Edgar Leon Udwin

BMJ 2003;326:107.12 (Published 11 January 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:112 (Published 11 January 2003)

Fillers

Measurements of ear temperature are not reliable

BMJ 2003;326:0.9 (Published 11 January 2003)

What is a good death?

BMJ 2003;326:65.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Lord Balfour and vaccination

BMJ 2003;326:76.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

A necessity

BMJ 2003;326:82.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Was it something you ate?

BMJ 2003;326:87 (Published 11 January 2003)

Using brown snakes to organise patient-free days

BMJ 2003;326:92 (Published 11 January 2003)

The first of the fortunate

BMJ 2003;326:101 (Published 11 January 2003)

This Week In the BMJ

Consider stigma due to scars

BMJ 2003;326:0.6 (Published 11 January 2003)

Patients with hyperlipidaemia respond poorly to aspirin

BMJ 2003;326:0.5 (Published 11 January 2003)

Secondary prevention clinics reduce coronary events and death

BMJ 2003;326:0.4 (Published 11 January 2003)

Ecstasy deaths are most common in young white men

BMJ 2003;326:0.7 (Published 11 January 2003)

Hip protectors reduce fractures

BMJ 2003;326:0.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Multifactorial intervention fails to prevent falls

BMJ 2003;326:0.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Consent is essential in intimate examinations

BMJ 2003;326:0.3 (Published 11 January 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Skin scarring

BMJ 2003;326:88 (Published 11 January 2003)

Antithrombotic therapy in special circumstances. II—In children, thrombophilia, and miscellaneous conditions

BMJ 2003;326:93 (Published 11 January 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Drug linked to child deaths is still available in India

BMJ 2003;326:70.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Pacemaker pin points time of death in murder case

BMJ 2003;326:70.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Patients to get a greater say in England's health care

BMJ 2003;326:70.3 (Published 11 January 2003)

Israeli committee maps out healthcare reforms

BMJ 2003;326:70.4 (Published 11 January 2003)

US study shows 10-fold increase in autism over the past 20 years

BMJ 2003;326:71.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Women are less likely than men to have rehabilitation after a heart attack

BMJ 2003;326:71.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Lager may lower risk of heart attack

BMJ 2003;326:72.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Multifactorial intervention after a fall in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia presenting to the accident and emergency department: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2003;326:73 (Published 11 January 2003)

Papers

Effect on hip fractures of increased use of hip protectors in nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2003;326:76.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Acknowledgement of “no fault” medical injury: review of patients' hospital records in New Zealand

BMJ 2003;326:79 (Published 11 January 2003)

Review of deaths related to taking ecstasy, England and Wales, 1997-2000

BMJ 2003;326:80 (Published 11 January 2003)

Recent changes in lung cancer incidence for south Asians: a population based register study

BMJ 2003;326:81 (Published 11 January 2003)

Platelet responsiveness to aspirin in patients with hyperlipidaemia

BMJ 2003;326:82.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Primary care

Secondary prevention clinics for coronary heart disease: four year follow up of a randomised controlled trial in primary care

BMJ 2003;326:84 (Published 11 January 2003)

Education and debate

The ethics of intimate examinations—teaching tomorrow's doctorsCommentary: Respecting the patient's integrity is the keyCommentary: Teaching pelvic examination—putting the patient first

BMJ 2003;326:97 (Published 11 January 2003)

Books

Pure Madness: How Fear Drives the Mental Health System

BMJ 2003;326:109.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Please Don't Break My Other Leg! A Guide to Empathising with Patients

BMJ 2003;326:109.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

TV

Broadcasters block Asian health soap opera

BMJ 2003;326:110.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

HIT PARADE

Hit parade

BMJ 2003;326:110.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Personal View

Analogies in medicine

BMJ 2003;326:111.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Soundings

Medical heroes

BMJ 2003;326:111.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Corrections

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:75.1 (Published 11 January 2003)

Making progress with competing interests

BMJ 2003;326:75.2 (Published 11 January 2003)

Faltering steps towards partnerships

BMJ 2003;326:75.3 (Published 11 January 2003)