01 February 2003 (Vol 326, Issue 7383)

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Editor's Choice

Death in a consumer society

BMJ 2003;326:0.8 (Published 1 February 2003)

News

Climbié inquiry recommends national agency for children

BMJ 2003;326:239.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Shaken baby syndrome requires a national prevention strategy

BMJ 2003;326:239.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;326:240.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Egg or sperm donation children will be entitled to more information

BMJ 2003;326:240.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Consultants unlikely to accept local pay deals, says BMA

BMJ 2003;326:240.3 (Published 1 February 2003)

South Korean to head world's top health body

BMJ 2003;326:241.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Little evidence for effectiveness of scientific peer review

BMJ 2003;326:241.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

High Court strikes down Merck's patent on alendronate

BMJ 2003;326:243.4 (Published 1 February 2003)

Preparing for the worst

BMJ 2003;326:244.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Editorials

Therapeutic thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke

BMJ 2003;326:233 (Published 1 February 2003)

“Schools and hospitals” for “education and health”

BMJ 2003;326:234 (Published 1 February 2003)

Old drugs for new bugs

BMJ 2003;326:235 (Published 1 February 2003)

The BetterCare judgment—a challenge to health care

BMJ 2003;326:236 (Published 1 February 2003)

Closing the digital divide

BMJ 2003;326:238.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Shipman proposals will alter general practice profoundly

BMJ 2003;326:280.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Volume of procedures and outcome of treatment

BMJ 2003;326:280.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Electronic tagging of people with dementia

BMJ 2003;326:281 (Published 1 February 2003)

Squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

BMJ 2003;326:282.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

On teething symptoms

BMJ 2003;326:282.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Quality of impact factors of general medical journals

BMJ 2003;326:283.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Efficacy should drive atypical antipsychotic treatment

BMJ 2003;326:283.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Screening for aortic aneurysm

BMJ 2003;326:284.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Haemophilus influenzae type b epiglottitis

BMJ 2003;326:284.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

EU reimporting drugs meant for Africa is only part of story

BMJ 2003;326:285 (Published 1 February 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Robert Evan Kendell

BMJ 2003;326:286.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Thomas Henry Eustace

BMJ 2003;326:286.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Peter Robert Fleming

BMJ 2003;326:286.3 (Published 1 February 2003)

Obituaries - continued

Charles Mackintosh Flood

BMJ 2003;326:286.4 (Published 1 February 2003)

Henry Pearson McNamara

BMJ 2003;326:286.5 (Published 1 February 2003)

James Edward Mitchell (“Sam”)

BMJ 2003;326:286.6 (Published 1 February 2003)

Ronald (“Ronnie”) Shaw

BMJ 2003;326:286.7 (Published 1 February 2003)

Vernon Hope Smith

BMJ 2003;326:286.8 (Published 1 February 2003)

Mary (“May”) Donaldson Stewart

BMJ 2003;326:286.9 (Published 1 February 2003)

Sisir Kumar Tewari

BMJ 2003;326:286.10 (Published 1 February 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:292 (Published 1 February 2003)

Fillers

Vitamin K works faster orally than subcutaneously

BMJ 2003;326:0.9 (Published 1 February 2003)

Christmas competition

BMJ 2003;326:238.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Patient or client?

BMJ 2003;326:253 (Published 1 February 2003)

“I think I need a psychiatrist”

BMJ 2003;326:273 (Published 1 February 2003)

Gatling and Guillotin

BMJ 2003;326:274.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

An aunt without health insurance

BMJ 2003;326:279 (Published 1 February 2003)

This Week In the BMJ

Big baby girls have higher breast cancer risk

BMJ 2003;326:0.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Low doses of methotrexate can suppress bone marrow

BMJ 2003;326:0.4 (Published 1 February 2003)

Sepsis treatment: one size does not fit all

BMJ 2003;326:0.3 (Published 1 February 2003)

Three step screening predicts dementia

BMJ 2003;326:0.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Euthanasia is not just the doctors' domain

BMJ 2003;326:0.6 (Published 1 February 2003)

Patients who see the same GP are more satisfied

BMJ 2003;326:0.5 (Published 1 February 2003)

I passed the marriage medical

BMJ 2003;326:0.7 (Published 1 February 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Pathogenesis of sepsis: new concepts and implications for future treatment

BMJ 2003;326:262 (Published 1 February 2003)

Low dose methotrexate and bone marrow suppression

BMJ 2003;326:266 (Published 1 February 2003)

Curriculum design

BMJ 2003;326:268 (Published 1 February 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Swiss parliament may try to ban “suicide tourism”

BMJ 2003;326:242.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Social costs of smoking are triple those of illicit drugs

BMJ 2003;326:242.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

UK lags behind rest of Europe in reducing deaths from heart disease

BMJ 2003;326:242.3 (Published 1 February 2003)

Review to consider shorter training for consultants in England

BMJ 2003;326:242.4 (Published 1 February 2003)

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

Link found between Agent Orange and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

BMJ 2003;326:242.5 (Published 1 February 2003)

Privy Council quashes GMC ruling

BMJ 2003;326:243.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

England short of 970 GPs

BMJ 2003;326:243.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Italian courts find 175 doctors and managers guilty of fraud

BMJ 2003;326:243.3 (Published 1 February 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Tamoxifen reduces risk of breast cancer in high risk patients

BMJ 2003;326:244.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

FDA calls for standardised racial and ethnic data

BMJ 2003;326:244.3 (Published 1 February 2003)

Papers

Detection of Alzheimer's disease and dementia in the preclinical phase: population based cohort study

BMJ 2003;326:245 (Published 1 February 2003)

Fetal growth and subsequent risk of breast cancer: results from long term follow up of Swedish cohort

BMJ 2003;326:248 (Published 1 February 2003)

Controlled trial of effect of documented cardiovascular risk scores on prescribing

BMJ 2003;326:251 (Published 1 February 2003)

Discrepancies between patients' assessments of outcome: qualitative study nested within a randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2003;326:252 (Published 1 February 2003)

Influence of the third generation pill controversy on prescriptions for oral contraceptives among first time users: population based study

BMJ 2003;326:254 (Published 1 February 2003)

Cholesterol lowering drugs and risk of age related maculopathy: prospective cohort study with cumulative exposure measurement

BMJ 2003;326:255 (Published 1 February 2003)

Mortality from cardiovascular disease more than 10 years after radiotherapy for breast cancer: nationwide cohort study of 90 000 Swedish women

BMJ 2003;326:256 (Published 1 February 2003)

Thromboembolism associated with the new contraceptive Yasmin

BMJ 2003;326:257 (Published 1 February 2003)

Primary care

Setting standards based on patients' views on access and continuity: secondary analysis of data from the general practice assessment survey

BMJ 2003;326:258 (Published 1 February 2003)

Chronic cough

BMJ 2003;326:261 (Published 1 February 2003)

Education and debate

Assisted suicide and euthanasia in Switzerland: allowing a role for non-physicians

BMJ 2003;326:271 (Published 1 February 2003)

Monitoring mortality rates in general practice after Shipman

BMJ 2003;326:274.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Getting married in China: pass the medical first

BMJ 2003;326:277 (Published 1 February 2003)

TV

The Day I Died

BMJ 2003;326:288 (Published 1 February 2003)

Books

The Quotable Osler

BMJ 2003;326:289.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

BMJ 2003;326:289.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

PRESS

Tabloids blame asylum seekers for GP shortages

BMJ 2003;326:290.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

NETLINES

Netlines

BMJ 2003;326:290.2 (Published 1 February 2003)

Personal View

Us and them

BMJ 2003;326:291.1 (Published 1 February 2003)

Soundings

Gadgets for consultants

BMJ 2003;326:291.2 (Published 1 February 2003)