This week's This week in the BMJ

	Prevalence of HIV drug resistance is increasing [Full text] FREE

	"Near misses" are common during childbirth [Full text] FREE

	Many asthmatic patients may have poor breathing technique [Full text] FREE

	Prevalence of obesity increases with increasing age in primary school children [Full text] FREE

	Menarcheal age remains the same [Full text] FREE

	Ward computers delay communication of emergency blood results [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Why are doctors so unhappy?
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:1073-1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1073 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is transmitted drug resistance in HIV on the rise?
	Susan J Little
	BMJ  2001;322:1074-1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1074 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dysfunctional breathing and asthma
	Duncan Keeley, Liesl Osman
	BMJ  2001;322:1075-1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1075 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Newly available treatments for nicotine addiction
	Tim Coleman, Robert West
	BMJ  2001;322:1076-1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1076 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why Britain needs a nicotine regulation authority
	John Britton, Ann McNeill
	BMJ  2001;322:1077-1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1077 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Milburn's vision of a new NHS
	Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  2001;322:1078-1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1078 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Understanding the burden of musculoskeletal conditions
	Anthony D Woolf, Kristina Åkesson
	BMJ  2001;322:1079-1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1079 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Health professionals' attitudes to MMR vaccine
	Jonathan Howell, Harsh Duggal, Karen Howell, Samuel Ghebrehewet, Catherine Quigley, Gill Lewendon, Moira Maconachie, Kevin Elliston, Helen Pattison, Manish Pareek, Nigel Higson
	BMJ  2001;322:1120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1120 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Guided self management plans for asthma
	Martyn Partridge, Greta Barnes, David Price, Jack Barnes, Jennifer Cleland, Mandy Moffat, Peter Black, Pradeep Jayasuriya, Sally Roach, Linda Thoms, Alan Jones, Roisin Pill, Stephanie Adams
	BMJ  2001;322:1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1121 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Changes in policy of refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses
	Graham Howarth, Ian Nesbitt, Paul Wade
	BMJ  2001;322:1123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1123 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surveillance for Barrett's oesophagus
	J A Eksteen, Janusz A Jankowski, Christopher Paul Wild, David Forman, Richard A Carr, Ian L P Beales, R J Playford, A C B Wicks, C E Macdonald
	BMJ  2001;322:1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1124 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Integrated medicine in the East may differ from that in the West
	Jongbae Park
	BMJ  2001;322:1126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1126 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	NHS faces medical negligence bill of £2.6bn
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1081 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctors say they are not influenced by drug companies' promotions
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1081, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1081/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1082 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GPs shut surgeries in protest at government targets
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1082/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UN calls for $10bn to wage war on AIDS
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1082/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Milburn proposes to decentralise the NHS
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1083 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US report finds no link between MMR and autism
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2001;322:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1083/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK investigates possible human cases of foot and mouth disease
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1085/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Diplomatic champion of wide public health issues
	BMJ  2001;322:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1086 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	BMA threatens to withdraw its support for revalidation
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1084 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Researchers discover peptide that may reduce rheumatoid arthritis
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2001;322:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1084/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	New vaccine against typhoid could eventually be used for babies
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1084/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Hospitals release details of retained organs
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2001;322:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1084/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Orthodox Jews demand university bury its bones
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;322:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1084/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Scientists propose a new theory for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1085 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	English paediatrician to be reinstated
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1085/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Surgeon awarded libel damages of £175 000
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1085/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Australian GPs to pay £50 000 for wrong diagnosis
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2001;322:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1086/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Research on third generation pill remains unpublished
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1086/b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Minister expects call for extra beds for Ireland
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1086/c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Analysis of prevalence of HIV-1 drug resistance in primary infections in the United Kingdom
	UK Collaborative Group on Monitoring the Transmission of HIV Drug Resistance
	BMJ  2001;322:1087-1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1087 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full details of authors] FREE

	Incidence and predictors of severe obstetric morbidity: case-control study • Commentary: Obstetric morbidity data and the need to evaluate thromboembolic disease
	Mark Waterstone, Susan Bewley, Charles Wolfe, Deirdre J Murphy
	BMJ  2001;322:1089-1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1089 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Increasing prevalence of obesity in primary school children: cohort study
	Mary C J Rudolf, Pinki Sahota, Julian H Barth, Jenny Walker
	BMJ  2001;322:1094-1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1094 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

	Age of menarche in contemporary British teenagers: survey of girls born between 1982 and 1986
	P H Whincup, J A Gilg, K Odoki, S J C Taylor, D G Cook
	BMJ  2001;322:1095-1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1095 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure, table and previous studies details] FREE

	Validity study of the severity index, a simple measure of urinary incontinence in women
	Janet Hanley, Ann Capewell, Suzanne Hagen
	BMJ  2001;322:1096-1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1096 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in patients treated for asthma in primary care: cross sectional survey
	Mike Thomas, R K McKinley, Elaine Freeman, Chris Foy
	BMJ  2001;322:1098-1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1098 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Use of computer terminals on wards to access emergency test results: a retrospective audit
	Eric S Kilpatrick, Stephen Holding
	BMJ  2001;322:1101-1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1101 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Regular review: Effect of increasing age on cataract surgery outcomes in very elderly patients
	Tien Yin Wong
	BMJ  2001;322:1104-1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1104 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evidence based management of hypertension: What are the elements of good treatment for hypertension?
	Cynthia D Mulrow, Michael Pignone
	BMJ  2001;322:1107-1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1107 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of hypertension: Blood pressure measurement
	Eoin O'Brien, Gareth Beevers, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2001;322:1110-1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1110 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Teaching English as a dead language
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2001;322:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1131/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Consent to cancer registrationan unnecessary burden
	I C M Paterson
	BMJ  2001;322:1130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1130 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Internet therapy
	Claudio Crisci
	BMJ  2001;322:1131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1131 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Checklists for improving rigour in qualitative research: a case of the tail wagging the dog?
	Rosaline S Barbour
	BMJ  2001;322:1115-1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1115 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	For and against: Should Nottingham University give back its tobacco money? • For • Against
	Richard Smith, Colin Campbell
	BMJ  2001;322:1118-1119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1118 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Sidney Pappworth • Thomas Gilchrist Smillie • Owen Daniel (Dan) Smith • Anthony Storr • Michael Newton Whitelaw
	Philip Grant, Marjorie Smillie, Jenny MacDowall, Conor Marnane, Michael Gelder, Peter Berman, Finbarr Martin
	BMJ  2001;322:1127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1127 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1132 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: A magnificent woman
	Jane Rakowski
	BMJ  2001;322:1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1097/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Training anaesthetists
	BMJ  2001;322:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1103/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The hidden handicap
	John Haworth
	BMJ  2001;322:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1109 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lateral thinking
	Derek Chase
	BMJ  2001;322:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1114 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: The primary source
	BMJ  2001;322:1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1118/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Hepatitis associated with Kava, a herbal remedy for anxiety
	BMJ  2001;322:1097 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised trial of personalised computer based information for patients with schizophrenia
	BMJ  2001;322:1103 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Doctors on the Edge: General Practitioners, Health and Learning in the Inner-City
	Fred Kavalier
	BMJ  2001;322:1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1128 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: How to be a Good Enough GP: Surviving and Thriving in the New Primary Care Organisations
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2001;322:1128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1128/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry
	Clifford Douglas
	BMJ  2001;322:1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1129 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Tragedy of Childbed Fever
	John S G Blair
	BMJ  2001;322:1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1129/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Fighting both bugs and tobacco companies
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Fighting both bugs and tobacco companies
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Tobacco money
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2001;322:1130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1130/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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Survey: should the editor resign? [Full text]

Survey: why are doctors unhappy? [Full text]

Survey final results: why are doctors so unhappy? [Full text]

Who are the unhappiest doctors of all? [Full text]

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