Smaller pack sizes of paracetamol have reduced overdose deaths [Full text]

	Better housing improves health in Malawian children [Full text]

	Antipsychotic drugs may cause heart muscle disease [Full text]

	Sending information on minor illness does not cut consultations [Full text]

Editorials

	Global campaign to eradicate malaria
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:1191-1192, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1191 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Routine home treatment of deep vein thrombosis
	John Eikelboom, Ross Baker
	BMJ  2001;322:1192-1193, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1192 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Written information for treating minor illness
	D A Fitzmaurice
	BMJ  2001;322:1193-1194, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1193 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Protecting travellers from hepatitis A
	George Webster, Eleanor Barnes, Geoffrey Dusheiko, Ian Franklin
	BMJ  2001;322:1194-1195, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1194 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC: approaching the abyss
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:1196, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1196 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	GP dossier says patients getting "second rate" service
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1197, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1197 [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors explain their unhappiness
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1197, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1197/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:1198, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1198 [Full text] [PDF]

	US spending on prescription drugs rose by 19% in 2000
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1198, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1198/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Foreigners flock to Cuba for medical care
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1198, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1198/b [Full text]

	Registries will have to apply for right to collect patients' data without consent
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1199, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1199 [Full text] [PDF]

	Community health councils temporarily reprieved
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2001;322:1199, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1199/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Shipman inquiry to investigate 466 deaths
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:1201, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1201/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Outfoxing the government
	Jo Revill
	BMJ  2001;322:1202, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1202 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Compression stockings may help prevent deep vein thrombosis
	Samena Chaudhry
	BMJ  2001;322:1200, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1200 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Ireland orders inquiry into "barbaric" obstetric practices
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:1200, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1200/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC to hold a meeting with its critics
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;322:1200, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1200/b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Human parathyroid hormone may prevent osteoporosis
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:1200, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1200/c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Canada’s parliament calls for tighter water standards
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:1200, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1200/d [Abridged text] [Full text]

	Editor resigns from post after tobacco gift
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1200, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1200/e [Abridged text] [Full text] [extra: Richard Smith's letter of resignation]

	US approves new anti-leukaemia drug
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1201, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1201 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US cancer care worse due to more paperwork
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:1201, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1201/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Grouplegal action launched over retained organs
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:1202, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1202/a [Full text]

	Doctors need to "sell themselves" to get legislative change
	Robert Ivker
	BMJ  2001;322:1202, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1202/b [Full text]

Papers

	Effects of legislation restricting pack sizes of paracetamol and salicylate on self poisoning in the United Kingdom: before and after study
	Keith Hawton, Ellen Townsend, Jonathan Deeks, Louis Appleby, David Gunnell, Olive Bennewith, Jayne Cooper
	BMJ  2001;322:1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1203 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antipsychotic drugs and heart muscle disorder in international pharmacovigilance: data mining study
	David M Coulter, Andrew Bate, Ronald H B Meyboom, Marie Lindquist, I Ralph Edwards
	BMJ  2001;322:1207-1209, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1207 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of methods]

	Effect of improved housing on illness in children under 5 years old in northern Malawi: cross sectional study
	Christopher G Wolff, Dirk G Schroeder, Mark W Young
	BMJ  2001;322:1209-1212, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1209 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Eligibility for home treatment of deep vein thrombosis: prospective study
	Thomas Schwarz, Benjamin Schmidt, Ulrike Höhlein, Jan Beyer, Hans-Egbert Schröder, Sebastian M Schellong
	BMJ  2001;322:1212-1213, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1212 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Pseudophaeochromocytoma syndrome associated with clozapine
	Andrew J Krentz, Sherine Mikhail, Paul Cantrell, Gavin M Hill
	BMJ  2001;322:1213, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1213 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Randomised controlled trial of self management leaflets and booklets for minor illness provided by post
	Paul Little, Jane Somerville, Ian Williamson, Greg Warner, Michael Moore, Rose Wiles, Steve George, Ann Smith, Robert Peveler
	BMJ  2001;322:1214, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1214 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of impact of information booklets on use of healthcare services: randomised controlled trial • Commentary: What's wrong with opting out? • Commentary: Public opinion may force researchers to seek "opt in" consent for all studies
	David Heaney, Sally Wyke, Philip Wilson, Rob Elton, Philip Rutledge, Ann Sommerville, Tom Wilkie
	BMJ  2001;322:1218, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1218 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Microbubble contrast agents: a new era in ultrasound
	Martin J K Blomley, Jennifer C Cooke, Evan C Unger, Mark J Monaghan, David O Cosgrove
	BMJ  2001;322:1222-1225, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1222 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of AIDS: Development of the epidemic
	Michael W Adler
	BMJ  2001;322:1226-1229, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1226 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based management of hypertension: What to do when blood pressure is difficult to control
	Jane E O'Rorke, W Scott Richardson
	BMJ  2001;322:1229-1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1229 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Death in the parlour
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2001;322:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1255/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	The NHS revisited
	Chris Ellis
	BMJ  2001;322:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1255 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Psychosocial and material pathways in the relation between income and health: a response to Lynch et al
	Michael Marmot, Richard G Wilkinson
	BMJ  2001;322:1233-1236, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1233 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An ethical dilemma: Medical errors and medical culture • An error of omission • Commentary: Learning to love mistakes • Commentary: Doctors are obliged to be honest with their patients • Commentary: A climate of secrecy undermines public trust
	Peter A Singer, Albert W Wu, Seena Fazel, John McMillan
	BMJ  2001;322:1236-1240, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1236 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measuring quality of life: Is quality of life determined by expectations or experience?
	Alison J Carr, Barry Gibson, Peter G Robinson
	BMJ  2001;322:1240-1243, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1240 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Lottery of NHS funding is inappropriate
	R James, S Chintapatla, P Sykes
	BMJ  2001;322:1244, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1244 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors should not advise adolescents to abstain from sex
	Lieve Peremans, Paul Van Royen, Dirk Avonts, Joke Denekens
	BMJ  2001;322:1244, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1244/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency contraception from pharmacists misses opportunity
	Trevor Stammers
	BMJ  2001;322:1245, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1245 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychosocial impacts of chlamydia testing are important
	Cheryl France, Kathy Thomas, Richard Slack, Nicola James
	BMJ  2001;322:1245, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1245/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Glycaemia and vascular effects of type 2 diabetes
	Brian Budenholzer, J K Cruickshank, R J Jarrett, Irene M Stratton, Carole A Cull, Susan E Manley, Amanda I Adler, H Andrew W Neil, David R Matthews, Rury R Holman
	BMJ  2001;322:1245, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1245/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Genetic contribution to osteoarthritis of the hip
	Iain Chambers, John Lourie, Peter Lanyon, Kenneth Muir, Sally Doherty, Michael Doherty
	BMJ  2001;322:1247, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1247 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In praise of mercury sphygmomanometers
	Alan Murray, Jonathan Ireland
	BMJ  2001;322:1248, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1248 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Marketing studies and scientific research must be distinct
	E Ernst
	BMJ  2001;322:1249, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1249 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All NHS consultants must have equal entitlement to awards
	Anton E A Joseph
	BMJ  2001;322:1249, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1249/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Gardner Connell • Arthur Percy Douglas-Jones • Leslie Doyle • Reuben Sougin Mibashan • John Valentine Ryan • Frank Seymour • Esther Smith • Norman Joyce Townsley • John Walls • John Battle Wilkinson
	A N Fawcett, Paul Harper, K B Carroll, Neville Woolf, Christopher Ryan, Sheila Adam, Maurice A Smith, Vernon Smith, Ian Smith, N Alan Green, Kevin Harris, Tony Wicks, Peter Mellett
	BMJ  2001;322:1250, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1250 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1256, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1256 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2001;322:1218, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1218/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: On being 60
	BMJ  2001;322:1218, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1218/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: My namesake
	R C Humphreys
	BMJ  2001;322:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1232 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Don't say the W word
	Neville Young
	BMJ  2001;322:1243, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1243 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Audit shows weaknesses in cervical cancer screening
	BMJ  2001;322:1199 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	To diet for
	BMJ  2001;322:1237 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scientists attack Bush over U turn on climate change
	BMJ  2001;322:1237 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  2001;322:1237 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: The execution of Timothy McVeigh: must see TV?
	Stuart W G Derbyshire
	BMJ  2001;322:1254, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1254 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: A Study of Story Telling, Humour and Learning in Medicine: H M Queen Mother Fellowship, Eighth Lecture
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2001;322:1252, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1252 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Blood of Strangers: True Stories from the Emergency Room
	Giles Kent
	BMJ  2001;322:1252, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1252/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Severed Trust: Why American Medicine Hasn't Been Fixed
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2001;322:1253, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1253 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Condoms
	Mark Gabbay
	BMJ  2001;322:1253, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1253/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	From paracetamol packets to bed nets
	BMJ  2001;322, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	From paracetamol packets to bed nets
	BMJ  2001;322, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Poverty: making a difference
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:1254, doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1254/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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