This week's This week in the BMJ

	Oral mucolytics reduce exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [Full text] FREE

	Peak expiratory flow sequence in asthma predicts length of hospital stay [Full text] FREE

	Delaying discharge from intensive care saves lives [Full text] FREE

	Perineal massage in labour does not prevent trauma [Full text] FREE

	Guidelines on infertility affect doctors' behaviour but not patient outcomes [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Redesigning health care
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:1257-1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1257 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implementing national guidelines at local level
	Raymond F Jankowski
	BMJ  2001;322:1258-1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1258 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventing exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and COPD
	Ann Ekberg-Jansson, Sven Larsson, Claes-Göran Löfdahl
	BMJ  2001;322:1259-1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1259 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Safer discharge from intensive care to hospital wards
	Klim McPherson
	BMJ  2001;322:1261-1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1261 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in type 1 diabetes
	John Pickup, Harry Keen
	BMJ  2001;322:1262-1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1262 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The BMJ 's ethics committee is open for business
	Alison Tonks, Alexander McCall Smith, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:1263-1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1263 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Paper and minutes][extra: Minutes of ethics committee meeting][extra: ] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Post-traumatic stress disorder
	Arieh Y Shalev, Juliet Cohen, Simon J Ellis, Andrea Litva, Grant J Devilly, Tom Clark, Casimiro Cabrera-Abreu, Annie Hargrave, Derek Summerfield
	BMJ  2001;322:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1301 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How policy informs the evidence
	Arminée Kazanjian, Robert F Boruch
	BMJ  2001;322:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1304 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Riluzole for motor neurone disease
	Josie Sandercock, Amanda Burls, Chris Hyde, Anne Fry-Smith, Pelham Barton, Stirling Bryan, Antony Stewart, Keith Wheatley, Richard Gray, Robert Stewart
	BMJ  2001;322:1305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1305 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	French cardiovascular mortality did not increase during 1996 European football championship
	L Toubiana, T Hanslik, L Letrilliart
	BMJ  2001;322:1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1306 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Athlete's foot and fungally infected toenails
	Arabella Melville, Fay Crawford, Sally E M Bell Syer, David J Torgerson, Philip Young, Ian Russell, Rachel Hart, Stuart Barton
	BMJ  2001;322:1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1306/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medical students see that academic misconduct is common
	Gunther Eysenbach
	BMJ  2001;322:1307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1307 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Single use disposable equipment is not being used everywhere
	Sandra Young Min, Aamer Aleem, Magda Jabbar Al-Obaidi, Elizabeth Justice, Christopher D Fegan
	BMJ  2001;322:1307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1307/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Kofi Annan describes new health fund for developing countries
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2001;322:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1265 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Paediatric pathology service close to collapse after Alder Hey
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1265/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1266 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Hospital chief was right to release patient consent forms to media
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1266/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	European Union toughens antismoking stance
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;322:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1266/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GMC revalidation scheme passes first hurdle
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1267 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Chemotherapy may be overused at the end of life
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1267/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Liberal Democrats pledge to pay for long term personal care
	Jo Revill
	BMJ  2001;322:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1268 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Northern Ireland's parties call for more cash and less administration
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1268/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Political parties promise more north of the border
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;322:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1269 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Plaid Cymru demands third medical school campus in Wales
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1269/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Doctors object to patients’ access to notes
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Cholesterol guidelines will triple numbers taking drugs
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Row over Nottingham tobacco cash deepens
	Mark Hunter
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	US manufacturers resist moves to sell drugs over the counter
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Attempts to ban DDT have had "tragic consequences"
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Judge orders GPs to hand over patient records
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US judges rule against medical use of marijuana
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Specialist GPs must not undermine the value of generalism
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New medical school to focus on rural practice
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/h [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	South Korean government restricts prescribing to cover debt
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2001;322:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/i [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Paediatric pathology service close to collapse
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/j [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Kofi Annan describes new health fund for developing countries
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2001;322:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1270/k [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Oral mucolytic drugs for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review
	Phillippa J Poole, Peter N Black
	BMJ  2001;322:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1271 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reduction in mortality after inappropriate early discharge from intensive care unit: logistic regression triage model
	Kathleen Daly, R Beale, R W S Chang
	BMJ  2001;322:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1274 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perineal massage in labour and prevention of perineal trauma: randomised controlled trial
	Georgina Stamp, Gillian Kruzins, Caroline Crowther
	BMJ  2001;322:1277-1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1277 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research pointers: Peak expiratory flow sequence in acute exacerbations of asthma
	Surinder S Birring, Ernest Heartin, Tim J Williams, Christopher E Brightling, Ian D Pavord
	BMJ  2001;322:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1281 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Pragmatic randomised controlled trial to evaluate guidelines for the management of infertility across the primary care-secondary care interface
	Jillian Morrison, Louise Carroll, Sara Twaddle, Iain Cameron, Jeremy Grimshaw, Alastair Leyland, Heather Baillie, Graham Watt
	BMJ  2001;322:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1282 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Regular review: Point of care testing
	Christopher P Price
	BMJ  2001;322:1285-1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1285 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Delayed presentation of handlebar injuries in children
	Jimmy P H Lam, Graeme J Eunson, Fraser D Munro, John D Orr
	BMJ  2001;322:1288-1289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1288 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of AIDS: Natural history and management of early HIV infection
	Adrian Mindel, Melinda Tenant-Flowers
	BMJ  2001;322:1290-1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1290 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Secretaries for PRHOs
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2001;322:1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1313/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Extra pharmacopoeia
	Steven Ford
	BMJ  2001;322:1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1313 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Ethics behind closed doors: do research ethics committees need secrecy?
	Richard Ashcroft, Naomi Pfeffer
	BMJ  2001;322:1294-1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1294 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Measuring quality of life: Using quality of life measures in the clinical setting
	Irene J Higginson, Alison J Carr
	BMJ  2001;322:1297-1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1297 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional information] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Lydia Anne Burcher • Leslie Stuart Cantlay • Howard Granville Hanley • William Gordon Hendry • John Littler Jackson • Thomas Michael Moles • James Scott • John Douglas Stevens • Esther Welbourn (née Hendry) • Basil Martin Wright
	G M Derrick, Leslie L Burton, D J Hanley, Sandy McPherson, Norman Bradley, Peter Baskett, Judith Fisher, Sarah Wookey, Diana Donald, Dewi Davies, Donald Welbourn, C M Wright
	BMJ  2001;322:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1308 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1314 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	One hundred years ago: The medical regulation of marriage
	BMJ  2001;322:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1281/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Serious Shopping: Essays in Psychotherapy and Consumerism
	Philip Shaw
	BMJ  2001;322:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1310 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Male Infertility: A Guide for the Clinician
	Alan Trounson
	BMJ  2001;322:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1310/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Smothering the truth
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2001;322:1311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1311 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Change: both desired and resisted
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	BMJ  2001;322:1311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1311/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Change: both desired and resisted
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

MARKETING

This week's MARKETING

	Marketing: Are you being duped?
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2001;322:1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1312 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Medicinal use of cannabis
	Marcus Müllner
	BMJ  2001;322:1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7297.1312/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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