This week's This week in the BMJ

	Home intervention by nurses cuts readmission for heart failure [Full text] FREE

	Advances bring artificial limbs closer to missing limbs [Full text] FREE

	Home visits benefit elderly people [Full text] FREE

	GPs' working arrangements affect their own health care [Full text] FREE

	National guidance distorts resource allocation [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Exercise for intermittent claudication
	A H R Stewart, P M Lamont
	BMJ  2001;323:703-704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.703 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Screening for cancer in venous thromboembolic disease
	Tony Fennerty
	BMJ  2001;323:704-705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.704 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Wrong biochemistry results
	Adel AA Ismail, Julian H Barth
	BMJ  2001;323:705-706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.705 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Monitoring the safety of over the counter drugs
	David Clark, Deborah Layton, Saad A W Shakir
	BMJ  2001;323:706-707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.706 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventive home visits to elderly people
	J Clark
	BMJ  2001;323:708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.708 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Prostatic symptoms
	K Baxby, John Reynard, Lucy Jenkins, Peter Rose, Tim Wilson, Andrew Farmer
	BMJ  2001;323:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.750 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Community pharmacy supply of emergency contraception
	Paul Bissell, Claire Anderson, Lesley Bacon, Beth Taylor, Karen O'Brien, Gary Ward
	BMJ  2001;323:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.751 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Family history and risk of venous thromboembolism with oral contraception
	Jan P Vandenbroucke, Felix J M van der Meer, Frans M Helmerhorst, Frits R Rosendaal, Benilde Cosmi
	BMJ  2001;323:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.752 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Author's reply to criticism of study on benzodiazepines and risk of hip fracture
	Nicholas Moore
	BMJ  2001;323:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.752 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Journal should show balance, not bias, when reporting on PFI
	Brian McCloskey
	BMJ  2001;323:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.753 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implementing clinical governance
	Neville W Goodman, Sean W O'Kelly, Rachel Maxwell
	BMJ  2001;323:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.753 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perineal massage in pregnancy
	Michel Labrecque, Erica Eason, Sylvie Marcoux, Steve Halligan
	BMJ  2001;323:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.753 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Removal from a GP's list: qualitative research is needed
	Tim Stokes, Robert K McKinley, Mary Dixon-Woods
	BMJ  2001;323:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.754 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Duodenal haematoma occurs in children with bicycle injuries
	David Bass
	BMJ  2001;323:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.754 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Systematic reviews and Cochrane Collaboration
	Donald M Mackay, P Badrinath
	BMJ  2001;323:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.755 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors should not participate in executions
	James Welsh
	BMJ  2001;323:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.755 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Plight of Afghan people must not be forgotten
	Ben Armstrong, Michel Coleman, Clive Davies, Diana Elbourne, Astrid Fletcher, Emily Grundy, Andy Haines, Andy Hall, Betty Kirkwood, Donna Lamping, Michael Miles, Ian Roberts, Egbert Sondorp
	BMJ  2001;323:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.755 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	England introduces star system for hospital trusts
	Carol Harris
	BMJ  2001;323:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.709 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Breast clinic director accused of bullying and incompetence
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.709 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.710 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Exercise and cognitive behaviour therapy are best treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.710 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Belgium cuts antibiotic use by 12%
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.710 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Delay in GMC hearing breached doctor's human rights
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.711 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Fake cows help to reduce sleeping sickness and use of insecticides
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.711 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Separate vaccines could endanger children
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.711 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Surgeons perform transatlantic operation using fibreoptics
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.713 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	China admits its AIDS crisis
	Ted Plafker
	BMJ  2001;323:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.714 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	India wakes up to threat of bioterrorism
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.714 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	New heart attack test could reduce unnecessary hospital admissions
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	GPs concerned over plans to send patients to Europe
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Mental health patients criticise lack of information
	Carol Harris
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Bypass surgery can be safe for octogenarians
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Collection of artworks by psychiatric patients finds permanent home
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Smoking may mimic effect of antidepressants
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.713 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	UK survey finds variation in oestrogen receptor testing
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.713 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Japan to test 1m cattle after discovery of first case of BSE
	Joe Lamar
	BMJ  2001;323:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.713 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Education campaigns can reduce stigma of depression and cut suicides
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;323:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.714 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of specialist nurse intervention in heart failure
	Lynda Blue, Elanor Lang, John J V McMurray, Andrew P Davie, Theresa A McDonagh, David R Murdoch, Mark C Petrie, Eugene Connolly, John Norrie, Caroline E Round, Ian Ford, Caroline E Morrison
	BMJ  2001;323:715-718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.715 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of home based support for older people: systematic review and meta-analysis • Commentary: When, where, and why do preventive home visits work?
	Ruth Elkan, Denise Kendrick, Michael Dewey, Michael Hewitt, Jane Robinson, Mitch Blair, Deb Williams, Kathy Brummell, Matthias Egger
	BMJ  2001;323:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.719 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Attitudes and training of research fellows in surgery: national questionnaire survey
	Choon S Seow, Nee B Teo, Christopher R Wilson, Karin A Oien
	BMJ  2001;323:725-726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.725 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Analysis of cord blood gas at delivery: questionnaire study of practice in the United Kingdom
	Jason Waugh, Anthony Johnson, Andrew Farkas
	BMJ  2001;323:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.727 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Challenge of culture, conscience, and contract to general practitioners' care of their own health: qualitative study
	William T Thompson, Margaret E Cupples, Caryl H Sibbett, Delia I Skan, Terry Bradley
	BMJ  2001;323:728-731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.728 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Artificial limbs
	Linda J Marks, John W Michael
	BMJ  2001;323:732-735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.732 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Oesophagus: Heartburn
	John de Caestecker
	BMJ  2001;323:736-739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.736 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Cruising
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2001;323:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.759 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Not made to measure
	Ashley Liston
	BMJ  2001;323:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.758 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Djibouti
	Edwin Martin, Peta Martin
	BMJ  2001;323:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.759 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Raising standards in emergency relief: how useful are Sphere minimum standards for humanitarian assistance?
	André Griekspoor, Steve Collins
	BMJ  2001;323:740-742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.740 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Wrong SIGN, NICE mess: is national guidance distorting allocation of resources?
	Richard Cookson, David McDaid, Alan Maynard
	BMJ  2001;323:743-745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.743 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Complexity science: Complexity, leadership, and management in healthcare organisations
	Paul E Plsek, Tim Wilson
	BMJ  2001;323:746-749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.746 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Robert James Etheridge • Arthur Henry Ferguson-Gow • Leo Max Honigsberger • Charles Richard Knappett • David Le Vay
	N A Nasser, Ian Brown, Frank Marshall, John Surtees, Alexander McNeish, C Giles, Lewis Le Vay
	BMJ  2001;323:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.756 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.760 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: The danger of good people
	BMJ  2001;323:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.727 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: A certainty
	BMJ  2001;323:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.727 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	More on pre-mortal provision
	Richard Bayliss
	BMJ  2001;323:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.731 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: The final quip
	BMJ  2001;323:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.746 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: British practitioners in Italy
	BMJ  2001;323:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.746 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Beyond the blame culture?
	BMJ  2001;323:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.746 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Life expectancy rates show health inequalities
	BMJ  2001;323:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.735 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The public health benefits of mobile phones
	BMJ  2001;323:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.735 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: The Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
	Graham Serjeant
	BMJ  2001;323:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.757 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Relapse and Recovery in Addictions
	Wayne Hall
	BMJ  2001;323:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.757 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Ways of understanding
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Ways of understanding
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Humanitarian aid
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2001;323:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.758 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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