24 November 2001(vol 323, issue 7323)

This Week In the BMJ

• Bloodborne infections in Irish prisoners are linked to drug injection and previous imprisonment

  BMJ 2001; 323 :a (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Pre-eclampsia increases long term risk of death from cardiovascular causes

  BMJ 2001; 323 :c (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Doctors and patients have different priorities regarding anticoagulation

  BMJ 2001; 323 :d (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Surgeons' laparoscopic skills decline after a night on call

  BMJ 2001; 323 :b (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Laboratories can help GPs to follow guidelines on lipid testing

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Editorials

• Empirical treatment of uncomplicated cystitis

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1197 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Fortification of flour with folic acid

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1198 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Passing the contractual buck

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1199 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Preserving fertility in children treated for cancer

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1201 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Updating guidelines on stable angina

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1202 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Letters

• Withdrawing life sustaining treatment and euthanasia debate

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1248 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Cannabinoids in pain management

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1249 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Rehabilitation for chronic low back pain

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1251 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Scientific debate on animal model in research is needed

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• Collaboration with the Campbell Collaboration

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• Duchenne muscular dystrophy: relevant paper was not included

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1253 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Are randomised controlled trials in the BMJ different?

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1253 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Harvesting organs from recently executed prisoners

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1254 (Published 24 November 2001)

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News

• UK legislation planned to outlaw human reproductive cloning

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1203 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Doctors object to companies offering to store cord blood

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1203 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1204 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Aspirin and warfarin equally good for stroke patients

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1204 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Johns Hopkins admits scientist used Indian patients as guinea pigs

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• Doctors urge caution in interpretation of league tables

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1205 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Excess winter deaths linked to temperatures in cold homes

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1207 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• The change merchant

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1208 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Clinical Reviews

• Psychiatry

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• Evidence based management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1232 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Indigestion and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1236 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice

• Delusions and dupes

  BMJ 2001; 323 :0 (Published 24 November 2001)

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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

• Deaths trigger fresh controversy over vitamin A programme in India

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1206 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Tobacco giantw's antismoking course flops

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1206 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Argentina suspends non-emergency health benefits for pensioners

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1206 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Bacteria killer found in sweat

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1206 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Exhibition pulls together images of blood over 2000 years

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1206 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Public supports preimplantation genetic diagnosis for couples at risk

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1207 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Europe set to tighten breast implant rules

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1207 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• HIV positive health worker wins injunction to preserve anonymity

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• Communicable disease network strengthened against bioterrorism

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1208 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Pretty asks House of Lords for right to assisted suicide

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Papers

• Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV and risk factors in entrants to Irish prisons: a national cross sectional surveyCommentary: efficient research gives direction on prisoners' and the wider public healthexcept in England and Wales

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1209 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Long term mortality of mothers and fathers after pre-eclampsia: population based cohort studyPre-eclampsia and cardiovascular disease later in life: who is at risk?

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1213 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Differences between perspectives of physicians and patients on anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation: observational studyCommentary: Varied preferences reflect the reality of clinical practice

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1218 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Laparoscopic performance after one night on call in a surgical department: prospective study

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1222 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Primary care

• A laboratory based intervention to improve appropriateness of lipid tests and audit cholesterol lowering in primary care

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1224 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Education and debate

• Ethics of using preimplantation genetic diagnosis to select a stem cell donor for an existing person

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1240 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• The physician assistant: would the US model meet the needs of the NHS?

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1244 (Published 24 November 2001)

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THEATRE

• Oxygen

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1257 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Book

• Medicine and the German Jews: A History

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1257 (Published 24 November 2001)

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PRESS

• Sponsored journalism award shocks Australian media

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1258 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Selling drugs — with a little help from a journalist

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1258 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Personal View

• A complaint about drug company advertising

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1259 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Soundings

• Le Beau Doc Sans Merci

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Fillers

• Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1222 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• “Much better after seeing you, Doctor”

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1223 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Nothing said

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1227 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• The physiology of marching

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1232 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Children at risk: in the heat of the moment

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1235 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• The diagnostic sign was in the other room

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1239 (Published 24 November 2001)

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• Historian

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1243 (Published 24 November 2001)

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Obituaries

• Jack Suchet

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• William Martin Beattie

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• Christina Bernard (née Russell)

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• Wilfred John Dally

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• Charles James Constantine Davey

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• Ian Michael Elliott

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• Abul Quasem Syed Mohammed Harun

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• Jamie William Jarvie Smith

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• Harris Waters

  BMJ 2001; 323 :1255 (Published 24 November 2001)

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