This Week In the BMJ Pregnant women comply with, rather than choose, mode of birth BMJ 2002; 324 :a (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Strict control of vancomycin resistant enterococci is not justified BMJ 2002; 324 :f (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Abdominal pain in infectious mononucleosis may signal splenic rupture BMJ 2002; 324 :e (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Surgery is option for unresponsive temporal lobe epilepsy BMJ 2002; 324 :d (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Cost effectiveness of continuing professional development is unclear BMJ 2002; 324 :g (Published 16 March 2002) Permission NHS must respond to patients' needs and wishes BMJ 2002; 324 :c (Published 16 March 2002) Permission South Asian children are more insulin resistant than white children BMJ 2002; 324 :0 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Demand for emergency ambulances has risen BMJ 2002; 324 :b (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Editorials Shame: the elephant in the room BMJ 2002; 324 :623 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Declining altruism in medicine BMJ 2002; 324 :624 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Epidemic of cardiovascular disease in South Asians BMJ 2002; 324 :625 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Time to abandon the “tendinitis” myth BMJ 2002; 324 :626 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Deprofessionalising doctors? BMJ 2002; 324 :627 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF The “redisorganisation” of the NHS BMJ 2002; 324 :672 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Effectiveness of guidelines on persistent glue ear in children BMJ 2002; 324 :673 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Why general practitioners do not implement evidence BMJ 2002; 324 :674 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Responses Adult obesity and growth in childhood BMJ 2002; 324 :674 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Implications of childhood obesity for adult health BMJ 2002; 324 :676 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Responses Combining high quality clinical and interpersonal care BMJ 2002; 324 :677 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Social deprivation affects outcome of nocturnal enuresis BMJ 2002; 324 :677 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Responses Breast screening seems driven by belief rather than evidence BMJ 2002; 324 :677 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Price of interferon beta is similar in UK and Australia BMJ 2002; 324 :677 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Data on take home naloxone are unclear but not condemnatory BMJ 2002; 324 :678 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Venous ulcers may be associated with gravitational eczema BMJ 2002; 324 :678 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Violence may be serious in men with body dysmorphic disorder BMJ 2002; 324 :678 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Chinese medicines for slimming still cause health problems BMJ 2002; 324 :679 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Responses Pharmaceutical packaging can induce confusion BMJ 2002; 324 :679 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Responses News Woman makes legal history in right to die case BMJ 2002; 324 :629 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses In brief BMJ 2002; 324 :630 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Public less worried about MMR vaccine than many other issues BMJ 2002; 324 :630 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Improved anthrax vaccine is needed, claims report BMJ 2002; 324 :630 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Children at risk after sperm donor develops late onset genetic disease BMJ 2002; 324 :631 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Patients with emergency brain disorders are denied specialist care BMJ 2002; 324 :631 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Assisted reproduction increases risk of birth defects, study says BMJ 2002; 324 :633 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Woman may face death penalty in postnatal depression case BMJ 2002; 324 :634 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Clinical Reviews Recent developments in neurology BMJ 2002; 324 :656 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Abdominal pain in acute infectious mononucleosis BMJ 2002; 324 :660 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Junctional tachycardias BMJ 2002; 324 :662 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Minerva Minerva BMJ 2002; 324 :647 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Minerva BMJ 2002; 324 :686 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Editor's Choice Informed compliance BMJ 2002; 324 :h (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Cases of child malnutrition double in Gaza because of blockade BMJ 2002; 324 :632 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Responses Parents agree to surgery after case goes to high court BMJ 2002; 324 :632 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Former health minister accused of diverting funds from health care BMJ 2002; 324 :632 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Think tank recommends free personal care for elderly people BMJ 2002; 324 :632 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission BMA calls for government action on drugs and driving BMJ 2002; 324 :632 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Tobacco industry knowingly duped public with “low tar” brands BMJ 2002; 324 :633 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Primary care trusts should give local people a voice, says report BMJ 2002; 324 :633 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] EU tries to protect developing countries from high drug costs BMJ 2002; 324 :634 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Campaigners win ruling that antiretroviral drugs order be enforced BMJ 2002; 324 :634 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission More than two million homes are cold enough to cause ill health, Shelter says BMJ 2002; 324 :634 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Papers Early evidence of ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk: cross sectional comparison of British South Asian and white children BMJ 2002; 324 :635 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Qualitative study of evidence based leaflets in maternity care BMJ 2002; 324 :639 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Use of evidence based leaflets to promote informed choice in maternity care: randomised controlled trial in everyday practice BMJ 2002; 324 :643 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Trends in demand for emergency ambulance services in Wiltshire over nine years: observational study BMJ 2002; 324 :646 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Primary care After Bristol: putting patients at the centreCommentary: Patient centred care: timely, but is it practical? BMJ 2002; 324 :648 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Learning in practice Cost effectiveness of continuing professional development in health care: a critical review of the evidence BMJ 2002; 324 :652 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate What action should be taken to prevent spread of vancomycin resistant enterococci in European hospitals? BMJ 2002; 324 :666 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Designing studies to ensure that estimates of test accuracy are transferable BMJ 2002; 324 :669 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Responses CD Every Family in the Land: Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination against People with Mental Illness BMJ 2002; 324 :682 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Books Bodies BMJ 2002; 324 :682 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change, and Their Effects on National Security and Development BMJ 2002; 324 :683 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Evaluating International Humanitarian Action: Reflections from Practitioners BMJ 2002; 324 :683 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Personal Views Do we hear our patients? And would a patient's page help? BMJ 2002; 324 :684 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Responses Letters to patients: sending the right message BMJ 2002; 324 :685 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Responses WEBSITE OF THE WEEK Medical history BMJ 2002; 324 :684 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Soundings The skier's tale BMJ 2002; 324 :685 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Fillers Scottish doctors' esteem BMJ 2002; 324 :647 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission New life BMJ 2002; 324 :655 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission A strange case of familial atopy BMJ 2002; 324 :661 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Strike of American army nurses BMJ 2002; 324 :662 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission A tale of two blisters BMJ 2002; 324 :671 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Corrections Filler BMJ 2002; 324 :647 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Biological warfare and bioterrorism BMJ 2002; 324 :647 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict BMJ 2002; 324 :647 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Donald William Gould BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission ObituariesDownload PDF Roy Porter BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) PDF Permission Isidore Ash BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Sydney Brandon BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Harry Leslie Leaming BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Raymond Keith Mason BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission William Neville BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Jacob (“Jack”) Shafar BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Margaret Leslie Stephen (née Macalister) BMJ 2002; 324 :680 (Published 16 March 2002) Permission Back to top PreviousNext