This Week In the BMJ Doctors overlook living wills BMJ 2002; 325 :c (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Short courses in evidence based medicine can work BMJ 2002; 325 :d (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Bacterial vaginosis is not a strong risk factor for early miscarriage BMJ 2002; 325 :a (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Participants may never know which arm of the trial they were in BMJ 2002; 325 :b (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Nurses can carry out preoperative assessment BMJ 2002; 325 :0 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Editorials Antibiotics for acute purulent rhinitis BMJ 2002; 325 :1311 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Sensory stimulation in dementia BMJ 2002; 325 :1312 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses A clinical trials register for Europe BMJ 2002; 325 :1314 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Drug eluting coronary stents BMJ 2002; 325 :1315 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF Copying letters to patients BMJ 2002; 325 :1359 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Comparison of different measures of blood pressure BMJ 2002; 325 :1360 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Responses Pleasing some of the people none of the time BMJ 2002; 325 :1361 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Retaining nurses in the NHS BMJ 2002; 325 :1362 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Responses Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke BMJ 2002; 325 :1363 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Responses When medical students go off the rails BMJ 2002; 325 :1364 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission CONSORT statement requires closer examination BMJ 2002; 325 :1364 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Making coffee has advantages BMJ 2002; 325 :1364 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission News People with schizophrenia must have a say in their treatment BMJ 2002; 325 :1317 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Hospitals in north of England outperform those in south BMJ 2002; 325 :1317 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission In brief BMJ 2002; 325 :1318 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Smaller families aid economic growth, says UN report BMJ 2002; 325 :1318 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Better research needed on childhood obesity, report says BMJ 2002; 325 :1318 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Mouse genome shows many disease genes shared with humans BMJ 2002; 325 :1319 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Sharing of uncertainty can unnerve patients BMJ 2002; 325 :1319 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Paediatricians did not have duty of care to patient's mother BMJ 2002; 325 :1321 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Health department to improve investigation of waiting list fiddles BMJ 2002; 325 :1322 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses High nut consumption may reduce risk of diabetes BMJ 2002; 325 :1322 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Sculpture symbolises passing on of clinical skills BMJ 2002; 325 :1322 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Clinical Reviews Withdrawing life support and resolution of conflict with families BMJ 2002; 325 :1342 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Misleading electrocardiographic results in patient with hyperkalaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis BMJ 2002; 325 :1346 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndromes BMJ 2002; 325 :1348 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Minerva Minerva BMJ 2002; 325 :1370 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Editor's Choice Needed: transformational leaders BMJ 2002; 325 :e (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Private doctors must improve their treatment of tuberculosis, says WHO BMJ 2002; 325 :1320 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Responses Canada's healthcare system should focus on primary care, report says BMJ 2002; 325 :1320 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Drug companies urged to make drugs available at cost price to the poor BMJ 2002; 325 :1320 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Responses Consultants resist pooled lists for routine surgery BMJ 2002; 325 :1320 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Woman who had attended euthanasia workshop kills herself BMJ 2002; 325 :1320 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission UK government approves heroin use on prescription BMJ 2002; 325 :1321 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission GMC committee chairman stands down while inquiry takes place BMJ 2002; 325 :1321 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Health Secretary Milburn refuses to renegotiate contract BMJ 2002; 325 :1322 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Companies refuse to deliver drugs as hospital debts soar BMJ 2002; 325 :1322 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Lack of expertise and funding are hampering prostate cancer screening and treatment BMJ 2002; 325 :1322 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Responses Papers Effectiveness of appropriately trained nurses in preoperative assessment: randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial BMJ 2002; 325 :1323 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Withholding the artificial administration of fluids and food from elderly patients with dementia: ethnographic study BMJ 2002; 325 :1326 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Informing participants of allocation to placebo at trial closure: postal survey BMJ 2002; 325 :1329 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Fatal toxicity of serotoninergic and other antidepressant drugs: analysis of United Kingdom mortality data BMJ 2002; 325 :1332 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Leflunomide can potentiate the anticoagulant effect of warfarin BMJ 2002; 325 :1333 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Primary care Association between bacterial vaginosis or chlamydial infection and miscarriage before 16 weeks' gestation: prospective community based cohort study BMJ 2002; 325 :1334 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Food allergy BMJ 2002; 325 :1337 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Learning in practice Do short courses in evidence based medicine improve knowledge and skills? Validation of Berlin questionnaire and before and after study of courses in evidence based medicine BMJ 2002; 325 :1338 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Education and debate Values and leadership BMJ 2002; 325 :1352 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Interview with Gro Brundtland BMJ 2002; 325 :1355 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission TV Horizon—Homeopathy: The Test BMJ 2002; 325 :1367 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Responses Book The Demon in the Freezer BMJ 2002; 325 :1367 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission PRESS “Cosmo” for drug users BMJ 2002; 325 :1368 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission WEBSITE OF THE WEEK Food allergy BMJ 2002; 325 :1368 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Personal View Overseas doctors need more attention BMJ 2002; 325 :1369 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Responses Soundings Feel free to ululate BMJ 2002; 325 :1369 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Fillers High fibre and guar gum are equally helpful in IBS, but gum is better tolerated BMJ 2002; 325 :f (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission The noble profession BMJ 2002; 325 :1334 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Computer madness BMJ 2002; 325 :1341 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Submitting articles to the BMJ BMJ 2002; 325 :1346 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission But the greatest of these is charity BMJ 2002; 325 :1358 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Corrections GMC clears Alder Hey doctor of dishonesty BMJ 2002; 325 :1321 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Minerva BMJ 2002; 325 :1331 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission The SCOFF questionnaire and clinical interview for eating disorders in general practice: comparative study BMJ 2002; 325 :1331 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Whooping cougha continuing problem BMJ 2002; 325 :1331 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Developing the role of patients as teachers BMJ 2002; 325 :1341 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission Rachael Elizabeth Spencer BMJ 2002; 325 :1366 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission ObituariesDownload PDF Frances Ames BMJ 2002; 325 :1365 (Published 07 December 2002) PDF Permission John Crammer BMJ 2002; 325 :1365 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission John Bower Hickling BMJ 2002; 325 :1365 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Linda Hazel Hignett BMJ 2002; 325 :1365 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Ali M Ali Ibrahim BMJ 2002; 325 :1365 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Douglas Hugh Nelson BMJ 2002; 325 :1365 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Israel Rocker BMJ 2002; 325 :1365 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Andrew Steven Truman White BMJ 2002; 325 :1365 (Published 07 December 2002) Permission Back to top PreviousNext