This week's This week in the BMJ

	Excess mortality at Bristol is not explained by low volume of operations [Full text] FREE

	Developing rheumatoid arthritis is not due to genes [Full text] FREE

	Ileoprost may alleviate cholesterol emboli syndrome [Full text] FREE

	Management of profound hypokalaemia should be revised [Full text] FREE

	Concerns over direct consumer advertising are justified [Full text] FREE

	Booked inpatient admissions systems require reserve capacity [Full text] FREE

	Genetic abnormalities are responsible for childhood leukaemia [Full text] FREE

	Fear of partner is linked to domestic violence [Full text] FREE

	Should GPs screen for domestic violence? [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Winter vomiting
	John M Cowden
	BMJ  2002;324:249-250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.249 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hyperprolactinaemia caused by antipsychotic drugs
	Angelika Wieck, Peter Haddad
	BMJ  2002;324:250-252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.250 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Long waiting lists in hospitals
	Harald Buhaug
	BMJ  2002;324:252-253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.252 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventing domestic violence
	Rachel Jewkes
	BMJ  2002;324:253-254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.253 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Chronic aspirin is effectiveif data are massaged sufficiently
	John G F Cleland
	BMJ  2002;324:295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.295 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Revalidating retired doctors
	Peter K Leaver, David Rowlands
	BMJ  2002;324:295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.295a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Transplant patients need to be made aware of skin cancer risk
	Vandana S Ramrakha-Jones
	BMJ  2002;324:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.296 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Any changes in prevalence of autism must be determined
	Mark F Blaxill
	BMJ  2002;324:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.296a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Use of interactive multimedia decision aids
	Trisha Greenhalgh, Patricia Wright, Elizabeth Murray, Andy Haines, Sharon See Tai, Hilary Davis, Alastair Gray, Angela Coulter
	BMJ  2002;324:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.296b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Public views of UK Population Biomedical Collection are being taken into account
	T Michael Dexter, George Radda, John Pattison
	BMJ  2002;324:298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.298 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Independent review of Worcester PFI is needed
	Simon Parkinson
	BMJ  2002;324:298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.298a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Variation in rates of oestrogen receptor positivity in breast cancer again
	Keith Miller, Anthony Rhodes, Bharat Jasani
	BMJ  2002;324:298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.298b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Canadian Medicare needs choice
	Keith Meloff
	BMJ  2002;324:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.299 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New method to monitor drugs at dance venues
	Jon Cole, John D Ramsey, David W Holt, Atholl Johnston
	BMJ  2002;324:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.299a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Widespread body pain and mortality
	Andrew Vickers, Michael Wright
	BMJ  2002;324:300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.300 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evaluation is essential for all types of intervention
	Peter D Taylor
	BMJ  2002;324:300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.300a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cover picture highlighted what is wrong with approach to managing chronic disease
	C K Connolly
	BMJ  2002;324:300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.300b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Emergency departments are well placed to identify alcohol misuse problems
	Robert Patton, Mike Crawford, Robin Touquet
	BMJ  2002;324:300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.300c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reducing health risks to British Muslim pilgrims
	Abdul Rashid Gatrad, Aziz Sheikh, Abdul Raheem Khan
	BMJ  2002;324:301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.301 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hand-arm vibration syndrome may be associated with prolonged use of vibrating computer games
	A G Cleary, H McKendrick, J A Sills
	BMJ  2002;324:301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.301a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	US panel finds insufficient evidence to support mammography
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.255 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Advocates of PSA testing campaign to silence critics
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;324:255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.255a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Prostate debate] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctor says some hospitals too ready to apologise
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2002;324:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.256a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Pro-tobacco writer admits he should have declared an interest
	Zosia Kmietowicz, Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;324:257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.257 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Academics face court clash with tobacco giants
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;324:257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.257a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Gujarat earthquake causes major mental health problems
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2002;324:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.259c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Withdrawal from paroxetine can be severe, warns FDA
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2002;324:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.260 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	WHO issues guidance on monitoring injuries
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2002;324:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.260a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	No cash to implement NICE, health authorities tell MPs
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2002;324:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.258 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	End to rubella in US thwarted by unvaccinated, foreign born population
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.258a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Winter virus closes Scottish hospitals
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2002;324:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.258b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	French healthcare system beset by strikes
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2002;324:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.258c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Quarter of Dutch paediatric intensive care beds closed
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;324:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.259 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Canada sees a bigger role for private companies in health care
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;324:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.259a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	King’s Fund calls for NHS to be made a corporation
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.259b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Polish police hold health workers over alleged murder of patients
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2002;324:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.260b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Mortality and volume of cases in paediatric cardiac surgery: retrospective study based on routinely collected data
	David J Spiegelhalter
	BMJ  2002;324:261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.261 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relative importance of genetic effects in rheumatoid arthritis: historical cohort study of Danish nationwide twin population • Commentary: Do genes or environment influence development of rheumatoid arthritis?
	Anders J Svendsen, Niels V Holm, Kirsten Kyvik, Per Hyltoft Petersen, Peter Junker, Alan J Silman
	BMJ  2002;324:264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.264 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research pointers: Improvement in cholesterol emboli syndrome after iloprost therapy
	Eran Elinav, Tova Chajek-Shaul, Mirella Stern
	BMJ  2002;324:268-269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.268 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Challenges in managing profound hypokalaemia
	William Welfare, Phillip Sasi, Mike English
	BMJ  2002;324:269-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.269 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Reported frequency of domestic violence: cross sectional survey of women attending general practice
	Fiona Bradley, Mary Smith, Jean Long, Tom O'Dowd
	BMJ  2002;324:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.271 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

	Identifying domestic violence: cross sectional study in primary care
	Jo Richardson, Jeremy Coid, Ann Petruckevitch, Wai Shan Chung, Stirling Moorey, Gene Feder
	BMJ  2002;324:274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.274 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influence of direct to consumer pharmaceutical advertising and patients' requests on prescribing decisions: two site cross sectional survey
	Barbara Mintzes, Morris L Barer, Richard L Kravitz, Arminée Kazanjian, Ken Bassett, Joel Lexchin, Robert G Evans, Richard Pan, Stephen A Marion
	BMJ  2002;324:278-279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.278 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Booked inpatient admissions and hospital capacity: mathematical modelling study
	Steve Gallivan, Martin Utley, Tom Treasure, Oswaldo Valencia
	BMJ  2002;324:280-282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.280 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Mathematical calculations details] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Childhood leukaemia
	Mel Greaves
	BMJ  2002;324:283-287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.283 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Ancient resentments
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2002;324:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.307a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Cancer isn't the only malignant disease
	Elizabeth Moulder
	BMJ  2002;324:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.307 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	All you need is cognitive behaviour therapy? • Commentary: Benevolent scepticism is just what the doctor ordered • Commentary: Yes, cognitive behaviour therapy may well be all you need • Commentary: Symptoms or relationships • Commentary: The "evidence" is weaker than claimed
	Jeremy Holmes, Roger Neighbour, Nicholas Tarrier, R D Hinshelwood, Nick Bolsover
	BMJ  2002;324:288-294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.288 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Kenneth Buxton
	Paul Buxton
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Forest William Fyfe
	Howard Dickson
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Bowden Garland
	A W Hargreaves
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Eric Greenwood Jenner
	Robert Martin
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Saw Taik Leong
	Rosemarie C Leong
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	James McArthur
	James Beaton
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Paul Bernard Gregory McKee
	A G Robertson, M M Robertson, A F Pettigrew
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Jacob Solomon ("Jack") Norell
	Michael Norell
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Graham Pegg
	Howel Jones
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	David Corbett Tomlins
	Christopher Tomlins, Patricia Tate
	BMJ  2002;324:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Barbara Stalker Watt (née Thomson)
	D M Fleming
	BMJ  2002;324:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.302j [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.308 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A nose is a nose is a nose
	Shirley Holton
	BMJ  2002;324:267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.267 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: The cigarette and the depopulation problem
	BMJ  2002;324:267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.267a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Two memorable patients: Two deaths, two lives
	David Memel
	BMJ  2002;324:279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.279 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable lecture: Lessons of yore
	Lucy James
	BMJ  2002;324:287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.287 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Unreasonableness pays off
	BMJ  2002;324:288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.288a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	A third generation of surgeons in New South Wales admit to euthanasia
	BMJ  2002;324:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.259d [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

CD

This week's CD

	CD: The Human Face of Medicine
	James A R Willis
	BMJ  2002;324:305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.305a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Errors, Medicine and the Law
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2002;324:304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.304 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Ecosystem Change and Public Health: A Global Perspective
	Donald Campbell
	BMJ  2002;324:304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.304a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: A Few Months to Live: Different Paths to Life's End • Physician's Guide to End-of-Life Care
	Mari Lloyd Williams
	BMJ  2002;324:305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.305 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Coming up roses
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2002;324:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.306 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	The ecstasy of sanctimony
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.0i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Cognitive behaviour therapy
	Navin Chohan
	BMJ  2002;324:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7332.306a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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