This week's This week in the BMJ

	Meningococcal C vaccination is cost effective [Full text] FREE

	Intensive follow up after surgery for colorectal cancer improves survival [Full text] FREE

	Parents recognise benefits of postmortems [Full text] FREE

	Visual aids help patients understand risk [Full text] FREE

	Change in psychological agreement makes doctors unhappy [Full text] FREE

	A new agreement is needed if the NHS is to reform [Full text] FREE

	NICE is not fulfilling its promise [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Areca nut use: an independent risk factor for oral cancer
	Saman Warnakulasuriya, Chetan Trivedy, Timothy J Peters
	BMJ  2002;324:799-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.799 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Murder by fake drugs
	Paul N Newton, Nicholas J White, Jan A Rozendaal, Michael D Green
	BMJ  2002;324:800-801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.800 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of co-infection with HIV and TB
	R Colebunders, M L Lambert
	BMJ  2002;324:802-803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.802 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemiology of HIV in China
	Kong-lai Zhang, Shao-Jun Ma
	BMJ  2002;324:803-804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.803 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Legalising active euthanasia and physician assisted suicide
	David Oliver, Jackie Fisher, Malcolm Savage, Andrew G Rivett, Peter Barratt, Alison Davis, Jean Davies, Sharon Davies
	BMJ  2002;324:846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.846 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors should not decide on medical and "existential" suffering
	Bob Bury
	BMJ  2002;324:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.848 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical education must be rehabilitated in Afghanistan
	S Mannion, E Chaloner, F Homayoun
	BMJ  2002;324:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.848/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National screening programme for diabetic retinopathy
	Colin Clements, Clive B Prince, Somdutt Prasad, Anil Aralikatti, Helen Swindlehurst, Louis G Clearkin
	BMJ  2002;324:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.849 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Infections and risk factors in entrants to Irish prisons
	Sarman Singh, Oscar Simooya, Nawa Sanjobo
	BMJ  2002;324:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.850 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Complaints about advertising of medicines are encouraged
	Heather Simmonds
	BMJ  2002;324:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.850/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Declarations for new doctors are unnecessary
	William T Stevenson
	BMJ  2002;324:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.851 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Continuity would be achieved with patient held records
	Julian T Hart
	BMJ  2002;324:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.851/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital responsibilities and communication must be clear
	Simant Westley
	BMJ  2002;324:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.851/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pattern of some parents' complaints against doctors must be recognised
	R A Smith, D W Beverley, R J Ball
	BMJ  2002;324:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.852 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investigating doctors' performance can cause problems of consent and confidentiality
	M E Y Capek, M O Roland
	BMJ  2002;324:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.852/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Pakistan's doctors protest at killing of 13 colleagues this year
	Zarar Khan
	BMJ  2002;324:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.805 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Staff shortages threaten public health in London
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.805/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.806 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian group seeks ban on use of electroconvulsive therapy without anaesthesia
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2002;324:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.806/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bush to drop medical records privacy clause
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.806/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Global Fund overwhelmed by requests
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2002;324:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.807 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HIV drug under review as firm withdraws FDA application
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;324:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.807/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Oregon jury hits Philip Morris with $150m damages for low tar cigarettes
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO links long term pill use to cervical cancer
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Ombudsman criticises GP for striking patients off without warning
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808/b [Extract] [Full text]

	US prisoner at centre of heart transplant row
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808/c [Extract] [Full text]

	US drug companies will meet more than half the cost of drug approval
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Drug industry writers propose code of ethical conduct
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Australian government forced to bail out medical malpractice insurer
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808/f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Systematic review of whether nurse practitioners working in primary care can provide equivalent care to doctors
	Sue Horrocks, Elizabeth Anderson, Chris Salisbury
	BMJ  2002;324:819-823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.819 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional tables] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Communicating accuracy of tests to general practitioners: a controlled study
	Johann Steurer, Joachim E Fischer, Lucas M Bachmann, Michael Koller, Gerben ter Riet
	BMJ  2002;324:824-826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.824 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Study questionnaire] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Explaining risks: turning numerical data into meaningful pictures
	Adrian Edwards, Glyn Elwyn, Al Mulley
	BMJ  2002;324:827-830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.827 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Acute myocardial infarctionPart I
	Francis Morris, William J Brady
	BMJ  2002;324:831-834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.831 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	A painful experience
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2002;324:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.857/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	The role of role avoidance
	Paul Reynolds
	BMJ  2002;324:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.857 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Unhappy doctors: what are the causes and what can be done?
	Nigel Edwards, Mary Jane Kornacki, Jack Silversin
	BMJ  2002;324:835-838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.835 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The medical profession, the public, and the government
	Chris Ham, K G M M Alberti
	BMJ  2002;324:838-842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.838 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From guidance to practice: Why NICE is not enough
	Thomas H S Dent, Mike Sadler
	BMJ  2002;324:842-845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.842 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.858 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	On becoming 79
	Mike Courtenay
	BMJ  2002;324:812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.812 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Bridging medicine
	Kishor Choudhari
	BMJ  2002;324:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.823 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Should milk be boiled?
	BMJ  2002;324:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.827/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The treatment of an abscess is . . .
	Sundaram V Ramanan
	BMJ  2002;324:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.845 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny
	Ross Camidge
	BMJ  2002;324:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.855 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Allowing Dignity in Death
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2002;324:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.855/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus: An International Perspective
	Robert Matz
	BMJ  2002;324:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.856 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Why so unhappy?
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOKCASE

This week's BOOKCASE

	Bookcase
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.856/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Assisted suicide
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2002;324:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.856/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Thomas Gordon Wadsworth
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853 [Extract] [Full text]

	Alison Dalziel (née Shannon)
	E Narayana
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Philip Evans
	C R Morgan
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Rob Harris
	J Harris, A Khanna
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Boleslaw Zygmunt Jaskmanicki
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Joseph Kevin McConnon
	Mari-Ann Ott-McConnon
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Denis Hubert Merrin
	Peter Merrin
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Herzl Sless
	Arthur Curtis
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/g [Extract] [Full text]

	Prakash Chandra Srivastava
	Stephen W Millar
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harold James Macklin Stratton
	G I M Ross
	BMJ  2002;324:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Elisabeth Peta ("Jane") Walker (née Shaw)
	Joy Main
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/j [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Dorthothy Wright (née Senior)
	Brendan W Mason
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/k [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Modelling cost effectiveness of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccination campaign in England and Wales
	Caroline L Trotter, W John Edmunds
	BMJ  2002;324:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.809 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact on survival of intensive follow up after curative resection for colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
	Andrew G Renehan, Matthias Egger, Mark P Saunders, Sarah T O'Dwyer
	BMJ  2002;324:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.813 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cross sectional survey of parents' experience and views of the postmortem examination
	Judith Rankin, Chris Wright, Tom Lind
	BMJ  2002;324:816-818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.816 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Comments from parents] FREE

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