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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

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] FREE

	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] FREE

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

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

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

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

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

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] FREE

	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] FREE

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] FREE

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] FREE

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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

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

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

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

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

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

	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] FREE

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

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

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

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

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

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] FREE

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

	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] FREE

	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] FREE

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] FREE

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

	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] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

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

BOOKCASE

This week's BOOKCASE

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

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] FREE

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