This week's This week in the BMJ

	Globalisation on trial [Full text] FREE

	Informed choice in screening [Full text] FREE

	Vaginal tape surgery is effective [Full text] FREE

	Growth hormone is overused [Full text] FREE

	Preventing suicide [Full text] FREE

	Detecting renal impairment early improves outcome [Full text] FREE

	RCTs are seldom newsworthy [Full text] FREE

	Screening for rubella [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Macroeconomics and health
	Richard H Morrow
	BMJ  2002;325:53-54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.53 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A time for global health
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:54-55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.54 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A learning world for the Global Fund
	Donald M Berwick
	BMJ  2002;325:55-56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.55 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Primary prevention of coronary heart disease
	Peter Brindle, Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2002;325:56-57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.56 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Growth hormone in growth hormone deficiency
	Paul Saenger
	BMJ  2002;325:58-59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.58 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diabetic nephropathy
	J N Harvey
	BMJ  2002;325:59-60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Consultants' new contract
	William Westlake, Simon Smith, Steve George, John Primrose, Aidan P Gleeson, Diana C Webster, Crispin Best, Sharon Davies
	BMJ  2002;325:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.99 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Gold for the NHS
	Brian Campbell, Peter Davies
	BMJ  2002;325:101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.101 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Postcode prescribing is alive and well in Scotland
	David Cameron, J Michael Dixon
	BMJ  2002;325:101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.101/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	vCJD: the epidemic that never was
	R G Will, R S G Knight, H J T Ward, J W Ironside, Markus Reuber, Steve Dealler, Gordon T Stewart
	BMJ  2002;325:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.102 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Has medicalisation of childbirth gone too far?
	William Camann, Meh-Noi Lim, Stephen Ong, Peter S Yeh
	BMJ  2002;325:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.103 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evolving general practice consultation in Britain
	Phil Wilson, Alex McConnachie, Mark Stirling, Arnold G Zermansky, David K Raynor, Duncan Petty, Nick Freemantle
	BMJ  2002;325:104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.104 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The lot of airline pilots and consultants is not so different
	Colin Trask
	BMJ  2002;325:105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.105 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Hormone trial for disease prevention stopped early
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.61 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	PSA screening leads to overdiagnosis, study says
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.61/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.62 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Hopes rise for patients with drug resistant HIV
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;325:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.62/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GPs should use nurses more to lighten their load
	Samena Chaudhry
	BMJ  2002;325:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.62/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctors face trial for manslaughter as criminal charges against doctors continue to rise
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.63 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK has highest reduction in deaths from lung and breast cancer
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.63/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Exponent of "male menopause" censured by GMC
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.65/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	New BMA president compares a third of NHS care to care in the developing world
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK government should stop recruiting doctors from abroad
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Black twins are born to white parents after infertility treatment
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.64 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Doctors must tackle patients’ nutritional needs, report says
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.64/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Dutch will have to pay for drugs they need as a result of unhealthy living
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;325:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.64/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	NHS Direct is a "potential victim of its own success"
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.64/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	New director named for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.64/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Doctors in Scotland must change working patterns, report says
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2002;325:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.65 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Nigerian health authorities worry over exodus of doctors and nurses
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2002;325:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.65/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Men should be encouraged to apply to medical school
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	London mayor attacked for doing "irreparable damage" on MMR
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	BMA opposes any change to law on assisted suicide
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	PFI schemes should be vigorously opposed
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New postgraduate education body welcomed
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	NHS should be removed from government control
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Violence in the NHS must be addressed
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/h [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Some small hospitals will have to close to meet working time directive
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/i [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	BMA supports GP contract framework
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/j [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Debate fuels controversy over paid-for live organ donation
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/k [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Stray dogs are a growing threat to public health
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/l [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Public bodies should take more care in managing PFI contracts
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2002;325:66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.66/m [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Prospective multicentre randomised trial of tension-free vaginal tape and colposuspension as primary treatment for stress incontinence
	Karen Ward, Paul Hilton
	BMJ  2002;325:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.67 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adult height after long term treatment with recombinant growth hormone for idiopathic isolated growth hormone deficiency: observational follow up study of the French population based registry
	Jean-Claude Carel, Emmanuel Ecosse, Marc Nicolino, Maïté Tauber, Juliane Leger, Sylvie Cabrol, Irène Bastié-Sigeac, Jean-Louis Chaussain, Joël Coste
	BMJ  2002;325:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.70 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Familial, psychiatric, and socioeconomic risk factors for suicide in young people: nested case-control study
	Esben Agerbo, Merete Nordentoft, Preben Bo Mortensen
	BMJ  2002;325:74, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.74 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Interaction between warfarin and topical miconazole cream
	A Devaraj, J P O'Beirne, R Veasey, A A Dunk
	BMJ  2002;325:77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.77 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Screening for cardiovascular risk: public health imperative or matter for individual informed choice?
	Theresa M Marteau, Ann Louise Kinmonth
	BMJ  2002;325:78-80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.78 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	What is newsworthy? Longitudinal study of the reporting of medical research in two British newspapers
	Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Sterne, Matthias Egger
	BMJ  2002;325:81-84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.81 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Chronic renal disease
	Malvinder S Parmar
	BMJ  2002;325:85-90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.85 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references][extra: Additional educational resources] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Antenatal screening for rubellainfection or immunity?
	Nilesh M Mehta, Roslyn M Thomas
	BMJ  2002;325:90-91, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.90 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of psychological medicine: Organising care for chronic illness
	Michael Von Korff, Russell E Glasgow, Michael Sharpe
	BMJ  2002;325:92-94, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.92 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	The royal touch
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2002;325:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.111/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Pipe dreams
	Terry Smyth
	BMJ  2002;325:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.111 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Globalisation and the challenges to health systems
	Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés
	BMJ  2002;325:95-97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.95 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Economics Notes: Economic modelling before clinical trials
	David J Torgerson, Sarah Byford
	BMJ  2002;325:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.98 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Alice Mary Stewart
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2002;325:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.106 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Albert Norman Ashworth
	Andrew Ashworth
	BMJ  2002;325:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.106/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	James Ambler Smart
	John Snowdon
	BMJ  2002;325:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.106/b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	George Birch ("Tom") Smith
	Alan M Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.106/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Emrys Cadwaladr Thomas
	Jim Milledge, Terry Young
	BMJ  2002;325:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.106/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	James Laing Spalding Thomson
	James Thomson, Mary Warrack
	BMJ  2002;325:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.106/e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Martin Bertram Watts
	Nigel D Walsh
	BMJ  2002;325:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.106/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William Owen Williams
	Rhidian Lewis
	BMJ  2002;325:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.106/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.112 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Writing a book
	BMJ  2002;325:95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.95/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Not a good start
	BMJ  2002;325:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.98/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	John ("Jock") Burgess Metcalfe
	BMJ  2002;325:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.107 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Shipman
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2002;325:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.109 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: Death
	Paul Keeley
	BMJ  2002;325:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.110 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: The Oxford Companion to the Body
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2002;325:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.108 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Drug War Heresies: Learning from Other Vices, Times, and Places
	Michael Farrell
	BMJ  2002;325:108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.108/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	The future in a globalised world
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2002;325:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.109/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Growth hormone
	Navin Chohan
	BMJ  2002;325:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7355.110/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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