Increased risk of thrombosis with third generation oral contraceptives is real [Full text]

	Not enough condoms are supplied to African men [Full text]

	Brief psychological therapy helps suicidal patients [Full text]

	Very few patients intubated without drugs survive [Full text]

	Patients with treatment resistant hypertension do take their drugs [Full text]

Editorials

	The third generation pill controversy ("continued")
	J O Drife
	BMJ  2001;323:119-120, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.119 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Poverty reduction strategy papers
	Ellen Verheul, Mike Rowson
	BMJ  2001;323:120-121, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.120 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vocational rehabilitation
	Peter B Disler, Julie F Pallant
	BMJ  2001;323:121-123, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.121 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs for Alzheimer's disease
	John T O'Brien, Clive G Ballard
	BMJ  2001;323:123-124, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.123 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ Christmas revue
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;323:124, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.124 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	UK approves preimplantation genetic screening technique
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:125, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.125 [Full text] [PDF]

	Mortality for paediatric cardiac surgery at Bristol was twice that at other centres
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:125, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.125/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:126, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.126 [Full text] [PDF]

	Tobacco company claims that smokers help the economy
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:126, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.126/a [Full text] [PDF]

	US abortion clinics afraid of new violence
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:126, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.126/b [Full text]

	Scientists fertilise mouse eggs without sperm
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:127, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.127 [Full text] [PDF]

	Embryos created for stem cell research
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:127, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.127/a [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC steps up hearings to deal with rise in cases
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:129, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.129/c [Full text] [PDF]

	Bill will give Americans right to buy cheaper drugs
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:130, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.130 [Full text] [PDF]

	Levels of neurosis remained static in the 1990s
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:130, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.130/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Government decision to hand over GP negotiations branded "bizarre"
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2001;323:130, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.130/b [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	European court's ruling paves way for cross-border treatment
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:128, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.128 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Irish children may have been given animal vaccine for whooping cough
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;323:128, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.128/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Charitable funds in NHS may exacerbate disparities in access to health
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:128, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.128/b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Poor sales signal shake-up in Hungary’s health insurance market
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;323:128, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.128/c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Fraud cases being investigated in the NHS double
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:128, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.128/d [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bill to ban tobacco advertising in UK heard in Lords
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;323:129, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.129 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Blue Cross to reward doctors for patients' satisfaction
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:129, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.129/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Hamburg surgeon operates after stroke
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;323:129, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.129/b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Indian women’s groups protest at new contraceptive trial
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:130, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.130/c [Full text]

	Doctors concerned over Pinochet verdict
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2001;323:130, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.130/d [Full text]

Papers

	Third generation oral contraceptives and risk of venous thrombosis: meta-analysis
	Jeanet M Kemmeren, Ale Algra, Diederick E Grobbee
	BMJ  2001;323:131, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.131 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised controlled trial of brief psychological intervention after deliberate self poisoning • Commentary: Another kind of talk that works?
	Elspeth Guthrie, Navneet Kapur, Kevin Mackway-Jones, Carolyn Chew-Graham, James Moorey, Elizabeth Mendel, Federica Marino-Francis, Sarah Sanderson, Clive Turpin, Gary Boddy, Barbara Tomenson, George C Patton
	BMJ  2001;323:135, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.135 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key informants
	James D Shelton, Beverly Johnston
	BMJ  2001;323:139, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.139 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of breast cancer in women who attend the NHS breast screening programme: cohort study
	Anthony G Threlfall, Ciaran B J Woodman
	BMJ  2001;323:140, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.140 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Survival of trauma patients who have prehospital tracheal intubation without anaesthesia or muscle relaxants: observational study
	David Lockey, Gareth Davies, Tim Coats
	BMJ  2001;323:141, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.141 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history]

Primary care

	Relation between insufficient response to antihypertensive treatment and poor compliance with treatment: a prospective case-control study
	Reto Nuesch, Kerstin Schroeder, Thomas Dieterle, Benedict Martina, Edouard Battegay
	BMJ  2001;323:142-146, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.142 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Managing demand: transfer of management of self limiting conditions from general practice to community pharmacies
	Karen Hassell, Zoe Whittington, Judy Cantrill, Fiona Bates, Anne Rogers, Peter Noyce
	BMJ  2001;323:146-147, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.146 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Evidence based case report: Assessing developmental delay
	Jon Dorling, Alison Salt
	BMJ  2001;323:148-149, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.148 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Danger of stereotyping in suspected osteomalacia • Commentary: Stereotyping may delay proper and systematic investigation
	Sarah Sheikh, Ken Williamson, Karen Kearley, Sophie Bassindale, Tim Lancaster, Joe Kai
	BMJ  2001;323:149-151, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.149 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Making time stand still
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2001;323:173, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.173/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Dermatological experience
	Jan Croot
	BMJ  2001;323:173, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.173 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	A global health fund: a leap of faith?
	Ruairí Brugha, Gill Walt
	BMJ  2001;323:152-154, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.152 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When should clinical guidelines be updated?
	Paul Shekelle, Martin P Eccles, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2001;323:155-157, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.155 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Systematic reviews in health care: Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests
	Jonathan J Deeks
	BMJ  2001;323:157-162, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.157 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism
	Liam Smeeth, Andrew J Hall, Laura C Rodrigues, Xiangning Huang, Peter G Smith, Eric Fombonne, Michael Edwardes, Marc Baltzan, F Edward Yazbak, James A Kaye, Maria del Mar Melero-Montes, Hershel Jick
	BMJ  2001;323:163, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.163 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma and early childhood infectious disease
	Vassiliki Angelakou, Maria Bitsori, Emmanouil Galanakis, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Andrew Kemp
	BMJ  2001;323:164, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.164 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using clinical evidence
	Martin S Knapp, Sue Gordon, Mark Lambert, S Ghaem-Maghami, Ming Li Khong, Shoreh Beski, Zoë Penn, Stuart Barton
	BMJ  2001;323:165, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.165 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Code of conduct is needed for publishing raw data
	Gunther Eysenbach, Eun-Ryoung Sa
	BMJ  2001;323:166, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.166 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Winter deaths: warm housing is not enough
	William Keatinge, Gavin Donaldson
	BMJ  2001;323:166, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.166/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lay members can contribute much in primary care groups
	Rosemary Rowe
	BMJ  2001;323:167, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.167 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spirit of collaboration needs fostering
	Fiona Woods, Peter Golightly, Anne Lee, Simon Wills
	BMJ  2001;323:167, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.167/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Questionnaires for depression and anxiety
	Michael Pignone, Bradley N Gaynes, Kathleen N Lohr, C Tracy Orleans, Cynthia Mulrow, James C Coyne, Steven C Palmer, Richard Thompson, Bruce Arroll
	BMJ  2001;323:167, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.167/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Exposure of healthcare workers to bloodborne viruses
	Guy Nash, Nita Mitchell-Heggs
	BMJ  2001;323:169, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.169 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS staff must be trained in how to prevent aggression
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2001;323:169, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.169/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Albert Chisholm Harvey • Dorothy Jacobs • Geoffrey Clinton Hewett Knight • Peter Henry Dalziel Lewars • Donald Edwin Olliff
	John Duncan, Philip Jacobs, James Campbell, Paul Bramley, J M Olliff, S P Olliff
	BMJ  2001;323:170, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.170 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:174, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.174 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	My most unfortunate mistake: "Relative" contradiction
	Angus Graham
	BMJ  2001;323:138, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.138 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Friendship
	BMJ  2001;323:138, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.138/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The doctor in politics
	BMJ  2001;323:141, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.141/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Beginning of the end
	BMJ  2001;323:146, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.146/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Our innate desire
	BMJ  2001;323:149, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.149/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Nothing like experience
	BMJ  2001;323:157, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.157/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Clarification
	BMJ  2001;323:141 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: Reputations: Florence NightingaleIron Maiden
	Jane Salvage
	BMJ  2001;323:172, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.172 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Sexual Chemistry: A History of the Contraceptive Pill
	James J Schlesselman
	BMJ  2001;323:171, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.171 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Marijuana as Medicine? The Science beyond the Controversy
	Zerrin Atakan
	BMJ  2001;323:171, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.171/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Reasons to be cheerful?
	BMJ  2001;323, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Reasons to be cheerful?
	BMJ  2001;323, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Oral contraceptives
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2001;323:172, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.172/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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