Bloodborne infections in Irish prisoners are linked to drug injection and previous imprisonment [Full text]

	Surgeons' laparoscopic skills decline after a night on call [Full text]

	Pre-eclampsia increases long term risk of death from cardiovascular causes [Full text]

	Doctors and patients have different priorities regarding anticoagulation [Full text]

	Laboratories can help GPs to follow guidelines on lipid testing [Full text]

Editorials

	Empirical treatment of uncomplicated cystitis
	Anders Baerheim
	BMJ  2001;323:1197-1198, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1197 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fortification of flour with folic acid
	Brian Wharton, Ian Booth
	BMJ  2001;323:1198-1199, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1198 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Passing the contractual buck
	Dominique Florin, Steve Gillam
	BMJ  2001;323:1199-1200, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1199 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preserving fertility in children treated for cancer
	Daniel M Green
	BMJ  2001;323:1201, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1201 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Updating guidelines on stable angina
	Tim Lancaster, Michael Moher
	BMJ  2001;323:1202, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1202 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Guidlines on stable angina]

News

	UK legislation planned to outlaw human reproductive cloning
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1203 [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors object to companies offering to store cord blood
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:1203, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1203 [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:1204, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1204 [Full text] [PDF]

	Aspirin and warfarin equally good for stroke patients
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:1204, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1204 [Full text] [PDF]

	Johns Hopkins admits scientist used Indian patients as guinea pigs
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2001;323:1204, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1204 [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors urge caution in interpretation of league tables
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:1205, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1205 [Full text] [PDF]

	Excess winter deaths linked to temperatures in cold homes
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1207 [Full text] [PDF]

	The change merchant
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2001;323:1208, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1208 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Deaths trigger fresh controversy over vitamin A programme in India
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2001;323:1206, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1206 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Tobacco giant’s antismoking course flops
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  2001;323:1206, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1206 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Argentina suspends non-emergency health benefits for pensioners
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2001;323:1206, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1206 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bacteria killer found in sweat
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:1206, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1206 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Exhibition pulls together images of blood over 2000 years
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:1206, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1206 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Public supports preimplantation genetic diagnosis for couples at risk
	BMJ  2001;323:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1207 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Europe set to tighten breast implant rules
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1207 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	HIV positive health worker wins injunction to preserve anonymity
	Jane Seymour
	BMJ  2001;323:1207, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1207 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Communicable disease network strengthened against bioterrorism
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:1208, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1208 [Full text]

	Pretty asks House of Lords for right to assisted suicide
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:1208, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1208 [Full text]

Papers

	Prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV and risk factors in entrants to Irish prisons: a national cross sectional survey • Commentary: efficient research gives direction on prisoners' and the wider public healthexcept in England and Wales
	Jean Long, Shane Allwright, Joseph Barry, Sheilagh Reaper Reynolds, Lelia Thornton, Fiona Bradley, John V Parry, Sheila M Bird
	BMJ  2001;323:1209, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1209 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term mortality of mothers and fathers after pre-eclampsia: population based cohort study • Pre-eclampsia and cardiovascular disease later in life: who is at risk?
	Henrik U Irgens, Lars Reisæter, Lorentz M Irgens, Rolv T Lie, James M Roberts
	BMJ  2001;323:1213-1217, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1213 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Differences between perspectives of physicians and patients on anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation: observational study • Commentary: Varied preferences reflect the reality of clinical practice
	P J Devereaux, David R Anderson, Martin J Gardner, Wayne Putnam, Gordon J Flowerdew, Brenda F Brownell, Seema Nagpal, Jafna L Cox, Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2001;323:1218, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1218 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Laparoscopic performance after one night on call in a surgical department: prospective study
	Teodor P Grantcharov, Linda Bardram, Peter Funch-Jensen, Jacob Rosenberg
	BMJ  2001;323:1222-1223, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1222 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Data for the six tasks]

Primary care

	Quality improvement report: A laboratory based intervention to improve appropriateness of lipid tests and audit cholesterol lowering in primary care
	W Stuart A Smellie, Ruth Lowrie, Emma Wilkinson
	BMJ  2001;323:1224-1227, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1224 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of strategy]

Clinical review

	Recent advances: Psychiatry
	Declan Lyons, Declan M McLoughlin
	BMJ  2001;323:1228-1231, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1228 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based paediatrics: Evidence based management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
	James P Guevara, Martin T Stein
	BMJ  2001;323:1232-1235, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1232 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Indigestion and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
	J M Seager, C J Hawkey
	BMJ  2001;323:1236-1239, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1236 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Le Beau Doc Sans Merci
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2001;323:1259, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1259 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	A complaint about drug company advertising
	David Carvel
	BMJ  2001;323:1259, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1259 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Ethics of using preimplantation genetic diagnosis to select a stem cell donor for an existing person
	Robert J Boyle, Julian Savulescu
	BMJ  2001;323:1240-1243, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1240 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The physician assistant: would the US model meet the needs of the NHS?
	Linda Hutchinson, Tom Marks, Mike Pittilo
	BMJ  2001;323:1244-1247, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1244 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Withdrawing life sustaining treatment and euthanasia debate
	Tom Woodcock, Paul Biegler, Neil McIntosh, M D D Bell, Alasdair Waite
	BMJ  2001;323:1248, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1248 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cannabinoids in pain management
	Ethan Russo, Leslie Iversen, Denis J Petro, Franjo Grotenhermen, Fiona A Campbell, Andrew Moore, Henry J McQuay, Dawn Carroll, Martin R Tramèr, D John M Reynolds
	BMJ  2001;323:1249, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1249 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rehabilitation for chronic low back pain
	Cathy Price, Amanda C de C Williams, Chris J Main, Jaime Guzmán, Rosmin Esmail, Kaija Karjalainen, Antti Malmivaara, Claire Bombardier
	BMJ  2001;323:1251, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1251 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scientific debate on animal model in research is needed
	Pandora Pound
	BMJ  2001;323:1252, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1252 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Collaboration with the Campbell Collaboration
	John Middleton, Elizabeth Reeves, Richard Lilford, Frances Howie, Chris Hyde, Diana Elbourne, Ann Oakley, David Gough
	BMJ  2001;323:1252, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1252 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Duchenne muscular dystrophy: relevant paper was not included
	Robert A Smith, Robert S Phillips
	BMJ  2001;323:1253, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1253 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Are randomised controlled trials in the BMJ different?
	Matthias Egger, Christopher Bartlett, Peter Jüni
	BMJ  2001;323:1253, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1253 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Harvesting organs from recently executed prisoners
	Harold Hillman, Vivienne Nathanson
	BMJ  2001;323:1254, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1254 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Jack Suchet
	Alasdair Fraser
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text]

	William Martin Beattie
	John E Morgan
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Christina Bernard (née Russell)
	George Russell, Robert S Gordon
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Wilfred John Dally
	N M Piercy
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Charles James Constantine Davey
	G M Cooper, J Bullen
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ian Michael Elliott
	Hamish MacNab, Jonathan Hillman, David Hickson
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Abul Quasem Syed Mohammed Harun
	Shabbir Harun
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jamie William Jarvie Smith
	C Petrie, S Pattullo
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harris Waters
	Kenneth J Waters, Timothy S Waters
	BMJ  2001;323:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1255 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:1260, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1260 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2001;323:1222, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1222 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable consultation: "Much better after seeing you, Doctor"
	Huw L Roberts
	BMJ  2001;323:1223, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1223 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient (and doctor): Nothing said
	D C Owen
	BMJ  2001;323:1227, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1227 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The physiology of marching
	BMJ  2001;323:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1232 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Children at risk: in the heat of the moment
	Peter J Robb
	BMJ  2001;323:1235, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1235 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The diagnostic sign was in the other room
	Philip White
	BMJ  2001;323:1239, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1239 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Historian
	Helen Lucas
	BMJ  2001;323:1243, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1243 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Medicine and the German Jews: A History
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2001;323:1257, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1257 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Sponsored journalism award shocks Australian media
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2001;323:1258, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1258 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Selling drugswith a little help from a journalist
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2001;323:1258, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1258 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Delusions and dupes
	BMJ  2001;323, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THEATRE

	Theatre: Oxygen
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2001;323:1257, doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7323.1257 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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