South Asian children are more insulin resistant than white children [Full text]

	Pregnant women comply with, rather than choose, mode of birth [Full text]

	Demand for emergency ambulances has risen [Full text]

	NHS must respond to patients' needs and wishes [Full text]

	Surgery is option for unresponsive temporal lobe epilepsy [Full text]

	Abdominal pain in infectious mononucleosis may signal splenic rupture [Full text]

	Strict control of vancomycin resistant enterococci is not justified [Full text]

	Cost effectiveness of continuing professional development is unclear [Full text]

Editorials

	Shame: the elephant in the room
	Frank Davidoff
	BMJ  2002;324:623-624, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.623 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Declining altruism in medicine
	Roger Jones
	BMJ  2002;324:624-625, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.624 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemic of cardiovascular disease in South Asians
	Raj Bhopal
	BMJ  2002;324:625-626, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.625 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time to abandon the "tendinitis" myth
	K M Khan, J L Cook, P Kannus, N Maffulli, S F Bonar
	BMJ  2002;324:626-627, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.626 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deprofessionalising doctors?
	Denis Pereira Gray
	BMJ  2002;324:627-628, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.627 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Woman makes legal history in right to die case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:629, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.629 [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:630, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.630 [Full text] [PDF]

	Public less worried about MMR vaccine than many other issues
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2002;324:630, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.630/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Improved anthrax vaccine is needed, claims report
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;324:630, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.630/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Children at risk after sperm donor develops late onset genetic disease
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;324:631, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.631 [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients with emergency brain disorders are denied specialist care
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;324:631, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.631/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Assisted reproduction increases risk of birth defects, study says
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:633, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.633/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Woman may face death penalty in postnatal depression case
	Fred Charatan, Florida Eaton, Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:634, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.634 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Cases of child malnutrition double in Gaza because of blockade
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:632, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.632 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Parents agree to surgery after case goes to high court
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:632, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.632/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Former health minister accused of diverting funds from health care
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;324:632, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.632/b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Think tank recommends free personal care for elderly people
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2002;324:632, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.632/c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	BMA calls for government action on drugs and driving
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:632, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.632/d [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Tobacco industry knowingly duped public with "low tar" brands
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2002;324:633, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.633 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Primary care trusts should give local people a voice, says report
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;324:633, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.633/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	EU tries to protect developing countries from high drug costs
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2002;324:634, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.634/a [Full text]

	Campaigners win ruling that antiretroviral drugs order be enforced
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;324:634, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.634/b [Full text]

	More than two million homes are cold enough to cause ill health, Shelter says
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:634, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.634/c [Full text]

Papers

	Early evidence of ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk: cross sectional comparison of British South Asian and white children
	Peter H Whincup, Julie A Gilg, Olia Papacosta, Carol Seymour, George J Miller, K G M M Alberti, Derek G Cook
	BMJ  2002;324:635, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.635 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Qualitative study of evidence based leaflets in maternity care
	Helen Stapleton, Mavis Kirkham, Gwenan Thomas
	BMJ  2002;324:639, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.639 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of evidence based leaflets to promote informed choice in maternity care: randomised controlled trial in everyday practice
	A O'Cathain, S J Walters, J P Nicholl, K J Thomas, M Kirkham
	BMJ  2002;324:643, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.643 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Trends in demand for emergency ambulance services in Wiltshire over nine years: observational study
	Hannah Wrigley, Steve George, Helen Smith, Helen Snooks, Alan Glasper, Eileen Thomas
	BMJ  2002;324:646-647, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.646 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra tables and supplement]

Primary care

	After Bristol: putting patients at the centre • Commentary: Patient centred care: timely, but is it practical?
	Angela Coulter, Nick Dunn
	BMJ  2002;324:648-651, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.648 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Learning in practice

	Cost effectiveness of continuing professional development in health care: a critical review of the evidence
	C A Brown, C R Belfield, S J Field
	BMJ  2002;324:652-655, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.652 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Recent developments: Recent developments in neurology
	Samuel Wiebe, Michael W Nicolle
	BMJ  2002;324:656-660, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.656 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Abdominal pain in acute infectious mononucleosis
	Ann L N Chapman, Richard Watkin, Christopher J Ellis
	BMJ  2002;324:660-661, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.660 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Junctional tachycardias
	Demas Esberger, Sallyann Jones, Francis Morris
	BMJ  2002;324:662-665, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.662 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	The skier's tale
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2002;324:685, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.685/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Do we hear our patients? And would a patient's page help?
	Jacqueline S Maxmin
	BMJ  2002;324:684, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.684 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Letters to patients: sending the right message
	Philip E M Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:685, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.685 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	What action should be taken to prevent spread of vancomycin resistant enterococci in European hospitals?
	Ben Ridwan, Ellen Mascini, Netty van der Reijden, Jan Verhoef, Marc Bonten
	BMJ  2002;324:666-668, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.666 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence base of clinical diagnosis: Designing studies to ensure that estimates of test accuracy are transferable
	Les Irwig, Patrick Bossuyt, Paul Glasziou, Constantine Gatsonis, Jeroen Lijmer
	BMJ  2002;324:669-671, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.669 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	The "redisorganisation" of the NHS
	Trevor Turner, Charles Normand, Annabelle Mark, Peter Barling, Sian Griffiths
	BMJ  2002;324:672, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.672 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of guidelines on persistent glue ear in children
	Nick Black, Andrew Hutchings, P Coleman, J Nicholl, E Warren, Marilyn I Rob, Johanna I Westbrook
	BMJ  2002;324:673, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.673 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why general practitioners do not implement evidence
	John Temple, Simon de Lusignan, Sally Wells, Andrew Singleton
	BMJ  2002;324:674, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.674 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adult obesity and growth in childhood
	David Simmons, Bernhard H Breier, Robert Fraser, Hora Soltani, Nicolas Stettler, Virginia A Stallings, Tim Cundy, Simon Langley-Evans
	BMJ  2002;324:674, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.674/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Implications of childhood obesity for adult health
	E Leigh Gibson, Jane Wardle, Carolyn Edwards, Lucy Cooke, Charlotte M Wright, Louise Parker
	BMJ  2002;324:676, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.676 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Combining high quality clinical and interpersonal care
	A M Siddiqui, J Lewis, A S Dongre, S Martin, M Doublet-Stewart
	BMJ  2002;324:677, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.677 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Social deprivation affects outcome of nocturnal enuresis
	Daisy Rolands, Eleni Stathopulu
	BMJ  2002;324:677, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.677/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Breast screening seems driven by belief rather than evidence
	Hazel Thornton
	BMJ  2002;324:677, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.677/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Price of interferon beta is similar in UK and Australia
	Jacqueline C Napier
	BMJ  2002;324:677, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.677/c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Data on take home naloxone are unclear but not condemnatory
	Dan Bigg
	BMJ  2002;324:678, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.678 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Venous ulcers may be associated with gravitational eczema
	C M Quartey-Papafio
	BMJ  2002;324:678, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.678/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Violence may be serious in men with body dysmorphic disorder
	Philip Lucas
	BMJ  2002;324:678, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.678/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chinese medicines for slimming still cause health problems
	Karl Metcalfe, Cathryn Corns, Michael Fahie-Wilson, Paul Mackenzie
	BMJ  2002;324:679, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.679 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pharmaceutical packaging can induce confusion
	Michael Rigby
	BMJ  2002;324:679, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.679/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Roy Porter
	W F Bynum
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680 [Full text]

	Isidore Ash
	Ian Hamilton
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680/a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sydney Brandon
	Helene Brandon
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680/b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harry Leslie Leaming
	Patrick Clarke
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680/c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Raymond Keith Mason
	Justin Robbins
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680/d [Full text]

	William Neville
	Michael Neville, Joe Hampson
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680/e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jacob ("Jack") Shafar
	W M L Turner
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680/f [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Margaret Leslie Stephen (née Macalister)
	I B M Stephen
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680/g [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:686, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.686 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Scottish doctors' esteem
	BMJ  2002;324:647, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.647/d [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New life
	Suzanne Crowe
	BMJ  2002;324:655, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.655 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A strange case of familial atopy
	Trefor Roscoe
	BMJ  2002;324:661, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.661 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Strike of American army nurses
	BMJ  2002;324:662, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.662/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A tale of two blisters
	M G Jacoby
	BMJ  2002;324:671, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.671 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Filler
	BMJ  2002;324:647, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.647 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:647, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.647/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Biological warfare and bioterrorism
	BMJ  2002;324:647, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.647/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict
	BMJ  2002;324:647, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.647/c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Donald William Gould
	BMJ  2002;324:680, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.680/h [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CD

	CD: Every Family in the Land: Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination against People with Mental Illness
	Nigel Lester
	BMJ  2002;324:682, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.682 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Bodies
	Navin Chohan
	BMJ  2002;324:682, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.682/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change, and Their Effects on National Security and Development
	Kelley Lee
	BMJ  2002;324:683, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.683 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Evaluating International Humanitarian Action: Reflections from Practitioners
	John Mitchell
	BMJ  2002;324:683, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.683/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Informed compliance
	BMJ  2002;324, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Medical history
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2002;324:684, doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7338.684/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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