Small lacerations in the hand need not be sutured [Full text]

	Cognitive function is linked to social background [Full text]

	Fibronectin test can predict preterm birth [Full text]

	Early membrane rupture is a risk factor for group B sepsis [Full text]

	Screening women for domestic violence is not justified [Full text]

	Deaths from alcoholic liver disease are rising [Full text]

	Over-matching can cause bias [Full text]

	Plastic surgery moves on [Full text]

	Alternatives to emergency (999) calls are needed [Full text]

Editorials

	Predicting spontaneous preterm birth
	David F Colombo
	BMJ  2002;325:289-290, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.289 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recruiting overseas doctors
	Rebecca Rosen
	BMJ  2002;325:290-291, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.290 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Stroke units
	Sheldon Stone
	BMJ  2002;325:291-292, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.291 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines
	Tom Jefferson, Vittorio Demicheli
	BMJ  2002;325:292-293, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.292 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Extending choice in the NHS
	David Price, Allyson M Pollock
	BMJ  2002;325:293-294, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.293 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Consultant cleared after writing misleading reference
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:295, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.295 [Full text] [PDF]

	Legionnaires' disease hits north west England
	Helen Barratt
	BMJ  2002;325:295, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.295/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Ecstasy is low in league table of major causes of deaths
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:296, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.296 [Full text] [PDF]

	Quebec doctors stage protest over contract changes
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:296, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.296/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:296, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.296/b [Full text] [PDF]

	First team of overseas surgeons arrives in England
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2002;325:297, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.297 [Full text] [PDF]

	Dulcet tones of a surgeon's voice may have a hidden meaning
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:297, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.297/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Senators call for action on obesity as study quantifies link to heart failure
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:298, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.298 [Full text] [PDF]

	Cochlear implants carry risk of meningitis, agencies warn
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:298, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.298/a [Full text] [PDF]

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	Researchers devise system to highlight blood clots during surgery
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:298, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.298/b [Full text]

	UK smallpox vaccine comes under fire from US
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:298, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.298/c [Full text]

	Risk of breast cancer increases with number of years' smoking
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:298, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.298/d [Full text]

	Adverse reactions to dietary supplements under investigation by FDA
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;325:298, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.298/e [Full text]

Papers

	Suturing versus conservative management of lacerations of the hand: randomised controlled trial
	James Quinn, Steven Cummings, Michael Callaham, Karen Sellers
	BMJ  2002;325:299, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.299 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accuracy of cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin test in predicting risk of spontaneous preterm birth: systematic review
	Honest Honest, Lucas M Bachmann, Janesh K Gupta, Jos Kleijnen, Khalid S Khan
	BMJ  2002;325:301, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.301 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Excluded references and table]

	Birth weight, childhood socioeconomic environment, and cognitive development in the 1958 British birth cohort study
	Barbara J M H Jefferis, Chris Power, Clyde Hertzman
	BMJ  2002;325:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.305 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk factors for early onset neonatal group B streptococcal sepsis: case-control study
	Sam Oddie, Nicholas D Embleton
	BMJ  2002;325:308, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.308 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Role of endogenous oestrogen in aetiology of coronary heart disease: analysis of age related trends in coronary heart disease and breast cancer in England and Wales and Japan
	Debbie A Lawlor, Shah Ebrahim, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:311-312, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.311 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality from liver disease in the West Midlands, 1993-2000: observational study
	N C Fisher, J Hanson, A Phillips, J N Rao, E T Swarbrick
	BMJ  2002;325:312-313, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.312 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Should health professionals screen women for domestic violence? Systematic review
	Jean Ramsay, Jo Richardson, Yvonne H Carter, Leslie L Davidson, Gene Feder
	BMJ  2002;325:314, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.314 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Recent developments in plastic surgery
	D Johnson, I H Whitworth
	BMJ  2002;325:319-322, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box, text and figures] [extra: Tetraplegic patients]

	ABC of psychological medicine: Chronic multiple functional somatic symptoms
	Christopher Bass, Stephanie May
	BMJ  2002;325:323-326, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.323 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Facilitators and guidelines
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2002;325:345, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.345/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Drop the "Dear Doctor" here
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2002;325:345, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.345 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Removal of radiation dose response effects: an example of over-matching
	J L Marsh, J L Hutton, Keith Binks
	BMJ  2002;325:327-330, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.327 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS emergency response to 999 calls: alternatives for cases that are neither life threatening nor serious
	Helen Snooks, Susan Williams, Robert Crouch, Theresa Foster, Chris Hartley-Sharpe, Jeremy Dale
	BMJ  2002;325:330-333, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.330 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of published studies]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	New consultant contract marks huge step forward
	Peter Hawker
	BMJ  2002;325:334, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.334 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Different sex ratios at birth in Europe and North America
	Adam Jacobs, Martin Voracek, Maryanne L Fisher, M D Shields, Bernadette O'Hare, J Nelson, M C Stewart, P Coyle
	BMJ  2002;325:334, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.334/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil
	Joseph E Potter, Kristine Hopkins, Heloisa Bettiol, Marco Antonio Barbieri, António Augusto Moura da Silva, Roberto Jorge Rona, Cecily M Begley
	BMJ  2002;325:335, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.335 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cost of nitric oxide is exorbitant
	C M Pierce, M J Peters, G Cohen, A P Goldman, A J Petros
	BMJ  2002;325:336, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.336 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease
	Matthew Hotopf, Paul J Rosch, Carole Hart
	BMJ  2002;325:337, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.337 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Off label prescribing in children
	S Guiton, David M Reith, Valerie L Isitt
	BMJ  2002;325:338, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.338 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why does NICE not recommend laparoscopic herniorraphy?
	David Watkin, Alan Cameron, Karem Slim
	BMJ  2002;325:339, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.339 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Another way of screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia
	Peter F Tyerman, Gillian V Tyerman
	BMJ  2002;325:340, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.340 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic prescribing rates in England are falling
	Azeem Majeed, Tom Wrigley
	BMJ  2002;325:340, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.340/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Edward Stewart Chesser
	O W Hill
	BMJ  2002;325:341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.341 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harry Francis Maurice Finzel
	Nicholas Hutt
	BMJ  2002;325:341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.341/a [Full text]

	Ruth Penlon Mathers
	Jane Mathers
	BMJ  2002;325:341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.341/b [Full text]

	David McBrien
	John Bull, Bud Robinson
	BMJ  2002;325:341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.341/c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Stuart Love Morrison
	Una Maclean
	BMJ  2002;325:341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.341/d [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mary Lois ("Molly") Playfair
	Sarah Playfair
	BMJ  2002;325:341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.341/e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:346, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.346 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	One hundred years ago: The medical aspects of the Royal Academy
	BMJ  2002;325:312, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.312/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Sleep deprivation
	Ruth Booker
	BMJ  2002;325:318, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.318 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The virtue of surgery
	BMJ  2002;325:319, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.319/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A wish
	BMJ  2002;325:330, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.330/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Prolonged erections produced by dihydrocodeine and sildenafil
	BMJ  2002;325:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.304 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  2002;325:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.304/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Exponent of "male menopause" censured by GMC
	BMJ  2002;325:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.304/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Paraesthesia
	BMJ  2002;325:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.304/c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consumption of seafood and preterm delivery
	BMJ  2002;325:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.304/d [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: Ella and The Mothers
	Arlene Judith Klotzko
	BMJ  2002;325:344, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.344 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: You've Been Had!: How the Media and Environmentalists Turned America into a Nation of Hypochondriacs
	Michael Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2002;325:343, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.343 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

FILM

	Film: Minority Report
	Fionnbar Lenihan
	BMJ  2002;325:343, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.343/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Surgery: the worthy produce of heaven
	BMJ  2002;325, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.0/i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THEATRE

	Theatre: I'mperfect
	Helen Lucas
	BMJ  2002;325:342, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.342 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2002;325:344, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7359.344/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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