Nurses can carry out preoperative assessment [Full text]

	Bacterial vaginosis is not a strong risk factor for early miscarriage [Full text]

	Participants may never know which arm of the trial they were in [Full text]

	Doctors overlook living wills [Full text]

	Short courses in evidence based medicine can work [Full text]

Editorials

	Antibiotics for acute purulent rhinitis
	Bruce Arroll, Timothy Kenealy
	BMJ  2002;325:1311-1312, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1311 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sensory stimulation in dementia
	Alistair Burns, Jane Byrne, Clive Ballard, Clive Holmes
	BMJ  2002;325:1312-1313, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1312 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A clinical trials register for Europe
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2002;325:1314-1315, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1314 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug eluting coronary stents
	N P Jenkins, B D Prendergast, M Thomas
	BMJ  2002;325:1315-1316, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1315 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	People with schizophrenia must have a say in their treatment
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:1317, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1317 [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospitals in north of England outperform those in south
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2002;325:1317, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1317/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:1318, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1318 [Full text] [PDF]

	Smaller families aid economic growth, says UN report
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:1318, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1318/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Better research needed on childhood obesity, report says
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:1318, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1318/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Mouse genome shows many disease genes shared with humans
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:1319, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1319 [Full text] [PDF]

	Sharing of uncertainty can unnerve patients
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:1319, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1319/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Paediatricians did not have duty of care to patient's mother
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:1321, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1321/c [Full text] [PDF]

	Health department to improve investigation of waiting list fiddles
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:1322, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1322 [Full text] [PDF]

	High nut consumption may reduce risk of diabetes
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:1322, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1322/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Sculpture symbolises passing on of clinical skills
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:1322, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1322/b [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Private doctors must improve their treatment of tuberculosis, says WHO
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2002;325:1320, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1320 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Canada’s healthcare system should focus on primary care, report says
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:1320, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1320/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Drug companies urged to make drugs available at cost price to the poor
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:1320, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1320/b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Consultants resist pooled lists for routine surgery
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2002;325:1320, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1320/c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Woman who had attended euthanasia workshop kills herself
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;325:1320, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1320/d [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK government approves heroin use on prescription
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:1321, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1321 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC committee chairman stands down while inquiry takes place
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:1321, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1321/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Health Secretary Milburn refuses to renegotiate contract
	Zosia Kmietowiz
	BMJ  2002;325:1322, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1322/c [Full text]

	Companies refuse to deliver drugs as hospital debts soar
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2002;325:1322, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1322/d [Full text]

	Lack of expertise and funding are hampering prostate cancer screening and treatment
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2002;325:1322, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1322/e [Full text]

Papers

	Effectiveness of appropriately trained nurses in preoperative assessment: randomised controlled equivalence/non-inferiority trial
	Helen Kinley, Carolyn Czoski-Murray, Steve George, Chris McCabe, John Primrose, Charles Reilly, Richard Wood, Paula Nicolson, Caroline Healy, Susan Read, John Norman, Ellen Janke, Hameed Alhameed, Nick Fernandes, Eileen Thomas
	BMJ  2002;325:1323, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1323 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withholding the artificial administration of fluids and food from elderly patients with dementia: ethnographic study
	Anne-Mei The, Roeline Pasman, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Miel Ribbe, Gerrit van der Wal
	BMJ  2002;325:1326, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1326 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informing participants of allocation to placebo at trial closure: postal survey
	Zelda Di Blasi, Ted J Kaptchuk, John Weinman, Jos Kleijnen
	BMJ  2002;325:1329, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1329 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal toxicity of serotoninergic and other antidepressant drugs: analysis of United Kingdom mortality data
	Nicholas A Buckley, Peter R McManus
	BMJ  2002;325:1332-1333, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1332 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Leflunomide can potentiate the anticoagulant effect of warfarin
	V Lim, I Pande
	BMJ  2002;325:1333, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1333 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Association between bacterial vaginosis or chlamydial infection and miscarriage before 16 weeks' gestation: prospective community based cohort study
	Pippa Oakeshott, Phillip Hay, Sima Hay, Frances Steinke, Elizabeth Rink, Sally Kerry
	BMJ  2002;325:1334, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1334 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Food allergy
	Aziz Sheikh, Samantha Walker
	BMJ  2002;325:1337, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1337 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Learning in practice

	Do short courses in evidence based medicine improve knowledge and skills? Validation of Berlin questionnaire and before and after study of courses in evidence based medicine
	L Fritsche, T Greenhalgh, Y Falck-Ytter, H-H Neumayer, R Kunz
	BMJ  2002;325:1338-1341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1338 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full questionnaire details]

Clinical review

	Withdrawing life support and resolution of conflict with families
	Jenny Way, Anthony L Back, J Randall Curtis
	BMJ  2002;325:1342-1345, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1342 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Lesson of the week: Misleading electrocardiographic results in patient with hyperkalaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis
	P K Moulik, C Nethaji, A A Khaleeli
	BMJ  2002;325:1346-1347, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1346 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: Antithrombotic therapy in acute coronary syndromes
	Robert D S Watson, Bernard S P Chin, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2002;325:1348-1351, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1348 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Feel free to ululate
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2002;325:1369, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1369/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Overseas doctors need more attention
	Rahij Anwar
	BMJ  2002;325:1369, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1369 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Values and leadership
	David Pendleton, Jennifer King
	BMJ  2002;325:1352-1355, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1352 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	WHO in 2002: Interview with Gro Brundtland
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2002;325:1355, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1355 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Copying letters to patients
	Diana Jelley, Tim van Zwanenberg, Caron Walker, Barbara L Meredith, Hamish M A Towler
	BMJ  2002;325:1359, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1359 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of different measures of blood pressure
	William T Hamilton, Deborah Sharp, Tom Marshall, Paolo Palatini, Mark Brueren, Alvine Bissery
	BMJ  2002;325:1360, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1360 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pleasing some of the people none of the time
	Paul Hilton, Karen L Ward
	BMJ  2002;325:1361, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1361 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Retaining nurses in the NHS
	Steven J Lewis, Heather M Gage, Rosemary Pope, Fiona Lake, Janet M Pinder, F David Beggs
	BMJ  2002;325:1362, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1362 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke
	Howard Mann, Hazel Thornton
	BMJ  2002;325:1363, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1363 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When medical students go off the rails
	Jonathan H S Fuller, Sheila Otto
	BMJ  2002;325:1364, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1364 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	CONSORT statement requires closer examination
	Douglas G Altman, Kenneth F Schulz, David Moher
	BMJ  2002;325:1364, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1364/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making coffee has advantages
	John Addison
	BMJ  2002;325:1364, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1364/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Frances Ames
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;325:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1365 [Full text]

	John Crammer
	David C Watt
	BMJ  2002;325:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1365/a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Bower Hickling
	Mary Short, Iain Smart
	BMJ  2002;325:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1365/b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Linda Hazel Hignett
	Tom Lester
	BMJ  2002;325:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1365/c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ali M Ali Ibrahim
	Alistair Rennie
	BMJ  2002;325:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1365/d [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Douglas Hugh Nelson
	D Nelson
	BMJ  2002;325:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1365/e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Israel Rocker
	Gwyn Daniel
	BMJ  2002;325:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1365/f [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Andrew Steven Truman White
	Max Webber
	BMJ  2002;325:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1365/g [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:1370, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1370 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM: High fibre and guar gum are equally helpful in IBS, but gum is better tolerated
	BMJ  2002;325, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.0/f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The noble profession
	BMJ  2002;325:1334, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1334/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Computer madness
	Joseph Rothenberg
	BMJ  2002;325:1341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1341/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:1346, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1346/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: But the greatest of these is charity
	Iona Collins
	BMJ  2002;325:1358, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1358 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	GMC clears Alder Hey doctor of dishonesty
	BMJ  2002;325:1321, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1321/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:1331, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1331 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The SCOFF questionnaire and clinical interview for eating disorders in general practice: comparative study
	BMJ  2002;325:1331, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1331/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Whooping cougha continuing problem
	BMJ  2002;325:1331, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1331/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Developing the role of patients as teachers
	BMJ  2002;325:1341, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1341 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rachael Elizabeth Spencer
	BMJ  2002;325:1366, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1366 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: HorizonHomeopathy: The Test
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2002;325:1367, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1367 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: The Demon in the Freezer
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:1367, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1367/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: "Cosmo" for drug users
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;325:1368, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1368 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Needed: transformational leaders
	BMJ  2002;325, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.0/e [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Food allergy
	Anna Ellis
	BMJ  2002;325:1368, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1368/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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