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3 February 2001 (Vol 322, No 7281)
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This week in the BMJ [Full text]

Nasal diamorphine eases pain after fractures faster than intramuscular morphine [Full text]
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs taken during pregnancy may increase risk of miscarriage [Full text]
Large scale programmes for bed nets reduce malarial morbidity [Full text]
Students need to be taught about what constitutes academic misconduct [Full text]
Important liver disease may be being missed in primary care [Full text]
Computer use in primary care lengthens consultations and increases generic prescribing [Full text]

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Not again!
Donald M Berwick
BMJ  2001;322:247-248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.247
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Animal research: the need for a middle ground
Richard Smith
BMJ  2001;322:248-249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.248
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Insecticide treated bed nets to prevent malaria
Umberto D'Alessandro
BMJ  2001;322:249-250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.249
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Cheating at medical school
Shimon M Glick
BMJ  2001;322:250-251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.250
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Outpatient antibiotics for pelvic inflammatory disease
Jonathan D C Ross
BMJ  2001;322:251-252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.251
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Promoting wellbeing among doctors
Gavin Yamey, Michael Wilkes
BMJ  2001;322:252-253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.252
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Community care waiting lists and older people
John Young, Stuart Turnock
BMJ  2001;322:254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.254
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Cheating at medical school
S A Spencer, Belinda Brewer, Emile Tan, Chris O'Loughlin, William Westlake, J Vive, Neil Fergusson, Rod MacQueen, Michael Jarmulowicz, James Paton, Phillip Bennett-Richards, Anonymous, Sharon Davies
BMJ  2001;322:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.296
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Drug treatment of multiple sclerosis
Ruairidh Milne, Andy Clegg, Jackie Bryant, C H Polman, B M J Uitdehaag
BMJ  2001;322:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.299
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Declaration of Helsinki should be strengthened
R J Lilford, Benjamin Djulbegovic, Udo Schuklenk, Kenneth J Rothman, Karin B Michels
BMJ  2001;322:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.299/a
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Increased humanitarian deaths may not mean higher risks of dying
Benjamin Seet
BMJ  2001;322:300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.300
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Costs and effectiveness of community postnatal support workers
Jane Barlow, Sarah Stewart-Brown, C Jane Morrell, Helen Spiby
BMJ  2001;322:301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.301
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Mental health services for people with learning disabilities
Gillian Doody, Brian G R Neville
BMJ  2001;322:301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.301/a
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Differential diagnoses for asthma should include mediastinal masses
Andrew Peet, Richard Grundy, Bruce Morland, Michael Stevens
BMJ  2001;322:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.302
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Improvement in prescribing can be measured only over time
David F Bird
BMJ  2001;322:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.302/a
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Emphasis has shifted from medical ethics to bioethics
Richard E Ashcroft
BMJ  2001;322:302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.302/b
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Stapled haemorrhoidectomy offers substantial benefits
Garth C Beattie, Malcolm A Loudon
BMJ  2001;322:303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.303
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Using death certificates to identify malpractice might be difficult
Adam Coldwells, Fiona Fraser, Pam Tavendale, George Crooks, Gordon Peterkin
BMJ  2001;322:303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.303/a
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Alder Hey report condemns doctors, management, and coroner
Mark Hunter
BMJ  2001;322:255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.255
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In brief
BMJ  2001;322:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.256
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Bill gives government power to breach patient confidentiality
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2001;322:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.256/a
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Scotland to fund personal care for old people
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2001;322:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.256/b
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Doctors suspended after injecting wrong drug into spine
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2001;322:257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.257
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World Bank funds private hospital in India
Gavin Yamey
BMJ  2001;322:257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.257/a
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Methylphenidate works by increasing dopamine levels
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2001;322:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.259/b
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San Francisco's HIV infection rate doubles
Gavin Yamey
BMJ  2001;322:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.260
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HIV infections hit a record high in United Kingdom
Giles Kent
BMJ  2001;322:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.260/a
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Doctors face murder charges in Libya
Carl Kovac, Radko Khandjiev
BMJ  2001;322:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.260/b
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Study shows which children at greatest risk of cerebral oedema in diabetic crisis
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2001;322:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.258
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Doctors' leaders ask GMC to rethink its plans for reform
Linda Beecham
BMJ  2001;322:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.258/a
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India�s doctors issue new hypertension guidelines
Rohit Sharma
BMJ  2001;322:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.258/b
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Risk of ulcer soars with combination of arthritis drugs
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2001;322:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.258/c
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Dutch illegal immigrants have poor health care
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2001;322:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.258/d
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Theatres idle almost 1 week in 4 in east of Ireland
Doug Payne
BMJ  2001;322:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.259
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Doctors should identify and treat problem drinkers
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2001;322:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.259/a
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Report on organ retention condemns doctors, management, and coroner
Mark Hunter
BMJ  2001;322:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.260/c
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How are abnormal results for liver function tests dealt with in primary care? Audit of yield and impact
Paul Sherwood, Iain Lyburn, Sandy Brown, Stephen Ryder
BMJ  2001;322:276-278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.276
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A descriptive feast but an evaluative famine: systematic review of published articles on primary care computing during 1980-97
Elizabeth Mitchell, Frank Sullivan
BMJ  2001;322:279-282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.279
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Public standards and patients' control: how to keep electronic medical records accessible but private Commentary: Open approaches to electronic patient records Commentary: A patient's viewpoint
Kenneth D Mandl, Peter Szolovits, Isaac S Kohane, David Markwell, Rhona MacDonald
BMJ  2001;322:283-287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.283
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Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Athlete's foot and fungally infected toenails
Fay Crawford, Rachel Hart, Sally E M Bell-Syer, David J Torgerson, Philip Young, Ian Russell
BMJ  2001;322:288-289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.288
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ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Other causes of parenchymal liver disease
S D Ryder, I J Beckingham
BMJ  2001;322:290-292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.290
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Just like that
Liam Farrell
BMJ  2001;322:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.307/a
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Evidence, pain, and the poor old NHS
Ann Oakley
BMJ  2001;322:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.307
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Personal paper: Waiting for a transplant A patient's perspective The referring consultant's perspective
Jennifer Rickman, J A Roberts
BMJ  2001;322:293-295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.293
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Minerva
BMJ  2001;322:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.308
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A book that changed my practice: Problem oriented medical records
Peter Savage
BMJ  2001;322:275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.275
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A memorable patient: "Just my nerves"
Jeffrey D Hubbard
BMJ  2001;322:278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.278
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A sense of déjà vu
Elizabeth Davies
BMJ  2001;322:287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.287
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Endpiece: Longevity
BMJ  2001;322:288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.288/a
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A breathless patient
Anthony Seaton
BMJ  2001;322:295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.295
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The Ghost of Christmas Past: health effects of poverty in London in 1896 and 1991
BMJ  2001;322:265
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ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Investigation of liver and biliary disease
BMJ  2001;322:282
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Randomised controlled trial of homoeopathy versus placebo in perennial allergic rhinitis with overview of four trial series
BMJ  2001;322:282
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In-flight medical emergencies: an overview
BMJ  2001;322:282
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Book: The Tyranny of Health: Doctors and the Regulation of Lifestyle
Stuart W G Derbyshire
BMJ  2001;322:305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.305
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Book: Infectious Causes of Cancer: Targets for Intervention
D Trichopoulos
BMJ  2001;322:305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.305/a
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Press: Man, mission, rumpus
Kamran Abbasi
BMJ  2001;322:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.306
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Cheating
BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.0
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Cheating
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Website of the week: Cheating
Marcus Müllner
BMJ  2001;322:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.306/a
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

John Pearse Dymond Max Hulbert Daniel Crawford Logan Brian Mindham John Bartlett Roberts
Ann Ferguson, Jenny Lebus, Alasdair Fraser, Carmel Coulter, James T Y Gillies, Ishwar Bhatia, Robert Mindham, Tim Roberts
BMJ  2001;322:304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.304
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Multicentre randomised controlled trial of nasal diamorphine for analgesia in children and teenagers with clinical fractures
Jason M Kendall, Barnaby C Reeves, Victoria S Latter
BMJ  2001;322:261-265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.261
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Risk of adverse birth outcome and miscarriage in pregnant users of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: population based observational study and case-control study
Gunnar Lauge Nielsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Helle Larsen, Lars Pedersen
BMJ  2001;322:266-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.266
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Impact on malaria morbidity of a programme supplying insecticide treated nets in children aged under 2 years in Tanzania: community cross sectional study
Salim Abdulla, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, Rose Nathan, Oscar Mukasa, Tanya Marchant, Tom Smith, Marcel Tanner, Christian Lengeler
BMJ  2001;322:270-273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.270
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Are "tomorrow's doctors" honest? Questionnaire study exploring medical students' attitudes and reported behaviour on academic misconduct
S C Rennie, J R Crosby
BMJ  2001;322:274-275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7281.274
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