Young smokers participate in tobacco marketing schemes [Full text]

	Researchers are positive about involving consumers in trials [Full text]

	Educational pack improves GP's management of menorrhagia [Full text]

	Adverse events may cost NHS £1bn a year [Full text]

	Prostitutes working outdoors experience more violence than those working indoors [Full text]

	A simple statement can increase women's understanding of a normal smear test result [Full text]

Editorials

	Medical errors: a common problem
	K G M M Alberti
	BMJ  2001;322:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.501 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New approach to the consultant contract
	John Riordan
	BMJ  2001;322:502-503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.502 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Using clinical evidence
	Stuart Barton
	BMJ  2001;322:503-504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Higher dose inhaled corticosteroids in childhood asthma
	Duncan Keeley
	BMJ  2001;322:504-505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.504 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Controlling infection in British nursing homes
	Sheldon P Stone, C C Kibbler, C Bowman, David Stott
	BMJ  2001;322:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Not again!
	Philip J Bickford Smith, J R C Seale, Saad M B Rassam, Tim Wilson, Anmol Malhotra, Mathew Matson, Otto Chan, Roger M Goss
	BMJ  2001;322:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.548 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Data protection and patients' consent
	James I Morrow, Simon J Ellis, Susan Dovey, Murray Tilyard
	BMJ  2001;322:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safeguards for research using large scale DNA collections
	Tom Meade, Ian Hopkinson
	BMJ  2001;322:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.551 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality in joggers
	Hans Okkels Birk, Lars Onsberg Henriksen, P Coleman, J Nicholl, Peter Schnohr, Jan Parner, Peter Lange
	BMJ  2001;322:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.551/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Accuracy of ATLS guidelines for predicting systolic blood pressure
	Ian S Russell, Zak Baig, Gareth Quin, Gerard McCarthy, Charles D Deakin
	BMJ  2001;322:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.552 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Severity of overdose after restriction of paracetamol availability
	C L Sheen, T M MacDonald, Mohan R Thomas, Nigel I Jowett, Ron Law
	BMJ  2001;322:553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.553 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guidelines for prevention of falls in people aged over 65
	R R Seemongal-Dass, T E James, C E Atherley, Mark Chakravarty, Anna Sörman
	BMJ  2001;322:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.554 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unicef is crucial in promoting and supporting breast feeding
	Andrew Radford
	BMJ  2001;322:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.555 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence and belief in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
	Sami Timimi, Maurizio Bonati, Piero Impicciatore, Chiara Pandolfini
	BMJ  2001;322:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.555/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Twins and asthma
	Elisa Huovinen, Jaakko Kaprio, David Strachan
	BMJ  2001;322:556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.556 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eradicating Helicobacter pylori in non-ulcer dyspepsia may not be cost effective
	Giulio Formoso, Emilio Maestri, Nicola Magrini, Maurizio Koch, Lucio Capurso, Alessandro Liberati
	BMJ  2001;322:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.557 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tobacco industry must not dump its high nitrosamine tobacco on poor countries
	Nigel Gray, Peter Boyle
	BMJ  2001;322:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.557/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	BMA may seek legal challenge over curbs on private practice
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.508 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK sets up fund to improve child health in Commonwealth
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.508/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Professor faces GMC for failure to prevent and report fraud
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.508/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New UK guidance on resuscitation calls for open decision making
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.509 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch GP found guilty of murder faces no penalty
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.509/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast feeding safer than mixed feeding for babies of HIV mothers
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.511/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Increases in life expectancy likely to be smaller in future
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bush's initiative could help groups that promote faith healing
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.512/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Vaccine against cervical cancer virus passes phase 1 trials
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.510 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK child poverty falls by a third
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.510/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK seeks to prevent 50 000 winter deaths from "fuel poverty"
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.510/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Women take four top jobs in health and social care in Wales
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.510/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Protein can predict survival from breast cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.510/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Xenotransplantation unlikely to solve organ shortage in near future
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2001;322:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.510/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israeli doctors may now use cadavers for training purposes
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;322:511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.511 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Catalan parliament pushes for legalisation of cannabis as therapy
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2001;322:511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.511/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Irish government asked to pay obstetricians� insurance premiums
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.512/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Internet drug trafficking needs international counter offensive
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;322:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.512/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Israel gives health cover to children of illegal workers
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;322:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.512/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Breast feeding safer than mixed feeding for babies of mothers with HIV
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.512/e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Women's understanding of a "normal smear test result": experimental questionnaire based study
	Theresa M Marteau, Vicky Senior, Peter Sasieni
	BMJ  2001;322:526-528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.526 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Just in time information for clinicians: a questionnaire evaluation of the ATTRACT project
	Jon Brassey, Glyn Elwyn, Chris Price, Paul Kinnersley
	BMJ  2001;322:529-530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.529 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table of FAQs and process for answering them] FREE

	Infopoints: Publishing raw data and real time statistical analysis on e-journals
	David J R Hutchon
	BMJ  2001;322:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.530 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Blood pressure measuring devices: recommendations of the European Society of Hypertension
	Eoin O'Brien, Bernard Waeber, Gianfranco Parati, Jan Staessen, Martin G Myers
	BMJ  2001;322:531-536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.531 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional information]

	ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Liver abscesses and hydatid disease
	J E J Krige, I J Beckingham
	BMJ  2001;322:537-540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.537 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	How to be a health secretary
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2001;322:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.563/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	How the Atlantic barons learnt teamwork
	David Johnson
	BMJ  2001;322:563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.563 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Reforming the contract of UK consultants • Commentary: To increase consultants' activity should not be the main aim
	Alan Maynard, Karen Bloor, P Hawker
	BMJ  2001;322:541-544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.541 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Asylum seekers and refugees in Britain: Health needs of asylum seekers and refugees
	Angela Burnett, Michael Peel
	BMJ  2001;322:544-547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.544 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.564 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Freedom of press
	BMJ  2001;322:525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.525/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The surgical treatment of migraine
	Walter Whitehead
	BMJ  2001;322:526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.526/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Importance of compassion
	BMJ  2001;322:531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.531/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Live and let live
	BMJ  2001;322:537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.537/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Lipid concentrations and the use of lipid lowering drugs: evidence from a national cross sectional survey
	BMJ  2001;322:525 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	John Woolley
	BMJ  2001;322:559 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: Privacy and Confidentiality in Mental Health Care
	Carmine U Iacono
	BMJ  2001;322:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.560 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Tackling Inequalities: Where are we now and what can be done?
	Catherine Law
	BMJ  2001;322:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.560/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Patient Care in Neurology
	N F Lawton
	BMJ  2001;322:561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.561 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Some Mother's Daughter: the Hidden Movement of Prostitute Women Against Violence
	Jenny Kitzinger
	BMJ  2001;322:561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.561/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Blunders will never cease • How the media report medical errors • A risky business
	Trevor Jackson, Alison Harper
	BMJ  2001;322:562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.562 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Medical error: creeping from words to action
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Medical error: creeping from words to action
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Empowering consumers
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2001;322:562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.562/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Ronald Canney • John (Jack) Douglas Davies • Edward Mervyn Evans • Colin McLaren Maddox • Ernst Philipp • Jacob Shapiro • Eric Charles Till • Leon J Warshaw • Arthur Whitewright • Stanley Fausst Yolles
	Richard E C Collins, Adrian Padfield, Bryan F Warren, David Evans, Colin Maddox, Robin Philipp, Leonie M Shapiro, John Rickett, William M Dixon, Stuart Shaw, Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.558 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Cross sectional study of young people's awareness of and involvement with tobacco marketing
	Lynn MacFadyen, Gerard Hastings, Anne Marie MacKintosh
	BMJ  2001;322:513-517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.513 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adverse events in British hospitals: preliminary retrospective record review
	Charles Vincent, Graham Neale, Maria Woloshynowych
	BMJ  2001;322:517-519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.517 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Criteria and tables] FREE

	Involving consumers in designing, conducting, and interpreting randomised controlled trials: questionnaire survey
	Bec Hanley, Ann Truesdale, Andy King, Diana Elbourne, Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2001;322:519-523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.519 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional information] FREE

	Management of menorrhagia: an audit of practices in the Anglia menorrhagia education study
	Guy R K Fender, Andrew Prentice, Richard M Nixon, Tess Gorst, Stephen W Duffy, Nicholas E Day, Stephen K Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:523-524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.523 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Violence by clients towards female prostitutes in different work settings: questionnaire survey
	Stephanie Church, Marion Henderson, Marina Barnard, Graham Hart
	BMJ  2001;322:524-525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7285.524 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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