This week's This week in the BMJ

	Exercise programmes prevent falls in elderly people [Full text] FREE

	Women recover quicker from anaesthesia than men but experience more side effects [Full text] FREE

	Students' ethical worries are often not resolved with their clinical teachers [Full text] FREE

	Link between hip fracture and benzodiazepines in elderly is not confirmed [Full text] FREE

	Consultation competence should be assessed in revalidation procedures [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Closing the gap between professional teaching and practice
	Len Doyal
	BMJ  2001;322:685-686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.685 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full version of policy]

	Thromboprophylaxis after replacement arthroplasty
	Duncan P Thomas
	BMJ  2001;322:686-687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.686 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Abdominal obesity and the "hypertriglyceridaemic waist" phenotype
	Paul Little, Christopher D Byrne
	BMJ  2001;322:687-689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.687 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reforming the GMC
	Steve Dewar, Belinda Finlayson
	BMJ  2001;322:689-690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.689 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Death through selfishness and failure of imagination
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.690 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Rights involve responsibilities for patients
	Richard Doll, Richard Peto
	BMJ  2001;322:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.730 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cancer registries fear collapse
	Tim Helliwell, Stephen Hinde, Virginia Warren
	BMJ  2001;322:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.730/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using internet to access confidential patient records
	S N Walker, Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2001;322:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.731 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Undertreatment of heart failure has high cost to patients
	Colin Berry, John McMurray
	BMJ  2001;322:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.731/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Menorrhagia
	Kathryn Robinson, Paul Giangrande, Jan Clarke, Melanie Wynne-Jones
	BMJ  2001;322:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.732 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postoperative pressure sores after epidural anaesthesia
	Franz J Wiedermann, Werner Lingnau, Petra Innerhofer, J A W Wildsmith, Fiona M Duncan, C S Jury
	BMJ  2001;322:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.732/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Limits to demand for health care
	Alan Maynard, Trevor Sheldon, Irvine Loudon, Charles Webster, Jammi N Rao, Stephen Frankel, Shah Ebrahim, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.734 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version of Author's reply]

	NHS needs plan for all acute, rehabilitative, and long stay care
	Peter H Millard
	BMJ  2001;322:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.735 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Driving after hernia surgery
	J F Colin, Guy H Slater, George Hopkins, Michael Bailey
	BMJ  2001;322:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.735/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research in complementary medicine is essential
	Michael A Cornbleet, Catriona S K Ross
	BMJ  2001;322:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.736 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Continuity in general practice
	George Taylor, Peter Rose, Karen Bateman
	BMJ  2001;322:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.737 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hamster health care can be solved with more funding
	Gerson T Lesser
	BMJ  2001;322:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.737/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Regulators accused of bias against cannabis based medicines
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.691 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Plastic surgeon sacked days before employment tribunal due to begin
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;322:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.691/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.692 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug company to sell AIDS drugs at less than cost price
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.692/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US healthcare spending to rise sharply
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.692/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Low tar cigarettes linked to rise in adenocarcinomas
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.693 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian scientists warn of "mutant measles" virus
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2001;322:693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.693/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rubella vaccine may be safe in early pregnancy
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.695/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors give guarded response to £100m for GP services
	Mark Hunter
	BMJ  2001;322:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.696 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Company played down drug's risks, report says
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.696/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Poll shows public still has trust in doctors
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.694 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Campaign to reduce waiting lists in Ireland has had little impact
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.694/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	British Columbia tries to reduce stress on health services with 24 hour nurse helpline
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;322:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.694/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Haematologist may face disciplinary action for research fraud
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;322:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.694/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Belfast and Glasgow top the league for heart attacks in women
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.694/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Nuffield Council invites public to join genetics debate
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.695 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israel bans smoking from almost all public places
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;322:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.695/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Model for directly assessing and improving clinical competence and performance in revalidation of clinicians
	Robert K McKinley, Robin C Fraser, Richard Baker
	BMJ  2001;322:712-715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.712 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Treatment of obesity: need to focus on high risk abdominally obese patients
	Jean-Pierre Després, Isabelle Lemieux, Denis Prud'homme
	BMJ  2001;322:716-720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.716 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system: Pancreatic tumours
	P C Bornman, I J Beckingham
	BMJ  2001;322:721-723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.721 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	No surrender
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2001;322:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.743/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Learning respect
	Andrew West, Christopher Bulstrode, Victoria Hunt
	BMJ  2001;322:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.743 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Postpsychiatry: a new direction for mental health
	Patrick Bracken, Philip Thomas
	BMJ  2001;322:724-727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.724 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Care of older people: Promoting health and function in an ageing population
	Gary R Andrews
	BMJ  2001;322:728-729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.728 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.744 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: Clinical and communication skills conquer all
	A F Dinah
	BMJ  2001;322:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.711 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The future of the British Medical Association
	BMJ  2001;322:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.712/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	How animal passions became aroused
	BMJ  2001;322:720 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mumps, measles, and rubella vaccine and the incidence of autism recorded by general practitioners: a time trend analysis
	BMJ  2001;322:720 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent advances: Urology
	BMJ  2001;322:720 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Science and the Swastika
	Paul Weindling
	BMJ  2001;322:742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.742 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Alas, Poor Darwin: Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology
	Paul Higgs
	BMJ  2001;322:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.740 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Final Duty
	John Melmoth
	BMJ  2001;322:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.740/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Medicine and Magnificence: British Hospital and Asylum Architecture 1660-1815
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2001;322:741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.741 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Doctors: still disorganised but still trusted
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Doctors: still disorganised but still trusted
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Benzodiazepines
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.742/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Derek Paul Stevenson • Hugh Jackson Houston • Samuel Thompson (Tom) Irwin • John Stephen Phillips Jones • Cesari Maltoni • Dorothy Anne Morgan • William Michael O'Connor Moore • Owen Parry-Jones • Henry Bruce Torrance • Gerald Wiseman
	David Gullick, Alisdair Stewart, Sefton Suffern, Arthur G Blyth, Roger Cotton, Morris Greenberg, Max Elstein, John Scotson, Frank Powell, J E Newsam, Anthony Angel
	BMJ  2001;322:738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.738 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Effectiveness and economic evaluation of a nurse delivered home exercise programme to prevent falls. 1: Randomised controlled trial
	M Clare Robertson, Nancy Devlin, Melinda M Gardner, A John Campbell
	BMJ  2001;322:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.697 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness and economic evaluation of a nurse delivered home exercise programme to prevent falls. 2: Controlled trial in multiple centres
	M Clare Robertson, Melinda M Gardner, Nancy Devlin, Rob McGee, A John Campbell
	BMJ  2001;322:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.701 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Benzodiazepines and hip fractures in elderly people: case-control study
	Corinne Pierfitte, Gerard Macouillard, Michel Thicoïpe, Anicet Chaslerie, Fabienne Pehourcq, Myriam Aïssou, Béatrice Martinez, Rajaa Lagnaoui, Annie Fourrier, Bernard Bégaud, Jacques Dangoumau, Nicholas Moore
	BMJ  2001;322:704-708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.704 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Understanding the clinical dilemmas that shape medical students' ethical development: questionnaire survey and focus group study
	Lisa K Hicks, Yulia Lin, David W Robertson, Deborah L Robinson, Sarah I Woodrow
	BMJ  2001;322:709-710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.709 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sex differences in speed of emergence and quality of recovery after anaesthesia: cohort study
	Paul S Myles, Andrew D M McLeod, Jennifer O Hunt, Helen Fletcher
	BMJ  2001;322:710-711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7288.710 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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