This week's This week in the BMJ

	Children with headache become adults with headache [Full text] FREE

	Individual interpretation of vitamin K policies casts doubt on cancer link [Full text] FREE

	Deprived women are more likely to die of heart attacks before reaching hospital [Full text] FREE

	Patients with chronic pain prefer fentanyl patches to oral morphine [Full text] FREE

	Violence is main reason why GPs remove patients from their lists [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	TB in Leicester: out of control, or just one of those things?
	John M Watson, Fiona Moss
	BMJ  2001;322:1133-1134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1133 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opioids in chronic non-malignant pain
	Henry McQuay
	BMJ  2001;322:1134-1135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1134 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexually transmitted infections: control strategies
	Mike Catchpole
	BMJ  2001;322:1135-1136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1135 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Career advice for doctors with a chronic illness
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;322:1136-1137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1136 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Countering child poverty
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:1137-1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1137 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spare a thought for editors
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2001;322:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1138 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Routine audit is an ethical requirement of screening
	Peter Sasieni, Jack Cuzick
	BMJ  2001;322:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1179 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of receiving a heart transplant
	D K Satchithananda, S C Stoica, J Parameshwar, S R Large, J Wallwork, L D Sharples, Guy A MacGowan, Srinivas Murali, Robert J MacFadyen, Mario C Deng, Johan M J De Meester, Jacqueline M A Smits, Joachim Heinecke, Hans H Scheld
	BMJ  2001;322:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1179/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Debate about blood pressure and epistaxis will continue
	Andreas F P Temmel, Christian Quint, Josef Toth
	BMJ  2001;322:1181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1181 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Principal variable is not what it seems in league tables
	Robert West
	BMJ  2001;322:1181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1181/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity
	Timothy J McCulloch, John A Loadsman, Helen Higham, Pitabas Mishra, P Foëx, Anthony Rodgers, Natalie Walker, Stephan Schug, Andrew McKee, Andre van Zundert
	BMJ  2001;322:1182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1182 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dual blockade of renin-angiotensin system
	James McCormack, Marc Levine, Carl Erik Mogensen
	BMJ  2001;322:1183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1183 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Air travel and risk of venous thromboembolism
	P C Malone, Ronald M Davis
	BMJ  2001;322:1183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1183/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Homoeopathy in malaria: head of infectious diseases replies
	Pierre Dellamonica
	BMJ  2001;322:1184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1184 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sifting the evidence
	Thomas V Perneger, Jonathan Rees, Michael Apple
	BMJ  2001;322:1184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1184/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	African states call for ban on tobacco advertising
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2001;322:1139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1139 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australian bar worker wins payout in passive smoking case
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  2001;322:1139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1139/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients with breast cancer can stop tamoxifen after five years
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1140 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1140/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Study confirms that screening reduces deaths from breast cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1140/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report calls for improved systems for employing locums
	Samena Chaudhry
	BMJ  2001;322:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1141 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Audit shows weaknesses in cervical cancer screening
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1141/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA warning to manufacturers of AIDS drugs
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1143/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	First cases of human germline genetic modification announced
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1144 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Watchdog calls for three year ban on insurers using genetic tests
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1144/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	WMA agrees to refine changes to Declaration of Helsinki
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1142 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Nurse led pilot schemes succeed despite obstacles
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1142/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Indian health officials probe use of "unapproved" treatment
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2001;322:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1142/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US lawmakers pass bill on violence to fetus
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1142/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bush's policy on abortion abroad overturned
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1142/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Dutch GPs take three day strike action
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1142/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Audit team finds further faults with doctor�s results
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2001;322:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1143 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Time release analgesic causes fatal overdoses in United States
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;322:1143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1143/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	African states call for ban on tobacco advertising
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2001;322:1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1144/b [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Randomised crossover trial of transdermal fentanyl and sustained release oral morphine for treating chronic non-cancer pain
	Laurie Allan, Helen Hays, Niels-Henrik Jensen, Bernard Le Polain de Waroux, Michiel Bolt, Royden Donald, Eija Kalso
	BMJ  2001;322:1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1154 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	General practitioners' reasons for removing patients from their lists: postal survey in England and Wales
	Mark Pickin, Fiona Sampson, James Munro, Jon Nicholl
	BMJ  2001;322:1158-1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1158 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent advances: Sexually transmitted infections
	Richard J C Gilson, Adrian Mindel
	BMJ  2001;322:1160-1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1160 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figures]

	Evidence based management of hypertension: Using cardiovascular risk profiles to individualise hypertensive treatment
	Michael Pignone, Cynthia D Mulrow
	BMJ  2001;322:1164-1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1164 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of hypertension: Blood pressure measurement
	Eoin O'Brien, Gareth Beevers, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2001;322:1167-1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1167 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	The cow war
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2001;322:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1189/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Medical litigation: who benefits?
	Anthony Barton
	BMJ  2001;322:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1189 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	New Zealand's new health sector reforms: back to the future?
	Nancy Devlin, Alan Maynard, Nicholas Mays
	BMJ  2001;322:1171-1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1171 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Appraising organised screening programmes for testing for genetic susceptibility to cancer
	Vivek Goel
	BMJ  2001;322:1174-1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1174 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of the workshop participants]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1190 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2001;322:1152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1152/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: After-dinner speeches
	BMJ  2001;322:1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1158/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word . . .: Re: re-
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2001;322:1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1166/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The Aga baby
	Robert Hodkinson
	BMJ  2001;322:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1170 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable doctor: The life of an Egyptian doctor
	Samir Mahfouz Simaika, Youssef S M Simaika
	BMJ  2001;322:1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1178 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
	BMJ  2001;322:1166 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Regulating Medicines in Europe: Competition, Expertise and Public Health
	Joe Collier
	BMJ  2001;322:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1187 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Encyclopedia of Stress
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;322:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1187/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Smear tests and seat belts
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2001;322:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1188 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Do extraordinary experiences make great doctors?
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Do extraordinary experiences make great doctors?
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Stress
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2001;322:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1188/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Jerrold Ross Burgess • Coralie Rendle-Short • John Hamilton Ross • John Alexander Shearer • Ann Woolcock
	Kim Monaghan, David Short, A R Dow, Anne Duncan, Peter Barnes, Iven Young
	BMJ  2001;322:1186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1186 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Relation between headache in childhood and physical and psychiatric symptoms in adulthood: national birth cohort study
	Paul Fearon, Matthew Hotopf
	BMJ  2001;322:1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1145 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Vitamin K policies and midwifery practice: questionnaire survey
	Pat Ansell, Eve Roman, Nicola T Fear, Mary J Renfrew
	BMJ  2001;322:1148-1152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1148 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation between socioeconomic deprivation and death from a first myocardial infarction in Scotland: population based analysis
	Kate Macintyre, Simon Stewart, James Chalmers, Jill Pell, Alan Finlayson, James Boyd, Adam Redpath, John McMurray, Simon Capewell
	BMJ  2001;322:1152-1153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7295.1152 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

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The media and GPs� day of action [Full text]

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