This week's This week in the BMJ

	Multidisciplinary approach can improve back pain [Full text] FREE

	Media campaigns reduce disability from back pain [Full text] FREE

	Urinary incontinence is a problem in women with cystic fibrosis [Full text] FREE

	Apoptosis [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Why is apoptosis important to clinicians?
	Chris Haslett, John Savill
	BMJ  2001;322:1499-1500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1499 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Depression, suicide, and the national service framework
	Steffan Davies, Prakash C Naik, Alan S Lee
	BMJ  2001;322:1500-1501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1500 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Environmental factors in stroke rehabilitation
	Lotta Widén Holmqvist, Lena von Koch
	BMJ  2001;322:1501-1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1501 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commission for Health Improvement invents itself
	Patricia Day, Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  2001;322:1502-1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1502 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Racism in medicine
	Raj Bhopal
	BMJ  2001;322:1503-1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Medicine information leaflets fail concordance test
	D K Theo Raynor, Nicky Britten
	BMJ  2001;322:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1541 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What have we learnt from the Alder Hey affair?
	H J Curtis, G Parry, J H Dark, Anonymous, Nikhil Kaushik, Tom Giles, M Osborn, E M Thompson
	BMJ  2001;322:1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1541/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Streptococci and recurrences of otitis media
	Veli-Pekka Joki-Erkkilä, Juhani Pukander, Erdem I Cantekin, Kristian Roos, Stig Holm, Eva Grahn Håkansson
	BMJ  2001;322:1543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1543 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients' preferences for patient centred approach to consultation
	John R Skelton, Paul Little, Hazel Everitt, Ian Williamson, Clare Gould, Kate Ferrier, Greg Warner, Michael Moore, Sheila Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1544 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BSE and variant CJD
	M A Ferguson-Smith, Helen Grant
	BMJ  2001;322:1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1544/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient education to encourage graded exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome
	Abhijit Chaudhuri, Richard Bentall, Pauline Powell, Fred Nye, Richard Edwards
	BMJ  2001;322:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1545 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Higher dose inhaled steroids in childhood asthma
	Hayley Archer, Kate Creese, Iolo Doull, Christopher Cates
	BMJ  2001;322:1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1546 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thromboprophylaxis after replacement arthroplasty
	David A Macdonald, Duncan P Thomas
	BMJ  2001;322:1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1546/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of Dr is perhaps even more confusing in Germany than UK
	David A Groneberg
	BMJ  2001;322:1547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1547 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Job advertisements
	René van den Berg, Diane Campbell
	BMJ  2001;322:1547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1547/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Scientists screen embryo for genetic predisposition to cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1505 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ethnic minority doctors hit glass ceiling in NHS
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2001;322:1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1505/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;322:1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Short dose of antibiotics helps against Lyme disease
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;322:1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1506/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Compromise plan put forward for GMC
	Cherrill Hicks
	BMJ  2001;322:1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1506/b [Extract] [Full text]

	US judge condemns health plan for not covering contraception
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;322:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch ship fails to offer Irish women abortions
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1507/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Abortion in Northern Ireland to be reviewed
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;322:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1507/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cancer survival rates continue to rise in the Netherlands
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;322:1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1509/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Neural tube defects decline in US after folic acid is added to flour
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1510 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Glaxo cuts drug prices for developing countries
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;322:1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1510/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	United Kingdom needs to double the number of neurologists
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1508 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Report suggests small link between depleted uranium and cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1508/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK advisory body supports chemotherapy drugs for lung cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;322:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1508/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israeli psychiatrists propose new law on hospital admissions
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;322:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1508/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Caesarean section rate hits 20% in 1999-2000
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;322:1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1508/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GP who was subject of a complaint found dead
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;322:1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1509 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Beware online therapy, counselling association warns
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;322:1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1509/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Arguments delay setting up of European food agency
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;322:1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1509/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Developing nations work for more access to essential health commodities
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;322:1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1510/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Germany sets up register to promote safer use of methadone
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;322:1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1510/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Ethnic minority doctors hit glass ceiling in NHS
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2001;322:1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1510/d [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Primary care groups: Modernising primary and community health services
	David Wilkin, Therese Dowswell, Brenda Leese
	BMJ  2001;322:1522-1524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1522 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	The role of apoptosis in autoimmune thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer
	Jen-Der Lin
	BMJ  2001;322:1525-1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1525 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Studies of apoptosis in breast cancer
	Marina Parton, Mitchell Dowsett, Ian Smith
	BMJ  2001;322:1528-1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1528 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of AIDS: HIV counselling and the psychosocial management of patients with HIV or AIDS
	Sarah Chippindale, Lesley French
	BMJ  2001;322:1533-1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1533 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Executing Timothy McVeigh
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2001;322:1553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1553/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Human security: a prerequisite for health
	David R Meddings
	BMJ  2001;322:1553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1553 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	What is apoptosis, and why is it important?
	Andrew G Renehan, Catherine Booth, Christopher S Potten
	BMJ  2001;322:1536-1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1536 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How apoptosis is regulated, and what goes wrong in cancer
	Johanna Sjöström, Jonas Bergh
	BMJ  2001;322:1538-1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1538 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does apoptosis have a role in neurodegeneration?
	Rosemary M Gibson
	BMJ  2001;322:1539-1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1539 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;322:1554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1554 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: Curtains for confidentiality
	Annette Steele
	BMJ  2001;322:1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1532 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The healing touch
	Vivian Edwards
	BMJ  2001;322:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1540 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Drug Laws Don't Work: The Phoney War
	Colin Drummond
	BMJ  2001;322:1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1551 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Organ Farm
	Peter A Andrews
	BMJ  2001;322:1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1552 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Tomorrow's Cures Today? How to Reform the Health Research System
	Fiona Q Wood
	BMJ  2001;322:1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1550 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: A Lone Walk
	Ingmar Skoog
	BMJ  2001;322:1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1550/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Apoptosis and racism: a long time coming and a long time going
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2001;322:1551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1551/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Apoptosis and racism: a long time coming and a long time going
	BMJ  2001;322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Xenotransplantation
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2001;322:1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1552/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Herbert Davis • Donald Hugh Garrow • Glaslyn J Griffiths • Douglas Abeysinghe Gunawardena • Gerald Rookledge Holtby • John Archibald Orr • Cyril Rabbs • Abdul Rashid • Anne Patricia Roberts • Norman Edward Winstone
	Elizabeth North, C H Cheetham, Dick Harding, Richard Clements, Mohamed Molokhia, Malcolm C Holtby, W Duncan, R H MacDougall, Rodwin Jackson, Ifti Lone, Eric Taylor, George T Watts
	BMJ  2001;322:1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1548 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: systematic review
	Jaime Guzmán, Rosmin Esmail, Kaija Karjalainen, Antti Malmivaara, Emma Irvin, Claire Bombardier
	BMJ  2001;322:1511-1516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1511 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables] FREE

	Population based intervention to change back pain beliefs and disability: three part evaluation
	Rachelle Buchbinder, Damien Jolley, Mary Wyatt
	BMJ  2001;322:1516-1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1516 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Questionnaire survey of urinary incontinence in women with cystic fibrosis
	A Orr, R J McVean, A K Webb, M E Dodd
	BMJ  2001;322:1521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1521 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

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