Cannaboids are effective as analgesics and antiemetics but have side effects [Full text]

	Referral for menorrhagia does not often mean excessive bleeding is the problem [Full text]

	Think Duchenne's muscular dystrophy in boys with developmental delay [Full text]

Editorials

	Universities and tobacco money
	Joanna E Cohen
	BMJ  2001;323:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cannabinoids for pain and nausea
	Eija Kalso
	BMJ  2001;323:2-3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.2 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Supporting primary care with ethics advice and education
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2001;323:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.3 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A national screening programme for diabetic retinopathy
	Ulrich Freudenstein, Julia Verne
	BMJ  2001;323:4-5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.4 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Taking acute stroke care seriously
	Charles Wolfe, Anthony Rudd, Martin Dennis, Charles Warlow, Peter Langhorne
	BMJ  2001;323:5-6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.5 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Doctors must learn to let others treat them and their families
	David Bass
	BMJ  2001;323:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recommendations for suspended doctors must be enacted
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2001;323:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.47/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Closing the gap between professional teaching and practice
	Alan Woodall, Mark Rickenbach, Frank Smith
	BMJ  2001;323:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.47/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spreading research in primary care safely
	Anna Eleri Livingstone
	BMJ  2001;323:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.48 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consumers are helping to prioritise research
	Jane Royle, Sandy Oliver
	BMJ  2001;323:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.48/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is bigger better for primary care groups and trusts?
	Jon Levick, David Verlander, Richard Vautrey
	BMJ  2001;323:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.49 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Elderly people's technique in using dry powder inhalers
	Lindsey Dow, L Fowler, H Lamb, G H Hall
	BMJ  2001;323:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.49/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis of acute appendicitis
	Luke Devey, James Henderson, Christian Wakefield, Charles Douglas
	BMJ  2001;323:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.50 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular events in users of sildenafil
	Nick Dunn, Andrew Boshier, Deborah Layton, Lynda V Wilton, Emma Heeley, Saad A W Shakir
	BMJ  2001;323:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.50/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hepatitis B, lamivudine, and HIV
	Usha Kuchimanchi, Guy Rooney
	BMJ  2001;323:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.51 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Addison's disease should be diagnosed biochemically
	Stephen Robinson, Ashley Grossman
	BMJ  2001;323:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.51/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fetal growth markers may show nutritionally mediated effect
	Simon Langley-Evans
	BMJ  2001;323:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.52 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adult obesity depends on genes and environment
	Eric Brunner, Noel McCarthy
	BMJ  2001;323:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.52/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Liver cirrhosis is risk factor for pyogenic liver abscesses
	Ingolf Mølle, Ane Marie Thulstrup, Peter Jepsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Hendrik Vilstrup
	BMJ  2001;323:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.52/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Responsibilities of sponsors are limited in premature discontinuation of trials
	Richard Ashcroft
	BMJ  2001;323:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.53 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fertility treatment in HIV needs multidisciplinary team
	Annick Delvigne, Michèle Gerard, Serge Rozenberg
	BMJ  2001;323:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.53/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Iraqi doctors appeal for help from doctors in other countries
	Adnan Al-Araji
	BMJ  2001;323:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.53/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	UK government urged to establish a national walking strategy
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US consultants coach doctors in insurance fraud
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.7/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.8 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Labour's time is "running out" over NHS, BMA leader warns
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2001;323:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.8/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany debates embryonic stem cell research
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;323:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.8/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK government and doctors agree to end "blame culture"
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2001;323:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.9 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospitals must inform patients of errors
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.9/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast self examination may do more harm than good
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;323:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.11/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	United Nations agrees timetable for combating AIDS
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2001;323:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.12 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European Union joins fight over drug patents
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.12/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US concedes on cheaper drug production in Brazil
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.12/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Half of Americans miss out on preventive services
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.10 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK scientists recommend gene testing for inherited bowel cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.10/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors launch website on patients� experiences of illness
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;323:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.10/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women at risk of vitamin D deficiency
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;323:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.10/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Patients need to be more involved in care decisions
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.10/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	NHS faces rise in negligence payments
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.11 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Scientists discover the prion for BSE in urine
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;323:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.11/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

Primary care

	Referral for menstrual problems: cross sectional survey of symptoms, reasons for referral, and management
	Pamela Warner, Hilary O D Critchley, Mary Ann Lumsden, Mary Campbell-Brown, Anne Douglas, Gordon Murray
	BMJ  2001;323:24-28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.24 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Primary care groups: Progress in partnerships
	Caroline Glendinning, Anna Coleman, Cathy Shipman, Gill Malbon
	BMJ  2001;323:28-31, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.28 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: MMR immunisation
	Anthony Harnden, Judy Shakespeare
	BMJ  2001;323:32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.32 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Bulimia nervosa
	Phillipa J Hay, Josue Bacaltchuk
	BMJ  2001;323:33-37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.33 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Late diagnosis of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy presenting as global developmental delay
	Charles Essex, Helen Roper
	BMJ  2001;323:37-38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.37 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Language unbecoming
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2001;323:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.57/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	There but for the grace . . .
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2001;323:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.56 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An indestructible patient
	Averil Stedeford
	BMJ  2001;323:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.57 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Improving care in accident and emergency departments
	Lee A Wallis, Henry R Guly
	BMJ  2001;323:39-42, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.39 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of articles and extra table]

	Systematic reviews in health care: Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials
	Peter Jüni, Douglas G Altman, Matthias Egger
	BMJ  2001;323:42-46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.42 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.58 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	A patient who changed my practice: It is too easy to blame only the patient
	R J Daniels
	BMJ  2001;323:31, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.31 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A book
	BMJ  2001;323:37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.37/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A record follow up
	N C Mond
	BMJ  2001;323:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.46 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Strong Imagination: Madness, Creativity and Human Nature
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2001;323:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.55 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Thinks . . .
	Stephen Szanto
	BMJ  2001;323:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.55/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Increasing complexity
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOKCASE

	Bookcase
	Samena Chaudry
	BMJ  2001;323:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.56/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Increasing complexity
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Ian Menzies Gow • Herbert James (formerly Justitz) • Salama Fakhry Salama • John Rowell Simpson • Charles Henry Stewart-Hess • Martha Neill Algie Wilson
	June Gow, Ray Jones, Alan Tranter, Betty Ridout, Emeel Ghobrial, Christopher Gardner-Thorpe, D J Hammett, Sheila Hancock
	BMJ  2001;323:54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.54 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Are cannabinoids an effective and safe treatment option in the management of pain? A qualitative systematic review
	Fiona A Campbell, Martin R Tramèr, Dawn Carroll, D John M Reynolds, R Andrew Moore, Henry J McQuay
	BMJ  2001;323:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.13 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cannabinoids for control of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting: quantitative systematic review
	Martin R Tramèr, Dawn Carroll, Fiona A Campbell, D John M Reynolds, R Andrew Moore, Henry J McQuay
	BMJ  2001;323:16, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.16 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital autopsy: standardised questionnaire survey to determine junior doctors' perceptions
	J N Lund, G M Tierney
	BMJ  2001;323:21-22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.21 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Training in basic and advanced life support in UK medical schools: questionnaire survey
	P S Phillips, J P Nolan
	BMJ  2001;323:22-23, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.22 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Cholestatic hepatitis in association with celecoxib
	J P O'Beirne, S R Cairns
	BMJ  2001;323:23, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7303.23 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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