This week's This week in the BMJ

	Low dose liposomal amphotericin B seems to be effective against visceral leishmaniasis [Full text] FREE

	Standard of dementia care in NHS and private facilities is low [Full text] FREE

	British women do not get most effective or safest test for Down's syndrome [Full text] FREE

	Deaths from acute appendicitis in children continue to fall [Full text] FREE

	Health promotion fees to GPs do not change clinical activity [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Doctoring deprived areas
	Adrian Hastings, Mohan Rao
	BMJ  2001;323:409-410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.409 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The challenge of looking after people with dementia
	Mary Marshall
	BMJ  2001;323:410-411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.410 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hand hygiene
	Louise Teare, Barry Cookson, Sheldon Stone
	BMJ  2001;323:411-412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.411 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The non-invasive diagnosis of pulmonary embolus
	Adrian K Dixon, Richard AR Coulden, A Michael Peters
	BMJ  2001;323:412-413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.412 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patients and medical power
	Richard Canter
	BMJ  2001;323:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.414 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Not reading and signing letters you have dictated
	Timothy Rimmer, Mel Jones, Tom Powell, John Nottingham, Pål Lindström, Jeffrey C McIlwain, T L James, Adrian Midgley, John Doherty, Liz Crossan
	BMJ  2001;323:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.448 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postpsychiatry
	Christopher Bagley, Mark Rapley, Alec McHoul, Susan Hansen, Gopinath Ranjith, Rajesh Mohan, David Morgan, Sue Collinson, Jan K Melichar, Spilios V Argyropoulos, Michael van Beinum, P Bracken, P Thomas
	BMJ  2001;323:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.449 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Synchronous chemoradiation for squamous carcinomas
	Fergus Macbeth, Michele Saunders, Kenneth S Wilson, Amanda G Wilson, Gary J Dewar
	BMJ  2001;323:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.453 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for type 2 diabetes
	Paul Streets, Michael Berger, Mary Walker, Andy Thomson, Peter H Whincup, Nicholas J Wareham, Simon J Griffin
	BMJ  2001;323:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.453 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cataract surgery in very elderly patients
	Nicholas Beare, Lalit Dandona
	BMJ  2001;323:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.455 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Old age" can be appropriate on death certificates
	Brian Mansfield
	BMJ  2001;323:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.455 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	US consumer groups allege misleading drug claims
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.415 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bayer faces potential fine over cholesterol lowering drug
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;323:415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.415 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.416 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Woman fights for right to die with dignity
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.416 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drugs for malaria and psychosis may offer hope to people with CJD
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.416 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Condom use seems to be reducing number of new HIV/AIDS cases
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.417 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rate of decline in US AIDS cases is slowing
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.417 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israeli minister orders hepatitis B vaccine for survivors of suicide bomb attacks
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;323:417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.417 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Iron supplement may reduce cough linked with ACE inhibitors
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;323:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.418 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Vaccine shortage delays immunisations
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.418 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Private hospital given approval
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;323:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.418 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Woodwind players more likely to report tinnitus
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2001;323:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.418 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	"Morning after" sun cream may prevent skin cancers
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.418 [Extract] [Full text]

	Bristol consultants call for single site "super hospital"
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;323:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.418 [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Qualitative study of pilot payment aimed at increasing general practitioners' antismoking advice to smokers
	Tim Coleman, Alison T Wynn, Keith Stevenson, Francine Cheater
	BMJ  2001;323:432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.432 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Intervention study to evaluate pilot health promotion payment aimed at increasing general practitioners' antismoking advice to smokers
	Tim Coleman, Alison T Wynn, Steve Barrett, Andrew Wilson, Susan Adams
	BMJ  2001;323:435-436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.435 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Infantile colic
	Sally Wade, Teresa Kilgour
	BMJ  2001;323:437-440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.437 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	He who works in pigsty . . .
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2001;323:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.461 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Uncertaintyfrom different perspectives
	Tom Cuddihy
	BMJ  2001;323:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.460 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bodily functions
	Sue Chowdhury
	BMJ  2001;323:461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.461 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Monitoring clinical trialsinterim data should be publicly available
	Richard J Lilford, David Braunholtz, Sarah Edwards, Andrew Stevens
	BMJ  2001;323:441-442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.441 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regulating nursing homes: The challenge of regulating care for older people in Australia
	John Braithwaite
	BMJ  2001;323:443-446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.443 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics Notes: Concealing treatment allocation in randomised trials
	Douglas G Altman, Kenneth F Schulz
	BMJ  2001;323:446-447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.446 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.462 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Learning to die
	BMJ  2001;323:430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.430 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A call for help
	David A Kirkbride
	BMJ  2001;323:431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.431 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The editing urge
	BMJ  2001;323:435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.435 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: "Let's wait and see"
	Christopher Sharpe
	BMJ  2001;323:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.440 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: An enthusiastic man
	BMJ  2001;323:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.446 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The public health benefits of mobile phones
	Debbie Lawlor
	BMJ  2001;323:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.447 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: How to be good
	Domhnall Macauley
	BMJ  2001;323:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.458 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Prescription Games: Money, Ego and Power inside the Global Pharmaceutical Industry
	Gregory Haines
	BMJ  2001;323:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.458 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Roles and Responsibilities of the Ethics Consultant: A Retrospective Analysis of Cases • Margin of Error: The Ethics of Mistakes in the Practice of Medicine
	Nigel Lester
	BMJ  2001;323:459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.459 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

RADIO

This week's RADIO

	Radio: Living with Pain
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2001;323:459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.459 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	How to be good
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2001;323:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.460 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	How to be good
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Bruce Auld • David Gershon Berry • James William Birch • Jill Hargreaves • Joseph Jacobs • John Ivor Pulsford James • Harold William Rodgers • George Herbert Ashby Simmons • Gita Stephen • John Low Steven • Henry Winsley-Stolz
	John Auld, Elliot M Berry, Adel El-Sobky, Kamelia El-Sobky, D M Nolan, E G G Roberts, John Chalmers, Richard Rodgers, Struan Robertson, David Price, Peter Knight, Alasdair Fraser, Barry Hoffbrand
	BMJ  2001;323:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.456 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Treatment of Indian visceral leishmaniasis with single or daily infusions of low dose liposomal amphotericin B: randomised trial • Commentary: cost and resistance remain issues
	Shyam Sundar, G Agrawal, Madhukar Rai, M K Makharia, Henry W Murray, Diana N J Lockwood
	BMJ  2001;323:419-422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.419 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Screening for Down's syndrome: effects, safety, and cost effectiveness of first and second trimester strategies • Commentary: Results may not be widely applicable • Authors' response
	R E Gilbert, C Augood, R Gupta, A E Ades, S Logan, M Sculpher, J H P van der Meulen, Euan M Wallace, Sheila Mulvey
	BMJ  2001;323:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.423 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Quality of care in private sector and NHS facilities for people with dementia: cross sectional survey
	Clive Ballard, Jane Fossey, Ramilgan Chithramohan, Robert Howard, Alistair Burns, Peter Thompson, George Tadros, Andrew Fairbairn
	BMJ  2001;323:426-427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.426 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prescriptions with potential drug interactions dispensed at Swedish pharmacies in January 1999: cross sectional study
	Juan Merlo, Hans Liedholm, Ulf Lindblad, Agneta Björck-Linné, Jürgen Fält, Gunnar Lindberg, Arne Melander
	BMJ  2001;323:427-428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.427 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rationing in the NHS: audit of outcome and acceptance of restriction criteria for minor operations
	Ciaran P O'Boyle, Richard P Cole
	BMJ  2001;323:428-429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.428 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cohort survey of heart valve replacement patients: does the valve card scheme have room for improvement?
	Maria-Benedicta Edwards, Kenneth M Taylor
	BMJ  2001;323:429-430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.429 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Participating hospitals] FREE

	Childhood deaths from acute appendicitis in England and Wales 1963-97: observational population based study
	Gordon Pledger, Mark D Stringer
	BMJ  2001;323:430-431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7310.430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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