This week's This week in the BMJ

	Pelvic floor exercises help prevent postnatal incontinence [Full text] FREE

	Botulinum toxin type A can control excessive sweating [Full text] FREE

	Social adversity is associated with psychiatric problems in Brazilian children [Full text] FREE

	Most renal transplant recipients are not screened for skin cancer [Full text] FREE

	Analysing clubs' "amnesty bins" is beneficial [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Promoting patient safety in primary care
	Tim Wilson, Mike Pringle, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2001;323:583-584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.583 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Engaging patients in medical decision making
	Richard L Kravitz, Joy Melnikow
	BMJ  2001;323:584-585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.584 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Delivering safe health care
	Paul Barach, Fiona Moss
	BMJ  2001;323:585-586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.585 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rapid assessment of chest pain
	David Wood, Adam Timmis, Matti Halinen
	BMJ  2001;323:586-587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.586 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maintaining the integrity of the scientific record
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;323:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.588 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Almost 30% of anaesthetic machines in UK do not have anti-hypoxia device
	David I Saunders, Tim Meek
	BMJ  2001;323:629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.629 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality after discharge from intensive care
	Andrew Inglis, Richard Price, Julian Bion, Michael J O'Leary, David J Bihari
	BMJ  2001;323:629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.629 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dysfunctional breathing and asthma
	Simon J C Davies, Peter R Jackson, Lawrence E Ramsay, Dick Kuiper, Mike Thomas
	BMJ  2001;323:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.631 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Report may lead to population collection by the back door
	Jane Kaye
	BMJ  2001;323:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.632 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New global strategy on infant feeding needs to be flexible
	Julie Lanigan, Jane Morgan
	BMJ  2001;323:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.632 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HIV-1 drug resistance in primary infections in the UK
	Sarah Fidler, John Frater, John Clarke, Jonathan Weber
	BMJ  2001;323:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.632 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of autism in early 1970s may have been underestimated
	Helen Heussler, Leon Polnay, Elizabeth Marder, Penny Standen, Chin Lyn U, Neville Butler
	BMJ  2001;323:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.633 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of legislation restricting pack sizes of paracetamol on self poisoning
	Paul Dargan, Alison Jones, Geoff Isbister, Corrine Balit, James P Andrus, Leonore A Herzenberg, Leonard A Herzenberg, Stephen C De Rosa
	BMJ  2001;323:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.633 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Few rich countries attain UN's aid target for poor countries
	Frank Shann
	BMJ  2001;323:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.634 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	EU's anti-smoking stance needs to be more than frightening
	Theresa M Marteau, Sue Hall
	BMJ  2001;323:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.635 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	So what crop would you grow if you farmed in Kenya?
	Angus Grant
	BMJ  2001;323:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.635 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Latent tuberculosis may persist for over 40 years
	Anthony O'Regan, Martin Joyce-Brady
	BMJ  2001;323:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.635 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	France challenges patent for genetic screening of breast cancer
	Alexandre Dorozynski
	BMJ  2001;323:589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.589 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospital criticised for poor selection of patients for transplants
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.589 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High vCJD rates in Scotland could be due to poor diet
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;323:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.590 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeon charged with manslaughter over kidney error
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.590 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.590 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than 90% of urgent cancer referrals seen within two weeks
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.591 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	University accused of violating academic freedom to safeguard funding from drug companies
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.591 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Applications to US medical schools fall for fourth year
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Common virus holds out hope for people with HIV
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Nigerians to sue US drug company over meningitis treatment
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

	Asthma increase could be caused by paracetamol use, study says
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

	India proposes new health policy but admits flaws
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

	US government admits exaggerating number of stem cell lines available
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

	Surgeon accused of operating beyond his competence
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

	WHO calls for closer monitoring of health risk from depleted uranium
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

	"The capability of saving lives" moves to primary care
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

	US to investigate impact of stigma on health
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2001;323:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

	Ireland's waiting lists are inaccurate
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;323:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.592 [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Use of risk adjustment in setting budgets and measuring performance in primary care I: how it works
	Azeem Majeed, Andrew B Bindman, Jonathan P Weiner
	BMJ  2001;323:604-607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.604 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Use of risk adjustment in setting budgets and measuring performance in primary care II: advantages, disadvantages, and practicalities
	Azeem Majeed, Andrew B Bindman, Jonathan P Weiner
	BMJ  2001;323:607-610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.607 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: DNA microarrays in medical practice
	Timothy J Aitman
	BMJ  2001;323:611-615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.611 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Holiday doppelganger
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2001;323:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.641 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	No milk today
	M D Harris
	BMJ  2001;323:640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.640 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The unmet need
	Bernice Lieberman
	BMJ  2001;323:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.641 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Refining and implementing the Tavistock principles for everybody in health care • Commentary: Justice in health carea response to Tavistock
	Don Berwick, Frank Davidoff, Howard Hiatt, Richard Smith, David M Mirvis, James E Bailey
	BMJ  2001;323:616-620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.616 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Case studies, users' guide and report]

	Quality Improvement Report: Linking guideline to regular feedback to increase appropriate requests for clinical tests: blood gas analysis in intensive care
	Paolo Merlani, Philippe Garnerin, Marc Diby, Martine Ferring, Bara Ricou
	BMJ  2001;323:620-624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.620 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complexity science: The challenge of complexity in health care
	Paul E Plsek, Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2001;323:625-628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.625 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.642 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	One hundred years ago: Prayer healing in Germany
	BMJ  2001;323:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.603 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: When reality defies delusion
	Brendan McCann
	BMJ  2001;323:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.610 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical mishaps: Mistaken identity
	Charles Nduka, Daniel Leff
	BMJ  2001;323:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.615 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my practice: Fifteen years before looking at job
	Piero Stratta, Caterina Canavese
	BMJ  2001;323:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.628 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Forensic Emergency Medicine
	John Heyworth
	BMJ  2001;323:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.638 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Ward Ethics: Dilemmas for Medical Students and Doctors in Training
	Helen Barratt
	BMJ  2001;323:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.638 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Medical Journalism: Exposing Fact, Fiction, Fraud
	Kelly Loughlin
	BMJ  2001;323:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.639 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Promoting safety and quality
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2001;323:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.639 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Promoting safety and quality
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Nightclubbing
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;323:640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.640 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	James Colquhoun Petrie • Patrick David Wall • Sir William Ferguson Anderson • Denys Elwyn Howells • Ronald Herbert Jones • Rubi Alexandra Koyotsu Padi • William Patrick Reynish
	John Petrie, Rhona MacDonald, Caroline Richmond, Brian Williams, John Dall, Huw V Howells, Julia A Jones, Dick Harrison, Buddug Owen, Barry Appleton, David Watkins
	BMJ  2001;323:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.636 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Conservative management of persistent postnatal urinary and faecal incontinence: randomised controlled trial
	Cathryn M A Glazener, G Peter Herbison, P Don Wilson, Christine MacArthur, Gordon D Lang, Harry Gee, Adrian M Grant
	BMJ  2001;323:593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.593 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Botulinum toxin type A in treatment of bilateral primary axillary hyperhidrosis: randomised, parallel group, double blind, placebo controlled trial
	M Naumann, N J Lowe
	BMJ  2001;323:596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.596 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Social factors associated with child mental health problems in Brazil: cross sectional survey
	Bacy Fleitlich, Robert Goodman
	BMJ  2001;323:599-600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.599 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Skin cancer surveillance in renal transplant recipients: questionnaire survey of current UK practice
	P N Harden, S M Reece, A A Fryer, A G Smith, H M Ramsay
	BMJ  2001;323:600-601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.600 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

	Seasonal variations in hospital admission for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: analysis of discharge data
	Fabrice Boulay, Frédéric Berthier, Grégory Schoukroun, Charles Raybaut, Yves Gendreike, Bruno Blaive
	BMJ  2001;323:601-602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.601 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A new method to monitor drugs at dance venues
	John D Ramsey, Marcus A Butcher, Martin F Murphy, Terry Lee, Atholl Johnston, David W Holt
	BMJ  2001;323:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7313.603 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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