Home intervention by nurses cuts readmission for heart failure [Full text]

	Advances bring artificial limbs closer to missing limbs [Full text]

	Home visits benefit elderly people [Full text]

	GPs' working arrangements affect their own health care [Full text]

	National guidance distorts resource allocation [Full text]

Editorials

	Exercise for intermittent claudication
	A H R Stewart, P M Lamont
	BMJ  2001;323:703-704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.703 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for cancer in venous thromboembolic disease
	Tony Fennerty
	BMJ  2001;323:704-705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.704 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Wrong biochemistry results
	Adel AA Ismail, Julian H Barth
	BMJ  2001;323:705-706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.705 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Monitoring the safety of over the counter drugs
	David Clark, Deborah Layton, Saad A W Shakir
	BMJ  2001;323:706-707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.706 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventive home visits to elderly people
	J Clark
	BMJ  2001;323:708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.708 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Prostatic symptoms
	K Baxby, John Reynard, Lucy Jenkins, Peter Rose, Tim Wilson, Andrew Farmer
	BMJ  2001;323:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.750 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Community pharmacy supply of emergency contraception
	Paul Bissell, Claire Anderson, Lesley Bacon, Beth Taylor, Karen O'Brien, Gary Ward
	BMJ  2001;323:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.751 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Family history and risk of venous thromboembolism with oral contraception
	Jan P Vandenbroucke, Felix J M van der Meer, Frans M Helmerhorst, Frits R Rosendaal, Benilde Cosmi
	BMJ  2001;323:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.752 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply to criticism of study on benzodiazepines and risk of hip fracture
	Nicholas Moore
	BMJ  2001;323:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.752a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Journal should show balance, not bias, when reporting on PFI
	Brian McCloskey
	BMJ  2001;323:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.753 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Implementing clinical governance
	Neville W Goodman, Sean W O'Kelly, Rachel Maxwell
	BMJ  2001;323:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.753a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Perineal massage in pregnancy
	Michel Labrecque, Erica Eason, Sylvie Marcoux, Steve Halligan
	BMJ  2001;323:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.753b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Removal from a GP's list: qualitative research is needed
	Tim Stokes, Robert K McKinley, Mary Dixon-Woods
	BMJ  2001;323:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.754 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Duodenal haematoma occurs in children with bicycle injuries
	David Bass
	BMJ  2001;323:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.754a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Systematic reviews and Cochrane Collaboration
	Donald M Mackay, P Badrinath
	BMJ  2001;323:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.755 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors should not participate in executions
	James Welsh
	BMJ  2001;323:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.755a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Plight of Afghan people must not be forgotten
	Ben Armstrong, Michel Coleman, Clive Davies, Diana Elbourne, Astrid Fletcher, Emily Grundy, Andy Haines, Andy Hall, Betty Kirkwood, Donna Lamping, Michael Miles, Ian Roberts, Egbert Sondorp
	BMJ  2001;323:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.755b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	England introduces star system for hospital trusts
	Carol Harris
	BMJ  2001;323:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.709 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast clinic director accused of bullying and incompetence
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.709a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.710 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exercise and cognitive behaviour therapy are best treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.710a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Belgium cuts antibiotic use by 12%
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.710b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Delay in GMC hearing breached doctor's human rights
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.711 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fake cows help to reduce sleeping sickness and use of insecticides
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.711a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Separate vaccines could endanger children
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.711b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeons perform transatlantic operation using fibreoptics
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.713c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	China admits its AIDS crisis
	Ted Plafker
	BMJ  2001;323:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.714 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	India wakes up to threat of bioterrorism
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.714a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	New heart attack test could reduce unnecessary hospital admissions
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GPs concerned over plans to send patients to Europe
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Mental health patients criticise lack of information
	Carol Harris
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bypass surgery can be safe for octogenarians
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Collection of artworks by psychiatric patients finds permanent home
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;323:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.712d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Smoking may mimic effect of antidepressants
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.713 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK survey finds variation in oestrogen receptor testing
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.713a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Japan to test 1m cattle after discovery of first case of BSE
	Joe Lamar
	BMJ  2001;323:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.713b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Education campaigns can reduce stigma of depression and cut suicides
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2001;323:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.714b [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Challenge of culture, conscience, and contract to general practitioners' care of their own health: qualitative study
	William T Thompson, Margaret E Cupples, Caryl H Sibbett, Delia I Skan, Terry Bradley
	BMJ  2001;323:728-731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.728 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Artificial limbs
	Linda J Marks, John W Michael
	BMJ  2001;323:732-735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.732 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Oesophagus: Heartburn
	John de Caestecker
	BMJ  2001;323:736-739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.736 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Cruising
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2001;323:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.759a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Not made to measure
	Ashley Liston
	BMJ  2001;323:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.758 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Djibouti
	Edwin Martin, Peta Martin
	BMJ  2001;323:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.759 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Raising standards in emergency relief: how useful are Sphere minimum standards for humanitarian assistance?
	André Griekspoor, Steve Collins
	BMJ  2001;323:740-742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.740 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Wrong SIGN, NICE mess: is national guidance distorting allocation of resources?
	Richard Cookson, David McDaid, Alan Maynard
	BMJ  2001;323:743-745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.743 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complexity science: Complexity, leadership, and management in healthcare organisations
	Paul E Plsek, Tim Wilson
	BMJ  2001;323:746-749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.746 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.760 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: The danger of good people
	BMJ  2001;323:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.727a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A certainty
	BMJ  2001;323:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.727b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More on pre-mortal provision
	Richard Bayliss
	BMJ  2001;323:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.731 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The final quip
	BMJ  2001;323:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.746a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: British practitioners in Italy
	BMJ  2001;323:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.746b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Beyond the blame culture?
	BMJ  2001;323:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.746c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Life expectancy rates show health inequalities
	BMJ  2001;323:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.735 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The public health benefits of mobile phones
	BMJ  2001;323:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.735a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: The Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
	Graham Serjeant
	BMJ  2001;323:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.757 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Relapse and Recovery in Addictions
	Wayne Hall
	BMJ  2001;323:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.757a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Ways of understanding
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Ways of understanding
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.0a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Humanitarian aid
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2001;323:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.758a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Robert James Etheridge • Arthur Henry Ferguson-Gow • Leo Max Honigsberger • Charles Richard Knappett • David Le Vay
	N A Nasser, Ian Brown, Frank Marshall, John Surtees, Alexander McNeish, C Giles, Lewis Le Vay
	BMJ  2001;323:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.756 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of specialist nurse intervention in heart failure
	Lynda Blue, Elanor Lang, John J V McMurray, Andrew P Davie, Theresa A McDonagh, David R Murdoch, Mark C Petrie, Eugene Connolly, John Norrie, Caroline E Round, Ian Ford, Caroline E Morrison
	BMJ  2001;323:715-718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.715 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of home based support for older people: systematic review and meta-analysis • Commentary: When, where, and why do preventive home visits work?
	Ruth Elkan, Denise Kendrick, Michael Dewey, Michael Hewitt, Jane Robinson, Mitch Blair, Deb Williams, Kathy Brummell, Matthias Egger
	BMJ  2001;323:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.719 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Attitudes and training of research fellows in surgery: national questionnaire survey
	Choon S Seow, Nee B Teo, Christopher R Wilson, Karin A Oien
	BMJ  2001;323:725-726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.725 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Analysis of cord blood gas at delivery: questionnaire study of practice in the United Kingdom
	Jason Waugh, Anthony Johnson, Andrew Farkas
	BMJ  2001;323:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.727 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

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