"Nil by mouth" after gastrointestinal surgery may be harmful [Full text]

	Bad press for doctors has not increased [Full text]

	Progesterone and progestogens are not beneficial in treating premenstrual syndrome [Full text]

	Quality of care in general practice varies widely [Full text]

	Many emergency ambulance calls have communication difficulties [Full text]

Editorials

	Postoperative starvation after gastrointestinal surgery
	D B A Silk, N Menzies Gow
	BMJ  2001;323:761-762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.761 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Equity versus efficiency: a dilemma for the NHS
	Franco Sassi, Julian Le Grand, Luke Archard
	BMJ  2001;323:762-763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.762 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for prostate cancer in the UK
	Jenny L Donovan, Stephen J Frankel, David E Neal, Freddie C Hamdy
	BMJ  2001;323:763-764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.763 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Qualitative research in systematic reviews
	Mary Dixon-Woods, Ray Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2001;323:765-766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.765 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Forthcoming theme issues and how we chose them
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2001;323:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.766 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Redesigning health care
	Paul Meadows, James Cave, Iain B Craighead
	BMJ  2001;323:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.804 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Terminology used in article on cloning was incorrect
	Peter Millard
	BMJ  2001;323:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.804a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Blood pressure measurement
	Martin Quinn, A R Michell, Eoin O'Brien, Gregory Y H Lip, D Gareth Beevers, Tom Marshall, Andrew Rouse
	BMJ  2001;323:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.805 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reference limits for haemoglobin and ferritin
	Anne-Louise M Heath, Susan Fairweather-Tait, Mark Worwood, Ian M Morison, Elaine L Ferguson, Hugh Rushton, Michael J Norris, Robin Dover, Anthony W Sainsbury, Jeremy J H Gilkes, Ian D Ramsay
	BMJ  2001;323:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.806 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

	Evaluating guidelines across primary care-secondary care interface
	Nick Freemantle, John Wood, Jill Morrison, Alastair Leyland, Jeremy Grimshaw
	BMJ  2001;323:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.808 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing suicides must remain a priority
	Louis Appleby
	BMJ  2001;323:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.808a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Euthanasia
	Jeremy Dearling, Michael H K Irwin
	BMJ  2001;323:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.809 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Symphysiotomies are important option in developing world
	D A A Verkuyl
	BMJ  2001;323:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.809a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prices of CD4 assays and viral load tests must be reduced for developing countries
	Courtenay Bartholomew
	BMJ  2001;323:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.809b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Free supply of knowledge is good for developing countries
	K S Parthasarathy
	BMJ  2001;323:810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.810 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tobacco control policy is regarded as fascism in Japan
	Iwao Gohma
	BMJ  2001;323:810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.810a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Revalidation and assessment: giving marks might help
	Richard Lehman
	BMJ  2001;323:810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.810b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Couple asks permission to select an embryo to save son's life
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.767 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA warns Merck over its promotion of rofecoxib
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.767a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.768 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors asked to condemn development of biological weapons
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.768a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors' surgery shortlisted for Stirling prize
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.768b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Effective treatments for mental illness not being used, WHO says
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2001;323:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.769 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Infertility experts offer new hope to women having cancer treatment
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.769a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors must speak out over war and humanitarian crises
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2001;323:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.771c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European women's group calls for human papillomavirus testing
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.772 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health maintenance organisations drop Medicare beneficiaries
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.772a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Doctor sues university for breach of academic freedom
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.770 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Details of European directive on tobacco spelt out
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.770a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New house officers lack clinical skills
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.770b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GPs must provide more psychological treatments, Welsh report says
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;323:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.770c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Commission calls for evidence from people with genetic disorders
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2001;323:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.770d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Patients warned of dangers of Chinese medicines
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2001;323:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.770e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Changes in the brain may link Alzheimer�s and Parkinson�s diseases
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.771 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Rudeness provokes most complaints against doctors in Saskatchewan
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;323:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.771a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israelis agree terms for embryonic cell use
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2001;323:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.771b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Health issues rise up the EU agenda
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2001;323:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.772b [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Identifying predictors of high quality care in English general practice: observational study
	S M Campbell, M Hann, J Hacker, C Burns, D Oliver, A Thapar, N Mead, D Gelb Safran, M O Roland
	BMJ  2001;323:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.784 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Regular review: Effective physiotherapy
	Robert D Herbert, Chris G Maher, Anne M Moseley, Catherine Sherrington
	BMJ  2001;323:788-790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.788 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Oesophagus: Atypical chest pain and motility disorders
	John Bennett
	BMJ  2001;323:791-794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.791 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Off balance
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2001;323:815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.815a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Lessons from disclosure of audit
	R P Symonds
	BMJ  2001;323:815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.815 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	For and against: Bone densitometry is not a good predictor of hip fracture • For • Against
	Terence J Wilkin, Devasenan Devendra, Jan Dequeker, Frank P Luyten
	BMJ  2001;323:795-799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.795 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complexity science: Coping with complexity: educating for capability
	Sarah W Fraser, Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2001;323:799-803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.799 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.816 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	A memorable dinner companion: Doctors' honours
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2001;323:787, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.787 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A colleague's referral
	G Manojkrishnan
	BMJ  2001;323:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.794 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Compliments
	Yashashri Choudhari
	BMJ  2001;323:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.803 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Tobacco litigation worldwide
	BMJ  2001;323:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.780 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Joint British recommendations on prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: summary
	BMJ  2001;323:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.780a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CD

	CD: The Genetic Basis of Cancer
	Ross Camidge
	BMJ  2001;323:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.813 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: The Words of Medicine: Sources, Meanings, and Delights
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2001;323:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.813a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Lifting a smokescreen
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.814 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Perceptions of doctors and what they do
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Perceptions of doctors and what they do
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.0a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Doctors and the media
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2001;323:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.814a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Mary Ardelice Murray Bigby • Anthony Thomas Brain • David Peter Choyce • Olivia Constant • Emil Denis Coufalik • David Graham Watts Jenkins • Geoffrey Michael de Keyser • David Ronald Murdoch • Peter Robson • John de Swiet
	Keith Ball, Norman Jones, William Jory, D L Maxwell, D Taylor-Robinson, E A Fontaine, Gwynne Jenkins, Vivian Jenkins, Donald Webster, Carol Murdoch, John Byrne, Raj Naik, Sharon Robson, Michael de Swiet
	BMJ  2001;323:811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.811 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Early enteral feeding versus "nil by mouth" after gastrointestinal surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials
	Stephen J Lewis, Matthias Egger, Paul A Sylvester, Steven Thomas
	BMJ  2001;323:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.773 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Efficacy of progesterone and progestogens in management of premenstrual syndrome: systematic review
	Katrina Wyatt, Paul Dimmock, Peter Jones, Manjit Obhrai, Shaughn O'Brien
	BMJ  2001;323:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.776 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Communication difficulties during 999 ambulance calls: observational study
	J Higgins, S Wilson, P Bridge, M W Cooke
	BMJ  2001;323:781-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.781 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bad press for doctors: 21 year survey of three national newspapers
	Nazia Y Ali, Thoebe Y S Lo, Victoria L Auvache, Peter D White
	BMJ  2001;323:782-783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.782 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Exacerbation of angina associated with latanoprost
	M Mitra, B Chang, T James
	BMJ  2001;323:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7316.783 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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