This week's This week in the BMJ

	Thyroxine does not benefit euthyroid people with symptoms of hypothyroidism [Full text] FREE

	Metered dose inhalers are most cost effective for asthma drugs [Full text] FREE

	Patients are more satisfied with a patient centred approach [Full text] FREE

	Month of birth may be linked to risk of developing Crohn's disease [Full text] FREE

	Virtual reality technologies soon to be introduced into surgery [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Appropriate responses to bioterrorist threats
	Nigel Lightfoot, Martin Wale, Robert Spencer, Angus Nicoll
	BMJ  2001;323:877-878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.877 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological implications of chemical and biological weapons
	Simon Wessely, Kenneth Craig Hyams, Robert Bartholomew
	BMJ  2001;323:878-879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.878 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurodegenerative disorders
	Rajendra Kale
	BMJ  2001;323:879-880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.879 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aromatase inhibitors and inactivators in breast cancer
	Per Eystein Lønning
	BMJ  2001;323:880-881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.880 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of sepsis with activated protein C
	C J Hinds
	BMJ  2001;323:881-882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.881 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Wanted: social contract for practice of medicine
	D M Fleming, N Sarkies, Roger M Goss
	BMJ  2001;323:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.930 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Delivery by caesarean section
	Ashis Banerjee, James Hollinshead, Edward Williams, Horng Yen Wee, Swee Chong Quek, S Michael Kinsella, D Nuala Lucas, Steven M Yentis, Anita Holdcroft, Anne E May, Michael Wee, P Neville Robinson, Malcolm Griffiths, B Sharma, Alvaro Aguillera, Patricia Barlow, Serge Rozenberg, Vincent Richman, P O D Pharoah, M J Platt, I Z Mackenzie, D J Tuffnell, K Wilkinson, N Beresford, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;323:930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.930 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Take home naloxone for opiate addicts
	Colin A Graham, Gordon W McNaughton, Alastair J Ireland, Kerry Cassells, David Mountain, Gil Blackwood, A J Ashworth, A Kidd, John Strang
	BMJ  2001;323:934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.934 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bell's phenomenon should not be regarded as pathognomonic sign
	David H Jones
	BMJ  2001;323:935, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.935 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors should be trained in advanced life support before students are
	Michelle C White
	BMJ  2001;323:935, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.935 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lactulose may help prevent urinary tract infections
	M Battle, T Martin, J Fulton
	BMJ  2001;323:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.936 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Audit is powerful tool for accident and emergency service
	Alastair Ferraro
	BMJ  2001;323:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.936 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics cost, whether you have them or not
	Judith Harvey
	BMJ  2001;323:936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.936 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stereotyping may highlight diagnoses that might be missed
	Romesh Khardori
	BMJ  2001;323:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.937 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Condom gap in Africa is wider than study suggests
	Landon Myer, Catherine Mathews, Francesca Little
	BMJ  2001;323:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.937 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thrombolysis must be considered after stroke
	James Kennedy, Alastair M Buchan, Henry J M Barnett
	BMJ  2001;323:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.937 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	US fear of bioterrorism spreads as anthrax cases increase
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.883 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK doctors given guidance on dealing with anthrax
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2001;323:883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.883 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors divided in their attitude to military strikes on Afghganistan
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.884 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.884 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Leading UK paediatrician reinstated
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2001;323:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.885 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospital at centre of claims of racism is "turning the corner," report says
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.885 [Extract] [Full text]

	Progress is slow in narrowing the health research divide
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2001;323:886, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.886 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Quarter of GPs want to quit, BMA survey shows
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.887 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Meeting calls for a national body to respond to research misconduct
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2001;323:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.889 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Coaxing doctors to confess
	BMJ  2001;323:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.890 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	MEPs add their voice to protest at patent for breast cancer gene
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.888 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK physicians work 21 hours a week more than contracted, says report
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.888 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Admissions of private patients to public hospitals in Ireland increase
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;323:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.888 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	BMA attacks GMC's revalidation proposals
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.888 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Suicide rate in young men in Scotland is twice that in England and Wales
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;323:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.888 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

	Consumer groups fight plans for "direct to patient" drug advertisements
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.889 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Database of patients possibly exposed to CJD is proposed
	Andrew Moscrop
	BMJ  2001;323:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.889 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Cooling patients after cardiac arrest may prevent brain damage
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.889 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	HIV/AIDS responsible for 25% of deaths in South Africa, report says
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2001;323:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.890 [Extract] [Full text]

	Transatlantic agreement signed on health care and emergency measures
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2001;323:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.890 [Extract] [Full text]

	Lowering blood pressure in old people with multiple risk factors is worthwhile
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2001;323:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.890 [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Observational study of effect of patient centredness and positive approach on outcomes of general practice consultations
	Paul Little, Hazel Everitt, Ian Williamson, Greg Warner, Michael Moore, Clare Gould, Kate Ferrier, Sheila Payne
	BMJ  2001;323:908-911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.908 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Virtual reality in surgery
	Rory McCloy, Robert Stone
	BMJ  2001;323:912-915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.912 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based paediatrics: Evidence based management of childhood obesity
	Laurel Edmunds, Elizabeth Waters, Elizabeth J Elliott
	BMJ  2001;323:916-919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.916 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How does it work?: Oscillatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Devices
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2001;323:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.919 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Epidemiology and diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection
	Robert P H Logan, Marjorie M Walker
	BMJ  2001;323:920-922, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.920 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Lucky fibrillator
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2001;323:943, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.943 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Pilgrimage
	Julian Randall
	BMJ  2001;323:943, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.943 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Using high quality clinical databases to complement the results of randomised controlled trials: the case of recombinant human activated protein C
	Andrew Padkin, Kathy Rowan, Nick Black
	BMJ  2001;323:923-926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.923 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The future of health care in Canada
	Steven Lewis, Cam Donaldson, Craig Mitton, Gillian Currie
	BMJ  2001;323:926-929, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.926 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.944 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A patient who changed my practice: "That's very nice, but will it get me pregnant?"
	Robert Varnam
	BMJ  2001;323:895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.895 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Nurses for the middle classes
	BMJ  2001;323:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.900 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Democracy
	BMJ  2001;323:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.900 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	New house officers lack clinical skills
	BMJ  2001;323:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.885 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation between insufficient response to antihypertensive treatment and poor compliance with treatment: a prospective case-control study
	BMJ  2001;323:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.900 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Revised values] FREE

	Drug Point
	BMJ  2001;323:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.900 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Writings on an Ethical Life
	D John Doyle
	BMJ  2001;323:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.940 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Angelhead: My Brother's Descent into Madness
	Sean A Spence
	BMJ  2001;323:940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.940 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Dressing Station: A Surgeon's Odyssey • What for Chop Today?
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2001;323:941, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.941 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Are the media losing faith in the NHS?
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:941, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.941 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: Anthrax and the US media
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2001;323:942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.942 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Doctors and patients: flying apart?
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Bioterrorism
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2001;323:942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.942 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Mária Jozefa Hári • Richard Garrett George Barry • Roy Gibb Blues • William Armstrong Davidson • David Charles Fluck • William Stanley Hill • Fausto Iannotti • Alan Oakley John • William Gray McEwen • John Marcus Stowers
	Andrew Sutton, N V O'Donohoe, Alan J L Davidson, Peter N Davidson, Nick Fluck, Alan Crockard, Marilyn Boll, Patricia Law, J Douglas Hunter, Christopher D Stowers
	BMJ  2001;323:938, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.938 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Thyroxine treatment in patients with symptoms of hypothyroidism but thyroid function tests within the reference range: randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial
	M Anne Pollock, Alison Sturrock, Karen Marshall, Kate M Davidson, Christopher J G Kelly, Alex D McMahon, E Hamish McLaren
	BMJ  2001;323:891-895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.891 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Baseline measurements and scores] FREE

	Systematic review of clinical effectiveness of pressurised metered dose inhalers versus other hand held inhaler devices for delivering corticosteroids in asthma
	David Brocklebank, John Wright, Christopher Cates
	BMJ  2001;323:896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.896 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Systematic review of clinical effectiveness of pressurised metered dose inhalers versus other hand held inhaler devices for delivering 2 agonists bronchodilators in asthma
	Felix S F Ram, John Wright, David Brocklebank, John E S White
	BMJ  2001;323:901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.901 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Racial stereotyping: survey of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom
	Helen Minnis, Alison McMillan, Marjorie Gillies, Shubulade Smith
	BMJ  2001;323:905-906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.905 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Photographs] FREE

	Research pointers: Does month of birth affect risk of Crohn's disease in childhood and adolescence?
	Henrik Toft Sørensen, Lars Pedersen, Bente Nørgård, Kirsten Fonager, Kenneth J Rothman
	BMJ  2001;323:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7318.907 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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