Early neonatal mortality is more likely in infants born at night [Full text]

	Mother's weight predicts adult obesity better than birth weight [Full text]

	Schizophrenia in ethnic minorities is more common in white neighbourhoods [Full text]

	Review of repeat prescriptions by pharmacists is effective and cost effective [Full text]

	Training health workers improves rates of breast feeding [Full text]

Editorials

	Endocrine disrupters and human health
	Paul T C Harrison
	BMJ  2001;323:1317-1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1317 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Estimating the financial requirements of health care
	Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  2001;323:1318-1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1318 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chest pain in people with normal coronary anatomy
	Gurjinder Nijher, John Weinman, Christopher Bass, John Chambers
	BMJ  2001;323:1319-1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1319 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adult obesity and growth in childhood
	Catherine Law
	BMJ  2001;323:1320-1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1320 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Managing major public health crises
	Angus Nicoll, Deborah Wilson, Nigel Calvert, Peter Borriello
	BMJ  2001;323:1321-1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1321 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Risk of adverse birth outcomes near landfill sites
	Helene Irvine, Harry Burns, Dick Heller, Roger A Fisken, Patricia A Boyd, Paul F Chamberlain
	BMJ  2001;323:1365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1365 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing myocardial infarction
	Steve Goodacre, Francis Morris, Stephen Campbell, Deborah Quinney, Simon Capewell, Carl E Palffy
	BMJ  2001;323:1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1366 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Integrating genetics into primary care in practice
	Satinder Kumar, Madeleine Gantley, Glyn Elwyn, Rachel Iredale
	BMJ  2001;323:1367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1367 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Depressed mood during pregnancy and after childbirth
	Julia Lappin, J Sheehan, F M Crotty, M R Oates, A Lee, Jonathan Evans, Jon Heron, Jean Golding, Helen Francomb, Sarah Oke
	BMJ  2001;323:1367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1367a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients and medical power
	Robert Dingwall, J Calinas-Correia, Debra Nestel
	BMJ  2001;323:1368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1368 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National Blood Service can provide useful data for antenatal detection of HIV
	Elizabeth Boxall, John Kurtz
	BMJ  2001;323:1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1369 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Incentive payments may reduce time for clinical care
	Mark Rickenbach
	BMJ  2001;323:1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1369a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Law of supply and demand applies in NHS
	Tim Heywood
	BMJ  2001;323:1370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1370 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Social exclusion must be considered in global terms
	J Jaime Miranda, Paul Farmer
	BMJ  2001;323:1370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1370a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Doctor referred to GMC after inquiry into epilepsy diagnoses
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2001;323:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1323 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1324 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Reform of NICE needed to boost its credibility
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1324a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Poorest women 20 times more likely to die in childbirth
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1324b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Wanless report sparks debate on funding of health service
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2001;323:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1325 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Blair backtracks on meeting EU health spending
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1325a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	One in three children malnourished in parts of Europe
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2001;323:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1326 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dying woman's demand for right to assisted suicide is rejected
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1326a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	Antioxidant vitamins make lipid lowering drugs less effective
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1323a [Extract] [Full text]

	Emergency cancer patients receive poor care
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1323b [Extract] [Full text]

	Gynaecologists blame high incidence of back pain on their work
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2001;323:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1323c [Extract] [Full text]

	Irish government to revamp primary care
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2001;323:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1323d [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Randomised controlled trial of clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly patients receiving repeat prescriptions in general practice
	Arnold G Zermansky, Duncan R Petty, David K Raynor, Nick Freemantle, Andy Vail, Catherine J Lowe
	BMJ  2001;323:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1340 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Doctors' use of electronic medical records systems in hospitals: cross sectional survey
	Hallvard Lærum, Gunnar Ellingsen, Arild Faxvaag
	BMJ  2001;323:1344-1348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1344 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire and requirements details] FREE

	Infopoints: IERan educational resource for health informatics in general practice
	Alan Hassey, Paul Robinson
	BMJ  2001;323:1348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1348 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Recent advances: Respiratory medicine
	Huib A M Kerstjens, Harry J Groen, Wim van der Bij
	BMJ  2001;323:1349-1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1349 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and pain
	R C Spiller
	BMJ  2001;323:1354-1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1354 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	I and i
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2001;323:1375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1375a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Great expectations: a relative dilemma
	Tom Cawood
	BMJ  2001;323:1375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1375 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Quality improvement report: Effect on rates of breast feeding of training for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
	Adriano Cattaneo, Roberto Buzzetti
	BMJ  2001;323:1358-1362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1358 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Violence in the workplace • The nurse's experience • Commentary: Could guidelines reduce number of incidents? • Commentary: Carers deserve care too • Commentary: Roles and identities
	Pippa Gough, Roger M Goss, Sue Jordan
	BMJ  2001;323:1362-1364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1362 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1376 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	One hundred years ago: The war in South Africa
	BMJ  2001;323:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1338a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A medical mishap: A poor historian
	Matthew Bull
	BMJ  2001;323:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1339 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: When guidelines fail
	John Godfrey
	BMJ  2001;323:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1343 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable journey into the past
	John Savin
	BMJ  2001;323:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1353 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Essoins and EOKA
	D J Blomley
	BMJ  2001;323:1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1357 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: Psychiatrists get an offer they cannot refuse
	Tony David
	BMJ  2001;323:1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1374 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: From Detached Concern to Empathy: Humanizing Medical Practice
	Philip Berry
	BMJ  2001;323:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1373 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Medicine and Literature: The Doctor's Companion to the Classics
	John Quin
	BMJ  2001;323:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1373a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Saving the NHS (reprise)
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Taking a history
	Rajendra Kale
	BMJ  2001;323:1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1374a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sydney Gottlieb
	Richard O'Brien
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371 [Extract] [Full text]

	Nicholas John Chamberlain
	John Galloway, Peter Tasker
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Allan Garrett
	Steven K Garrett
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alan Hadfield Gowenlock
	H Fay, C J Seneviratne
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Raymond John Harvey
	Pamela Harvey
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371d [Extract] [Full text]

	John ("Hans") Horton
	Robert Horton
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Lilian Kerr
	Allan Kerr
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sydney Mander Laird
	Robert S Morton, Ratish B Roy
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kenneth Marshall
	P J A O'Carroll
	BMJ  2001;323:1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371h [Extract] [Full text]

	Arumugam Sittampalam
	Ganesh Sittampalam
	BMJ  2001;323:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1371i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Timing of birth and infant and early neonatal mortality in Sweden 1973-95: longitudinal birth register study
	Z C Luo, J Karlberg
	BMJ  2001;323:1327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1327 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fetal and early life growth and body mass index from birth to early adulthood in 1958 British cohort: longitudinal study
	Tessa J Parsons, Chris Power, Orly Manor
	BMJ  2001;323:1331-1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1331 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Incidence of schizophrenia in ethnic minorities in London: ecological study into interactions with environment
	J Boydell, J van Os, K McKenzie, J Allardyce, R Goel, R G McCreadie, R M Murray
	BMJ  2001;323:1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1336 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prescriptions for antiulcer drugs in Australia: volume, trends, and costs
	Johanna I Westbrook, Anne E Duggan, Jean H McIntosh
	BMJ  2001;323:1338-1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1338 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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