This week's This week in the BMJ

	Oral iron can improve motor and language development in preschool children [Full text] FREE

	Seeing people smoking in films influences adolescents to try smoking [Full text] FREE

	Social class at birth may affect outcome in schizophrenia [Full text] FREE

	New glaucoma drugs have dramatically decreased the need for operation [Full text] FREE

	Elderly people respond well to assessment by postal questionnaire [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Iron deficiency and impaired child development
	Haroon Saloojee, John M Pettifor
	BMJ  2001;323:1377-1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1377 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Smoking in teenagers and watching films showing smoking
	Stanton A Glantz
	BMJ  2001;323:1378-1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1378 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Funding medicines for people with multiple sclerosis
	David Taylor
	BMJ  2001;323:1379-1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1379 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Updating guidelines on asthma in adults
	Brendan Delaney
	BMJ  2001;323:1380-1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1380 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: North of England Asthma evidence based guidelines]

	Hormone replacement therapy and the breast
	J M Dixon
	BMJ  2001;323:1381-1382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1381 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Monitoring clinical trials
	Sheila M Bird, S M Richards, Hazel Thornton, David Parry, Daniel Reidpath, J M Henk
	BMJ  2001;323:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1424 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Getting consent for necropsies
	Julian L Burton, Irene Scheimberg, Alan W Bates, Abigail Lee, M Holbrook, G Morgan
	BMJ  2001;323:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1426 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Genetics mediate relation of birth weight to childhood IQ
	D I Boomsma, C E M van Beijsterveldt, M J H Rietveld, M Bartels, G C M van Baal
	BMJ  2001;323:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1426 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality of care for people with dementia
	Joan Scott, Chris Edwards, Chris Fox, Clive Bowman, Graham Stokes
	BMJ  2001;323:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1427 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Teenage pregnancy is not a public health problem
	Debbie Lawlor, Mary Shaw, Sarah Johns
	BMJ  2001;323:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1428 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National service frameworks
	A M Rouse, David Jolley, Kate Read
	BMJ  2001;323:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1429 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Don't GPs have to be good clinicians any more?
	Adrian Fogarty
	BMJ  2001;323:1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1429 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Review of cancer services shows poor coordination in NHS
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:1383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	"Existential" suffering not a justification for euthanasia
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2001;323:1384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1384 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Highest French court awards compensation for "being born"
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2001;323:1384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1384 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2001;323:1384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1384 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Head of the Medical Council of India removed for corruption
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2001;323:1385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1385 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors sceptical that new policy will greatly increase choice
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:1385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1385 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Blinding trachoma almost eliminated from Morocco
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2001;323:1387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1387 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rates of liver cirrhosis rise in England, fall in Europe
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor wins battle against GMC's decision to strike him off
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Government insists NHS pays for drugs approved by NICE
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2001;323:1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1386 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Scientists "grow" monkey stem cell lines from cloned embryos
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1386 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Boost to NHS information systems as NHS signs Microsoft deal
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2001;323:1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1386 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Health service ranked as most violent work environment in Australia
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2001;323:1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1386 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Scots think healthy food is "boring and tasteless"
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2001;323:1386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1386 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Teenager died after surgeon "lost his temper"
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:1387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1387 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Breast cancer drug "surpasses" tamoxifen
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:1387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1387 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	NHS faces critical shortfall in number of consultant surgeons
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text]

	New childhood leukaemia identified by gene chip technology
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text]

	Additional drug treatment approved for heart patients
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text]

	European countries face similar problems of demographic ageing and higher patient expectations
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text]

	Parents lose compensation battle for care of disabled child
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text]

	GMC clears surgeon of 22 charges
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text]

	Review of cancer services in England and Wales reveals poor coordination
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2001;323:1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text]

	GP who falsified research data found guilty of professional misconduct
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2001;323:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1388 [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Randomised comparison of three methods of administering a screening questionnaire to elderly people: findings from the MRC trial of the assessment and management of older people in the community
	Liam Smeeth, Astrid E Fletcher, Susan Stirling, Maria Nunes, Elizabeth Breeze, Edmond Ng, Christopher J Bulpitt, Dee Jones
	BMJ  2001;323:1403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1403 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: First episode psychosis
	Helen Lester
	BMJ  2001;323:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1408 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Genetics and cardiovascular risk
	Ian N M Day, David I Wilson
	BMJ  2001;323:1409-1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1409 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Cancer of the stomach and pancreas
	Matthew J Bowles, Irving S Benjamin
	BMJ  2001;323:1413-1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1413 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Clients on diets
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2001;323:1435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1435 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	In praise of books
	Reinhard Wentz
	BMJ  2001;323:1435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1435 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	What are the effects of the fifth revision of the Declaration of Helsinki? • Fair partnerships support ethical research • Gains and losses for rights of consumer and research participants • Research will be impeded • Some clauses will hinder development of new drugs and vaccines
	Stephen M Tollman, Hilda Bastian, Richard Doll, Laurence J Hirsch, Harry A Guess
	BMJ  2001;323:1417-1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1417 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2001;323:1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1436 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable teacher: Asking the right questions
	Hugh Saxton
	BMJ  2001;323:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1393 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Good Lord, deliver us
	BMJ  2001;323:1401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1401 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Some memorable advice
	D D R Williams
	BMJ  2001;323:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1407 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The importance of keeping contemporaneous records
	Alexander Williams
	BMJ  2001;323:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1423 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Understanding the toll of premature death among men in eastern Europe
	BMJ  2001;323:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1417 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

ADS

This week's ADS

	Ads: Vincent's bandage
	Philip Thomas, Pat Bracken
	BMJ  2001;323:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1434 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Integrated Cancer Care: Holistic, Complementary and Creative Approaches
	Susannah Baron
	BMJ  2001;323:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1432 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Holding Health Care Accountable: Law and the New Medical Marketplace
	John Murphy
	BMJ  2001;323:1433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1433 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

RADIO

This week's RADIO

	Radio: Signs of Life
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2001;323:1433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1433 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	The edges of doctoring: the law's view
	BMJ  2001;323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOURNAL

This week's JOURNAL

	Journal: Men's Health Journal
	Tom O'Dowd
	BMJ  2001;323:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1432 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: The information gap
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2001;323:1434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1434 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Charles A Crenshaw
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text]

	Thomas Snowdon Blaiklock
	Christopher Blaiklock
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Walter Vincent Cuschieri
	Andrew A Cuschieri
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Paul Francis Heffron
	Tony Peck, Doreen Gettins
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Colin Hindson
	W D Taylor
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Hamilton Hughes
	Beatrice M Hughes
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Esther Kerr
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kalyanasundaram Subra Mani
	Vinod Saxena, Peter Newman
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William ("Bill") McKellar
	Jack King
	BMJ  2001;323:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George William Senter
	Elizabeth O'Sullivan
	BMJ  2001;323:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Effects of iron supplementation and anthelmintic treatment on motor and language development of preschool children in Zanzibar: double blind, placebo controlled study
	Rebecca J Stoltzfus, Jane D Kvalsvig, Hababu M Chwaya, Antonio Montresor, Marco Albonico, James M Tielsch, Lorenzo Savioli, Ernesto Pollitt
	BMJ  2001;323:1389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1389 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of seeing tobacco use in films on trying smoking among adolescents: cross sectional study
	James D Sargent, Michael L Beach, Madeline A Dalton, Leila A Mott, Jennifer J Tickle, M Bridget Ahrens, Todd F Heatherton
	BMJ  2001;323:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1394 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of social class at birth on risk and presentation of schizophrenia: case-control study
	Fiona Mulvany, Eadbhard O'Callaghan, Noriyoshi Takei, Majella Byrne, Paul Fearon, Conall Larkin
	BMJ  2001;323:1398-1401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1398 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The impact of new drugs on management of glaucoma in Scotland: observational study
	D N Bateman, R Clark, A Azuara-Blanco, M Bain, J Forrest
	BMJ  2001;323:1401-1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1401 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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Chris Silagy (1960 - 2001) [Full text]

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