This week's This week in the BMJ

	Minimal access surgery is used routinely for many procedures [Full text] FREE

	Continuity of hospital care goes beyond personal contact [Full text] FREE

	Area income inequality in Denmark does not affect all cause mortality [Full text] FREE

	Income inequality is not associated with chronic health conditions [Full text] FREE

	Education is a powerful predictor of mortality in the United States [Full text] FREE

	Income distribution affects health in Japan [Full text] FREE

	Maternal smoking in pregnancy is linked to subsequent diabetes and obesity [Full text] FREE

	lactam use increases chance of children carrying penicillin resistant pneumococci [Full text] FREE

	Australian and English courts are becoming more patient centred [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Income inequality and population health
	Johan P Mackenbach
	BMJ  2002;324:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comparing percutaneous tracheostomy with open surgical tracheostomy
	Irawan Susanto
	BMJ  2002;324:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.3 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for inherited metabolic disease in newborn infants using tandem mass spectrometry
	James V Leonard, Carol Dezateux
	BMJ  2002;324:4-5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.4 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The BMJ: moving on
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:5-6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.5 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Mission statement]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Globalisation and health
	Kelley Lee, David Bradley, Mike Ahern, Tony McMichael, Colin Butler, David Legge, Jammi N Rao, Richard G A Feachem, James Woodcock, Andrew Porter, Rodolfo Saracci, Marina Cuttini, Jean Macq
	BMJ  2002;324:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.44 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Private health care in developing countries
	Ian Mather, Sam Ramaiah, Philip Crowley
	BMJ  2002;324:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of telemedicine must be defined in developing countries
	Michael Rigby
	BMJ  2002;324:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.47a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Comparative efficiency of national health systems
	Gordon Avery, Malcolm Segall, David B Evans, Ajay Tandon, Christopher L J Murray, Jeremy A Lauer, Luc Bonneux
	BMJ  2002;324:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.48 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing term breech deliveries
	Rajesh Varma, David Horwell, Amaju Ikomi, Dattakumar Kunde, David Somerset, Andrew Shennan, Susan Bewley
	BMJ  2002;324:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.49 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Steroid injections are helpful in rotator cuff tendinopathy
	Simon J Mellor, Vipul R Patel
	BMJ  2002;324:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.51 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Teenage pregnancies are influenced by family structure
	Trevor Stammers
	BMJ  2002;324:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.51a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inequalities and research need to be balanced
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2002;324:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.51b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Phytoestrogens and menopause
	Alan J Husband, Mario de Lemos
	BMJ  2002;324:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.52 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Does lack of video mean GP registrar is not competent GP?
	Anisur Rahman
	BMJ  2002;324:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.52a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Chronic fatigue report delayed as row breaks out over content
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO calls for new pact on health care
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.7a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Republic of Ireland investigates improperly dumped hospital waste
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2002;324:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.7b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.8a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Adverse reactions to drugs increase
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.8b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO calls for closer monitoring of commercial interests
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2002;324:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.8c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeon cleared of manslaughter
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.9 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drugs company makes false claims over bedwetting drug
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2002;324:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.9a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pay award a step in the right direction
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.9b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scots tackle racism in health service
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2002;324:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.S1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	R.E.S.P.E.C.T.why doctors are still getting enough of it
	Zosia Kmietovicz
	BMJ  2002;324:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.11 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Creating a healthy global economy
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2002;324:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.12 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Clinical director admits patient care was "compromised"
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.10 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New York debriefing is "a waste of time"
	Judy Siegel
	BMJ  2002;324:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.10a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical Research Council review sets research agenda for autism
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.10b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Managers manipulated waiting lists to meet targets, auditors reveal
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.10c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Anti-HIV drug resistance is increasing in US patients
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.10d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Effect of lactam antibiotic use in children on pneumococcal resistance to penicillin: prospective cohort study
	Dilruba Nasrin, Peter J Collignon, Leslee Roberts, Eileen J Wilson, Louis S Pilotto, Robert M Douglas
	BMJ  2002;324:28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.28 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent advances in minimal access surgery
	Ara Darzi, Sean Mackay
	BMJ  2002;324:31-34, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.31 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How does it work?: Magnetic resonance imaging
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2002;324:35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.35 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Missing Christmas
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2002;324:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.57a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	It's good to talk
	Lynsey Hoy
	BMJ  2002;324:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.57 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Continuity of hospital care: beyond the question of personal contact
	Unni Krogstad, Dag Hofoss, Per Hjortdahl
	BMJ  2002;324:36-38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.36 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent: lessons from Australia
	Loane Skene, Richard Smallwood
	BMJ  2002;324:39-41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.39 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Legal references]

	Personal paper: A case of murder and the BMJ
	Roy Meadow
	BMJ  2002;324:41-43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.41 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.58 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A conversation that changed my letters
	David Tooth
	BMJ  2002;324:19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.19 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Advice from Osler
	BMJ  2002;324:19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.19a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Domiciliary visit
	John Lester
	BMJ  2002;324:30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.30 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: An impression of American hospitals
	BMJ  2002;324:31, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.31a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Choosing a doctor
	BMJ  2002;324:41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.41a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my practice: Shattered hope
	Kishor A Choudhari
	BMJ  2002;324:43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Breast cancer drug "surpasses" tamoxifen
	BMJ  2002;324:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.8 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Doctors under fire
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2002;324:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.55 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: A scapegoat for Sarah Payne?
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2002;324:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.56 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	The big events of 2001
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.0i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Email alerting services
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2002;324:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.56a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Chris Silagy
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53 [Extract] [Full text]

	Leslie Ballon
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Griffith
	J F Humphreys Jones
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John William Langley Kemp
	Jane Bowen, John Meyrick Thomas
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Hugh Courtney Maingay
	Philip Sutton, Chris Maingay
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Patricia Ann Maxwell (née Harding)
	John Modle
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53e [Extract] [Full text]

	Pim Rajjayabun
	Paul H Rajjayabun
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Stephen Clive Sowry
	Gerald Bevan
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jean Lorraine Watson
	Susan Murray
	BMJ  2002;324:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.53h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Income inequality, individual income, and mortality in Danish adults: analysis of pooled data from two cohort studies
	Merete Osler, Eva Prescott, Morten Grønbæk, Ulla Christensen, Pernille Due, Gerda Engholm
	BMJ  2002;324:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.13 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Individual income, income distribution, and self rated health in Japan: cross sectional analysis of nationally representative sample
	Kenji Shibuya, Hideki Hashimoto, Eiji Yano
	BMJ  2002;324:16, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.16 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relations of income inequality and family income to chronic medical conditions and mental health disorders: national survey
	Roland Sturm, Carole Roan Gresenz
	BMJ  2002;324:20, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.20 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Education, income inequality, and mortality: a multiple regression analysis
	Andreas Muller
	BMJ  2002;324:23, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.23 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Smoking during pregnancy and diabetes mellitus in a British longitudinal birth cohort
	Scott M Montgomery, Anders Ekbom
	BMJ  2002;324:26-27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.26 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Ticlopidine associated with acute arthritis
	Habib A Dakik, Ibrahim Salti, Rachid Haidar, Imad W Uthman
	BMJ  2002;324:27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7328.27 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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