This week's This week in the BMJ

	Inequality and poverty cause war [Full text] FREE

	Data on war deaths are needed [Full text] FREE

	Children pay the price in Afghanistan [Full text] FREE

	Post-combat syndromes are not unique to the Gulf war [Full text] FREE

	Can war be just? [Full text] FREE

	Asylum seekers who alter their stories may not be lying [Full text] FREE

	Early diagnosis is key in bioattacks [Full text] FREE

	Cough medicines are unnecessary [Full text] FREE

	Post-traumatic stress disorder is common after conflict [Full text] FREE

	Nuclear terrorism is a real threat [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Medicine in the age of global interdependence
	Richard Smith, Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2002;324:309-310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.309 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complex political emergencies
	Egbert Sondorp, Anthony B Zwi
	BMJ  2002;324:310-311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.310 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating rheumatoid arthritis with tumour necrosis factor blockade
	Paul Emery, Maya Buch
	BMJ  2002;324:312-313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.312 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality of economic evaluations in health care
	Tom Jefferson, Vittorio Demicheli
	BMJ  2002;324:313-314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.313 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A plea to authors: ensure your studies comply with guidelines
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.314 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Letter from Afghanistan
	Jennifer Leaning
	BMJ  2002;324:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.360 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Israeli-Palestinian conflict
	Samia O Halileh, Ole J Hartling
	BMJ  2002;324:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.361 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Conflict in Sri Lanka
	Brigg Reilley, Isabel Simpson, Nathan Ford, Marc DuBois, K A L A Kuruppuarachchi, S S Williams
	BMJ  2002;324:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.361a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	To combat terrorism, United Nations must be in charge
	Ralph Kruger
	BMJ  2002;324:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.362 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Response to bioterrorism
	Meng-Kin Lim, Margaret Bree, Janet Stevenson, Jonathan L Temte, Paul Barach, Stephen T Green
	BMJ  2002;324:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.362a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Good governance must be introduced globally
	Dilip DaCruz
	BMJ  2002;324:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.364 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Functional" should not be shorthand for "I don't know" in dyspepsia
	David L Wingate
	BMJ  2002;324:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.364a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Double standards seem to prevail for generic drugs
	Graham Howarth
	BMJ  2002;324:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.365 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient safety is more important than efficiency
	John S M Zorab
	BMJ  2002;324:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.365a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Parents are the best judges of school attendance
	Richard Reading
	BMJ  2002;324:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.365b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of digitalisize and digitalize
	Richard James
	BMJ  2002;324:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.365c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Conditions at Afghan prison violate human rights, report says
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2002;324:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.315 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New research on autism and measles "proves nothing"
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.315a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.316 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS to fund treatment for 10000 patients with MS
	Ruth Little
	BMJ  2002;324:316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.316a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Human rights group uncovers evidence of torture in Zimbabwe
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;324:317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.317 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Afghanistan needs security to rebuild its health services
	Tessa Richards, Ruth Little
	BMJ  2002;324:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.318 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Getting the doctors to return
	BMJ  2002;324:319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.319 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Separating humanitarian aid from politics
	BMJ  2002;324:319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.319a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Palestinian territories face huge burden of disability
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;324:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.320 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Congo health officials draw up measures for war conditions
	Mark Hunter
	BMJ  2002;324:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.320a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	NICE accuses drug companies of withholding data
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2002;324:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.320b [Extract] [Full text]

	Scientists may have identified way of turning off immune response
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.320c [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of over the counter cough medicines for acute cough in adults
	Knut Schroeder, Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2002;324:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.329 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Regular review: Chemical weapons
	Demetrius Evison, David Hinsley, Paul Rice
	BMJ  2002;324:332-335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.332 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Biological warfare and bioterrorism
	Nicholas J Beeching, David A B Dance, Alastair R O Miller, Robert C Spencer
	BMJ  2002;324:336-339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables]

	Lesson of the week: Post-traumatic stress disorder following military combat or peace keeping
	Roger Gabriel, Leigh A Neal
	BMJ  2002;324:340-341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.340 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Teaching hospital teams
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2002;324:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.373a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	How war affected my life and work
	Aferdita Goçi-Uka
	BMJ  2002;324:372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.372 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Disappearing hospital
	Mary E Black
	BMJ  2002;324:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.373 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Root causes of violent conflict in developing countries • Commentary: Conflictfrom causes to prevention?
	Frances Stewart, Douglas Holdstock, Antonio Jarquin
	BMJ  2002;324:342-345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.342 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Armed conflict as a public health problem
	C J L Murray, G King, A D Lopez, N Tomijima, E G Krug
	BMJ  2002;324:346-349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.346 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict
	Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
	BMJ  2002;324:349-352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.349 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Was the Afghan conflict a just war?
	Jennifer Leaning
	BMJ  2002;324:353-355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.353 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nuclear terrorism • Commentary: The myth of nuclear deterrence in south Asia • Commentary: The psychology of terrorists
	Ira Helfand, Lachlan Forrow, Jaya Tiwari, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Samiran Nundy, Karen Colvard
	BMJ  2002;324:356-359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.356 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.374 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: A hideous demon
	BMJ  2002;324:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.329a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The year was 1941
	Stella E G Gibson
	BMJ  2002;324:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.335 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Terrorist
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2002;324:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.355 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The statistician as physician
	BMJ  2002;324:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.355a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Why the Great War looks so innocent to modern eyes
	BMJ  2002;324:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.355b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Embryologist faces court hearing
	BMJ  2002;324:317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.317a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pro-tobacco writer admits he should have declared an interest
	BMJ  2002;324:317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.317b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: We all fall down: could smallpox return?
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2002;324:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.370a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: War or Health? A Reader
	Michael Rowson
	BMJ  2002;324:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.369 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: At The Side of Torture Survivors: Treating a Terrible Assault on Human Dignity • Splintered Innocence: An Intuitive Approach to Treating War Trauma
	Lynne Jones
	BMJ  2002;324:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.369a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Britain and Biological Warfare: Expert Advice and Science Policy, 1930-65
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2002;324:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.370 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Writers' views on September 11
	John Collee
	BMJ  2002;324:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.368 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Letter to a Venusian
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.0j [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2002;324:372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.372a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Focus on Afghanistan
	Alex Vass, Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2002;324:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.371 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Donald Ineson Crowther
	Stephen Lock
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366 [Extract] [Full text]

	Arthur Robert Lawrence ("Robin") Abel
	Ronnie Williams
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Frederick James Bunting
	Jim Ford
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Adrian Graham Warren Hill
	Pharic Gillibrand
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Douglas Watson Lamb
	Geoffrey Hooper
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Frank Edmanson Lodge
	Michael Hall-Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Barrie Miller
	Jane Miller
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Morgan Pringle
	Barrie Hanstead
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Barbara Ansell
	BMJ  2002;324:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366h [Extract] [Full text]

	Correction: Dame Sheila Sherlock
	BMJ  2002;324:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.366i [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Post-combat syndromes from the Boer war to the Gulf war: a cluster analysis of their nature and attribution
	Edgar Jones, Robert Hodgins-Vermaas, Helen McCartney, Brian Everitt, Charlotte Beech, Denise Poynter, Ian Palmer, Kenneth Hyams, Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2002;324:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.321 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Discrepancies in autobiographical memories implications for the assessment of asylum seekers: repeated interviews study
	Jane Herlihy, Peter Scragg, Stuart Turner
	BMJ  2002;324:324-327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.324 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influenza vaccination rates and informed consent in Dutch nursing homes: survey of nursing home physicians
	Marcel Verweij, Mariëtte van den Hoven
	BMJ  2002;324:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.328 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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Survey: Was the Afghan conflict a just war? [Full text]

Jennifer Leaning on 'Physicians and War' [Full text]

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