Triple combination therapy for HIV is effective [Full text]

	Neonatal autopsies give valuable information [Full text]

	Allergens and viruses act together to exacerbate asthma [Full text]

	Renal colic shows a circadian pattern [Full text]

	Autologous blood transfusion is more cost effective than allogenic transfusion [Full text]

	Flowcharts in children's notes increase documentation of possible intentional injury [Full text]

	Diagnostic tests are overused [Full text]

Editorials

	Initial antiretroviral regimens
	Charles Carpenter
	BMJ  2002;324:747-748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.747 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The long case versus objective structured clinical examinations
	Geoff Norman
	BMJ  2002;324:748-749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.748 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Falling neonatal autopsy rates
	T Yee Khong
	BMJ  2002;324:749-750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.749 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Protein conjugate pneumococcal vaccines
	Vana Spoulou, Charles F Gilks, John P A Ioannidis
	BMJ  2002;324:750-751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.750 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Global nursing shortages
	James Buchan
	BMJ  2002;324:751-752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.751 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Redefining leadership
	Nigel Dudley, G L W Bonney
	BMJ  2002;324:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.786 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bullying in medicine
	Tim Field, Kristin Becker, Graeme M Mackenzie, Liz Crossan
	BMJ  2002;324:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.786/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Violence in the workplace
	Siobhan MacHale, L M Tuddenham, Chris Jones
	BMJ  2002;324:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.788 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Language of self harm is somatic and needs to be learnt
	Andrew Clark
	BMJ  2002;324:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.788/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statins as the new aspirin
	Uffe Ravnskov, Christopher Anton
	BMJ  2002;324:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.789 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case of cholestatic hepatitis with celecoxib did not fulfil international criteria
	Felix M Arellano, Sean Z Zhao, Matthew W Reynolds
	BMJ  2002;324:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.789/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mini-cholecystectomy is often used in gallbladder surgery
	A G Johnson, A W Majeed
	BMJ  2002;324:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.790 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Several databases give free access now
	Fiona McLean
	BMJ  2002;324:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.790/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medline and PubMed will be able to synthesise clinical data
	Sheldon Kotzin
	BMJ  2002;324:791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.791 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vitamin A programme in Assam probably caused hysteria
	Keith P West, Jr, Alfred Sommer
	BMJ  2002;324:791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.791/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Full time forensic pathology service
	Jason Payne-James, Ian Wall, Peter Dean, Sebastian Lucas
	BMJ  2002;324:791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.791/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Same shortcomings of NHS have existed for years
	John Walton
	BMJ  2002;324:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.792 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Therapeutics needs to be better taught
	Martin J Kendall
	BMJ  2002;324:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.792/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	"Unlawfully treated" woman to move to new unit
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.753 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pfizer gets a public dressing down over promoting unlicensed drugs
	Paul Dinsdale
	BMJ  2002;324:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.753/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.754 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Transplants from live patients scrutinised after donor's death
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.754/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA negotiator calls for more male medical students
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2002;324:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.754/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cancer money siphoned off to pay debts
	Owen Dyer, Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2002;324:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.755 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New test simplifies genetic testing for breast cancer
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2002;324:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.755/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Overall health of Hungary's Roma worse than average population
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2002;324:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.755/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Healthcare costs hit older Americans
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.756 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Paediatricians meet to tackle child abuse in former Soviet bloc
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2002;324:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.756/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Study helps explain relation between heart disease and insulin resistance
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.756/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Blocking angiotensin II receptors with losartan reduces cardiovascular events and stroke
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.756/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Using asthma inhalers can give false positive results in breath tests
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2002;324:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.756/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Many websites make false health claims
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;324:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.756/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Israeli doctors consider carrying emergency kits
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2002;324:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.756/g [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Randomised controlled trial of short bursts of a potent topical corticosteroid versus prolonged use of a mild preparation for children with mild or moderate atopic eczema
	K S Thomas, S Armstrong, A Avery, A Li Wan Po, C O'Neill, S Young, H C Williams
	BMJ  2002;324:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.768 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Autologous transfusion
	Elizabeth S Vanderlinde, Joanna M Heal, Neil Blumberg
	BMJ  2002;324:772-775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.772 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra tables]

	ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Broad complex tachycardiaPart II
	June Edhouse, Francis Morris
	BMJ  2002;324:776-779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.776 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Lawyers are from Mars, doctors are from Venus
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2002;324:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.797/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	How it feels to be a child of donor insemination
	BMJ  2002;324:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.797 [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

Education and debate

	Quality improvement report: Simple intervention to improve detection of child abuse in emergency departments
	Jonathan R Benger, Alison V Pearce
	BMJ  2002;324:780-782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.780 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of chilren]

	Evidence base of clinical diagnosis: Rational, cost effective use of investigations in clinical practice
	Ron Winkens, Geert-Jan Dinant
	BMJ  2002;324:783-785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.783 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.798 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Ugly editor needed
	BMJ  2002;324:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.767/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Quacks in Germany
	BMJ  2002;324:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.768/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Recertification of doctors in 931
	BMJ  2002;324:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.780/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my practice: Truth so bitter
	Oliver Penney
	BMJ  2002;324:785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.785 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Benign prostatic hyperplasia
	BMJ  2002;324:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.775 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: Surgery of the Soul: Reflections on a Curious Career
	Sanjay A Pai
	BMJ  2002;324:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.795 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Bent not Broken
	Ruth Little
	BMJ  2002;324:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.795/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Encyclopedia of Birth Control
	Ann Furedi
	BMJ  2002;324:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.796 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Old and new wisdoms
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2002;324:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.796/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Children of donor insemination
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2002;324:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.796/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Meyer Eisenberg
	Laura Newman
	BMJ  2002;324:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.793 [Extract] [Full text]

	Robert Brown
	Ariane Herrick
	BMJ  2002;324:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.793/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Donald Burrell
	Simon Burrell, Chris Burrell
	BMJ  2002;324:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.793/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Henry Caplin
	Max Caplin
	BMJ  2002;324:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.793/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Thompson Irwin
	J R Norman
	BMJ  2002;324:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.793/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Kathleen Mary McPhillips (née Casey)
	Clare McPhillips Hapnes, Michael McPhillips, Patricia McPhillips O'Donnell
	BMJ  2002;324:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.793/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Manjit ("Jim") Shahi
	John Bell, Wyn Davies, Howard Swanton
	BMJ  2002;324:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.793/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Eric James Strachan
	Nigel James Strachan
	BMJ  2002;324:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.793/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence for increasing numbers of drugs in antiretroviral combination therapy
	Rachel Jordan, Lisa Gold, Carole Cummins, Chris Hyde
	BMJ  2002;324:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.757 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ten years of neonatal autopsies in tertiary referral centre: retrospective study
	Malcolm Brodlie, Ian A Laing, Jean W Keeling, Kathryn J McKenzie
	BMJ  2002;324:761-763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.761 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables] FREE

	Synergism between allergens and viruses and risk of hospital admission with asthma: case-control study
	Rosalind M Green, Adnan Custovic, Gwen Sanderson, Jenny Hunter, Sebastian L Johnston, Ashley Woodcock
	BMJ  2002;324:763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.763 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Circadian pattern in occurrence of renal colic in an emergency department: analysis of patients' notes
	Roberto Manfredini, Massimo Gallerani, Olga la Cecilia, Benedetta Boari, Carmelo Fersini, Francesco Portaluppi
	BMJ  2002;324:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7340.767 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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