Meningococcal C vaccination is cost effective [Full text]

	Intensive follow up after surgery for colorectal cancer improves survival [Full text]

	Parents recognise benefits of postmortems [Full text]

	Visual aids help patients understand risk [Full text]

	Change in psychological agreement makes doctors unhappy [Full text]

	A new agreement is needed if the NHS is to reform [Full text]

	NICE is not fulfilling its promise [Full text]

Editorials

	Areca nut use: an independent risk factor for oral cancer: The health problem is under-recognised
	Saman Warnakulasuriya, Chetan Trivedy, Timothy J Peters
	BMJ  2002;324:799-800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.799, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Murder by fake drugs: Time for international action
	Paul N Newton, Nicholas J White, Jan A Rozendaal, Michael D Green
	BMJ  2002;324:800-801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.800, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of co-infection with HIV and TB: Improving tuberculosis control programmes and access to highly active antiretroviral treatment is crucial
	R Colebunders, M L Lambert
	BMJ  2002;324:802-803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.802, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemiology of HIV in China: Intravenous drug users, sex workers, and large mobile populations are high risk groups
	Kong-lai Zhang, Shao-Jun Ma
	BMJ  2002;324:803-804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.803, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Legalising active euthanasia and physician assisted suicide
	David Oliver, Jackie Fisher, Malcolm Savage, Andrew G Rivett, Peter Barratt, Alison Davis, Jean Davies, Sharon Davies
	BMJ  2002;324:846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.846, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors should not decide on medical and "existential" suffering
	Bob Bury
	BMJ  2002;324:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.848, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical education must be rehabilitated in Afghanistan
	S Mannion, E Chaloner, F Homayoun
	BMJ  2002;324:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.848/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National screening programme for diabetic retinopathy
	Colin Clements, Clive B Prince, Somdutt Prasad, Anil Aralikatti, Helen Swindlehurst, Louis G Clearkin
	BMJ  2002;324:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.849, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Infections and risk factors in entrants to Irish prisons
	Sarman Singh, Oscar Simooya, Nawa Sanjobo
	BMJ  2002;324:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.850, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Complaints about advertising of medicines are encouraged
	Heather Simmonds
	BMJ  2002;324:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.850/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Declarations for new doctors are unnecessary
	William T Stevenson
	BMJ  2002;324:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.851, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Continuity would be achieved with patient held records
	Julian T Hart
	BMJ  2002;324:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.851/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital responsibilities and communication must be clear
	Simant Westley
	BMJ  2002;324:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.851/b, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pattern of some parents' complaints against doctors must be recognised
	R A Smith, D W Beverley, R J Ball
	BMJ  2002;324:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.852, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investigating doctors' performance can cause problems of consent and confidentiality
	M E Y Capek, M O Roland
	BMJ  2002;324:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.852/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Pakistan's doctors protest at killing of 13 colleagues this year
	Zarar Khan
	BMJ  2002;324:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.805, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Staff shortages threaten public health in London
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.805/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.806, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian group seeks ban on use of electroconvulsive therapy without anaesthesia
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2002;324:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.806/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bush to drop medical records privacy clause
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.806/b, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Global Fund overwhelmed by requests
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2002;324:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.807, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HIV drug under review as firm withdraws FDA application
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;324:807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.807/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Oregon jury hits Philip Morris with $150m damages for low tar cigarettes
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO links long term pill use to cervical cancer
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.808/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Primary care

	Systematic review of whether nurse practitioners working in primary care can provide equivalent care to doctors
	Sue Horrocks, Elizabeth Anderson, Chris Salisbury
	BMJ  2002;324:819-823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.819, (Published 6 April 2002) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional tables] FREE

Information in practice

	Communicating accuracy of tests to general practitioners: a controlled study
	Johann Steurer, Joachim E Fischer, Lucas M Bachmann, Michael Koller, Gerben ter Riet
	BMJ  2002;324:824-826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.824, (Published 6 April 2002) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Study questionnaire] FREE

Clinical review

	Explaining risks: turning numerical data into meaningful pictures
	Adrian Edwards, Glyn Elwyn, Al Mulley
	BMJ  2002;324:827-830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.827, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Acute myocardial infarction—Part I
	Francis Morris, William J Brady
	BMJ  2002;324:831-834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.831, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Soundings: A painful experience
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2002;324:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.857/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Personal views: The role of role avoidance
	Paul Reynolds
	BMJ  2002;324:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.857, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Unhappy doctors: what are the causes and what can be done?
	Nigel Edwards, Mary Jane Kornacki, Jack Silversin
	BMJ  2002;324:835-838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.835, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The medical profession, the public, and the government
	Chris Ham, K G M M Alberti
	BMJ  2002;324:838-842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.838, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From guidance to practice: Why NICE is not enough
	Thomas H S Dent, Mike Sadler
	BMJ  2002;324:842-845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.842, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	BMJ  2002;324:858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.858, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	On becoming 79
	Mike Courtenay
	BMJ  2002;324:812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.812, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Bridging medicine
	Kishor Choudhari
	BMJ  2002;324:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.823, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Should milk be boiled?
	BMJ  2002;324:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.827/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The treatment of an abscess is ...
	Sundaram V Ramanan
	BMJ  2002;324:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.845, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny
	Ross Camidge
	BMJ  2002;324:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.855, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Allowing Dignity in Death
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2002;324:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.855/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus: An International Perspective
	Robert Matz
	BMJ  2002;324:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.856, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Why so unhappy?
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.0/g, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOKCASE

	Bookcase
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.856/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Assisted suicide
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2002;324:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.856/b, (Published 6 April 2002) [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Thomas Gordon Wadsworth
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Alison Dalziel (née Shannon)
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/a, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Philip Evans
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/b, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Rob Harris
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/c, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Boleslaw Zygmunt Jaskmanicki
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/d, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Joseph Kevin McConnon
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/e, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Denis Hubert Merrin
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/f, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Herzl Sless
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/g, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Prakash Chandra Srivastava
	BMJ  2002;324:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/h, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Harold James Macklin Stratton
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/i, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Elisabeth Peta ("Jane") Walker (née Shaw)
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/j, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

	Dorthothy Wright (née Senior)
	BMJ  2002;324:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.853/k, (Published 6 April 2002) [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Modelling cost effectiveness of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccination campaign in England and Wales
	Caroline L Trotter, W John Edmunds
	BMJ  2002;324:809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.809, (Published 6 April 2002) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact on survival of intensive follow up after curative resection for colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials
	Andrew G Renehan, Matthias Egger, Mark P Saunders, Sarah T O'Dwyer
	BMJ  2002;324:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.813, (Published 6 April 2002) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cross sectional survey of parents' experience and views of the postmortem examination
	Judith Rankin, Chris Wright, Tom Lind
	BMJ  2002;324:816-818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7341.816, (Published 6 April 2002) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Comments from parents] FREE

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