When is a disease a "non-disease"? [Full text]

	Women opt for expectant management of miscarriage [Full text]

	Many junior doctors experience bullying [Full text]

	Longer consultations are better for patients [Full text]

	Action is needed to stop "disease mongering" [Full text]

	Obstetricians have medicalised childbirth [Full text]

	Medicalising sex damages relationships [Full text]

	The time has come for "post-psychiatry" [Full text]

	Is a good death now a medical death? [Full text]

Editorials

	Too much medicine?
	Ray Moynihan, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:859-860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.859 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health: perception versus observation
	Amartya Sen
	BMJ  2002;324:860-861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.860 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The medicalisation of old age
	Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2002;324:861-863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.861 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genetics and medicalisation
	David Melzer, Ron Zimmern
	BMJ  2002;324:863-864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.863 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicalisation, limits to medicine, or never enough money to go around?
	Nick Freemantle, Suzanne Hill
	BMJ  2002;324:864-865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.864 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicalisation: peering from inside medicine
	Leonard Leibovici, Michel Lièvre
	BMJ  2002;324:866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.866 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	What do you think is a non-disease?
	Simon Wessely, Anelie J Walsh, Dianna Dunbar, Kevin C Murphy, Malcolm Hooper, Caroline White
	BMJ  2002;324:912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.912 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Editorial on CFS was biased, inaccurate, and misleading
	Charles Shepherd
	BMJ  2002;324:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.914 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gulf war syndrome may be post-conflict dysfunction
	Roger Gabriel, J P G Bolton, Amanda J Bale, Harry A Lee
	BMJ  2002;324:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.914/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ICD and DSM are contemporary cultural documents
	Derek Summerfield
	BMJ  2002;324:914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.914/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Non-cardiac chest pain
	David S Coulshed, Guy D Eslick, Nicholas J Talley, Graeme M Mackenzie
	BMJ  2002;324:915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.915 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hormone replacement therapy and the breast
	Alastair H MacLennan, Beverley Lawton, Rodney J Baber, Michael Baum, J M Dixon
	BMJ  2002;324:915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.915/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Schizophrenia in ethnic minority groups
	Dirk Jacobs, J Boydell, R M Murray
	BMJ  2002;324:916, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.916 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antiplatelet therapy and atherosclerotic events
	Cathie Sudlow, Peter Sandercock, Charles Warlow, Michael Pignone, Cynthia Mulrow
	BMJ  2002;324:917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.917 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fortification of flour with folic acid
	Edward Reynolds, Mark Sillender
	BMJ  2002;324:918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.918 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of intersex needs open discussion
	Melissa Cull
	BMJ  2002;324:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.919 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' knowledge of radiation exposures is deficient
	K Gower-Thomas, M H Lewis, S Shiralkar, M Snow, R B Galland, A Rennie
	BMJ  2002;324:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.919/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of surnames in each letter affects order of authors
	Benjamin D Horne
	BMJ  2002;324:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.919/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Drug firms hype disease as sales ploy, industry chief claims
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2002;324:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.867 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Neuroblastoma screening does not reduce mortality
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2002;324:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.867/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.868 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Claims of clone pregnancy could threaten US stem cell research
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.868/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Strategy needed for mental health of women prisoners
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2002;324:868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.868/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch GPs warned against new contraceptive pill
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;324:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.869 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Arthritis drug should be removed from market, says consumer group
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.869/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scotland to start screening programme for diabetic retinopathy
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2002;324:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.871/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	"Bubble baby" lives a normal life after gene therapy
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.872 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	African Americans are less likely to see an oncologist, study shows
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.872/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medicare will now cover some treatments for Alzheimer's disease
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.872/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Athletes risk their lives by routine use of performance enhancing drugs, says BMA
	Mark Hunter
	BMJ  2002;324:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.870 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US report calls for tighter controls on complementary medicine
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;324:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.870/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	NHS misses target for introducing electronic records
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2002;324:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.870/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	WHO targets environmental impact on child health
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2002;324:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.870/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Study associates viral infection with some childhood brain tumours
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.870/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Nigeria promises free antiretroviral drugs to HIV positive soldiers
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2002;324:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.870/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Dying woman may revoke her controversial suicide plans
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;324:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.871 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	High Court quashes GMC finding of serious professional misconduct
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.871/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

Primary care

	Evolving general practice consultation in Britain: issues of length and context
	George K Freeman, John P Horder, John G R Howie, A Pali Hungin, Alison P Hill, Nayan C Shah, Andrew Wilson
	BMJ  2002;324:880-882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.880 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	In search of "non-disease"
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:883-885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.883 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Back to school
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2002;324:925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.925/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Accountability
	Edmund Hey
	BMJ  2002;324:925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.925 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering • Commentary: Medicalisation of risk factors
	Ray Moynihan, Iona Heath, David Henry, Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2002;324:886-891, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.886 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Has the medicalisation of childbirth gone too far?
	Richard Johanson, Mary Newburn, Alison Macfarlane
	BMJ  2002;324:892-895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.892 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual behaviour and its medicalisation: in sickness and in health
	Graham Hart, Kaye Wellings
	BMJ  2002;324:896-900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.896 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The limits of psychiatry
	Duncan Double
	BMJ  2002;324:900-904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.900 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between hope and acceptance: the medicalisation of dying
	David Clark
	BMJ  2002;324:905-907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.905 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Direct to consumer advertising is medicalising normal human experience: For
	Barbara Mintzes
	BMJ  2002;324:908-909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.908 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Direct to consumer advertising is medicalising normal human experience: Against
	Silvia N Bonaccorso, Jeffrey L Sturchio
	BMJ  2002;324:910-911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.910 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.926 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: The best part of the cure
	BMJ  2002;324:883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.883/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: On music
	BMJ  2002;324:886, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.886/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Memorable patients: Zambia needs basic medicines and HIV education
	D Elphick
	BMJ  2002;324:895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.895 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word . . .: Medicalization
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2002;324:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.904 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Trapped between two evils
	BMJ  2002;324:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.905/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Disability and cure
	BMJ  2002;324:908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.908/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New manuscript submission system: fast track papers only
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	Endpiece: More on music
	BMJ  2002;324:908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.908/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: The Change: Women, Ageing and the Menopause
	Sandra Coney
	BMJ  2002;324:922, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.922 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Limits to Medicine. Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.923 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Disease-Mongers: How Doctors, Drug Companies, and Insurers are Making You Feel Sick
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2002;324:923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.923/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: How medicine sells the media
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2002;324:924, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.924 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Postmodern medicine
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.0/i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Death, sex, and gardening
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2002;324:924, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.924/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Anthony Alment
	Robin Sheppard
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920 [Extract] [Full text]

	John Abels
	Colin Mackenzie
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Barbara Ansell
	A W Craft, P Woo, B Jarvis
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Donald Walter Clark
	Susan Wood
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jill Draper
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Duraiswami Gaspar
	Tom Fenton, Elizabeth M Gregg
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Christopher Giles
	John Giles
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Rodney Irwin Green
	Sally Green
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sydney Patrick Hall-Smith
	Rupert Hall-Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Maguire Lyons
	Gordon Cameron
	BMJ  2002;324:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/i [Extract] [Full text]

	Ronald Victor Walley
	Campbell Mackenzie
	BMJ  2002;324:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.920/j [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Outcome of expectant management of spontaneous first trimester miscarriage: observational study
	Ciro Luise, Karen Jermy, Caroline May, Gillian Costello, William P Collins, Thomas H Bourne
	BMJ  2002;324:873-875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.873 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treatment of imported malaria in an ambulatory setting: prospective study • Commentary: Should patients with imported malaria routinely be admitted?
	Valérie D'Acremont, Pierre Landry, Roger Darioli, Dieter Stuerchler, Alain Pécoud, Blaise Genton, Christopher J M Whitty, Diana N J Lockwood
	BMJ  2002;324:875-877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.875 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hepatitis B immunisation in renal units in the United Kingdom: questionnaire study
	Sunanda Ray, Terry Samuel, Jeremy Hawker, Steve Smith
	BMJ  2002;324:877-878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.877 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

	Workplace bullying in junior doctors: questionnaire survey
	Lyn Quine
	BMJ  2002;324:878-879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.878 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Neuropsychiatric complications of nevirapine treatment
	M E Jan Wise, K Mistry, S Reid
	BMJ  2002;324:879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.879 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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