Cell salvage during surgery reduces need for blood [Full text]

	Nurses improve door to needle time [Full text]

	Rich and poor respond differently to chest pain [Full text]

	Prescribing in children must improve [Full text]

	Europe is complacent over HIV [Full text]

	The future is vaccinology [Full text]

	Who to screen for hypercholesterolaemia [Full text]

	Kaiser versus the NHS [Full text]

Editorials

	Are selective COX 2 inhibitors superior to traditional non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs?
	Peter Jüni, Anne WS Rutjes, Paul A Dieppe
	BMJ  2002;324:1287-1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1287 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Potential alternatives to COX 2 inhibitors
	M M Skelly, C J Hawkey
	BMJ  2002;324:1289-1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1289 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Off label prescribing in children
	William Banner, Jr
	BMJ  2002;324:1290-1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1290 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality care at the end of life
	Peter A Singer, Kerry W Bowman
	BMJ  2002;324:1291-1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1291 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Getting more for their dollar: Kaiser v the NHS
	David U Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, David S David, Nigel Edwards, Jeremiah D Schuur, John Robson, Colin A McIlwain, Julian M Bene, Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2002;324:1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1332 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Boutique medicine" in the US
	Laura Newman, Uwe E Reinhardt
	BMJ  2002;324:1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1335 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Booked inpatient admissions and hospital capacity
	Hugh Rogers, Jenny Warner, Richard Steyn, Kate Silvester, Mike Pepperman, Roddy Nash, Karen Castille, Ben Gowland, Paul Walley
	BMJ  2002;324:1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1336 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Education does not explain association between income inequality and health
	Tony A Blakely, Ichiro Kawachi
	BMJ  2002;324:1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1336/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Excess winter mortality
	D M Fleming, K W Cross, J M Watson, N Q Verlander, G C Donaldson, W R Keatinge
	BMJ  2002;324:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1337 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Measures to reduce smoking in films should penalise film and tobacco industries
	Mike Males
	BMJ  2002;324:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1338 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine compliance aids are partial solution, not panacea
	D K Raynor, J M Nunney
	BMJ  2002;324:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1338/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health policies on drug dependence must be based on scientific evidence
	Marina Davoli, Marica Ferri, Carlo A Perucci, Alessandro Liberati
	BMJ  2002;324:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1338/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Being a child of donor insemination
	Eric D Blyth, Olivia Montuschi, Gwyneth Wray
	BMJ  2002;324:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1339 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Over half the world will face water shortages by 2032
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;324:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1293 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US task force recommends screening for depression
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;324:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1293/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;324:1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1294 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than 4000 children are missing out on hormone treatment
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;324:1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1294/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Parents sue over contaminated human growth hormone
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2002;324:1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1294/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ovary removal can reduce risk of breast and ovarian cancer in women with gene mutations
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1295 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors should do more for drug addicts, committee says
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1295/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US court finds antiabortionists guilty of violent threats
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;324:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1297/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Foundation hospitals: freeing the best or dividing the NHS?
	BMJ  2002;324:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1298 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	1.6 million elementary school children have ADHD, says report
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;324:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1296 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Psychiatric patient sues for cost of bringing up child
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;324:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1296/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Uninsured Americans are more likely to die prematurely
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;324:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1296/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israeli doctors warn against rubber bullets
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2002;324:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1296/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	High smoking rates among Aboriginal community cause financial hardship
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2002;324:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1296/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Blair says science needs strong funding and public support
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;324:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1297 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC member challenges decision against her
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2002;324:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1297/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	Cognitive behaviour therapy and exercise are the only effective treatments for chronic fatigue, says study
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;324:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1298/a [Extract] [Full text]

	US doctors sue over "unfair" scheme for finding jobs for medical graduates
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;324:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1298/b [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Socioeconomic variations in responses to chest pain: qualitative study
	Helen Mary Richards, Margaret Elspeth Reid, Graham Charles Murray Watt
	BMJ  2002;324:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1308 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off label prescribing to children in primary care in Germany: retrospective cohort study
	Reinhild Bücheler, Matthias Schwab, Klaus Mörike, Bernhard Kalchthaler, Hartmut Mohr, Helmut Schröder, Peter Schwoerer, Christoph H Gleiter
	BMJ  2002;324:1311-1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1311 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Unlicensed and off label drug use by children in the community: cross sectional study
	Eric Schirm, Hilde Tobi, Lolkje T W de Jong-van den Berg
	BMJ  2002;324:1312-1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1312 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Unlicensed and off label prescription of drugs to children: population based cohort study
	Geert W `t Jong, Ingo A Eland, Miriam C J M Sturkenboom, John N van den Anker, Bruno H Ch Stricker
	BMJ  2002;324:1313-1314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1313 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: New vaccine development
	Gregory A Poland, Dennis Murray, Ruben Bonilla-Guerrero
	BMJ  2002;324:1315-1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1315 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Conditions not primarily affecting the heart
	Corey Slovis, Richard Jenkins
	BMJ  2002;324:1320-1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1320 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Mentioning the war
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2002;324:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1343/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Football yes, surgery no
	Christopher Wigfield, Stephen C Clark
	BMJ  2002;324:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1343 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Are trends in HIV, gonorrhoea, and syphilis worsening in western Europe?
	Angus Nicoll, Françoise F Hamers
	BMJ  2002;324:1324-1327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1324 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra figures]

	Quality improvement report: Safety and efficacy of nurse initiated thrombolysis in patients with acute myocardial infarction
	Asif Qasim, Kerry Malpass, Daniel J O'Gorman, Mary E Heber
	BMJ  2002;324:1328-1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1328 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;324:1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1344 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	The surname I do not have
	Radhika
	BMJ  2002;324:1307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1307 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A medical mishap: Caustic eye drops
	Austin G McCormick
	BMJ  2002;324:1314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1314 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lillian and New Year's Eve
	Hector O Ventura
	BMJ  2002;324:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1319 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The romance of medicine
	BMJ  2002;324:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1320/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Time's come
	BMJ  2002;324:1328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1328/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Scanty Particulars: The Strange Life and Astonishing Secret of Victorian Adventurer and Pioneer Surgeon James Barry
	Irvine Loudon
	BMJ  2002;324:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1341 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Science Fictions: A Scientific Mystery, a Massive Cover-up, and the Dark Legacy of Robert Gallo
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2002;324:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1341/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Tales of discovery, obfuscation, error, and improvement
	BMJ  2002;324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MARKETING

	Marketing: Celebrity selling
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2002;324:1342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1342 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Gwyn Elias Roberts
	David Wilson, Carol Roberts
	BMJ  2002;324:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1340 [Extract] [Full text]

	Rebhi Mohamed Hamed Eltreki
	David Vasey
	BMJ  2002;324:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1340/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Julienne Goodwin
	David Roberts
	BMJ  2002;324:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1340/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ralph Menzies Thomson
	Robert Fife
	BMJ  2002;324:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1340/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Mechanical methods of reducing blood transfusion in cardiac surgery: randomised controlled trial
	Neil McGill, Denise O'Shaughnessy, Ruth Pickering, Mike Herbertson, Ravi Gill
	BMJ  2002;324:1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1299 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Science commentary: Why is it important to reduce the need for blood transfusion, and how can it be done?
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2002;324:1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1302 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cost effectiveness analysis of different approaches of screening for familial hypercholesterolaemia
	Dalya Marks, David Wonderling, Margaret Thorogood, Helen Lambert, Steve E Humphries, H Andrew W Neil
	BMJ  2002;324:1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1303 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: corrected Table 3, full version] FREE

	Fluoroquinolones and risk of Achilles tendon disorders: case-control study
	P D van der Linden, M C J M Sturkenboom, R M C Herings, H G M Leufkens, B H Ch Stricker
	BMJ  2002;324:1306-1307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7349.1306 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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