This week's This week in the BMJ

	Elderly people do not plan for future illness [Full text] FREE

	Exercise can prevent falls in older people [Full text] FREE

	Upward social mobility affects population mortality [Full text] FREE

	Social trends conceal inequalities in adult height [Full text] FREE

	Lower haemoglobin levels in women are not due to iron deficiency [Full text] FREE

	Morale of general practitioners is a complex issue [Full text] FREE

	Screening for pregnancy complications [Full text] FREE

	Reducing transfusion deaths [Full text] FREE

	Concern over rising rates of syphilis in England [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Hormone replacement therapy
	John C Stevenson, Malcolm I Whitehead
	BMJ  2002;325:113-114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.113 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An ethically defensible market in organs
	John Harris, Charles Erin
	BMJ  2002;325:114-115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.114 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee
	Eugene G McNally
	BMJ  2002;325:115-116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.115 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chest pain units
	Mike Clancy
	BMJ  2002;325:116-117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.116 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health risks in babies born after assisted reproduction
	Alastair G Sutcliffe
	BMJ  2002;325:117-118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.117 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Are selective COX 2 inhibitors superior to traditional NSAIDs?
	Brian R Budenholzer, G Steven Geis, Muhammad Mamdani, David N Juurlink, Geoffrey M Anderson, Richard R Stover, Peter Jüni, Anne W S Rutjes, Paul Dieppe
	BMJ  2002;325:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.161 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS Direct audited
	Mike Sadler, Neil J McLellan, Peter D Toon, Andrew J Wilson, Valendar Turner
	BMJ  2002;325:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.164 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nurses as NHS gatekeepers
	Annabelle L Mark, Anthony Lwegaba
	BMJ  2002;325:165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.165 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Can nurse practitioners provide equivalent care to GPs?
	Catherine Baraniak, Ian O'Connor, Rahul Gupta, Seema Gupta, William Rifkin, Arthur Rifkin, John Horiszny
	BMJ  2002;325:166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.166 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Australian GPs are beginning battle faced by other countries
	Laurence A Malcolm
	BMJ  2002;325:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.167 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Oncologist who stood up to US insurance companies lost work
	Wallace Sampson
	BMJ  2002;325:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.167/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	GPs vote "yes" for new contract framework
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.119 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK regulatory authority challenged over embryo screening
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.119/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US issues tablets for potential terrorist attack
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.119/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.120 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Experts launch action on acrylamide in staple foods
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2002;325:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.120/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Chickenpox vaccine may reduce risk of shingles
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.120/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Global Fund director admits to $8bn shortfall
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2002;325:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.121 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South African government forced to give mothers antiretroviral drug
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;325:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.121/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pfizer buys Pharmacia for $60bn
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.123/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Candidate for US surgeon general comes under fire from senators
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.123/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeons must know their limitations, but so must governments
	BMJ  2002;325:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.124 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Acute care is "suboptimal," says Royal College of Physicians
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.122 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Deaths from volatile substance misuse fall
	Samena Chaudhry
	BMJ  2002;325:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.122/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Scientists manage to manufacture polio virus
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.122/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Prison doctor should not have worked unsupervised, says inquiry
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.122/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Researchers identify gene associated with airways remodelling in asthma
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.123 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Chancellor maps out three year public service spending plans
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2002;325:123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.123/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	US may require insurance cover for bowel cancer screening
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.124/a [Extract] [Full text]

	US council calls for four year ban on cloning
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;325:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.124/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Botox party at Johns Hopkins comes under fire
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.124/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Parliamentary committee criticises PFI
	Ann McGauran
	BMJ  2002;325:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.124/d [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Morale among general practitioners: qualitative study exploring relations between partnership arrangements, personal style, and workload
	Guro Huby, Marian Gerry, Brian McKinstry, Mike Porter, Johnstone Shaw, Robert Wrate
	BMJ  2002;325:140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.140 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent developments: Blood transfusion medicine
	Fiona Regan, Clare Taylor
	BMJ  2002;325:143-147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.143 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Interpretation of rubella serology in pregnancypitfalls and problems
	Jennifer M Best, Siobhan O'Shea, Graham Tipples, Nicholas Davies, Saleh M Al-Khusaiby, Amanda Krause, Louise M Hesketh, Li Jin, Gisela Enders
	BMJ  2002;325:147-148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.147 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of psychological medicine: Depression in medical patients
	Robert Peveler, Alan Carson, Gary Rodin
	BMJ  2002;325:149-152, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.149 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Occam's razor
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2002;325:171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.171/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	"Forward!" The experience of a new guide dog owner
	Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
	BMJ  2002;325:171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.171 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Syphilis: old problem, new strategy
	Lorraine Doherty, Kevin A Fenton, Jane Jones, Thomas C Paine, Stephen P Higgins, Deborah Williams, Adrian Palfreeman
	BMJ  2002;325:153-156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.153 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pregnancy complications and maternal cardiovascular risk: opportunities for intervention and screening?
	Naveed Sattar, Ian A Greer
	BMJ  2002;325:157-160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.157 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.172 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	One hundred years ago: Congresses and the confusion of tongues
	BMJ  2002;325:125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.125/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Leadership
	BMJ  2002;325:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.134/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Swimming the water of life
	Shubhada Suri
	BMJ  2002;325:139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.139 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The census and the birth-rate
	BMJ  2002;325:149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.149/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: An Osler aphorism
	BMJ  2002;325:153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.153/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Ough ough
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2002;325:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.160 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Private finance and "value for money" in NHS hospitals: a policy in search of a rationale?
	BMJ  2002;325:142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.142 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	This Week in the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.142/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Evidence-Based Sports Medicine
	Andy Pasternak
	BMJ  2002;325:169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.169/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Civil War Medicine: Challenges and Triumphs
	Harold Ellis
	BMJ  2002;325:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.170 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Big trials and human stories
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.0/i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THEATRE

This week's THEATRE

	Theatre: Sense of Belonging: The Tale of Ikpiko
	Claire McKenna
	BMJ  2002;325:169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.169 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Booking time: finding locums and devising rotas
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2002;325:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.170/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Joseph Hodgson Briggs
	Caroline Parks
	BMJ  2002;325:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.168 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Andrew Crowcroft
	Natasha Crowcroft, Jonathan Crowcroft, Kyla Crowcroft
	BMJ  2002;325:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.168/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Dermot McCaldin
	Geoffrey Cunningham, Michael McCaldin
	BMJ  2002;325:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.168/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Nina Amy Meyer
	John Horder
	BMJ  2002;325:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.168/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Thomas St Martin Norris
	R M Norris
	BMJ  2002;325:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.168/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Planning for death but not serious future illness: qualitative study of housebound elderly patients
	Joseph A Carrese, Jamie L Mullaney, Ruth R Faden, Thomas E Finucane
	BMJ  2002;325:125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.125 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised factorial trial of falls prevention among older people living in their own homes
	Lesley Day, Brian Fildes, Ian Gordon, Michael Fitzharris, Harold Flamer, Stephen Lord
	BMJ  2002;325:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.128 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are inequalities in height underestimated by adult social position? Effects of changing social structure and height selection in a cohort study
	Chris Power, Orly Manor, Leah Li
	BMJ  2002;325:131-134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.131 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Two figures] FREE

	Impact of upward social mobility on population mortality: analysis with routine data
	Richard F Heller, Patrick McElduff, Richard Edwards
	BMJ  2002;325:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.134 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Haemoglobin and ferritin concentrations in men and women: cross sectional study
	Jill Waalen, Vincent Felitti, Ernest Beutler
	BMJ  2002;325:137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.137 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Group sizes] FREE

	Bicyclist's vulva: observational study • Commentary: Attitudes to women's bicycling have changed
	Luc Baeyens, Elke Vermeersch, Pierre Bourgeois, Mary Ann Elston
	BMJ  2002;325:138-139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7356.138 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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