Public defibrillators are not the best way to improve survival [Full text]

	Children from ethnic minorities use GPs more and secondary care less [Full text]

	Link between polymorphism and coronary restenosis may be due to bias [Full text]

	Adolescents like health promotion consultationsbut they have little effect [Full text]

	Nitrous oxide may be a hazard after retinal surgery [Full text]

	NHS nursing shortages: retention is the biggest problem [Full text]

	Public information on US clinical trials is inadequate [Full text]

Editorials

	Outcome after cardiac arrest outside hospital
	Johan Engdahl
	BMJ  2002;325:503-504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Oral contraceptives, venous thromboembolism, and the courts
	David C G Skegg
	BMJ  2002;325:504-505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.504 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Managing acute appendicitis
	Irving S Benjamin, A G Patel
	BMJ  2002;325:505-506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.505 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS foundation trusts
	Ray Robinson
	BMJ  2002;325:506-507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Violence in society
	Elizabeth Walsh, Thomas Fahy
	BMJ  2002;325:507-508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	More on the consultant contract
	Colin J P Welsh, N E Cetti, John Storrs, Jonathan D Beard, John B Cookson, Nigel Dudley, Justin J Waring
	BMJ  2002;325:545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.545 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Telephone use in primary care
	John Oldham, Giovanni Taccetti, Filippo Festini, Maurizio de Martino
	BMJ  2002;325:547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.547 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Discussion of risk pervades doctor-patient communication
	Andrew F Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.548 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stress and breast cancer
	Tony Brady, Jill Graham, Sharon Love, Amanda Ramirez
	BMJ  2002;325:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.548/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Genetic testing for familial Alzheimer's must be debated
	Josep M Garcia, José Luis R Martín
	BMJ  2002;325:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postmortem radiology is useful but no substitute for necropsy
	Benjamin Swift
	BMJ  2002;325:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.549/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	AIDS debate fails to hit target at development summit
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;325:509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.509 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical council to investigate alleged research fraud
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.509/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.510 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GP struck off after offering to "fix" kidney sale
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.510/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical insurance crisis hits Australia's surgeons
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2002;325:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.510/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Royal college issues new guidelines on gifts from drugs companies
	Ann McGuaran
	BMJ  2002;325:511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.511 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Psychiatric Association to investigate abuse in China
	Mirza Muminovic
	BMJ  2002;325:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.513/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Old smallpox vaccination may still protect
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.513/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	French emergency services reach crisis point
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2002;325:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.514 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Family complains that "love drug'"will smear their name
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2002;325:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.514/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	GPs in deprived areas do more out of hours work
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.512 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Venezuela launches new campaign against dengue fever
	Owain Johnson
	BMJ  2002;325:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.512/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	US students face national examination on simulated patients
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.512/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Depo-Provera contraceptive may increase risk of cardiovascular disease
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2002;325:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.513 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian government denies health impact of brown cloud
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2002;325:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.513/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	International group reiterates stance against human organ trafficking
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.514/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Primary care

	Health promotion for adolescents in primary care: randomised controlled trial
	Zoe Walker, Joy Townsend, Laura Oakley, Chris Donovan, Hilary Smith, Zunia Hurst, Janet Bell, Sally Marshall
	BMJ  2002;325:524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.524 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Survey of public information about ongoing clinical trials funded by industry: evaluation of completeness and accessibility
	Eric Manheimer, Diana Anderson
	BMJ  2002;325:528-531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.528 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

Clinical review

	Lesson of the week: Nitrous oxide anaesthesia in the presence of intraocular gas can cause irreversible blindness
	Y F Yang, L Herbert, H Rüschen, R J Cooling
	BMJ  2002;325:532-533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.532 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of psychological medicine: Musculoskeletal pain
	Chris J Main, Amanda C de C Williams
	BMJ  2002;325:534-537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.534 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Too many to count
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2002;325:553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.553/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Can miracles happen?
	Richard Westcott
	BMJ  2002;325:553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.553 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Mind the gap: the extent of the NHS nursing shortage
	Belinda Finlayson, Jennifer Dixon, Sandra Meadows, George Blair
	BMJ  2002;325:538-541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.538 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mind the gap: the policy response to the NHS nursing shortage
	Belinda Finlayson, Jennifer Dixon, Sandra Meadows, George Blair
	BMJ  2002;325:541-544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.541 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.554 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Two views on walking
	BMJ  2002;325:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.520/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable teacher
	Sanjay A Pai
	BMJ  2002;325:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.527/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2002;325:528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.528/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The physiology of the holiday
	BMJ  2002;325:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.532/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A thousand leagues under the sea
	F J H Brims
	BMJ  2002;325:537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.537 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Holidays in Framingham?
	David R Hadden
	BMJ  2002;325:544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.544 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Psychological stress and cardiovascular disease: empirical demonstration of bias in a prospective observational study of Scottish men
	BMJ  2002;325:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.527 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Birth weight of offspring and insulin resistance in late adulthood: cross sectional survey
	BMJ  2002;325:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.527/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book review
	BMJ  2002;325:527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.527/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: Making the Modern Medical School: The Wisconsin Stories
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2002;325:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.551 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Dr Simon Forman, a most notorious physician
	Druin Burch
	BMJ  2002;325:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.551/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Five Past Midnight in Bhopal
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2002;325:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.552 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Ethical conundrums: they just keep on coming
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Calculating risks
	Mirza Muminovic
	BMJ  2002;325:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.552/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Margaret Angus Patterson (née Ingram)
	L Patterson
	BMJ  2002;325:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.550 [Extract] [Full text]

	Harold Buckley
	Elizabeth Lindsey
	BMJ  2002;325:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.550/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Beadle Eades
	Jonathan Lane
	BMJ  2002;325:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.550/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Max Roslyn Ernst
	Raymond Sutton
	BMJ  2002;325:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.550/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Potential impact of public access defibrillators on survival after out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest: retrospective cohort study
	Jill P Pell, Jane M Sirel, Andrew K Marsden, Ian Ford, Nicola L Walker, Stuart M Cobbe
	BMJ  2002;325:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.515 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Angiotensin converting enzyme insertion or deletion polymorphism and coronary restenosis: meta-analysis of 16 studies
	François Bonnici, Bernard Keavney, Rory Collins, John Danesh
	BMJ  2002;325:517-520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.517 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Science commentary: Coronary angioplasty and stenting
	Iqbal Malik, Abi Berger
	BMJ  2002;325:519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.519 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Socioeconomic and ethnic group differences in self reported health status and use of health services by children and young people in England: cross sectional study
	Sonia Saxena, Joseph Eliahoo, Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2002;325:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7363.520 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://careers.bmj.com/careers/

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.