This week's This week in the BMJ

	High work stress doubles risk of cardiovascular death [Full text] FREE

	Guidelines supported by case learning improved lipid management [Full text] FREE

	Patients make balanced decisions whether to take drugs [Full text] FREE

	Erysipelas can be treated with oral pristinamycin [Full text] FREE

	£100m a year could greatly improve diabetes care in England [Full text] FREE

	GPs do not recommend screening for excessive alcohol use [Full text] FREE

	Too few lessons learnt from inquiries [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Diagnosis of infective endocarditis
	Bernard D Prendergast
	BMJ  2002;325:845-846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.845 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The world's first international tobacco control treaty
	Anna B Gilmore, Jeff Collin
	BMJ  2002;325:846-847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.846 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Electronic tagging of people with dementia who wander
	Julian C Hughes, Stephen J Louw
	BMJ  2002;325:847-848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.847 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The I in the new CHAI
	Steve Dewar, Belinda Finlayson
	BMJ  2002;325:848-850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.848 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Electronic books
	Matt De Bono
	BMJ  2002;325:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.850 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	When is an emergency department not an emergency department?
	Sue Collinson, Trevor Turner
	BMJ  2002;325:901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.901 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Focus on emergency departments to reduce delays in thrombolysis
	C J L Hetherington, P Doyle, J A Kayani, D F Gorman
	BMJ  2002;325:901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.901/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Probiotics and antibiotic associated diarrhoea
	Mark Battle, Lara Teare, Sue Law, Jamie Fulton, John Beckly, Stephen Lewis, A L D'Souza, C Rajkumar, J Cooke, C J Bulpitt
	BMJ  2002;325:901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.901/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Metronidazole is used for antibiotic associated diarrhoea in pregnancy in UK
	Scott Pegler, Patricia McElhatton
	BMJ  2002;325:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.903 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Heterogeneity among Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis is key to racial inequities
	Raj S Bhopal
	BMJ  2002;325:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.903/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sex differences in occupation may affect height associations
	Geoff Der
	BMJ  2002;325:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.903/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol and death: the New Zealand experience
	Andy M Wearn
	BMJ  2002;325:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.904 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surveillance of whooping cough should continue
	Ruth C Matthews, Noel W Preston, Debbie J Holden
	BMJ  2002;325:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.904/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adverse events with medical devices may go unreported
	Nicola Baker, Claire Tweedale, Chris J Ellis
	BMJ  2002;325:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.905 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bad bugs travel as well as happy holidaymakers
	Stephen T Green
	BMJ  2002;325:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.905/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Diet supplements and gene therapy tried for Parkinson's disease
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.851 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More women than men become living organ donors
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.851/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.852 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE widens patient group for leukaemia drug
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.852/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE accused of restricting treatment for eye patients
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.852/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU waters down its plan to restrict tobacco advertising
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2002;325:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.853 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO warns of heart disease threat to developing world
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.853/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exhibition reveals the beauty of the human heart
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.853/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Chief medical officer confirms key health workers will be vaccinated against smallpox
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.855/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Chancellor allows only restricted freedom for foundation hospitals
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2002;325:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.856 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	"Primary purpose" of foundation hospitals is to treat NHS patients
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2002;325:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.856/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Oregon's residents to vote on universal health care
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.854 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	New helpline set up by doctors for doctors
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.854/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	A fifth of Americans contact their doctor as a result of drug advertising
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.854/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Teenagers catch malaria from local mosquitoes near Washington, DC
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.854/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	First Belgian to use new euthanasia law provokes storm of protest
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2002;325:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.854/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor believed that patients should be told what was best for them
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.854/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Genetic link explains greater prevalence of heart failure among black Americans
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.855 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nearly 900 more cardiologists needed because of cut in working hours
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.855/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Conference addresses the impact of war on health
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2002;325:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.856/b [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Screening and brief intervention for excessive alcohol use: qualitative interview study of the experiences of general practitioners
	Anders Beich, Dorte Gannik, Kirsti Malterud
	BMJ  2002;325:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.870 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients' decisions about whether or not to take antihypertensive drugs: qualitative study
	John Benson, Nicky Britten
	BMJ  2002;325:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.873 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

This week's Learning in practice

	Efficacy of case method learning in general practice for secondary prevention in patients with coronary artery disease: randomised controlled study
	Anna Kiessling, Peter Henriksson
	BMJ  2002;325:877-880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.877 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional tables and other details] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Headache • Commentary: Headache in South America
	T J Steiner, Manuela Fontebasso, Oscar H Del Brutto
	BMJ  2002;325:881-886, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.881 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box]

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: Venous thromboembolism: pathophysiology, clinical features, and prevention
	Alexander G G Turpie, Bernard S P Chin, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2002;325:887-890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.887 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Spraying lawns and eating grass
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2002;325:911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.911/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Why I'm needled by thrombolysis target
	David Geggie
	BMJ  2002;325:911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.911 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Cost effectiveness analysis in health care: contraindications
	Cam Donaldson, Gillian Currie, Craig Mitton
	BMJ  2002;325:891-894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.891 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The use and impact of inquiries in the NHS
	Kieran Walshe, Joan Higgins
	BMJ  2002;325:895-900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.895 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.912 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: An evil fate
	BMJ  2002;325:860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.860/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A busy year of reading for medical students?
	Sir William Osler
	BMJ  2002;325:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.867 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A gloomy thought
	BMJ  2002;325:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.869/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2002;325:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.873/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An anatomy of errors
	Brendan Jacobs
	BMJ  2002;325:880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.880 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A crucial statement
	Miri Mizrachi, Shlomo M Monnickendam
	BMJ  2002;325:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.900 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Why does NICE not recommend laparoscopic herniorraphy?
	BMJ  2002;325:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.900/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Informed consent for genetic research on blood stored for more than a decade: population based study
	BMJ  2002;325:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.900/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Don't forget syphilis
	BMJ  2002;325:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.905/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Panorama: "The Secrets of Seroxat"
	P J Cowen
	BMJ  2002;325:910, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.910 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: La Tendresse
	Jennifer Leaning
	BMJ  2002;325:908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.908 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Plague Race: A Tale of Fear, Science and Heroism
	David R Murdoch
	BMJ  2002;325:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.909 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Biomarkers of Disease: An Evidence-Based Approach
	Denis O'Reilly
	BMJ  2002;325:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.909/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	BMJ on speed
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

This week's HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2002;325:908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.908/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Alcohol screening
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2002;325:910, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.910/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Janusz Bardach
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906 [Extract] [Full text]

	Noel Ian Bartholomew
	Humphrey Ronn
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Edith Jackson Burton (née Whitelaw)
	John Burton
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ian Hunter Lockhart Gillies
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Stuart Horner
	A W Macara
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Marguerite Eleanor Mary James
	Jenny James, Christine McAuley
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Charles Mitchell MacQuibban Murray
	C E B Murray
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Cecil Peter Royall
	O O'Toole, James Royall
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Mandell Stirland
	Sheila Wright
	BMJ  2002;325:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.906/h [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Work stress and risk of cardiovascular mortality: prospective cohort study of industrial employees
	Mika Kivimäki, Päivi Leino-Arjas, Ritva Luukkonen, Hilkka Riihimäki, Jussi Vahtera, Juhani Kirjonen
	BMJ  2002;325:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.857 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implementing intensive control of blood glucose concentration and blood pressure in type 2 diabetes in England: cost analysis (UKPDS 63)
	Alastair Gray, Philip Clarke, Andrew Farmer, Rury Holman
	BMJ  2002;325:860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.860 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Oral pristinamycin versus standard penicillin regimen to treat erysipelas in adults: randomised, non-inferiority, open trial
	Philippe Bernard, Olivier Chosidow, Loïc Vaillant
	BMJ  2002;325:864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.864 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of general hospital management on repeat episodes of deliberate self poisoning: cohort study
	Navneet Kapur, Allan House, Kath Dodgson, Chris May, Francis Creed
	BMJ  2002;325:866-867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.866 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality after admission to hospital with fractured neck of femur: database study
	Michael J Goldacre, Stephen E Roberts, David Yeates
	BMJ  2002;325:868-869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.868 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Drug points: Tonic-clonic seizures in patients taking sildenafil
	Ronit Gilad, Yair Lampl, Yehiel Eshel, Menachem Sadeh
	BMJ  2002;325:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.869 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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