This week's This week in the BMJ

	Triage reduces general practitioners' workload but not costs [Full text] FREE

	High homocysteine causes cardiovascular disease [Full text] FREE

	Deliberate self harm in adolescents is more common than reported [Full text] FREE

	Frequent cannabis use affects mental health of young people [Full text] FREE

	Cannabis use is a risk factor for schizophrenia [Full text] FREE

	Overworked doctors learn ineffectively [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Cannabis and mental health
	Joseph M Rey, Christopher C Tennant
	BMJ  2002;325:1183-1184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1183 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Residents' hours of work
	Ingrid Philibert, Paul Barach
	BMJ  2002;325:1184-1185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1184 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving the management of acute myocardial infarction
	Mark W Savage, Kevin S Channer
	BMJ  2002;325:1185-1186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1185 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Air travel and respiratory disease
	Michael D L Morgan
	BMJ  2002;325:1186-1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1186 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The changed image of botulinum toxin
	V Peter Misra
	BMJ  2002;325:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1188 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Length of consultations
	Martin Roland, David J Heaney, Margaret Maxwell, John Howie, Harry A Lee, Stewart W Mercer, Harutomo Hasegawa, David Reilly, Annemieke P Bikker
	BMJ  2002;325:1241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1241 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Telephone consultations may not save time
	Brian H McKinstry
	BMJ  2002;325:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1242 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Value of knee imaging by GPs requires rigorous assessment
	Stephen Brealey, Ian Russell, Fiona Gilbert
	BMJ  2002;325:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1242/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hormone replacement therapy
	Kishore Shetty, Eberhard Greiser, Claudia Steding, Klaus Giersiepen, Katrin Janhsen
	BMJ  2002;325:1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1243 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors' reply on reducing adolescent unintended pregnancy
	Alba DiCenso, Gordon Guyatt
	BMJ  2002;325:1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1243/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Currency conversion is not only issue in effectiveness studies
	Lorne E Basskin
	BMJ  2002;325:1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1244 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nitric oxide is not licensed for preterm neonates
	Charles E M Normand, David Field, Diana Elbourne, Ann Truesdale
	BMJ  2002;325:1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1244/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physician assistants are useful in rheumatology
	Alton J Morris
	BMJ  2002;325:1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1244/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical research charities should fund more trials
	Edzard Ernst, Barbara Wider
	BMJ  2002;325:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1245 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thalidomide is not a human mutagen
	J Ashby, H Tinwell
	BMJ  2002;325:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1245/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Language evolution
	Naresh D Gandhi, Zeyn W Green-Thompson, Bob Bury, Kamal Samanta
	BMJ  2002;325:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1245/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Government unveils plans for NHS university
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1189 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC hearing reveals how doctor won deal to have earlier inquiry documents destroyed
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1189/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1190 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	One in four hospitals is more than 25% short of thrombolysis target
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1190/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors must be free of the "confetti of interference"
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2002;325:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1190/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mental health bill dropped from Queen's speechbut still on the agenda
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:1191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1191 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government's plans for foundation hospitals come under attack
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2002;325:1191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1191/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors recommend corticosteroids to treat meningitis
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:1191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1191/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	National Audit Office report shows gaps in emergency planning
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1193/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Where there is despair, hope
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2002;325:1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1194 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Quebec doctors must tell patients about medical "accidents"
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1192 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Managers and doctors join forces to build trust
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1192/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Viral gastroenteritis sickens hundreds on cruise ships
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1192/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cause of death among Americans differs with race and education
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1192/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists accuse animal rights activists of stifling research
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2002;325:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1192/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	London hospital slated for "chaotic" ultrasound service
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1193 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mandela calls for greater investment in global vaccination
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2002;325:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1193/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cancer specialist found guilty of misconduct
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2002;325:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1193/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Germany takes crisis measures to cap health spending
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2002;325:1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1194/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Hong Kong�s public health system turns to private sector for help
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2002;325:1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1194/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Antibiotic use with cholesterol lowering drugs may increase risk of cataracts
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1194/c [Extract] [Full text]

	GP services in Ireland are not adequate to cope with rise in number of old people
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2002;325:1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1194/d [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Nurse telephone triage for same day appointments in general practice: multiple interrupted time series trial of effect on workload and costs
	David A Richards, Joan Meakins, Jane Tawfik, Lesley Godfrey, Evelyn Dutton, Gerald Richardson, Daphne Russell
	BMJ  2002;325:1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1214 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

This week's Learning in practice

	Postal survey of approaches to learning among Ontario physicians: implications for continuing medical education
	M Dianne Delva, John R Kirby, Christopher K Knapper, R V Birtwhistle
	BMJ  2002;325:1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1218 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Malaria
	Christopher J M Whitty, Mark Rowland, Frances Sanderson, Theonest K Mutabingwa
	BMJ  2002;325:1221-1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1221 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Acute meningoencephalitis and meningitis due to primary HIV infection • Commentary: Is testing for HIV without consent justifiable?
	P J Newton, W Newsholme, N S Brink, H Manji, I G Williams, R F Miller, Ann Sommerville
	BMJ  2002;325:1225-1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: Valvar heart disease and prosthetic heart valves
	Ira Goldsmith, Alexander G G Turpie, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2002;325:1228-1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1228 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Deep time
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2002;325:1249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1249/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Faith healing
	Simon P Stephenson
	BMJ  2002;325:1249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1249 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Institutional corruption in medicine
	Peter Wilmshurst
	BMJ  2002;325:1232-1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1232 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO in 2002: Faltering steps towards partnerships
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2002;325:1236-1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1236 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1250 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM: Aspirin and warfarin combined seems to reduce subsequent cardiovascular events and death in patients with recent acute coronary syndromes
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.0/g [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Surgical innovation
	BMJ  2002;325:1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1195/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The aspect of the King's illness
	BMJ  2002;325:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1217 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A "good" fatwa
	William H Isbister
	BMJ  2002;325:1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1227 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Communication problems
	Sandy Sutherland
	BMJ  2002;325:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1231/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A paper that changed my practice, twice
	Alex Clark
	BMJ  2002;325:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1240 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Poor team work is killing patients
	BMJ  2002;325:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1190/c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: An overview of antithrombotic therapy
	BMJ  2002;325:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1231 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1235 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Removal of radiation dose response effects: an example of over-matching
	BMJ  2002;325:1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1235/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Editors pledge support for African journals
	BMJ  2002;325:1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1235/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2002;325:1247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1247/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2002;325:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1248 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

FILM

This week's FILM

	Film: Bowling for Columbine
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2002;325:1247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1247 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Corruption in medicine
	BMJ  2002;325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.0/f [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Teenagers and cannabis
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2002;325:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1248/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Richard Greenwood Denniss
	Nuala Denniss
	BMJ  2002;325:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1246 [Extract] [Full text]

	Sinclair Morris Evans
	Richard Evans
	BMJ  2002;325:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1246/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Walter Crawford Jamieson
	J Susheila Jamieson
	BMJ  2002;325:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1246/b [Extract] [Full text]

	David Kinniburgh
	Harriet Miles
	BMJ  2002;325:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1246/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Spencer
	Jo Pambakian, Naz Pambakian, Mark Spencer
	BMJ  2002;325:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1246/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Rachel Elizabeth Spencer
	Thomas Earnshaw, Gaynor Fletcher
	BMJ  2002;325:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1246/e [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study
	George C Patton, Carolyn Coffey, John B Carlin, Louisa Degenhardt, Michael Lynskey, Wayne Hall
	BMJ  2002;325:1195-1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1195 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Self reported cannabis use as a risk factor for schizophrenia in Swedish conscripts of 1969: historical cohort study
	Stanley Zammit, Peter Allebeck, Sven Andreasson, Ingvar Lundberg, Glyn Lewis
	BMJ  2002;325:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1199 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Homocysteine and cardiovascular disease: evidence on causality from a meta-analysis
	David S Wald, Malcolm Law, Joan K Morris
	BMJ  2002;325:1202-1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1202 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Deliberate self harm in adolescents: self report survey in schools in England
	Keith Hawton, Karen Rodham, Emma Evans, Rosamund Weatherall
	BMJ  2002;325:1207-1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1207 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cannabis use in adolescence and risk for adult psychosis: longitudinal prospective study
	Louise Arseneault, Mary Cannon, Richie Poulton, Robin Murray, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E Moffitt
	BMJ  2002;325:1212-1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1212 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Antibody deficiency associated with carbamazepine
	G Hayman, A Bansal
	BMJ  2002;325:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7374.1213 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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