Anti-vaccinationists past and present [Full text]

	Cannulation is easier in warm hands [Full text]

	Association of moulds with severe asthma [Full text]

	Consumers can improve stroke trial design [Full text]

	Screening has reduced mastectomy rates [Full text]

	Gastrointestinal symptoms are not linked to later autism [Full text]

	Managing chronic heart failure [Full text]

	Working with the private sector needs guidelines [Full text]

	What forms the basis of health policy? [Full text]

Editorials

	World summit on sustainable development
	Gro Harlem Brundtland
	BMJ  2002;325:399-400, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.399 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Making blood safer
	Philip P Mortimer
	BMJ  2002;325:400-401, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.400 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Child labour
	Thomas J Scanlon, Vivien Prior, Maria Luiza Nobre Lamarao, Margaret A Lynch, Francesca Scanlon
	BMJ  2002;325:401-403, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.401 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Targeting people with pre-diabetes
	K M Venkat Narayan, Giussepina Imperatore, Stephanie M Benjamin, Michael M Engelgau
	BMJ  2002;325:403-404, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.403 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The BMJ through American eyes
	Richard Smith, Steven H Woolf
	BMJ  2002;325:404, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.404 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Health, poverty, and sanitation to feature highly in world summit
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;325:405, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.405 [Full text] [PDF]

	Health authorities on alert after extensive flooding in Europe
	Annette Tuffs, Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2002;325:405, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.405/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical agency suspends aid in Dagestan after kidnapping
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;325:406, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.406 [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE proposals for citizens council condemned by patients
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2002;325:406, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.406/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:406, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.406/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Junior consultants will leave BMA "hand over fist," warns chairman
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2002;325:407, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.407 [Full text] [PDF]

	Clinical negligence lawyers told to improve their performance
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:407, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.407/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Getting it straight
	BMJ  2002;325:407, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.407/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Women doctors are better communicators
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:408, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.408 [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug resistant HIV increasing in North America
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:408, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.408/a [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Surgeons cleared of serious professional misconduct by GMC
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:408, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.408/b [Full text]

	New rules announced on confidentiality of US patient records
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:408, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.408/c [Full text]

	High protein diet brings risk of kidney stones
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:408, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.408/d [Full text]

	Infertility websites fail to meet quality standards
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:408, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.408/e [Full text]

	TV dramas may raise false hope of surviving heart attack
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:408, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.408/f [Full text]

Papers

	Local warming and insertion of peripheral venous cannulas: single blinded prospective randomised controlled trial and single blinded randomised crossover trial
	Rainer Lenhardt, Tanja Seybold, Oliver Kimberger, Brigitte Stoiser, Daniel I Sessler
	BMJ  2002;325:409, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.409 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sensitisation to airborne moulds and severity of asthma: cross sectional study from European Community respiratory health survey
	Mahmoud Zureik, Catherine Neukirch, Bénédicte Leynaert, Renata Liard, Jean Bousquet, Françoise Neukirch
	BMJ  2002;325:411, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.411 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Science commentary: Skin prick testing
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2002;325:414, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.414 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke: consumer involvement in design of new randomised controlled trial
	Liedeke Koops, Richard I Lindley
	BMJ  2002;325:415, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.415 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Patient information sheet]

	Are breast cancer screening programmes increasing rates of mastectomy? Observational study
	Eugenio Paci, Stephen W Duffy, Daniela Giorgi, Marco Zappa, Emanuele Crocetti, Vania Vezzosi, Simonetta Bianchi, Luigi Cataliotti, Marco Rosselli del Turco
	BMJ  2002;325:418, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.418 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Relation of childhood gastrointestinal disorders to autism: nested case-control study using data from the UK General Practice Research Database
	Corri Black, James A Kaye, Hershel Jick
	BMJ  2002;325:419-421, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.419 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Recent developments: Management of chronic heart failure
	Martin R Cowie, Alex Zaphiriou
	BMJ  2002;325:422-425, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.422 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	ABC of psychological medicine: Trauma
	Richard Mayou, Andrew Farmer
	BMJ  2002;325:426-429, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.426 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	On with the new
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2002;325:449, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.449/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Why can't I admit that I am unwell?
	BMJ  2002;325:449, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.449 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Anti-vaccinationists past and present
	Robert M Wolfe, Lisa K Sharp
	BMJ  2002;325:430-432, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.430 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Boxes]

	Working with the private sector: the need for institutional guidelines
	Gill Walt, Ruairi Brugha, Andy Haines
	BMJ  2002;325:432-435, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.432 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"Food deserts"evidence and assumption in health policy making
	Steven Cummins, Sally Macintyre
	BMJ  2002;325:436-438, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.436 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Preventing stroke with ramipril
	P Badrinath, Andrew P Wakeman, Jacqueline G Wakeman, John S Yudkin, Malvinder S Parmar, Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2002;325:439, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.439 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New trial should clarify lithium use in bipolar disorder
	John Geddes, Guy Goodwin, Jennifer Rendell, Jane Hainsworth, Emma Van der Gucht, Heather Young
	BMJ  2002;325:441, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.441 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Burden of illness and suicide in elderly people
	Markku Timonen, Kaisa Viilo, Erkki Väisänen, Pirkko Räsänen, Helin Hakko, Terttu Särkioja, Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:441, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.441/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Negotiators explain flexible training under the new deal
	Nizam Mamode, Andrew Hobart
	BMJ  2002;325:442, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.442 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Interpreting exercise treadmill tests needs scoring system
	S K S Lairikyengbam, A G Davies
	BMJ  2002;325:443, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.443 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors respond to criticisms of booked inpatient admissions and hospital capacity study
	Steve Gallivan, Martin Utley, Tom Treasure, Oswald Valencia
	BMJ  2002;325:443, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.443/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesbian parenting may make a difference
	Joy S Holloway
	BMJ  2002;325:443, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.443/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires
	Cynthia P Iglesias, Yvonne F Birks, David J Torgerson, Paula-J Roberts, Chris Roberts, Bonnie Sibbald, David J Torgerson
	BMJ  2002;325:444, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.444 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Slang in clinical practice
	Paul S McDonald
	BMJ  2002;325:444, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.444/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Desmond Joseph Atherton
	David Atherton
	BMJ  2002;325:445, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.445 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mark Jensen Ballantyne
	Colin L Smith
	BMJ  2002;325:445, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.445/a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Joseph Chayen
	Susan Verstandig
	BMJ  2002;325:445, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.445/b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John James Callender Cormack
	Iain M M Macmillan
	BMJ  2002;325:445, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.445/c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kathleen Mary Laing (née Sumner)
	Edward Sumner
	BMJ  2002;325:445, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.445/d [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Richard Worthington Smithells
	Patrick S Boulter
	BMJ  2002;325:445, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.445/e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:450, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.450 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: A stout heart
	BMJ  2002;325:409, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.409/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research samples are hard to obtain these days
	Shahid A Khan
	BMJ  2002;325:429, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.429 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Consultant cleared after writing misleading reference
	BMJ  2002;325:406, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.406/c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cat scratch disease
	BMJ  2002;325:435, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.435 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hormone replacement therapy
	BMJ  2002;325:435, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.435/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Limits of teacher delivered sex education: interim behavioural outcomes from randomised trial
	BMJ  2002;325:435, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.435/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: AIDS: censoring the prevention message
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;325:448, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.448 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: A Long Walk Home
	Mari Lloyd-Williams
	BMJ  2002;325:446, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.446 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Bacchic Medicine: Wine and Alcohol Therapies from Napoleon to the French Paradox
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2002;325:446, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.446/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Making Babies: Is There a Right to Have Children
	Arlene Judith Klotzko
	BMJ  2002;325:447, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.447 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	How to avoid criticism
	BMJ  2002;325, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.0/i [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2002;325:447, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.447/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Hypernotes
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2002;325:447, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7361.447/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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