How can we improve the management of depression? [Full text]

	Computerised decision support may be ineffective [Full text]

	Home based COPD care of limited value [Full text]

	Managing HIV infection as a chronic disease [Full text]

	Most disease management programmes are effective [Full text]

	Needs of people dying of heart failure not being met [Full text]

	Eating fish cuts risk of dementia [Full text]

	The burden of disease [Full text]

Editorials

	Care for chronic diseases
	Edward H Wagner, Trish Groves
	BMJ  2002;325:913-914, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.913 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Managing chronic diseases in less developed countries
	Leslie Swartz, Judy Dick
	BMJ  2002;325:914-915, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.914 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Palliative care for heart failure
	Simon Stewart, John J V McMurray
	BMJ  2002;325:915-916, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.915 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complications of diabetes in elderly people
	Edward W Gregg, Michael M Engelgau, Venkat Narayan
	BMJ  2002;325:916-917, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.916 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Systolic blood pressure
	Jan N Basile
	BMJ  2002;325:917-918, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.917 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

News

	Shipman inquiry calls for major changes in death certification
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:919, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.919 [Full text] [PDF]

	We are definitely not amused
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2002;325:919, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.919/a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2002;325:920, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.920 [Full text] [PDF]

	Research spending on cancers doesn't match their death rates
	BMJ  2002;325:920, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.920/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Testing of drugs on children ruled unlawful by US judge
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:920, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.920/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Women who have prophylactic mastectomy overstate risk of cancer
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2002;325:921, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.921 [Full text] [PDF]

	Lumpectomy is as effective as mastectomy for breast cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2002;325:921, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.921/a [Full text] [PDF]

	Unicef comes under attack for Big Mac funding deal
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:923, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.923/b [Full text] [PDF]

	Return of refugees to Afghanistan catches agencies by surprise
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2002;325:924, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.924 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Audit Commission blames poor management for variations in waiting times
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2002;325:922, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.922 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Coroner highlights prescribing error after patient dies from warfarin overdose
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2002;325:922, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.922/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israel sets up course in clowning to help patients recover
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2002;325:922, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.922/b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical editors pledge support for African journals
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2002;325:922, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.922/c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical associations urge global action on tobacco
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2002;325:923, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.923 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	South Africa considers supplying antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2002;325:923, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.923/a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	NICE estimates that its recommendations have cost the NHS £575m
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2002;325:924, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.924/a [Full text]

	US calls in UK advisers on handling thorny issue of genetics
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2002;325:924, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.924/b [Full text]

	Low plasma folate increases risk of miscarriage, says study
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2002;325:924, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.924/c [Full text]

	US residents’ hours must be shorter to protect patients
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2002;325:924, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.924/d [Full text]

	FDA urged to ban ephedrine from dietary supplements
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:924, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.924/e [Full text]

	Organ trafficking prompts UK review of payments for donors
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2002;325:924, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.924/f [Full text]

	Doctor convicted of helping patient to commit suicide may be retried
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2002;325:924, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.924/g [Full text]

Papers

	Interventions used in disease management programmes for patients with chronic illnesswhich ones work? Meta-analysis of published reports
	Scott R Weingarten, James M Henning, Enkhe Badamgarav, Kevin Knight, Vic Hasselblad, Anacleto Gano, Jr, Joshua J Ofman
	BMJ  2002;325:925, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.925 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Dying of lung cancer or cardiac failure: prospective qualitative interview study of patients and their carers in the community
	Scott A Murray, Kirsty Boyd, Marilyn Kendall, Allison Worth, T Fred Benton, Hans Clausen
	BMJ  2002;325:929, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.929 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fish, meat, and risk of dementia: cohort study
	Pascale Barberger-Gateau, Luc Letenneur, Valérie Deschamps, Karine Pérès, Jean-François Dartigues, Serge Renaud
	BMJ  2002;325:932-933, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.932 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Managing depression as a chronic disease: a randomised trial of ongoing treatment in primary care
	Kathryn Rost, Paul Nutting, Jeffrey L Smith, Carl E Elliott, Miriam Dickinson
	BMJ  2002;325:934, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.934 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised controlled trial of home based care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	Oshana Hermiz, Elizabeth Comino, Guy Marks, Kathy Daffurn, Stephen Wilson, Mark Harris
	BMJ  2002;325:938, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.938 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of computerised evidence based guidelines on management of asthma and angina in adults in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Martin Eccles, Elaine McColl, Nick Steen, Nikki Rousseau, Jeremy Grimshaw, David Parkin, Ian Purves
	BMJ  2002;325:941, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.941 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
	Janusz Jankowski, Roger Jones, Brendan Delaney, John Dent
	BMJ  2002;325:945, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.945 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Lesson of the week: Hypothyroidism mimicking intra-abdominal malignancy
	S T M Krishnan, Z Philipose, G Rayman
	BMJ  2002;325:946-947, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.946 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: Venous thromboembolism: treatment strategies
	Alexander G G Turpie, Bernard S P Chin, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2002;325:948-950, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.948 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	The turn of the screw
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2002;325:977, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.977/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Coping, but only just
	BMJ  2002;325:977, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.977 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Quality improvement report: Effect of a multifaceted approach to detecting and managing depression in primary care
	Jan Scott, Alison Thorne, Peter Horn
	BMJ  2002;325:951-954, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.951 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Comprehensive health care for people infected with HIV in developing countries
	Mari M Kitahata, Mary K Tegger, Edward H Wagner, King K Holmes
	BMJ  2002;325:954-957, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.954 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	As good as it gets? Chronic care management in nine leading US physician organisations
	Thomas G Rundall, Stephen M Shortell, Margaret C Wang, Lawrence Casalino, Thomas Bodenheimer, Robin R Gillies, Julie A Schmittdiel, Nancy Oswald, James C Robinson
	BMJ  2002;325:958-961, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.958 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unwarranted variations in healthcare delivery: implications for academic medical centres
	John E Wennberg
	BMJ  2002;325:961-964, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.961 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Prevention and cure of type 2 diabetes
	Azeem Majeed, Angela Newnham, Ronan Ryan, Kamlesh Khunti, Colin Guthrie
	BMJ  2002;325:965, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.965 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Many South Asian people probably need pre-diabetes care
	R Bhopal, C M Fischbacher
	BMJ  2002;325:965, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.965/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Women with gestational diabetes should be targeted to reduce cardiovascular risk
	V Toescu, S L Nuttall, M J Kendall, U Martin, F Dunne
	BMJ  2002;325:966, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.966 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The global response to mental illness
	Monique Van Dormael, Jean-Pierre Unger, R Srinivasa Murthy
	BMJ  2002;325:967, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.967 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Discontinuation of thioridazine
	Ann F Bisset, Pernia Arshad, Mary Morcos, Baskaran Sridharan
	BMJ  2002;325:967, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.967/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Temple healing
	S P Kalantri, Cyrus A Abbasian, R Raguram
	BMJ  2002;325:968, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.968 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Primary prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease
	Gill Tyerman, Peter Tyerman, Trefor J Roscoe, Tom Marshall, Andrew Rouse
	BMJ  2002;325:969, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.969 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk:benefit ratio is important in treating atopic dermatitis
	B Roger Allen, Thomas A Luger
	BMJ  2002;325:970, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.970 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using evidence based tools to manage chronic illness
	Dwana M Bush
	BMJ  2002;325:970, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.970/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Criticism of new German chronic disease management is unfair
	Norbert Schmacke, Jörg Lauterberg
	BMJ  2002;325:971, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.971 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient education is not a treatment modality
	Jeremy J Jones
	BMJ  2002;325:971, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.971/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Robert Howard Kirschner
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972 [Full text]

	Michael Gwynne Douglas Davys
	Penelope Buckland
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972/a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kenneth Gordon Dickinson
	A Llewllyn Lloyd
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972/b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Victor Braham Goldman
	Jon Goldman
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972/c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Gordon
	Derek Hockaday, Richard Boyd
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972/d [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Geoffrey David Phillips
	Martin Phillips, Peter Phillips
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972/e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Andrew Rutherford ("Ford") Simpson
	C H Oliver
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972/f [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Edward Lorden Trickey
	J N Wilson
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972/g [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alan MacRae Whittington
	Tony Morgan
	BMJ  2002;325:972, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.972/h [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2002;325:978, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.978 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	The burden of disease: Global burden of disease and injury attributable to selected risk factors, 1990
	BMJ  2002;325:928, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.928 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The burden of disease: Leading causes of death and premature death worldwide, 1990
	BMJ  2002;325:933, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.933 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The burden of disease: Deaths worldwide 1990-2020: pessimistic projection
	BMJ  2002;325:937, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.937 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The burden of disease: Leading causes of disability worldwide, 1990, in years of life lived with disability
	BMJ  2002;325:947, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.947 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The burden of disease: Deaths among men, attributable to and averted by alcohol, 1990
	BMJ  2002;325:964, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.964 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Heart to Heart: The Twentieth Century Battle against Cardiac DiseaseAn Oral History
	Mikael Dellborg
	BMJ  2002;325:974, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.974 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Debating Matters. Designer Babies: Where Should We Draw the Line?
	Stuart W G Derbyshire
	BMJ  2002;325:974, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.974/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Middlesex
	John Quin
	BMJ  2002;325:975, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.975 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	"Not much of a life"
	BMJ  2002;325, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.0/h [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THEATRE

	Theatre: Talking Cock
	Petra M Boynton, Will Callaghan
	BMJ  2002;325:975, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.975/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2002;325:976, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.976/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Living with diabetes
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2002;325:976, doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7370.976 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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