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Contents: March 2002

Editorials

Cutting through all the smoke

Cardiac arrest: addressing the training needs of medical students

Is there a better alternative to special study modules


News

UK student debt continues to rise

AIDS activists bring antiretrovirals into South Africa

Junior doctors pressured to lie about working hours

Text sex

HIV cases rise in UK

Scottish PRHO job allocation scheme fails applicants

Women medical students exceed quota in Singapore

Counting sheep will not help you sleep

Bits & pieces

Education

Dead cert: a guide to death certificates

Diet and bone health

Only one chance to get it right: end of life care

Creative consulting: more about placebos

Pancoast's apical bronchial carcinoma

Will listening to Mozart make you smarter?


Careers

An Egyptian charm: meet Magdi Yacoub

Transplant surgery: a changing specialty

Graduate entry programmes in medicine


Papers

Smoking during pregnancy and diabetes mellitus in a British longitudinal birth cohort

Commentary


Life

Diving in with DAN

Planning your elective - diving medicine

Peru's ancient neurosurgeons

The medical students' guide to medical terminology

Is the grass always greener on the other side?


Letters

Abortion: a public health issue- keep your opinions out of it

Abortion is murder

The health of prisoners

Is there a better alternative to special study modules?

Disabled medical students are discriminated against

Medical school culture: exam failure- Authors response

Medicine more than just grades

Failure is a human experience

Are medical schools in safe hands?

Reviews

Uncle Tungsten

Fatal Voyage

Sleepyhead

The medical job interview: secrets for success

Qualified to certify?

Ageism in medica school

Happiness

Minerva: March 2002