02 October 2004 (Vol 329, Issue 7469)

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Editor's Choice

The four pillars of global academic medicine

BMJ 2004;329:0.8 (Published 30 September 2004)

News

Doctor facing GMC inquiry over Shipman deaths admits failures

BMJ 2004;329:757.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Tobacco companies aimed to keep smokers hooked, court told

BMJ 2004;329:757.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;329:758.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

NICE issues guidance on sepsis

BMJ 2004;329:758.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

South Africa to regulate healers

BMJ 2004;329:758.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Deregistered psychiatrist convicted of murder

BMJ 2004;329:759.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

US consumer body calls for review of cholesterol guidelines

BMJ 2004;329:759.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Walking protects elderly people from dementia, studies show

BMJ 2004;329:761.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

GP training will receive more funding

BMJ 2004;329:762.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

It's time to rethink access to GPs within 48 hours, report says

BMJ 2004;329:762.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Editorials

Who cares about academic medicine?

BMJ 2004;329:751 (Published 30 September 2004)

Academic medicine and global health responsibilities

BMJ 2004;329:752 (Published 30 September 2004)

Academic medicine as a resource for global health: the case of Brazil

BMJ 2004;329:753 (Published 30 September 2004)

Home blood glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes

BMJ 2004;329:754 (Published 30 September 2004)

Aspartame and its effects on health

BMJ 2004;329:755 (Published 30 September 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Governance of academic medicine should be with public trustees

BMJ 2004;329:798.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Academic medicine has pitfalls for junior researchers

BMJ 2004;329:798.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: Evidence base for problem based learning is growing

BMJ 2004;329:798.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: Unfunded reform always ends in reaction

BMJ 2004;329:799.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: Students are too many to be assessed individually in general hospitals

BMJ 2004;329:799.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: “Problem based learning” v “traditional” is a false debate

BMJ 2004;329:799.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: Evangelism triumphs over common sense for ophthalmology

BMJ 2004;329:799.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: Summary of responses

BMJ 2004;329:800.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Ethics: entitlement may benefit disadvantaged patients and students alike

BMJ 2004;329:800.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Measuring participation in UK medical schools: More insight is needed

BMJ 2004;329:800.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Measuring participation in UK medical schools: Social class data are problematic to interpret

BMJ 2004;329:800.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

Measuring participation in UK medical schools: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;329:801.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Emphasise burns prevention in developing countries

BMJ 2004;329:801.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Letters - continued

Screening research papers by reading abstracts: Idea seems reasonable

BMJ 2004;329:801.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Screening research papers by reading abstracts: Just how rapid is “eternal” review?

BMJ 2004;329:801.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

Screening research papers by reading abstracts: Review may be eternal but rejection is swift

BMJ 2004;329:801.5 (Published 30 September 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Forde Everard de Wend Cayley

BMJ 2004;329:802.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Edmund John Dowling

BMJ 2004;329:802.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Roger Freeman

BMJ 2004;329:802.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Robert Barclay Goudie

BMJ 2004;329:802.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

Charles Isadore Levene

BMJ 2004;329:802.5 (Published 30 September 2004)

Michael John Oldroyd

BMJ 2004;329:803.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Robert Livingstone Orchardson

BMJ 2004;329:803.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

John Francis Rees

BMJ 2004;329:803.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Tom Smith

BMJ 2004;329:803.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

Maxine Lida Leonie Sturdy (née Peto)

BMJ 2004;329:803.5 (Published 30 September 2004)

Terence Reginald Wilson

BMJ 2004;329:803.6 (Published 30 September 2004)

Richard Henderson Yearsley

BMJ 2004;329:803.7 (Published 30 September 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;329:808 (Published 30 September 2004)

Fillers

Soy protein isoflavones do not reduce postmenopausal complications

BMJ 2004;329:0.7 (Published 30 September 2004)

Twitched

BMJ 2004;329:766 (Published 30 September 2004)

Testing hypotheses

BMJ 2004;329:773.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

Webchat

BMJ 2004;329:777.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Heroic surgery

BMJ 2004;329:777.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

A 35 year old woman with diabetic nephropathy who wants a baby

BMJ 2004;329:782.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

The practicable paradox—the five minute emergency

BMJ 2004;329:782.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

A forlorn hope

BMJ 2004;329:786 (Published 30 September 2004)

Beating the test

BMJ 2004;329:797.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Drug intake during Ramadan

BMJ 2004;329:778 (Published 30 September 2004)

Obstetric issues in preterm birth

BMJ 2004;329:783 (Published 30 September 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Commission raises questions over Northern Ireland's death certificates

BMJ 2004;329:760.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Food fortification cuts cases of spina bifida in Canada

BMJ 2004;329:760.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Celebrating the bond between mother and child

BMJ 2004;329:760.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Cardiomyocytes from human stem cells restore heart rhythm

BMJ 2004;329:760.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

Stroke and heart attack admissions are linked to cold weather

BMJ 2004;329:760.5 (Published 30 September 2004)

EU proposes changes to working time directive

BMJ 2004;329:761.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Live birth reported after ovarian tissue transplant

BMJ 2004;329:761.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Court strikes down “Terri's law”

BMJ 2004;329:761.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Criminal investigation follows report on asbestos compensation fund

BMJ 2004;329:762.3 (Published 30 September 2004)

Corticosteroids may be effective for most cases of croup, study shows

BMJ 2004;329:762.4 (Published 30 September 2004)

Welsh GPs resign from community hospitals

BMJ 2004;329:762.5 (Published 30 September 2004)

Papers

Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: systematic review

BMJ 2004;329:763 (Published 30 September 2004)

Life span and disability: a cross sectional comparison of Russian and Swedish community based data

BMJ 2004;329:767 (Published 30 September 2004)

The hidden curriculum in undergraduate medical education: qualitative study of medical students' perceptions of teaching

BMJ 2004;329:770 (Published 30 September 2004)

Primary care

NHS Direct versus general practice based triage for same day appointments in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2004;329:774 (Published 30 September 2004)

Education and debate

ICRAM (the International Campaign to Revitalise Academic Medicine): agenda setting

BMJ 2004;329:787 (Published 30 September 2004)

Academic medicine: the evidence base

BMJ 2004;329:789 (Published 30 September 2004)

Gender and academic medicine: impacts on the health workforce

BMJ 2004;329:792 (Published 30 September 2004)

Clinicians and patients' welfare: where does academic freedom fit in?

BMJ 2004;329:795 (Published 30 September 2004)

Funding will make you free

BMJ 2004;329:797.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

PR coup for herbal cancer drug

BMJ 2004;329:804 (Published 30 September 2004)

Garden State

BMJ 2004;329:805.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Medical Firsts: From Hippocrates to the Human Genome

BMJ 2004;329:805.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

What funders and others can do to help save clinical academic medicine

BMJ 2004;329:806.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Hit parade

BMJ 2004;329:806.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

My disappointment with an ethics committee

BMJ 2004;329:807.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

I couldn't believe my eyes

BMJ 2004;329:807.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Corrections

Spinal immobilisation for unconscious patients with multiple injuries

BMJ 2004;329:773.1 (Published 30 September 2004)

Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, and social consequences

BMJ 2004;329:773.2 (Published 30 September 2004)

Hospital at home for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence

BMJ 2004;329:773.3 (Published 30 September 2004)