25 January 2003 (Vol 326, Issue 7382)

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Editor's Choice

War and learning

BMJ 2003;326:0.8 (Published 25 January 2003)

News

Health professionals challenge US smallpox vaccination plan

BMJ 2003;326:179.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Industry is deeply involved in funding US research

BMJ 2003;326:179.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;326:180.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Paediatrician calls for shake up in handling child abuse cases

BMJ 2003;326:180.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Police uncover large scale organ trafficking in Punjab

BMJ 2003;326:180.3 (Published 25 January 2003)

Adjuvant chemotherapy improves survival in early ovarian cancer

BMJ 2003;326:181.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

FDA halts gene therapy trials after leukaemia case in France

BMJ 2003;326:181.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Restoring the profession's self esteem

BMJ 2003;326:183 (Published 25 January 2003)

Taking up cudgels for peace

BMJ 2003;326:184.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Editorials

The causes of autism spectrum disorders

BMJ 2003;326:173 (Published 25 January 2003)

Governance for NHS foundation trusts

BMJ 2003;326:174 (Published 25 January 2003)

Reinstitutionalisation in mental health care

BMJ 2003;326:175 (Published 25 January 2003)

BMJ Learning

BMJ 2003;326:176 (Published 25 January 2003)

Non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMJ 2003;326:177 (Published 25 January 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Open letter to Tony Blair: Call to prevent escalating violence

BMJ 2003;326:220.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Doctors and computers

BMJ 2003;326:220.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Rethinking management

BMJ 2003;326:221 (Published 25 January 2003)

Risk factors for cot death increase danger from infection

BMJ 2003;326:222.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt

BMJ 2003;326:222.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Indian objection to export of human tissue for research

BMJ 2003;326:224 (Published 25 January 2003)

Ethics dialogue between rich and poor countries is overdue

BMJ 2003;326:225.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Issues relating to abortions are complicated in Nigeria

BMJ 2003;326:225.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Henk Leenen

BMJ 2003;326:226.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Philip England Anderson

BMJ 2003;326:226.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Fritz Karl Michael Hillenbrand

BMJ 2003;326:226.3 (Published 25 January 2003)

Robin (“Bobby”) Eliot Irvine

BMJ 2003;326:226.4 (Published 25 January 2003)

Obituaries - continued

John Desmond Lucey

BMJ 2003;326:226.5 (Published 25 January 2003)

John Joseph O'Brien

BMJ 2003;326:226.6 (Published 25 January 2003)

Gerald Oliver Rosenvinge

BMJ 2003;326:226.7 (Published 25 January 2003)

Donald Herron Young

BMJ 2003;326:226.8 (Published 25 January 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:232 (Published 25 January 2003)

Fillers

Single, small adenoma low risk for recurrent colon polyps

BMJ 2003;326:0.9 (Published 25 January 2003)

Man's chief occupation

BMJ 2003;326:188.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2003;326:194.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Anaesthesia and swearing

BMJ 2003;326:200.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

An act of creation

BMJ 2003;326:202.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

The patient's referral letter

BMJ 2003;326:206 (Published 25 January 2003)

Mark Twain on evidence based practice

BMJ 2003;326:211.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Man hater

BMJ 2003;326:216 (Published 25 January 2003)

This Week In the BMJ

Waiting lists: money is not the problem

BMJ 2003;326:0.3 (Published 25 January 2003)

WHO strikes back

BMJ 2003;326:0.5 (Published 25 January 2003)

Scotophobic children may be night blind

BMJ 2003;326:0.4 (Published 25 January 2003)

All time low for gynaecology

BMJ 2003;326:0.6 (Published 25 January 2003)

Top 10 tips for a computerised NHS

BMJ 2003;326:0.7 (Published 25 January 2003)

Confused GPs are afraid to diagnose heart failure

BMJ 2003;326:0.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

First line treatment for COPD should be NPPV

BMJ 2003;326:0.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Onchocerciasis

BMJ 2003;326:207 (Published 25 January 2003)

Fear of the dark in children: is stationary night blindness the cause?

BMJ 2003;326:211.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Applying educational theory in practice

BMJ 2003;326:213 (Published 25 January 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

The market for medical journals is anticompetitive, says expert

BMJ 2003;326:182.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Pro-tobacco editorial content of young men's magazines rises by 70% between 1991 and 2000

BMJ 2003;326:182.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

“Author pays” may be the new science publishing model

BMJ 2003;326:182.3 (Published 25 January 2003)

US health care should focus on 20 areas to increase impact

BMJ 2003;326:182.4 (Published 25 January 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Older women less likely to receive chemotherapy for breast cancer

BMJ 2003;326:184.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Changing prescription software to favour generics could save Australia £40m a year

BMJ 2003;326:184.3 (Published 25 January 2003)

States organise joint non-profit prescription plan to cut drug costs

BMJ 2003;326:184.4 (Published 25 January 2003)

Study reports on use of “touch screen” health kiosks

BMJ 2003;326:184.5 (Published 25 January 2003)

Babies born after fertility treatment run increased risk of genetic disorder

BMJ 2003;326:184.6 (Published 25 January 2003)

Learning disability task force criticises draft mental health bill

BMJ 2003;326:184.7 (Published 25 January 2003)

NHS and local government try to stop introduction of “bed blocking” fines

BMJ 2003;326:184.8 (Published 25 January 2003)

Race for world's top health post narrows to five

BMJ 2003;326:184.9 (Published 25 January 2003)

Papers

Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation to treat respiratory failure resulting from exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ 2003;326:185 (Published 25 January 2003)

NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data

BMJ 2003;326:188.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Case fatality rates after admission to hospital with stroke: linked database study

BMJ 2003;326:193 (Published 25 January 2003)

Career choices of United Kingdom medical graduates of 1999 and 2000: questionnaire surveys

BMJ 2003;326:194.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Primary care

Barriers to accurate diagnosis and effective management of heart failure in primary care: qualitative study

BMJ 2003;326:196 (Published 25 January 2003)

Identifying depression in primary care: a comparison of different methods in a prospective cohort study

BMJ 2003;326:200.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Information in practice

Ten ways to improve information technology in the NHSCommentary: improve the quality of the consultationCommentary: Clinical focus might make it work

BMJ 2003;326:202.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Education and debate

WHO responds

BMJ 2003;326:217 (Published 25 January 2003)

Interaction revisited: the difference between two estimates

BMJ 2003;326:219 (Published 25 January 2003)

Books

Transitions in End of Life Care: Hospice and Related Developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

BMJ 2003;326:228.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Complexity and Healthcare: An Introduction

BMJ 2003;326:228.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World

BMJ 2003;326:229.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

TV

The Lost Prince

BMJ 2003;326:229.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Journal

War of words over Iraq

BMJ 2003;326:230.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Bioterrorism

BMJ 2003;326:230.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Personal View

A tabloid story

BMJ 2003;326:231.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Soundings

Geese of a different feather

BMJ 2003;326:231.2 (Published 25 January 2003)

Corrections

Visible signs of illness from the 14th to the 20th century: systematic review of portraits

BMJ 2003;326:212.1 (Published 25 January 2003)

Photofinish

BMJ 2003;326:212.2 (Published 25 January 2003)