17 May 2003 (Vol 326, Issue 7398)

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Editor's Choice

Need good results? Fiddle them

BMJ 2003;326:0.6 (Published 15 May 2003)

News

Inquiry finds brains were removed without consent

BMJ 2003;326:1051.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Public response to the Isaacs report will slow neurological research

BMJ 2003;326:1051.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;326:1052.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Improvements in the NHS are patchy, report says

BMJ 2003;326:1052.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

UK agency unveils plans to cut infusion device errors

BMJ 2003;326:1053.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Heart surgeons are to be rated according to bypass surgery success

BMJ 2003;326:1053.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

China is still not open enough about SARS, says WHO

BMJ 2003;326:1055.4 (Published 15 May 2003)

From hysterick disorders to biomedical research

BMJ 2003;326:1056.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Editorials

Finding the age of the patient's heart

BMJ 2003;326:1045 (Published 15 May 2003)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMJ 2003;326:1046 (Published 15 May 2003)

Effect of passive smoking on health

BMJ 2003;326:1048 (Published 15 May 2003)

The therapeutic effects of meditation

BMJ 2003;326:1049 (Published 15 May 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Open letter to health ministers at Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

BMJ 2003;326:1085.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Case fatality rates after hospital admission for stroke: Covariates were not measured

BMJ 2003;326:1085.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Case fatality rates after hospital admission for stroke: Definition of stroke defines stroke mortality

BMJ 2003;326:1085.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Case fatality rates after hospital admission for stroke: Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;326:1086.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Thyroid function tests and hypothyroidism: Reducing concentrations further would be harmful

BMJ 2003;326:1086.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Thyroid function tests and hypothyroidism: Restoring serum TSH to reference range should be goal of replacement

BMJ 2003;326:1086.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Thyroid function tests and hypothyroidism: Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;326:1087.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Computerised evidence based guidelines in primary care: Interactive decision support is here and essential for 21st century primary care

BMJ 2003;326:1087.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Computerised evidence based guidelines in primary care: Computerised decision support and reflection in action

BMJ 2003;326:1087.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Computerised evidence based guidelines in primary care: Authors' reply

BMJ 2003;326:1088.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Transplantation has no rival

BMJ 2003;326:1088.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Findings for looked after children are not generalisable

BMJ 2003;326:1088.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Obituary for David Horrobin: Medicine has lost something unique and irreplaceable

BMJ 2003;326:1088.4 (Published 15 May 2003)

Obituary for David Horrobin: Work inspired and continues to nurture positive clinical outcomes

BMJ 2003;326:1089.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Obituary for David Horrobin: Original mind will be missed

BMJ 2003;326:1089.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Letters - continued

Obituary for David Horrobin: Summary of rapid responses

BMJ 2003;326:1089.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Robert Coleman Atkins

BMJ 2003;326:1090 (Published 15 May 2003)

Patrick Alan Adam

BMJ 2003;326:1091.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Frederick James Brunton

BMJ 2003;326:1091.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

John Amsden Elliott

BMJ 2003;326:1091.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Peter Moorhead

BMJ 2003;326:1091.4 (Published 15 May 2003)

Christopher Jonathan Pearce

BMJ 2003;326:1091.5 (Published 15 May 2003)

John Kenneth Wright

BMJ 2003;326:1091.6 (Published 15 May 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:1096 (Published 15 May 2003)

Clinical Reviews

New pacing technologies for heart failure

BMJ 2003;326:1073 (Published 15 May 2003)

Variable presentation of Brugada syndrome: lessons from three generations with syncope

BMJ 2003;326:1078 (Published 15 May 2003)

Percutaneous coronary intervention. I: History and development

BMJ 2003;326:1080 (Published 15 May 2003)

Filler

The optimal serum digoxin concentration in men with stable heart failure in sinus rhythm is 0.5 to 0.8 ng/ml

BMJ 2003;326:0.7 (Published 15 May 2003)

The future of the Commission for Health Improvement

BMJ 2003;326:1052.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2003;326:1063 (Published 15 May 2003)

Medicine in the time of SARS

BMJ 2003;326:1067 (Published 15 May 2003)

The way things were?

BMJ 2003;326:1069 (Published 15 May 2003)

The massacre of the innocents

BMJ 2003;326:1072 (Published 15 May 2003)

Human dignity

BMJ 2003;326:1077 (Published 15 May 2003)

A 42 year old man with acute chest pain

BMJ 2003;326:1079.4 (Published 15 May 2003)

News roundup

Hospitals take short term measures to meet targets

BMJ 2003;326:1054.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Treatment for multiple myeloma shows promise

BMJ 2003;326:1054.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Dog bites are no more frequent at full moon

BMJ 2003;326:1054.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Inertia on folic acid has caused thousands of unnecessary deaths

BMJ 2003;326:1054.4 (Published 15 May 2003)

Confusion over GP contract continues

BMJ 2003;326:1054.5 (Published 15 May 2003)

Dozens of patients allege unnecessary heart surgery

BMJ 2003;326:1055.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

United States and Germany are keen to see tobacco agreement watered down

BMJ 2003;326:1055.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

News roundup - continued

US may withdraw federal funds from schools that exclude children for not taking treatment

BMJ 2003;326:1055.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

News extra

SARS in China spreads from Beijing to poorer inland provinces

BMJ 2003;326:1056.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

BMA calls on consultants to challenge long hours of work

BMJ 2003;326:1056.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

UK government supports measures to cut drug prices in developing countries

BMJ 2003;326:1056.4 (Published 15 May 2003)

A quarter of patients with neurotic disorders don't seek help

BMJ 2003;326:1056.5 (Published 15 May 2003)

NICE expands research and development role

BMJ 2003;326:1056.6 (Published 15 May 2003)

Opponents of foundation hospitals vow to fight on

BMJ 2003;326:1056.7 (Published 15 May 2003)

Papers

Environmental tobacco smoke and tobacco related mortality in a prospective study of Californians, 1960-98

BMJ 2003;326:1057 (Published 15 May 2003)

Prevalence of hardcore smoking in England, and associated attitudes and beliefs: cross sectional study

BMJ 2003;326:1061 (Published 15 May 2003)

Mortality in young offenders: retrospective cohort study

BMJ 2003;326:1064 (Published 15 May 2003)

New strategies for increasing the detection of HIV: analysis of routine data

BMJ 2003;326:1066 (Published 15 May 2003)

Perinatal characteristics and risk of rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 2003;326:1068 (Published 15 May 2003)

Primary care

Systematic review of scope and quality of electronic patient record data in primary care

BMJ 2003;326:1070 (Published 15 May 2003)

Education and debate

Effect of regression to the mean on decision making in health care

BMJ 2003;326:1083 (Published 15 May 2003)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Whiplash and Other Useful Illnesses

BMJ 2003;326:1092.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Time out of Mind

BMJ 2003;326:1092.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Is this journalism that makes a difference?

BMJ 2003;326:1093.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Hit Parade

BMJ 2003;326:1093.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Blurring the boundaries

BMJ 2003;326:1094.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Passive smoking

BMJ 2003;326:1094.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

China in the grip of SARS

BMJ 2003;326:1095.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

There is no evidence that…

BMJ 2003;326:1095.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Corrections

Libraries face higher costs for academic journals

BMJ 2003;326:1079.1 (Published 15 May 2003)

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:1079.2 (Published 15 May 2003)

Afghanistan struggles to build post-conflict health care

BMJ 2003;326:1079.3 (Published 15 May 2003)

Obituary of David Horrobin

BMJ 2003;326:1091.7 (Published 15 May 2003)