31 May 2003 (Vol 326, Issue 7400)

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This Week In the BMJ

Outpatient treatment for deep vein thrombosis of the leg is safe

BMJ 2003;326:0.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

“Opt-out” consent increases uptake of HIV screening

BMJ 2003;326:0.5 (Published 29 May 2003)

Reporting of clinical trials of drugs shows bias

BMJ 2003;326:0.4 (Published 29 May 2003)

Research sponsored by drug companies is biased

BMJ 2003;326:0.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Evidence on stage based approach to smoking cessation is limited

BMJ 2003;326:0.6 (Published 29 May 2003)

Drug representatives may increase unnecessary GP prescribing

BMJ 2003;326:0.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

Editor's Choice

Food, flattery, and friendship

BMJ 2003;326:0.8 (Published 29 May 2003)

Editorials

No more free lunches

BMJ 2003;326:1155 (Published 29 May 2003)

Information from drug companies and opinion leaders

BMJ 2003;326:1156 (Published 29 May 2003)

Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine—booster campaign

BMJ 2003;326:1158 (Published 29 May 2003)

Human tissue engineered products—drugs or devices?

BMJ 2003;326:1159 (Published 29 May 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Journals should select drug advertisements more carefully

BMJ 2003;326:1211.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Charities and patient groups should declare interests

BMJ 2003;326:1211.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

BMJ may have hyped CURE study

BMJ 2003;326:1211.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

British Thoracic Society corrects damaging impression

BMJ 2003;326:1211.4 (Published 29 May 2003)

Shared scheme for assessing drugs for multiple sclerosis: Cost effective provision of effective treatments for multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2003;326:1212.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Shared scheme for assessing drugs for multiple sclerosis :Dealing with uncertainties about cost effectiveness of treatments is difficult problem

BMJ 2003;326:1212.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Shared scheme for assessing drugs for multiple sclerosis: Why are eyes tightly shut to considering causes other than autoimmunity?

BMJ 2003;326:1213.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and managers: NHS needs political administration, not “management”

BMJ 2003;326:1213.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and managers: NHS is unmanageable corporate mess

BMJ 2003;326:1213.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and managers: Capacity and funding need to be increased

BMJ 2003;326:1213.4 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and managers: Successful partnerships in New Zealand have been incorrectly portrayed

BMJ 2003;326:1213.5 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and managers: What is the evidence base for management?

BMJ 2003;326:1214.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and managers: Commission for Health Improvement gives its perspective

BMJ 2003;326:1214.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and managers: Clear strategy is needed, as Turkish experience shows

BMJ 2003;326:1214.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and managers: Healthcare management is treated as specialty in Israel

BMJ 2003;326:1214.4 (Published 29 May 2003)

Discrimination in discretionary points award scheme: Premise is flawed

BMJ 2003;326:1214.5 (Published 29 May 2003)

Discrimination in discretionary points award scheme: Discretionary points have to be applied for

BMJ 2003;326:1215.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Walk-in centres are often first line contact for rape victims

BMJ 2003;326:1215.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

GMC guidance on withholding life prolonging treatment

BMJ 2003;326:1215.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

Bioethics are difficult to balance

BMJ 2003;326:1215.4 (Published 29 May 2003)

News

Drug company secretly briefed medical societies on HRT

BMJ 2003;326:1161.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Schering uses German medical association to promote HRT

BMJ 2003;326:1161.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;326:1162.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Toronto succumbs to SARS a second time

BMJ 2003;326:1162.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

WHO to push for swift implementation of tobacco accord

BMJ 2003;326:1162.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

Drug company sponsorship of education could be replaced at a fraction of its cost

BMJ 2003;326:1163.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Drug companies advised to publish unfavourable trial results

BMJ 2003;326:1163.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Consultants threaten strike over contract stalemate

BMJ 2003;326:1165.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

Hundreds die in northern Iraq from land mines and unexploded munitions

BMJ 2003;326:1166.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Scottish royal colleges ask Blair to do more for Iraq's medical services

BMJ 2003;326:1166.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Diagnosis, investigation, and management of deep vein thrombosis

BMJ 2003;326:1180 (Published 29 May 2003)

Chronic stable angina: treatment options

BMJ 2003;326:1185 (Published 29 May 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;326:1222 (Published 29 May 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Only half of Dutch doctors report euthanasia, report says

BMJ 2003;326:1164.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Surgeon suspended in transplant row

BMJ 2003;326:1164.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Exhibition shows celebrities' defining moments

BMJ 2003;326:1164.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

Surgeon calls for legalisation of payment to kidney donors

BMJ 2003;326:1164.4 (Published 29 May 2003)

Smallpox vaccination confers long lasting immunity

BMJ 2003;326:1164.5 (Published 29 May 2003)

Subspecialty of oncoplastic breast surgery is needed to meet demand

BMJ 2003;326:1165.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

World Medical Association reviews doctors' links with drug companies

BMJ 2003;326:1165.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Data show that SARS is gradually coming under control

BMJ 2003;326:1166.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

WHO continues fight against SARS

BMJ 2003;326:1166.4 (Published 29 May 2003)

NICE recommends new treatment for breast and bowel cancer

BMJ 2003;326:1166.5 (Published 29 May 2003)

War veterans lose compensation battle

BMJ 2003;326:1166.6 (Published 29 May 2003)

Urologist cleared of manslaughter

BMJ 2003;326:1166.7 (Published 29 May 2003)

New WHO chief pledges to expand network to stem disease outbreaks

BMJ 2003;326:1166.8 (Published 29 May 2003)

Low carbohydrate diet is vindicated

BMJ 2003;326:1166.9 (Published 29 May 2003)

Papers

Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship and research outcome and quality: systematic review

BMJ 2003;326:1167 (Published 29 May 2003)

Evidence b(i)ased medicine—selective reporting from studies sponsored by pharmaceutical industry: review of studies in new drug applications

BMJ 2003;326:1171 (Published 29 May 2003)

Uptake of HIV screening in genitourinary medicine after change to “opt-out” consent

BMJ 2003;326:1174 (Published 29 May 2003)

Primary care

Systematic review of the effectiveness of stage based interventions to promote smoking cessation

BMJ 2003;326:1175 (Published 29 May 2003)

Characteristics of general practitioners who frequently see drug industry representatives: national cross sectional study

BMJ 2003;326:1178 (Published 29 May 2003)

Education and debate

Who pays for the pizza? Redefining the relationships between doctors and drug companies. 1: Entanglement

BMJ 2003;326:1189 (Published 29 May 2003)

Who pays for the pizza? Redefining the relationships between doctors and drug companies. 2: Disentanglement

BMJ 2003;326:1193 (Published 29 May 2003)

How to dance with porcupines: rules and guidelines on doctors' relations with drug companies

BMJ 2003;326:1196 (Published 29 May 2003)

How can research ethics committees protect patients better?

BMJ 2003;326:1199 (Published 29 May 2003)

Medical journals and pharmaceutical companies: uneasy bedfellows

BMJ 2003;326:1202 (Published 29 May 2003)

Unhealthy spin

BMJ 2003;326:1205 (Published 29 May 2003)

Relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and patients' organisations

BMJ 2003;326:1208 (Published 29 May 2003)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers

BMJ 2003;326:1218.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation

BMJ 2003;326:1218.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Married life uncovered

BMJ 2003;326:1219.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Regulator spells out rules on disease awareness campaigns

BMJ 2003;326:1219.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

In praise of the “devil”

BMJ 2003;326:1220.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Doctors and the drug industry

BMJ 2003;326:1220.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

How not to do medical research

BMJ 2003;326:1221.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

The end

BMJ 2003;326:1221.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Fillers

Antioxidants don't prevent dementia

BMJ 2003;326:0.7 (Published 29 May 2003)

The disease called “man”

BMJ 2003;326:1179 (Published 29 May 2003)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2003;326:1184 (Published 29 May 2003)

Drugs as substitutes for drink

BMJ 2003;326:1207 (Published 29 May 2003)

The atmosphere of London

BMJ 2003;326:1210 (Published 29 May 2003)

Corrections

London GP cleared of serious professional misconduct

BMJ 2003;326:1173.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

West Nile encephalitis

BMJ 2003;326:1173.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Medical experts and the criminal courts

BMJ 2003;326:1215.5 (Published 29 May 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Judianne Densen-Gerber

BMJ 2003;326:1216 (Published 29 May 2003)

Michael John Garrett

BMJ 2003;326:1217.1 (Published 29 May 2003)

Donald William Gau

BMJ 2003;326:1217.2 (Published 29 May 2003)

Myra Lord (née Wharf)

BMJ 2003;326:1217.3 (Published 29 May 2003)

Halley Mathew

BMJ 2003;326:1217.4 (Published 29 May 2003)

Fanny Ethel Meltzer (née Awerbuck)

BMJ 2003;326:1217.5 (Published 29 May 2003)

Carys Richards-Jones

BMJ 2003;326:1217.6 (Published 29 May 2003)

Michael Wheeler

BMJ 2003;326:1217.7 (Published 29 May 2003)