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This Week In the BMJ

  • Outpatient treatment for deep vein thrombosis of the leg is safe

    BMJ 2003;326:doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.0-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • “Opt-out” consent increases uptake of HIV screening

    BMJ 2003;326:doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.0-d (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Reporting of clinical trials of drugs shows bias

    BMJ 2003;326:doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.0-c (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Research sponsored by drug companies is biased

    BMJ 2003;326:doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.0 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Evidence on stage based approach to smoking cessation is limited

    BMJ 2003;326:doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.0-e (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Drug representatives may increase unnecessary GP prescribing

    BMJ 2003;326:doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.0-b (Published 29 May 2003)

Editor's Choice

  • Food, flattery, and friendship

    • Jane Smith
    BMJ 2003;326:doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.0-g (Published 29 May 2003)

Editorials

  • No more free lunches

    • Kamran Abbasi,
    • Richard Smith
    BMJ 2003;326:1155-1156 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1155 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Information from drug companies and opinion leaders

    • Alessandro Liberati,
    • Nicola Magrini
    BMJ 2003;326:1156-1157 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1156 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine—booster campaign

    • Paul T Heath,
    • Mary E Ramsay
    BMJ 2003;326:1158-1159 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1158 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Human tissue engineered products—drugs or devices?

    • Alex Faulkner,
    • Ingrid Geesink,
    • Julie Kent,
    • David FitzPatrick
    BMJ 2003;326:1159-1160 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1159 (Published 29 May 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters[Section PDF]

  • Journals should select drug advertisements more carefully

    • James J Oliver,
    • Simon R Maxwell
    BMJ 2003;326:1211 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1211 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Charities and patient groups should declare interests

    • Jenny Hirst
    BMJ 2003;326:1211 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1211-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • BMJ may have hyped CURE study

    • Martin G Duerden
    BMJ 2003;326:1211 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1211-b (Published 29 May 2003)

  • British Thoracic Society corrects damaging impression

    • Edmund Neville
    BMJ 2003;326:1211-1212 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1211-c (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Jacqueline C Napier,
    • Richard Francis,
    • Glyn Wright
    BMJ 2003;326:1212 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1212 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • David Chadwick,
    • Richard Gray
    BMJ 2003;326:1212-1213 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1212-a (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Abhijit Chaudhuri,
    • Peter O Behan
    BMJ 2003;326:1213 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1213 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Richard Motley
    BMJ 2003;326:1213 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1213-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Doctors and managers: NHS is unmanageable corporate mess

    • Peter G Hope
    BMJ 2003;326:1213 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1213-b (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Doctors and managers: Capacity and funding need to be increased

    • Nigel Dudley
    BMJ 2003;326:1213 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1213-c (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Sally M Widdowson
    BMJ 2003;326:1213-1214 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1213-d (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Tim I Williams
    BMJ 2003;326:1214 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1214 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Doctors and managers: Commission for Health Improvement gives its perspective

    • Linda Patterson,
    • Nicholas L Bishop
    BMJ 2003;326:1214 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1214-a (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Seval Akgün,
    • Guillermo Herrera
    BMJ 2003;326:1214 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1214-b (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Dan Michaeli
    BMJ 2003;326:1214 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1214-c (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Discrimination in discretionary points award scheme: Premise is flawed

    • Alastair Lack
    BMJ 2003;326:1214-1215 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1214-d (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Bill Cave
    BMJ 2003;326:1215 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1215 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Maria J Gough
    BMJ 2003;326:1215 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1215-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • GMC guidance on withholding life prolonging treatment

    • Hilary Thomas
    BMJ 2003;326:1215 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1215-b (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Bioethics are difficult to balance

    • Asad J Raja
    BMJ 2003;326:1215 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1215-c (Published 29 May 2003)

News

  • Drug company secretly briefed medical societies on HRT

    • Ray Moynihan
    BMJ 2003;326:1161 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1161 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Schering uses German medical association to promote HRT

    • Klaus Koch
    BMJ 2003;326:1161 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1161-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • In brief

    BMJ 2003;326:1162 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1162 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Toronto succumbs to SARS a second time

    • David Spurgeon
    BMJ 2003;326:1162 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1162-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • WHO to push for swift implementation of tobacco accord

    • Fiona Fleck
    BMJ 2003;326:1162 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1162-b (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Ray Moynihan
    BMJ 2003;326:1163 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1163 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Drug companies advised to publish unfavourable trial results

    • Debashis Singh
    BMJ 2003;326:1163 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1163-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Consultants threaten strike over contract stalemate

    • Zosia Kmietowicz
    BMJ 2003;326:1165 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1165-b (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Hundreds die in northern Iraq from land mines and unexploded munitions

    • Owen Dyer
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Bryan Christie
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166-a (Published 29 May 2003)

Clinical Reviews

  • Diagnosis, investigation, and management of deep vein thrombosis

    • Clive Tovey,
    • Suzanne Wyatt
    BMJ 2003;326:1180-1184 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1180 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • ABC of interventional cardiology: Chronic stable angina: treatment options

    • Laurence O'Toole,
    • Ever D Grech
    BMJ 2003;326:1185-1188 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1185 (Published 29 May 2003)

Minerva

  • Minerva

    BMJ 2003;326:1222 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1222 (Published 29 May 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

  • Only half of Dutch doctors report euthanasia, report says

    • Tony Sheldon
    BMJ 2003;326:1164 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1164 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Surgeon suspended in transplant row

    • Annette Tuffs
    BMJ 2003;326:1164 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1164-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Exhibition shows celebrities' defining moments

    • Annabel Ferriman
    BMJ 2003;326:1164 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1164-b (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Surgeon calls for legalisation of payment to kidney donors

    • Owen Dyer
    BMJ 2003;326:1164 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1164-c (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Smallpox vaccination confers long lasting immunity

    • Deborah Josefson
    BMJ 2003;326:1164 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1164-d (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Subspecialty of oncoplastic breast surgery is needed to meet demand

    • Roger Dobson
    BMJ 2003;326:1165 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1165 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • World Medical Association reviews doctors' links with drug companies

    • Susan Mayor
    BMJ 2003;326:1165 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1165-a (Published 29 May 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

  • Data show that SARS is gradually coming under control

    • Jane Parry
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166-b (Published 29 May 2003)

  • WHO continues fight against SARS

    • Adrián González Aguirre
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166-c (Published 29 May 2003)

  • NICE recommends new treatment for breast and bowel cancer

    • Susan Mayor
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166-d (Published 29 May 2003)

  • War veterans lose compensation battle

    • Clare Dyer
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166-e (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Urologist cleared of manslaughter

    • Clare Dyer
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166-f (Published 29 May 2003)

  • New WHO chief pledges to expand network to stem disease outbreaks

    • Fiona Fleck
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166-g (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Low carbohydrate diet is vindicated

    • Janice Hopkins Tanne
    BMJ 2003;326:1166 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1166-h (Published 29 May 2003)

Papers

  • Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship and research outcome and quality: systematic review

    • Joel Lexchin,
    • Lisa A Bero,
    • Benjamin Djulbegovic,
    • Otavio Clark
    BMJ 2003;326:1167-1170 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1167 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Hans Melander,
    • Jane Ahlqvist-Rastad,
    • Gertie Meijer,
    • Björn Beermann
    BMJ 2003;326:1171-1173 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1171 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Belinda Stanley,
    • Jane Fraser,
    • N H Cox
    BMJ 2003;326:1174 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1174 (Published 29 May 2003)

Primary care

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

    • Robert Paul Riemsma,
    • Jill Pattenden,
    • Christopher Bridle,
    • Amanda J Sowden,
    • Lisa Mather,
    • Ian S Watt,
    • Anne Walker
    BMJ 2003;326:1175-1177 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1175 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Chris Watkins,
    • Laurence Moore,
    • Ian Harvey,
    • Patricia Carthy,
    • Elizabeth Robinson,
    • Richard Brawn
    BMJ 2003;326:1178-1179 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1178 (Published 29 May 2003)

Education and debate

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

    • Ray Moynihan
    BMJ 2003;326:1189-1192 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1189 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Ray Moynihan
    BMJ 2003;326:1193-1196 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1193 (Published 29 May 2003)

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

    • Elizabeth Wager
    BMJ 2003;326:1196-1198 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1196 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • How can research ethics committees protect patients better?

    • Silvio Garattini,
    • Vittorio Bertele,
    • Luca Li Bassi
    BMJ 2003;326:1199-1201 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1199 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Medical journals and pharmaceutical companies: uneasy bedfellows

    • Richard Smith
    BMJ 2003;326:1202-1205 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1202 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Unhealthy spin

    • Bob Burton,
    • Andy Rowell
    BMJ 2003;326:1205-1207 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1205 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Relationships between the pharmaceutical industry and patients' organisations

    • Andrew Herxheimer
    BMJ 2003;326:1208-1210 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1208 (Published 29 May 2003)

Reviews

This week's Reviews[Section PDF]

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

    • Ray Moynihan
    BMJ 2003;326:1218 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1218 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Book: Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument Against Legalisation

    • Tony Sheldon
    BMJ 2003;326:1218 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1218-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • TV: Married life uncovered

    • James Owen Drife
    BMJ 2003;326:1219 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1219 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Ad: Regulator spells out rules on disease awareness campaigns

    • Trevor Jackson
    BMJ 2003;326:1219 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1219-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • PERSONAL VIEWS: In praise of the “devil”

    • Silvia Bonaccorso,
    • Richard Smith
    BMJ 2003;326:1220 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1220 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Website Of The Week: Doctors and the drug industry

    • Marcus Müllner
    BMJ 2003;326:1220 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1220-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • PERSONAL VIEWS: How not to do medical research

    • Philip Belcher
    BMJ 2003;326:1221 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1221 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • SOUNDINGS: The end

    • Colin Douglas
    BMJ 2003;326:1221 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1221-a (Published 29 May 2003)

Fillers

  • POEM*: Antioxidants don't prevent dementia

    BMJ 2003;326:doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.0-f (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Endpiece: The disease called “man”

    • Robert Richardson
    BMJ 2003;326:1179 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1179 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Submitting articles to the BMJ

    BMJ 2003;326:1184 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1184 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • One hundred years ago: Drugs as substitutes for drink

    BMJ 2003;326:1207 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1207 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Endpiece: The atmosphere of London

    • Jeremy Hugh Baron
    BMJ 2003;326:1210 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1210 (Published 29 May 2003)

Corrections

  • London GP cleared of serious professional misconduct

    BMJ 2003;326:1173 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1173 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • West Nile encephalitis

    BMJ 2003;326:1173 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1173-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Medical experts and the criminal courts

    BMJ 2003;326:1215 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1215-d (Published 29 May 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries[Section PDF]

  • Judianne Densen-Gerber

    BMJ 2003;326:1216 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1216 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Michael John Garrett

    BMJ 2003;326:1217 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1217 (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Donald William Gau

    BMJ 2003;326:1217 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1217-a (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Myra Lord (née Wharf)

    BMJ 2003;326:1217 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1217-b (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Halley Mathew

    BMJ 2003;326:1217 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1217-c (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Fanny Ethel Meltzer (née Awerbuck)

    BMJ 2003;326:1217 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1217-d (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Carys Richards-Jones

    BMJ 2003;326:1217 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1217-e (Published 29 May 2003)

  • Michael Wheeler

    BMJ 2003;326:1217 doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7400.1217-f (Published 29 May 2003)

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