14 June 2003 (Vol 326, Issue 7402)

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Editor's Choice

Preparing for partnership

BMJ 2003;326:7402 (Published 12 June 2003)

News

England is in a sexual health crisis, MPs say

BMJ 2003;326:1281.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Patients will be reminded of appointments by text messages

BMJ 2003;326:1281.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Arsenal helps publicise testicular cancer website

BMJ 2003;326:1282.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

IN BRIEF

BMJ 2003;326:1282.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Paroxetine must not be given to patients under 18

BMJ 2003;326:1282.3 (Published 12 June 2003)

Labour wants to make patients honour their duty to NHS

BMJ 2003;326:1283.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Tories propose a “patient's passport” for use in NHS or private sector

BMJ 2003;326:1283.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Experts issue guidelines for treating childhood brain injury

BMJ 2003;326:1283.3 (Published 12 June 2003)

WHO investigates China's fall in SARS cases

BMJ 2003;326:1285.4 (Published 12 June 2003)

NHS hampers patient empowerment, says professor

BMJ 2003;326:1286.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Drug companies want to inform patients

BMJ 2003;326:1286.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Doctors must listen more

BMJ 2003;326:1286.3 (Published 12 June 2003)

Research

Do patients need to read research?

BMJ 2003;326:1307 (Published 12 June 2003)

Effects of educational interventions for self management of asthma in children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ 2003;326:1308 (Published 12 June 2003)

Qualitative study of the meaning of personal care in general practice

BMJ 2003;326:1310 (Published 12 June 2003)

Patient's response to the research

BMJ 2003;326:1313.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Patient's response to the research

BMJ 2003;326:1313.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Patients' views about taking antihypertensive drugs: questionnaire study

BMJ 2003;326:1314 (Published 12 June 2003)

Patients' accounts of being removed from their general practitioner's list: qualitative study

BMJ 2003;326:1316 (Published 12 June 2003)

Patient's response to the research

BMJ 2003;326:1319.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Patient's response to the research

BMJ 2003;326:1319.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Letters

Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: Informed consent failed to protect me

BMJ 2003;326:1326.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: Consent is crucial—but don't go too far, for students' and patients' sakes

BMJ 2003;326:1326.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: What examination is not intimate?

BMJ 2003;326:1326.3 (Published 12 June 2003)

Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: How medical students are being taught at University of Antwerp

BMJ 2003;326:1327.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: Integrated approach to teaching and learning clinical skills

BMJ 2003;326:1327.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: Summary of rapid responses

BMJ 2003;326:1327.3 (Published 12 June 2003)

Shocked by attitude to MRSA

BMJ 2003;326:1328.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Letters - continued

Patients' charities often lack cash

BMJ 2003;326:1328.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Involving patients in a primary care research meeting worked well

BMJ 2003;326:1329.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

ATAC trial: reporting interim results is not helpful

BMJ 2003;326:1329.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Head to Head

Should drug companies be allowed to talk directly to patients?

BMJ 2003;326:1302.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Should drug companies be allowed to talk directly to patients?: NO

BMJ 2003;326:1302.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

COMMENT

Saddle up, partner

BMJ 2003;326:1275 (Published 12 June 2003)

Patients are experts in their own field

BMJ 2003;326:1276 (Published 12 June 2003)

Just how demanding can we get before we blow it?

BMJ 2003;326:1277 (Published 12 June 2003)

Boosting performance measure for measure

BMJ 2003;326:1278 (Published 12 June 2003)

Expert patients usher in a new era of opportunity for the NHS

BMJ 2003;326:1279 (Published 12 June 2003)

Killing the goose that laid the golden egg?

BMJ 2003;326:1280 (Published 12 June 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

India's burden of waterborne diseases is underestimated

BMJ 2003;326:1284.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Coroners will deliver fuller verdicts after inquests

BMJ 2003;326:1284.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

EU health ministers reject proposal for limited direct to consumer advertising

BMJ 2003;326:1284.3 (Published 12 June 2003)

New Zealand GPs call for end to direct to consumer advertising

BMJ 2003;326:1284.4 (Published 12 June 2003)

Survival after partial lung transplants is as good as after full lung transplants

BMJ 2003;326:1285.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Teenagers need special health services they can get outside school hours

BMJ 2003;326:1285.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

GPs prescribe self help books for mental health problems

BMJ 2003;326:1285.3 (Published 12 June 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Leeds students are angry at lack of information about final results delay

BMJ 2003;326:1286.4 (Published 12 June 2003)

Working the “graveyard” shift increases risk of colorectal cancer

BMJ 2003;326:1286.5 (Published 12 June 2003)

EU could help make patients better informed

BMJ 2003;326:1286.6 (Published 12 June 2003)

India admits to unapproved drug formulations in market

BMJ 2003;326:1286.7 (Published 12 June 2003)

Haemophilia patients launch action against Bayer over contaminated blood products

BMJ 2003;326:1286.8 (Published 12 June 2003)

Wife wins case against GPs who did not disclose husband's HIV status

BMJ 2003;326:1286.9 (Published 12 June 2003)

Interview

Man and superman

BMJ 2003;326:1287 (Published 12 June 2003)

GOOD PATIENT

Brandy, bridge, and other patient dilemmas

BMJ 2003;326:1291 (Published 12 June 2003)

Make the most of your doctor

BMJ 2003;326:1292 (Published 12 June 2003)

I am a good patient, believe it or not

BMJ 2003;326:1293 (Published 12 June 2003)

GOOD PATIENT - continued

What patients want from their doctors

BMJ 2003;326:1294 (Published 12 June 2003)

DEVELOPING WORLD

Seen and not heard

BMJ 2003;326:1295 (Published 12 June 2003)

Public health and company wealth

BMJ 2003;326:1296 (Published 12 June 2003)

AGEING

The most pressing problem of our age

BMJ 2003;326:1297 (Published 12 June 2003)

Time to deliver with dignity

BMJ 2003;326:1300 (Published 12 June 2003)

Letter from America

BMJ 2003;326:1301 (Published 12 June 2003)

LEARNING FROM PATIENTS

Cultural revolution

BMJ 2003;326:1304 (Published 12 June 2003)

DEALING WITH PAIN

Managing pain

BMJ 2003;326:1320.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Integrative approaches to pain management: how to get the best of both worlds

BMJ 2003;326:1320.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Time for a fresh look at complementary medicine

BMJ 2003;326:1322 (Published 12 June 2003)

DOCTORS' DIAGNOSIS

Multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2003;326:1323 (Published 12 June 2003)

Depression

BMJ 2003;326:1324 (Published 12 June 2003)

Diabetes

BMJ 2003;326:1325 (Published 12 June 2003)

Perspectives

'Copying letters to patients is coming to a clinic near you'

BMJ 2003;326:1330 (Published 12 June 2003)

'Having a diagnosis is a qualification for the job'

BMJ 2003;326:1331 (Published 12 June 2003)

‘The focus is on patients’ clinical needs and distress’

BMJ 2003;326:1332 (Published 12 June 2003)

‘We must accept that health care is a risky business’

BMJ 2003;326:1333.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Doctors' notes

BMJ 2003;326:1333.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

‘You matter to the last moment of your life’

BMJ 2003;326:1335 (Published 12 June 2003)

‘This added to my multiple myopia’

BMJ 2003;326:1336 (Published 12 June 2003)

‘Both sides need to keep the relationship going’

BMJ 2003;326:1337 (Published 12 June 2003)

Reviews

Medicine without doctors

BMJ 2003;326:1338.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

The Autonomous Patient: Ending Paternalism in Medicine; The Resourceful Patient

BMJ 2003;326:1338.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

Health literacy and patients' understanding

BMJ 2003;326:1339.1 (Published 12 June 2003)

Supplementary benefits?

BMJ 2003;326:1339.2 (Published 12 June 2003)

THE LAST LAUGH

The whole truth?

BMJ 2003;326:1340 (Published 12 June 2003)