10 July 2003 (Vol 327, Issue 7406)

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Editor's Choice

No spitting, no smoking

BMJ 2003;327:0.8 (Published 10 July 2003)

News

Permanent loss of awareness is crucial to diagnosis of PVS

BMJ 2003;327:67.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

BBC accused of unethical journalism

BMJ 2003;327:67.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

In brief

BMJ 2003;327:68.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Stem cell transplants are not helpful in breast cancer, studies say

BMJ 2003;327:68.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Gap between classes in life expectancy is widening

BMJ 2003;327:68.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Poorly performing doctors are to be dealt with more fairly

BMJ 2003;327:69.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Concerted action is needed to fight obesity, says chief medical officer

BMJ 2003;327:69.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Pressure mounts to ban smoking in public places

BMJ 2003;327:69.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Doctors support embryo selection to help ill siblings

BMJ 2003;327:71.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

BMA's annual meeting rejects governance review of association

BMJ 2003;327:71.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

BMA secretary threatens to sue representatives

BMJ 2003;327:71.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Moving to the moral high ground

BMJ 2003;327:72.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Editorials

The metabolic syndrome

BMJ 2003;327:61 (Published 10 July 2003)

Sexual health

BMJ 2003;327:62 (Published 10 July 2003)

Reproductive and sexual health of older women in developing countries

BMJ 2003;327:64 (Published 10 July 2003)

Balancing benefits and harms in health care

BMJ 2003;327:65 (Published 10 July 2003)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Smoke free hospitals

BMJ 2003;327:104.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Smoke free hospitals

BMJ 2003;327:104.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Smoke free hospitals

BMJ 2003;327:104.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Community clinics can treat sexually transmitted infections

BMJ 2003;327:104.4 (Published 10 July 2003)

Reply to letters on ethics of trials from bayesian perspective

BMJ 2003;327:105.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B

BMJ 2003;327:105.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B

BMJ 2003;327:105.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B

BMJ 2003;327:105.4 (Published 10 July 2003)

Scope of EPOC is clarified

BMJ 2003;327:106.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Hyperventilatory capacity may predict altitude sickness

BMJ 2003;327:106.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Gingko biloba does not prevent altitude sickness

BMJ 2003;327:106.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Letters - continued

Patient had chronic rather than acute pain

BMJ 2003;327:107.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

More relevant guidelines have been published

BMJ 2003;327:107.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Ranking heart surgeons has pitfalls

BMJ 2003;327:107.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Two questions help determine validity of bed occupancy

BMJ 2003;327:107.4 (Published 10 July 2003)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Allan Fisher

BMJ 2003;327:108.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

James Nelson Montgomery

BMJ 2003;327:108.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Edwin James Essex Parker

BMJ 2003;327:108.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Evan John (“Jack”) Parr

BMJ 2003;327:108.4 (Published 10 July 2003)

Francis Geoffrey Smiddy

BMJ 2003;327:108.5 (Published 10 July 2003)

James Warner

BMJ 2003;327:108.6 (Published 10 July 2003)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2003;327:112 (Published 10 July 2003)

Fillers

Type of antidepressant is not linked to suicide rates

BMJ 2003;327:0.7 (Published 10 July 2003)

What is a good death? Join in our online discussions

BMJ 2003;327:66 (Published 10 July 2003)

Proof of old age

BMJ 2003;327:80 (Published 10 July 2003)

The greater man, the greater courtesy

BMJ 2003;327:96 (Published 10 July 2003)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2003;327:100 (Published 10 July 2003)

Emergency medicine in a cancer hospital

BMJ 2003;327:103 (Published 10 July 2003)

Clinical Reviews

Preventing fractures in elderly people

BMJ 2003;327:89 (Published 10 July 2003)

Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as a pleural effusion

BMJ 2003;327:95 (Published 10 July 2003)

Non-coronary percutaneous intervention

BMJ 2003;327:97 (Published 10 July 2003)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

UK introduces measures to reduce errors with methotrexate

BMJ 2003;327:70.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Vitamin supplements do not reduce incidence of cancer or heart disease

BMJ 2003;327:70.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Hospitals must use London's appeal to tackle workforce shortages

BMJ 2003;327:70.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

WHO says SARS outbreak is over, but fight should go on

BMJ 2003;327:70.4 (Published 10 July 2003)

More frequent screening would improve detection of colon cancer

BMJ 2003;327:70.5 (Published 10 July 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Italian EU presidency brings ambitious health targets

BMJ 2003;327:72.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Doctors warn of exodus from Czech Republic and Slovakia

BMJ 2003;327:72.3 (Published 10 July 2003)

Australian government tries to solve doctors' indemnity crisis

BMJ 2003;327:72.4 (Published 10 July 2003)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

Advanced breast cancer more common in area with low uptake of screening

BMJ 2003;327:72.5 (Published 10 July 2003)

Emergency centre aims to end age discrimination

BMJ 2003;327:72.6 (Published 10 July 2003)

UK specialists predict shortfall in breast cancer services as population ages

BMJ 2003;327:72.7 (Published 10 July 2003)

NHS targets are distorting clinical need

BMJ 2003;327:72.8 (Published 10 July 2003)

Women in Ulster should have access to abortion services

BMJ 2003;327:72.9 (Published 10 July 2003)

BMA criticises proposal for top-up fees

BMJ 2003;327:72.10 (Published 10 July 2003)

Doctors call for a smoking ban in public places

BMJ 2003;327:72.11 (Published 10 July 2003)

CMOs criticised over target payments for MMR

BMJ 2003;327:72.12 (Published 10 July 2003)

Doctors vote against a tax on fatty food

BMJ 2003;327:72.13 (Published 10 July 2003)

Doctors criticise preparations for bioterrorist attacks

BMJ 2003;327:72.14 (Published 10 July 2003)

Papers

Assessment of whether in-hospital mortality for lobectomy is a useful standard for the quality of lung cancer surgery: retrospective study

BMJ 2003;327:73 (Published 10 July 2003)

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for plantar fasciitis: randomised controlled multicentre trial

BMJ 2003;327:75 (Published 10 July 2003)

Prognosis in heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function: prospective cohort study

BMJ 2003;327:78 (Published 10 July 2003)

Should same anaesthetist do preoperative anaesthetic visit and give subsequent anaesthetic? Questionnaire survey of anaesthetists

BMJ 2003;327:79 (Published 10 July 2003)

Primary care

10 year follow up study of mortality among users of hostels for homeless people in Copenhagen

BMJ 2003;327:81 (Published 10 July 2003)

Information in practice

Virtual outreach: economic evaluation of joint teleconsultations for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion

BMJ 2003;327:84 (Published 10 July 2003)

Education and debate

Women need better information about routine mammography

BMJ 2003;327:101 (Published 10 July 2003)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Epidemic of Care: A Call for Safer, Better, and More Accountable Health Care

BMJ 2003;327:109.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Improving Patient Safety: Insights from American, Australian and British Healthcare

BMJ 2003;327:109.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

An expert witness falls from grace

BMJ 2003;327:110.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Homelessness and health

BMJ 2003;327:110.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

A time to ask what you want of WHO

BMJ 2003;327:111.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Glue, spark, or string?

BMJ 2003;327:111.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Corrections

Head of ME Association is sacked

BMJ 2003;327:88.1 (Published 10 July 2003)

Canadian government is attacked for plan to legalise marijuana

BMJ 2003;327:88.2 (Published 10 July 2003)

Arsenal helps publicise testicular cancer website

BMJ 2003;327:88.3 (Published 10 July 2003)