03 January 2004 (Vol 328, Issue 7430)

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Editor's Choice

A tough time for paediatricians

BMJ 2004;328:0.8 (Published 1 January 2004)

News

Leading scientist threatens to resign over honours debacle

BMJ 2004;328:7.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Survey highlights health risks of overseas travel

BMJ 2004;328:7.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;328:8.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Widespread flu in United States exposes shortage of vaccine

BMJ 2004;328:8.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

German patients rush to doctors before new €10 charge starts

BMJ 2004;328:8.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Meadow faces GMC over evidence given in child death cases

BMJ 2004;328:9.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Italy to pass new law on assisted reproduction

BMJ 2004;328:9.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

WHO report says AIDS offers healthcare opportunity

BMJ 2004;328:10.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

England's health standards lag behind those of other Western countries

BMJ 2004;328:10.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Editorials

Open access publishing takes off

BMJ 2004;328:1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Treatment of major depressive disorder in children and adolescents

BMJ 2004;328:3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Choice and responsiveness for older people in the “patient centred” NHS

BMJ 2004;328:4 (Published 1 January 2004)

WHO's World Health Report 2003

BMJ 2004;328:6 (Published 1 January 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:45.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:45.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:45.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:46.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:46.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:46.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:46.4 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:47.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:47.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:47.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:48.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:48.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:48.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:48.4 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:49.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Academic medicine: time for reinvention

BMJ 2004;328:49.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Letters - continued

United Kingdom research governance strategy

BMJ 2004;328:49.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

United Kingdom research governance strategy

BMJ 2004;328:50.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Author's reply to letters on death in heat waves

BMJ 2004;328:50.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Review of Hear the Silence

BMJ 2004;328:50.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Review of Hear the Silence

BMJ 2004;328:51.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Further nurses' notes on ER

BMJ 2004;328:51.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Saddam Hussein's medical examination should not have been broadcast

BMJ 2004;328:51.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Saddam Hussein's medical examination should not have been broadcast

BMJ 2004;328:51.4 (Published 1 January 2004)

Saddam Hussein's medical examination should not have been broadcast

BMJ 2004;328:51.5 (Published 1 January 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Allan J Erslev

BMJ 2004;328:52.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Raymond Blackburn

BMJ 2004;328:52.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Hubert Cedric Burnell

BMJ 2004;328:53.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Iolo Wyn Griffith

BMJ 2004;328:53.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

David George Jamison

BMJ 2004;328:53.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

John Alan Kennedy

BMJ 2004;328:53.4 (Published 1 January 2004)

Tarun Kumar Mehrotra

BMJ 2004;328:53.5 (Published 1 January 2004)

Jerzy Saper

BMJ 2004;328:53.6 (Published 1 January 2004)

Gavin Douglas Smillie

BMJ 2004;328:53.7 (Published 1 January 2004)

This Week In the BMJ

A stable partner slows progression of HIV

BMJ 2004;328:0.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Prolonged starvation results in more cardiovascular disease

BMJ 2004;328:0.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

CT scanning in infancy may affect later learning

BMJ 2004;328:0.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Omega 3 fatty acids can protect against heart disease

BMJ 2004;328:0.6 (Published 1 January 2004)

Volunteer support does not change breastfeeding rates

BMJ 2004;328:0.5 (Published 1 January 2004)

Poor reporting of trials does not mean poor quality trials

BMJ 2004;328:0.4 (Published 1 January 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:58 (Published 1 January 2004)

Fillers

Discontinuing aspirin or warfarin is optional for cataract surgery

BMJ 2004;328:0.7 (Published 1 January 2004)

Gardening for women

BMJ 2004;328:14 (Published 1 January 2004)

The doctor in his social aspect

BMJ 2004;328:18 (Published 1 January 2004)

The price of presumption

BMJ 2004;328:21 (Published 1 January 2004)

Students at Guy's and St Thomas's, 1819

BMJ 2004;328:25.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Fillers - continued

Did my wife elope with someone else?

BMJ 2004;328:29 (Published 1 January 2004)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2004;328:35.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

Boston medical students 1827

BMJ 2004;328:44 (Published 1 January 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Omega 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease—fishing for a natural treatment

BMJ 2004;328:30 (Published 1 January 2004)

Injury to the eye

BMJ 2004;328:36 (Published 1 January 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Judge questions use of colposcopy photos in child abuse cases

BMJ 2004;328:10.3 (Published 1 January 2004)

GMC clears head of Alder Hey of professional misconduct

BMJ 2004;328:10.4 (Published 1 January 2004)

Poor communication lies at heart of NHS complaints, says ombudsman

BMJ 2004;328:10.5 (Published 1 January 2004)

Doctors hail new EU directive on tissues and cells

BMJ 2004;328:10.6 (Published 1 January 2004)

Geneticist's sentence reduced in adoption ruling

BMJ 2004;328:10.7 (Published 1 January 2004)

Papers

Long term mortality after severe starvation during the siege of Leningrad: prospective cohort study

BMJ 2004;328:11 (Published 1 January 2004)

Stable partnership and progression to AIDS or death in HIV infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy: Swiss HIV cohort study

BMJ 2004;328:15 (Published 1 January 2004)

Effect of low doses of ionising radiation in infancy on cognitive function in adulthood: Swedish population based cohort study

BMJ 2004;328:19 (Published 1 January 2004)

Bad reporting does not mean bad methods for randomised trials: observational study of randomised controlled trials performed by the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

BMJ 2004;328:22 (Published 1 January 2004)

The quality of randomised controlled trials may be better than assumed

BMJ 2004;328:24 (Published 1 January 2004)

Rash and acute nephritic syndrome due to candesartan

BMJ 2004;328:25.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Primary care

Randomised controlled trial of support from volunteer counsellors for mothers considering breast feeding

BMJ 2004;328:26 (Published 1 January 2004)

Education and debate

Assessing the quality of research

BMJ 2004;328:39 (Published 1 January 2004)

Self poisoning with pesticides

BMJ 2004;328:42 (Published 1 January 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Rebuilding Trust in Healthcare; What is the Real Cost of More Patient Choice?; Patients, Power and Responsibility: The First Principles of Consumer-Driven Reform

BMJ 2004;328:54 (Published 1 January 2004)

The Trouble with Doctors: Fashions, Motives and Mistakes

BMJ 2004;328:55.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Insomnia: Principles and Management

BMJ 2004;328:55.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

NETLINES

BMJ 2004;328:56.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

PLOS Biology

BMJ 2004;328:56.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

The death of the white coat?

BMJ 2004;328:57.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Endless evaluation

BMJ 2004;328:57.2 (Published 1 January 2004)

Corrections

Editor's Choice and the filler “An extreme failure of concordance”

BMJ 2004;328:35.1 (Published 1 January 2004)

Communicating risks at the population level: application of population impact numbers

BMJ 2004;328:35.2 (Published 1 January 2004)