21 February 2004 (Vol 328, Issue 7437)

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Editor's Choice

Lessons from medicine's shameful past

BMJ 2004;328:0.8 (Published 19 February 2004)

News

Korean scientists clone 30 human embryos

BMJ 2004;328:421.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Study finds no connection between MMR vaccine and autism

BMJ 2004;328:421.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;328:422.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

GlaxoSmithKline staff told not to publicise ineffectiveness of its drug

BMJ 2004;328:422.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

100 000 children die needlessly from cancer every year

BMJ 2004;328:422.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Charity makes cancer gene freely available across Europe

BMJ 2004;328:423.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Reid refuses to accept all recommendations of Blofeld report

BMJ 2004;328:423.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Mothers suspected of killing their babies might be dealt with outside criminal system

BMJ 2004;328:425.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

Bearing witness

BMJ 2004;328:426.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Editorials

Human cells from cloned embryos in research and therapy

BMJ 2004;328:415 (Published 19 February 2004)

Patients' expectations of consultations

BMJ 2004;328:416 (Published 19 February 2004)

Making amends for negligence

BMJ 2004;328:417 (Published 19 February 2004)

No time to train the surgeons

BMJ 2004;328:418 (Published 19 February 2004)

Prognosis after cochlear implantation

BMJ 2004;328:419 (Published 19 February 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Sickness certification system in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;328:461.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Sickness certification system in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;328:461.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Sickness certification system in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;328:461.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Sickness certification system in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;328:461.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

Public involvement in health care

BMJ 2004;328:462.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Public involvement in health care

BMJ 2004;328:462.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Public involvement in health care

BMJ 2004;328:462.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Public involvement in health care

BMJ 2004;328:462.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

NHS Modernisation Agency's way to improve health care

BMJ 2004;328:463.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Health needs of women who have sex with women

BMJ 2004;328:463.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Health needs of women who have sex with women

BMJ 2004;328:463.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Health needs of women who have sex with women

BMJ 2004;328:464.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Health needs of women who have sex with women

BMJ 2004;328:464.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Health needs of women who have sex with women

BMJ 2004;328:464.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Health risks of overseas travel

BMJ 2004;328:464.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

Health risks of overseas travel

BMJ 2004;328:465.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Letters - continued

Validity of Canadian studies

BMJ 2004;328:465.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Validity of Canadian studies

BMJ 2004;328:465.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Validity of Canadian studies

BMJ 2004;328:465.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Judd Marmor

BMJ 2004;328:466 (Published 19 February 2004)

Thomas David Meurig Adams

BMJ 2004;328:467.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

James Taylour Doyle Allen

BMJ 2004;328:467.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Francis Exton Crawley

BMJ 2004;328:467.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Albert Davis

BMJ 2004;328:467.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

Ian Cunningham Sinclair Knight

BMJ 2004;328:467.5 (Published 19 February 2004)

Peter Davison Knights

BMJ 2004;328:467.6 (Published 19 February 2004)

John Mackenzie Matheson

BMJ 2004;328:467.7 (Published 19 February 2004)

Graham Thomas

BMJ 2004;328:467.8 (Published 19 February 2004)

This Week In the BMJ

Evidence of success of blinding in clinical trials is scant

BMJ 2004;328:0.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Treatment to change sexual orientation did not benefit patients…

BMJ 2004;328:0.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

…and health professionals had doubts about efficacy and ethics

BMJ 2004;328:0.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Aspirin induced asthma is more common than previously suggested

BMJ 2004;328:0.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

Activation leaflets may improve patients' satisfaction…

BMJ 2004;328:0.5 (Published 19 February 2004)

…but perceived pressure from patients affects doctors' behaviour

BMJ 2004;328:0.6 (Published 19 February 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:472 (Published 19 February 2004)

Fillers

Bupropion and telephone support helps smokers quit

BMJ 2004;328:0.7 (Published 19 February 2004)

Measuring science

BMJ 2004;328:440 (Published 19 February 2004)

Knowledge

BMJ 2004;328:446 (Published 19 February 2004)

Happiness is…

BMJ 2004;328:453 (Published 19 February 2004)

Treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

BMJ 2004;328:456 (Published 19 February 2004)

Too late for Christmas: quiz answers

BMJ 2004;328:459 (Published 19 February 2004)

Pride comes…

BMJ 2004;328:460.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Clinical Reviews

How strong is the evidence of a link between environmental chemicals and adverse effects on human reproductive health?

BMJ 2004;328:447 (Published 19 February 2004)

Bradycardia in acute haemorrhage

BMJ 2004;328:451 (Published 19 February 2004)

Nicotine replacement therapy

BMJ 2004;328:454 (Published 19 February 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

One in 12 older people are prescribed the wrong drug

BMJ 2004;328:424.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Pregnant women should have two scans, Scottish agency says

BMJ 2004;328:424.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

Officials warn of looming humanitarian crisis in Sudan

BMJ 2004;328:424.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

Coughing can reduce pain of injection, study shows

BMJ 2004;328:424.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

New body aims to give public a bigger voice in shaping health care

BMJ 2004;328:424.5 (Published 19 February 2004)

Loophole to be closed on recognition of qualifications

BMJ 2004;328:425.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

New HIV cases in England and Wales increase by 20% in past year

BMJ 2004;328:425.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Australia makes concessions on drug approvals after US pressure

BMJ 2004;328:425.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

WHO warns that avian flu could still be in the environment

BMJ 2004;328:426.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Europe to have its own centre for disease control

BMJ 2004;328:426.3 (Published 19 February 2004)

US agency proposes 10 point plan to cut smoking

BMJ 2004;328:426.4 (Published 19 February 2004)

FAO/WHO meeting warns of contamination of powdered infant formula

BMJ 2004;328:426.5 (Published 19 February 2004)

Surgeons introduce computer assisted, minimally invasive surgery for hip replacement

BMJ 2004;328:426.6 (Published 19 February 2004)

MRC creates clinical research board

BMJ 2004;328:426.7 (Published 19 February 2004)

Papers

Treatments of homosexuality in Britain since the 1950s—an oral history: the experience of patients

BMJ 2004;328:427 (Published 19 February 2004)

Treatments of homosexuality in Britain since the 1950s—an oral history: the experience of professionals

BMJ 2004;328:429 (Published 19 February 2004)

Turning a blind eye: the success of blinding reported in a random sample of randomised, placebo controlled trials

BMJ 2004;328:432 (Published 19 February 2004)

Systematic review of prevalence of aspirin induced asthma and its implications for clinical practice

BMJ 2004;328:434 (Published 19 February 2004)

Training for patients in a randomised controlled trial of self management of warfarin treatment

BMJ 2004;328:437 (Published 19 February 2004)

Coeliac disease and schizophrenia: population based case control study with linkage of Danish national registers

BMJ 2004;328:438 (Published 19 February 2004)

Case-control study of the effect of mechanical trauma on the risk of herpes zoster

BMJ 2004;328:439 (Published 19 February 2004)

Primary care

Randomised controlled trial of effect of leaflets to empower patients in consultations in primary care

BMJ 2004;328:441 (Published 19 February 2004)

Importance of patient pressure and perceived pressure and perceived medical need for investigations, referral, and prescribing in primary care: nested observational study

BMJ 2004;328:444 (Published 19 February 2004)

Education and debate

The future of clinical negligence litigation?

BMJ 2004;328:457 (Published 19 February 2004)

what's the problem?

BMJ 2004;328:460.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Pain: Passion, Compassion, Sensibility

BMJ 2004;328:468 (Published 19 February 2004)

Sexual Orientation in Child and Adolescent Health Care; Caring for Lesbian and Gay People: A Clinical Guide

BMJ 2004;328:469.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Transplanting Human Tissue: Ethics, Policy, and Practice

BMJ 2004;328:469.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

Transplant: From Myth to Reality

BMJ 2004;328:470.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

A Physician Reflects: Herman Boerhaave and other essays

BMJ 2004;328:470.2 (Published 19 February 2004)

How (not) to be a good patient

BMJ 2004;328:471.1 (Published 19 February 2004)

Hank at The Shed

BMJ 2004;328:471.2 (Published 19 February 2004)