15 May 2004 (Vol 328, Issue 7449)

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Editor's Choice

Can IT lead to radical redesign of health care?

BMJ 2004;328:0.7 (Published 13 May 2004)

News

WHO admits its target on AIDS drugs may be unrealistic

BMJ 2004;328:1151 (Published 13 May 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;328:1152.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Pregnancy and childbirth are leading causes of death in teenage girls in developing countries

BMJ 2004;328:1152.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Whistleblower removed from job for talking to the press

BMJ 2004;328:1153.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Six health workers sentenced to death in Libya

BMJ 2004;328:1153.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Electronic prescribing could save at least $29bn

BMJ 2004;328:1155.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

US doctors want to be paid for email communication with patients

BMJ 2004;328:1155.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

EU wants every member to develop a “roadmap” for ehealth

BMJ 2004;328:1155.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

Can the new “electronic highway” for the NHS have a smooth launch?

BMJ 2004;328:1156.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Paper prescriptions will soon be distinctly “last season”

BMJ 2004;328:1156.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

All hospital bookings to be done electronically by end of 2005

BMJ 2004;328:1157.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

GPs worried about having to change to new untested software systems

BMJ 2004;328:1157.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

The professor of “telepreventive medicine”

BMJ 2004;328:1158.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Editorials

What next for electronic communication and health care?

BMJ 2004;328:1143 (Published 13 May 2004)

National programme for information technology

BMJ 2004;328:1145 (Published 13 May 2004)

Beyond the gadgets

BMJ 2004;328:1146 (Published 13 May 2004)

Will e-learning improve clinical judgment?

BMJ 2004;328:1147 (Published 13 May 2004)

The first generation of e-patients

BMJ 2004;328:1148 (Published 13 May 2004)

Evaluation of ehealth systems and services

BMJ 2004;328:1150 (Published 13 May 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

NHS national programme for information technology

BMJ 2004;328:1200.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

NHS national programme for information technology

BMJ 2004;328:1200.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Internet access is a socioeconomic issue

BMJ 2004;328:1200.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

Sustainability of medical imaging

BMJ 2004;328:1201.1 (Published 17 May 2004)

Sustainability of medical imaging

BMJ 2004;328:1201.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Use of healthcare resources in the last six months of life

BMJ 2004;328:1201.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

Use of healthcare resources in the last six months of life

BMJ 2004;328:1201.4 (Published 13 May 2004)

Use of healthcare resources in the last six months of life

BMJ 2004;328:1202.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Use of healthcare resources in the last six months of life

BMJ 2004;328:1202.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Alcohol evidence and policy

BMJ 2004;328:1202.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

Alcohol evidence and policy

BMJ 2004;328:1202.4 (Published 13 May 2004)

Alcohol evidence and policy

BMJ 2004;328:1203.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Alcohol evidence and policy

BMJ 2004;328:1203.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Letters - continued

Evidence base: rock of certainty or shifting sands?

BMJ 2004;328:1203.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

Evidence base: rock of certainty or shifting sands?

BMJ 2004;328:1203.4 (Published 13 May 2004)

Universal consent form might help

BMJ 2004;328:1203.5 (Published 13 May 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Huibert Drion

BMJ 2004;328:1204.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Margaret Elizabeth Barden

BMJ 2004;328:1205.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Edward Granville Woodchurch Clarke

BMJ 2004;328:1205.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Jeffrey Robert Clyne

BMJ 2004;328:1205.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

John Rodney Cove-Smith

BMJ 2004;328:1205.4 (Published 13 May 2004)

Frances Mary Fountain

BMJ 2004;328:1205.5 (Published 13 May 2004)

George Douglas McIntosh

BMJ 2004;328:1205.6 (Published 13 May 2004)

James Willocks

BMJ 2004;328:1205.7 (Published 13 May 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:1210 (Published 13 May 2004)

Fillers

Strontium reduces risk of symptomatic vertebral fracture

BMJ 2004;328:0.6 (Published 13 May 2004)

Messages to medical men

BMJ 2004;328:1165 (Published 13 May 2004)

HARMful reactions

BMJ 2004;328:1173 (Published 13 May 2004)

Webchat

BMJ 2004;328:1178 (Published 13 May 2004)

The door handle sign

BMJ 2004;328:1187 (Published 13 May 2004)

When is a banana ripe?

BMJ 2004;328:1196 (Published 13 May 2004)

Menorrhagia

BMJ 2004;328:1199 (Published 13 May 2004)

Advice

BMJ 2004;328:1204.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

This Week In the BMJ

Computers do not prevent all inappropriate prescriptions

BMJ 2004;328:0.4 (Published 13 May 2004)

Online communication improves the quality of health care

BMJ 2004;328:0.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Soft networks close the gap between research and practice

BMJ 2004;328:0.5 (Published 13 May 2004)

Handheld computers may improve patients' care

BMJ 2004;328:0.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Do virtual communities help patients?

BMJ 2004;328:0.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Handheld computers

BMJ 2004;328:1181 (Published 13 May 2004)

The clinician's perspective on electronic health records and how they can affect patient care

BMJ 2004;328:1184 (Published 13 May 2004)

BMJ USA

Fall guy

BMJ 2004;328:E295 (Published 13 May 2004)

Variability in end of life care

BMJ 2004;328:E296 (Published 13 May 2004)

Letter

BMJ 2004;328:E298 (Published 13 May 2004)

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:E299 (Published 13 May 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Judge finds Governor Bush's law unconstitutional

BMJ 2004;328:1154.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Five cases of child murder to be reopened

BMJ 2004;328:1154.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Human rights group accuses Russian government of hampering efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS

BMJ 2004;328:1154.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

Robin Cook warns of threat to aid from war against terrorism

BMJ 2004;328:1154.4 (Published 13 May 2004)

BMA settles in race discrimination cases

BMJ 2004;328:1154.5 (Published 13 May 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Generics industry and doctors nervous over free trade deal

BMJ 2004;328:1158.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Experts urge action to stop animal diseases infecting humans

BMJ 2004;328:1158.3 (Published 13 May 2004)

NHS improving—but could still do better, admits health secretary

BMJ 2004;328:1158.4 (Published 13 May 2004)

Welsh health service is “unsustainable,” report says

BMJ 2004;328:1158.5 (Published 13 May 2004)

NHS overcharged for private surgery

BMJ 2004;328:1158.6 (Published 13 May 2004)

Junior doctors attack government's training reforms

BMJ 2004;328:1158.7 (Published 13 May 2004)

Papers

Patients' experience with a diabetes support programme based on an interactive electronic medical record: qualitative study

BMJ 2004;328:1159 (Published 13 May 2004)

Doctors' experience with handheld computers in clinical practice: qualitative study

BMJ 2004;328:1162 (Published 13 May 2004)

Primary care

Health related virtual communities and electronic support groups: systematic review of the effects of online peer to peer interactions

BMJ 2004;328:1166 (Published 13 May 2004)

Prescribing safety features of general practice computer systems: evaluation using simulated test cases

BMJ 2004;328:1171 (Published 13 May 2004)

Computer aided prescribing leaves holes in the safety net

BMJ 2004;328:1172 (Published 13 May 2004)

Information in practice

Soft networks for bridging the gap between research and practice: illuminative evaluation of CHAIN

BMJ 2004;328:1174 (Published 13 May 2004)

International online discussion lists on chronic myelogenous leukaemia

BMJ 2004;328:1177 (Published 13 May 2004)

Advertising campaign on a major internet search engine to promote colorectal cancer screening

BMJ 2004;328:1179 (Published 13 May 2004)

Critical care medicine mailing list: growth of an online forum

BMJ 2004;328:1180 (Published 13 May 2004)

Education and debate

Learning from e-patients at Massachusetts General Hospital

BMJ 2004;328:1188 (Published 13 May 2004)

HINARI: bridging the global information divide

BMJ 2004;328:1190 (Published 13 May 2004)

Digital bridges need concrete foundations: lessons from the Health InterNetwork India

BMJ 2004;328:1193 (Published 13 May 2004)

Four rules for the reinvention of health care

BMJ 2004;328:1197 (Published 13 May 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

The Return of the White Plague: Global Poverty and the New Tuberculosis

BMJ 2004;328:1206 (Published 13 May 2004)

Useful Bodies: Humans in the Service of Medical Science in the Twentieth Century

BMJ 2004;328:1207.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Is there a future for links pages?

BMJ 2004;328:1207.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Cosmetic surgery: the new face of reality TV

BMJ 2004;328:1208 (Published 13 May 2004)

How the internet could help Cuba more in health research

BMJ 2004;328:1209.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Discontents

BMJ 2004;328:1209.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Corrections

Recurrent hypoglycaemia in a diabetic patient as a result of unexpected renal failure

BMJ 2004;328:1170.1 (Published 13 May 2004)

Poor more likely to smoke and less likely to quit

BMJ 2004;328:1170.2 (Published 13 May 2004)

Efficacy and safety of antidepressants for children and adolescents

BMJ 2004;328:1170.3 (Published 13 May 2004)