22 May 2004 (Vol 328, Issue 7450)

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Editor's Choice

Angioplasters and thrombolysers

BMJ 2004;328:0.9 (Published 20 May 2004)

News

Pfizer pleads guilty, but drug sales continue to soar

BMJ 2004;328:1217.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

GPs to check on patients' residency status to stop “health tourism”

BMJ 2004;328:1217.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;328:1218.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

UK's “ethical recruitment policy” needs to be strengthened

BMJ 2004;328:1218.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Report warns of continuing violations of code on breast milk substitute marketing

BMJ 2004;328:1218.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

FDA rejects over the counter status for emergency contraceptive

BMJ 2004;328:1219.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Court dismisses appeals of two mothers

BMJ 2004;328:1219.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Move to sell statins over the counter raises concerns

BMJ 2004;328:1221.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

New York's war on tobacco produces record fall in smoking

BMJ 2004;328:1222.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

One hospitality worker a week dies from passive smoking, study shows

BMJ 2004;328:1222.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Editorials

Disclosure of sexual preferences and lesbian, gay, and bisexual practitioners

BMJ 2004;328:1211 (Published 20 May 2004)

Another threat to research in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;328:1212 (Published 20 May 2004)

Affirmative action: the lessons for health care

BMJ 2004;328:1213 (Published 20 May 2004)

Vulval vestibulitis

BMJ 2004;328:1214 (Published 20 May 2004)

Inhaled insulin

BMJ 2004;328:1215 (Published 20 May 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is not working in Malawi

BMJ 2004;328:1259.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: Treatment failure and resistance in Malawi remain subject for debate

BMJ 2004;328:1259.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;328:1260.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Aid may make roads more dangerous than landmines

BMJ 2004;328:1260.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Death on the roads could be the chance of life for some

BMJ 2004;328:1260.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

Acquiring accurate crash data is important

BMJ 2004;328:1261.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

More on treating homosexuality as a sickness: Publication of bigoted letter is worrying

BMJ 2004;328:1261.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

More on treating homosexuality as a sickness: Homosexuality is punishable in India

BMJ 2004;328:1261.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

Diabetes may be undetected in many children in the UK

BMJ 2004;328:1261.4 (Published 20 May 2004)

Implementing guidelines on sudden infant death

BMJ 2004;328:1262.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Advice on ganglions is flawed

BMJ 2004;328:1262.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

CSM warning on atypical psychotics and stroke may be detrimental for dementia

BMJ 2004;328:1262.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

George Edward Hale Enderby

BMJ 2004;328:1263 (Published 20 May 2004)

Alfred John (“Jack”) Drew

BMJ 2004;328:1264.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Rhoda Rebecca Law

BMJ 2004;328:1264.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Robert Lidstone Lindon

BMJ 2004;328:1264.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

Geoffrey Mitchell

BMJ 2004;328:1264.4 (Published 20 May 2004)

John Richard Perry

BMJ 2004;328:1264.5 (Published 20 May 2004)

Francis Isidore Rackow

BMJ 2004;328:1264.6 (Published 20 May 2004)

Sheila Anne Robertson (née Martyn)

BMJ 2004;328:1264.7 (Published 20 May 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:1268 (Published 20 May 2004)

This Week In the BMJ

School education programmes can reduce obesity

BMJ 2004;328:0.6 (Published 20 May 2004)

Simple mortality data may be misleading…

BMJ 2004;328:0.4 (Published 20 May 2004)

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual health carers face undue anxiety

BMJ 2004;328:0.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

… and affected by local facilities

BMJ 2004;328:0.5 (Published 20 May 2004)

Doctors are not equipped to judge their peers

BMJ 2004;328:0.7 (Published 20 May 2004)

Infections increase the risk of atopic dermatitis

BMJ 2004;328:0.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

More editors and authors from poor countries are needed

BMJ 2004;328:0.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

Clinical Reviews

RNA interference

BMJ 2004;328:1245 (Published 20 May 2004)

Pacemaker induced ventricular fibrillation in coronary care units

BMJ 2004;328:1249 (Published 20 May 2004)

Main presentations of sexually transmitted infections in men

BMJ 2004;328:1251 (Published 20 May 2004)

Filler

Lowering homocysteine did not prevent recurrent stroke

BMJ 2004;328:0.8 (Published 20 May 2004)

Time

BMJ 2004;328:1250 (Published 20 May 2004)

The risks to life in London

BMJ 2004;328:1258 (Published 20 May 2004)

News roundup

Tobacco campaigners worried by slow progress on convention

BMJ 2004;328:1220.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Staff may be disciplined over “fiddling” waiting lists

BMJ 2004;328:1220.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Number reacting to smallpox vaccination is higher than expected

BMJ 2004;328:1220.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

Spending on neglected diseases has increased, says report

BMJ 2004;328:1220.4 (Published 20 May 2004)

Non-medical staff play key role in healthcare access for uninsured patients

BMJ 2004;328:1220.5 (Published 20 May 2004)

Medical students with science A levels less likely to drop out

BMJ 2004;328:1221.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Fourteen cases of euthanasia to be referred to French police

BMJ 2004;328:1221.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

News extra

Breaches of safety regulations are probable cause of recent SARS outbreak, WHO says

BMJ 2004;328:1222.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

Public health programmes will have to prove they are cost effective

BMJ 2004;328:1222.4 (Published 20 May 2004)

Russia to raise tax rate for unfiltered cigarettes by 30%

BMJ 2004;328:1222.5 (Published 20 May 2004)

Obstetricians at Lisbon hospital go on strike

BMJ 2004;328:1222.6 (Published 20 May 2004)

Canadian health ministry faces criticism for its secrecy

BMJ 2004;328:1222.7 (Published 20 May 2004)

Papers

Cohort study of sibling effect, infectious diseases, and risk of atopic dermatitis during first 18 months of life

BMJ 2004;328:1223 (Published 20 May 2004)

Interaction strategies of lesbian, gay, and bisexual healthcare practitioners in the clinical examination of patients: qualitative study

BMJ 2004;328:1227 (Published 20 May 2004)

Representation of authors and editors from countries with different human development indexes in the leading literature on tropical medicine: survey of current evidence

BMJ 2004;328:1229 (Published 20 May 2004)

Substance misuse and violent crime: Swedish population study

BMJ 2004;328:1233 (Published 20 May 2004)

Regional differences in outcome from subarachnoid haemorrhage: comparative audit

BMJ 2004;328:1234 (Published 20 May 2004)

Hospital mortality league tables: influence of place of death

BMJ 2004;328:1235 (Published 20 May 2004)

Commentary

the defence of dirt

BMJ 2004;328:1226 (Published 20 May 2004)

“Soft” assessment—an oxymoron?

BMJ 2004;328:1243 (Published 20 May 2004)

Primary care

Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2004;328:1237 (Published 20 May 2004)

Learning in practice

Review of instruments for peer assessment of physicians

BMJ 2004;328:1240 (Published 20 May 2004)

What the educators are saying

BMJ 2004;328:1244 (Published 20 May 2004)

Education and debate

Primary angioplasty should be first line treatment for acute myocardial infarctionFOR

BMJ 2004;328:1254 (Published 20 May 2004)

Primary angioplasty should be first line treatment for acute myocardial infarctionAGAINST

BMJ 2004;328:1256 (Published 20 May 2004)

Primary angioplasty or thrombolysis? a topical parable

BMJ 2004;328:1257 (Published 20 May 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

A new model of patient privacy?

BMJ 2004;328:1265 (Published 20 May 2004)

Bodies

BMJ 2004;328:1266.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Super Size Me

BMJ 2004;328:1266.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Should reviewers of papers have their names published?

BMJ 2004;328:1267.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Hello again

BMJ 2004;328:1267.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Corrections

Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2004;328:1236.1 (Published 20 May 2004)

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:1236.2 (Published 20 May 2004)

Length of patient's monologue, rate of completion, and relation to other components of the clinical encounter: observational intervention study in primary care

BMJ 2004;328:1236.3 (Published 20 May 2004)

Integrating health care for mothers and children in refugee camps and at district level

BMJ 2004;328:1236.4 (Published 20 May 2004)