19 June 2004 (Vol 328, Issue 7454)

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Editor's Choice

Doctors are not scientists

BMJ 2004;328:0.9 (Published 17 June 2004)

News

UK government moves to tackle lottery of cancer drugs

BMJ 2004;328:1453.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Cancer centre wins building of the year award

BMJ 2004;328:1453.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;328:1454.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Campaign to revitalise academic medicine calls for radical thinking

BMJ 2004;328:1454.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Low priority for maternity services blamed for deaths

BMJ 2004;328:1454.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

GMC finds paediatrician guilty of abusing his position

BMJ 2004;328:1455.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Renewing licence in person cuts deaths among elderly drivers

BMJ 2004;328:1455.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Traditional Indian remedy for asthma challenged in court

BMJ 2004;328:1457.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness

BMJ 2004;328:1458.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Editorials

Treatment of leprosy

BMJ 2004;328:1447 (Published 17 June 2004)

The prejudices of good people

BMJ 2004;328:1448 (Published 17 June 2004)

Health protection and sustainable development

BMJ 2004;328:1450 (Published 17 June 2004)

Early intervention for first episode psychosis

BMJ 2004;328:1451 (Published 17 June 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Health in South Asia: Future of Kerala depends on its willingness to learn from past

BMJ 2004;328:1497.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Health in South Asia: Sri Lanka needs to build on its strengths and gains

BMJ 2004;328:1497.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Health in South Asia: Research cannot be funded when health itself has low priority

BMJ 2004;328:1497.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

Health in South Asia: Community worker programmes may be occasional local solution

BMJ 2004;328:1497.4 (Published 17 June 2004)

Health in South Asia: Roll on health in Africa issue

BMJ 2004;328:1498.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Patterns and distribution of tobacco consumption in India: Study should be interpreted cautiously

BMJ 2004;328:1498.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Patterns and distribution of tobacco consumption in India: Impact of religion was not considered

BMJ 2004;328:1498.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

Patterns and distribution of tobacco consumption in India: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;328:1499.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Burden of non-communicable diseases in South Asia: Evidence for epidemic of coronary heart disease in India is weak

BMJ 2004;328:1499.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Burden of non-communicable diseases in South Asia: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;328:1499.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

Hit for six: BMJ needs to decide whether it is a journal or magazine

BMJ 2004;328:1500.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Letters - continued

Hit for six: Miandad's six is metaphor for chaos and complexity

BMJ 2004;328:1500.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Hit for six: BMJhas published pioneering work

BMJ 2004;328:1500.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

Hit for six: Summary of rapid responses

BMJ 2004;328:1500.4 (Published 17 June 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Ronald Finn

BMJ 2004;328:1501.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Frank Dudley Hart

BMJ 2004;328:1501.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Frank Coffin

BMJ 2004;328:1502.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

James Wright Kerr

BMJ 2004;328:1502.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Roger Mawdsley

BMJ 2004;328:1502.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

Muriel Frances (“Mona”) Prout

BMJ 2004;328:1502.4 (Published 17 June 2004)

Thiagarajah Visvanathan

BMJ 2004;328:1502.5 (Published 17 June 2004)

Donald Campbell Waddy

BMJ 2004;328:1502.6 (Published 17 June 2004)

Willoughby Wilson

BMJ 2004;328:1502.7 (Published 17 June 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;328:1506 (Published 17 June 2004)

Fillers

Progesterone IUD is effective for menorrhagia

BMJ 2004;328:0.8 (Published 17 June 2004)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2004;328:1462 (Published 17 June 2004)

The diminishing birth-rate

BMJ 2004;328:1469 (Published 17 June 2004)

An obstinate patient

BMJ 2004;328:1473 (Published 17 June 2004)

My first case

BMJ 2004;328:1477 (Published 17 June 2004)

Face masks in operating theatres

BMJ 2004;328:1481 (Published 17 June 2004)

A 64 year old woman with knee pain

BMJ 2004;328:1486.4 (Published 17 June 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Criteria influencing the clinical uptake of pharmacogenomic strategies

BMJ 2004;328:1482 (Published 17 June 2004)

First aid and treatment of minor burns

BMJ 2004;328:1487 (Published 17 June 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Government moves to end stigma of mental illness

BMJ 2004;328:1456.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Dutch minister questions integrity of health advisers

BMJ 2004;328:1456.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

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

Reports recommend shorter training for hospital doctors and longer training for GPs in Scotland

BMJ 2004;328:1456.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

Crisis in western Sudan is delaying help for south of country

BMJ 2004;328:1456.4 (Published 17 June 2004)

Tobacco company fights order to turn over mystery memorandum

BMJ 2004;328:1456.5 (Published 17 June 2004)

Canadian hospitals fight a rise in infections with Clostridium difficile

BMJ 2004;328:1457.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Liposuction does not achieve metabolic benefits of weight loss

BMJ 2004;328:1457.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

BMA says identity cards must not limit access to emergency care

BMJ 2004;328:1458.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Study finds US paediatric medical errors kill 4500 children a year

BMJ 2004;328:1458.3 (Published 17 June 2004)

Papers

Steroid prophylaxis for prevention of nerve function impairment in leprosy: randomised placebo controlled trial (TRIPOD 1)

BMJ 2004;328:1459 (Published 17 June 2004)

Satisfaction of the uncertainty principle in cancer clinical trials: retrospective cohort analysis

BMJ 2004;328:1463 (Published 17 June 2004)

Hospital admission for acute pancreatitis in an English population, 1963-98: database study of incidence and mortality

BMJ 2004;328:1466 (Published 17 June 2004)

Primary care

Stigma, shame, and blame experienced by patients with lung cancer: qualitative study

BMJ 2004;328:1470 (Published 17 June 2004)

An investigation into general practitioners associated with high patient mortality flagged up through the Shipman inquiry: retrospective analysis of routine data

BMJ 2004;328:1474 (Published 17 June 2004)

Information in practice

Cross sectional survey of multicentre clinical databases in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;328:1478 (Published 17 June 2004)

Education and debate

Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations

BMJ 2004;328:1490 (Published 17 June 2004)

Medical researchers' ancillary clinical care responsibilities

BMJ 2004;328:1494 (Published 17 June 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Select committee castigated for citing death of 3 year old girl in obesity report

BMJ 2004;328:1503 (Published 17 June 2004)

Sex on the Rates: Memoirs of a Family Planning Doctor

BMJ 2004;328:1504.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Forever Young: A Cultural History of Longevity

BMJ 2004;328:1504.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Treating our own

BMJ 2004;328:1505.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

Judgment day

BMJ 2004;328:1505.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Corrections

National screening programme for aortic aneurysm

BMJ 2004;328:1486.1 (Published 17 June 2004)

BMJ Careers supplement

BMJ 2004;328:1486.2 (Published 17 June 2004)

Pathogenesis and treatment of varicoceles

BMJ 2004;328:1486.3 (Published 17 June 2004)