10 July 2004 (Vol 329, Issue 7457)

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Editor's Choice

Editorial independence at the BMJ

BMJ 2004;329:0.8 (Published 8 July 2004)

News

HIV/AIDS is spreading fastest in eastern Europe and Asia

BMJ 2004;329:67.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Official resigns from UNAIDS to “tell the truth”

BMJ 2004;329:67.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;329:68.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Soya supplements do not protect against postmenopausal changes

BMJ 2004;329:68.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Netherlands plans system for reporting errors

BMJ 2004;329:68.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

Whistleblower charges medical oversight bureau with corruption

BMJ 2004;329:69.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Screening for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia saving lives

BMJ 2004;329:69.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Woman forced to have three embryos implanted is allowed fetal reduction to save her life

BMJ 2004;329:71.4 (Published 8 July 2004)

Destruction of data prompts calls for Swedish agency to investigate research misconduct

BMJ 2004;329:72.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

US to introduce new rules on air pollution

BMJ 2004;329:72.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Editorials

Patient choice in the NHS

BMJ 2004;329:61 (Published 8 July 2004)

Non-parenteral vaccines

BMJ 2004;329:62 (Published 8 July 2004)

Transplantation for alcoholic liver disease

BMJ 2004;329:63 (Published 8 July 2004)

Open access to industry's clinically relevant data

BMJ 2004;329:64 (Published 8 July 2004)

Doctors and the war on terrorism

BMJ 2004;329:66 (Published 8 July 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Representation of authors and editors from poor countries: Observed publication bias may reflect who is funding research

BMJ 2004;329:110.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Representation of authors and editors from poor countries: Partnerships may well be unequal

BMJ 2004;329:110.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Representation of authors and editors from poor countries: Quality medical research from poor countries could be privileged in high impact journals

BMJ 2004;329:110.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

Raised cardiac troponins: Troponins seem to be sensitive but not specific

BMJ 2004;329:111.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Raised cardiac troponins: Troponin is raised in pre-eclampsia

BMJ 2004;329:111.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Brief lifestyle interventions for hypertension: Opportunity to provide useful information has been missed

BMJ 2004;329:111.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

Brief lifestyle interventions for hypertension: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;329:111.4 (Published 8 July 2004)

Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy: It's not lactulose

BMJ 2004;329:112.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;329:112.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Patient organisations in ME and CFS seek only understanding

BMJ 2004;329:112.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

Should reviewers of papers have their names published?: Reviewing is not vicarious authorship

BMJ 2004;329:113.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Should reviewers of papers have their names published?: Let reviewers own responsibility for the papers they pass

BMJ 2004;329:113.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Should reviewers of papers have their names published?: Practical example gives encouraging insights

BMJ 2004;329:113.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

Should reviewers of papers have their names published?: Go one step further

BMJ 2004;329:113.4 (Published 8 July 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Dorothy Grace Medway

BMJ 2004;329:114.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Gerald John Allum

BMJ 2004;329:115.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Shawn Cato Bateman

BMJ 2004;329:115.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Obituaries - continued

Arani Chalapathy

BMJ 2004;329:115.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

Barry Lewis Coulton

BMJ 2004;329:115.4 (Published 8 July 2004)

Donald Barry Griffiths

BMJ 2004;329:115.5 (Published 8 July 2004)

Frank Richard Stanford Kellett

BMJ 2004;329:115.6 (Published 8 July 2004)

Donough O'Brien

BMJ 2004;329:115.7 (Published 8 July 2004)

James Pearson

BMJ 2004;329:115.8 (Published 8 July 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;329:120 (Published 8 July 2004)

Fillers

Exemestane is better than tamoxifen in years 2-5 after breast cancer

BMJ 2004;329:0.7 (Published 8 July 2004)

Superiority

BMJ 2004;329:78 (Published 8 July 2004)

Crunching the numbers

BMJ 2004;329:82 (Published 8 July 2004)

Misunderstood

BMJ 2004;329:88 (Published 8 July 2004)

A novel way to prevent tension pneumothorax

BMJ 2004;329:91 (Published 8 July 2004)

Seeing is believing

BMJ 2004;329:94 (Published 8 July 2004)

A viceregal slight

BMJ 2004;329:106 (Published 8 July 2004)

Advice

BMJ 2004;329:114.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

This Week In the BMJ

Early stimulation helps children's development

BMJ 2004;329:0.5 (Published 8 July 2004)

Narrowed retinal arterioles predict development of hypertension

BMJ 2004;329:0.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

Too few trials report on the ethnicity of participants

BMJ 2004;329:0.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Informed consent could sometimes be postponed

BMJ 2004;329:0.6 (Published 8 July 2004)

Are atypical neuroleptics better than the old drugs?

BMJ 2004;329:0.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Doctors look after the interests of the patients first

BMJ 2004;329:0.4 (Published 8 July 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Common skin infections in children

BMJ 2004;329:95 (Published 8 July 2004)

Avulsion fracture of the ischial tuberosity in adolescents—an easily missed diagnosis

BMJ 2004;329:99 (Published 8 July 2004)

Initial management of a major burn: II—assessment and resuscitation

BMJ 2004;329:101 (Published 8 July 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Body set up to increase numbers taking part in trials

BMJ 2004;329:70.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Switzerland has opened door to genetic discrimination, say ethicists

BMJ 2004;329:70.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

BMA demands ban on smoking in enclosed workplaces in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;329:70.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

A quarter of UK students are guilty of plagiarism, survey shows

BMJ 2004;329:70.4 (Published 8 July 2004)

Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination

BMJ 2004;329:70.5 (Published 8 July 2004)

GP deputising service cases are “cause for concern,” says ombudsman

BMJ 2004;329:71.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Annual tobacco deaths in poor countries to reach 7 million by 2030

BMJ 2004;329:71.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Researcher objects to drinks industry representative sitting on alcohol research body

BMJ 2004;329:71.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Minister counters royal college claims about NHS allergy services

BMJ 2004;329:72.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

German union threatens strike over doctors' long hours

BMJ 2004;329:72.4 (Published 8 July 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

GPs asked not to demand payments from drug company representatives

BMJ 2004;329:72.5 (Published 8 July 2004)

BMA annual representative meeting: BMA to hold special conference to discuss privatisation of NHS

BMJ 2004;329:72.6 (Published 8 July 2004)

BMA annual representative meeting: Aborted babies born alive should receive full care

BMJ 2004;329:72.7 (Published 8 July 2004)

BMA annual representative meeting: Wishes of patients who have lost mental capacity must be respected

BMJ 2004;329:72.8 (Published 8 July 2004)

BMA annual representative meeting: Debate needed on balance between patient confidentiality and needs of research

BMJ 2004;329:72.9 (Published 8 July 2004)

BMA annual representative meeting: Sperm donors should be guaranteed anonymity

BMJ 2004;329:72.10 (Published 8 July 2004)

BMA annual representative meeting: BMA ethics committee exonerated

BMJ 2004;329:72.11 (Published 8 July 2004)

Dr Foster's case notes

CHI ratings and HSMRs: is there a relation?

BMJ 2004;329:73 (Published 8 July 2004)

BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2004;329:74 (Published 8 July 2004)

Papers

Atypical antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic review

BMJ 2004;329:75 (Published 8 July 2004)

Prospective cohort study of retinal vessel diameters and risk of hypertension

BMJ 2004;329:79 (Published 8 July 2004)

Severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impact on professionalism: qualitative study of physicians' behaviour during an emerging healthcare crisis

BMJ 2004;329:83 (Published 8 July 2004)

Patients' evaluation of informed consent to postponed information: cohort study

BMJ 2004;329:86 (Published 8 July 2004)

Methodological reasons for not gaining prior informed consent are sometimes justified

BMJ 2004;329:87.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Comparison of reporting of ethnicity in US and European randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2004;329:87.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Primary care

Feasibility of integrating early stimulation into primary care for undernourished Jamaican children: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2004;329:89 (Published 8 July 2004)

Learning in practice

Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: a triumph of evangelism over common sense

BMJ 2004;329:92 (Published 8 July 2004)

Education and debate

British American Tobacco and Formula One motor racing

BMJ 2004;329:104 (Published 8 July 2004)

Star wars, NHS style

BMJ 2004;329:107 (Published 8 July 2004)

Performance assessment is here to stay

BMJ 2004;329:109 (Published 8 July 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

The New Global Threat: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and its Impacts

BMJ 2004;329:116.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Dicing with Death: Chance, Risk and Health

BMJ 2004;329:116.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

The Corporation

BMJ 2004;329:117.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

NETLINES

BMJ 2004;329:117.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

An open letter to the Prince of Wales: with respect, your highness, you've got it wrong

BMJ 2004;329:118 (Published 8 July 2004)

A question of medical ethics from Somalia

BMJ 2004;329:119.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

Three puzzling cases

BMJ 2004;329:119.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Corrections

BMJ cover page, 29 May 2004

BMJ 2004;329:85.1 (Published 8 July 2004)

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

BMJ 2004;329:85.2 (Published 8 July 2004)

Spending on neglected diseases has increased, says report

BMJ 2004;329:85.3 (Published 8 July 2004)

What next for electronic communication and health care?

BMJ 2004;329:85.4 (Published 8 July 2004)

Obituary: Jean Ginsburg

BMJ 2004;329:85.5 (Published 8 July 2004)