17 July 2004 (Vol 329, Issue 7458)

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Editor's Choice

Health information for all by 2015?

BMJ 2004;329:0.9 (Published 15 July 2004)

News

Thailand ignores HIV epidemic in drug users

BMJ 2004;329:127.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Education programme reduces STDs in African-American girls

BMJ 2004;329:127.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;329:128.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Brown confirms a 7.1% rise in NHS spending next year

BMJ 2004;329:128.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

BMJ group appoints acting editor and acting chief executive

BMJ 2004;329:128.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

WHO insists it can meet its target for antiretrovirals by 2005

BMJ 2004;329:129.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Developing economies shrink as AIDS reduces workforce

BMJ 2004;329:129.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

MRSA infections rose by 5% between 2003 and 2004

BMJ 2004;329:131.4 (Published 15 July 2004)

Stronger sanctions needed against companies that suppress data

BMJ 2004;329:132.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Mumps cases rise among teenagers and young adults

BMJ 2004;329:132.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Editorials

Combating HIV/AIDS in developing countries

BMJ 2004;329:121 (Published 15 July 2004)

Compulsion and psychiatry—the role of advance statements

BMJ 2004;329:122 (Published 15 July 2004)

Spiritual needs in health care

BMJ 2004;329:123 (Published 15 July 2004)

New treatments for colon cancer

BMJ 2004;329:124 (Published 15 July 2004)

Getting ethics into practice

BMJ 2004;329:126 (Published 15 July 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Not yet standard of care for melanoma

BMJ 2004;329:170.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Optimum method remains to be determined

BMJ 2004;329:170.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Sentinel node technique has drawbacks

BMJ 2004;329:170.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;329:170.4 (Published 15 July 2004)

Review of instruments for peer assessment of physicians: Clinics with peers keep you on the straight and narrow…

BMJ 2004;329:171.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Review of instruments for peer assessment of physicians: … and our impact on one another is important

BMJ 2004;329:171.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute mountain sickness: Exclusion of high risk, low status groups perpetuates discrimination and inequalities

BMJ 2004;329:171.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute mountain sickness: Bias in participants may underestimate effectiveness of agents

BMJ 2004;329:172.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute mountain sickness: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;329:172.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

National screening programme for chlamydia exists in England

BMJ 2004;329:172.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes: Is morbidity or empowerment increasing?

BMJ 2004;329:172.4 (Published 15 July 2004)

Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes: Clinical assessment tools need improving

BMJ 2004;329:173.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;329:173.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Letters - continued

Tracking system for studies should be in place

BMJ 2004;329:173.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

Prisons show prophylaxis for close contacts may indeed help in next flu pandemic

BMJ 2004;329:173.4 (Published 15 July 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Ilsley Ingram

BMJ 2004;329:174.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Patrick Lim Lian Chow Ah-fat

BMJ 2004;329:175.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Philip William Bowden

BMJ 2004;329:175.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Stewart Michael Brydon

BMJ 2004;329:175.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

Ieuan Lynn Richard Evans

BMJ 2004;329:175.4 (Published 15 July 2004)

Hugh Kelson Ford

BMJ 2004;329:175.5 (Published 15 July 2004)

Richard Charles Harrington

BMJ 2004;329:175.6 (Published 15 July 2004)

Max Hillel

BMJ 2004;329:175.7 (Published 15 July 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;329:180 (Published 15 July 2004)

Fillers

Peak expiratory flow rate does not predict exacerbation of asthma

BMJ 2004;329:0.8 (Published 15 July 2004)

Petrarch, physicians, and controlled trials

BMJ 2004;329:141 (Published 15 July 2004)

My minor omission

BMJ 2004;329:144 (Published 15 July 2004)

The Tao of Pooh—a philosophy that changed my practice

BMJ 2004;329:151 (Published 15 July 2004)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2004;329:164 (Published 15 July 2004)

The sanitation of Panama

BMJ 2004;329:167 (Published 15 July 2004)

Living history

BMJ 2004;329:169 (Published 15 July 2004)

Advice

BMJ 2004;329:174.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Threatened miscarriage: evaluation and management

BMJ 2004;329:152 (Published 15 July 2004)

Musculoskeletal pain in female asylum seekers and hypovitaminosis D3

BMJ 2004;329:156 (Published 15 July 2004)

Management of burn injuries of various depths

BMJ 2004;329:158 (Published 15 July 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Watchdog criticises unequal distribution of NHS funding

BMJ 2004;329:130.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Two Hong Kong politicians resign in wake of SARS report

BMJ 2004;329:130.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Image of Iraqi hospital theatre wins photography prize

BMJ 2004;329:130.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

Chinese government detains doctor who criticised it

BMJ 2004;329:130.4 (Published 15 July 2004)

France bans reproductive and therapeutic cloning

BMJ 2004;329:130.5 (Published 15 July 2004)

Germany plans to introduce electronic health card

BMJ 2004;329:131.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

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

Patients can sue authority for actions of GP

BMJ 2004;329:131.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

New penalties proposed for Dutch doctors who flout euthanasia law

BMJ 2004;329:131.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

15th International AIDS conference: Nevirapine reduces perinatal HIV transmission in women tested and treated during labour

BMJ 2004;329:132.3 (Published 15 July 2004)

15th International AIDS conference: New grassroots organisation is set up to tackle AIDS

BMJ 2004;329:132.4 (Published 15 July 2004)

Out of hours services are not facing a crisis, minister says

BMJ 2004;329:132.5 (Published 15 July 2004)

US medical students in Cuba receive temporary reprieve

BMJ 2004;329:132.6 (Published 15 July 2004)

Committee calls for GPs to advise elderly patients on financial benefits

BMJ 2004;329:132.7 (Published 15 July 2004)

Papers

Results of the first round of a demonstration pilot of screening for colorectal cancer in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;329:133 (Published 15 July 2004)

Effect of joint crisis plans on use of compulsory treatment in psychiatry: single blind randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2004;329:136 (Published 15 July 2004)

Trends in blood pressure over 10 years in adolescents: analyses of cross sectional surveys in the Northern Ireland Young Hearts project

BMJ 2004;329:139 (Published 15 July 2004)

Are there socioeconomic gradients in stage and grade of breast cancer at diagnosis? Cross sectional analysis of UK cancer registry data

BMJ 2004;329:142 (Published 15 July 2004)

Correct use of the Apgar score for resuscitated and intubated newborn babies: questionnaire study

BMJ 2004;329:143 (Published 15 July 2004)

Primary care

Blood pressure control by home monitoring: meta-analysis of randomised trials

BMJ 2004;329:145 (Published 15 July 2004)

Quality Improvement Report

Eradication of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus by “ring fencing” of elective orthopaedic beds

BMJ 2004;329:149 (Published 15 July 2004)

Education and debate

Is the BMA a 21st century organisation?

BMJ 2004;329:161 (Published 15 July 2004)

BMA's response

BMJ 2004;329:163 (Published 15 July 2004)

Genetic information: a joint account?

BMJ 2004;329:165 (Published 15 July 2004)

Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios

BMJ 2004;329:168 (Published 15 July 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

The Foundling Museum

BMJ 2004;329:176 (Published 15 July 2004)

Stolen Innocence: A Mother's Fight for Justice—The Story of Sally Clark

BMJ 2004;329:177.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Young Doctors

BMJ 2004;329:177.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Website gives media the tough treatment

BMJ 2004;329:178 (Published 15 July 2004)

Resisting cookbook medicine

BMJ 2004;329:179.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

Gulliver and bmj.com

BMJ 2004;329:179.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

Corrections

Social class and elective caesareans in the English NHS

BMJ 2004;329:148.1 (Published 15 July 2004)

FDA rejects over the counter status for emergency contraceptive

BMJ 2004;329:148.2 (Published 15 July 2004)

ABC of burns: pathophysiology and types of burns

BMJ 2004;329:148.3 (Published 15 July 2004)