07 August 2004 (Vol 329, Issue 7461)

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Editor's Choice

All doctors have a personal horror story

BMJ 2004;329:0.8 (Published 5 August 2004)

News

Secret US report surfaces on antidepressants in children

BMJ 2004;329:307.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Germany sets up quality control institute for health care

BMJ 2004;329:307.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;329:308.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Chief medical officer warns that many blood transfusions are unnecessary

BMJ 2004;329:308.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Berlin police investigate murder attempt in laboratory

BMJ 2004;329:308.3 (Published 5 August 2004)

Man wins battle to keep receiving life support

BMJ 2004;329:309.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Richard Smith has left the building

BMJ 2004;329:309.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Over the limit?

BMJ 2004;329:310.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Editorials

How protective is the working time directive?

BMJ 2004;329:301 (Published 5 August 2004)

How many eggs?

BMJ 2004;329:302 (Published 5 August 2004)

Policing access to primary care with identity cards

BMJ 2004;329:303 (Published 5 August 2004)

Topical NSAIDs in osteoarthritis

BMJ 2004;329:304 (Published 5 August 2004)

Preventing malaria in UK travellers

BMJ 2004;329:305 (Published 5 August 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Investigation into GPs with high patient mortality: Monitoring death rates will become increasingly complex

BMJ 2004;329:350.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Investigation into GPs with high patient mortality: Situation is even more complicated

BMJ 2004;329:350.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Editorial independence at the BMJ: Oversight committee may be crucial step forward…

BMJ 2004;329:350.3 (Published 5 August 2004)

Editorial independence at the BMJ: … and could ensure three pronged terms of reference for editor

BMJ 2004;329:351.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Editorial independence at the BMJ: Incident at Sri Lankan medical journal may show the way

BMJ 2004;329:351.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Guidance has high priority in interventional procedures: Objective evidence needs to be provided

BMJ 2004;329:351.3 (Published 5 August 2004)

Guidance has high priority in interventional procedures: Author's reply

BMJ 2004;329:351.4 (Published 5 August 2004)

Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years: Plain English and minimal Latin may explain readability of 1950s paper…

BMJ 2004;329:352.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years: … and “scientific rigour” may be to blame for current dullness…

BMJ 2004;329:352.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years: …but Asher was asking why medical journals were so dull back then

BMJ 2004;329:352.3 (Published 5 August 2004)

Letters - continued

Japan Tobacco Incorporated has found a new way of promoting tobacco in motor sports

BMJ 2004;329:352.4 (Published 5 August 2004)

Role of poverty must be emphasised

BMJ 2004;329:352.5 (Published 5 August 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Samuel Mitja Rapoport

BMJ 2004;329:353.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Paul Thornton Calvert

BMJ 2004;329:354.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Ian Duncan Chisholm

BMJ 2004;329:354.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Neil Hyndman

BMJ 2004;329:354.3 (Published 5 August 2004)

John Richard (“Ian”) Kenyon

BMJ 2004;329:354.4 (Published 5 August 2004)

Patricia Ann Nettleton (née Girling)

BMJ 2004;329:354.5 (Published 5 August 2004)

Telfer Reynolds

BMJ 2004;329:354.6 (Published 5 August 2004)

John Neill Shepherd

BMJ 2004;329:354.7 (Published 5 August 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;329:358 (Published 5 August 2004)

Fillers

CRP is a weak predictor of coronary heart disease

BMJ 2004;329:0.7 (Published 5 August 2004)

Qualities of a good surgeon

BMJ 2004;329:314 (Published 5 August 2004)

The other side of medicine

BMJ 2004;329:341 (Published 5 August 2004)

A warning

BMJ 2004;329:342.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Blue limbs (the importance of history and examination)

BMJ 2004;329:349 (Published 5 August 2004)

Advice

BMJ 2004;329:353.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Neurocardiogenic syncope

BMJ 2004;329:336 (Published 5 August 2004)

Abnormal liver function found after an unplanned consultation: case progression

BMJ 2004;329:342.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Rehabilitation after burn injury

BMJ 2004;329:343 (Published 5 August 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Shorter interval between cervical screens will reduce incidence of cervical cancer

BMJ 2004;329:310.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Australia's free trade deal with US hangs in balance on drugs

BMJ 2004;329:310.3 (Published 5 August 2004)

Identity cards may exclude vulnerable groups from health care, says BMA

BMJ 2004;329:310.4 (Published 5 August 2004)

Baby milk manufacturers agree out of court settlement

BMJ 2004;329:310.5 (Published 5 August 2004)

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

Consumers' Association voices concern at over the counter statins

BMJ 2004;329:310.6 (Published 5 August 2004)

Sudanese army shuns UN resolution as humanitarian crisis continues

BMJ 2004;329:310.7 (Published 5 August 2004)

Papers

Neurological sequelae in twins born after assisted conception: controlled national cohort study

BMJ 2004;329:311 (Published 5 August 2004)

Hospital at home for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence

BMJ 2004;329:315 (Published 5 August 2004)

Does access to cardiac investigation and treatment contribute to social and ethnic differences in coronary heart disease? Whitehall II prospective cohort study

BMJ 2004;329:318 (Published 5 August 2004)

Dispersal of HIV positive asylum seekers: national survey of UK healthcare providers

BMJ 2004;329:322 (Published 5 August 2004)

Acquired haemophilia A may be associated with clopidogrel

BMJ 2004;329:323.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Primary care

Efficacy of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2004;329:324 (Published 5 August 2004)

Learning in practice

New perspectives—approaches to medical education at four new UK medical schools

BMJ 2004;329:327 (Published 5 August 2004)

Promises and delivery—a research imperative for new approaches to medical education

BMJ 2004;329:331 (Published 5 August 2004)

The ethics of medical education

BMJ 2004;329:332 (Published 5 August 2004)

Patients in medical education and research

BMJ 2004;329:334 (Published 5 August 2004)

What the educators are saying

BMJ 2004;329:335 (Published 5 August 2004)

Education and debate

Eligibility of overseas visitors and people of uncertain residential status for NHS treatment

BMJ 2004;329:346 (Published 5 August 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

The Medical Society of London 1773-2003

BMJ 2004;329:355.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live

BMJ 2004;329:355.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

NETLINES

BMJ 2004;329:356.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

Real Life: My Mum is My Dad

BMJ 2004;329:356.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

A brave new paradigm?

BMJ 2004;329:357.1 (Published 5 August 2004)

What price entertainment?

BMJ 2004;329:357.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Corrections

Variations and increase in use of statins across Europe: data from administrative databases

BMJ 2004;329:323.2 (Published 5 August 2004)

Administering, analysing, and reporting your questionnaire

BMJ 2004;329:323.3 (Published 5 August 2004)

Infertility among male UK veterans of the 1990-1 Gulf war: reproductive cohort study

BMJ 2004;329:323.4 (Published 5 August 2004)