18 September 2004 (Vol 329, Issue 7467)

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Editor's Choice

Climate change and health

BMJ 2004;329:0.8 (Published 16 September 2004)

News

Better system is needed to curb rogue doctors

BMJ 2004;329:639.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Incoherent policies and excessive change undermine health strategy

BMJ 2004;329:639.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;329:640.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Revised mental health bill fails to persuade patients or professionals

BMJ 2004;329:640.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

FDA hearings confirm risks of antidepressants

BMJ 2004;329:641.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Officials reject claims of drug industry's influence

BMJ 2004;329:641.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Could Fidgety Philipp be proof that ADHD is not a modern phenomenon?

BMJ 2004;329:643.4 (Published 16 September 2004)

UK heart surgeons are among the best in the world

BMJ 2004;329:644.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Food agency launches campaign to reduce salt intake

BMJ 2004;329:644.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Editorials

How to deal with influenza?

BMJ 2004;329:633 (Published 16 September 2004)

New mental health legislation

BMJ 2004;329:634 (Published 16 September 2004)

Surgery for carotid artery stenosis

BMJ 2004;329:635 (Published 16 September 2004)

Forensic science in the dock

BMJ 2004;329:636 (Published 16 September 2004)

Compulsory registration of clinical trials

BMJ 2004;329:637 (Published 16 September 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Failed asylum seekers should not be denied access to free NHS care

BMJ 2004;329:683.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Children of asylum seekers are special case

BMJ 2004;329:683.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Identity card experience from Slovenia is partly positive

BMJ 2004;329:683.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Duty of easy rescue has become clouded

BMJ 2004;329:684.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Eligibility for HIV treatment needs special consideration

BMJ 2004;329:684.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Dispersed HIV positive asylum seekers need care throughout UK

BMJ 2004;329:684.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge from medium secure units: Conviction rate may be misleading

BMJ 2004;329:684.4 (Published 16 September 2004)

Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge from medium secure units: Language used to describe results is misleading

BMJ 2004;329:685.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge from medium secure units: Author's reply

BMJ 2004;329:685.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Sharing workload in group practices: Personal lists work well

BMJ 2004;329:685.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

Sharing workload in group practices: Unfairness and early experience colour perception of inequality

BMJ 2004;329:685.4 (Published 16 September 2004)

Sharing workload in group practices: The grass is always greener

BMJ 2004;329:685.5 (Published 16 September 2004)

What is intermediate care?: Nothing new

BMJ 2004;329:686.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

What is intermediate care?: More than a health service term

BMJ 2004;329:686.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

What is intermediate care?: A flawed substitute for rehabilitation in the United Kingdom

BMJ 2004;329:686.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

Letters - continued

Beyond conflict of interest: maybe wrong questions are being asked

BMJ 2004;329:686.4 (Published 16 September 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Sir Godfrey Hounsfield

BMJ 2004;329:687.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Robert Graham Crawford

BMJ 2004;329:688.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Joy Edelman

BMJ 2004;329:688.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Gwilym Morgan Evans

BMJ 2004;329:688.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

Edward Guy Gordon

BMJ 2004;329:688.4 (Published 16 September 2004)

Gareth David Rhys Jeremiah

BMJ 2004;329:688.5 (Published 16 September 2004)

Leslie Joseph Temple

BMJ 2004;329:688.6 (Published 16 September 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;329:692 (Published 16 September 2004)

Fillers

Cough suppressants are ineffective in children

BMJ 2004;329:0.7 (Published 16 September 2004)

My wife and my mistress

BMJ 2004;329:654.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

A grateful patient

BMJ 2004;329:659 (Published 16 September 2004)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2004;329:664 (Published 16 September 2004)

Screening for prostate cancer: should every man know his PSA?

BMJ 2004;329:667 (Published 16 September 2004)

The gambler

BMJ 2004;329:674.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Down the cascade

BMJ 2004;329:678 (Published 16 September 2004)

The necessity for improving the teaching of massage in England

BMJ 2004;329:682 (Published 16 September 2004)

Advice

BMJ 2004;329:687.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

This Week In the BMJ

Hib infections are as common as ever

BMJ 2004;329:0.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

Influenza vaccine works in elderly people

BMJ 2004;329:0.4 (Published 16 September 2004)

Immediate adenotonsillectomy is not always needed

BMJ 2004;329:0.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Junior doctors are often bullied

BMJ 2004;329:0.6 (Published 16 September 2004)

UK targets for colonoscopy are attainable

BMJ 2004;329:0.5 (Published 16 September 2004)

Socioeconomic condition does not affect mortality during winter

BMJ 2004;329:0.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Recent developments in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer

BMJ 2004;329:668 (Published 16 September 2004)

A 35 year old woman with diabetic nephropathy who wants a baby: case presentation

BMJ 2004;329:674.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Epidemiology of preterm birth

BMJ 2004;329:675 (Published 16 September 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Study shows no link between MMR vaccination and autism

BMJ 2004;329:642.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Mines still cause thousands of casualties despite ban

BMJ 2004;329:642.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

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

Removing extreme poverty by 2015 is under threat

BMJ 2004;329:642.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

European Commission warns of impending HIV/AIDS epidemic

BMJ 2004;329:642.4 (Published 16 September 2004)

China and Japan face epidemic of heart disease

BMJ 2004;329:643.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Italians celebrate success of treatment no longer legal in Italy

BMJ 2004;329:643.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

GMC drops charges against paediatrician in Climbié case

BMJ 2004;329:643.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Being fit is more important than being fat for women and heart disease

BMJ 2004;329:644.3 (Published 16 September 2004)

Children's deaths by poisoning have fallen 82% over 32 years

BMJ 2004;329:644.4 (Published 16 September 2004)

US judge again rules that ban on partial birth abortion is unconstitutional

BMJ 2004;329:644.5 (Published 16 September 2004)

Dr Foster's case notes

Prescribing of lipid regulating drugs and admissions for myocardial infarction in England

BMJ 2004;329:645 (Published 16 September 2004)

BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2004;329:646 (Published 16 September 2004)

Papers

Vulnerability to winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: population based study

BMJ 2004;329:647 (Published 16 September 2004)

Effectiveness of adenotonsillectomy in children with mild symptoms of throat infections or adenotonsillar hypertrophy: open, randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2004;329:651 (Published 16 September 2004)

Watchful waiting is useful for children with recurrent throat infections

BMJ 2004;329:654.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Trends in Haemophilus influenzae type b infections in adults in England and Wales: surveillance study

BMJ 2004;329:655 (Published 16 September 2004)

Bullying among doctors in training: cross sectional questionnaire survey

BMJ 2004;329:658 (Published 16 September 2004)

Primary care

Effect of influenza vaccination on excess deaths occurring during periods of high circulation of influenza: cohort study in elderly people

BMJ 2004;329:660 (Published 16 September 2004)

Implications of the incidence of influenza-like illness in nursing homes for influenza chemoprophylaxis: descriptive study

BMJ 2004;329:663 (Published 16 September 2004)

Quality Improvement Report

Quality improvement programme to achieve acceptable colonoscopy completion rates: prospective before and after study

BMJ 2004;329:665 (Published 16 September 2004)

Education and debate

Making clinical governance work

BMJ 2004;329:679 (Published 16 September 2004)

Model could work

BMJ 2004;329:681 (Published 16 September 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Domestic Violence: A Handbook for Health Professionals

BMJ 2004;329:689.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

Women's Health in Mid-Life: A Primary Care Guide

BMJ 2004;329:689.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Goldberger's War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader

BMJ 2004;329:690.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

The Wonderful World of Dissocia

BMJ 2004;329:690.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

No thanks, I've already eaten

BMJ 2004;329:691.1 (Published 16 September 2004)

The 57 club

BMJ 2004;329:691.2 (Published 16 September 2004)

Correction

Spinal immobilisation for unconscious patients with multiple injuries

BMJ 2004;329:673 (Published 16 September 2004)