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25 September 2004 (Vol 329, Issue 7468)

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Editor's Choice

Is it better to be smart or stupid?

BMJ 2004;329:0.9 (Published 23 September 2004)

News

Framework for children aims to produce “cultural change”

BMJ 2004;329:699 (Published 23 September 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;329:700.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Rise in spending on NHS has not been matched by rise in activity

BMJ 2004;329:700.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

GPs will be forced to offer patients private care

BMJ 2004;329:700.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

US government opens racketeering case against tobacco industry

BMJ 2004;329:701.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Routine colonoscopies miss more than 10% of polyps

BMJ 2004;329:701.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

Automatic defibrillator approved for sale without prescription

BMJ 2004;329:703.4 (Published 23 September 2004)

Negotiating research priorities

BMJ 2004;329:704.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Editorials

The national service framework for children

BMJ 2004;329:693 (Published 23 September 2004)

Back pain and physiotherapy

BMJ 2004;329:694 (Published 23 September 2004)

Treatment for impetigo

BMJ 2004;329:695 (Published 23 September 2004)

Making sense of rising caesarean section rates

BMJ 2004;329:696 (Published 23 September 2004)

HIV in injecting drug users in Asian countries

BMJ 2004;329:697 (Published 23 September 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

NICE and its value judgments: Option of safe “understudy” treatments should be available

BMJ 2004;329:740.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

NICE and its value judgments: Utilitarian values are inadequate

BMJ 2004;329:740.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

NICE and its value judgments: Favourable appraisal amounts to compulsory purchase order

BMJ 2004;329:740.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

NICE and its value judgments: Authors' reply

BMJ 2004;329:741.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Meaning of signature must be made explicit

BMJ 2004;329:741.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Competing interest declaration of the 106 authors and an editorial explanation

BMJ 2004;329:741.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Response to Reece et al from 41 physicians and scientists

BMJ 2004;329:741.4 (Published 23 September 2004)

Post-immigrant refugee medicine: Population mobility must be considered

BMJ 2004;329:742.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Post-immigrant refugee medicine: Children's needs should not be seen in isolation

BMJ 2004;329:742.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

Millennium development goals: whose goals and for whom?

BMJ 2004;329:742.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

Women in medicine: Doctors of both sexes are seeking balance between life and work

BMJ 2004;329:742.4 (Published 23 September 2004)

Women in medicine: Women do not have to choose

BMJ 2004;329:743.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Letters - continued

Women in medicine: Sexism is not only reason for women's “unequal status” in the workplace

BMJ 2004;329:743.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

Women in medicine: Status cannot be the driver

BMJ 2004;329:743.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Linford Rees

BMJ 2004;329:744 (Published 23 September 2004)

Robert (“Roy”) Sutherland Chapman

BMJ 2004;329:745.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Oliver Holmes

BMJ 2004;329:745.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

David Hugh McCollum

BMJ 2004;329:745.4 (Published 23 September 2004)

Marny Ann Mitchell (née Lloyd-Jacob)

BMJ 2004;329:745.5 (Published 23 September 2004)

Graham Morton Robertson

BMJ 2004;329:745.6 (Published 23 September 2004)

Heinz Shire

BMJ 2004;329:745.7 (Published 23 September 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;329:750 (Published 23 September 2004)

Fillers

Outcomes for thiazides are similar

BMJ 2004;329:0.8 (Published 23 September 2004)

Renal transplantation: a paradox

BMJ 2004;329:715.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

American Diabetes Association 64th Annual Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida

BMJ 2004;329:718 (Published 23 September 2004)

Your duty

BMJ 2004;329:719.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

The white coated man's burden

BMJ 2004;329:723 (Published 23 September 2004)

Quackery

BMJ 2004;329:728 (Published 23 September 2004)

Women

BMJ 2004;329:729.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2004;329:739 (Published 23 September 2004)

Advice

BMJ 2004;329:745.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

Clinical Reviews

Narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness

BMJ 2004;329:724 (Published 23 September 2004)

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

BMJ 2004;329:729.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Organisation and delivery of perinatal services

BMJ 2004;329:730 (Published 23 September 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

FDA panel urges “black box” warning for antidepressants

BMJ 2004;329:702.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Study quantifies dangers of renal disease after heart attack

BMJ 2004;329:702.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

Dutch commemorate doctor shot by Nazis for helping injured soldiers

BMJ 2004;329:702.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

Patients informed of increased risk of vCJD contact

BMJ 2004;329:702.4 (Published 23 September 2004)

Continental doctors take up top posts in UK heart medicine and surgery

BMJ 2004;329:702.5 (Published 23 September 2004)

Health authorities named for failing to investigate charges for care of elderly

BMJ 2004;329:703.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

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

Study suggests hepatitis B vaccine increases risk of multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2004;329:703.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

US House passes bill to protect health providers who won't provide abortions

BMJ 2004;329:703.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Move to switch statins to non-prescription in US

BMJ 2004;329:704.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

Canada's federal and provincial governments reach agreement over healthcare spending

BMJ 2004;329:704.3 (Published 23 September 2004)

New body set up to monitor introduction of computer system into NHS

BMJ 2004;329:704.4 (Published 23 September 2004)

Conservative Party proposes a public health commission

BMJ 2004;329:704.5 (Published 23 September 2004)

Irish obstetricians worried by gap in insurance cover

BMJ 2004;329:704.6 (Published 23 September 2004)

Papers

Interventions for basal cell carcinoma of the skin: systematic review

BMJ 2004;329:705 (Published 23 September 2004)

Randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain

BMJ 2004;329:708 (Published 23 September 2004)

Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs: proof of principle study

BMJ 2004;329:712 (Published 23 September 2004)

Teaching dogs new tricks

BMJ 2004;329:715.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Primary care

Malignancy and mortality in people with coeliac disease: population based cohort study

BMJ 2004;329:716 (Published 23 September 2004)

Morbilliform rash

BMJ 2004;329:719.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Information in practice

Surgical wound infection as a performance indicator: agreement of common definitions of wound infection in 4773 patients

BMJ 2004;329:720 (Published 23 September 2004)

Education and debate

Taking account of future technology in cost effectiveness analysis

BMJ 2004;329:733 (Published 23 September 2004)

The runaway weight gain train: too many accelerators, not enough brakes

BMJ 2004;329:736 (Published 23 September 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Overdo$ed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine

BMJ 2004;329:746 (Published 23 September 2004)

The Good Euthanasia Guide 2004: Where, What, and Who in Choices in Dying

BMJ 2004;329:747.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Toward a 21st Century Health System: The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice

BMJ 2004;329:747.2 (Published 23 September 2004)

Journalists on Prozac

BMJ 2004;329:748 (Published 23 September 2004)

What if the government refuses to ban smoking in public places?

BMJ 2004;329:749.1 (Published 23 September 2004)

Appeal of the week?

BMJ 2004;329:749.2 (Published 23 September 2004)