20 November 2004 (Vol 329, Issue 7476)

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Editor's Choice

More research and better behaviour

BMJ 2004;329:0.7 (Published 18 November 2004)

News

Doctors angry as smoking ban is limited and delayed until 2008

BMJ 2004;329:1201 (Published 18 November 2004)

In brief

BMJ 2004;329:1202.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Russia fails to ban drinking in public despite soaring alcoholism

BMJ 2004;329:1202.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Scotland to ban smoking in enclosed public places

BMJ 2004;329:1202.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

FDA bars own expert from evaluating risks of painkillers

BMJ 2004;329:1203.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

FDA will increase postmarketing surveillance of drugs

BMJ 2004;329:1203.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

UK government tightens rules for drug regulators

BMJ 2004;329:1203.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

Use of drug eluting stents increases in the US but only for some groups

BMJ 2004;329:1205.4 (Published 18 November 2004)

Authority consults public on paying women £1000 to donate eggs

BMJ 2004;329:1206.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Charity aims to distribute donated drugs to developing countries

BMJ 2004;329:1206.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Editorials

Legislation on smacking

BMJ 2004;329:1195 (Published 18 November 2004)

Standardisation of glycated haemoglobin

BMJ 2004;329:1196 (Published 18 November 2004)

Full engagement in health

BMJ 2004;329:1197 (Published 18 November 2004)

Treating insomnia

BMJ 2004;329:1198 (Published 18 November 2004)

Revisiting phenobarbital for epilepsy

BMJ 2004;329:1199 (Published 18 November 2004)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Vested interests doom puny healthcare interventions

BMJ 2004;329:1237.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Comfort of cycling needs to be akin to that of using cars

BMJ 2004;329:1237.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Perception of safety is biggest obstacle

BMJ 2004;329:1237.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Author's reply

BMJ 2004;329:1238.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

How to deal with influenza: Fever may be used as treatment

BMJ 2004;329:1238.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

How to deal with influenza: Author's reply

BMJ 2004;329:1238.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

How to deal with influenza: Worthwhile surveillance system is in action

BMJ 2004;329:1239.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

National service framework for children: Framework ignores children's growth

BMJ 2004;329:1239.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

National service framework for children: Framework shows a new vision of health, in life

BMJ 2004;329:1239.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

Headline about basal cell carcinoma was misleading

BMJ 2004;329:1239.4 (Published 18 November 2004)

Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Editorial made no sense of rising rates

BMJ 2004;329:1240.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Letters - continued

Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Caesarean section on demand is obstetric dilemma

BMJ 2004;329:1240.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Reducing caesarean section rates should not be the primary objective

BMJ 2004;329:1240.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Trials and speaking with patients take time

BMJ 2004;329:1240.4 (Published 18 November 2004)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Harry Urban (Garri Semionovitch Urban)

BMJ 2004;329:1241 (Published 18 November 2004)

Clifford Ashton

BMJ 2004;329:1242.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Lorna Mary Harris

BMJ 2004;329:1242.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Ian Alastair Hillary

BMJ 2004;329:1242.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

John Walker Sinclair Irwin

BMJ 2004;329:1242.4 (Published 18 November 2004)

Valiyezhuth Krishnankutty Jayaram

BMJ 2004;329:1242.5 (Published 18 November 2004)

Philip Kessly

BMJ 2004;329:1242.6 (Published 18 November 2004)

Theodore Francis Redman

BMJ 2004;329:1242.7 (Published 18 November 2004)

Christopher John Sharples

BMJ 2004;329:1242.8 (Published 18 November 2004)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2004;329:1246 (Published 18 November 2004)

Fillers

MRI is more accurate than mammogram in high risk patients

BMJ 2004;329:0.6 (Published 18 November 2004)

Sundowning on a sunny day in Cornwall

BMJ 2004;329:1219 (Published 18 November 2004)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2004;329:1224 (Published 18 November 2004)

With a pinch of salt

BMJ 2004;329:1230 (Published 18 November 2004)

This Week In the BMJ

Multidisciplinary rehabilitation improves COPD

BMJ 2004;329:0.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Malaria is overdiagnosed in Tanzania

BMJ 2004;329:0.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Acupuncture helps treat osteoarthritis

BMJ 2004;329:0.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

Economic evaluations exclude important health consequences

BMJ 2004;329:0.5 (Published 18 November 2004)

Reviewing orthopaedics for osteoarthritis

BMJ 2004;329:0.4 (Published 18 November 2004)

Clinical Reviews

The orthopaedic approach to managing osteoarthritis of the knee

BMJ 2004;329:1220 (Published 18 November 2004)

Gastric rupture associated with use of the laryngeal mask airway during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

BMJ 2004;329:1225 (Published 18 November 2004)

Feeding the preterm infant

BMJ 2004;329:1227 (Published 18 November 2004)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

MPs criticise waste of public money on suspensions

BMJ 2004;329:1204.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Coroner criticised over conduct of SARS inquest

BMJ 2004;329:1204.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Risk factors for death in infancy persist into older age groups in England and Wales

BMJ 2004;329:1204.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

Practice based commissioning may not work for mental health

BMJ 2004;329:1204.4 (Published 18 November 2004)

Threat of new European legislation to health care exaggerated

BMJ 2004;329:1204.5 (Published 18 November 2004)

Depression and obesity are major causes of maternal death in Britain

BMJ 2004;329:1205.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Quality of UK consumer health tests to be scrutinised

BMJ 2004;329:1205.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Ranbaxy withdraws all its AIDS drugs from WHO list

BMJ 2004;329:1205.3 (Published 18 November 2004)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Doctors should have a greater role in organising health services

BMJ 2004;329:1206.3 (Published 20 November 2004)

Drug company influence extends to nurses, pharmacists, and patient groups

BMJ 2004;329:1206.4 (Published 20 November 2004)

Doctors in Nigeria strike over wages

BMJ 2004;329:1206.5 (Published 20 November 2004)

Two test cases in Holland clarify law on murder and palliative care

BMJ 2004;329:1206.6 (Published 20 November 2004)

Vote of no confidence tabled in health policies of the Welsh Assembly

BMJ 2004;329:1206.7 (Published 20 November 2004)

Dr Foster's case notes

Counting hospital activity: spells or episodes?

BMJ 2004;329:1207 (Published 18 November 2004)

BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2004;329:1208 (Published 18 November 2004)

Papers

Community pulmonary rehabilitation after hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: randomised controlled study

BMJ 2004;329:1209 (Published 18 November 2004)

Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study

BMJ 2004;329:1212 (Published 18 November 2004)

Primary care

Acupuncture as a complementary therapy to the pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2004;329:1216 (Published 18 November 2004)

Education and debate

Overcoming apathy in research on organophosphate poisoning

BMJ 2004;329:1231 (Published 18 November 2004)

Is economic evaluation in touch with society's health values?

BMJ 2004;329:1233 (Published 18 November 2004)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

How “suicide” coverage went off the rails

BMJ 2004;329:1243 (Published 18 November 2004)

Lessons from the end of a life

BMJ 2004;329:1244 (Published 18 November 2004)

Occasional notes: Doctor did Atkins

BMJ 2004;329:1245.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

GUBU: grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented

BMJ 2004;329:1245.2 (Published 18 November 2004)

Corrections

Safety of antipsychotic drugs for pregnant and breastfeeding women with non-affective psychosis

BMJ 2004;329:1236.1 (Published 18 November 2004)

Combined use of rapid D-dimer testing and estimation of clinical probability in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis: systematic review

BMJ 2004;329:1236.2 (Published 18 November 2004)