19 February 2005 (Vol 330, Issue 7488)

Editor's Choice

Pills, thrills, and bellyaches

BMJ 2005;330:0.9 (Published 17 February 2005)

News

Shortage of surgeons might threaten NHS targets

BMJ 2005;330:379.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Lack of women cardiologists might lower standards

BMJ 2005;330:379.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

In brief

BMJ 2005;330:380.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Italy's health minister reported to be under investigation

BMJ 2005;330:380.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Woman seeks approval to use frozen embryos

BMJ 2005;330:380.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

Barrier in West Bank threatens residents' health care, says report

BMJ 2005;330:381.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Findings from COX 2 studies are released

BMJ 2005;330:381.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Antibiotic resistance is highest in south and east Europe

BMJ 2005;330:383.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

New health funding allocation targets England's deprived areas

BMJ 2005;330:384.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Standard of care by doctors may drop with years spent in practice

BMJ 2005;330:384.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Editorials

Suicide, depression, and antidepressants

BMJ 2005;330:373 (Published 17 February 2005)

Clinical and communication skills

BMJ 2005;330:374 (Published 17 February 2005)

Low level alcohol consumption and the fetus

BMJ 2005;330:375 (Published 17 February 2005)

Neglected diseases

BMJ 2005;330:376 (Published 17 February 2005)

The treatment of lupus nephritis

BMJ 2005;330:377 (Published 17 February 2005)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Rethinking childhood depression

BMJ 2005;330:418.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Rethinking childhood depression

BMJ 2005;330:418.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Rethinking childhood depression

BMJ 2005;330:418.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

Rethinking childhood depression

BMJ 2005;330:418.4 (Published 17 February 2005)

Biomedical models and healthcare systems

BMJ 2005;330:419.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Biomedical models and healthcare systems

BMJ 2005;330:419.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Biomedical models and healthcare systems

BMJ 2005;330:419.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

BMJ 2005;330:420.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

BMJ 2005;330:420.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

BMJ 2005;330:420.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

Letters - continued

The Mexico Summit on Health Research 2004

BMJ 2005;330:421.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

The Mexico Summit on Health Research 2004

BMJ 2005;330:421.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Trial protocols: time for more than tinkering

BMJ 2005;330:421.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Thomas Arthur Kemp

BMJ 2005;330:422.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Winsor Graham Bowsher

BMJ 2005;330:422.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Roger Edward Cudmore

BMJ 2005;330:422.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

George Douglas Duncan

BMJ 2005;330:423.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Arthur Maclagan Kingon

BMJ 2005;330:423.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

El Asaad Ali Ibrahim Abdel Magid

BMJ 2005;330:423.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

Leslie Morton

BMJ 2005;330:423.4 (Published 17 February 2005)

John Hamilton Pendered

BMJ 2005;330:423.5 (Published 17 February 2005)

Anna Runge

BMJ 2005;330:423.6 (Published 17 February 2005)

Donald Mortimer Williamson

BMJ 2005;330:423.7 (Published 17 February 2005)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2005;330:428 (Published 17 February 2005)

Fillers

Combined vaginal treatment is more effective for bacterial vaginosis

BMJ 2005;330:0.8 (Published 17 February 2005)

A wish

BMJ 2005;330:388 (Published 17 February 2005)

Submitting articles to the BMJ

BMJ 2005;330:399 (Published 17 February 2005)

How to remember what you've learnt

BMJ 2005;330:410 (Published 17 February 2005)

A simple case of peptic ulcer

BMJ 2005;330:414 (Published 17 February 2005)

The puffing paragraph

BMJ 2005;330:417 (Published 17 February 2005)

Clinical Reviews

Locked-in syndrome

BMJ 2005;330:406 (Published 17 February 2005)

Use of antibiotics in suspected haemolytic-uraemic syndrome

BMJ 2005;330:409 (Published 17 February 2005)

Epidemiology of health and illness

BMJ 2005;330:411 (Published 17 February 2005)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Testicular cancer has increased in many populations worldwide

BMJ 2005;330:382.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Medical courts could ease US malpractice crisis, group says

BMJ 2005;330:382.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Artistry sought in science and medicine awards

BMJ 2005;330:382.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

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

Situation in Darfur is deteriorating, Red Cross warns

BMJ 2005;330:382.4 (Published 17 February 2005)

Budget proposes spending cuts in US public health programmes

BMJ 2005;330:382.5 (Published 17 February 2005)

Epidurals do not lead to more caesarean sections, study shows

BMJ 2005;330:383.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Hospitals in Germany must do more to procure organs, says report

BMJ 2005;330:383.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

London hospital publishes mortality data for individual surgeons

BMJ 2005;330:384.3 (Published 17 February 2005)

Papers

Primary care

Learning in practice

Education and debate

Timers on ventilators

BMJ 2005;330:415 (Published 17 February 2005)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

The Rise of Viagra: How the Little Blue Pill Changed Sex in America

BMJ 2005;330:424 (Published 17 February 2005)

The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery

BMJ 2005;330:425 (Published 17 February 2005)

Why Did We Do That?

BMJ 2005;330:426.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Inside Saatchi & Saatchi

BMJ 2005;330:426.2 (Published 17 February 2005)

Hot buttons and quality

BMJ 2005;330:427.1 (Published 17 February 2005)

Climate of fear

BMJ 2005;330:427.2 (Published 17 February 2005)