No spitting, no smoking
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.0-g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Lobectomy mortality is a poor measure of surgical performance [Full text]

	Extracorporeal shock wave therapy fails to help plantar fasciitis [Full text]

	Homeless people are more likely to die early [Full text]

	Joint teleconsultations are likely to increase costs to the NHS [Full text]

	Women need full information for breast screening decisions [Full text]

	Evidence based interventions can prevent fractures in elderly people [Full text]

Editorials

	The metabolic syndrome
	James B Meigs
	BMJ  2003;327:61-62, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.61 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Sexual health
	Michael Adler
	BMJ  2003;327:62-63, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.62 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reproductive and sexual health of older women in developing countries
	Christopher Elias, Jacqueline Sherris
	BMJ  2003;327:64-65, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.64 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Balancing benefits and harms in health care
	Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Mike Clarke
	BMJ  2003;327:65-66, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.65 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Permanent loss of awareness is crucial to diagnosis of PVS
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:67, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.67 [Full text] [PDF]

	BBC accused of unethical journalism
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:67, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.67-a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:68, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.68 [Full text] [PDF]

	Stem cell transplants are not helpful in breast cancer, studies say
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;327:68, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.68-a [Full text] [PDF]

	Gap between classes in life expectancy is widening
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:68, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.68-b [Full text] [PDF]

	Chief medical officer's report on the nation's health: Poorly performing doctors are to be dealt with more fairly
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:69, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.69 [Full text] [PDF]

	Chief medical officer's report on the nation's health: Concerted action is needed to fight obesity, says chief medical officer
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:69, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.69-a [Full text] [PDF]

	Chief medical officer's report on the nation's health: Pressure mounts to ban smoking in public places
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:69, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.69-b [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA annual representative meeting: Doctors support embryo selection to help ill siblings
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:71, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.71 [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA annual representative meeting: BMA's annual meeting rejects governance review of association
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:71, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.71-a [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA annual representative meeting: BMA secretary threatens to sue representatives
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2003;327:71, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.71-b [Full text] [PDF]

	Moving to the moral high ground
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	UK introduces measures to reduce errors with methotrexate
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:70, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.70 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Vitamin supplements do not reduce incidence of cancer or heart disease
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;327:70, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.70-a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Hospitals must use London's appeal to tackle workforce shortages
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2003;327:70, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.70-b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	WHO says SARS outbreak is over, but fight should go on
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:70, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.70-c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	More frequent screening would improve detection of colon cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:70, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.70-d [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Italian EU presidency brings ambitious health targets
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-a [Full text]

	Doctors warn of exodus from Czech Republic and Slovakia
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-b [Full text]

	Australian government tries to solve doctors’ indemnity crisis
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-c [Full text]

	Advanced breast cancer more common in area with low uptake of screening
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-d [Full text]

	Emergency centre aims to end age discrimination
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-e [Full text]

	UK specialists predict shortfall in breast cancer services as population ages
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-f [Full text]

	BMA annual representative meeting: NHS targets are distorting clinical need
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-g [Full text]

	BMA annual representative meeting: Women in Ulster should have access to abortion services
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-h [Full text]

	BMA annual representative meeting: BMA criticises proposal for top-up fees
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-i [Full text]

	BMA annual representative meeting: Doctors call for a smoking ban in public places
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-j [Full text]

	BMA annual representative meeting: CMOs criticised over target payments for MMR
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-k [Full text]

	BMA annual representative meeting: Doctors vote against a tax on fatty food
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-l [Full text]

	BMA annual representative meeting: Doctors criticise preparations for bioterrorist attacks
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2003;327:72, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.72-m [Full text]

Papers

	Assessment of whether in-hospital mortality for lobectomy is a useful standard for the quality of lung cancer surgery: retrospective study
	Tom Treasure, Martin Utley, Alan Bailey
	BMJ  2003;327:73, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.73 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for plantar fasciitis: randomised controlled multicentre trial
	Michael Haake, Mathias Buch, Carsten Schoellner, Felix Goebel, Martin Vogel, Ingo Mueller, Jörg Hausdorf, Karin Zamzow, Carmen Schade-Brittinger, Hans-Helge Mueller
	BMJ  2003;327:75, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.75 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables and criteria for inclusion or exclusion]

	Prognosis in heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function: prospective cohort study
	Philip A MacCarthy, Mark T Kearney, James Nolan, Amanda J Lee, Robin J Prescott, Ajay M Shah, W Paul Brooksby, Keith A A Fox
	BMJ  2003;327:78-79, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.78 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Graph]

	Should same anaesthetist do preoperative anaesthetic visit and give subsequent anaesthetic? Questionnaire survey of anaesthetists
	Bruno Simini, Guido Bertolini
	BMJ  2003;327:79-80, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.79 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	10 year follow up study of mortality among users of hostels for homeless people in Copenhagen
	Merete Nordentoft, Nina Wandall-Holm
	BMJ  2003;327:81, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.81 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Information in practice

	Virtual outreach: economic evaluation of joint teleconsultations for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion
	P B Jacklin, J A Roberts, P Wallace, A Haines, R Harrison, J A Barber, S G Thompson, L Lewis, R Currell, S Parker, P Wainwright
	BMJ  2003;327:84, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.84 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Members of the Virtual Outreach Project Group]

Clinical review

	Preventing fractures in elderly people
	Anthony D Woolf, Kristina Åkesson
	BMJ  2003;327:89-95, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.89 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables and references]

	Lesson of the week: Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as a pleural effusion
	Adrian G Blundell, Simon Roe
	BMJ  2003;327:95-96, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.95 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of interventional cardiology: Non-coronary percutaneous intervention
	Ever D Grech
	BMJ  2003;327:97-100, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.97 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Women need better information about routine mammography
	Hazel Thornton, Adrian Edwards, Michael Baum
	BMJ  2003;327:101-103, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.101 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Smoke free hospitals: Challenges need to be faced
	William McKee, Michael McBride, Deirdre O'Brien, Antony Stevens, Christine Burns
	BMJ  2003;327:104, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.104 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Smoke free hospitals: Smoke free hospitals are unethical
	Stephen Head
	BMJ  2003;327:104, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.104-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Smoke free hospitals: Example was set in Canada
	Colin M Mailer
	BMJ  2003;327:104, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.104-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Community clinics can treat sexually transmitted infections
	Jacqueline A Evans
	BMJ  2003;327:104-105, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.104-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reply to letters on ethics of trials from bayesian perspective
	Richard J Lilford
	BMJ  2003;327:105, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.105 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B: Study showed benefits of treatment are marginal
	Mark Oliver
	BMJ  2003;327:105, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.105-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B: PROSE may be as useful as POEMs
	Nick C Bradley
	BMJ  2003;327:105, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.105-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B: Antivirals need to be protected from adverse conditions to retain effectiveness
	Subhash C Arya, Nirmala Agarwal
	BMJ  2003;327:105-106, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.105-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scope of EPOC is clarified
	Laura M McAuley, Jeremy Grimshaw, Merrick Zwarenstein
	BMJ  2003;327:106, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.106 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Altitude sickness: Hyperventilatory capacity may predict altitude sickness
	Maximilian Ledochowski, Dietmar Fuchs
	BMJ  2003;327:106, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.106-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Altitude sickness: Gingko biloba does not prevent altitude sickness
	Peter A Kenrick
	BMJ  2003;327:106, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.106-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic low back pain: Patient had chronic rather than acute pain
	Paul J Watson, Beverley Collett
	BMJ  2003;327:107, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.107 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic low back pain: More relevant guidelines have been published
	Martyn J Davidson
	BMJ  2003;327:107, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.107-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ranking heart surgeons has pitfalls
	Ian S Gilfillan
	BMJ  2003;327:107, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.107-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Two questions help determine validity of bed occupancy
	Irving Cobden
	BMJ  2003;327:107, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.107-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Allan Fisher
	Margaret Helfgott-Fisher
	BMJ  2003;327:108, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.108 [Full text]

	James Nelson Montgomery
	Michael Inman
	BMJ  2003;327:108, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.108-a [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Edwin James Essex Parker
	P J Ward
	BMJ  2003;327:108, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.108-b [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Evan John ("Jack") Parr
	Anne Bryan
	BMJ  2003;327:108, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.108-c [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	Francis Geoffrey Smiddy
	John MacFie
	BMJ  2003;327:108, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.108-d [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

	James Warner
	Jennifer Parsons
	BMJ  2003;327:108, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.108-e [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	Book: Epidemic of Care: A Call for Safer, Better, and More Accountable Health Care
	David Woods
	BMJ  2003;327:109, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.109 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Improving Patient Safety: Insights from American, Australian and British Healthcare
	Pat Anderson
	BMJ  2003;327:109, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.109-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: An expert witness falls from grace
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2003;327:110, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.110 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: Homelessness and health
	Upasana Tayal
	BMJ  2003;327:110, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.110-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: A time to ask what you want of WHO
	Keith Baverstock
	BMJ  2003;327:111, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.111 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Glue, spark, or string?
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2003;327:111, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.111-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:112, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.112 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Type of antidepressant is not linked to suicide rates
	BMJ  2003;327, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.0-f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What is a good death? Join in our online discussions
	BMJ  2003;327:66, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.66 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Proof of old age
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:80, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The greater man, the greater courtesy
	Debasish Debnath
	BMJ  2003;327:96, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.96 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;327:100, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.100 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency medicine in a cancer hospital
	Robin Hunter
	BMJ  2003;327:103, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.103 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Head of ME Association is sacked
	BMJ  2003;327:88, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.88 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Canadian government is attacked for plan to legalise marijuana
	BMJ  2003;327:88, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.88-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Arsenal helps publicise testicular cancer website
	BMJ  2003;327:88, doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.88-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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