Transparency: a modern essential
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Training improves care givers' and patients' wellbeing... [Full text] FREE

	... and saves money [Full text] FREE

	A third of type 1 diabetics have renal damage within 20 years [Full text] FREE

	Management of self harm varies in England [Full text] FREE

	Poorer Scottish patients with heart failure see their GPs less [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Informal care giving for disabled stroke survivors
	Graeme J Hankey
	BMJ  2004;328:1085-1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1085 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Roll Back Malaria: a failing global health campaign
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2004;328:1086-1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1086 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure showing effects of malaria] FREE

	National screening programme for aortic aneurysm
	Roger M Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2004;328:1087-1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1087 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Assisted suicide
	Richard Huxtable
	BMJ  2004;328:1088-1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1088 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Physical activity and coronary heart disease
	G David Batty, I-Min Lee
	BMJ  2004;328:1089-1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1089 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	No time to train the surgeons: Royal College of Surgeons of England responds
	Peter J Morris
	BMJ  2004;328:1133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1133 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No time to train the surgeons: Medical profession must re-establish its independence from government
	Alan M Leaman
	BMJ  2004;328:1133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1133-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No time to train the surgeons: Only repeal of European Working Time Directive will help
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2004;328:1133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1133-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No time to train the surgeons: Golden age of surgical training didn't exist
	David T Reilly
	BMJ  2004;328:1133-1134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1133-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No time to train the surgeons: The rot is deep
	Aman S Coonar
	BMJ  2004;328:1134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1134 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No time to train the surgeons: Learning from the New Zealand experience
	Lauren Ovens
	BMJ  2004;328:1134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1134-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No time to train the surgeons: Choosing trainees carefully may be the solution
	Vipin Zamvar
	BMJ  2004;328:1134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1134-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No time to train the surgeons: Summary of rapid responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;328:1134-1135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1134-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Scan immediately for stroke using MRI when possible
	Dennis P Briley, Thomas Meagher
	BMJ  2004;328:1135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1135 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning a blind eye: Testing the success of blinding and the CONSORT statement
	Douglas G Altman, Kenneth F Schulz, David Moher
	BMJ  2004;328:1135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1135-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning a blind eye: Authors have blinkered view of blinding
	Stephen J Senn
	BMJ  2004;328:1135-1136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1135-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning a blind eye: Authors' reply
	Dean Fergusson, Kathleen Cranley Glass, Duff Waring, Stan Shapiro
	BMJ  2004;328:1136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1136 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning a blind eye: Why we don't test for blindness at the end of our trials
	David L Sackett
	BMJ  2004;328:1136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1136-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Competing interests] FREE

	We are not "amueslied"
	Alice M Walsh, Jonathan R Hincks
	BMJ  2004;328:1136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1136-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	College proposes better deal for acute medical patients
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;328:1091, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1091 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Companies offer surgeons incentives to use their prostheses
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1091, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1091-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:1092, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1092 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctors charged with planning to kill a patient for his kidneys
	Andrew Osborn
	BMJ  2004;328:1092, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1092-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Half of Russia's doctors face sack in healthcare reforms
	Andrew Osborn
	BMJ  2004;328:1092, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1092-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Newer hypnotics no better for insomnia than short acting benzodiazepines
	Liza Gibson
	BMJ  2004;328:1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1093 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NICE gives guidance on use of new antiepileptic drugs in children
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1093-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Mentally ill offenders are being wrongly held in prisons
	Paul Stephenson
	BMJ  2004;328:1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1095-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	A lawyer with the Hygeia touch
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;328:1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1096 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	US universities get round regulations on stem cell research
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1094 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	NHS meets financial targets, but some trusts could do better
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1094-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	UK government endorses national exercise regime
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1094-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	New EU trials database is criticised for lack of openness
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1094-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Open access could reduce cost of scientific publishing
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1094, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1094-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Health agencies end in-fighting on malaria
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2004;328:1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1095 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Patients with type 2 diabetes should take statins
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1095-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Patients will be able to report drugs' side effects
	Keren Williams
	BMJ  2004;328:1095, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1095-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Training carers of stroke patients: randomised controlled trial
	Lalit Kalra, Andrew Evans, Inigo Perez, Anne Melbourn, Anita Patel, Martin Knapp, Nora Donaldson
	BMJ  2004;328:1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1099 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: The CONSORT table] FREE

	Training care givers of stroke patients: economic evaluation
	Anita Patel, Martin Knapp, Andrew Evans, Inigo Perez, Lalit Kalra
	BMJ  2004;328:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1102 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Health economics checklist] FREE

	Predictors for the development of microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria in patients with type 1 diabetes: inception cohort study
	Peter Hovind, Lise Tarnow, Peter Rossing, Berit Ruud Jensen, Malene Graae, Inge Torp, Christian Binder, Hans-Henrik Parving
	BMJ  2004;328:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38070.450891.FE, (Published 19 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Variations in the hospital management of self harm in adults in England: observational study
	Olive Bennewith, David Gunnell, Tim Peters, Keith Hawton, Allan House
	BMJ  2004;328:1108-1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1108 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of sampling process] FREE

Dr Foster's case notes

This week's Dr Foster's case notes

	Some way to go for consistent implementation of guidance on hip fracture
	Alex Bottle, Brian Jarman, Paul Aylin, Roger Taylor
	BMJ  2004;328:1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1097 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ family highlights

This week's BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;328:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1098 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Influence of socioeconomic deprivation on the primary care burden and treatment of patients with a diagnosis of heart failure in general practice in Scotland: population based study
	F A McAlister, N F Murphy, C R Simpson, S Stewart, K MacIntyre, M Kirkpatrick, J Chalmers, A Redpath, S Capewell, J J V McMurray
	BMJ  2004;328:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38043.414074.EE, (Published 23 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Valuable insights from morbidity coding in primary care
	Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2004;328:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38084.560475.55, (Published 23 April 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Management of diastolic heart failure in older adults
	Ali Ahmed
	BMJ  2004;328:1114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1114 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Ergonomics in medicine and surgery
	Robert Stone, Rory McCloy
	BMJ  2004;328:1115-1118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1115 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional information] FREE

	ABC of rheumatology: Low back pain
	Cathy Speed
	BMJ  2004;328:1119-1121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1119 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms in men
	J J Earnshaw, E Shaw, M R Whyman, K R Poskitt, B P Heather
	BMJ  2004;328:1122-1124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1122 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lessons from developing nations on improving health care
	Donald M Berwick
	BMJ  2004;328:1124-1129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1124 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Linking disease control programmes in rural Africa: a pro-poor strategy to reach Abuja targets and millennium development goals
	David H Molyneux, Vinand M Nantulya
	BMJ  2004;328:1129-1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1129 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further examples of programmes] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Patrick Trevor-Roper
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2004;328:1137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1137 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	James Brunskill Brierley
	D I Graham
	BMJ  2004;328:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1138 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Samuel Howard Davies
	Christopher A Ludlam
	BMJ  2004;328:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1138-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	David Hewspear
	John Lester
	BMJ  2004;328:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1138-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Francis Robert Stanley Knight
	Julia Kilby
	BMJ  2004;328:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1138-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Matthew McLearie
	Roeland Raymakers
	BMJ  2004;328:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1138-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Wendy Scott
	C Beard
	BMJ  2004;328:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1138-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William Buchanan Smellie
	Ruth Affleck, Mary Taylor
	BMJ  2004;328:1138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1138-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: Escape Fire: Designs for the Future of Health Care
	David Woods
	BMJ  2004;328:1139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1139 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Autism and Creativity: Is there a Link between Autism in Men and Exceptional Ability?
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2004;328:1139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1139-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: What Price Better Health? Hazards of the Research Imperative
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2004;328:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1140 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: Media hype? It's not as bad as it seems
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:1140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1140-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: Are we creating a health pariah class?
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2004;328:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1141 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: I don't know much, but this I do know
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2004;328:1141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1141-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1142 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: LMW heparin effective for pulmonary embolus
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: Reduction of dislocations immediately after the accident
	Walter G. Walford
	BMJ  2004;328:1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1113-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Deafness makes you depressed
	Simon Barley
	BMJ  2004;328:1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1132 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Every breath you take
	BMJ  2004;328:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1104 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Interactive case report: Treatment of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
	BMJ  2004;328:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1104-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clustering of common risk factors does not explain risk of CHD
	BMJ  2004;328:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1104-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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