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This week's Editor's choice

Do mistakes matter?
Kamran Abbasi
BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.0-g
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This week's Editorials

Whole body magnetic resonance imaging
Stephen J Eustace, Erik Nelson
BMJ  2004;328:1387-1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1387
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Eradicating H pylori
Brendan Delaney, Paul Moayyedi
BMJ  2004;328:1388-1389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1388
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Choice and equity: lessons from long term care
Christopher Deeming, Justin Keen
BMJ  2004;328:1389-1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1389
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A firm foundation for senior house officers
Derek Gallen, Ed Peile
BMJ  2004;328:1390-1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1390
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Tackling the next influenza pandemic
Ran D Balicer, Michael Huerta, Itamar Grotto
BMJ  2004;328:1391-1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1391
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Data protection, informed consent, and research: Data Protection Act does not bar medical research
Stewart Room
BMJ  2004;328:1437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1437
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Data protection, informed consent, and research: Interpretation of legislation should reflect patients' views
Jonathan Fletcher, Joanna Marriott, David Phillips
BMJ  2004;328:1437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1437-a
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Sharing electronic health records: Confidentiality is big issue
Derek F H Pheby
BMJ  2004;328:1437-1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1437-b
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Sharing electronic health records: Author's reply
Trina Adams
BMJ  2004;328:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1438
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Managing nocturia: Nocturia is a symptom, not a diagnosis
Neil W Matheson
BMJ  2004;328:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1438-a
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Managing nocturia: Article is removed from clinical practice
Roger Walker
BMJ  2004;328:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1438-b
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Managing nocturia: Authors' reply
Lisa M Gillen, Serge P Marinkovic, Stuart L Stanton
BMJ  2004;328:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1438-c
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Hypocalcaemia after intravenous bisphosphonate: Read the product information first
Shazia Breay
BMJ  2004;328:1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1439
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Hypocalcaemia after intravenous bisphosphonate: Lesson to be learnt
Cameron Fergus
BMJ  2004;328:1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1439-a
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Hypocalcaemia after intravenous bisphosphonate: Adjuvant bisphosphonate is not currently accepted practice
Carlo Palmieri, Tony Dhillon, Charles Coombes, David Vigushin
BMJ  2004;328:1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1439-b
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Hypocalcaemia after intravenous bisphosphonate: Authors' reply
Rajesh Peter, Vinita Mishra, William D Fraser
BMJ  2004;328:1439-1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1439-c
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Hospital management of self harm in adults in England: Study contains important data not reported in the paper
Alex J Mitchell
BMJ  2004;328:1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1440
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Hospital management of self harm in adults in England: Authors' reply
Olive Bennewith, David Gunnell, Tim Peters, Keith Hawton, Allan House
BMJ  2004;328:1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1440-a
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Am I breaking the law again?
Michael Irwin
BMJ  2004;328:1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1440-b
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Doctor charged with misconduct over murder claim
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2004;328:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1393
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In brief
BMJ  2004;328:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1394
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Thyroid cancer has increased 12-fold in women since Chernobyl
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2004;328:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1394-a
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Early localised prostate cancer may accelerate after 15 years
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2004;328:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1394-b
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GlaxoSmithKline faces US lawsuit over concealment of trial results
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2004;328:1395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1395
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Report shows strong sex differences in teenage health behaviour
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2004;328:1395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1395-a
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Smoking habits of ethnic groups lead to higher risk of heart disease
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2004;328:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1397-b
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Charity suspends work in Afghanistan after five staff are killed
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398
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Pain control often neglected in war areas
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398-a
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Safest and cheapest antiemetics should be used first for postoperative nausea
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396
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GPs should have greater role in commissioning hospital services
Debashis Singh
BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396-a
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New centre is set up to promote evidence based surgery in the United Kingdom
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396-b
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Homeless families in England report high levels of depression
Tiago Villanueva
BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396-c
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Coordination needed between primary and secondary care for chronic diseases
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396-d
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West Nile infections are occurring early in North America
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2004;328:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1397
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Doctors demand national screening for chlamydia
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2004;328:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1397-a
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Group set up to facilitate mobility of patients between EU countries
Rory Watson
BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398-b
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Greek authorities probe illegal clinical studies on elderly people
Jane Burgermeister
BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398-c
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US judge says ban on partial birth abortion is unconstitutional
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398-d
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This week's Papers

Systematic review of the relative efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids in the treatment of acute renal colic
Anna Holdgate, Tamara Pollock
BMJ  2004;328:1401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38119.581991.55, (Published 3 June 2004)
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Long term follow up study of survival associated with cleft lip and palate at birth
Kaare Christensen, Knud Juel, Anne Maria Herskind, Jeffrey C Murray
BMJ  2004;328:1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38106.559120.7C, (Published 14 May 2004)
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Meta-analysis of parenteral nutrition versus enteral nutrition in patients with acute pancreatitis
Paul E Marik, Gary P Zaloga
BMJ  2004;328:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38118.593900.55, (Published 2 June 2004)
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Rates of caesarean section and instrumental vaginal delivery in nulliparous women after low concentration epidural infusions or opioid analgesia: systematic review
E H C Liu, A T H Sia
BMJ  2004;328:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38097.590810.7C, (Published 28 May 2004)
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Hospital discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes between 1990 and 2000: population based analysis
N F Murphy, K MacIntyre, S Capewell, S Stewart, J Pell, J Chalmers, A Redpath, S Frame, J Boyd, J J V McMurray
BMJ  2004;328:1413-1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38111.650741.F7, (Published 21 May 2004)
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Gastrointestinal bleeding after the introduction of COX 2 inhibitors: ecological study
Muhammad Mamdani, David N Juurlink, Alex Kopp, Gary Naglie, Peter C Austin, Andreas Laupacis
BMJ  2004;328:1415-1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38068.716262.F7, (Published 11 May 2004)
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DRUG POINTS: Nose bleeds associated with use of risperidone
Mira Harrison-Woolrych, David W J Clark
BMJ  2004;328:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1416
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This week's Dr Foster's case notes

Social class and elective caesareans in the English NHS
Katherine Barley, Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Brian Jarman
BMJ  2004;328:1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1399
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This week's BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals
Harvey Marcovitch
BMJ  2004;328:1400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1400
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This week's Primary care

Randomised controlled trial of effects of Helicobacter pylori infection and its eradication on heartburn and gastro-oesophageal reflux: Bristol helicobacter project
Richard F Harvey, J Athene Lane, Liam J Murray, Ian M Harvey, Jenny L Donovan, Prakash Nair
BMJ  2004;328:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38082.626725.EE, (Published 4 May 2004)
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This week's Clinical review

Kidney stones
Malvinder S Parmar
BMJ  2004;328:1420-1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1420
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Interactive case report: A 64 year old woman with knee pain: case progression
P Tugwell, A M O'Connor, N A Santesso
BMJ  2004;328:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1425
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Lesson of the week: Nalbuphine and slow release morphine
Jason Smith, Henry Guly
BMJ  2004;328:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1426
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ABC of burns: Pathophysiology and types of burns
Shehan Hettiaratchy, Peter Dziewulski
BMJ  2004;328:1427-1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1427
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This week's Education and debate

Chemotherapy for cancer patients who present late
Stella J Bowcock, Charles D Shee, Saad M B Rassam, Peter G Harper
BMJ  2004;328:1430-1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1430
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Hands-on guide to questionnaire research: Reaching beyond the white middle classes
Petra M Boynton, Gary W Wood, Trisha Greenhalgh
BMJ  2004;328:1433-1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1433
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Lorimer Fison
John Talbot
BMJ  2004;328:1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1441
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William Burns
Ronald Hinchcliffe
BMJ  2004;328:1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1441-a
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Charles Terence Anthony Burgess
Priscilla Burgess
BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442
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Anupama Damera
Andy Evans, Simon Smith
BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-a
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Rhys Glyn Davies
Alan Davies
BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-b
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Andrea Obertelli
Peter Galli
BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-c
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Sonia Rollin
Henry R Rollin
BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-d
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Peter Sainsbury
Raj Rathod
BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-e
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John Whewell
David S Strachan
BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-f
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Book: Difficult Consultations with Adolescents
Domhnall MacAuley
BMJ  2004;328:1443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1443
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Book: Moments of Truth: Four Creators of Modern Medicine
Ioana Vlad
BMJ  2004;328:1443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1443-a
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Press: The rise and fall of the health glossies
Joanna Lyall
BMJ  2004;328:1444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1444
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PERSONAL VIEW: A time to live or a time to die?
BMJ  2004;328:1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1445
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SOUNDINGS: CAMRA shy?
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2004;328:1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1445-a
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Minerva
BMJ  2004;328:1446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1446
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This week's Fillers

POEM*: Breast augmentation is unlikely to affect cancer identificaton
BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.0-f
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Northern Ireland—poetic sectarianism
Kishor Choudhari
BMJ  2004;328:1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1414
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Endpiece: The end of the party
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2004;328:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1416-a
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A paediatric emergency
Frances da Cunha
BMJ  2004;328:1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1419
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Endpiece: The doctor within
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2004;328:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1426-a
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Listen to grandmother
John Dewhurst
BMJ  2004;328:1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1436
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This week's Apology

Professor Roger Williams: An Apology
BMJ  2004;328:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1432
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This week's Corrections

The logrank test
BMJ  2004;328:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1412
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Minerva
BMJ  2004;328:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1412-a
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Exploring perspectives on death
BMJ  2004;328:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1412-b
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Editor's choice: No accidents
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2004;328:E300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E300
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Editorial: Balancing mammography's benefits and harms
Joshua J Fenton, Joann G Elmore
BMJ  2004;328:E301-E302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E301
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Editorial: Patient-centered communication
Debra Roter
BMJ  2004;328:E303-E304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E303
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Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
Sidha S Sambandan, Louis I Jones
BMJ  2004;328:E305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E305