Editor's choice Think harm always Richard Smith BMJ  2004;329, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.0-g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   This week in the BMJ This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF] Adverse drug reactions cause too many hospital admissions [Full text] FREE   Uterine rupture is more likely, but not common, after previous caesarean section [Full text] FREE   Forceps and vacuum delivery pose the same mortality risk for babies [Full text] FREE   Does St John's wort interact with conventional drugs? [Full text] FREE   Results of clinical trials are not generalisable [Full text] FREE   Do antidepressants reduce suicide? [Full text] FREE   Editorials The road to health care Luis Gabriel Cuervo, Jeffrey K Aronson BMJ  2004;329:1-2, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Benefits and harms of drug treatments Jan P Vandenbroucke BMJ  2004;329:2-3, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.2 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE   New interventional procedures Tom Dent, Sally Wortley, Bruce Campbell BMJ  2004;329:3-4, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.3 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Pharmacogenetics—expectations and reality Geoff Tucker BMJ  2004;329:4-6, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.4 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Collecting and sharing information about harms Munir Pirmohamed, Janet Darbyshire BMJ  2004;329:6-7, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.6 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE   Assessing the benefit-harm balance at the bedside Yoon Kong Loke BMJ  2004;329:7-8, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional table] FREE   News UK universities agree protocol for tobacco company funding Susan Mayor BMJ  2004;329:9, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.9 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   Drug for Alzheimer's disease is of little benefit, study shows Debashis Singh BMJ  2004;329:9, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.9-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   In brief BMJ  2004;329:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.10 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   Drug marketing practices come under scrutiny Fred Charatan BMJ  2004;329:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.10-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   National Institutes of Health criticised for not preventing conflicts of interest Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ  2004;329:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.10-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   BMA annual representative meeting, Llandudno, 28 June to 1 July: Doctors' careers are blighted by discrimination, says BMA Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2004;329:11, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.11 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   BMA annual representative meeting, Llandudno, 28 June to 1 July: More patients could be treated in the UK if associate specialists' skills were recognised Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2004;329:11, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.11-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   United States brings in new rules to prevent surgical errors Scott Gottlieb BMJ  2004;329:13, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.13-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   UK parties set out their health stalls in lead-up to next election Kathryn Godfrey BMJ  2004;329:14, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.14 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE   News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Opinions on public health are split along class lines Colleen Shannon BMJ  2004;329:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.12 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE   NHS takes makers of generic drugs to court for price fixing Owen Dyer BMJ  2004;329:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.12-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE   Smoking continues to fall among US teens Scott Gottlieb BMJ  2004;329:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.12-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE   Fear of stigma deters US soldiers from seeking help for mental health David Spurgeon BMJ  2004;329:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.12-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE   Doctors mistrust systems for reporting medical mistakes Caroline White BMJ  2004;329:12, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.12-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE   Royal College expresses concern over transfer of out of hours GP services Bruno Rushforth BMJ  2004;329:13, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.13 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE   Young black women have more aggressive breast cancers than white women Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ  2004;329:13, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.13-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged 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Antidepressants and suicide: what is the balance of benefit and harm David Gunnell, Deborah Ashby BMJ  2004;329:34-38, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure showing trends and other data] FREE   Interactive case report: A 64 year old woman with knee pain: case outcome Peter Tugwell, Annette M O'Connor, Nancy A Santesso BMJ  2004;329:38, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.38 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Commentary: Is evidence based patient choice feasible? Peter Cantillon BMJ  2004;329:39, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.39 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Commentary: Decision aids in clinical practice A Cranney BMJ  2004;329:39-40, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.39-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Commentary: Patients' view Nancy Corbett, Diane Deschambault BMJ  2004;329:40, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.40 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Education and debate Balancing benefits and harms in public health prevention programmes mandated by governments Godfrey P Oakley, Jr, Richard B Johnston, Jr BMJ  2004;329:41-43, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.41 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Commentary: silent prevention Nicholas J Wald BMJ  2004;329:43-44, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Detection, verification, and quantification of adverse drug reactions Bruno HCh Stricker, Bruce M Psaty BMJ  2004;329:44-47, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.44 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Systems for drug safety research and references] FREE   Making decisions about benefits and harms of medicines Trisha Greenhalgh, Olga Kostopoulou, Clare Harries BMJ  2004;329:47-50, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Boxes and further references] FREE   Letters This week's letters [PDF] Open letter to Annette King, Minister of Health, New Zealand Andrew Herxheimer BMJ  2004;329:51, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.51 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Affiliations and competing interests] FREE   Postmarketing surveillance is needed Venkoba R Srinivas BMJ  2004;329:51, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.51-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Electronic incident reporting and professional monitoring transforms culture Stephen Bolsin, Andrew Patrick, Bernie Creati, Mark Colson, Leah Freestone BMJ  2004;329:51-52, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.51-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   North-south divide in social inequalities in Great Britain: Divide in social class inequalities may exist but is small J Martin Bland BMJ  2004;329:52, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.52 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   North-south divide in social inequalities in Great Britain: Self perceived health is affected by anxiety and self esteem Michael Croft BMJ  2004;329:52, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.52-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   North-south divide in social inequalities in Great Britain: Health inequalities in Wirral: a living Black report? Anthony G Cummins BMJ  2004;329:52-53, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.52-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   North-south divide in social inequalities in Great Britain: Authors' reply Tim Doran, Frances Drever, Margaret Whitehead BMJ  2004;329:53, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.53 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Fighting obesity: Physical activity has major role Adrian L Davis BMJ  2004;329:53, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.53-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Fighting obesity: Programme to fight obesity in primary care already exists John Broom, David Haslam BMJ  2004;329:53, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.53-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Fighting obesity: Clarification from World Health Organization Catherine Le Gales-Camus, Amalia Waxman BMJ  2004;329:53-54, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.53-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Childhood obesity and consumption of fizzy drinks: Diet is not that important in obesity Des Spence BMJ  2004;329:54, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.54 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Childhood obesity and consumption of fizzy drinks: Play outside to reduce childhood obesity Alan Sutton BMJ  2004;329:54, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.54-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Childhood obesity and consumption of fizzy drinks: Commercial interests have important role Trisha Greenhalgh BMJ  2004;329:54, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.54-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Obituaries This week's obituaries [PDF] Egil Kristian Tynæs Tony Sheldon BMJ  2004;329:55, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.55 [Full text] FREE   Nora George (née Zaytoun) Shirine Azzi BMJ  2004;329:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.56 [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE   Alan Proctor Grant Fiona Rainsbury BMJ  2004;329:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.56-a [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE   Frank Holmes Michael Holmes, Sandy Buchan BMJ  2004;329:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.56-b [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE   Terence Joseph Hypher G M Jeremiah BMJ  2004;329:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.56-c [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE   Cormac McNamara Muiris Houston BMJ  2004;329:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.56-d [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE   Robert Kenneth Roddie Ian Roddie, Hamish Thomson BMJ  2004;329:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.56-e [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE   David Antony Charles Sharpe Christopher Harle, Russell Millner BMJ  2004;329:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.56-f [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE   reviews This week's reviews [PDF] Art: iWITNESS: A Retrospective Photographic Exhibition by Tom Stoddart Sally Hargreaves BMJ  2004;329:57, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.57 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Book: Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes Tim Wilson BMJ  2004;329:58, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.58 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Book: Doctors' Errors and Mistakes of Medicine: Must Health Care Deteriorate? Neville W Goodman BMJ  2004;329:58, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.58-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   PERSONAL VIEW: Balancing the benefits and harms of care Anna Donald BMJ  2004;329:59, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   SOUNDINGS: The good old days Liam Farrell BMJ  2004;329:59, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.59-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE   Minerva BMJ  2004;329:60, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.60 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Fillers POEM*: No long-term benefit shown for bones after HRT BMJ  2004;329, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.0-f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Endpiece: Learning from the world Samiran Nundy BMJ  2004;329:23, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.23 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   One hundred years ago: A museum of security BMJ  2004;329:26, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.26 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   When I use a word: Balancing benefits and harms in health care Jeff Aronson BMJ  2004;329:30, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.30 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Balancing benefits and harms in health care: Webchat BMJ  2004;329:40, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.40-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE   Advice BMJ  2004;329:55, doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7456.55-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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