My last choice
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	New ethics committee regulations hinder research [Full text] FREE

	What would you tell Mrs Prior? [Full text] FREE

	Dronabinol has a modest analgesic effect in multiple sclerosis [Full text] FREE

	Suicide rates in people with schizophrenia have declined [Full text] FREE

	Nurses using oesophageal Doppler improve outcome after heart surgery [Full text] FREE

	Training doctors did not improve careseeking in mothers [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Clinical research under the cosh again
	Charles Warlow
	BMJ  2004;329:241-242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.241 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Travelling but never arriving: reflections of a retiring editor
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;329:242-244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.242 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fine needle aspiration cytology in cancer diagnosis
	Derek E Roskell, Ian D Buley
	BMJ  2004;329:244-245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.244 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The future of psychotherapy in the NHS
	Sandy Goldbeck-Wood, Peter Fonagy
	BMJ  2004;329:245-246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.245 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases: Fine needle aspiration has its place
	Álvaro Sanz, María L del Valle
	BMJ  2004;329:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.290 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases: BMJ enters arena of tabloid journalism
	Anton E Joseph
	BMJ  2004;329:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.290-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases: Damage is done now
	Simon Knowles
	BMJ  2004;329:290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.290-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases: Authors' reply
	M S Metcalfe, F H G Bridgewater, E J Mullin, G J Maddern
	BMJ  2004;329:290-291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.290-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Social class and elective caesareans in the NHS: Analysis is not really about social class
	Alison J Macfarlane
	BMJ  2004;329:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.291 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Social class and elective caesareans in the NHS: Dr Foster is cheap and offensive
	John M Grant
	BMJ  2004;329:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.291-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Social class and elective caesareans in the NHS: Authors' reply
	Paul Aylin, Brian Jarman, Alex Bottle, Katherine Barley
	BMJ  2004;329:291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.291-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treatment of minor burns: Dressings do not need to stick
	Alan M Leaman
	BMJ  2004;329:291-292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.291-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treatment of minor burns: Treatment of burns is controversial
	Alberto Apostoli, Claudia Caula
	BMJ  2004;329:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.292 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treatment of minor burns: Authors' reply
	Jackie Hudspith, Sukh Rayatt
	BMJ  2004;329:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.292-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness: Is road of initiative paved with good intentions?
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2004;329:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.292-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness: An unlikely public healthcare initiative
	John R Broomfield
	BMJ  2004;329:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.292-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness: Bush's sanity test is revealed
	Archie W Julien
	BMJ  2004;329:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.292-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;329:292-293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.292-e [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Good news is often ignored
	Felicity Reynolds
	BMJ  2004;329:293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.293 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hope of prevention training in South Asia
	Sunita Dodani, Chandrakant Pandav, Sisira Siribaddana, Ronald E LaPorte, Paras Pokharel
	BMJ  2004;329:293-294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.293-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Don't believe us
	David L Sackett
	BMJ  2004;329:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.294 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Is the bubble due to burst for medical research funding?
	Bruce G Charlton, Peter Andras
	BMJ  2004;329:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.294-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors are not scientists but we still need science
	David L J Freed
	BMJ  2004;329:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.294-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Scandals have eroded US public's confidence in drug industry
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.247 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Health experts warn of disease as worst flooding in years hits Bangladesh
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;329:247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.247-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.248 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	WHO wants more palliative care for Europeans
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;329:248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.248-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Report calls for more care for people wanting to die at home
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.248-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	French surgeons are set to strike
	Brad Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;329:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.249 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Sexually transmitted diseases continue to rise
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.249-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Rape victims in Sudan face life of stigma, says report
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;329:251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.251-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	WHO uses work on tuberculosis in Lima as model for tackling AIDS
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;329:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.252 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Childhood exposure to smoke may increase risk of back pain in later life
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.250 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Life expectancy in Great Britain rises—but later years are still spent in poor health
	Karen Hébert
	BMJ  2004;329:250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.250-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Bush signs law to protect US from bioterrorism
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;329:250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.250-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Combination anticoagulation therapy doubles risk of bleeding in patients at high risk of stroke
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;329:250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.250-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Fertilisation authority rules in favour of embryo selection for tissue donation
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;329:251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.251 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Government confirms second case of vCJD transmitted by blood transfusion
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;329:251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.251-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Canadian RCTs to have new registration rules
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;329:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.252-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Audit report criticises India's slow progress on AIDS
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2004;329:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.252-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Health secretary cuts number of targets in a move to local health plans
	Madeline Brettingham
	BMJ  2004;329:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.252-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	"Arm's length" NHS bodies to be abolished in spending cull
	Karen Hébert
	BMJ  2004;329:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.252-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New US Medicare policy changes ruling that obesity is not an illness
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.252-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New minister to tackle Poland's healthcare crisis
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;329:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.252-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Indian doctor's decision to "self test" AIDS vaccine decried as unethical
	Ganapati Murdur
	BMJ  2004;329:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.252-g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Does the cannabinoid dronabinol reduce central pain in multiple sclerosis? Randomised double blind placebo controlled crossover trial
	Kristina B Svendsen, Troels S Jensen, Flemming W Bach
	BMJ  2004;329:253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38149.566979.AE, (Published 16 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Science commentary: High hopes for cannabinoid analgesia
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2004;329:257-258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38168.627292.0B, (Published 16 July 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial assessing the impact of a nurse delivered, flow monitored protocol for optimisation of circulatory status after cardiac surgery
	Moira McKendry, Helen McGloin, Debbie Saberi, Libby Caudwell, Anthony R Brady, Mervyn Singer
	BMJ  2004;329:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38156.767118.7C, (Published 8 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Change in suicide rates for patients with schizophrenia in Denmark, 1981-97: nested case-control study
	Merete Nordentoft, Thomas Munk Laursen, Esben Agerbo, Ping Qin, Eyd Hansen Høyer, Preben Bo Mortensen
	BMJ  2004;329:261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38133.622488.63, (Published 22 June 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: Photo-onycholysis associated with the use of doxycycline
	Anneke Passier, Astri Smits-van Herwaarden, Eugène van Puijenbroek
	BMJ  2004;329:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.265 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Impact of counselling on careseeking behaviour in families with sick children: cluster randomised trial in rural India
	Pavitra Mohan, Sharad D Iyengar, Jose Martines, Simon Cousens, Kalpana Sen
	BMJ  2004;329:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38149.703380.47, (Published 20 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: A child health card] FREE

	Commentary: Advice to parents has limited effect—where next?
	Paul Little
	BMJ  2004;329:269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.269 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Evidence based case report: Corticosteroids for HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome
	Timothy L Clenney, Anthony J Viera
	BMJ  2004;329:270-272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.270 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interactive case report: Abnormal liver function found after an unplanned consultation: case presentation
	James Heathcote
	BMJ  2004;329:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.273 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of burns: Burns reconstruction
	Juan P Barret
	BMJ  2004;329:274-276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.274 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Academic medicine campaign: Obstacles to conducting epidemiological research in the UK general population
	Hester J T Ward, Simon N Cousens, Blaire Smith-Bathgate, Margaret Leitch, Dawn Everington, Robert G Will, Peter G Smith
	BMJ  2004;329:277-279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.277 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The other face of research governance
	Alysun M Jones, Bryony Bamford
	BMJ  2004;329:280-281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.280 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: View from the research and development office
	Tony Soteriou
	BMJ  2004;329:281-282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.281 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bureaucracy of ethics applications
	David S Wald
	BMJ  2004;329:282-284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.282 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Better support for investigators is essential
	Sarah Meredith
	BMJ  2004;329:285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.285 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research ethics paperwork: what is the plot we seem to have lost?
	Konrad Jamrozik
	BMJ  2004;329:286-287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.286 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ethical review of research into rare genetic disorders
	M Parker, R Ashcroft, A O M Wilkie, A Kent
	BMJ  2004;329:288-289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.288 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	William Einar Miall
	Tom Meade, Stan Peart
	BMJ  2004;329:295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.295 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Michael Shirley Adams
	Anthony J Moon
	BMJ  2004;329:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.296 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Tim Cullinan
	Peter Drury
	BMJ  2004;329:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.296-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Nicholas Mark Hone
	Nicholas Mark Hone
	BMJ  2004;329:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.296-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Archibald McDougall
	Ross McDougall
	BMJ  2004;329:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.296-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Thomas Reynolds
	W G Donald
	BMJ  2004;329:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.296-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Pendered Stephens
	J G Taylor
	BMJ  2004;329:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.296-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: In the Shadow of "Just Wars": Violence, Politics and Humanitarian Action; Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action
	Johan von Schreeb
	BMJ  2004;329:297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.297 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Why failed asylum seekers must not be denied access to the NHS
	Paul D Williams
	BMJ  2004;329:298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.298 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2004;329:298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.298-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Where can we publish?
	Samer Jabbour
	BMJ  2004;329:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.299 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Saving lives on the Silk Road
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2004;329:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.299-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Open hernia repair better than laparoscopic
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	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;329:264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.264 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: Coin debaser and quack doctor
	BMJ  2004;329:265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.265-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Give a disease a bad name
	H V Wyatt
	BMJ  2004;329:272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.272 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	bmjlearning.com: None of the above?
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;329:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.273-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	When Dr Mopp tried to get into research
	Markus Hesseling
	BMJ  2004;329:279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.279 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medscape conference coverage: Digestive Disease Week 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana
	BMJ  2004;329:284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.284 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Improvement of the practice of medicine
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2004;329:285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.285-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The truth is not always a beautiful thing
	Gregor Walker
	BMJ  2004;329:287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7460.287 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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