This week's This week in the BMJ

	Multifactorial intervention fails to prevent falls [Full text] FREE

	Hip protectors reduce fractures [Full text] FREE

	Consent is essential in intimate examinations [Full text] FREE

	Secondary prevention clinics reduce coronary events and death [Full text] FREE

	Patients with hyperlipidaemia respond poorly to aspirin [Full text] FREE

	Consider stigma due to scars [Full text] FREE

	Ecstasy deaths are most common in young white men [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Drug treatment of hypertension
	Bryan Williams
	BMJ  2003;326:61-62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.61 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intimate examinations and other ethical challenges in medical education
	Peter A Singer
	BMJ  2003;326:62-63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.62 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New edicts for letters to the editor
	Sharon Davies
	BMJ  2003;326:63-64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.63 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Testing new pharmaceutical products in children
	Alastair G Sutcliffe
	BMJ  2003;326:64-65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.64 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Racism and health
	Kwame McKenzie
	BMJ  2003;326:65-66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.65 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Preventing obesity
	Carol M Campbell, Kristin Becker, Gema Frühbeck, Alberto Diez-Caballero, Javier Gómez-Ambrosi, Javier A Cienfuegos, Javier Salvador
	BMJ  2003;326:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.102 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient centred approach may help in hypertension
	Tom Lewis, Richard Woof
	BMJ  2003;326:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.103 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The exiled tribe: don't forget overseas members of the BMA
	Stephen Kisely
	BMJ  2003;326:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.103/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Involving patients can work in home blood glucose testing
	David Kerr
	BMJ  2003;326:103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.103/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Violence as a public health problem
	Jonathan Shepherd, David C Reardon, Peter Davies, Graham V Vimpani
	BMJ  2003;326:104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.104 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vaccine induced protection against hepatitis B
	Pierre Van Damme, Jangu E Banatvala
	BMJ  2003;326:105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.105 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case report showed Muehrcke's nails, not Beau's lines
	Matthias Möhrenschlager, Dietrich Abeck, Johannes Ring
	BMJ  2003;326:105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.105/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Referees make journal clubs fun
	Luis S Gonzalez, III
	BMJ  2003;326:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.106 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cycle of abuse goes on
	Derrick Martin, Anisur Rahman
	BMJ  2003;326:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.106/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why are miraculous cures mainly of cancer?
	Anthony Campbell
	BMJ  2003;326:106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.106/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	US doctor warns of misuse of prescribed stimulants
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;326:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.67 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug companies defend rewards to doctors for switching treatments
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;326:67, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.67/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Animal rights activist is removed from government committee
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2003;326:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.68/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More doctors is not the answer to the EU Working Time Directive
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2003;326:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.68/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cigarette possession becomes illegal for Novia Scotia's under 19s
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;326:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.69 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Over half of costs related to lung cancer is due to smoking, says US study
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.69/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Being "tired of life" is not grounds for euthanasia
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;326:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.71/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK improves cancer control
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.72 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Drug linked to child deaths is still available in India
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2003;326:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.70 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Pacemaker pinpoints time of death in murder case
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.70/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Patients to get a greater say in England�s health care
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2003;326:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.70/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israeli committee maps out healthcare reforms
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2003;326:70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.70/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US study shows 10-fold increase in autism over the past 20 years
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.71 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Women are less likely than men to have rehabilitation after a heart attack
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:71, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.71/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Lager may lower risk of heart attack
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2003;326:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.72/a [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Secondary prevention clinics for coronary heart disease: four year follow up of a randomised controlled trial in primary care
	Peter Murchie, Neil C Campbell, Lewis D Ritchie, Julie A Simpson, Joan Thain
	BMJ  2003;326:84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.84 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Skin scarring
	A Bayat, D A McGrouther, M W J Ferguson
	BMJ  2003;326:88-92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.88 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: An example of a scar assessment guide]

	ABC of antithrombotic therapy: Antithrombotic therapy in special circumstances. IIIn children, thrombophilia, and miscellaneous conditions
	Bernd Jilma, Sridhar Kamath, Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  2003;326:93-96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.93 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Medical heroes
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2003;326:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.111/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Analogies in medicine
	James D R Rose
	BMJ  2003;326:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.111 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	The ethics of intimate examinationsteaching tomorrow's doctors • Commentary: Respecting the patient's integrity is the key • Commentary: Teaching pelvic examinationputting the patient first
	Yvette Coldicott, Catherine Pope, Clive Roberts, Britt-Ingjerd Nesheim, Jane MacDougall
	BMJ  2003;326:97-101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.97 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.112 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM: Measurements of ear temperature are not reliable
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.0/h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What is a good death?
	BMJ  2003;326:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.65/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Lord Balfour and vaccination
	BMJ  2003;326:76, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.76/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A necessity
	BMJ  2003;326:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.82/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Was it something you ate?
	Geraldine Lindley
	BMJ  2003;326:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.87 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Using brown snakes to organise patient-free days
	John Fraser
	BMJ  2003;326:92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.92 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The first of the fortunate
	David Scarfe
	BMJ  2003;326:101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.101 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.75 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making progress with competing interests
	BMJ  2003;326:75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.75/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Faltering steps towards partnerships
	BMJ  2003;326:75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.75/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Broadcasters block Asian health soap opera
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2003;326:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.110 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Pure Madness: How Fear Drives the Mental Health System
	Nigel Lester
	BMJ  2003;326:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.109 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Please Don't Break My Other Leg! A Guide to Empathising with Patients
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2003;326:109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.109/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	A doctor ponders, a journalist reveals
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

This week's HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2003;326:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.110/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Paul Atkins
	John Goodwill, Robin Downie
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Anthony Harrie William Babington
	Pauline Babington
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Isobel Porritt Beswick
	J E McLaughlin
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Bingham
	Ronald McRae
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Robert Bird • Ann Christina Bushell
	Nigel Jowett
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Raymond Dudley Blachford
	John Harrison
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Heather Elliott
	Derek Allen, Roy Lyness
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harold Gilbert
	Peter Gilbert
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Clifford Ham
	A J Barry, K T Evans
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Geoffrey Ian Mair
	Richard Sloan
	BMJ  2003;326:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Elaine Oenone Stewart (née Earengey)
	R M Stewart
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/j [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Edgar Leon Udwin
	Henry R Rollin
	BMJ  2003;326:107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.107/k [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Multifactorial intervention after a fall in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia presenting to the accident and emergency department: randomised controlled trial
	Fiona E Shaw, John Bond, David A Richardson, Pamela Dawson, I Nicholas Steen, Ian G McKeith, Rose Anne Kenny
	BMJ  2003;326:73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.73 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect on hip fractures of increased use of hip protectors in nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Gabriele Meyer, Andrea Warnke, R Bender, I Mühlhauser
	BMJ  2003;326:76, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.76 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acknowledgement of "no fault" medical injury: review of patients' hospital records in New Zealand
	Peter Davis, Roy Lay-Yee, Alastair Scott, Robin Briant, Stephan Schug
	BMJ  2003;326:79-80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.79 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Screening criteria] FREE

	Review of deaths related to taking ecstasy, England and Wales, 1997-2000
	Fabrizio Schifano, Adenekan Oyefeso, Lucy Webb, Mike Pollard, John Corkery, A Hamid Ghodse
	BMJ  2003;326:80-81, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent changes in lung cancer incidence for south Asians: a population based register study
	Lucy K Smith, Michael D Peake, Johannes L Botha
	BMJ  2003;326:81-82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.81 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research pointers: Platelet responsiveness to aspirin in patients with hyperlipidaemia
	Maribeth Friend, Ivana Vucenik, Michael Miller
	BMJ  2003;326:82-83, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.82 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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