This week's This week in the BMJ

	First line treatment for COPD should be NPPV [Full text] FREE

	Confused GPs are afraid to diagnose heart failure [Full text] FREE

	Waiting lists: money is not the problem [Full text] FREE

	Scotophobic children may be night blind [Full text] FREE

	WHO strikes back [Full text] FREE

	All time low for gynaecology [Full text] FREE

	Top 10 tips for a computerised NHS [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	The causes of autism spectrum disorders
	Peter Szatmari
	BMJ  2003;326:173-174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.173 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Governance for NHS foundation trusts
	Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  2003;326:174-175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.174 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reinstitutionalisation in mental health care
	Stefan Priebe, Trevor Turner
	BMJ  2003;326:175-176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.175 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ Learning
	Edward Briffa, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2003;326:176-177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.176 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	K Suresh Babu, Anoop J Chauhan
	BMJ  2003;326:177-178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.177 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Open letter to Tony Blair: Call to prevent escalating violence
	Carolyn Stephens
	BMJ  2003;326:220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.220 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Signatories names]

	Doctors and computers
	Jan K Melichar, Mark Bland
	BMJ  2003;326:220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.220/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rethinking management
	Ian H Kunkler, F C Gray Southon, John L Appleby, Russell D Lutchman
	BMJ  2003;326:221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.221 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk factors for cot death increase danger from infection
	C Caroline Blackwell, Anthony Busuttil, Donald M Weir
	BMJ  2003;326:222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.222 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt
	Graham A MacGregor, Feng J He, Ivan J Perry, M R Law, N J Wald, Lee Hooper, Christopher Bartlett, George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2003;326:222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.222/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Indian objection to export of human tissue for research
	Peter Forster, Ganapati Mudur, Garga Chatterjee
	BMJ  2003;326:224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.224 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics dialogue between rich and poor countries is overdue
	Marianne Haslegrave, John Havard
	BMJ  2003;326:225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.225 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Issues relating to abortions are complicated in Nigeria
	Idris Mohammed
	BMJ  2003;326:225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.225/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Health professionals challenge US smallpox vaccination plan
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2003;326:179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.179 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Industry is deeply involved in funding US research
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;326:179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.179/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.180 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Paediatrician calls for shake up in handling child abuse cases
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;326:180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.180/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Police uncover large scale organ trafficking in Punjab
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2003;326:180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.180/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Adjuvant chemotherapy improves survival in early ovarian cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.181 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA halts gene therapy trials after leukaemia case in France
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;326:181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.181/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Restoring the profession's self esteem
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2003;326:183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.183 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Taking up cudgels for peace
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	The market for medical journals is anticompetitive, says expert
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.182 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Pro-tobacco editorial content of young men�s magazines rises by 70% between 1991 and 2000
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.182/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	"Author pays" may be the new science publishing model
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2003;326:182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.182/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US health care should focus on 20 areas to increase impact
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.182/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Older women less likely to receive chemotherapy for breast cancer
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Changing prescription software to favour generics could save Australia £40m a year
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184/b [Extract] [Full text]

	States organise joint non-profit prescription plan to cut drug costs
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Study reports on use of "touch screen" health kiosks
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Babies born after fertility treatment run increased risk of genetic disorder
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Learning disability task force criticises draft mental health bill
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184/f [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS and local government try to stop introduction of "bed blocking" fines
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184/g [Extract] [Full text]

	Race for world�s top health post narrows to five
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;326:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.184/h [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Barriers to accurate diagnosis and effective management of heart failure in primary care: qualitative study
	Ahmet Fuat, A Pali S Hungin, Jeremy James Murphy
	BMJ  2003;326:196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.196 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Identifying depression in primary care: a comparison of different methods in a prospective cohort study
	Verena Henkel, Roland Mergl, Ralf Kohnen, Wolfgang Maier, Hans-Jürgen Möller, Ulrich Hegerl
	BMJ  2003;326:200-201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.200 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Ten ways to improve information technology in the NHS • Commentary: improve the quality of the consultation • Commentary: Clinical focus might make it work
	Azeem Majeed, Simon de Lusignan, Sheila Teasdale
	BMJ  2003;326:202-206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.202 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Onchocerciasis
	Achim Hoerauf, Dietrich W Büttner, Ohene Adjei, Eric Pearlman
	BMJ  2003;326:207-210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.207 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figures and extra references]

	Lesson of the week: Fear of the dark in children: is stationary night blindness the cause?
	Sikander S Sidiki, Ruth Hamilton, Gordon N Dutton
	BMJ  2003;326:211-212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.211 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Applying educational theory in practice
	David M Kaufman
	BMJ  2003;326:213-216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.213 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Geese of a different feather
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2003;326:231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.231/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	A tabloid story
	Geoffrey Hulman
	BMJ  2003;326:231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.231 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	WHO responds
	Denis Aitken
	BMJ  2003;326:217-218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.217 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics Notes: Interaction revisited: the difference between two estimates
	Douglas G Altman, J Martin Bland
	BMJ  2003;326:219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.219 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.232 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM: Single, small adenoma low risk for recurrent colon polyps
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.0/h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Man's chief occupation
	BMJ  2003;326:188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.188/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;326:194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.194/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Anaesthesia and swearing
	BMJ  2003;326:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.200/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: An act of creation
	BMJ  2003;326:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.202/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The patient's referral letter
	William Murdoch
	BMJ  2003;326:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.206 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Mark Twain on evidence based practice
	BMJ  2003;326:211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.211/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Man hater
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2003;326:216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.216 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Visible signs of illness from the 14th to the 20th century: systematic review of portraits
	BMJ  2003;326:212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.212 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Photofinish
	BMJ  2003;326:212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.212/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: The Lost Prince
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2003;326:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.229/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Transitions in End of Life Care: Hospice and Related Developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
	Zbigniew Zylicz
	BMJ  2003;326:228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.228 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Complexity and Healthcare: An Introduction
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2003;326:228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.228/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.229 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	War and learning
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

JOURNAL

This week's JOURNAL

	Journal: War of words over Iraq
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2003;326:230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.230 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Bioterrorism
	Giselle Jones
	BMJ  2003;326:230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.230/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Henk Leenen
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;326:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.226 [Extract] [Full text]

	Philip England Anderson
	Philip Ross
	BMJ  2003;326:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.226/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Fritz Karl Michael Hillenbrand
	Peter Hillenbrand
	BMJ  2003;326:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.226/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robin ("Bobby") Eliot Irvine
	Theodore Strouthidis, Brian Livesley
	BMJ  2003;326:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.226/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Desmond Lucey
	R P Cookson
	BMJ  2003;326:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.226/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Joseph O'Brien
	BMJ  2003;326:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.226/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Gerald Oliver Rosenvinge
	Henry Rosenvinge and Melanie Rosenvinge
	BMJ  2003;326:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.226/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Donald Herron Young
	Marjorie Young
	BMJ  2003;326:226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.226/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation to treat respiratory failure resulting from exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis
	Josephine V Lightowler, Jadwiga A Wedzicha, Mark W Elliott, Felix S F Ram
	BMJ  2003;326:185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.185 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data
	Richard M Martin, Jonathan A C Sterne, David Gunnell, Shah Ebrahim, George Davey Smith, Stephen Frankel
	BMJ  2003;326:188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.188 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

	Case fatality rates after admission to hospital with stroke: linked database study
	Stephen E Roberts, Michael J Goldacre
	BMJ  2003;326:193-194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.193 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra tables] FREE

	Career choices of United Kingdom medical graduates of 1999 and 2000: questionnaire surveys
	Trevor W Lambert, Michael J Goldacre, Gill Turner
	BMJ  2003;326:194-195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7382.194 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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