This week's This week in the BMJ

	Stomach bugs kill more than estimated [Full text] FREE

	People die differently in different settings [Full text] FREE

	Simple signs predict children's deaths in African hospitals [Full text] FREE

	Patients want their consent sought for use of personal information [Full text] FREE

	Large general practices may not deliver better care [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Congestion charging and the walking classes
	Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2003;326:345-346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.345 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New guidelines on the management of asthma
	P John Rees
	BMJ  2003;326:346-347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.346 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safety and efficacy of interventional procedures
	Bruce Campbell, Guy Maddern
	BMJ  2003;326:347-348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.347 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Not to be taken as directed
	Marshall Marinker, Joanne Shaw
	BMJ  2003;326:348-349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.348 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sudden death in the shadows of epilepsy
	Edward Reynolds
	BMJ  2003;326:349-350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.349 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Indiscriminate investigations have adverse effects
	Julian H Barth, Richard G Jones
	BMJ  2003;326:393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.393 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Simple presentation of test accuracy may lead to inflated disease probabilities
	Lucas M Bachmann, Johann Steurer, Gerben ter Riet
	BMJ  2003;326:393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.393/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of computerised evidence based guidelines
	Jon D Emery, Ian N Purves, Robin Beaumont, Tom Fahey, Liz Mitchell, Frank Sullivan, Alan Montgomery, Peter Gregor, Jacobus T van Wyk, Peter W Moorman, Marc A M van Wijk, Martin P Eccles, Elaine McColl, Nick Steen, Nikki Rousseau, Jeremy Grimshaw, David Parkin
	BMJ  2003;326:394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.394 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Novartis was not in breach of code for "inventing" disease
	Heather Simmonds
	BMJ  2003;326:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.396 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Assortative mating may explain spouses' risk of same disease
	Gonneke Willemsen, Jacqueline M Vink, Dorret I Boomsma
	BMJ  2003;326:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.396/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug misuse should always be considered in young people with impaired consciousness
	Kim Whelan, Alison Jones, Paul Dargan
	BMJ  2003;326:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.396/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unit of analysis errors should be clarified in meta-analyses
	Ruth E Thomas, Craig R Ramsay, Laura McAuley, Jeremy M Grimshaw
	BMJ  2003;326:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.397 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GPs can separate oncological wheat from chaff
	William T Hamilton, Alison P Round, Deborah Sharp, Tim Peters
	BMJ  2003;326:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.397/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Look before you flush
	Mourad Ibrahim Habib
	BMJ  2003;326:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.397/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	US seniors group attacks pharmaceutical industry "fronts"
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2003;326:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.351 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	United Kingdom finally bans tobacco advertising
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;326:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.351/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.352 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Lack of care homes blamed for delays in discharge of old people
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.352/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC suspends doctor for research fraud
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.352/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US given more time to consider cheap drugs deal for poor nations
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;326:353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.353 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Structure of the NHS mirrors feudal society
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.353/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rate of misdiagnosis of childhood epilepsy "may not be unusual"
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.355/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Plans for foundation trusts could spark pay spiral
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2003;326:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.356 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Wellcome Trust announces new award scheme
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2003;326:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.356/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Threat of war is affecting mental health of Iraqi children, says report
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2003;326:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.356/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Creationists accuse biology professor of discrimination
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.354 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Commission plans new controls on supply of genetic tests to the public
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.354/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical Research Council and BMJ sponsor new photographic awards
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2003;326:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.354/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Task force says US academic health centres need major changes
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;326:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.354/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	India launches massive polio vaccine programme
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;326:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.354/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Initiative will fast-track vaccine for childhood diarrhoea in developing world
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2003;326:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.354/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Women fail to recognise risk of heart disease
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.355 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Being a caring doctor may be bad for you
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2003;326:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.355/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Age discrimination difficult to identify, says King�s Fund guide
	Sarah Macdonald
	BMJ  2003;326:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.355/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Consultants call for extra money to be spent on discretionary salary points
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2003;326:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.356/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Report advocates moving NHS to insurance based system
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.356/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Canadian Medical Association tightens control over its journal
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;326:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.356/e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Dying from cancer in developed and developing countries: lessons from two qualitative interview studies of patients and their carers
	Scott A Murray, Elizabeth Grant, Angus Grant, Marilyn Kendall
	BMJ  2003;326:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.368 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between practice size and quality of care of patients with ischaemic heart disease: cross sectional study
	Azeem Majeed, Jeremy Gray, Gareth Ambler, Kevin Carroll, Andrew B Bindman
	BMJ  2003;326:371-372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.371 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Patients' consent preferences for research uses of information in electronic medical records: interview and survey data
	Donald J Willison, Karim Keshavjee, Kalpana Nair, Charlie Goldsmith, Anne M Holbrook
	BMJ  2003;326:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.373 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Leishmaniasis: new approaches to disease control
	Clive R Davies, Paul Kaye, Simon L Croft, Shyam Sundar
	BMJ  2003;326:377-382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.377 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1-w30]

	Lesson of the week: Fatal dysnatraemia caused by elective colonoscopy
	J Carlos Ayus, Robert Levine, Allen I Arieff
	BMJ  2003;326:382-384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.382 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Evaluation
	Jill Morrison
	BMJ  2003;326:385-387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.385 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Busted
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2003;326:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.403/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Life as a medical secretarya new learning experience for the aspiring consultant
	Jonny Alis, Mitch Blair
	BMJ  2003;326:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.403 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Problems with UK government's risk sharing scheme for assessing drugs for multiple sclerosis
	Cathie L M Sudlow, Carl E Counsell
	BMJ  2003;326:388-392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.388 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.404 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM: HRT and antioxidant vitamins increase the risk of cardiovascular disease
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.0/f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;326:357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.357/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The war against quackery in Germany
	BMJ  2003;326:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.365/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	My most unfortunate mistake: Courtesy towards NHS staff is a must
	Cyrus Abbasian
	BMJ  2003;326:372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.372 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Forthcoming BMJ theme issues (provisional dates and titles)
	BMJ  2003;326:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.373/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	My most unfortunate mistake: Sociable medicine
	T L Chambers
	BMJ  2003;326:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.384 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Wholly, holy, holey
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2003;326:392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.392 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Open letter to Tony Blair: Call to prevent escalating violence
	BMJ  2003;326:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.397/c [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Cot Death Mothers: The Witch Hunt
	Richard Wilson
	BMJ  2003;326:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.402 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Heroin Century • Heroin Addiction Care and Control: The British System 1916-1984
	Wayne Hall
	BMJ  2003;326:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.400 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: A History of Scottish Medicine
	Lawrence Weaver
	BMJ  2003;326:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.401 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Enterprising Women: The Garretts and their Circle
	Irene M Peat
	BMJ  2003;326:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.401/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	In praise of dissent
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.0/e [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Traffic congestion
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2003;326:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.402/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Ronald Black
	Agnes Black, David Gillam
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398 [Extract] [Full text]

	Basil George Bagot Christie
	Donald Montgomery, David Goldin
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Phyllis Mary Edwards
	David Walker
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Arthur Swindale ("Stubbs") Hughes
	Janet H Hammond
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Lynne Jacob
	S B Bittiner
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alexander Mavor Knox
	C H Cameron
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Lomax
	Elizabeth Lomax
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Ronald Crum MacLeod
	David MacLeod
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/g [Extract] [Full text]

	Archibald Mckenzie McGregor
	Colin McGregor
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/h [Extract] [Full text]

	Byomkes ("Sona") Mitra
	Lara Mitra, Jim Thirkettle, George Warrington
	BMJ  2003;326:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Joan Gladys Harcourt Norris
	Simon Harcourt-Webster
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/j [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Bernard Joseph Peck
	R D Cohen
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/k [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Graham Sargant
	Helen Sargant
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/l [Extract] [Full text]

	Sam Pullar Smith
	David Anderson
	BMJ  2003;326:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.398/m [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Short and long term mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: registry based study • Commentary: matched cohorts can be useful
	Morten Helms, Pernille Vastrup, Peter Gerner-Smidt, Kåre Mølbak, Stephen Evans
	BMJ  2003;326:357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.357 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prognostic indicators of early and late death in children admitted to district hospital in Kenya: cohort study
	J A Berkley, A Ross, I Mwangi, F H A Osier, M Mohammed, M Shebbe, B S Lowe, K Marsh, C R J C Newton
	BMJ  2003;326:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.361 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cross sectional survey of meningococcal C immunisation in children looked after by local authorities and those living at home
	Catherine M Hill, Mary Mather, Jonathan Goddard
	BMJ  2003;326:364-365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.364 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full data] FREE

	Herd immunity from meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccination in England: database analysis
	Mary E Ramsay, Nick J Andrews, Caroline L Trotter, Edward B Kaczmarski, Elizabeth Miller
	BMJ  2003;326:365-366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.365 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of public education aimed at early diagnosis of malignant melanoma: cohort comparison study
	Rona M MacKie, Caroline A Bray, Joyce A Leman
	BMJ  2003;326:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7385.367 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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