MS drugs are pricey, and more research on patients' is needed [Full text]

	NHS walk-in centres may not reduce workloads [Full text]

	Students don't appraise studies, they just interpret results [Full text]

	Teachers are important role models [Full text]

	Evidence for lowering LDL cholesterol in diabetes is lacking [Full text]

Editorials

	Prognosis after heart transplantation
	Ani Anyanwu, Tom Treasure
	BMJ  2003;326:509-510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.509 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The health of indigenous peoples
	Mason H Durie
	BMJ  2003;326:510-511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.510 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neurocysticercosis
	Julio Sotelo
	BMJ  2003;326:511-512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.511 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Moving beyond single and dual diagnosis in general practice
	Nat Wright, Liam Smeeth, Iona Heath
	BMJ  2003;326:512-514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights
	Harvey Marcovitch, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2003;326:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.514 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Engaging patients with psychosis in consultations
	Gomathinayagam S Rajesh, Rigo van Meer, Steve Moorhead, Rosemarie McCabe, Stefan Priebe
	BMJ  2003;326:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Some screening is necessary to identify excessive drinkers early in primary care
	Nick Heather, Peter Anderson, Antoni Gual, Kaija Seppä
	BMJ  2003;326:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.550 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Current medical treatment for tuberculosis
	Lawrence P Ormerod, Ian A Campbell, Peter D O Davies, Atle Fretheim, Michael D Iseman, Edward Chan, Ruth J Whitfield, Rosemary Khan, Anne Smith, Charlotte F J Rayner
	BMJ  2003;326:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.550/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Meningoencephalitis due to primary HIV infection
	Mark Melzer, Shiobhan O'Shea, Ian Chrystie, Jangu Banatvala, Martin F Brewster
	BMJ  2003;326:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.552 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Care of dying patients
	William G Notcutt, Shahid A Khan
	BMJ  2003;326:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.552/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	State can make drugs available cheaply to poor people
	Saroj Jayasinghe, Shyam Jayasinghe, Pubudu de Silva
	BMJ  2003;326:553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.553 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inversion of emergency pyramid
	Bruce J Finlayson, Adrian Fogarty, Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2003;326:553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.553/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	WHO challenges food industry in report on diet and health
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;326:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.515 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Asia grapples with obesity epidemics
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;326:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.515/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.516 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA warns that too few people know response to a terrorist attack
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.516/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Long term, low intensity warfarin helps against deep vein thrombosis
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.516/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Three trusts deliberately misreported data, says Audit Commission
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.517 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK government advises tighter measures to reduce risk of CJD transmission during neurosurgery
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.517/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	University is criticised for accepting tobacco money
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;326:519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.519/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Second coming for patient power
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2003;326:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.520 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Biological father declared the legal father in IVF mix up
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.518 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bayer is forced to release documents over withdrawal of cerivastatin
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;326:518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.518/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Strong anti-tobacco treaty rejected by two rich nations
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;326:518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.518/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US drug sales continue to rise
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.518/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	No closer to understanding racial bias, admits GMC
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.518/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC stalls on publication of Colman report
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.519 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Negotiators hit the road to explain the proposed GP contract
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2003;326:519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.519/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Scotland opts for a more integrated approach to health care
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2003;326:519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.519/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Health secretary defends plans to create foundation hospitals
	Sarah Macdonald
	BMJ  2003;326:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.520/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Commission publishes damning report on first PFI hospital
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2003;326:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.520/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Water purifying system could save lives in developing countries
	Sarah Macdonald
	BMJ  2003;326:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.520/c [Extract] [Full text]

	India plans to expand private sector in healthcare review
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;326:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.520/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Perinatal mortality in Iraq more than tripled since sanctions
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.520/e [Extract] [Full text]

BMJ family highlights

	BMJ family highlights
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2003;326:521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.521 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Effect of NHS walk-in centre on local primary healthcare services: before and after observational study
	Ronald T Hsu, Paul C Lambert, Mary Dixon-Woods, Jennifer J Kurinczuk
	BMJ  2003;326:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.530 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of NHS walk-in centres on the workload of other local healthcare providers: time series analysis
	Melanie Chalder, Debbie Sharp, Laurence Moore, Chris Salisbury
	BMJ  2003;326:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.532 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Chronic low back pain
	Jo Samanta, Julia Kendall, Ash Samanta
	BMJ  2003;326:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.535 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

	Medical students' application of published evidence: randomised trial
	Alan Schwartz, Jordan Hupert
	BMJ  2003;326:536-538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.536 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis and management of scalp ringworm
	L C Fuller, F J Child, G Midgley, E M Higgins
	BMJ  2003;326:539-541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.539 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Interfering antibodies affecting immunoassays in woman with pet rabbits
	Adrian Park, Mark Edwards, Mandy Donaldson, Mohammad Ghatei, Karim Meeran
	BMJ  2003;326:541-542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.541 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: One to one teaching and feedback
	Jill Gordon
	BMJ  2003;326:543-545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.543 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Complaints
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2003;326:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.557/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	On being a conscientious objector to military service in 1959
	Peter Bruggen
	BMJ  2003;326:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.557 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Multisource feedback: a method of assessing surgical practice
	Claudio Violato, Jocelyn Lockyer, Herta Fidler
	BMJ  2003;326:546-548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.546 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.558 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM: Rate control is better than rhythm control in atrial fibrillation
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.0/f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An ecumenical practice?
	Guy Houghton
	BMJ  2003;326:529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.529 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Canada and the cigarette question
	BMJ  2003;326:541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.541/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Consultant reappraisal 2500 years ago
	BMJ  2003;326:546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.546/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Medication Errors: Lessons for Education and Healthcare
	Tony Avery
	BMJ  2003;326:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.555 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Wine: A Scientific Exploration
	Fred Kavalier
	BMJ  2003;326:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.555/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Forensic Medicine: Clinical and Pathological Aspects
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2003;326:556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.556 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Walking Canada's way
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.0/e [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;326:556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.556/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Peter Harry Abbott
	Sue Armstrong
	BMJ  2003;326:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.554 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Laughlin
	Sarah Goss
	BMJ  2003;326:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.554/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter John Ryan
	Rowena Ryan
	BMJ  2003;326:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.554/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John ("Jack") Ferens Turner
	Anne Turner
	BMJ  2003;326:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.554/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ranger Michael Whelan
	T R Whelan, C B d'A Fearn
	BMJ  2003;326:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.554/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kenneth Dixon Woolas
	Robert P Woolas
	BMJ  2003;326:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.554/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Modelling the cost effectiveness of interferon beta and glatiramer acetate in the management of multiple sclerosis • Commentary: Evaluating disease modifying treatments in multiple sclerosis
	Jim Chilcott, Chris McCabe, Paul Tappenden, Anthony O'Hagan, Nicola J Cooper, Keith Abrams, Karl Claxton, David H Miller
	BMJ  2003;326:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.522 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Revised table] FREE

	Disclosure of financial competing interests in randomised controlled trials: cross sectional review
	Cary P Gross, Anu R Gupta, Harlan M Krumholz
	BMJ  2003;326:526-527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.526 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Total and cause specific mortality among Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: prospective study
	V C M Koot, P H M Peeters, F Granath, D E Grobbee, O Nyren
	BMJ  2003;326:527-528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.527 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Systematic review of lipid lowering for primary prevention of coronary heart disease in diabetes
	Apoor S Gami, Victor M Montori, Patricia J Erwin, Mehmood A Khan, Steven A Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:528-529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.528 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Studies included in the review] FREE

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