This week's This week in the BMJ

	Supplementation with only folic acid and iron reduces risk of low birth weight [Full text] FREE

	DOTS-plus is effective only if implementation is optimal [Full text] FREE

	Nursing home residents receive inadequate care [Full text] FREE

	Surgery can be avoided in peripheral arterial disease [Full text] FREE

	NICE may have no impact [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Efficacy of albumin in critically ill patients
	Simon Finfer, Rinaldo Bellomo, John Myburgh, Robyn Norton
	BMJ  2003;326:559-560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.559 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full description of trial]

	Achieving health for children in public care
	Catherine M Hill, Mary Mather
	BMJ  2003;326:560-561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tobacco, coffee, and Parkinson's disease
	Christopher Martyn, Chris Gale
	BMJ  2003;326:561-562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.561 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Massage treatment for back pain
	E Ernst
	BMJ  2003;326:562-563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.562 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fifth international congress on peer review and biomedical publication
	Drummond Rennie, Annette Flanagin, Richard Smith, Jane Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:563-564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.563 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Learning from our patients and each other
	Tessa Richards, Ed Peile
	BMJ  2003;326:564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.564 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Guidance on submitting cases]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Erectile dysfunction: NHS should meet current need before preventing future medical needs
	Brian Hurwitz, Adrian Cook, Richard Ashcroft
	BMJ  2003;326:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.598 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological coping and cancer
	Maggie Watson, Janis Davidson-Homewood, Jo Haviland, Judith Bliss, Alex Mitchell, Manoj Kumar, Mark Petticrew, Ruth Bell, Duncan Hunter
	BMJ  2003;326:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.598/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reconfiguring health systems
	Ian Jardine, Bruce A Swanson
	BMJ  2003;326:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.599 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of trained nurses in preoperative assessment
	Ross K Kerridge, Andrew C Skinner
	BMJ  2003;326:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.600 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Channelling new antidepressants to problem patients may be factor in fatal toxicity
	Eibert R Heerdink, Gerard W K Hugenholtz, Welmoed E E Meijer, Antoine C G Egberts
	BMJ  2003;326:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.600/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Football may influence when patients see a doctor
	Gregor B Jemec
	BMJ  2003;326:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.600/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recommendations on syncope and driving must be observed
	Josie Clare
	BMJ  2003;326:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.601 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient outcomes and population context affect test accuracy
	David Jenkins, Elaine Bentley
	BMJ  2003;326:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.601/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mind and body split
	Philip A Sugarman, Saroj Jayasinghe
	BMJ  2003;326:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.601/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence b(i)ased medicine
	Massimo Porta, James Michelson, Jo Ann Rosenfeld
	BMJ  2003;326:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.602 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Aspirin could be used to prevent cancer
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.565 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA officials argue over safety of new arthritis drug
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2003;326:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.565/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gynaecologist faces inquiry after woman nearly dies after abortion
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.566/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Italy introduces anti-fraud measures
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2003;326:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.566/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Lawyer backs GMC decision to bar member from hearings
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.567 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical council shake up gets under way
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.567/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	African women at high risk of death in pregnancy
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;326:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.567/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	ECT may be better than drugs for short term depression
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.569/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bush proposes Medicare reform
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.570 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australian government bolsters medical scheme for less well off
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2003;326:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.570/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Deal brokered for free online access to NHS research
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.568 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Welsh NHS launches jobs website
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.568/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UN report warns that poor water supply continues to pose major health threat
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.568/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	"One stop" approach may be effective in preventing cervical cancer in Thailand
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.568/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	German surgeon under investigation over organ trading
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2003;326:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.568/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	A quarter of consultants ready to resign over new contract, says BMA
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.569 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors are servants of patients says chief medical officer
	Sarah Macdonald
	BMJ  2003;326:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.569/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Cancer figures for Ireland show increase in lung cancer in women
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2003;326:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.570/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Trust suspends manager after waiting list fiasco continues
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.570/c [Extract] [Full text]

	US report warns that lack of health insurance affects overall service provision
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;326:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.570/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Health secretary calls on GPs to accept new contract
	Irina Haivas
	BMJ  2003;326:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.570/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Canadian police charge tobacco companies with smuggling cigarettes
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;326:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.570/f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Quality of care for elderly residents in nursing homes and elderly people living at home: controlled observational study
	Tom Fahey, Alan A Montgomery, James Barnes, Jo Protheroe
	BMJ  2003;326:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.580 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Management of peripheral arterial disease in primary care
	Paul Burns, Stephen Gough, Andrew W Bradbury
	BMJ  2003;326:584-588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.584 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra material]

	Interactive case report: A 66 year old woman with a rash: presentation
	J Bligh, R Farrow
	BMJ  2003;326:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.588 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Adrenaline given outside the context of life threatening allergic reactions
	Sarah L Johnston, Joe Unsworth, Mark M Gompels
	BMJ  2003;326:589-590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.589 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Learning and teaching in the clinical environment
	John Spencer
	BMJ  2003;326:591-594, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.591 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	The king and I
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2003;326:607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.607/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	The doctor will text you now: is there a role for the mobile telephone in health care?
	Badal Pal
	BMJ  2003;326:607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.607 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Managing patients with inexplicable health problems
	Baruch Fischhoff, Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2003;326:595-597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.595 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.608 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM: Harms outweigh benefits of COX 2 for many patients
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.0/f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Compensation
	BMJ  2003;326:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.579/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Memory and intelligence
	BMJ  2003;326:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.580/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: You only see what you know
	Stefan Schäfer
	BMJ  2003;326:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.583 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confusion expertly managed
	Paul Finucane, Philip Henschke
	BMJ  2003;326:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.590 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: A "surgical marvel" at the London Hospital
	BMJ  2003;326:591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.591/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When we use a word
	Richard Kingston
	BMJ  2003;326:597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.597 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: The Cheating Classes: How Britain's Elite Abuse their Power
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2003;326:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.605/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Deadly Truth: A History of Disease in America
	Boleslav L Lichterman
	BMJ  2003;326:606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.606 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Fresh row over prostate screening
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  2003;326:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.605 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Common sense learning
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.0/e [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Multidrug resistant tuberculosis
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2003;326:606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.606/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Robert George Douglass Newill
	Angela Newill
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Eric Henry Camillus Alles
	Remy Perumal
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Heward Bell
	Helen Bell
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Thomas Anthony Ivan Bouchier-Hayes
	R P Craig
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harry Wigfield Chambers
	Mark Chambers
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Francis Goodall
	Michael Sweet-Escott
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Keith Morley Gregory
	Jill Gregory, Ian Gregory, Neil Gregory
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Chander Shekhar Kaushal
	Ashok Roy
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Northage John de Ville Mather
	George Hay
	BMJ  2003;326:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/h [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Wilfred Nathan
	Jean Lawrie
	BMJ  2003;326:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.603/i [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Effects of alternative maternal micronutrient supplements on low birth weight in rural Nepal: double blind randomised community trial
	Parul Christian, Subarna K Khatry, Joanne Katz, Elizabeth K Pradhan, Steven C LeClerq, Sharada Ram Shrestha, Ramesh K Adhikari, Alfred Sommer, Keith P West, Jr
	BMJ  2003;326:571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.571 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of DOTS compared with DOTS-plus on multidrug resistant tuberculosis and tuberculosis deaths: decision analysis
	Timothy R Sterling, Harold P Lehmann, Thomas R Frieden
	BMJ  2003;326:574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.574 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of NICE guidance on laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernias: analysis of interrupted time series
	Karen Bloor, Nick Freemantle, Zarnie Khadjesari, Alan Maynard
	BMJ  2003;326:578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.578 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Bilateral anterior toxic optic neuropathy and the use of infliximab
	Marcel P M ten Tusscher, Piet J C Jacobs, Michiel J W M Busch, Linda de Graaf, Willem L Diemont
	BMJ  2003;326:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.579 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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