Doctors deliver care, but who cares for doctors? [Full text]

	Errors found in half of intravenous drug doses [Full text]

	Increase in blood glucose predicts myocardial infarction [Full text]

	NHS awards scheme may be discriminatory [Full text]

	Statins reduce lipid levels better than fibrates [Full text]

	Online consultations improve knowledge transfer [Full text]

	Cognitive therapy works best for anxiety disorders [Full text]

Editorials

	Sudden acute respiratory syndrome
	Maria Zambon, Karl G Nicholson
	BMJ  2003;326:669-670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.669 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors, their wellbeing, and their stress
	Jenny Firth-Cozens
	BMJ  2003;326:670-671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.670 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnic and sex bias in discretionary awards
	James Raftery
	BMJ  2003;326:671-672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.671 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
	Malcolm Hilton, Darren Pinder
	BMJ  2003;326:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.673 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Connecting doctors, patients, and the evidence
	Beth Nash, Cherrill Hicks, Luisa Dillner
	BMJ  2003;326:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.674 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Empowerment of patientsfact or fiction?
	Ben Squires, Ian Learmonth
	BMJ  2003;326:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.710 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Men and older people are less likely to use NHS Direct
	Waqas Ullah, Andrew Theivendra, Vaneeta Sood, Aswinkumar Vasireddy, Alan Maryon-Davis
	BMJ  2003;326:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.710/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Breast self examination
	Richard J Epstein, Rosetta Manasciewicz
	BMJ  2003;326:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.710/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Readability of British and American medical prose
	Mark Hochhauser, Tim Albert, Adam Jacobs
	BMJ  2003;326:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.711 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasound guided central venous access
	Andrew R Bodenham, Nick Chalmers
	BMJ  2003;326:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.712 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Post-marketing surveillance is needed for off licence use of drugs in children
	Michael Tettenborn
	BMJ  2003;326:712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.712/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of nimesulide in Indian children must be stopped
	Kunal Saha
	BMJ  2003;326:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.713 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Artificially giving nutrition and fluids is not one action
	Thomas Finucane, Colleen Christmas
	BMJ  2003;326:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.713/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intensivists are becoming gatekeepers to intensive care
	Michael J O'Leary
	BMJ  2003;326:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.713/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic boycott of Israel
	Nicholas S Hopkinson, Daniel J Ncayiyana, Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2003;326:713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.713/c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bureaucracy hinders prompt care
	D H Judson
	BMJ  2003;326:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.714 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Playing the waiting game as bombs drop on Iraq
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.675 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.676 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs to get more information about earnings under the new contract
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2003;326:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.676/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	TB epidemic is still growing in Africa and in eastern Europe
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2003;326:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.676/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Increased drug spending is creating funding crisis, report says
	Sarah Macdonald
	BMJ  2003;326:677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.677 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hong Kong virus spreads worldwide
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;326:677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.677/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE guidelines address social aspect of schizophrenia
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.679/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Lay campaigners for prostate screening are funded by industry
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2003;326:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.680 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report calls for clinical networks to improve babies' survival
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.680/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Reported incidence of violence against NHS staff up by 13%
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.678 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	"Safe havens" for unwanted babies could reduce infanticide
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;326:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.678/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Artists weave a tapestry of life
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;326:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.678/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Anti-abortionist is convicted of murder of obstetrician
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;326:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.678/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Rates of lobular carcinoma increased markedly in the 1990s
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.678/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	High Court again quashes GMC judgment
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.678/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctor who bungled abortion is allowed to continue working
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.679 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Heart disease is costliest condition to treat
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.679/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Nurse sentenced to life for murdering four patients
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;326:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.680/b [Extract] [Full text]

	US wants Australia to modify its cheap drugs scheme as part of trade deal
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2003;326:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.680/c [Extract] [Full text]

	US public health service needs strengthening to fight infectious disease
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;326:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.680/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Better coordination is needed in services for older people
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.680/e [Extract] [Full text]

	One in seven NHS trusts facing "significant" financial difficulties
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.680/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Euro MPs vote on research fund for neglected diseases
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2003;326:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.680/g [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Cross sectional survey of effectiveness of lipid lowering drugs in reducing serum cholesterol concentration in patients in 17 general practices
	Julia Hippisley-Cox, Ruth Cater, Mike Pringle, Carol Coupland
	BMJ  2003;326:689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.689 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Primary care in the United States: Primary care gatekeeping and referrals: effective filter or failed experiment?
	Christopher B Forrest
	BMJ  2003;326:692-695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.692 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Internet based consultations to transfer knowledge for patients requiring specialised care: retrospective case review
	Iris Kedar, Joseph L Ternullo, Carol E Weinrib, Kathleen M Kelleher, Heather Brandling-Bennett, Joseph C Kvedar
	BMJ  2003;326:696-699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.696 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Deatails of website properties] FREE

Clinical review

	Extracts from "Best Treatments": Treating generalised anxiety disorder • Commentary: Putting research into practice • Commentary: A patient's story of living with anxiety • Commentary: Information for patients receiving cognitive therapy
	Alison Tonks, Christopher Gale, Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2003;326:700-702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.700 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: Skill based assessment
	Sydney Smee
	BMJ  2003;326:703-706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.703 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Bag of bones
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2003;326:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.719/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Never say die
	Joan Hester
	BMJ  2003;326:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.719 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Setting up an outcomes guarantee for pharmaceuticals: new approach to risk sharing in primary care
	Stephen Chapman, Elly Reeve, Giri Rajaratnam, Richard Neary
	BMJ  2003;326:707-709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.707 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.720 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM: Intravenous agonists are not indicated in severe acute asthma
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.0/h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Leaving mercy to heaven
	Hilary Fox
	BMJ  2003;326:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.688 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cover note: Bakker van Eeklo
	BMJ  2003;326:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.692/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"I'm sorry for your trouble"
	Daniel C Riordan
	BMJ  2003;326:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.699/d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 66 year old woman with a rash
	BMJ  2003;326:706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.706 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: I would accept even worse
	BMJ  2003;326:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.707/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Multifactorial intervention after a fall in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia presenting to the accident and emergency department: randomised controlled trial
	BMJ  2003;326:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.699 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Aspirin could be used to prevent cancer
	BMJ  2003;326:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.699/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Combined aspirin and clopidogrel treatment improves outcomes, study finds
	BMJ  2003;326:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.699/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Visible signs of illness from the 14th to the 20th century: systematic review of portraits
	BMJ  2003;326:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.699/c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

ART

	Art: Exodus
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2003;326:716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.716 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Beating Stress in the NHS
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2003;326:717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.717 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: When Jesica died
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;326:717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.717/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: MMR: the onslaught continues
	Helen Bedford, David Elliman
	BMJ  2003;326:718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.718 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Stress and renewal
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.0/g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Doctors' wellbeing
	Irina Haivas
	BMJ  2003;326:718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.718/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Juan Luis Londoño
	Juan Pablo Uribe
	BMJ  2003;326:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.715 [Extract] [Full text]

	Gordon Bell Birnie
	Gordon J A Morris
	BMJ  2003;326:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.715/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Fiona Bradley
	Muiris Houston, Tom O'Dowd
	BMJ  2003;326:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.715/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Increase in blood glucose concentration during antihypertensive treatment as a predictor of myocardial infarction: population based cohort study
	Kristina Dunder, Lars Lind, Björn Zethelius, Lars Berglund, Hans Lithell
	BMJ  2003;326:681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.681 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ethnographic study of incidence and severity of intravenous drug errors
	Katja Taxis, Nick Barber
	BMJ  2003;326:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.684 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Discrimination in the discretionary points award scheme: comparison of white with non-white consultants and men with women
	Aneez Esmail, Peter Abel, Sam Everington
	BMJ  2003;326:687-688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7391.687 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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