This week's This week in the BMJ

	Severe acute respiratory syndrome demands strict control [Full text] FREE

	Patients are key players in healthcare debates [Full text] FREE

	Anticholinergics have unclear benefits in overactive bladder syndrome [Full text] FREE

	Delayed immunisation increases risk of whooping cough [Full text] FREE

	Hypertension in pregnancy may persist [Full text] FREE

	Brief counselling leads to healthier diet [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Severe acute respiratory syndrome revisited
	Maria Zambon
	BMJ  2003;326:831-832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.831 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The surgeon as a risk factor
	David Carter
	BMJ  2003;326:832-833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.832 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Research in nursing, midwifery, and the allied health professions
	Anne Marie Rafferty, Michael Traynor, David R Thompson, Irene Ilott, Elizabeth White
	BMJ  2003;326:833-834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.833 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The impact of antisocial lifestyle on health
	Jonathan Shepherd, David Farrington
	BMJ  2003;326:834-835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.834 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of pulmonary hypertension
	Andrew J Peacock
	BMJ  2003;326:835-836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.835 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Racism and health
	Paramjit S Gill, Raj S Bhopal, Kwame McKenzie, Ruby Kaul
	BMJ  2003;326:880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.880 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spirituality and clinical care
	Daniel R Nethercott, Matt J Hawker, Ed Day, Simon Wilkes, Alex Copello
	BMJ  2003;326:881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.881 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National service framework for diabetes leaves questions open
	Richard H Greenwood, K M Shaw, P Winocour
	BMJ  2003;326:881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.881/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular risk scores and prescribing in diabetes
	Jamie Smith, Roger Corrall, Graham P Leese, Lesley Hall, Roland Jung
	BMJ  2003;326:882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.882 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Failing to bark and barking
	Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe
	BMJ  2003;326:882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.882/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Competing interests
	Stephen J Senn, Ivar S Kristiansen, Jonathan O'B Hourihane, Richard Smith, Sara Schroter
	BMJ  2003;326:883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.883 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Barriers to managing heart failure in primary care
	Russell C Davis, Gurbir Bhatia, Michael Sosin, Jane Stubley, Mark F Lambert, Ian S Watt
	BMJ  2003;326:883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.883/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Congestion charging
	Michael Joffe, Jennifer Mindell, Stanley Feldman
	BMJ  2003;326:884, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.884 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Doctors forced to guard Baghdad hospitals after looting
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.837 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Afghanistan struggles to build post-conflict health care
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2003;326:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.837/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.838 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Euro MPs threaten UK stem cell research
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;326:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.838/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Human genome project completed
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;326:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.838/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Human cloning may be impossible
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.838/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	SARS shows no sign of coming under control
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;326:839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.839 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Specialist ousted in research row
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.839/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospitals must be child friendly, says report
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.840 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Libraries face higher costs for academic journals
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.840/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	GMC launches new quality standard for UK doctors
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.840/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Nine UK doctors are suspended after accusations of viewing child pornography
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.840/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Government cleared of favouring Labour party donor for smallpox vaccine supply
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.840/d [Extract] [Full text]

	EU working time directive will include the time doctors spend on call
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;326:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.840/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors walk free after manslaughter conviction
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.840/f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Behavioural counselling to increase consumption of fruit and vegetables in low income adults: randomised trial
	Andrew Steptoe, Linda Perkins-Porras, Catherine McKay, Elisabeth Rink, Sean Hilton, Francesco P Cappuccio
	BMJ  2003;326:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.855 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Polyarthralgia
	Jo Samanta, Julia Kendall, Ash Samanta
	BMJ  2003;326:859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.859 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Evaluating computerised health information systems: hard lessons still to be learnt
	Peter Littlejohns, Jeremy C Wyatt, Linda Garvican
	BMJ  2003;326:860-863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.860 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Protocol of evaluation] FREE

	Limits to patient choice: example from anaesthesia
	Rachel Markham, Andrew Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:863-864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.863 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	West Nile encephalitis
	Tom Solomon, Mong How Ooi, David W C Beasley, Macpherson Mallewa
	BMJ  2003;326:865-869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.865 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: US distribution ans spread map]

	ABC of learning and teaching: Web based learning
	Judy McKimm, Carol Jollie, Peter Cantillon
	BMJ  2003;326:870-873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.870 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of diabetes: Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and lipids
	Peter J Watkins
	BMJ  2003;326:874-876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.874 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Educating the consumer
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2003;326:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.889/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	"There's none so blind as the double blind." Discuss
	Anthony Seaton
	BMJ  2003;326:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.889 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Improving the quality of health care: Methods for incorporating patients' views in health care
	Michel Wensing, Glyn Elwyn
	BMJ  2003;326:877-879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.877 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.890 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM: Asymptomatic meniscal tears are as common as symptomatic ones
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.0/g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Two of the same
	BMJ  2003;326:841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.841/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;326:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.863/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Confide in your doctor
	BMJ  2003;326:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.865/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: How a refugee community deals with adoption
	Rose McGready
	BMJ  2003;326:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.873 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Every old man's complaint
	BMJ  2003;326:877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.877/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Brain haemorrhage in babies may not indicate violent abuse
	BMJ  2003;326:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.849 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diagnosis and management of scalp ringworm
	BMJ  2003;326:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.849/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	German surgeon is investigated about trading of organs
	BMJ  2003;326:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.849/b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: A Life Course Approach to Women's Health
	Tammy J Clifford
	BMJ  2003;326:887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.887 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Life Means Nothing Behind the Green Wall
	James S Dawson
	BMJ  2003;326:887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.887/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health and Racial Destiny in Australia
	Joff Lelliott
	BMJ  2003;326:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.888 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	After war, plague
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.0/f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Eating fruit and vegetables
	Giselle Jones
	BMJ  2003;326:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.888/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	David Horrobin
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2003;326:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.885 [Extract] [Full text]

	Amal Kumar Chatterjee
	Arup Banerjee, Amit Chatterjee
	BMJ  2003;326:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.885/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David James Darby
	Lotte Darby
	BMJ  2003;326:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.885/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James George Duncan
	Allan W Reid, J K "Jake" Davidson
	BMJ  2003;326:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.885/c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Hugh Hughes
	Lynn Williams
	BMJ  2003;326:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.885/d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Graham Leaver
	Susannah Leaver, Michael Rawlins
	BMJ  2003;326:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.885/e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Frank Robert Geoffrey Mellor
	Ramsay Horler
	BMJ  2003;326:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.885/f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sheila Wallace
	John Wilson
	BMJ  2003;326:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.885/g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Effectiveness of anticholinergic drugs compared with placebo in the treatment of overactive bladder: systematic review
	Peter Herbison, Jean Hay-Smith, Gaye Ellis, Kate Moore
	BMJ  2003;326:841-844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.841 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Studies and references] FREE

	Hypertensive diseases of pregnancy and risk of hypertension and stroke in later life: results from cohort study
	Brenda J Wilson, M Stuart Watson, Gordon J Prescott, Sarah Sunderland, Doris M Campbell, Philip Hannaford, W Cairns S Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.845 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: case report
	Moira Chan-Yeung, W C Yu
	BMJ  2003;326:850-852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.850 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Delayed immunisation and risk of pertussis in infants: unmatched case-control study
	Cameron C Grant, Mavis Roberts, Robert Scragg, Joanna Stewart, Diana Lennon, Denise Kivell, Rodney Ford, Rosalie Menzies
	BMJ  2003;326:852-853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.852 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Science commentary: Pertussis immunisation
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2003;326:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.853 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of social distribution of immunisation with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, England, 1991-2001
	Elizabeth Middleton, Deborah Baker
	BMJ  2003;326:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7394.854 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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