This week's This week in the BMJ

	Co-proxamol overdose is an important means of suicide [Full text] FREE

	Some medical schools are better at preparing students for their first jobs [Full text] FREE

	Preregistration rotations in general practice are invaluable [Full text] FREE

	Better antidepressant prescribing is associated with fewer suicides [Full text] FREE

	Tricyclics and SSRIs are equally effective in primary care [Full text] FREE

	Long term complications are fewer after laparoscopic hernia repair [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Vulvovaginal candidiasis
	Jeanne Marrazzo
	BMJ  2003;326:993-994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.993 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Liver cancer in low and middle income countries
	Andrew J Hall, Christopher P Wild
	BMJ  2003;326:994-995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.994 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Safety and efficacy of combination vaccines
	David Elliman, Helen Bedford
	BMJ  2003;326:995-996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.995 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of bacterial meningitis in adults
	Jonathan Cohen
	BMJ  2003;326:996-997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.996 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	No-fault compensation systems
	William J Gaine
	BMJ  2003;326:997-998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.997 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Ten ways to improve information technology in the NHS
	Steven Ford, Duncan Keeley, Murray Flett, Paul Heaton, Donald M Mackay, Caroline Papi, Nia Roberts, Nicola Bexon, Ketan Dhatariya
	BMJ  2003;326:1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1034 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Closing the digital divide
	Andrew D Weeks, Malcolm Grant
	BMJ  2003;326:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1035 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Folate and risk of cardiovascular disease
	David S Wald, Malcolm Law, Joan Morris, Nicholas J Wald, Joseph Hung, John P Beilby, Matthew W Knuiman, Mark Divitini
	BMJ  2003;326:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1035/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic cough
	Mike Thomas, David Price, Andrew M Ross, Douglas M Fleming, Peter B Graves, Yvonne Doyle, G N Malavige
	BMJ  2003;326:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1036 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Leishmaniasis also occurs in Mediterranean countries
	Giovanna Russo
	BMJ  2003;326:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1037 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical experts and the criminal courts
	John A M Gall, Neville Davies
	BMJ  2003;326:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1037/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Involving community may be way forward post-Shipman
	Anthony P Morton
	BMJ  2003;326:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1038 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cleft lip and palate services still need to be improved
	D Roberts-Harry
	BMJ  2003;326:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1038/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Encouraging insensitivity in doctors is not an option
	D B Double
	BMJ  2003;326:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1038/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Senior medical staff need to be included in severe asthma
	B Ronan O'Driscoll
	BMJ  2003;326:1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1039 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Difficulties in giving fully informed consent
	Ruth G Jepson, Roma Robertson
	BMJ  2003;326:1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1039/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Parents are not homogeneous
	Tom A Laws
	BMJ  2003;326:1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1039/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Two strains of the SARS virus sequenced
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.999 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO warns that death rate from SARS could reach 10%
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;326:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.999/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;326:1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1000 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health committee questions benefit of foundation hospitals to patients
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1000/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Food watchdog warns against high doses of vitamins and minerals
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1001 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Complementary medicines industry in crisis after recall of 1546 products
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2003;326:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1001/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New guidance on ECT looks set to curb its use
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;326:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1003/c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Lundbeck broke advertising rules
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1004 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO to create international human resources database on health care
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1004/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Australia proposes two tier system for paying for GP consultations
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2003;326:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1002 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New slimmed down GMC takes shape
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1002/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Syrian doctor expelled from Hungary for allegedly supporting Hamas
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2003;326:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1002/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	France offers E800 reward for each new baby
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2003;326:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1002/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Occupational injuries to NHS staff in England increase by a quarter
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1002/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Child soldiers forgotten in Angola
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2003;326:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1003 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Men should eat nine servings of fruit and vegetables a day
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1003/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Poor housing continues to adversely affect heath of vulnerable groups
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1003/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Containment of SARS depends on how it is handled in China
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;326:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1004/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Toronto strives for normality after WHO lifts travel warning
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;326:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1004/c [Extract] [Full text]

	FDA announces fast track approval of new drug for lung cancer
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1004/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Advances in medical technology account for a third of the reduction in road traffic deaths
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1004/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Handwashing programmes could be intervention of choice for diarrhoeal diseases
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1004/f [Extract] [Full text]

BMJ family highlights

This week's BMJ family highlights

	BMJ family highlights
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2003;326:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1005 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Efficacy and tolerability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors compared with tricyclic antidepressants in depression treated in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Steve MacGillivray, Bruce Arroll, Simon Hatcher, Simon Ogston, Ian Reid, Frank Sullivan, Brian Williams, Iain Crombie
	BMJ  2003;326:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1014 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Adverse drug event
	Nick Dunn
	BMJ  2003;326:1018, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1018 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

This week's Learning in practice

	Preregistration house officers in general practice: review of evidence
	Jan Illing, Tim van Zwanenberg, William F Cunningham, George Taylor, Cath O'Halloran, Richard Prescott
	BMJ  2003;326:1019-1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1019 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Concise Clinical Evidence": Diabetic retinopathy • Commentary: Treatment of diabetic retinopathy
	Simon Harding, Eva Kohner
	BMJ  2003;326:1023-1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1023 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Zosteriform metastasis from melanoma
	A V Evans, F J Child, R Russell-Jones
	BMJ  2003;326:1025-1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1025 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of interventional cardiology: Pathophysiology and investigation of coronary artery disease
	Ever D Grech
	BMJ  2003;326:1027-1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1027 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Much doth it profit a subtle doc
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2003;326:1043, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1043/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Patient power?
	Frank Arnold
	BMJ  2003;326:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1042 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A parable of procurement
	Robin Bosanquet
	BMJ  2003;326:1043, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1043 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Giving citizens a voice in healthcare policy in Canada
	Judith Maxwell, Steven Rosell, Pierre-Gerlier Forest
	BMJ  2003;326:1031-1033, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1031 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;326:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1044 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM: Regular use of inhaled steroids does not increase the risk of bone loss in postmenopausal women
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.0/g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;326:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1012/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The evil effects of the corset
	BMJ  2003;326:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1014/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Delivery from evil
	Rachel Hillier
	BMJ  2003;326:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1022 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The value of communication
	Yvonne Ou
	BMJ  2003;326:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1026 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 42 year old man with acute chest pain
	BMJ  2003;326:1033, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1033 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Perspectives on Health and Exercise
	Camillia Clark
	BMJ  2003;326:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1041 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Textbook of Sports Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Aspects of Sports Injury and Physical Activity
	Domhnall MacAuley
	BMJ  2003;326:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1041/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Unknown unknowns in suicide and depression
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.0/f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Antidepressants
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2003;326:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1042/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Katalin Eva Schopflin
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2003;326:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1040 [Extract] [Full text]

	Thomas Joseph Delaney
	T Peter Ormerod
	BMJ  2003;326:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1040/a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Patricia Elizabeth Verdon
	Jon Verdon
	BMJ  2003;326:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1040/b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Co-proxamol and suicide: a study of national mortality statistics and local non-fatal self poisonings
	Keith Hawton, Sue Simkin, Jonathan Deeks
	BMJ  2003;326:1006-1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1006 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between antidepressant prescribing and suicide in Australia, 1991-2000: trend analysis
	Wayne D Hall, Andrea Mant, Philip B Mitchell, Valerie A Rendle, Ian B Hickie, Peter McManus
	BMJ  2003;326:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1008 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preregistration house officers' views on whether their experience at medical school prepared them well for their jobs: national questionnaire survey
	Michael J Goldacre, Trevor Lambert, Julie Evans, Gill Turner
	BMJ  2003;326:1011-1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1011 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prospective randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia mesh repair: five year follow up
	M Douek, G Smith, A Oshowo, D L Stoker, J M Wellwood
	BMJ  2003;326:1012-1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7397.1012 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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