Preparing for partnership
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.0 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: Informed consent failed to protect me
	Mary Selby
	BMJ  2003;326:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1326 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: Consent is crucial—but don't go too far, for students' and patients' sakes
	Aneel A Bhangu
	BMJ  2003;326:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1326-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: What examination is not intimate?
	Nikhil C Kaushik
	BMJ  2003;326:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1326-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: How medical students are being taught at University of Antwerp
	Kristin Hendrickx, Benedicte De Winter, Jean-Jacques Wyndaele
	BMJ  2003;326:1327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1327 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: Integrated approach to teaching and learning clinical skills
	Debra Nestel, Roger Kneebone
	BMJ  2003;326:1327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1327-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please don't touch me there: the ethics of intimate examinations: Summary of rapid responses
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2003;326:1327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1327-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shocked by attitude to MRSA
	Winifred Beaumont
	BMJ  2003;326:1328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1328 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients' charities often lack cash
	Fiona McLean
	BMJ  2003;326:1328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1328-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Involving patients in a primary care research meeting worked well
	William R Phillips, Garry D Grams
	BMJ  2003;326:1329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1329 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ATAC trial: reporting interim results is not helpful
	Heather Goodare, Clare Dimmer, Kathy Page
	BMJ  2003;326:1329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1329-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	England is in a sexual health crisis, MPs say
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1281 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients will be reminded of appointments by text messages
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1281-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Arsenal helps publicise testicular cancer website
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;326:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1282 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	IN BRIEF
	BMJ  2003;326:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1282-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Paroxetine must not be given to patients under 18
	Fabian Waechter
	BMJ  2003;326:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1282-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Labour wants to make patients honour their duty to NHS
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2003;326:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1283 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tories propose a "patient's passport" for use in NHS or private sector
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1283-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Experts issue guidelines for treating childhood brain injury
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;326:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1283-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO investigates China's fall in SARS cases
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;326:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1285-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS hampers patient empowerment, says professor
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug companies want to inform patients
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors must listen more
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	India�s burden of waterborne diseases is underestimated
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;326:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1284 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Coroners will deliver fuller verdicts after inquests
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;326:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1284-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	EU health ministers reject proposal for limited direct to consumer advertising
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;326:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1284-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New Zealand GPs call for end to direct to consumer advertising
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1284-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Survival after partial lung transplants is as good as after full lung transplants
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;326:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1285 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Teenagers need special health services they can get outside school hours
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;326:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1285-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GPs prescribe self help books for mental health problems
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;326:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1285-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Leeds students are angry at lack of information about final results delay
	Anna Ellis
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Working the "graveyard" shift increases risk of colorectal cancer
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286-d [Extract] [Full text]

	EU could help make patients better informed
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286-e [Extract] [Full text]

	India admits to unapproved drug formulations in market
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Haemophilia patients launch action against Bayer over contaminated blood products
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Wife wins case against GPs who did not disclose husband�s HIV status
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2003;326:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1286-h [Extract] [Full text]

Head to Head

This week's Head to Head

	Should drug companies be allowed to talk directly to patients?: YES
	Trevor Jones
	BMJ  2003;326:1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1302 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Should drug companies be allowed to talk directly to patients?: NO
	Wendy Garlick
	BMJ  2003;326:1302-1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1302-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research

This week's Research

	Do patients need to read research?
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:1307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1307 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effects of educational interventions for self management of asthma in children and adolescents: systematic review and meta-analysis
	James P Guevara, Fredric M Wolf, Cyril M Grum, Noreen M Clark
	BMJ  2003;326:1308-1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1308 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of trials and references][extra: PDF of article in paper journal] FREE

	Qualitative study of the meaning of personal care in general practice
	Carolyn Tarrant, Kate Windridge, Mary Boulton, Richard Baker, George Freeman
	BMJ  2003;326:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1310 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: PDF of article in paper journal] FREE

	Patient's response to the research
	Janey Antoniou
	BMJ  2003;326:1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1313 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patient's response to the research
	David Wilkins
	BMJ  2003;326:1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1313-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients' views about taking antihypertensive drugs: questionnaire study
	John Benson, Nicky Britten
	BMJ  2003;326:1314-1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1314 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients' accounts of being removed from their general practitioner's list: qualitative study
	Tim Stokes, Mary Dixon-Woods, Kate C Windridge, Robert K McKinley
	BMJ  2003;326:1316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1316 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: PDF of article in paper journal] FREE

	Patient's response to the research
	Rafat Saeed
	BMJ  2003;326:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patient's response to the research
	Brenda L Constable
	BMJ  2003;326:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1319-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	Exhibition: Medicine without doctors
	Adrian Gonzalez
	BMJ  2003;326:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1338 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Autonomous Patient: Ending Paternalism in Medicine; The Resourceful Patient
	Mary Baker
	BMJ  2003;326:1338-1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1338-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: Health literacy and patients' understanding
	Alex Vass
	BMJ  2003;326:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1339 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MEDIA: Supplementary benefits?
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2003;326:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1339-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

AGEING

This week's AGEING

	The most pressing problem of our age
	Thomas B L Kirkwood
	BMJ  2003;326:1297-1299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1297 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time to deliver with dignity
	Stan Davison, Ian Philp
	BMJ  2003;326:1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from America
	William D Novelli
	BMJ  2003;326:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1301 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

COMMENT

This week's COMMENT

	Saddle up, partner
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;326:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1275 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patients are experts in their own field
	Ian Kennedy
	BMJ  2003;326:1276-1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1276 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Just how demanding can we get before we blow it?
	Hilda Bastian
	BMJ  2003;326:1277-1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1277 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Boosting performance measure for measure
	Daniel Stryer, Carolyn Clancy
	BMJ  2003;326:1278-1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1278 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Expert patients usher in a new era of opportunity for the NHS
	Liam Donaldson
	BMJ  2003;326:1279-1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1279 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Killing the goose that laid the golden egg?
	Angela Coulter
	BMJ  2003;326:1280-1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1280 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

INTERVIEW

This week's INTERVIEW

	Man and superman
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;326:1287-1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1287 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

GOOD PATIENT

This week's GOOD PATIENT

	Brandy, bridge, and other patient dilemmas
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2003;326:1291-1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1291 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Make the most of your doctor
	Pamela Prentice
	BMJ  2003;326:1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1292 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	I am a good patient, believe it or not
	Alejandro R Jadad, Carlos A Rizo, Murray W Enkin
	BMJ  2003;326:1293-1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1293 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What patients want from their doctors
	Mike Stone
	BMJ  2003;326:1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1294 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PERSPECTIVES

This week's PERSPECTIVES

	'Copying letters to patients is coming to a clinic near you'
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2003;326:1330-1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1330 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	'Having a diagnosis is a qualification for the job'
	Diana Rose
	BMJ  2003;326:1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1331 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	'The focus is on patients' clinical needs and distress'
	Malcolm Alexander
	BMJ  2003;326:1332-1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1332 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	'We must accept that health care is a risky business'
	Peter Walsh
	BMJ  2003;326:1333-1334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1333 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' notes
	BMJ  2003;326:1333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1333-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	'You matter to the last moment of your life'
	Irene Brignall
	BMJ  2003;326:1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1335 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	'This added to my multiple myopia'
	Les Irwig
	BMJ  2003;326:1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1336 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	'Both sides need to keep the relationship going'
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2003;326:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1337 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THE LAST LAUGH

This week's THE LAST LAUGH

	The whole truth?
	Phil Hammond
	BMJ  2003;326:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1340 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DEVELOPING WORLD

This week's DEVELOPING WORLD

	Seen and not heard
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2003;326:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1295 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Public health and company wealth
	Nathan Ford
	BMJ  2003;326:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1296 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DEALING WITH PAIN

This week's DEALING WITH PAIN

	Managing pain
	Eileen Mann
	BMJ  2003;326:1320-1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1320 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Integrative approaches to pain management: how to get the best of both worlds
	Brian M Berman
	BMJ  2003;326:1320-1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1320-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time for a fresh look at complementary medicine
	Edward Baldwin
	BMJ  2003;326:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1322 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

DOCTORS' DIAGNOSIS

This week's DOCTORS' DIAGNOSIS

	Doctors' diagnosis: Multiple sclerosis
	Harriet Gaze
	BMJ  2003;326:1323-1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1323 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' diagnosis: Depression
	Helen Crane
	BMJ  2003;326:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1324 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' diagnosis: Diabetes
	Paul Smith
	BMJ  2003;326:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1325 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

LEARNING FROM PATIENTS

This week's LEARNING FROM PATIENTS

	Cultural revolution
	Patrick Pietroni, Fedelma Winkler, Lindsey Graham
	BMJ  2003;326:1304-1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1304 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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