Showing discrimination
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Use of NSAIDs in pregnancy increases risk of miscarriage [Full text] FREE

	Ultrasonic guidance improves success of catheter placement [Full text] FREE

	Certified sickness absence accurately indicates health differentials [Full text] FREE

	Doctors know little about radiation exposure [Full text] FREE

	Diagnosis of melanoma is not helped by algorithm and camera [Full text] FREE

	"Are you depressed?" is not sensitive in Britain [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Brain injury and heading in soccer
	Paul R McCrory
	BMJ  2003;327:351-352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.351 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self reports in research with non-English speakers
	Sonja Hunt, Raj Bhopal
	BMJ  2003;327:352-353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.352 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anti-inflammatory drugs and Alzheimer's disease
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2003;327:353-354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.353 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of anal fissure
	Richard L Nelson
	BMJ  2003;327:354-355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.354 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis
	A Cranney
	BMJ  2003;327:355-356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.355 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Predictors of postmenopausal osteoporosis: Study methods and analysis require clarification
	Joseph Wong, Vivien Wong, Tom Fahey, Peter Brindle, Alastair Hay
	BMJ  2003;327:392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.392 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predictors of postmenopausal osteoporosis: Authors' reply
	Jean Hodson, Jen Marsh
	BMJ  2003;327:392-393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.392-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing pulmonary embolism in primary care
	Michael Rossdale, John E Harvey
	BMJ  2003;327:393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.393 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Loss of tolerance and overdose mortality with detoxification: Results of study need clarification
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2003;327:393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.393-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Loss of tolerance and overdose mortality with detoxification: Deaths have been associated with interventions
	Clive L Morrison
	BMJ  2003;327:393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.393-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Loss of tolerance and overdose mortality with detoxification: Abstinence is a valid choice
	Gordon Ridding Morse
	BMJ  2003;327:393-394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.393-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Representation of South Asian people in randomised trials: Study results are interesting but not final word
	Sudhir Kumar
	BMJ  2003;327:394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.394 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Representation of South Asian people in randomised trials: Lack of good data results in ineffective health policy for South Asians
	Kawaldip S Sehmi
	BMJ  2003;327:394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.394-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Representation of South Asian people in randomised trials: Population's ethnic profile should be recorded in all medical data
	Mark R D Johnson, Ala Szczepura
	BMJ  2003;327:394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.394-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Representation of South Asian people in randomised trials: Ethnic origin need not be a barrier to participation
	Hannah Cooper, Helen Lester, Sue Wilson, Nick Freemantle, Harrison Riley
	BMJ  2003;327:394-395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.394-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Manual therapy is component of physiotherapy
	Deanne M Quartermaine, Graham MacGregor
	BMJ  2003;327:395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.395 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Costs of PFI and PPP have been underestimated
	Martin Blaiklock
	BMJ  2003;327:395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.395-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Older patients are eligible for trial of lithium and valproate
	Jennifer M Rendell, John R Geddes, Michael J Ostacher
	BMJ  2003;327:395-396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.395-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of acute mesenteric ischaemia: Recommended strategy is misleading
	Andrew L Tambyraja
	BMJ  2003;327:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.396 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of acute mesenteric ischaemia: Author's reply
	Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah
	BMJ  2003;327:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.396-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Essence of being a doctor: Productivity may be key definition
	Graeme Mackenzie
	BMJ  2003;327:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.396-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Essence of being a doctor: Go back to basics
	Tom Vandor
	BMJ  2003;327:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.396-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Cabinet rules that South Africans must be given antiretrovirals
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2003;327:357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.357 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sudan floods bring threat of disease
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2003;327:357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.357-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.358 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Claims by charity exaggerate dangers of osteoporosis
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2003;327:358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.358-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US army investigates unrelated pneumonia cases in troops in Iraq
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.358-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hormone treatment increases breast cancer risk, study shows
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.359 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HRT does not prevent heart disease
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;327:359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.359-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German government under attack for anti-smoking advertisements
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Officials warn of multiple drug resistance in the community
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Drug company to offer new malaria drug cheaply in Africa
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Indian government faces court battle over antiretrovirals
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Stopping smoking could speed recovery after operations
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Measles could take hold as UK vaccination levels drop
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors issue warning over misuse of slang
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Experts recommend that US insurers should cover immunisations
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Libyan government lets AIDS experts comment on hospital deaths
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2003;327:360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.360-h [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Evaluation of aid to diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions in general practice: controlled trial randomised by practice
	Dallas R English, Robert C Burton, Chris B del Mar, Robert J Donovan, Paul D Ireland, Geoff Emery
	BMJ  2003;327:375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.375 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: High result in prostate specific antigen test
	M Mokete, A R Palmer, K J O'Flynn
	BMJ  2003;327:379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.379 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from BestTreatments: Bulimia nervosa
	Regina Z Lilly
	BMJ  2003;327:380-381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.380 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Putting the research into practice
	Phillipa Hay
	BMJ  2003;327:381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.381 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Information for patients: What happens during cognitive behaviour therapy for bulimia
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2003;327:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.382 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: A patient's story: "My life revolves around food and exercise"
	BMJ  2003;327:382-383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.382-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Poor glycaemic control caused by insulin induced lipohypertrophy
	Tahseen A Chowdhury, Valerie Escudier
	BMJ  2003;327:383-384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.383 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of interventional cardiology: Interventional paediatric cardiology
	Kevin P Walsh
	BMJ  2003;327:385-388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.385 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Appraisal: the catalyst of personal development
	Maurice Conlon
	BMJ  2003;327:389-391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.389 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table and appraisal examples]

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	Book: Second Opinion: Doctors, Diseases and Decisions in Modern Medicine
	Stuart W G Derbyshire
	BMJ  2003;327:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.399 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Marketing: A hot flush for Big Pharma
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2003;327:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.400 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Listen to the patient
	Bill Kirkup
	BMJ  2003;327:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.401 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Medical thaumaturgy
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2003;327:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.401-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.402 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Tap water is as good as sterile saline to irrigate simple lacerations
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable exam
	A Mark Clarfield
	BMJ  2003;327:374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.374 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A paper that changed my practice: Asking the right question
	Alison Hamilton
	BMJ  2003;327:378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.378-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;327:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.384 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: How to be healthy without doctors
	BMJ  2003;327:391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.391 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	England is in a sexual health crisis, MPs say
	BMJ  2003;327:378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.378 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New South Wales cracks down on commercial scanning
	BMJ  2003;327:378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.378-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Kurt Semm
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2003;327:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.397 [Extract] [Full text]

	John O'Donel Alexander
	Alan Lyell
	BMJ  2003;327:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.397-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harold Leslie Caplan
	George Fink
	BMJ  2003;327:397-398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.397-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Desmond Michael Devane
	Michael Devane
	BMJ  2003;327:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.398 [Extract] [Full text]

	Andrea Menessy
	Anne Hoffmann
	BMJ  2003;327:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.398-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Desmond Alan Dill Montgomery
	Richard Clarke, David Hadden
	BMJ  2003;327:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.398-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Simon Smullen
	Claire Stone
	BMJ  2003;327:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.398-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Wright
	Peter Wright, Margaret Hallendorff
	BMJ  2003;327:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.398-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gerald Charles Joseph Bennett
	BMJ  2003;327:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.398-e [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Ultrasonic locating devices for central venous cannulation: meta-analysis
	Daniel Hind, Neill Calvert, Richard McWilliams, Andrew Davidson, Suzy Paisley, Catherine Beverley, Steven Thomas
	BMJ  2003;327:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.361 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Sickness absence as a global measure of health: evidence from mortality in the Whitehall II prospective cohort study
	Mika Kivimäki, Jenny Head, Jane E Ferrie, Martin J Shipley, Jussi Vahtera, Michael G Marmot
	BMJ  2003;327:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.364 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Exposure to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during pregnancy and risk of miscarriage: population based cohort study
	De-Kun Li, Liyan Liu, Roxana Odouli
	BMJ  2003;327:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.368 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

	Doctors' knowledge of radiation exposure: questionnaire study
	S Shiralkar, A Rennie, M Snow, R B Galland, M H Lewis, K Gower-Thomas
	BMJ  2003;327:371-372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.371 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is asking patients in palliative care, "Are you depressed?" appropriate? Prospective study
	Mari Lloyd-Williams, Mick Dennis, Fiona Taylor, Idris Baker
	BMJ  2003;327:372-373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.372 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of suicide in twins: 51 year follow up study
	Cecilia Tomassini, Knud Juel, Niels V Holm, Axel Skytthe, Kaare Christensen
	BMJ  2003;327:373-374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7411.373 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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