Learning from indigenous people
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Swimming pools provide health benefits [Full text] FREE

	Better research about Canadian aboriginal populations is needed [Full text] FREE

	Sexual problems are common in general practice patients [Full text] FREE

	Short term sexual problems are more common than persistent dysfunction [Full text] FREE

	Indigenous health needs innovative thinking [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Indigenous by definition, experience, or world view
	Chris Cunningham, Fiona Stanley
	BMJ  2003;327:403-404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.403 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The health status of indigenous peoples and others
	Ian Ring, Ngiare Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:404-405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.404 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changing pattern of ill health for indigenous people
	Sunia Foliaki, Neil Pearce
	BMJ  2003;327:406-407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.406 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health benefits of swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communities
	Gillian Hall, Beverly Sibthorpe
	BMJ  2003;327:407-408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.407 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Providing health services to indigenous peoples
	Mason Durie
	BMJ  2003;327:408-409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.408 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What do symptoms mean?
	Jane Ogden
	BMJ  2003;327:409-410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.409 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Theme issue for patients: A picture tells a thousand words
	Rosetta Manaszewicz
	BMJ  2003;327:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.448 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theme issue for patients: Losing core readers?
	Jennifer Caddy
	BMJ  2003;327:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.448-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theme issue for patients: Target audience is of interest
	Maddalena C Feliciello
	BMJ  2003;327:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.448-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theme issue for patients: Why does the media want to lead doctors?
	David A de Berker
	BMJ  2003;327:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.448-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theme issue for patients: Real issue is time and money
	Jacky Davis
	BMJ  2003;327:448-449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.448-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theme issue for patients: Negative stereotypes are becoming ingrained in national psyche
	Remy McConvey
	BMJ  2003;327:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.449 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theme issue for patients: Summary of rapid responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2003;327:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.449-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Digestive and nutritional factors may explain lower prevalence of coronary disease in indigenous peoples
	Jeffrey J Segall
	BMJ  2003;327:449-450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.449-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients' preferences need thinking through for the NHS
	Ann P Bowling, Gene Rowe, Nigel Lambert
	BMJ  2003;327:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.450 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctor-patient communication in developing countries
	Jean-Pierre Unger, Patricia Ghilbert, J Pip Fisher
	BMJ  2003;327:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.450-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Copying letters to patients: Mental health professionals are in fact likely to support this initiative
	David Roy
	BMJ  2003;327:450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.450-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Copying letters to patients: Doctors should tailor their practice to cater for individual patients' needs
	Jenny Dale, George Tadros, Susan Adams, Nikhila Deshpande
	BMJ  2003;327:450-451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.450-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Copying letters to patients: Most patients want copies of letters from outpatient clinics and find them useful
	B Ronan O'Driscoll, Jan Koch, Constantinos Paschalides
	BMJ  2003;327:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.451 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Involving children is important
	B J Hearn
	BMJ  2003;327:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.451-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cabbage leaves: Cabbage leaves can help inflammation of any body part
	Alison Munns
	BMJ  2003;327:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.451-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cabbage leaves: Cabbage leaves are poor man's poultice
	Helen M Woodman
	BMJ  2003;327:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.451-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Heat wave triggers political conflict as French death rates rise
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2003;327:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.411 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO issues guidelines to manage any future SARS outbreak
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;327:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.411-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.412 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Children's book at centre of row over drug advertising campaign
	Upasana Tayal
	BMJ  2003;327:412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.412-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA reviews its fraught contract negotiations
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.412-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health of indigenous people: Aboriginal study prompts push for action on children's hearing loss
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2003;327:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.413 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health of indigenous people: UN policy fails to tackle health needs of indigenous people
	Upasana Tayal
	BMJ  2003;327:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.413-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health of indigenous people: Carrying a heavy burden
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	State governors agree to support expansion of Medicare
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-a [Extract] [Full text]

	India to introduce death penalty for peddling fake drugs
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-b [Extract] [Full text]

	US hospitals escape the worst of power failure
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors' "end of life" decisions vary across Europe
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Researcher criticised for comments on the Atkins diet
	Sue Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-e [Extract] [Full text]

	US panel advises caution over smallpox vaccination
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Germany at centre of rationing row as budget in crisis
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctor allegedly infected patients with hepatitis C
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2003;327:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-h [Extract] [Full text]

	Many US faculty members on institutional review boards have ties with industry
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;327:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.414-i [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Problems with sexual function in people attending London general practitioners: cross sectional study
	Irwin Nazareth, Petra Boynton, Michael King
	BMJ  2003;327:423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.423 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sexual function problems and help seeking behaviour in Britain: national probability sample survey
	Catherine H Mercer, Kevin A Fenton, Anne M Johnson, Kaye Wellings, Wendy Macdowall, Sally McManus, Kiran Nanchahal, Bob Erens
	BMJ  2003;327:426-427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.426 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Quality improvement reports

This week's Quality improvement reports

	Sustaining better diabetes care in remote indigenous Australian communities
	Robyn McDermott, Fiona Tulip, Barbara Schmidt, Ashim Sinha
	BMJ  2003;327:428-430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.428 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Helminthic infections
	Shally Awasthi, D A P Bundy, Lorenzo Savioli
	BMJ  2003;327:431-433, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.431 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of subfertility: Extent of the problem
	Alison Taylor
	BMJ  2003;327:434-436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.434 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Prevention and control of diabetes in Pacific people
	Sunia Foliaki, Neil Pearce
	BMJ  2003;327:437-439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.437 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quality improvement perspective and healthcare funding decisions
	Ashley Bloomfield, Robert Logan
	BMJ  2003;327:439-443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.439 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnicity, equity, and quality: lessons from New Zealand
	K M McPherson, M Harwood, H K McNaughton
	BMJ  2003;327:443-444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.443 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health research and indigenous health
	Chris Cunningham, Jeff Reading, Sandra Eades
	BMJ  2003;327:445-447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.445 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	TV: Intensive Scares
	Rahul Rao
	BMJ  2003;327:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.454 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: A Way of Life That Does Not Exist: Canada and the Extinguishment of the Innu
	Christopher Fletcher
	BMJ  2003;327:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.455 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: Whale Rider
	Upasana Tayal
	BMJ  2003;327:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.455-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Tribal health policy in New Zealand
	Tariana Turia
	BMJ  2003;327:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.456 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: Indigenous health
	Upasana Tayal
	BMJ  2003;327:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.456-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Cultural safety and the health of adolescents
	Nicola J Gray, Frances A Hughes, Jonathan D Klein
	BMJ  2003;327:457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.457 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Identity crisis
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2003;327:457, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.457-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.458 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: New antipsychotic drugs are slightly better than older ones
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Shocking language
	Ashley Rule
	BMJ  2003;327:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.422-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Angry
	John Spencer
	BMJ  2003;327:427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.427 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The physician's countenance
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2003;327:430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;327:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.447 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction to a correction: Salt poisoning
	BMJ  2003;327:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.422 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Chief medical officer's report on the nation's health: Poorly performing doctors are to be dealt with more fairly
	BMJ  2003;327:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.422-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A healthy view of dying
	BMJ  2003;327:422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.422-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Sir Gerard Vaughan
	Tim Bullamore
	BMJ  2003;327:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.452 [Extract] [Full text]

	Irihapeti Ramsden
	Lis Ellison-Loschmann
	BMJ  2003;327:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.453 [Extract] [Full text]

	Andrew Robert Gibbons
	C Bamford
	BMJ  2003;327:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.453-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Denys ("Peter") Horton
	Richard Horton
	BMJ  2003;327:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.453-b [Extract] [Full text]

	James Stewart ("Monty") McConnachie
	R F Rintoul
	BMJ  2003;327:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.453-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Adrian Raban-Williams
	Robin Raban-Williams
	BMJ  2003;327:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.453-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Benefits of swimming pools in two remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia: intervention study
	Deborah Lehmann, Mary T Tennant, Desiree T Silva, Daniel McAullay, Francis Lannigan, Harvey Coates, Fiona J Stanley
	BMJ  2003;327:415-419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.415 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Review of research on aboriginal populations in Canada: relevance to their health needs
	T Kue Young
	BMJ  2003;327:419-422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7412.419 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: 66 references] FREE

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