Champions and betrayers of public health
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Bisphosphonates reduce skeletal morbidity in cancer patients [Full text]

	Relative age in the school year influences mental health [Full text]

	Ordinary activity is as good as exercises or relaxation for neck pain [Full text]

	Diagnosing autism can be done early [Full text]

	Prison environment worsens mental health [Full text]

Editorials

	Constipation and its management
	Michael A Kamm
	BMJ  2003;327:459-460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.459 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners with special clinical interests
	Rebecca Rosen, Richard Stevens, Roger Jones
	BMJ  2003;327:460-462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.460 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of lysosomal storage disorders
	Atul B Mehta, Susan Lewis, Christine Laverey
	BMJ  2003;327:462-463, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.462 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The increasing number of older patients with renal disease
	R J A Sims, M J D Cassidy, T Masud
	BMJ  2003;327:463-464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.463 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Passive smoking: Study was flawed from outset
	Jayant Sharad Vaidya
	BMJ  2003;327:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.501 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Wider evidence needs to be interpreted
	Julia Critchley
	BMJ  2003;327:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.501-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Paper does not diminish conclusion of previous reports
	Allan Hackshaw
	BMJ  2003;327:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.501-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Inverse correlation of smoking and education should have raised suspicion
	John H Glaser
	BMJ  2003;327:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.502 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Secondhand smoke does cause respiratory disease
	A J Hedley, T H Lam, S M McGhee, G M Leung, M Pow
	BMJ  2003;327:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.502-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Doubts about effectiveness of age adjustment
	Eugene Milne
	BMJ  2003;327:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.502-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Tobacco industry publishes disinformation
	Michael J Thun
	BMJ  2003;327:502-503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.502-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Peer review and press release
	Ronald M Davis
	BMJ  2003;327:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.503 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Agreeing the limits of conflicts of interest
	Richard Horton
	BMJ  2003;327:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.503-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Background must be examined
	Martin McKee
	BMJ  2003;327:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.503-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Authors' reply
	James E Enstrom, Geoffrey C Kabat
	BMJ  2003;327:504-505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.504 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Summary of rapid responses
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2003;327:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.505 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Passive smoking: Comment from the editor
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.505-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Chirac announces investigation into heat wave's death toll
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2003;327:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.465 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	"Terminal sedation" different from euthanasia, Dutch ministers agree
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;327:465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.465-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.466 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US pacemaker manufacturer faces British lawsuit
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.466-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO relaunches polio campaign
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.466-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scotland's drinking laws set for reform to stem alcohol problems
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2003;327:467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.467 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Statins may reduce risk of depression
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;327:467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.467-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South Korean WHO veteran has tough act to follow
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.468 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Blood pressure readings may be wrong for overweight patients
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.468-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Light boxes can help older people with dementia
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2003;327:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.468-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Women who drink wine get pregnant more quickly
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.468-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Global consulting firm calls for revolution in drug marketing
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2003;327:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.468-d [Extract] [Full text]

	US advertising campaign begins for alternative to sildenafil
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;327:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.468-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Psychiatric patient awarded compensation after doctors failed to detain him
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2003;327:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.468-f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Influence of environmental factors on mental health within prisons: focus group study
	Jo Nurse, Paul Woodcock, Jim Ormsby
	BMJ  2003;327:480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.480 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Conducting clinical trials over the internet: feasibility study
	Tim McAlindon, Margaret Formica, Karim Kabbara, Michael LaValley, Melissa Lehmer
	BMJ  2003;327:484-487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.484 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis of autism
	Gillian Baird, Hilary Cass, Vicky Slonims
	BMJ  2003;327:488-493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.488 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references and care pathway]

	ABC of subfertility: Making a diagnosis
	Alison Taylor
	BMJ  2003;327:494-497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.494 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Is opportunistic disease prevention in the consultation ethically justifiable?
	Linn Getz, Johann A Sigurdsson, Irene Hetlevik
	BMJ  2003;327:498-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.498 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Radio: One Man's Medicine
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2003;327:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.507 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.508 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Staying Alive: A Family Memoir
	Audrey Ardern-Jones
	BMJ  2003;327:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.508-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Visit of the Royal Physician
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2003;327:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.508-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Contrasts
	Linda Cardozo
	BMJ  2003;327:509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.509 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Growing algorithms from seed
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2003;327:509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.509-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.510 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Diuretics should be first line treatment for hypertension
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A warning
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.477 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Two memorable physicians
	Roger Gabriel
	BMJ  2003;327:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.479 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Essential freedom
	BMJ  2003;327:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.483 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Bella and the blood sample
	Justin Stebbing, Frances Gotch, Brian Gazzard
	BMJ  2003;327:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.497 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	This week in the BMJ: Paperless records are better than traditional system
	BMJ  2003;327:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.483-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Professor is replaced as lead scientist while GMC investigates his research
	BMJ  2003;327:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.483-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why do children have chronic abdominal pain, and what happens to them when they grow up? Population based cohort study
	BMJ  2003;327:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.500 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sexual health
	BMJ  2003;327:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.500-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rhabdomyolysis
	BMJ  2003;327:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.500-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Macdonald Arthur Charrett
	Peter Charrett
	BMJ  2003;327:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.506 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Patrick Hickey
	A V Fisher
	BMJ  2003;327:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.506-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Anthony Pemberton
	David Ker
	BMJ  2003;327:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.506-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Evan Owen Williams
	David Innes Williams
	BMJ  2003;327:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.506-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Henderson Williamson
	Ian Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.506-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Systematic review of role of bisphosphonates on skeletal morbidity in metastatic cancer
	J R Ross, Y Saunders, P M Edmonds, S Patel, K E Broadley, S R D Johnston
	BMJ  2003;327:469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.469 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Two tables and references] FREE

	Child psychiatric disorder and relative age within school year: cross sectional survey of large population sample
	Robert Goodman, Julia Gledhill, Tamsin Ford
	BMJ  2003;327:472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.472 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of dynamic muscle training, relaxation training, or ordinary activity for chronic neck pain: randomised controlled trial
	Matti Viljanen, Antti Malmivaara, Jukka Uitti, Marjo Rinne, Pirjo Palmroos, Pekka Laippala
	BMJ  2003;327:475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.475 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Children and young people who die from cancer: epidemiology and place of death in England (1995-9)
	Irene J Higginson, Margaret Thompson
	BMJ  2003;327:478-479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.478 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://careers.bmj.com/careers/

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.