Communicating risk: the main work of doctors
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Individualised risk communication increases screening but not informed choice [Full text]

	Public perceptions do not equate to risks, but reflect controversies [Full text]

	Do you ever mix up sensitivity and specificity? [Full text]

	Falls in elderly women are more often due to chronic disease than to drug use [Full text]

	Midazolam calms agitation faster than haloperidolpromethazine [Full text]

Editorials

	Communicating risks
	Adrian Edwards
	BMJ  2003;327:691-692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.691 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The role of risk communication in shared decision making
	William Godolphin
	BMJ  2003;327:692-693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.692 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patients' understanding of risk
	Hazel Thornton
	BMJ  2003;327:693-694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.693 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Teaching medical students and doctors how to communicate risk
	Philip Sedgwick, Angela Hall
	BMJ  2003;327:694-695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.694 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table of everyday risks]

	Making sense of risk information on the web
	Steven Woloshin, Lisa M Schwartz, Andrew Ellner
	BMJ  2003;327:695-696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.695 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Communicating risks through analogies
	Adrian Edwards
	BMJ  2003;327:749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.749 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reliability of PSA testing remains unclear
	Stefano Ciatto
	BMJ  2003;327:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.750 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Balancing benefits and harms in health care: Observational data on harm should complement systematic reviews of benefit
	Jan P Vandenbroucke
	BMJ  2003;327:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.750-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Balancing benefits and harms in health care: Observational data on harm are already included in systematic reviews
	Tom Jefferson, Vittorio Demicheli
	BMJ  2003;327:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.750-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increase in mortality in Russia in the 1990s: Time of risk factor assessment is of special importance
	Ulrich Ronellenfitsch
	BMJ  2003;327:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.751 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increase in mortality in Russia in the 1990s: Authors' reply
	S L Plavinski, S I Plavinskaya, A N Klimov
	BMJ  2003;327:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.751-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of NSAIDs on risk of Alzheimer's disease: Confounding factors were not discussed
	Michael Robertson
	BMJ  2003;327:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.751-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of NSAIDs on risk of Alzheimer's disease: Author's reply
	Mahyar Etminan
	BMJ  2003;327:751-752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.751-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of NSAIDs on risk of Alzheimer's disease: Conclusions on NSAIDs and Alzheimer's disease were overstated
	David Price
	BMJ  2003;327:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.752 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical interpretation can also bias research evidence
	Lorne Basskin
	BMJ  2003;327:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.752-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Interpretation of randomised trials is indeed open to debate
	Philipp Conradi, David Taylor
	BMJ  2003;327:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.752-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Black report remains helpful to government
	Jim G Howe
	BMJ  2003;327:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.752-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Bullying and harassment rife in Manchester unit, report says
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.697 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor sentenced for manslaughter of leukaemia patient
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.697-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.698 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO issues global alert after grim report on HIV/AIDS
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.698-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE recommends photodynamic therapy for certain patients with macular degeneration
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.698-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Claim that smallpox vaccine protects against HIV is premature, say critics
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2003;327:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.699 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Infectious disease expert is indicted on 69 charges
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2003;327:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.699-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	A cigarette by any other name kills just as well
	Andrew Iles
	BMJ  2003;327:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.701-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The quality enforcer
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2003;327:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.702 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Genetic databank launches ethics framework
	Kathryn Godfrey
	BMJ  2003;327:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.700 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Parathyroid hormone alone is as effective as combination in treating osteoporosis
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.700-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Photos that "make you see the world in a new way"
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2003;327:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.700-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Cancer rates in Europe are linked to overweight, experts warn
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;327:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.700-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Illinois is to estimate savings from letting its employees import cheap drugs
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2003;327:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.700-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Australia opts to label drugs developed through stem cell research
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2003;327:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.700-e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Heavy drinking costs the NHS £1.7bn a year, says report
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.701 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Ethical issues of pharmacogenetics must be addressed, says Nuffield Council
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2003;327:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.701-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Millennium development goals will not be met, charities say
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2003;327:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.702-a [Extract] [Full text]

	New commission on HIV/AIDS and governance in Africa is launched
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2003;327:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.702-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Report warns of danger of genetic discrimination in the workplace
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.702-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Delays in discharge affect 3500 elderly patients a day
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.702-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Kaposi�s sarcoma virus implicated in primary pulmonary hypertension
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;327:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.702-e [Extract] [Full text]

	European experts differ on neonatal intensive care
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2003;327:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.702-f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Association between falls in elderly women and chronic diseases and drug use: cross sectional study
	Debbie A Lawlor, Rita Patel, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2003;327:712-717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.712 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Understanding sensitivity and specificity with the right side of the brain
	Tze-Wey Loong
	BMJ  2003;327:716-719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.716 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 2 year old child with rash and fever
	Rita Sharma, Andrew Boon, Anthony Harnden
	BMJ  2003;327:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.720 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of subfertility: Unexplained infertility, endometriosis, and fibroids
	Roger Hart
	BMJ  2003;327:721-724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.721 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination
	Paul Bellaby
	BMJ  2003;327:725-728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.725 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How can doctors communicate information about risk more effectively?
	Andy Alaszewski, Tom Horlick-Jones
	BMJ  2003;327:728-731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.728 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of the law on risk and informed consent
	Dennis J Mazur
	BMJ  2003;327:731-734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.731 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Two boxes on informed consent]

	Commentary: informed consent and risk communication in France
	Nora Moumjid, Marie-France Callu
	BMJ  2003;327:734-735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.734 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: communicating risk in the United Kingdom
	Michael Powers
	BMJ  2003;327:735-736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.735 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk communication in practice: the contribution of decision aids
	Annette M O'Connor, France Légaré, Dawn Stacey
	BMJ  2003;327:736-740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.736 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Simple tools for understanding risks: from innumeracy to insight
	Gerd Gigerenzer, Adrian Edwards
	BMJ  2003;327:741-744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.741 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Strategies to help patients understand risks
	John Paling
	BMJ  2003;327:745-748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.745 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: PDF versions of figures 2, 3 & 4]

Reviews

	Theatre: Breast
	Anna Ellis
	BMJ  2003;327:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.755 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The New Medical Conversation: Media, Patients, Doctors, and the Ethics of Scientific Communication
	Cameron Stark
	BMJ  2003;327:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.755-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Reporting risk—that's entertainment
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2003;327:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.756 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Risk, statistics, and the individual
	Gawain Shelford
	BMJ  2003;327:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.757 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Duty doctor
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2003;327:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.757-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.758 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Herbal tea helps reduce the pain of acute pharyngitis
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The prolongation of life
	BMJ  2003;327:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.715 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who invented that bleeping thing?
	Fraser Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.719 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;327:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.720-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Automobiles for medical men
	BMJ  2003;327:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.740 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Edinburgh medical students 1872
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2003;327:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.744 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From cardiac anaesthetist to humanist officiant
	Roger Fletcher
	BMJ  2003;327:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.748 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Medical prescription of heroin to treatment resistant heroin addicts: two randomised controlled trials
	BMJ  2003;327:724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.724 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Chiropractic causes leak of CSF
	BMJ  2003;327:724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.724-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Josefina Bautista Magno
	Laura Newman
	BMJ  2003;327:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.753 [Extract] [Full text]

	Frederic John Aumonier
	Dennis Lacy
	BMJ  2003;327:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.753-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Ralph Graham Bastable
	Gordon Bastabl
	BMJ  2003;327:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.754 [Extract] [Full text]

	John Gerard Joseph ("Gerry") Cavanagh
	John Cavanagh
	BMJ  2003;327:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.754-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Richard Hugh Trevor Davies
	Linda Davies
	BMJ  2003;327:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.754-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Malcolm Smith Harvey
	Robert Harvey
	BMJ  2003;327:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.754-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Edward Hornett
	G L Kennedy
	BMJ  2003;327:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.754-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Joan Lemkin (née Casserley)
	D Eyre-Walker
	BMJ  2003;327:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.754-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Gilbert Perry
	Mark Perry
	BMJ  2003;327:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.754-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Challoner Wood
	John Redfern
	BMJ  2003;327:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.754-g [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Effects of communicating individual risks in screening programmes: Cochrane systematic review
	Adrian Edwards, Silvana Unigwe, Glyn Elwyn, Kerenza Hood
	BMJ  2003;327:703-709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.703 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Search strategies and descriptions of included studies] FREE

	Rapid tranquillisation for agitated patients in emergency psychiatric rooms: a randomised trial of midazolam versus haloperidol plus promethazine
	BMJ  2003;327:708-713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.708 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Fatal lactic acidosis associated with tenofovir
	Pablo Rivas, Jorge Polo, Miguel de Górgolas, Manuel L Fernández-Guerrero
	BMJ  2003;327:711, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7417.711 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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