The NHS experiment
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Children with mild ambylopia may not need treatment [Full text]

	Cardiac nurses can help with smoking cessation [Full text]

	Balancing aspirin and statins for heart disease prevention [Full text]

	Access to kidney transplants in Scotland is uneven [Full text]

	NHS makes bad use of acute beds [Full text]

	Lassa fever poses international challenge [Full text]

	Current assessment methods overestimate coronary risk [Full text]

Editorials

	What do we gain from the sixth coronary heart disease drug?
	Rebecca N Warburton
	BMJ  2003;327:1237-1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1237 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk factor scoring for coronary heart disease
	Hans-Werner Hense
	BMJ  2003;327:1238-1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1238 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is the NHS getting better or worse?
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:1239-1241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1239 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lessons for the NHS from Kaiser Permanente
	Jonathan Shapiro, Sarah Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:1241-1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1241 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should we be screening for and treating amblyopia?
	Gordon N Dutton, Marie Cleary
	BMJ  2003;327:1242-1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1242 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatments for heavy menstrual bleeding
	Anne Lethaby, Cindy Farquhar
	BMJ  2003;327:1243-1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1243 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Child psychiatric disorder and relative age in school year: Holding back may cause more harm than good
	Thomas Radecki
	BMJ  2003;327:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1286 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Child psychiatric disorder and relative age in school year: Holding back may cause more harm
	Robyn M Greenwell
	BMJ  2003;327:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1286-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Child psychiatric disorder and relative age in school year: Children need to be regarded as individuals in education
	Jolanda Challita
	BMJ  2003;327:1286, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1286-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Child psychiatric disorder and relative age in school year: Peer effects need to be considered
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2003;327:1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1287 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Social anxiety disorder has social and economic burden
	Antonio E Nardi
	BMJ  2003;327:1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1287-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Role of living liver donation: Requirement for transplantation is high
	Roger Williams
	BMJ  2003;327:1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1287-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Role of living liver donation: Surgery violates principles of beneficence and autonomy
	Michael Potts
	BMJ  2003;327:1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1287-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Falls, chronic diseases, and drug use in elderly women: Lack of association may be explained
	Elliot F Epstein
	BMJ  2003;327:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1288 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Falls, chronic diseases, and drug use in elderly women: Authors' reply
	Debbie A Lawlor, Rita Patel, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2003;327:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1288-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Morphine for management of refractory dyspnoea: Opiates should be used with caution
	James W Berrill, Seamus J Linnasne
	BMJ  2003;327:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1288-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Morphine for management of refractory dyspnoea: Authors' reply
	D C Currow, Amy P Abernethy, Peter Frith
	BMJ  2003;327:1288-1289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1288-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vaseline and burns: Vaseline should not be used as first aid for burns
	B A De Souza, D Furniss, G Olaofe, M Jawad
	BMJ  2003;327:1289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1289 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vaseline and burns: Manufacturer's reply
	John Ballington
	BMJ  2003;327:1289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1289-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Evidence]

	Spoofs by any other name
	S Edouard Josse
	BMJ  2003;327:1289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1289-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Report predicts 20 million AIDS orphans in Africa by 2010
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1245 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nearly 50 000 adults in the United Kingdom now have HIV
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2003;327:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1245-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1246 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Global efforts to control AIDS are "entirely inadequate"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1246-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South Africa introduces world's largest AIDS treatment plan
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2003;327:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1246-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE recommends faster, easier access to care for MS patients
	Anjali Jain
	BMJ  2003;327:1247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1247 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists find gene linking inherited breast and ovarian cancer to non-inherited cases
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:1247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1247-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mentally ill patients in central Europe being kept in padlocked, caged beds
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2003;327:1249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1249-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nuffield Trust praises ambitious NHS plans but calls for better monitoring
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	GMC admits failings that left Shipman's patients unprotected
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1248 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Drug companies succeed in keeping payments to doctors secret
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2003;327:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1248-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Charity says its staff are put at risk by US military's description of itself as "humanitarian"
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2003;327:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1248-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Foundation hospitals will be introduced into NHS despite opposition
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1248-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	MEPs approve stem cell research using human embryos
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;327:1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1248-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Neonatal deaths hamper India's infant mortality targets
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2003;327:1249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1249 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Drug company pushes for all children under 2 to be vaccinated against pneumonia
	Leanne Tite
	BMJ  2003;327:1249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1249-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Nitric oxide helps neonates with respiratory disorder
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:1249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1249-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Bush wins changes in Medicare benefits
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Conditions at Broadmoor come under attack from inspectors
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Review of abortion law demanded after abortion for cleft palate
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-c [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS services not improving as fast as investment, conference told
	Colleen Shannon
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Ninety nine per cent of emergency consultants report abuse by drunk patients
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Half of general practices offer patients complementary medicine
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Migrants should not be forced to have TB and HIV screening
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-g [Extract] [Full text]

	New screening method for newborns can prevent complications
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-h [Extract] [Full text]

	Haemophiliac patient goes to High Court to get synthetic factor VIII
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-i [Extract] [Full text]

	Privy Council overturns ruling by the GMC
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-j [Extract] [Full text]

	Frontline staff in NHS to learn to defuse violent situations
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2003;327:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1250-k [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Coronary heart disease prevention: insights from modelling incremental cost effectiveness
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2003;327:1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1264 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Predictive accuracy of the Framingham coronary risk score in British men: prospective cohort study
	Peter Brindle, Jonathan Emberson, Fiona Lampe, Mary Walker, Peter Whincup, Tom Fahey, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2003;327:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1267 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, and social consequences
	J Kay Richmond, Deborah J Baglole
	BMJ  2003;327:1271-1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figures and tables]

	Lesson of the week: Colchicine in acute gout
	Ian Morris, George Varughese, Peter Mattingly
	BMJ  2003;327:1275-1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1275 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Resuscitation: Resuscitation in pregnancy
	Stephen Morris, Mark Stacey
	BMJ  2003;327:1277-1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1277 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Ethical problems of evaluating a new treatment for melioidosis
	Allen C Cheng, Michael Lowe, Dianne P Stephens, Bart J Currie
	BMJ  2003;327:1280-1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1280 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Using socioeconomic evidence in clinical practice guidelines
	Rosemary Aldrich, Lynn Kemp, Jenny Stewart Williams, Elizabeth Harris, Sarah Simpson, Amanda Wilson, Katie McGill, Julie Byles, Julia Lowe, Terri Jackson
	BMJ  2003;327:1283-1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1283 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: Compassion's Way: A Doctor's Quest into the Soul of Medicine
	Sanjay A Pai
	BMJ  2003;327:1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1292 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Younger People with Dementia: A Multidisciplinary Approach
	Lawrence J Whalley
	BMJ  2003;327:1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1292-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Therapy Culture: Cultivating Vulnerability in an Uncertain Age
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2003;327:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1293 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1293-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: ER blamed for nursing shortage
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2003;327:1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1294 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WEBSITE OF THE WEEK: Living organ donation
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2003;327:1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1294-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Who'd be a reformer?
	Jonathan Shepherd
	BMJ  2003;327:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1295 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: What does the patient want?
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2003;327:1295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1295-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1296 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Only a third of people with chronic fatigue have chronic fatigue syndrome
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The requirements for a surgeon
	Zameer Shah
	BMJ  2003;327:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1263 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gallstones in custard
	Brian Witcombe
	BMJ  2003;327:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1270 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Anecdotage
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2003;327:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1276 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;327:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1282 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	My holistic bakery
	Edzard Ernst
	BMJ  2003;327:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1285 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2003;327:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1291-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Paul Janssen
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;327:1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1290 [Extract] [Full text]

	George Harold Godwin Chase
	Derek Chase
	BMJ  2003;327:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1291 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sylvia Ray Ingold
	Laura Ivermee
	BMJ  2003;327:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1291-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Philip James Keep
	Matthew Keep
	BMJ  2003;327:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1291-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mark Lionel Levy
	Harold S Levy, Fred Levy
	BMJ  2003;327:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1291-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Alasdair Cameron Macdonald
	A J Macdonald
	BMJ  2003;327:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1291-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Theodore Robert Foster Raw
	J R F Raw
	BMJ  2003;327:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1291-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Leonard ("Johnnie") Walker
	G Walker
	BMJ  2003;327:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1291-g [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of treatment of unilateral visual impairment detected at preschool vision screening
	M P Clarke, C M Wright, S Hrisos, J D Anderson, J Henderson, S R Richardson
	BMJ  2003;327:1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1251 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of smoking cessation intervention after admission for coronary heart disease
	Petter Quist-Paulsen, Frode Gallefoss
	BMJ  2003;327:1254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1254 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital bed utilisation in the NHS, Kaiser Permanente, and the US Medicare programme: analysis of routine data
	Chris Ham, Nick York, Steve Sutch, Rob Shaw
	BMJ  2003;327:1257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1257 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Equity of access to renal transplant waiting list and renal transplantation in Scotland: cohort study
	Gabriel C Oniscu, Annemarie A H Schalkwijk, Rachel J Johnson, Helen Brown, John L R Forsythe
	BMJ  2003;327:1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7426.1261 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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