The sudden death of a child
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Instrumental delivery makes future vaginal delivery more likely [Full text]

	Water delivery helps labour progress [Full text]

	Do in-hospital opportunistic interventions help problem drinking? [Full text]

	Risk of stroke after TIA or minor stroke is unexpectedly high [Full text]

	Indian students use tobacco dentifrice [Full text]

	Occult coeliac disease can be detected in childhood [Full text]

Editorials

	Secondary prevention for stroke and transient ischaemic attacks
	Keith W Muir
	BMJ  2004;328:297-298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.297 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Compulsory screening of immigrants for tuberculosis and HIV
	Richard Coker
	BMJ  2004;328:298-300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.298 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Portable echocardiography
	Houman Ashrafian, Richard G Bogle, Stuart D Rosen, Michael Henein, Timothy W Evans
	BMJ  2004;328:300-301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.300 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening without evidence of efficacy
	Malcolm Law
	BMJ  2004;328:301-302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.301 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Long term mortality after starvation during the Leningrad siege: Crucial confounding factor was overlooked
	Michael D Croft
	BMJ  2004;328:346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.346 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term mortality after starvation during the Leningrad siege: No evidence that starvation around puberty causes later cardiovascular disease
	C Bell
	BMJ  2004;328:346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.346-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term mortality after starvation during the Leningrad siege: Authors' reply
	Denny Vågerö, Dimitri Shestov, Rosaria Galanti, Pär Sparén
	BMJ  2004;328:346-347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.346-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Critical care outreach team's effect on patient outcome: Other conclusions are possible
	Christian P Subbe
	BMJ  2004;328:347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.347 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Critical care outreach team's effect on patient outcome: More information is needed
	Michael R Parker
	BMJ  2004;328:347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.347-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Critical care outreach team's effect on patient outcome: Authors' reply
	Carol Ball, Margaret Kirkby, Susan Williams
	BMJ  2004;328:347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.347-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Preschool vision screening should continue, perhaps earlier
	Gerard O'Brien
	BMJ  2004;328:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.348 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Study leaves questions unanswered
	Hirekatur V Srinivas
	BMJ  2004;328:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.348-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Mild amblyopia should still be treated
	Richard Harrad, Cathy Williams, John Sparrow
	BMJ  2004;328:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.348-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Author's reply
	Michael Clarke
	BMJ  2004;328:348-349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.348-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Volunteer counsellors for supporting breast feeding: Support for breast feeding must be proactive
	Annette E Hay
	BMJ  2004;328:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.349 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Volunteer counsellors for supporting breast feeding: Peer support is worth further investigation
	Carol M A Campbell
	BMJ  2004;328:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.349-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	American medicine meets the American dream: Moral dimension is important
	Stephen Workman
	BMJ  2004;328:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.349-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	American medicine meets the American dream: Much inequality is self perpetuated
	Pepi Granat
	BMJ  2004;328:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.349-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Low prices for HIV drugs are only one step forward
	Peter A West
	BMJ  2004;328:349-350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.349-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Older people and the "patient centred" NHS: Choice for mentally ill patients will be even less with new legislation
	David G Wilkinson
	BMJ  2004;328:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.350 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Older people and the "patient centred" NHS: Prioritisation will be for financial reasons rather than by need
	Gillian E Moss
	BMJ  2004;328:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.350-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Older people and the "patient centred" NHS: Proactive support in primary care can avert admissions
	Moyez Jiwa
	BMJ  2004;328:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.350-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cure is better than prevention
	Jules Schagen van Leeuwen
	BMJ  2004;328:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.350-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	British cancer death rates fell by 12% between 1972 and 2002
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.303 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA advisory panel calls for suicide warnings over new antidepressants
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2004;328:303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.303-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.304 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients can be made to have HIV test to protect doctor
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;328:304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.304-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Quebec will make doctors disclose their HIV status
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.304-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Women are being let down in efforts to stem HIV/AIDS
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.305 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Another HRT trial is stopped early
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.305-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Spanish drug editor wins case brought by Merck, Sharp & Dohme
	Liza Gibson
	BMJ  2004;328:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.307-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO investigates possible human to human transmission of avian flu
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;328:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.308 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ethnic minority groups criticise US report on healthcare disparities
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.308-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doing as well as thinking
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2004;328:309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.309 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Could joining EU club spell disaster for the new members?
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Drug company targets US state health officials
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2004;328:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.306 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israeli team develops new method of in vitro fertilisation
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2004;328:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.306-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	BMJ sponsors photography award for medical image
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;328:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.306-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Research bodies disappointed by decision to cancel primate research laboratory
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.306-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Traditional rulers in northern Nigeria call for halt to polio vaccination
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2004;328:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.306-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Reducing homocysteine levels does not prevent stroke recurrence
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.307 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors reluctant to work on child protection committees, survey shows
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.307-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	UN criticises developed countries for reneging on promises on sexual health
	Vittal Katikireddi
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Poor countries lack relevant health information, says Cochrane editor
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Poliovirus spreads beyond Nigeria after vaccine uptake drops
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Whistleblower was unfairly dismissed, tribunal finds
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310-d [Extract] [Full text]

	GMC decision on Egyptian doctor overturned by High Court
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Teenager seeks to overturn GMC judgment
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Journal reverses decision on publishing editorial previously rejected by marketing department
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Europe plans to standardise rules on tissue engineering
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;328:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.310-h [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Population based study of early risk of stroke after transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke: implications for public education and organisation of services
	A J Coull, J K Lovett, P M Rothwell
	BMJ  2004;328:326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37991.635266.44, (Published 26 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Scottish general practitioners' willingness to take part in a post-retirement retention scheme: questionnaire survey
	Margaret Chambers, Iain Colthart, Brian McKinstry
	BMJ  2004;328:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.329 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Persistent crying in babies
	A R Gatrad, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2004;328:330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.330 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Investigating sudden unexpected deaths in infancy and childhood and caring for bereaved families: an integrated multiagency approach
	Peter J Fleming, Peter S Blair, Peter D Sidebotham, Tracy Hayler
	BMJ  2004;328:331-334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.331 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Lesson of the week: Severe hypocalcaemia after being given intravenous bisphosphonate
	Rajesh Peter, Vinita Mishra, William D Fraser
	BMJ  2004;328:335-336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.335 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: Treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: case progression
	Nicola Harker, Alan Montgomery, Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2004;328:337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.337 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of smoking cessation: Assessment of dependence and motivation to stop smoking
	Robert West
	BMJ  2004;328:338-339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.338 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	New providers in UK health care
	Penelope Dash
	BMJ  2004;328:340-342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.340 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changing clinical behaviour by making guidelines specific
	Susan Michie, Marie Johnston
	BMJ  2004;328:343-345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.343 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Radio: Flu: A Medical Mystery
	Vittal Katikireddi
	BMJ  2004;328:353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.353 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Journals: Grand Rounds
	Giulio Bognolo
	BMJ  2004;328:353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.353-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Oath: A Surgeon Under Fire
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2004;328:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.354 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Constructing RSI: Belief and Desire
	Peter Croft
	BMJ  2004;328:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.354-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: The strange world of private medicine
	Peter Kandela
	BMJ  2004;328:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.355 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Dear diary
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2004;328:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.355-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.356 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Prolonged antithrombotics do not improve unstable coronary syndrome
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Clamming up
	Aarti Sarwal
	BMJ  2004;328:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.325 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Promoting smoking cessation in general practice
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.328 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pepys and blood transfusion?
	D F Scott
	BMJ  2004;328:334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.334 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Expelling patients 1778
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2004;328:342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.342 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A nanny's stamina
	Elizabeth Davies
	BMJ  2004;328:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.345 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.s53, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The maxillofacial factor: not just for dentists
	Martin Telfer
	BMJ  2004;328:s55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.s55, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists mentoring scheme
	Charnjit Dhillon
	BMJ  2004;328:s56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.s56, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medicine in the mountains
	Ellen Welch
	BMJ  2004;328:s57-s58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.s57, (Published 12 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clearing your desk
	Nandkumar Gandhi
	BMJ  2004;328:s58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.s58, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Update on improving working lives for doctors
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.s59, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Before I blew my first two pay cheques on a mountain bike
	Andrew Morritt
	BMJ  2004;328:s59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.s59-a, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Public speaking
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.s60, (Published 12 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Deborah Doniach
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2004;328:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.351 [Extract] [Full text]

	Alex Cubie
	Robert M L Weir
	BMJ  2004;328:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.351-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Brian James Darby
	Henry Halliday, Brian Dean
	BMJ  2004;328:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.352 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Cardwell Elmes
	Ian Campbell, Margaret Elmes, Owen Wade
	BMJ  2004;328:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.352-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Hamer
	Douglas Chamberlain
	BMJ  2004;328:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.352-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sir Aubrey Gordon "Jack" Leacock
	Douglas H Harrison
	BMJ  2004;328:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.352-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Stuart Lyon
	John Ashworth
	BMJ  2004;328:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.352-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Renton
	Stanley Rubin
	BMJ  2004;328:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.352-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Brian Richards
	Lesley Mather, David Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.352-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Outcome of subsequent pregnancy three years after previous operative delivery in the second stage of labour: cohort study
	Rachna Bahl, Bryony Strachan, Deirdre J Murphy
	BMJ  2004;328:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37942.546076.44, (Published 14 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of labouring in water compared with standard of augmentation for management of dystocia in first stage of labour
	Elizabeth R Cluett, Ruth M Pickering, Kathryn Getliffe, Nigel James St George Saunders
	BMJ  2004;328:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37963.606412.EE, (Published 26 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of opportunistic brief interventions for problem drinking in a general hospital setting: systematic review
	Maria J Emmen, Gerard M Schippers, Gijs Bleijenberg, Hub Wollersheim
	BMJ  2004;328:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37956.562130.EE, (Published 16 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Population based intervention to change back pain beliefs: three year follow up population survey
	Rachelle Buchbinder, Damien Jolley
	BMJ  2004;328:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.321 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Undiagnosed coeliac disease at age seven: population based prospective birth cohort study
	Polly J Bingley, Alistair J K Williams, Alastair J Norcross, D Joe Unsworth, Robert J Lock, Andrew R Ness, Richard W Jones
	BMJ  2004;328:322-323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.322 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Use of tobacco products as dentifrice among adolescents in India: questionnaire study
	D N Sinha, P C Gupta, M S Pednekar
	BMJ  2004;328:323-324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.323 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Blood pressure, haemorrhagic stroke, and ischaemic stroke: the Korean national prospective occupational cohort study
	Yun-Mi Song, Joohon Sung, Debbie A Lawlor, George Davey Smith, Youngsoo Shin, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2004;328:324-325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.324 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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