Abusing patients by denying them choice
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Practice based education increases delivery of preventive health care to children [Full text]

	Statin use varies across Europe and is on the increase [Full text]

	Identifying excessive mortality depends on test used [Full text]

	Does intraoperative death affect surgeons' subsequent practice? [Full text]

	Introducing Dr Foster's case notes [Full text]

Editorials

	Where are we now with hormone replacement therapy?
	Klim McPherson
	BMJ  2004;328:357-358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.357 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thalassaemia major: the murky story of deferiprone
	Julian Savulescu
	BMJ  2004;328:358-359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.358 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Discrete choice experiments in health care
	Mandy Ryan
	BMJ  2004;328:360-361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.360 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Facing up to surgical deaths
	Marc R de Leval
	BMJ  2004;328:361-362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.361 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dr Foster case notes
	Jocalyn Clark, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.362 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Objective assessment of technical skills in surgery: Assessment should include decision making
	Sanjeev Sharma
	BMJ  2004;328:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.403 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Objective assessment of technical skills in surgery: Surgical skills and facts may be best taught in non-clinical training modules
	James P B O'Connor
	BMJ  2004;328:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.403-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating inguinal hernias: Editorial does not tell the whole story...
	Emilie Øberg, Jacob Rosenberg
	BMJ  2004;328:403, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.403-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating inguinal hernias: ... and is misleading
	Paul M Peyser
	BMJ  2004;328:403-404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.403-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating inguinal hernias: Author's reply
	Andrew Kingsnorth
	BMJ  2004;328:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.404 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of coronary heart disease: Statins are even less effective than paper shows
	David Taylor, Arnold Jenkins, Philipp Conradi
	BMJ  2004;328:404, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.404-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of coronary heart disease: Is a cure too expensive?
	G Alastair Cooke
	BMJ  2004;328:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.405 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of coronary heart disease: Incremental cost effectiveness raises issues
	William C D'Avanzo
	BMJ  2004;328:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.405-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of coronary heart disease: Data in table 2 could be shown more explicitly for better understanding
	Andrea Messori, Benedetta Santarlasci
	BMJ  2004;328:405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.405-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

	Prevention of coronary heart disease: Author's reply
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2004;328:405-406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.405-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Payment for coroners' postmortem examinations: Financial gain is pathetic...
	Mary N Sheppard
	BMJ  2004;328:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.406 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Payment for coroners' postmortem examinations: ... and not part of the equation
	Simon Rose
	BMJ  2004;328:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.406-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Omega 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: Algae can be source of "fish" oil
	Matthew D Barber
	BMJ  2004;328:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.406-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Omega 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: Plant sources may be as effective as oily fish
	Olga N Garrard
	BMJ  2004;328:406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.406-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Omega 3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: Authors' reply
	Jehangir N Din, David E Newby, Andrew D Flapan
	BMJ  2004;328:406-407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.406-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making Amends misses the point
	Michael Baum
	BMJ  2004;328:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.407 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors are tending to be perceived as inherently bad
	Francesco Carelli
	BMJ  2004;328:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.407-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tsars are the limit
	James N Hardy
	BMJ  2004;328:407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.407-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Government task force needed to tackle obesity
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.363 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Reid reduces targets for NHS
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.363-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.364 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Smoking is causing impotence, miscarriages, and infertility
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.364-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Increase in autism is due to changes in diagnosis, study claims
	Vittal Katikireddi
	BMJ  2004;328:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.364-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Controversial disease dropped from Prozac product information
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2004;328:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.365 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South African doctors march in protest
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2004;328:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.365-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Follow up for childhood cancer survivors needs clarification
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.365-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report accuses NHS of institutional racism
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2004;328:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.367-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists have uncovered the structure of 1918 flu virus
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;328:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.368 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mortality from avian flu is higher than in previous outbreak
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;328:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.368-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Cochrane proposes further limits on commercial funding
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;328:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.366 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Benefit levels must increase to allow healthy living
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;328:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.366-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Cigarette packs to feature graphic images
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.366-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Germany's new charging system has mixed results
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2004;328:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.366-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	South African health service must strengthen infection control measures
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2004;328:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.366-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Photo diagnosis can cut waiting times for dermatology
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.367 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Payments for operations will be standardised
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;328:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.367-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Gulf war syndrome case collapses
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.367-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Acute stroke units and early CT scans are linked to lower in-hospital mortality rates
	Brian Jarman, Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle
	BMJ  2004;328:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.369 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full methodological details]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;328:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.370 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Practice based education to improve delivery systems for prevention in primary care: randomised trial
	Peter A Margolis, Carole M Lannon, Jayne M Stuart, Bruce J Fried, Lynette Keyes-Elstein, Donald E Moore, Jr
	BMJ  2004;328:388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38009.706319.47, (Published 6 February 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Biofeedback for pelvic floor dysfunction in constipation
	G Bassotti, F Chistolini, F Sietchiping-Nzepa, G de Roberto, A Morelli, G Chiarioni
	BMJ  2004;328:393-396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.393 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of extra references]

	ABC of smoking cessation: Use of simple advice and behavioural support
	Tim Coleman
	BMJ  2004;328:397-399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.397 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Paying for statins
	Nick Raithatha, Richard D Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:400-402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.400 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient commentary: paying to choose
	Elizabeth Stafford
	BMJ  2004;328:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.402 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Art: The Nature of Panic: A Walk Through Fear in Pictures and Words
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2004;328:410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.410 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Let Them Eat Prozac
	Joe Collier
	BMJ  2004;328:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.411 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
	Joff Lelliott
	BMJ  2004;328:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.411-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Horizon: Thalidomide: A Second Chance?
	Vittal Katikireddi
	BMJ  2004;328:412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.412 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ads: Explicit ads seek to halt rise in sexual diseases
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2004;328:412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.412-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Why I'm a reluctant rapid responder
	Mina Fazel
	BMJ  2004;328:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.413 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: In committee
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2004;328:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.413-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.414 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Risk of suicide in bipolar disorder is least with lithium
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Winter holidays
	BMJ  2004;328:387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.387 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Avoiding a stab in the dark
	Binu V John
	BMJ  2004;328:392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.392 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: Treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
	BMJ  2004;328:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.396-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Chronic fatigue syndrome
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.399 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ward rounds ain't what they used to be
	David Crosby
	BMJ  2004;328:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.402-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;328:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.409-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Systematic review of role of bisphosphonates on skeletal morbidity in metastatic cancer
	BMJ  2004;328:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.384 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Thousands of families to sue over retained organs
	BMJ  2004;328:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.384-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	When to retract?
	BMJ  2004;328:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.384-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: Hypnotism in Abyssinia
	BMJ  2004;328:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.384-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Use of automated external defibrillator by first responders in out of hospital cardiac arrest: prospective controlled trial
	BMJ  2004;328:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.396 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cognitive behaviour therapy affects brain activity differently from antidepressants
	BMJ  2004;328:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.396-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career Focus
	BMJ  2004;328:396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.396-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Is anaesthetics a stressful career?
	Peter Maguire
	BMJ  2004;328:s62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s62, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What are the career options in homoeopathy like?
	Kathy Ryan
	BMJ  2004;328:s62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s62-a, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Who do I contact about a job in Australia?
	Stephen Kisely
	BMJ  2004;328:s62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s62-b, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I feel that I am being discriminated against because of a past illness and am tempted not to declare it on the health questionnaire next time I apply for a job. Can I do this?
	Sam Flynn
	BMJ  2004;328:s62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s62-c, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s63, (Published 14 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A career in clinical radiology
	Barry Kelly
	BMJ  2004;328:s63-s64, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s63-a, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Vive la difference!
	Paul Shannon
	BMJ  2004;328:s65-s66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s65, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Writing TTOs
	Jennifer Hall
	BMJ  2004;328:s66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s66, (Published 14 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Let me through—I'm a part time general practitioner
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2004;328:s67-s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s67, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Keeping up the tradition
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2004;328:s68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s68, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Using physician assistants in the United Kingdom
	Saffy Rushworth
	BMJ  2004;328:s69, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s69, (Published 14 February 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Valentine's Day
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s70, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.s70, (Published 14 February 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Hubert Talbot ("Joe") Ford
	Jean-Claude Gazet
	BMJ  2004;328:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.408 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Quilliam
	Penny Quilliam, David Brown
	BMJ  2004;328:408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.408-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William John Dickson ("Bill") Bradfield
	Malcolm Gough
	BMJ  2004;328:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.409 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Carole Susan Brown
	Tony Luxton, Ian Campbell, Andrew Lake
	BMJ  2004;328:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.409-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Guy Tancred Hamilton
	W F Cavenagh
	BMJ  2004;328:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.409-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Linda Anne Hardwick
	Carol Trotter
	BMJ  2004;328:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.409-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alex Sakula
	Denis Gibbs, Nicholas Cambridge
	BMJ  2004;328:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.409-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Hotchkis Richmond Waters
	David J Brown
	BMJ  2004;328:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.409-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Benefits and harms associated with hormone replacement therapy: clinical decision analysis
	Cosetta Minelli, Keith R Abrams, Alex J Sutton, Nicola J Cooper
	BMJ  2004;328:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.371 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Detailed data] FREE

	Retrospective cohort study of false alarm rates associated with a series of heart operations: the case for hospital mortality monitoring groups
	Jan Poloniecki, Charalambos Sismanidis, Martin Bland, Paul Jones
	BMJ  2004;328:375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37956.520567.44, (Published 29 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Detailed statistical methods and table][extra: Detailed statistical methods and table] FREE

	Should surgeons take a break after an intraoperative death? Attitude survey and outcome evaluation
	Antony R Goldstone, Christopher J Callaghan, Jon Mackay, Susan Charman, Samer A M Nashef
	BMJ  2004;328:379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37985.371343.EE, (Published 20 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients' preferences for the management of non-metastatic prostate cancer: discrete choice experiment
	Mark Sculpher, Stirling Bryan, Pat Fry, Patricia de Winter, Heather Payne, Mark Emberton
	BMJ  2004;328:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.37972.497234.44, (Published 29 January 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Treatment attributes] FREE

	Variations and increase in use of statins across Europe: data from administrative databases
	Tom Walley, Pietro Folino-Gallo, Ulrich Schwabe, Eric van Ganse
	BMJ  2004;328:385-386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.385 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Potential influences and additional data] FREE

	Prevalence of asthma and allergy in schoolchildren in Belmont, Australia: three cross sectional surveys over 20 years
	Brett G Toelle, Kitty Ng, Elena Belousova, Cheryl M Salome, Jennifer K Peat, Guy B Marks
	BMJ  2004;328:386-387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7436.386 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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