Personal feelings and medical journals
	Richard Smith
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This week in the BMJ

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

	Variations in end of life care [Full text]

	It was not a phaeochromocytoma [Full text]

	Intrathecal antitetanus treatment works better [Full text]

	Children treated for heart conditions survive equally well across UK [Full text]

	How do general practitioners manage domestic violence? [Full text]

	Abuse from a partner may contribute to depression [Full text]

Editorials

	Guidelines from the British Hypertension Society
	Stéphane Laurent
	BMJ  2004;328:593-594, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.593 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Congenital heart disease
	Tom Treasure
	BMJ  2004;328:594-595, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.594 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intimate partner violence
	Lorraine E Ferris
	BMJ  2004;328:595-596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.595 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine kicks off
	Peter Tugwell
	BMJ  2004;328:597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.597 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of competing interests]

	Targets, inspections, and transparency
	Gwyn Bevan, Christopher Hood
	BMJ  2004;328:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.598 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Random drug testing in schools fails screening criteria
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2004;328:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.641 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Follow up of hypertension by family practitioners: Select sample and absolute risk of cardiovascular disease
	Mark Nelson
	BMJ  2004;328:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.641-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Follow up of hypertension by family practitioners: Technique should be taught at school
	David Barnes
	BMJ  2004;328:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.641-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Follow up of hypertension by family practitioners: Authors' reply
	Richard V Birtwhistle, Marshall S Godwin, M Dianne Delva, R Ian Casson, Miu Lam
	BMJ  2004;328:641-642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.641-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Biopsy specimens should be legally defined as donations
	Paul K Wright
	BMJ  2004;328:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.642 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Results of eVALuate study of hysterectomy techniques: Conversion to open surgery should not be regarded as major complication
	Simon W Atkinson
	BMJ  2004;328:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.642-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Results of eVALuate study of hysterectomy techniques: Degree of pain cannot be commented on
	Stephen M F Saunders
	BMJ  2004;328:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.642-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Results of eVALuate study of hysterectomy techniques: Laparoscopic hysterectomy may yet have a bright future
	M J Canis, A Wattiez, G Mage, M A Bruhat
	BMJ  2004;328:642-643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.642-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Results of eVALuate study of hysterectomy techniques: High rate of complications needs explanation
	J Donnez, J Squifflet, P Jadoul, M Smets
	BMJ  2004;328:643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.643 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Results of eVALuate study of hysterectomy techniques: Authors' reply
	Ray Garry, Jeremy Hawe
	BMJ  2004;328:643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.643-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of eyes: Injury to the eye: Eye padding is not recommended for corneal abrasions
	Rhett S Kahn
	BMJ  2004;328:643-644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.643-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of eyes: Injury to the eye: ABC should incorporate evidence based medicine
	Atul K Kapur
	BMJ  2004;328:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.644 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of eyes: Injury to the eye: Orbital injuries should not be considered in isolation
	James R Gallagher, Peter Ramsay-Baggs
	BMJ  2004;328:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.644-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of eyes: Injury to the eye: Authors' reply
	Peng Tee Khaw, Peter Shah, Andrew R Elkington
	BMJ  2004;328:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.644-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joy of rapid responses: Don't take points raised in open and free discussion personally
	Malvinder S Parmar
	BMJ  2004;328:644-645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.644-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joy of rapid responses: Readers read articles more closely when they can respond
	Manan Vasenwala
	BMJ  2004;328:645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.645 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joy of rapid responses: Rapid responses are useful...
	Phillip J Colquitt
	BMJ  2004;328:645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.645-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joy of rapid responses: ... but perhaps not entirely effective
	Leisha Wharfield
	BMJ  2004;328:645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.645-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joy of rapid responses: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;328:645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.645-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Poverty gap for cancer survival widens
	Katherine Burke
	BMJ  2004;328:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.599 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Aromatase inhibitor cuts risk of recurrence of breast cancer
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.599-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.600 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Regulations are stifling development of new drugs
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.600-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Children say they are not involved enough in their treatment
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2004;328:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.600-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Complaints against doctors in child protection work have increased fivefold
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.601 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Southall is cleared by GMC but faces new charges
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.601-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Research groups fail to reach agreement on protocol for treatment trials for CJD
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.603-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Polishing the tarnished image of academic medicine
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Oestrogen only arm of women's health initiative trial is stopped
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.602 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GM foods should be submitted to further studies, says BMA
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.602-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Responses of black patients and white patients to antihypertensive drugs are similar, study shows
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.602-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Authors reject interpretation linking autism and MMR vaccine
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.602-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	WMA calls for retired academics to teach in developing world
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.602-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Federal funding for comparative drug studies not in US budget
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2004;328:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.603 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UN warns of dangers of drugs sold on internet
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.603-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Primary care trusts need to tackle disparities in general practice
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;328:603, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.603-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	GMC strikes off proponent of temporary brittle bone disease
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Developing countries could derail global anti-obesity plan
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Regulatory body proposed for acupuncturists and herbalists
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Poor attitude among staff is undermining NHS successes, says chief executive
	Nadeeja Koralage
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Heart surgery halted because of staff exhaustion
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604-e [Extract] [Full text]

	US stroke legislation is revised after BMJ airs controversy
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604-f [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS attracts German doctors
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604-g [Extract] [Full text]

	US-Australia trade deal strengthens power of Australian drugs industry
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.604-h [Extract] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Discharge destination and length of stay: differences between US and English hospitals for people aged 65 and over
	Brian Jarman, Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle
	BMJ  2004;328:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.605 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full methodological details]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;328:606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.606 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	General practitioner management of intimate partner abuse and the whole family: qualitative study
	Angela Taft, Dorothy H Broom, David Legge
	BMJ  2004;328:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38014.627535.0B, (Published 6 February 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between depression and abuse by partners of women attending general practice: descriptive, cross sectional survey
	Kelsey Hegarty, Jane Gunn, Patty Chondros, Rhonda Small
	BMJ  2004;328:621-624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.621 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Ocular and systemic causes of retinopathy in patients without diabetes mellitus
	Jayant Venkatramani, Paul Mitchell
	BMJ  2004;328:625-629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.625 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table]

	Lesson of the week: Pitfalls in the diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma
	L Zendron, J Fehrenbach, C Taverna, M Krause
	BMJ  2004;328:629-630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.629 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of smoking cessation: Cessation interventions in routine health care
	Tim Coleman
	BMJ  2004;328:631-633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.631 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 2004 (BHS-IV): summary
	Bryan Williams, Neil R Poulter, Morris J Brown, Mark Davis, Gordon T McInnes, John F Potter, Peter S Sever, Simon McG Thom
	BMJ  2004;328:634-640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.634 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Categories of strength used in statements]

Reviews

	Press: Crisis? What crisis?
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2004;328:648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.648 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Death of "no comment"?
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.649 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: Domestic violence
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2004;328:649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.649-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dance: Lullaby
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2004;328:650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.650 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe
	Piyal Sen
	BMJ  2004;328:650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.650-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: What's wrong with having more than one consultant grade?
	Richard Hayward
	BMJ  2004;328:651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.651 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: The New Ethics
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2004;328:651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.651-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.652 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: One day treatment is as effective as seven to eradicate H pylori
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;328:617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.617 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Post-traumatic stress disorder
	BMJ  2004;328:624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.624 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	My most useful surgery instrument
	Paul Vincent
	BMJ  2004;328:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.630 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BMJ USA

	Editor's choice: Food, functional food
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2004;328:E277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.E277 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: The fallacy of "light" cigarettes
	Nancy A Rigotti, Hilary A Tindle
	BMJ  2004;328:E278-E279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.E278 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Blowing the whistle on review articles
	Allen F Shaughnessy, David C Slawson
	BMJ  2004;328:E280-E282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.E280 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Filler: "Do it!"
	Renate G Justin
	BMJ  2004;328:E283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.E283 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Filler: Serendipity is "divinipitous," but "divinipity" is not serendipitous
	Biji Kurien
	BMJ  2004;328:E284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.E284 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:E285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.E285 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Do I need to have the MRCGP to work as a GP?
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2004;328:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s102, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Who is eligible for flexible training? I have a LAT. Can I train flexibly?
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2004;328:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s102-a, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am due to start my general practice registrar year (I am on a vocational scheme), but I am seven months pregnant. What should I do?
	Pauline Brimblecome
	BMJ  2004;328:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s102-b, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am currently working as a staff grade at the top of the pay scale with discretionary points. Will I have to take a pay cut if I apply for a specialist registrar rotation?
	Simon Eccles
	BMJ  2004;328:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s102-c, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What kind of experience do I need for a specialist registrar rotation in microbiology?
	Andrew Wilson
	BMJ  2004;328:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s102-d, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s103, (Published 13 March 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB): the view from the top
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s103-s105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s103-a, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The overseas doctor hurdle race
	Gumma Aparna
	BMJ  2004;328:s105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s105, (Published 13 March 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Leaving your job: part 2
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2004;328:s106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s106, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Powerful paintings: encouraging future doctors through art
	Prasun Chaudhury
	BMJ  2004;328:s107-s108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s107, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Information for students with disabilities who want to enter medicine
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s109, (Published 13 March 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Retraining
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.s110, (Published 13 March 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Ross Taylor
	T W J Lennard
	BMJ  2004;328:646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.646 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Khalil Zarroug Aburugba
	Omar Zarroug Abdelkafi
	BMJ  2004;328:646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.646-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Janet Heyes
	John Gillies, Mollie McBride, Paul Thomas
	BMJ  2004;328:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.647 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Fred Johnstone
	Chris Johnstone
	BMJ  2004;328:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.647-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Noel Scott Kenchington
	H Max White
	BMJ  2004;328:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.647-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jim Roulston
	Chris Roulston
	BMJ  2004;328:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.647-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Saunders
	Peter Milton, Stanley Simmons, Derek Hyatt
	BMJ  2004;328:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.647-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Hildebrand Hunt Williams
	Rupert Wilkinson
	BMJ  2004;328:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.647-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sydney Gordon Forbes Wilson
	Clifford C Lutton
	BMJ  2004;328:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.647-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Use of hospitals, physician visits, and hospice care during last six months of life among cohorts loyal to highly respected hospitals in the United States
	John E Wennberg, Elliott S Fisher, Thérèse A Stukel, Jonathan S Skinner, Sandra M Sharp, Kristen K Bronner
	BMJ  2004;328:607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.607 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Getting a grip on clinical variations in hospital services
	David J Hunter
	BMJ  2004;328:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7440.610 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Survival after surgery or therapeutic catheterisation for congenital heart disease in children in the United Kingdom: analysis of the central cardiac audit database for 2000-1
	John L Gibbs, James L Monro, David Cunningham, Anthony Rickards
	BMJ  2004;328:611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38027.613403.F6, (Published 24 February 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figures A - I] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of tetanus treatment with antitetanus immunoglobulin by the intrathecal or intramuscular route
	Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Antônio Alci Barone, Vicente Luiz Vaz, Aderbal Gomes Vieira, Valéria Maria Gonçalves Albuquerque
	BMJ  2004;328:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38027.560347.7C, (Published 5 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

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