Cataclysm and departure
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Richard Smith's resignation letter and letter to members of staff] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Filtered blood shortens hospital stay [Full text]

	Soya food may reduce the risk of endometrial cancer [Full text]

	Older age doesn't affect time spent in hospital before death [Full text]

	Individual patient data reveal antibiotic resistance [Full text]

	HRT increases unnecessary tests after breast cancer screening [Full text]

	A negative test for human papillomavirus may not reassure [Full text]

Editorials

	Global warming
	Jonathan A Patz
	BMJ  2004;328:1269-1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1269 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotics, resistance, and clinical outcomes
	Mark Woodhead, Douglas Fleming, Richard Wise
	BMJ  2004;328:1270-1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1270 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The free trade agreement between Australia and the United States
	Peter Drahos, David Henry
	BMJ  2004;328:1271-1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical screening
	Angela E Raffle
	BMJ  2004;328:1272-1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1272 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NICE guidance on newer drugs for epilepsy in adults
	Emilio Perucca
	BMJ  2004;328:1273-1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1273 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Response to editorial from 106 doctors
	Robert M Reece
	BMJ  2004;328:1316-1317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Deatils of other 105 signatories plus the references]

	The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Authors' reply
	J F Geddes, J Plunkett
	BMJ  2004;328:1317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1317 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full version]

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Details of paper were incorrect
	Lesley Fallowfield
	BMJ  2004;328:1317-1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1317-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Paper was muddled
	Angela Coulter
	BMJ  2004;328:1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1318 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: It takes two to make therapeutic relationship work
	June Jones, Derek Willis
	BMJ  2004;328:1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1318-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Communication needs of all kinds of people should be explored
	Joyce Carter
	BMJ  2004;328:1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1318-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Communication entails more than being nice
	Christine Bundy
	BMJ  2004;328:1318-1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1318-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Authors' reply
	Emma Burkitt Wright, Christopher Holcombe, Peter Salmon
	BMJ  2004;328:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1319 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise GPs for somatic treatment?: Sorting the wheat from the chaff
	Trefor J Roscoe
	BMJ  2004;328:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1319-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise GPs for somatic treatment?: Summary of rapid responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;328:1319-1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1319-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Flaw in WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Letter identified wrong problem with the framework convention
	Clive Bates
	BMJ  2004;328:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1320 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Flaw in WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Question is scientific rather than cosmetic
	Harley J Stanton
	BMJ  2004;328:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1320-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Who should decide on caesarean sections?
	Udaya Shankar Mishra
	BMJ  2004;328:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1320-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ papers could include honesty box for research warts
	William T Hamilton, David Kessler
	BMJ  2004;328:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1320-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Darfur teetering "on the verge of mass starvation"
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;328:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1275 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Italians are offered "do it yourself" paternity testing kits
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2004;328:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1275-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1276 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Editor of the BMJ to take up new post
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1276-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Blair appoints Julian Le Grand as new adviser on health
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1276-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE guidance has failed to end "postcode prescribing"
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1277 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	First stem cell bank in the world is opened in UK
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1277-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European guidelines on hypertension more flexible than those in United States
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1279-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Swapping Ilford for Baghdad
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	French patients will have to go through family doctors to access specialists
	Brad Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Top health officials adopt global plan to cut obesity
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israeli army accused of obstructing medical access to civilians
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nigeria postpones programme of polio immunisation
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	New category of on-call work suggested
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	Higher numbers than previously predicted could be incubating vCJD
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1279 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	British Columbia can sue tobacco industry for healthcare costs
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1279-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

	European and US groups draw up standards for CME
	Anne Harding
	BMJ  2004;328:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1279-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Exodus of Polish doctors could threaten health system
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Sexual torture of men in wartime Croatia was common
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Lothian and Zambia join forces to tackle HIV/AIDS
	Dorothy Logie
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Government promises measures to tackle obesity in children
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280-d [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Psychological impact of human papillomavirus testing in women with borderline or mildly dyskaryotic cervical smear test results: cross sectional questionnaire study
	Esther Maissi, Theresa M Marteau, Matthew Hankins, Sue Moss, Rosa Legood, Alastair Gray
	BMJ  2004;328:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1293 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Presence of bacteriuria caused by trimethoprim resistant bacteria in patients prescribed antibiotics: multilevel model with practice and individual patient data
	P T Donnan, L Wei, D T Steinke, G Phillips, R Clarke, A Noone, F M Sullivan, T M MacDonald, P G Davey
	BMJ  2004;328:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1297 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Legal issues of data anonymisation in research
	Petra Wilson
	BMJ  2004;328:1300-1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Forceps delivery in modern obstetric practice
	Roshni R Patel, Deirdre J Murphy
	BMJ  2004;328:1302-1305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1302 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and a patient's perspective]

	ABC of sexually transmitted infections: Vaginal discharge—causes, diagnosis, and treatment
	Helen Mitchell
	BMJ  2004;328:1306-1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1306 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Overview of genital candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, and trichomoniasis]

Education and debate

	Munchausen syndrome by proxy and sudden infant death
	A W Craft, D M B Hall
	BMJ  2004;328:1309-1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1309 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Hands-on guide to questionnaire research: Selecting, designing, and developing your questionnaire
	Petra M Boynton, Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2004;328:1312-1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1312 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References, further examples and checklists]

Reviews

	Film: The Day After Tomorrow
	Shakoor Hajat
	BMJ  2004;328:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1323 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses
	Cathy Read
	BMJ  2004;328:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1324 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Working with Dangerous People: The Psychotherapy of Violence
	Gwen Adshead
	BMJ  2004;328:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1324-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: I don't like Mondays (after bank holidays)
	Peter Kirkbride
	BMJ  2004;328:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1325 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Of evolution and homosexuality
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2004;328:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1325-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1326 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: BNP improves outcomes in evaluation of dyspnoea
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A rapid grasp of the fundamentals
	Andrew Vickers
	BMJ  2004;328:1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1290 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Hepatitis C
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1296 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The truth about exercise
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1315 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;328:1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1321-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Alcohol limit for drink driving should be much lower
	BMJ  2004;328:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1284 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	UK academy wants neuroscience research to benefit patients more quickly
	BMJ  2004;328:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1284-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patient power?
	BMJ  2004;328:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1284-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lessons from developing nations on improving health care
	BMJ  2004;328:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1301 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No mean feet
	BMJ  2004;328:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1301-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1301-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Under what circumstances could I prescribe a drug on an FP10 script for my personal use?
	Brian Keighley
	BMJ  2004;328:s212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s212, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a fourth year medical student in Scotland. Will the new two year foundation programme for PRHOs be in place for August 2005? I would also like to get a PRHO post in Essex or London to be nearer to my family. How do I go about doing this?
	Simon Eccles
	BMJ  2004;328:s212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s212-a, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I wish to pursue a career in chemical pathology. I do not want to do any more clinical medicine if I can help it. Can I apply straight away for this specialty or do I need membership and higher degrees?
	Adrian Park
	BMJ  2004;328:s212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s212-b, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I've just got my first locum consultant job after completing my specialist registrar training. What salary scale should I be paid?
	Alastair Hull
	BMJ  2004;328:s212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s212-c, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s213, (Published 29 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What to do with a medical degree if you don't want to work in the NHS Part 1: considering your options<$DOWNLINK>
	Adam Poole
	BMJ  2004;328:s213-s214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s213-a, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to become a lawyer
	Nigel Callaghan
	BMJ  2004;328:s215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s215, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fatal accident inquiries and how to survive them
	Alastair M Hull
	BMJ  2004;328:s216-s217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s216, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Completing a death certificate
	Jennifer Hall
	BMJ  2004;328:s217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s217, (Published 29 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to pass the FRCA
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2004;328:s218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s218, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Misinformation, poverty, and overseas doctors
	Sharon Alcock
	BMJ  2004;328:s219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s219, (Published 29 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is this the end?<$DOWNLINK>
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.s220, (Published 29 May 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Jean Ginsburg
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2004;328:1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1321 [Extract] [Full text]

	Simon John Boniface
	John Hodges
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Fritz Buchthal
	J Payan
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mary Graham Findlay
	Ian D Findlay, A Graham Findlay
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Percy Ellis Thompson Hancock
	Trevor Hudson
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jurek Lister
	Tom Davies
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Martin Littlewood
	Sheelagh Littlewood, Clare Littlewood
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Elizabeth Pais
	W A Pais
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Porteous Small
	Martin Eastwood
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Effects of transfusion with red cells filtered to remove leucocytes: randomised controlled trial in patients undergoing major surgery
	Joost A van Hilten, Leo M G van de Watering, J Hajo van Bockel, Cornelis J H van de Velde, Job Kievit, Ronald Brand, Wilbert B van den Hout, Robert H Geelkerken, Rudi M H Roumen, Ronald M J Wesselink, Ankie W M M Koopman-van Gemert, Jan Koning, Anneke Brand
	BMJ  2004;328:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38103.735266.55, (Published 13 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soya food intake and risk of endometrial cancer among Chinese women in Shanghai: population based case-control study
	Wang Hong Xu, Wei Zheng, Yong Bing Xiang, Zhi Xian Ruan, Jia Rong Cheng, Qi Dai, Yu Tang Gao, Xiao Ou Shu
	BMJ  2004;328:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38093.646215.AE, (Published 10 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital admissions, age, and death: retrospective cohort study
	Tracy Dixon, Mary Shaw, Stephen Frankel, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2004;328:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38072.481933.EE, (Published 16 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of use of hormone replacement therapy on false positive recall in the NHS breast screening programme: results from the million women study
	Emily Banks, Gillian Reeves, Valerie Beral, Diana Bull, Barbara Crossley, Moya Simmonds, Elizabeth Hilton, Stephen Bailey, Nigel Barrett, Peter Briers, Ruth English, Alan Jackson, Elizabeth Kutt, Janet Lavelle, Linda Rockall, Matthew G Wallis, Mary Wilson, Julietta Patnick
	BMJ  2004;328:1291-1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1291 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Teicoplanin induced drug hypersensitivity syndrome
	C M Perrett, S R McBride
	BMJ  2004;328:1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1292 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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