Do mistakes matter?
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Use NSAIDs for renal colic [Full text]

	People with cleft lip and palate live less long [Full text]

	Enteral nutrition is better than parenteral in acute pancreatitis [Full text]

	Admissions for chest pain are increasing [Full text]

	Does eradicating H pylori improve gastric symptoms? [Full text]

	Epidural analgesia does not increase risk of caesarean intervention [Full text]

Editorials

	Whole body magnetic resonance imaging
	Stephen J Eustace, Erik Nelson
	BMJ  2004;328:1387-1388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1387 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full image]

	Eradicating H pylori
	Brendan Delaney, Paul Moayyedi
	BMJ  2004;328:1388-1389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1388 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Choice and equity: lessons from long term care
	Christopher Deeming, Justin Keen
	BMJ  2004;328:1389-1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1389 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A firm foundation for senior house officers
	Derek Gallen, Ed Peile
	BMJ  2004;328:1390-1391, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1390 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling the next influenza pandemic
	Ran D Balicer, Michael Huerta, Itamar Grotto
	BMJ  2004;328:1391-1392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1391 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Data protection, informed consent, and research: Data Protection Act does not bar medical research
	Stewart Room
	BMJ  2004;328:1437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1437 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Data protection, informed consent, and research: Interpretation of legislation should reflect patients' views
	Jonathan Fletcher, Joanna Marriott, David Phillips
	BMJ  2004;328:1437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1437-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sharing electronic health records: Confidentiality is big issue
	Derek F H Pheby
	BMJ  2004;328:1437-1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1437-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sharing electronic health records: Author's reply
	Trina Adams
	BMJ  2004;328:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1438 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing nocturia: Nocturia is a symptom, not a diagnosis
	Neil W Matheson
	BMJ  2004;328:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1438-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing nocturia: Article is removed from clinical practice
	Roger Walker
	BMJ  2004;328:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1438-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing nocturia: Authors' reply
	Lisa M Gillen, Serge P Marinkovic, Stuart L Stanton
	BMJ  2004;328:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1438-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hypocalcaemia after intravenous bisphosphonate: Read the product information first
	Shazia Breay
	BMJ  2004;328:1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1439 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hypocalcaemia after intravenous bisphosphonate: Lesson to be learnt
	Cameron Fergus
	BMJ  2004;328:1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1439-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hypocalcaemia after intravenous bisphosphonate: Adjuvant bisphosphonate is not currently accepted practice
	Carlo Palmieri, Tony Dhillon, Charles Coombes, David Vigushin
	BMJ  2004;328:1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1439-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hypocalcaemia after intravenous bisphosphonate: Authors' reply
	Rajesh Peter, Vinita Mishra, William D Fraser
	BMJ  2004;328:1439-1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1439-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital management of self harm in adults in England: Study contains important data not reported in the paper
	Alex J Mitchell
	BMJ  2004;328:1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1440 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital management of self harm in adults in England: Authors' reply
	Olive Bennewith, David Gunnell, Tim Peters, Keith Hawton, Allan House
	BMJ  2004;328:1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1440-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Am I breaking the law again?
	Michael Irwin
	BMJ  2004;328:1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1440-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Doctor charged with misconduct over murder claim
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1393 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1394 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Thyroid cancer has increased 12-fold in women since Chernobyl
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1394-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Early localised prostate cancer may accelerate after 15 years
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1394-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GlaxoSmithKline faces US lawsuit over concealment of trial results
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1395 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report shows strong sex differences in teenage health behaviour
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2004;328:1395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1395-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Smoking habits of ethnic groups lead to higher risk of heart disease
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;328:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1397-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity suspends work in Afghanistan after five staff are killed
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pain control often neglected in war areas
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Safest and cheapest antiemetics should be used first for postoperative nausea
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GPs should have greater role in commissioning hospital services
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New centre is set up to promote evidence based surgery in the United Kingdom
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Homeless families in England report high levels of depression
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Coordination needed between primary and secondary care for chronic diseases
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1396-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	West Nile infections are occurring early in North America
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1397 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors demand national screening for chlamydia
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;328:1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1397-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Group set up to facilitate mobility of patients between EU countries
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Greek authorities probe illegal clinical studies on elderly people
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398-c [Extract] [Full text]

	US judge says ban on partial birth abortion is unconstitutional
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1398-d [Extract] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Social class and elective caesareans in the English NHS
	Katherine Barley, Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Brian Jarman
	BMJ  2004;328:1399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1399 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and full methodological details]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;328:1400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1400 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Randomised controlled trial of effects of Helicobacter pylori infection and its eradication on heartburn and gastro-oesophageal reflux: Bristol helicobacter project
	Richard F Harvey, J Athene Lane, Liam J Murray, Ian M Harvey, Jenny L Donovan, Prakash Nair
	BMJ  2004;328:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38082.626725.EE, (Published 4 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Kidney stones
	Malvinder S Parmar
	BMJ  2004;328:1420-1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1420 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Interactive case report: A 64 year old woman with knee pain: case progression
	P Tugwell, A M O'Connor, N A Santesso
	BMJ  2004;328:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1425 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Nalbuphine and slow release morphine
	Jason Smith, Henry Guly
	BMJ  2004;328:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1426 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of burns: Pathophysiology and types of burns
	Shehan Hettiaratchy, Peter Dziewulski
	BMJ  2004;328:1427-1429, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1427 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Chemotherapy for cancer patients who present late
	Stella J Bowcock, Charles D Shee, Saad M B Rassam, Peter G Harper
	BMJ  2004;328:1430-1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1430 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hands-on guide to questionnaire research: Reaching beyond the white middle classes
	Petra M Boynton, Gary W Wood, Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2004;328:1433-1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1433 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Illustrative examples and table]

Reviews

	Book: Difficult Consultations with Adolescents
	Domhnall MacAuley
	BMJ  2004;328:1443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1443 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Moments of Truth: Four Creators of Modern Medicine
	Ioana Vlad
	BMJ  2004;328:1443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1443-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: The rise and fall of the health glossies
	Joanna Lyall
	BMJ  2004;328:1444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1444 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: A time to live or a time to die?
	BMJ  2004;328:1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1445 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: CAMRA shy?
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2004;328:1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1445-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1446 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Breast augmentation is unlikely to affect cancer identificaton
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Northern Ireland—poetic sectarianism
	Kishor Choudhari
	BMJ  2004;328:1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1414 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The end of the party
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1416-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A paediatric emergency
	Frances da Cunha
	BMJ  2004;328:1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1419 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The doctor within
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1426-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Listen to grandmother
	John Dewhurst
	BMJ  2004;328:1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1436 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Apology

	Professor Roger Williams: An Apology
	BMJ  2004;328:1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1432 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

	The logrank test
	BMJ  2004;328:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1412 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1412-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Exploring perspectives on death
	BMJ  2004;328:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1412-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

	Editor's choice: No accidents
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2004;328:E300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Balancing mammography's benefits and harms
	Joshua J Fenton, Joann G Elmore
	BMJ  2004;328:E301-E302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E301 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial: Patient-centered communication
	Debra Roter
	BMJ  2004;328:E303-E304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E303 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Sidha S Sambandan, Louis I Jones
	BMJ  2004;328:E305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E305 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Bjørn Møller, Solveig Hofvind, Harald Weedon-Fekjær, Jan Mæhlen, Per-Henrik Zahl, Bjørn Heine Strand
	BMJ  2004;328:E306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E306 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Joanne Rule
	BMJ  2004;328:E307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E307 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:E308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.E308 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I'm starting a GP vocational training scheme in August. I opted for a flexible training post when I applied, but now I want to go for full time training. How do I go about it?
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2004;328:s232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s232, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are there any guidelines for internal locum pay (registrar grade) to cover colleagues' absence from work? We seem to be paid less for internal locum on-calls than for our normal or regular on-calls.
	Simon Eccles
	BMJ  2004;328:s232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s232-a, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am working as a locum doctor. Can I attend courses such as ALS, MRCS part 1, or ATLS before entering a rotation or a six months post? Where can I find details?
	Montio Morgan
	BMJ  2004;328:s232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s232-b, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am 40 years old, have passed the MRCOG exam part 1, and scored 7.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test. What are the career opportunities for me in Australia and New Zealand?
	Miriam Martin
	BMJ  2004;328:s232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s232-c, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;328:s233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s233, (Published 12 June 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to prepare for your first specialist registrar interview
	James Thaventhiran
	BMJ  2004;328:s233-s235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s233-a, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	We need better interview methods to recruit junior doctors
	N R Chenthil Kumar
	BMJ  2004;328:s235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s235, (Published 12 June 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Going from SAS to SpR
	Prithwiraj Saha
	BMJ  2004;328:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s236, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to pass MRCPath
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2004;328:s237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s237, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Premier league doctor
	Sara Kelly
	BMJ  2004;328:s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s238, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NHS Professionals: what's it all about?
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2004;328:s239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s239, (Published 12 June 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A bad smell<$DOWNLINK>
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;328:s240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.s240, (Published 12 June 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Lorimer Fison
	John Talbot
	BMJ  2004;328:1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1441 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Burns
	Ronald Hinchcliffe
	BMJ  2004;328:1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1441-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Charles Terence Anthony Burgess
	Priscilla Burgess
	BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Anupama Damera
	Andy Evans, Simon Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Rhys Glyn Davies
	Alan Davies
	BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Andrea Obertelli
	Peter Galli
	BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sonia Rollin
	Henry R Rollin
	BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Peter Sainsbury
	Raj Rathod
	BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Whewell
	David S Strachan
	BMJ  2004;328:1442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1442-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Systematic review of the relative efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids in the treatment of acute renal colic
	Anna Holdgate, Tamara Pollock
	BMJ  2004;328:1401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38119.581991.55, (Published 3 June 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Long term follow up study of survival associated with cleft lip and palate at birth
	Kaare Christensen, Knud Juel, Anne Maria Herskind, Jeffrey C Murray
	BMJ  2004;328:1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38106.559120.7C, (Published 14 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Meta-analysis of parenteral nutrition versus enteral nutrition in patients with acute pancreatitis
	Paul E Marik, Gary P Zaloga
	BMJ  2004;328:1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38118.593900.55, (Published 2 June 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rates of caesarean section and instrumental vaginal delivery in nulliparous women after low concentration epidural infusions or opioid analgesia: systematic review
	E H C Liu, A T H Sia
	BMJ  2004;328:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38097.590810.7C, (Published 28 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes between 1990 and 2000: population based analysis
	N F Murphy, K MacIntyre, S Capewell, S Stewart, J Pell, J Chalmers, A Redpath, S Frame, J Boyd, J J V McMurray
	BMJ  2004;328:1413-1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38111.650741.F7, (Published 21 May 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Gastrointestinal bleeding after the introduction of COX 2 inhibitors: ecological study
	Muhammad Mamdani, David N Juurlink, Alex Kopp, Gary Naglie, Peter C Austin, Andreas Laupacis
	BMJ  2004;328:1415-1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38068.716262.F7, (Published 11 May 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: Nose bleeds associated with use of risperidone
	Mira Harrison-Woolrych, David W J Clark
	BMJ  2004;328:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7453.1416 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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