Health information for all by 2015?
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	The NHS could offer screening for colorectal cancer [Full text]

	Agreeing a treatment plan cuts hospital detentions [Full text]

	Poorer women are more likely to have advanced breast cancer at diagnosis [Full text]

	Doctors do not use the Apgar score well [Full text]

	Blood pressure of Irish teenagers has fallen [Full text]

	Home control of blood pressure is beneficial [Full text]

	Ring fencing reduces hospital infection [Full text]

Editorials

	Combating HIV/AIDS in developing countries
	Jennifer Prah Ruger
	BMJ  2004;329:121-122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.121 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Compulsion and psychiatry—the role of advance statements
	Philip Thomas, Anne B Cahill
	BMJ  2004;329:122-123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.122 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spiritual needs in health care
	Peter Speck, Irene Higginson, Julia Addington-Hall
	BMJ  2004;329:123-124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.123 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New treatments for colon cancer
	Maurice Slevin, Sarah Payne
	BMJ  2004;329:124-126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.124 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional referrences]

	Getting ethics into practice
	Michael J Parker
	BMJ  2004;329:126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.126 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Not yet standard of care for melanoma
	J Meirion Thomas, Matthew A Clark
	BMJ  2004;329:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.170 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Optimum method remains to be determined
	Ervine D Long, John R Read
	BMJ  2004;329:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.170-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Sentinel node technique has drawbacks
	Stefano Ciatto
	BMJ  2004;329:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.170-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Authors' reply
	Malcolm R Kell, Michael J Kerin
	BMJ  2004;329:170-171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.170-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of instruments for peer assessment of physicians: Clinics with peers keep you on the straight and narrow...
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2004;329:171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.171 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of instruments for peer assessment of physicians: ... and our impact on one another is important
	Irwin M Rubin, Sarah W Fraser
	BMJ  2004;329:171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.171-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute mountain sickness: Exclusion of high risk, low status groups perpetuates discrimination and inequalities
	Jean Adams
	BMJ  2004;329:171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.171-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute mountain sickness: Bias in participants may underestimate effectiveness of agents
	Heather L Elphick, David A Elphick
	BMJ  2004;329:172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.172 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute mountain sickness: Authors' reply
	Jeffrey H Gertsch, Buddha Basnyat, E William Johnson, Peter S Holck
	BMJ  2004;329:172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.172-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full reply]

	National screening programme for chlamydia exists in England
	K A Fenton, D Scott LaMontagne, Sarah Randall
	BMJ  2004;329:172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.172-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes: Is morbidity or empowerment increasing?
	Aldo Mariotto
	BMJ  2004;329:172-173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.172-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes: Clinical assessment tools need improving
	Waseem Sharieff
	BMJ  2004;329:173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.173 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes: Authors' reply
	Niamh Murphy, John McMurray, Kate MacIntyre
	BMJ  2004;329:173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.173-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tracking system for studies should be in place
	J A C Delaney
	BMJ  2004;329:173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.173-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prisons show prophylaxis for close contacts may indeed help in next flu pandemic
	Niyi Awofeso
	BMJ  2004;329:173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.173-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Thailand ignores HIV epidemic in drug users
	Robert Walgate
	BMJ  2004;329:127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.127 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Education programme reduces STDs in African-American girls
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.127-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.128 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Brown confirms a 7.1% rise in NHS spending next year
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;329:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.128-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMJ group appoints acting editor and acting chief executive
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2004;329:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.128-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO insists it can meet its target for antiretrovirals by 2005
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;329:129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.129 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Developing economies shrink as AIDS reduces workforce
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;329:129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.129-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MRSA infections rose by 5% between 2003 and 2004
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.131-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Stronger sanctions needed against companies that suppress data
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2004;329:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.132 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mumps cases rise among teenagers and young adults
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.132-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Watchdog criticises unequal distribution of NHS funding
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;329:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.130 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Two Hong Kong politicians resign in wake of SARS report
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;329:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.130-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Image of Iraqi hospital theatre wins photography prize
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.130-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Chinese government detains doctor who criticised it
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;329:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.130-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	France bans reproductive and therapeutic cloning
	Brad Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;329:130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.130-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Germany plans to introduce electronic health card
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2004;329:131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.131 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Patients can sue authority for actions of GP
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.131-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New penalties proposed for Dutch doctors who flout euthanasia law
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.131-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	15th International AIDS conference: Nevirapine reduces perinatal HIV transmission in women tested and treated during labour
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.132-b [Extract] [Full text]

	15th International AIDS conference: New grassroots organisation is set up to tackle AIDS
	Robert Walgate
	BMJ  2004;329:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.132-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Out of hours services are not facing a crisis, minister says
	Karen Hébert
	BMJ  2004;329:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.132-d [Extract] [Full text]

	US medical students in Cuba receive temporary reprieve
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.132-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Committee calls for GPs to advise elderly patients on financial benefits
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.132-f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Blood pressure control by home monitoring: meta-analysis of randomised trials
	Francesco P Cappuccio, Sally M Kerry, Lindsay Forbes, Anna Donald
	BMJ  2004;329:145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38121.684410.AE, (Published 11 June 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendices A - D][extra: Appendices] FREE

Quality improvement reports

	Eradication of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus by "ring fencing" of elective orthopaedic beds
	Leela C Biant, E Louise Teare, William W Williams, Jeremy D Tuite
	BMJ  2004;329:149-151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.149 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Threatened miscarriage: evaluation and management
	Alexandros Sotiriadis, Stefania Papatheodorou, George Makrydimas
	BMJ  2004;329:152-155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.152 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Lesson of the week: Musculoskeletal pain in female asylum seekers and hypovitaminosis D3
	Gabrielle de Torrenté de la Jara, Alain Pécoud, Bernard Favrat
	BMJ  2004;329:156-157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.156 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of burns: Management of burn injuries of various depths
	Remo Papini
	BMJ  2004;329:158-160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.158 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Is the BMA a 21st century organisation?
	Nizam Mamode
	BMJ  2004;329:161-163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.161 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA's response
	James Johnson
	BMJ  2004;329:163-164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.163 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics in practice: Genetic information: a joint account?
	Michael Parker, Anneke M Lucassen
	BMJ  2004;329:165-167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.165 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics Notes: Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios
	Jonathan J Deeks, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2004;329:168-169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.168 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Reviews

	The Foundling Museum
	Joanna Lyall
	BMJ  2004;329:176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.176 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Stolen Innocence: A Mother's Fight for Justice—The Story of Sally Clark
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2004;329:177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.177 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Young Doctors
	Bruno Rushforth
	BMJ  2004;329:177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.177-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: Website gives media the tough treatment
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2004;329:178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.178 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Resisting cookbook medicine
	Stephen J Genuis, Shelagh K Genuis
	BMJ  2004;329:179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.179 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Gulliver and bmj.com
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2004;329:179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.179-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.180 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Peak expiratory flow rate does not predict exacerbation of asthma
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Petrarch, physicians, and controlled trials
	Olivier Nardi
	BMJ  2004;329:141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.141 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	My minor omission
	Michael Burg
	BMJ  2004;329:144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.144 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Tao of Pooh—a philosophy that changed my practice
	Michael Archer
	BMJ  2004;329:151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.151 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;329:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.164 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The sanitation of Panama
	BMJ  2004;329:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.167 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Living history
	Giridhar P Kalamangalam
	BMJ  2004;329:169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.169 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;329:174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.174-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Social class and elective caesareans in the English NHS
	BMJ  2004;329:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.148 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	FDA rejects over the counter status for emergency contraceptive
	BMJ  2004;329:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.148-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of burns: pathophysiology and types of burns
	BMJ  2004;329:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.148-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Is it possible to decline (with six weeks' notice) a senior house officer job which I originally accepted? If so, how should I limit any damage?
	Trevor Pickersgill
	BMJ  2004;329:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s22, (Published 17 July 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How is the role of clinical fellow different from that of senior house officer?
	Justin Stebbing
	BMJ  2004;329:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s22-a, (Published 17 July 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I trained in general practice but I am currently a full time mother. I have no plans to return to medical work for at least five years. What should I be doing about revalidation?
	Brian Keighley
	BMJ  2004;329:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s22-b, (Published 17 July 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am working as a senior house officer on a surgical rotation and I plan to complete my MRCS soon. I am interested in a career in radiology—what should I do in the meantime to improve my chances?
	Sarah Burnett
	BMJ  2004;329:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s22-c, (Published 17 July 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s23, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s23, (Published 17 July 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Transplant surgery
	Gavin Pettigrew
	BMJ  2004;329:s23-s25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s23-a, (Published 17 July 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consultants resident at night
	Clive Ramsden
	BMJ  2004;329:s26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s26, (Published 17 July 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Voluntary service abroad
	Samshudin Suleman
	BMJ  2004;329:s27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s27, (Published 17 July 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PriMHE suspect
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2004;329:s28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s28, (Published 17 July 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Coaching for doctors: a road to salvation
	Neeta Manek
	BMJ  2004;329:s29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s29, (Published 17 July 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Inserting a chest drain
	Graeme P Currie
	BMJ  2004;329:s29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s29-a, (Published 17 July 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A proper job<$DOWNLINK>
	Nicola Sharp
	BMJ  2004;329:s30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.s30, (Published 17 July 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Ilsley Ingram
	David Bennett-Jones, George Freeman
	BMJ  2004;329:174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.174 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Patrick Lim Lian Chow Ah-fat
	P D Angus
	BMJ  2004;329:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.175 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Philip William Bowden
	E A Foreman
	BMJ  2004;329:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.175-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Stewart Michael Brydon
	John Harrington, John Johnston, Stewart Cherry, Mike Higgins
	BMJ  2004;329:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.175-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ieuan Lynn Richard Evans
	R I Evans, R W Evans
	BMJ  2004;329:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.175-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Hugh Kelson Ford
	Ian Campbell
	BMJ  2004;329:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.175-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Richard Charles Harrington
	Ian Goodyear, Alistair Burns
	BMJ  2004;329:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.175-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Max Hillel
	Julie Procter
	BMJ  2004;329:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7458.175-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Results of the first round of a demonstration pilot of screening for colorectal cancer in the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2004;329:133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38153.491887.7C, (Published 5 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of the pilot group] FREE

	Effect of joint crisis plans on use of compulsory treatment in psychiatry: single blind randomised controlled trial
	Claire Henderson, Chris Flood, Morven Leese, Graham Thornicroft, Kim Sutherby, George Szmukler
	BMJ  2004;329:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38155.585046.63, (Published 7 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Training pack] FREE

	Trends in blood pressure over 10 years in adolescents: analyses of cross sectional surveys in the Northern Ireland Young Hearts project
	David Watkins, Peter McCarron, Liam Murray, Gordon Cran, Colin Boreham, Paula Robson, Claire McGartland, George Davey Smith, Maurice Savage
	BMJ  2004;329:139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38149.510139.7C, (Published 29 June 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are there socioeconomic gradients in stage and grade of breast cancer at diagnosis? Cross sectional analysis of UK cancer registry data
	Jean Adams, Martin White, David Forman
	BMJ  2004;329:142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38114.679387.AE, (Published 2 June 2004) [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further information and extra table][extra: Further information and extra table] FREE

	Correct use of the Apgar score for resuscitated and intubated newborn babies: questionnaire study
	Enrico Lopriore, G Frederiek van Burk, Frans J Walther, Arnout Jan de Beaufort
	BMJ  2004;329:143-144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38117.665197.F7, (Published 18 June 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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