All doctors have a personal horror story
	Kamran Abbasi
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This week in the BMJ

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

	Twins born after assisted conception are not at higher risk of neurological damage [Full text]

	Overseas visitors should have access to free NHS care [Full text]

	Access to medical care does not explain social gradients in heart disease [Full text]

	Topical NSAIDs relieve osteoarthritis pain for only two weeks [Full text]

	Clopidogrel may be associated with acquired haemophilia A [Full text]

	Treating acute COPD at home is as good and cheaper [Full text]

Editorials

	How protective is the working time directive?
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:301-302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.301 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further information]

	How many eggs?
	Marc J N C Keirse, Frans M Helmerhorst
	BMJ  2004;329:302-303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.302 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Policing access to primary care with identity cards
	Julian Sheather, Iona Heath
	BMJ  2004;329:303-304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.303 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Topical NSAIDs in osteoarthritis
	Cyrus Cooper, Kelsey M Jordan
	BMJ  2004;329:304-305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.304 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

	Preventing malaria in UK travellers
	Jane N Zuckerman
	BMJ  2004;329:305-306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.305 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Investigation into GPs with high patient mortality: Monitoring death rates will become increasingly complex
	Julie Billett, Nick Kendall, Peter Old
	BMJ  2004;329:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.350 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investigation into GPs with high patient mortality: Situation is even more complicated
	Anne M Rothery
	BMJ  2004;329:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.350-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial independence at the BMJ: Oversight committee may be crucial step forward...
	David L Sackett
	BMJ  2004;329:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.350-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial independence at the BMJ: ... and could ensure three pronged terms of reference for editor
	Stephen R Leeder
	BMJ  2004;329:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.351 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial independence at the BMJ: Incident at Sri Lankan medical journal may show the way
	Murali Vallipuranathan
	BMJ  2004;329:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.351-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guidance has high priority in interventional procedures: Objective evidence needs to be provided
	Anton E Joseph
	BMJ  2004;329:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.351-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guidance has high priority in interventional procedures: Author's reply
	Bruce Campbell
	BMJ  2004;329:351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.351-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years: Plain English and minimal Latin may explain readability of 1950s paper...
	Mark B J Heneghan
	BMJ  2004;329:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.352 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years: ... and "scientific rigour" may be to blame for current dullness...
	L D Mewasingh
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	Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years: ...but Asher was asking why medical journals were so dull back then
	Tim Benson
	BMJ  2004;329:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.352-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Japan Tobacco Incorporated has found a new way of promoting tobacco in motor sports
	Hiroshi Kawane
	BMJ  2004;329:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.352-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Role of poverty must be emphasised
	Jim Black, Bebe Loff, Helen Potts
	BMJ  2004;329:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.352-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Secret US report surfaces on antidepressants in children
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.307 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany sets up quality control institute for health care
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2004;329:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.307-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.308 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Chief medical officer warns that many blood transfusions are unnecessary
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.308-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Berlin police investigate murder attempt in laboratory
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2004;329:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.308-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Man wins battle to keep receiving life support
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.309 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Richard Smith has left the building
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2004;329:309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.309-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Over the limit?
	Susan Mayor, Jane Burgermeister, Katka Kosner, Tiago Villanueva, Annette Tuffs, Brad Spurgeon, Fabio Turone, Muiris Houston, Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.310 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	Shorter interval between cervical screens will reduce incidence of cervical cancer
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.310-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Australia's free trade deal with US hangs in balance on drugs
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;329:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.310-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Identity cards may exclude vulnerable groups from health care, says BMA
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;329:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.310-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Baby milk manufacturers agree out of court settlement
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2004;329:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.310-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Consumers' Association voices concern at over the counter statins
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.310-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Sudanese army shuns UN resolution as humanitarian crisis continues
	Karen Hébert
	BMJ  2004;329:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.310-f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Efficacy of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Jinying Lin, Weiya Zhang, Adrian Jones, Michael Doherty
	BMJ  2004;329:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38159.639028.7C, (Published 30 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

	New perspectives—approaches to medical education at four new UK medical schools
	Amanda Howe, Peter Campion, Judy Searle, Helen Smith
	BMJ  2004;329:327-331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.327 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Promises and delivery—a research imperative for new approaches to medical education
	David Prideaux
	BMJ  2004;329:331-332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.331 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The ethics of medical education
	Reshma Jagsi, Lisa Soleymani Lehmann
	BMJ  2004;329:332-334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.332 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Patients in medical education and research
	Peter Lapsley
	BMJ  2004;329:334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.334 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	Val Wass
	BMJ  2004;329:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.335 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Powerpoint presentations] FREE

Clinical review

	Neurocardiogenic syncope
	Carol Chen-Scarabelli, Tiziano M Scarabelli
	BMJ  2004;329:336-341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further information]

	Interactive case report: Abnormal liver function found after an unplanned consultation: case progression
	James Heathcote
	BMJ  2004;329:342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.342 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of burns: Rehabilitation after burn injury
	Dale Edgar, Megan Brereton
	BMJ  2004;329:343-345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.343 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Ethics in practice: Eligibility of overseas visitors and people of uncertain residential status for NHS treatment
	Andrew J Pollard, Julian Savulescu
	BMJ  2004;329:346-349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.346 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: The Medical Society of London 1773-2003
	M D O'Brien
	BMJ  2004;329:355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.355 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live
	Sanjay A Pai
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	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2004;329:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.356 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Real Life: My Mum is My Dad
	Petra Boynton
	BMJ  2004;329:356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.356-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: A brave new paradigm?
	Michael Williams
	BMJ  2004;329:357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.357 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: What price entertainment?
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2004;329:357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.357-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.358 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: CRP is a weak predictor of coronary heart disease
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Qualities of a good surgeon
	R K Choudhary
	BMJ  2004;329:314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.314 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The other side of medicine
	Edward C A Barrett
	BMJ  2004;329:341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.341 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A warning
	Mark Petticrew
	BMJ  2004;329:342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.342-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Blue limbs (the importance of history and examination)
	Oana Predescu
	BMJ  2004;329:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.349 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;329:353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.353-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Variations and increase in use of statins across Europe: data from administrative databases
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	Administering, analysing, and reporting your questionnaire
	BMJ  2004;329:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.323-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Infertility among male UK veterans of the 1990-1 Gulf war: reproductive cohort study
	BMJ  2004;329:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.323-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	If I take more than 12 months off from practising medicine what will I need to do before returning in terms of my General Medical Council registration, pension, and finding a new job (probably GP)?
	Brian Keighley
	BMJ  2004;329:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s52, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a third year medical student. One of my tutors has offered me a DPhil studentship in his laboratory. Should I do the DPhil now or wait until I have finished medical school?
	Brian Angus
	BMJ  2004;329:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s52-a, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The trust where I am working as a senior house officer does not pay me for my overseas experience (which amounts to five years) and pays me only on point 0 scale. How can I challenge this?
	John Adsett
	BMJ  2004;329:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s52-b, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I'm expecting an offer of a job as locum consultant in Gibraltar for two weeks. Anyone got any advice?
	James Sherifi
	BMJ  2004;329:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s52-c, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2004;329:s53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s53, (Published 7 August 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Paediatric pathology<$DOWNLINK>
	Irene Scheimberg
	BMJ  2004;329:s53-s54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s53-a, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Accentuating the positive
	Renee Sewell
	BMJ  2004;329:s55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s55, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to use an ophthalmoscope
	David Spokes
	BMJ  2004;329:s56-s57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s56, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Writing for the new Diplomatosis column
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2004;329:s57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s57, (Published 7 August 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Learning with ROGER
	John Bache
	BMJ  2004;329:s58-s59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s58, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Helping doctors to solve problems
	Susan Laverty
	BMJ  2004;329:s59-s60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.s59, (Published 7 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Samuel Mitja Rapoport
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2004;329:353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.353 [Extract] [Full text]

	Paul Thornton Calvert
	R H Vickers
	BMJ  2004;329:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.354 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ian Duncan Chisholm
	Dan Chisholm
	BMJ  2004;329:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.354-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Neil Hyndman
	Niall Hyndman
	BMJ  2004;329:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.354-b [Extract] [Full text]

	John Richard ("Ian") Kenyon
	Averil O Mansfield
	BMJ  2004;329:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.354-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Patricia Ann Nettleton (née Girling)
	Margaret Siriol Colley
	BMJ  2004;329:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.354-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Telfer Reynolds
	Om Sharma, D Geraint James
	BMJ  2004;329:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.354-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Neill Shepherd
	Andrew Shepherd
	BMJ  2004;329:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.354-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Neurological sequelae in twins born after assisted conception: controlled national cohort study
	Anja Pinborg, Anne Loft, Lone Schmidt, Gorm Greisen, Steen Rasmussen, Anders Nyboe Andersen
	BMJ  2004;329:311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38156.715694.3A, (Published 15 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital at home for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence
	Felix S F Ram, Jadwiga A Wedzicha, John Wright, Michael Greenstone
	BMJ  2004;329:315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38159.650347.55, (Published 8 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does access to cardiac investigation and treatment contribute to social and ethnic differences in coronary heart disease? Whitehall II prospective cohort study
	Annie Britton, Martin Shipley, Michael Marmot, Harry Hemingway
	BMJ  2004;329:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38156.690150.AE, (Published 5 July 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional table] FREE

	Dispersal of HIV positive asylum seekers: national survey of UK healthcare providers
	S Creighton, G Sethi, S G Edwards, R Miller
	BMJ  2004;329:322-323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38189.674213.79, (Published 26 July 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: Acquired haemophilia A may be associated with clopidogrel
	Montaser Haj, H Dasani, S Kundu, U Mohite, P W Collins
	BMJ  2004;329:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7461.323 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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