Reflecting in the swampy lowlands
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Environmental factors linked to asthma prevalence disparity [Full text]

	Corticosteroids reduce mortality in intensive care [Full text]

	Asthma prevalence has not increased in Aberdeen [Full text]

	Breast screening works less well in some groups of women [Full text]

	Enteral feeding practices can be improved [Full text]

Editorials

	To scan or not to scan in headache
	Peter J Goadsby
	BMJ  2004;329:469-470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.469 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening research papers by reading abstracts
	Trish Groves, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329:470-471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.470 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is good cholesterol always good?
	Gilbert R Thompson
	BMJ  2004;329:471-472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.471 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Getting ethics into practice: Tuskegee was bad enough
	Hilary Curtis
	BMJ  2004;329:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.513 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Getting ethics into practice: Comparing Alder Hey with Tuskegee is not helpful
	Peter J Waugh
	BMJ  2004;329:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.513-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Getting ethics into practice: Ethics entails much common sense
	Kayvan Shokrollahi
	BMJ  2004;329:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.513-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Getting ethics into practice: Author's reply
	Michael J Parker
	BMJ  2004;329:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.513-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Future of psychotherapy in the NHS: Control groups play important part
	D B Double
	BMJ  2004;329:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.514 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Future of psychotherapy in the NHS: Psychotherapists require more than evidence based services to be recognised as professionals
	Samuel Y S Wong
	BMJ  2004;329:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.514-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Arteriolar narrowing as predictor of hypertension: Blood pressure and weight gain are better
	Arnaud Chiolero
	BMJ  2004;329:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.514-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Arteriolar narrowing as predictor of hypertension: Authors' reply
	Tien Wong, Anoop Shankar
	BMJ  2004;329:514-515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.514-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Man wins battle to keep receiving life support: Pro-choice living wills are essential
	Michael H K Irwin
	BMJ  2004;329:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.515 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Man wins battle to keep receiving life support: Doctors must always give patients best possible care
	Rosemarie Anthony-Pillai
	BMJ  2004;329:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.515-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Blood should be treated respectfully
	Roger H Armour
	BMJ  2004;329:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.515-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Extreme weather worsens global hunger
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;329:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.473 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical bodies urge investigation of alleged involvement in torture
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.473-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.474 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	French parliamentary committee advocates passive euthanasia
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;329:474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.474-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Meet Rudy, the world's first "robodoc"
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.474-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA again reviews antidepressants
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE sets out guidelines for hypertension
	Karen Hébert
	BMJ  2004;329:475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.475-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	It's only rock'n'roll
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	Stroke services have improved but remain overstretched
	Colleen Shannon
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476-a [Extract] [Full text]

	High number of tumour cells may affect breast cancer outcomes
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Dutch doctors warn parents over whooping cough vaccine
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476-c [Extract] [Full text]

	AIDS patients in Pakistan launch fight for better treatment
	Ashfaq Yusufzai
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476-d [Extract] [Full text]

	World Bank report examines India's approach to tackling AIDS
	Sanjay Kumar
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Drug company pulls out of Chinese lawsuit over diabetes drug
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476-f [Extract] [Full text]

	"Conscience" clauses allow US corporate providers to refuse care
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Women's groups in India call on men to take more active role in contraception
	Manjulika Das
	BMJ  2004;329:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.476-h [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Factors associated with difference in prevalence of asthma in children from three cities in China: multicentre epidemiological survey
	Gary W K Wong, Fanny W S Ko, David S C Hui, Tai F Fok, David Carr, Erika von Mutius, Nan S Zhong, Yu Z Chen, Christopher K W Lai
	BMJ  2004;329:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.486 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Respiratory symptoms and atopy in children in Aberdeen: questionnaire studies of a defined school population repeated over 35 years
	Anne Devenny, Heather Wassall, Titus Ninan, Maeda Omran, Suleman Daud Khan, George Russell
	BMJ  2004;329:489-490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38139.666447.F7, (Published 24 June 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Quality improvement reports

	Using rapid-cycle quality improvement methodology to reduce feeding tubes in patients with advanced dementia: before and after study
	Carol Monteleoni, Elizabeth Clark
	BMJ  2004;329:491-494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.491 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Spinal immobilisation for unconscious patients with multiple injuries
	C G Morris, E P McCoy, G G Lavery
	BMJ  2004;329:495-499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.495 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional tables and references]

	Interactive case report: Abnormal liver function found after an unplanned consultation: case outcome
	James Heathcote
	BMJ  2004;329:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.500 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Patient's experience
	Denise Prior, James Heathcote
	BMJ  2004;329:500-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.500-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Imaging in biliary obstruction
	Adrian M K Thomas
	BMJ  2004;329:501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.501 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Itching for a diagnosis
	William R Phillips
	BMJ  2004;329:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.501-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: The gap between doctors' and patients' perceptions
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;329:502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.502 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: "Double loop" learning
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2004;329:502-503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.502-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of burns: When we leave hospital: a patient's perspective of burn injury
	Amy Acton
	BMJ  2004;329:504-506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.504 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Use of decision aids to support informed choices about screening
	Alexandra Barratt, Lyndal Trevena, Heather M Davey, Kirsten McCaffery
	BMJ  2004;329:507-510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Experiences of the BMJ ethics committee
	Elizabeth Wager
	BMJ  2004;329:510-512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.510 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Exhibition: Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
	Dan Engber
	BMJ  2004;329:517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.517 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: The Motorcycle Diaries
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2004;329:518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.518 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: 366 500 injections later
	William I Fraser
	BMJ  2004;329:519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.519 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Privacy concerns
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2004;329:519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.519-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.520 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Combinations of antiemetics are better for post-operative nausea and vomiting
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor and me
	David Crosby
	BMJ  2004;329:485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.485 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physician, heal thyself
	BMJ  2004;329:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.490 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Prophets and prophecies
	Swaran P Singh
	BMJ  2004;329:494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.494 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The benefits of a cross channel flight
	Seamus J Murphy
	BMJ  2004;329:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From head to toe an airborne soldier
	Jeremy Sharp
	BMJ  2004;329:512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.512 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	New treatments for colon cancer
	BMJ  2004;329:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.499 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health experts warn of disease as worst flooding in years hits Bangladesh
	BMJ  2004;329:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.499-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Blood pressure control by home monitoring: meta-analysis of randomised trials
	BMJ  2004;329:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.499-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Is membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) of any use in obstetrics and gynaecology?
	Anna Kenyon
	BMJ  2004;329:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s82, (Published 28 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is internship in India similar to a house officer post in the United Kingdom?
	Sunder Raj Gopaul
	BMJ  2004;329:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s82-a, (Published 28 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reading about the difficulties in getting a post as a senior house officer, I was wondering if research experience and publications in my chosen field (haematology) would help me to obtain a post?
	Adrian Newland
	BMJ  2004;329:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s82-b, (Published 28 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Where can I find past Career Focus articles?
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s82-c, (Published 28 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s83, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s83, (Published 28 August 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Medigames<$DOWNLINK>
	Nadeeja Koralage
	BMJ  2004;329:s83-s84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s83-a, (Published 28 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Plagiarism: the thin grey line
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:s85-s86, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s85, (Published 28 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Faking it: the emotional labour of medicine
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2004;329:s87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s87, (Published 28 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tales from a doctor with bilateral leg amputations
	Jane Atkinson
	BMJ  2004;329:s88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s88, (Published 28 August 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Have your say in shaping the future of medical education, research and clinical practice
	Tim Underwood
	BMJ  2004;329:s89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s89, (Published 28 August 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career peaks<$DOWNLINK>
	Annette Steele
	BMJ  2004;329:s89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s89-a, (Published 28 August 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health and education needs in Kurdistan
	Teshk Shawis
	BMJ  2004;329:s90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s90, (Published 28 August 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Using doctors inappropriately
	A A Ahmad
	BMJ  2004;329:s90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s90-a, (Published 28 August 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adding to academic extensions
	Jason Fearn-Smith
	BMJ  2004;329:s90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.s90-b, (Published 28 August 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Dame Rosalinde Hurley
	Brian Duerden
	BMJ  2004;329:516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.516 [Extract] [Full text]

	Sir Gordon Ethelbert Ward Wolstenholme
	Sarah Plumley
	BMJ  2004;329:516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.516-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Influence of personal characteristics of individual women on sensitivity and specificity of mammography in the Million Women Study: cohort 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;329:477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7464.477 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Corticosteroids for severe sepsis and septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis
	Djillali Annane, Eric Bellissant, Pierre Edouard Bollaert, Josef Briegel, Didier Keh, Yizhak Kupfer
	BMJ  2004;329:480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38181.482222.55, (Published 2 August 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The long term clinical course of acute deep vein thrombosis of the arm: prospective cohort study
	Paolo Prandoni, Enrico Bernardi, Antonio Marchiori, Anthonie W A Lensing, Martin H Prins, Sabina Villalta, Paola Bagatella, Donatella Sartor, Andrea Piccioli, Paolo Simioni, Antonio Pagnan, Antonio Girolami
	BMJ  2004;329:484-485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38167.684444.3A, (Published 15 July 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional table] FREE

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