Parkinson's disease: a journey
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	MAOBIs can benefit patients with Parkinson's disease [Full text]

	What is it like to have Parkinson's disease? [Full text]

	Evidence based model improves care of depression [Full text]

	Specialisms don't reflect ethnic origin [Full text]

	Mortality among doctors in Uganda is high [Full text]

	Computers may facilitate assessment of medical students [Full text]

	Screening for herpes simplex may not be ethical [Full text]

Editorials

	Using monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors in Parkinson's disease
	Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Kailash Bhatia
	BMJ  2004;329:581-582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.581 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure (pdf)]

	The patient's journey: travelling through life with a chronic illness
	Peter Lapsley, Trish Groves
	BMJ  2004;329:582-583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.582 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnic profile of the doctors in the United Kingdom
	Isobel Bowler
	BMJ  2004;329:583-584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.583 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and nurses with HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
	Dan J Ncayiyana
	BMJ  2004;329:584-585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.584 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early life intelligence and adult health
	G David Batty, Ian J Deary
	BMJ  2004;329:585-586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.585 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom: Seeking a balance: response from the Department of Health and COREC
	John Pattison, Terry Stacey
	BMJ  2004;329:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.622 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom: Ethics committees have important roles in research
	David A Walsh, Michael Hewitt
	BMJ  2004;329:623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.623 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom: Good governance is needed
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2004;329:623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.623-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom: Research governance is about protection, not convenience
	Justin T Denholm
	BMJ  2004;329:623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.623-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom: Time has come to face research governance
	Tracy M Elliott
	BMJ  2004;329:623-624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.623-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom: Practical example illustrates problems of ethical review of genetics
	Patrick Morrison
	BMJ  2004;329:624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.624 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom: Ask for help
	Colette M Reid
	BMJ  2004;329:624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.624-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial independence at the BMJ: NEJM editor says facts in letter are wrong and accusations reckless...
	Jeffrey M Drazen
	BMJ  2004;329:624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.624-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial independence at the BMJ: ...JAMA editor expresses disappointment at letter's smear...
	Catherine DeAngelis
	BMJ  2004;329:624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.624-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial independence at the BMJ: ...and the author apologises unreservedly
	David L Sackett
	BMJ  2004;329:624-625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.624-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis: "History of conjunctivitis" needs clarifying
	Anthony N Glaser
	BMJ  2004;329:625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.625 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis: Chlamydia needs to be taken into account
	Janette Clarke
	BMJ  2004;329:625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.625-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis: Three more questions for "conjunctivitis" may be important
	Anna Fierz
	BMJ  2004;329:625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.625-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis: Why say itching counts against bacterial infection in conjunctivitis?
	Richard L Davies
	BMJ  2004;329:625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.625-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis: Authors' reply
	Remco P Rietveld, Henk C P M van Weert, Gerben ter Riet
	BMJ  2004;329:625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.625-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital chaplaincy units show bias towards Christianity
	Aziz Sheikh, Abdul Rashid Gatrad, Usman Sheikh, Sukhmeet Singh Panesar, Shuja Shafi
	BMJ  2004;329:626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.626 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All clinical trials must be reported in detail and made publicly available
	Toshi A Furukawa
	BMJ  2004;329:626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.626-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sing if you're glad to be sluts
	Lewis G Morrison
	BMJ  2004;329:626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.626-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Nationwide protocol is needed for investigating baby deaths
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.587 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MPs launch inquiry into influence of drug industry
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2004;329:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.587-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.588 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Poor lung function is five times commoner in teenagers exposed to high particulate concentrations
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;329:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.588-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Thiomersal doesn't cause developmental disorders
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.588-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Older women who take adjuvant treatment after lumpectomy may not need radiotherapy
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;329:589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.589 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Polypill will not change prevention of heart disease
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.589-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Seven doctors to face GMC over Shipman inquiry findings
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.591-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Slugging it out over health care, stem cells, and abortion
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.592 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Bush's international health policies "condemn millions of women to die"
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2004;329:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.590 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Cardiac specialist to leave Welsh hospital after mediation
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.590-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Prevalence of high cholesterol varies 25-fold
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.590-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	NIH moves towards open access
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2004;329:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.590-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GlaxoSmithKline to set up comprehensive online clinical trials register
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.590-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors accused of discriminating against Down's syndrome patients
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2004;329:591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.591 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Dutch doctors call for new approach to reporting "mercy killings"
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.591-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	WMA launches course to help prison doctors confronted with torture
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;329:591, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.591-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Continuing violence in Sudan prompts calls for sanctions
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;329:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.592-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Couple allowed to select an embryo to save sibling
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.592-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Inquiry to probe �6.2bn deals for NHS computer systems
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.592-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Patient group calls for better understanding of drug trials in the US
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2004;329:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.592-d [Extract] [Full text]

	BMJ and Lancet rank among the most clinically relevant medical journals
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.592-e [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	Re-engineering systems for the treatment of depression in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Allen J Dietrich, Thomas E Oxman, John W Williams, Jr, Herbert C Schulberg, Martha L Bruce, Pamela W Lee, Sheila Barry, Patrick J Raue, Jean J Lefever, Moonseong Heo, Kathryn Rost, Kurt Kroenke, Martha Gerrity, Paul A Nutting
	BMJ  2004;329:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38219.481250.55, (Published 2 September 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Can care management enhance integration of primary and specialty care?
	Michael Von Korff
	BMJ  2004;329:605, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.605 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

	Using computers for assessment in medicine
	Peter Cantillon, Bill Irish, David Sales
	BMJ  2004;329:606-609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.606 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	Ed Peile, Peter Ferry, Lara McCarthy
	BMJ  2004;329:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.610 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	The journey: Parkinson's disease
	Mary G Baker, Lizzie Graham
	BMJ  2004;329:611-614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.611 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sexual health: Gender related disorders
	Kevan Wylie
	BMJ  2004;329:615-617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.615 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Support network details]

Education and debate

	Ethics of screening for asymptomatic herpes virus type 2 infection
	Ingela Krantz, Gun-Britt Löwhagen, Beth Maina Ahlberg, Tore Nilstun
	BMJ  2004;329:618-621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.618 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information and references]

Reviews

	Film: Phir Milenge (We'll Meet Again)
	Sanjay A Pai
	BMJ  2004;329:629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.629 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2004;329:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.630 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Far EastEnders: how a Cambodian soap brings hope
	Naomi Marks
	BMJ  2004;329:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.630-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: The danger of denial
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2004;329:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.631 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: The mumbo jumbo of health management
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2004;329:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.631-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.632 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Liposuction does not improve cardiovascular risk factors
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medscape conference coverage: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 13th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress, Boston, Massachusetts
	BMJ  2004;329:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.601 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;329:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.628-g [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Scandals have eroded US public's confidence in drug industry
	BMJ  2004;329:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.621 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How protective is the working time directive?
	BMJ  2004;329:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.621-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Assessing the quality of research
	BMJ  2004;329:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.621-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	UK health minister under pressure to ban smoking in public
	BMJ  2004;329:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.621-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

	Editor's choice: In harm's way
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2004;329:E318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.E318 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Reiner Banken
	BMJ  2004;329:E319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.E319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Robert Christopher Bracchi
	BMJ  2004;329:E320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.E320 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	William M Landau, Dewey A Nelson
	BMJ  2004;329:E321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.E321 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter: RAPID RESPONSES FROM BMJ.COM
	Alex J Mitchell
	BMJ  2004;329:E322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.E322 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:E323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.E323 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I am a final year medical student who is very interested in a career in dermatology. Which jobs will be beneficial for my future career?
	Susannah Baron
	BMJ  2004;329:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s102, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Could you please give me more information with regards to holiday pay as a locum?
	Adam Harrison
	BMJ  2004;329:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s102-a, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Please advise me how to apply for GP vocational training, and what are the criteria?
	Sian Howell
	BMJ  2004;329:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s102-b, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	As a house officer how should I apply for an elective attachment at a hospital in the UK?
	Jo Constable
	BMJ  2004;329:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s102-c, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How does the BMJ careers chronic illness matching scheme work and is it confidential?
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s102-d, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s103, (Published 11 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Demonstrating anatomy<$DOWNLINK>
	Jonathan Horsell
	BMJ  2004;329:s103-s104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s103-a, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The resident medical officer
	Khurshid R Ghani, Paul Hadway, Ken Anson
	BMJ  2004;329:s105-s106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s105, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Becoming an instructor in advanced life support
	Rob Morrison
	BMJ  2004;329:s106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s106, (Published 11 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Coping financially with long term sickness
	Elizabeth Howard
	BMJ  2004;329:s107-s108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s107, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adjusting to life as a doctor with a colostomy
	David Parkins
	BMJ  2004;329:s108-s109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s108, (Published 11 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Insider's Guide to the New GP Contract: opportunities and options for general practice<$DOWNLINK>
	Dave Triffitt
	BMJ  2004;329:s110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s110, (Published 11 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Orthopaedics
	Kuntal J Patel
	BMJ  2004;329:s110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.s110-a, (Published 11 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
	Laura Newman
	BMJ  2004;329:627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.627 [Extract] [Full text]

	Henry Matthew Adam
	Keith Vickerman
	BMJ  2004;329:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.628 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Paton Orr Erskine
	Alex Clark, David Erskine
	BMJ  2004;329:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.628-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Grace Trespass Lennon (née Dawson)
	Tim Lennon, Ruth Baker
	BMJ  2004;329:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.628-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Thomas Mowbray Nott-Bower
	Catherine Preston
	BMJ  2004;329:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.628-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Frederick Leonard Richardson
	Michael Drury
	BMJ  2004;329:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.628-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Bamford Williamson
	Hugh Williamson
	BMJ  2004;329:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.628-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Margaret Wilson (née Fyfe)
	Roy O Walker, Janie M Wilson
	BMJ  2004;329:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7466.628-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors in early Parkinson's disease: meta-analysis of 17 randomised trials involving 3525 patients
	Natalie J Ives, Rebecca L Stowe, Joanna Marro, Carl Counsell, Angus Macleod, Carl E Clarke, Richard Gray, Keith Wheatley
	BMJ  2004;329:593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38184.606169.AE, (Published 13 August 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table and four extra figures] FREE

	Country of training and ethnic origin of UK doctors: database and survey studies
	Michael J Goldacre, Jean M Davidson, Trevor W Lambert
	BMJ  2004;329:597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38202.364271.BE, (Published 3 September 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

	The fate and career destinations of doctors who qualified at Uganda's Makerere Medical School in 1984: retrospective cohort study
	Yoswa M Dambisya
	BMJ  2004;329:600-601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38134.524387.AE, (Published 5 August 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://careers.bmj.com/careers/

Website extra

Compulsory registration of clinical trials [Full text]

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.