Climate change and health
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Socioeconomic condition does not affect mortality during winter [Full text]

	Immediate adenotonsillectomy is not always needed [Full text]

	Hib infections are as common as ever [Full text]

	Influenza vaccine works in elderly people [Full text]

	UK targets for colonoscopy are attainable [Full text]

	Junior doctors are often bullied [Full text]

Editorials

	How to deal with influenza?
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2004;329:633-634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.633 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additonal references]

	New mental health legislation
	Rajan Darjee, John Crichton
	BMJ  2004;329:634-635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.634 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Summary of the main provisions]

	Surgery for carotid artery stenosis
	James F Toole
	BMJ  2004;329:635-636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.635 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additonal references]

	Forensic science in the dock
	Olaf Drummer, A Robert W Forrest, Bruce Goldberger, Steven B Karch
	BMJ  2004;329:636-637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.636 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Competing interests list]

	Compulsory registration of clinical trials
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329:637-638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.637 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Failed asylum seekers should not be denied access to free NHS care
	Roman Romero-Ortuno
	BMJ  2004;329:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.683 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Children of asylum seekers are special case
	Anne Noglik, Zahabiyah Bassi, Sian Snelling
	BMJ  2004;329:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.683-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Identity card experience from Slovenia is partly positive
	Janko Kersnik
	BMJ  2004;329:683-684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.683-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Duty of easy rescue has become clouded
	Rory O'Conor
	BMJ  2004;329:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.684 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment: Eligibility for HIV treatment needs special consideration
	Nigel O'Farrell, Stephen Ash, Paul Fox, William Lynn
	BMJ  2004;329:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.684-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dispersed HIV positive asylum seekers need care throughout UK
	Kathir G Yoganathan
	BMJ  2004;329:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.684-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge from medium secure units: Conviction rate may be misleading
	Steffan Davies, Martin Clarke, Conor Duggan
	BMJ  2004;329:684-685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.684-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge from medium secure units: Language used to describe results is misleading
	Thomas Marshall
	BMJ  2004;329:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.685 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge from medium secure units: Author's reply
	A Maden
	BMJ  2004;329:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.685-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sharing workload in group practices: Personal lists work well
	Andy Stewart
	BMJ  2004;329:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.685-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sharing workload in group practices: Unfairness and early experience colour perception of inequality
	Jenny Firth-Cozens
	BMJ  2004;329:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.685-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sharing workload in group practices: The grass is always greener
	Richard L Davies
	BMJ  2004;329:685-686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.685-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What is intermediate care?: Nothing new
	Lewis G Morrison
	BMJ  2004;329:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.686 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What is intermediate care?: More than a health service term
	Jill Manthorpe, Michelle Cornes
	BMJ  2004;329:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.686-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What is intermediate care?: A flawed substitute for rehabilitation in the United Kingdom
	Andrew O Frank
	BMJ  2004;329:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.686-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Beyond conflict of interest: maybe wrong questions are being asked
	Jon Drucker
	BMJ  2004;329:686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.686-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Better system is needed to curb rogue doctors
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.639 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Incoherent policies and excessive change undermine health strategy
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.639-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.640 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Revised mental health bill fails to persuade patients or professionals
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.640-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA hearings confirm risks of antidepressants
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.641 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Officials reject claims of drug industry's influence
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2004;329:641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.641-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Could Fidgety Philipp be proof that ADHD is not a modern phenomenon?
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.643-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK heart surgeons are among the best in the world
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.644 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Food agency launches campaign to reduce salt intake
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.644-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Study shows no link between MMR vaccination and autism
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.642 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Mines still cause thousands of casualties despite ban
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;329:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.642-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Removing extreme poverty by 2015 is under threat
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.642-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	European Commission warns of impending HIV/AIDS epidemic
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;329:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.642-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	China and Japan face epidemic of heart disease
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;329:643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.643 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Italians celebrate success of treatment no longer legal in Italy
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2004;329:643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.643-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GMC drops charges against paediatrician in Climbie case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.643-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Being fit is more important than being fat for women and heart disease
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;329:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.644-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Children's deaths by poisoning have fallen 82% over 32 years
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.644-c [Extract] [Full text]

	US judge again rules that ban on partial birth abortion is unconstitutional
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.644-d [Extract] [Full text]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Prescribing of lipid regulating drugs and admissions for myocardial infarction in England
	Azeem Majeed, Paul Aylin, Susan Williams, Alex Bottle, Brian Jarman
	BMJ  2004;329:645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.645 [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;329:646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.646 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Effect of influenza vaccination on excess deaths occurring during periods of high circulation of influenza: cohort study in elderly people
	Ben G Armstrong, Punam Mangtani, Astrid Fletcher, Sari Kovats, Anthony McMichael, Sam Pattenden, Paul Wilkinson
	BMJ  2004;329:660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38198.594109.AE, (Published 15 August 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of statistical methods] FREE

	Implications of the incidence of influenza-like illness in nursing homes for influenza chemoprophylaxis: descriptive study
	Richard Harling, Andrew Hayward, John M Watson
	BMJ  2004;329:663-664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38204.674595.AE, (Published 27 August 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Quality improvement reports

	Quality improvement programme to achieve acceptable colonoscopy completion rates: prospective before and after study
	Jennifer E Ball, Jane Osbourne, Sarah Jowett, Mike Pellen, Mark R Welfare
	BMJ  2004;329:665-667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.665 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Recent developments in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
	Arjun S Takhar, Ponni Palaniappan, Rajpal Dhingsa, Dileep N Lobo
	BMJ  2004;329:668-673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.668 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additonal references]

	Interactive case report: A 35 year old woman with diabetic nephropathy who wants a baby: case presentation
	Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Elisabetta Mezza, Giorgio Grassi, Manuel Burdese, Tullia Todros
	BMJ  2004;329:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.674 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of preterm birth: Epidemiology of preterm birth
	Janet Tucker, William McGuire
	BMJ  2004;329:675-678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.675 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Making clinical governance work
	Pieter J Degeling, Sharyn Maxwell, Rick Iedema, David J Hunter
	BMJ  2004;329:679-681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.679 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Model could work
	Nigel Edwards
	BMJ  2004;329:681-682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.681 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: Domestic Violence: A Handbook for Health Professionals
	Jo Nurse
	BMJ  2004;329:689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.689 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Women's Health in Mid-Life: A Primary Care Guide
	Linda Rogers, Paul D Blumenthal
	BMJ  2004;329:689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.689-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Goldberger's War: The Life and Work of a Public Health Crusader
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;329:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.690 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theatre: The Wonderful World of Dissocia
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2004;329:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.690-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: No thanks, I've already eaten
	BMJ  2004;329:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.691 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: The 57 club
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2004;329:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.691-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.692 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Cough suppressants are ineffective in children
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: My wife and my mistress
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;329:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.654-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A grateful patient
	Robert Milne
	BMJ  2004;329:659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.659 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;329:664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.664 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Screening for prostate cancer: should every man know his PSA?
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;329:667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.667 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The gambler
	David Cummins
	BMJ  2004;329:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.674-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Down the cascade
	Ami Schattner
	BMJ  2004;329:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.678 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The necessity for improving the teaching of massage in England
	G. B. Jacobi
	BMJ  2004;329:682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.682 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;329:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.687-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Spinal immobilisation for unconscious patients with multiple injuries
	BMJ  2004;329:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.673 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	How do I perform a telephone interview with a newspaper interested in my plastic surgery research?
	Carl Gray
	BMJ  2004;329:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s112, (Published 18 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a career paediatrician, have not done any membership exam, but have one year of experience in paediatrics. Now I'm thinking of going for general practice. What should I do?
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2004;329:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s112-a, (Published 18 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s113, (Published 18 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Immunology<$DOWNLINK>
	Scott Pereira
	BMJ  2004;329:s113-s114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s113-a, (Published 18 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fraud in the GP surgery
	Wayne Stone
	BMJ  2004;329:s115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s115, (Published 18 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Equality and diversity in the workplace
	Karen Hebert
	BMJ  2004;329:s116-s117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s116, (Published 18 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Accessible recruitment
	Karen Hebert
	BMJ  2004;329:s117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s117, (Published 18 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Returning to work with chronic fatigue syndrome
	Margery Morgan
	BMJ  2004;329:s118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s118, (Published 18 September 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The neurosurgeon who separates Siamese twins
	Sadat Edroos
	BMJ  2004;329:s119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s119, (Published 18 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing your emails
	Anish N Shah
	BMJ  2004;329:s120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s120, (Published 18 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing your emails
	Reshma Thampy
	BMJ  2004;329:s120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s120-a, (Published 18 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing your emails
	Shaun O'Connell
	BMJ  2004;329:s120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.s120-b, (Published 18 September 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Godfrey Hounsfield
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2004;329:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.687 [Extract] [Full text]

	Robert Graham Crawford
	Mary Emson
	BMJ  2004;329:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.688 [Extract] [Full text]

	Joy Edelman
	Andrew Deaner
	BMJ  2004;329:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.688-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gwilym Morgan Evans
	David Evans
	BMJ  2004;329:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.688-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Edward Guy Gordon
	John L Christie
	BMJ  2004;329:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.688-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gareth David Rhys Jeremiah
	M K Heatley
	BMJ  2004;329:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.688-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Leslie Joseph Temple
	John Drakeley
	BMJ  2004;329:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.688-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Vulnerability to winter mortality in elderly people in Britain: population based study
	Paul Wilkinson, Sam Pattenden, Ben Armstrong, Astrid Fletcher, R Sari Kovats, Punam Mangtani, Anthony J McMichael
	BMJ  2004;329:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38167.589907.55, (Published 17 August 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of adenotonsillectomy in children with mild symptoms of throat infections or adenotonsillar hypertrophy: open, randomised controlled trial
	Birgit K van Staaij, Emma H van den Akker, Maroeska M Rovers, Gerrit Jan Hordijk, Arno W Hoes, Anne G M Schilder
	BMJ  2004;329:651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38210.827917.7C, (Published 10 September 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Participating hospitals] FREE

	Commentary: Watchful waiting is useful for children with recurrent throat infections
	Paul Little
	BMJ  2004;329:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.654 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Trends in Haemophilus influenzae type b infections in adults in England and Wales: surveillance study
	Jodie McVernon, Caroline L Trotter, Mary P E Slack, Mary E Ramsay
	BMJ  2004;329:655-658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7467.655 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bullying among doctors in training: cross sectional questionnaire survey
	Elisabeth Paice, Maryanne Aitken, Anita Houghton, Jenny Firth-Cozens
	BMJ  2004;329:658-659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38133.502569.AE, (Published 15 July 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Five tables of further data] FREE

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