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From optimism to hubris
Jane Smith
BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.0-h
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NICE influences prescribing but has more to do [Full text]
Evidence based training improves surfactant use [Full text]
Video assisted thoracic surgery is useful but underused [Full text]
"Mindlines" are still preferred to guidelines [Full text]
Evidence based teaching works best at the bedside [Full text]
Evidence based guidance affects courts' rulings [Full text]
Routine EBM staff meetings are popular and useful [Full text]

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What has evidence based medicine done for us?
Sharon E Straus, Giselle Jones
BMJ  2004;329:987-988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.987
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Evidence based policy making
J A Muir Gray
BMJ  2004;329:988-989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.988
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Teaching evidence based medicine
Chris Del Mar, Paul Glasziou, Dan Mayer
BMJ  2004;329:989-990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.989
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Evidence based medicine has come a long way
Gordon Guyatt, Deborah Cook, Brian Haynes
BMJ  2004;329:990-991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.990
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The essence of EBM
Brendan M Reilly
BMJ  2004;329:991-992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.991
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General practitioners say that evidence based information is changing practice
David Tovey, Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2004;329:1043, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1043
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Truth and evidence based medicine: spin is everything
Lokesh Tiwari, Jacob M Puliyel, Prerna Upadhyay
BMJ  2004;329:1043, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1043-a
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Compulsory registration of clinical trials: Publicly funded national register of trials would be best in the United Kingdom
Lesley Stewart, Claire Vale, Janet Darbyshire
BMJ  2004;329:1043-1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1043-b
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Compulsory registration of clinical trials: Maybe European research should be protected
Ernst A Singer, Christiane Druml
BMJ  2004;329:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1044
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Compulsory registration of clinical trials: Under-reporting is not an option
Peter Jay, Mike Wallace
BMJ  2004;329:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1044-a
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Pressures are growing to publish clinical trials
Elizabeth Wager
BMJ  2004;329:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1044-b
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Adenotonsillectomy in children with mild symptoms: Watchful waiting may deny children opportunity for development
Simon C Langton Hewer, Claire D Langton Hewer, Yvonne Pamula, James Martin, Declan Kennedy
BMJ  2004;329:1045, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1045
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Adenotonsillectomy in children with mild symptoms: Watchful waiting is appropriate
Ram Moorthy, Hassan Khan
BMJ  2004;329:1045, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1045-a
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Adenotonsillectomy in children with mild symptoms: Authors' reply
Anne G M Schilder, Maroeska M Rovers, E Henriette van den Akker, Birgit K van Staaij, Arno W Hoes
BMJ  2004;329:1045, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1045-b
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Biopsy of potentially operable hepatic colorectal metastases is not useless but dangerous
Oliver M Jones, Myrddin Rees, Tim G John, Sean Bygrave, Graham Plant
BMJ  2004;329:1045-1046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1045-c
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Transradial angiography may deleteriously affect patency of radial artery grafts
Cheng-Hon Yap, James F Kenny
BMJ  2004;329:1046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1046
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Email consultations in health care: Set your auto reply to "no"
Geoff Wong
BMJ  2004;329:1046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1046-a
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Email consultations in health care: Patients need to be given a choice
John Charnock
BMJ  2004;329:1046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1046-b
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AMA calls for inquiry into doctors' role in abuse of prisoners
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2004;329:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.993
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BMA says scientists should take part in bioterrorism debate
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2004;329:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.993-a
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In brief
BMJ  2004;329:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.994
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Shortage of emergency doctors will take eight years to rectify
Geoff Watts
BMJ  2004;329:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.994-a
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Commission unveils shocking pictures for cigarette packs
Rory Watson
BMJ  2004;329:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.994-b
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Doctors need not ventilate baby to prolong his life
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2004;329:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.995
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NICE guidance on epilepsy recommends specialist diagnosis
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2004;329:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.995-a
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BMA continues to oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia
Kathryn Godfrey
BMJ  2004;329:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.997-b
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Doctors and drug companies are locked in "vicious circle"
Melissa Sweet
BMJ  2004;329:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.998
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Companies may face tighter regulation over promoting drugs
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2004;329:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.998-a
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Public Library of Science launches "author pays" model
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2004;329:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.996
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United Nations fails to agree on human cloning
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2004;329:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.996-a
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Global warming threatens reversal in fight against poverty, says report
Rhona MacDonald
BMJ  2004;329:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.996-b
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Doctor fabricated research while depressed
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2004;329:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.996-c
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Law is introduced in US Congress to give access to details of clinical trials
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2004;329:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.996-d
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Commission plans to adopt "a lighter touch"
Caroline White
BMJ  2004;329:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.997
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Local purchasing of health services is hindering improvements in cancer services
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2004;329:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.997-a
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Shortage of flu vaccine in US sparks political row
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2004;329:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.998-b
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Colleges join forces to issue guidance on resuscitation training
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2004;329:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.998-c
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Shorter hospital shifts reduce errors and improve patient outcomes
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2004;329:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.998-d
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Trust guilty of fiddling figures on cancellations but is cleared of accounting faults
Caroline White
BMJ  2004;329:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.998-e
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Medical students can cause blood pressure to rise, report says
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2004;329:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.998-f
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Evidence based guidelines or collectively constructed "mindlines?" Ethnographic study of knowledge management in primary care
John Gabbay, Andrée le May
BMJ  2004;329:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1013
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Integrating evidence based medicine into routine clinical practice: seven years' experience at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
Diana Lockwood, Margaret Armstrong, Alison Grant
BMJ  2004;329:1020-1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1020
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Commentary: The fool wonders, the wise (women) ask... about tropical diseases in their practice
Michael L Green
BMJ  2004;329:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38257.549653.55
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What is the evidence that postgraduate teaching in evidence based medicine changes anything? A systematic review
Arri Coomarasamy, Khalid S Khan
BMJ  2004;329:1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1017
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How does evidence based guidance influence determinations of medical negligence?
Brian Hurwitz
BMJ  2004;329:1024-1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1024
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Evaluating the teaching of evidence based medicine: conceptual framework
Sharon E Straus, Michael L Green, Douglas S Bell, Robert Badgett, Dave Davis, Martha Gerrity, Eduardo Ortiz, Terrence M Shaneyfelt, Chad Whelan, Rajesh Mangrulkar, the Society of General Internal Medicine Evidence-Based Medicine Task Force
BMJ  2004;329:1029-1032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1029
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Commentary: A conceptual framework may be of limited value
Geoff Norman
BMJ  2004;329:1032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1032
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"Evidence of me" in evidence based medicine?
Susan Lockwood
BMJ  2004;329:1033-1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1033
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Putting evidence into practice: how middle and low income countries "get it together"
Paul Garner, Martin Meremikwu, Jimmy Volmink, Qian Xu, Helen Smith
BMJ  2004;329:1036-1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1036
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Inappropriate use of randomised trials to evaluate complex phenomena: case study of vaginal breech delivery
Andrew Kotaska
BMJ  2004;329:1039-1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1039
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Book: MMR: Science and Fiction. Exploring the Vaccine Crisis; MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know
David Elliman, Helen Bedford
BMJ  2004;329:1049, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1049
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Press: US media needled over flu vaccine shortage
Daniel Engber
BMJ  2004;329:1050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1050
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PERSONAL VIEWS: Does evidence based medicine do more good than harm?
M G Myriam Hunink
BMJ  2004;329:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1051
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Hit parade
BMJ  2004;329:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1051-a
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NETLINES
Harry Brown
BMJ  2004;329:1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1052
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PERSONAL VIEWS: Evidence from samples of one
Astier M Almedom
BMJ  2004;329:1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1052-a
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PERSONAL VIEWS: Learning from evidence based mistakes
Hilda Bastian
BMJ  2004;329:1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1053
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SOUNDINGS: Of free condoms
Imre Loefler
BMJ  2004;329:1053, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1053-a
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Minerva
BMJ  2004;329:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1054
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POEM*: Donepezil is ineffective in long term treatment of dementia
BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.0-g
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A memorable patient: A fishy tale
Ceris Watson
BMJ  2004;329:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1007
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Buddha and evidence based medicine
Sonal Singh
BMJ  2004;329:1016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1016
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Endpiece: Discoveries
Syed Hasan
BMJ  2004;329:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1023-a
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Early lessons
David Crosby
BMJ  2004;329:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1028
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Submitting articles to the BMJ
BMJ  2004;329:1032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1032-a
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Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: Webchat
BMJ  2004;329:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1035
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Q&A: Effect of postnatal depression on other members of the mother's family
Oliver Mallon, Woody Caan
BMJ  2004;329:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1042
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Are written responses to some referrals to a general haematology clinic acceptable?
BMJ  2004;329:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1012-a
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Systematic review of the relative efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids in the treatment of acute renal colic
BMJ  2004;329:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1019
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Tobacco companies aimed to keep smokers hooked, court told
BMJ  2004;329:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1019-a
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Minerva
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What are the requirements for residence in hospital accommodation as a junior doctor, particularly as a house officer? Is it true that you can get some sort of extra payment if you live in private accommodation?
Leyla Sanai
BMJ  2004;329:s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s176, (Published 30 October 2004)
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I was training in obstetrics and gynaecology and then joined a GP training scheme. Now, after six months, I want to return to obstetrics and gynaecology. What implications will this change have on my future career?
Dharani Hapangama
BMJ  2004;329:s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s176-a, (Published 30 October 2004)
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I am a first year senior house officer considering a career in genitourinary medicine. Should I be following an obstetrics and gynaecology career path or a medical path with MRCP?
Alison Bigrigg
BMJ  2004;329:s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s176-b, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Personality discrimination
Rhona MacDonald
BMJ  2004;329:s177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s177, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Understanding personality type: Introducing personality type
Anita Houghton
BMJ  2004;329:s177-s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s177-a, (Published 30 October 2004)
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How to teach and learn under the European Working Time Directive
Sanjay Kumar
BMJ  2004;329:s179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s179, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Space medicine in the United Kingdom
Julie Sladden
BMJ  2004;329:s180-s181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s180, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Fifteen minutes with...
Julie Sladden
BMJ  2004;329:s182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s182, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Racism and exclusion in the NHS: an illustrative analogy
Arvindan Veiraiah
BMJ  2004;329:s183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s183, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Limitations of GMC survey on overseas doctors
Sunanda Ghosh
BMJ  2004;329:s183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s183-a, (Published 30 October 2004)
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GMC's response
Amanda Watson
BMJ  2004;329:s183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s183-b, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Career Options in General Practice<$DOWNLINK>
Judith Harvey
BMJ  2004;329:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s184, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Otolaryngology on the net
Valerie Julie Brousseau
BMJ  2004;329:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.s184-a, (Published 30 October 2004)
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Thure von Uexküll
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2004;329:1047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1047
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Dharam Pal Singh Anhal
Rohit Anhal
BMJ  2004;329:1047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1047-a
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Errington Miles Blenkinsopp
W K Blenkinsopp
BMJ  2004;329:1047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1047-b
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Dennis Geoffrey Brown
Lionel Kreeger
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048
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Raymond Colback
David Cottrell, Philip C Adams
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048-a
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Katharina Dorothea Dalton
Sarah Holton
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048-b
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Christine Anne Ellington (née Wellard)
Mary J Lloyd
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048-c
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Audrey Irene Freeth
Derek Freeth
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048-d
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John Macbeth
Sophie Macbeth
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048-e
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Stanley Arthur Mason
Jeremy Mason
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048-f
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Andrew Shannon Ramsey
Elizabeth Ramsey
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048-g
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Andrew Henderson Torrance
Keith Torrance
BMJ  2004;329:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1048-h
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What's the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented? Results from a national evaluation using time series analysis, audit of patients' notes, and interviews
Trevor A Sheldon, Nicky Cullum, Diane Dawson, Annette Lankshear, Karin Lowson, Ian Watt, Peter West, Dianne Wright, John Wright
BMJ  2004;329:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.999
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Commentary: Is NICE delivering the goods?
Nick Freemantle
BMJ  2004;329:1003-1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1003
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Collaborative quality improvement to promote evidence based surfactant for preterm infants: a cluster randomised trial
Jeffrey D Horbar, Joseph H Carpenter, Jeffrey Buzas, Roger F Soll, Gautham Suresh, Michael B Bracken, Laura C Leviton, Paul E Plsek, John C Sinclair
BMJ  2004;329:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1004
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Video assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of pneumothorax and lung resections: systematic review of randomised clinical trials
Artyom Sedrakyan, Jan van der Meulen, James Lewsey, Tom Treasure
BMJ  2004;329:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38243.440486.55, (Published 22 September 2004)
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Variation in use of video assisted thoracic surgery in the United Kingdom
Artyom Sedrakyan, Jan van der Meulen, James Lewsey, Tom Treasure
BMJ  2004;329:1011-1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1011
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Half full or half empty VATS?
Peter McCulloch
BMJ  2004;329:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7473.1012
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