Should journals mix medicine and politics?
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Outreach improves early psychosis [Full text]

	Paternal aging raises risk of schizophrenia [Full text]

	Colour blindness screening may be unnecessary [Full text]

	Overdoses fell after pack sizes were reduced [Full text]

	Avoid being misled by claims in robust studies [Full text]

	Global health monitoring could be better [Full text]

Editorials

	Betting your life on it
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2004;329:1055-1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1055 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w4]

	Developing primary palliative care
	Scott A Murray, Kirsty Boyd, Aziz Sheikh, Keri Thomas, Irene J Higginson
	BMJ  2004;329:1056-1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1056 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency care networks
	K George M M Alberti
	BMJ  2004;329:1057-1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1057 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term outcome of treating schizophrenia
	Trevor Howard Turner
	BMJ  2004;329:1058-1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1058 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hepatitis B infections
	Nicholas J Beeching
	BMJ  2004;329:1059-1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1059 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Personal view was one sided and unhelpful
	Mark Berelowitz
	BMJ  2004;329:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1101 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Only way forward is to open up a dialogue
	Liz Lightstone
	BMJ  2004;329:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1101-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: "But about who's suffering worse—there's no argument"
	A M Rouse
	BMJ  2004;329:1101-1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1101-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: More heat than light in this debate
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2004;329:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1102 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Summerfield's outrage is misplaced
	Irwin J Mansdorf
	BMJ  2004;329:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1102-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Personal view from Israel
	Alexander J Lustman
	BMJ  2004;329:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1102-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;329:1102-1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1102-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical education should include human rights component
	Helen Bygrave
	BMJ  2004;329:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1103 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Does a more recent single research paper trump a systematic review?
	James A Cave
	BMJ  2004;329:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1103-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Who should provide the care?
	Adam Sandell
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	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Trial for Bell's palsy is in progress in Scotland
	Frank Sullivan, Fergus Daly, Iain Swan
	BMJ  2004;329:1103-1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1103-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Authors' response
	Graeme M Weiner, N Julian Holland
	BMJ  2004;329:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1104 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Summary of responses
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2004;329:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1104-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	UK clinic allowed to screen embryos for rare bowel cancer
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1061 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	England to start national bowel cancer screening programme
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1061-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1062 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US judge halts compulsory anthrax vaccination for soldiers
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1062-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australian army faces legal action over mefloquine
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;329:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1062-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Committee calls for substantial investment in allergy services
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1063 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeons warn changes will fail without investment in training
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1063-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Living on cruise ships is cost effective for elderly people
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1065-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	100 000 excess civilian deaths in Iraq since March 2003
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Teenager held in Guantanamo denied medical evaluation
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	FDA approves implantable chip to access medical records
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	More than a fifth of children in Darfur is malnourished
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Changes in Canada's medical workforce could affect access to care
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	After the French paradox comes the Italian enigma
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Draft EU legislation threatens patient safety, says BMA
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Global spending on health research still skewed towards wealthy nations
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Mass dose of antibiotic reduced prevalence of trachoma for two years
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;329:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1065 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bush's plan to screen for mental health meets opposition in Illinois
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1065-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

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	Manifesto opposes introduction of market forces into Dutch health care
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-b [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA calls for continuted restrictions on use of IVF
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Independent prescribing advice affects doctors' behaviour
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Numbers starting treatment for drug misuse increase by 20% over two years
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors who offered "magic potions" found guilty of serious professional misconduct
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-f [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

	UK legislation on analgesic packs: before and after study of long term effect on poisonings
	Keith Hawton, Sue Simkin, Jonathan Deeks, Jayne Cooper, Amy Johnston, Keith Waters, Morag Arundel, William Bernal, Bridget Gunson, Mark Hudson, Deepak Suri, Kenneth Simpson
	BMJ  2004;329:1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38253.572581.7C, (Published 29 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure] FREE

Clinical review

	Preventing and treating hepatitis B infection
	Rakesh Aggarwal, Piyush Ranjan
	BMJ  2004;329:1080-1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1080 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Lamivudine and interferon comparison]

	ABC of preterm birth: Care in the early newborn period
	William McGuire, Peter McEwan, Peter Fowlie
	BMJ  2004;329:1087-1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1087 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Should interventions to reduce respirable pollutants be linked to tuberculosis control programmes?
	Enis Baris, Majid Ezzati
	BMJ  2004;329:1090-1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1090 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Users' guide to detecting misleading claims in clinical research reports
	Victor M Montori, Roman Jaeschke, Holger J Schünemann, Mohit Bhandari, Jan L Brozek, P J Devereaux, Gordon H Guyatt
	BMJ  2004;329:1093-1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1093 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Illustrative examples and references]

	Monitoring global health: time for new solutions
	Christopher J L Murray, Alan D Lopez, Suwit Wibulpolprasert
	BMJ  2004;329:1096-1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1096 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Film: Vera Drake
	Khalid Ali
	BMJ  2004;329:1107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1107 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Brain surgery gets its first live UK broadcast
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2004;329:1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1108 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Soul Made Flesh: Thomas Willis, the English Civil War and the Mapping of the Mind
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2004;329:1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1108-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theatre: Beyond Belief: Scenes from the Shipman Inquiry
	Bruno Rushforth
	BMJ  2004;329:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1109 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Palestinian health: the truth, the lies, and the statistics
	Simon M Fellerman
	BMJ  2004;329:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1110 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Back to punishment in New South Wales
	Thomas B Hugh
	BMJ  2004;329:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1111 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: A passing age
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2004;329:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1111-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1112 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Omeprazole 20 mg = 40 mg for primary care acid related dyspepsia
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A final service
	Naomi Bronzite
	BMJ  2004;329:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1079 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding risk
	David R Derbyshire
	BMJ  2004;329:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1086 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	ABC of preterm birth: Immediate care of the preterm infant
	BMJ  2004;329:1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1073 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The PROGRESS trial three years later: time for more action, less distraction (commentary)
	BMJ  2004;329:1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1073-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Second drug firm found guilty of "switching" patients to new drugs
	BMJ  2004;329:1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1073-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	How do I apply for an observer post in a UK hospital before taking the PLAB test part 2?
	Elitham Turya
	BMJ  2004;329:s186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s186, (Published 6 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is it theoretically possible for a consultant to work exclusively in private practice?
	Peter Mills
	BMJ  2004;329:s186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s186-a, (Published 6 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I have recently passed my PLAB exams and I am interested in becoming a general practitioner. How can I get on to a training scheme, and what are my job prospects?
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2004;329:s186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s186-b, (Published 6 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Beyond foundation programmes
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2004;329:s187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s187, (Published 6 November 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Careers in pathology
	Adrian Newland
	BMJ  2004;329:s187-s190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s187-a, (Published 6 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Extraversion and introversion
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2004;329:s191-s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s191, (Published 6 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Working while fasting
	Ahmed Kassem
	BMJ  2004;329:s192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s192, (Published 6 November 2004) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Grievance and discipline procedures at work
	Ruth McGuire
	BMJ  2004;329:s193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s193, (Published 6 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The ABC of change: V, W
	Susan E Kersley
	BMJ  2004;329:s194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.s194, (Published 6 November 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Donald Campbell
	A B M Telfer
	BMJ  2004;329:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1105 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Edward James Moran Campbell
	Jack Howell, John Dickinson, John Hamilton
	BMJ  2004;329:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1105-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Thomas Archer ("Archie") Blyton
	Maurice Betts
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Janice Crockett
	Elaine English, Keith Crockett
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Roland Freedman
	John Charlewood
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Philip Graham Leese
	Harry Savage, Adam Dutton
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Thomas Welwyn Osborn
	John M Grange, Helena M Klenka
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Roderick Samuel
	John Wickham
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Denis Shaw
	Alan Darnborough
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ian Robert Verner
	Wynne Aveling, Judith Hulf
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	The Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) Team: randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of specialised care for early psychosis
	Tom K J Craig, Philippa Garety, Paddy Power, Nikola Rahaman, Susannah Colbert, Miriam Fornells-Ambrojo, Graham Dunn
	BMJ  2004;329:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38246.594873.7C, (Published 14 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Ethical approval description] FREE

	Paternal age and schizophrenia: a population based cohort study
	Attila Sipos, Finn Rasmussen, Glynn Harrison, Per Tynelius, Glyn Lewis, David A Leon, David Gunnell
	BMJ  2004;329:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38243.672396.55, (Published 22 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Two extra tables] FREE

	Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency on education and unintentional injuries: findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
	P Cumberland, J S Rahi, C S Peckham
	BMJ  2004;329:1074-1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38176.685208.F7, (Published 1 October 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: QT interval increased after single dose of lofexidine
	John Schmittner, Jennifer R Schroeder, David H Epstein, Kenzie L Preston
	BMJ  2004;329:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1075 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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