What's your price?
	Richard Smith
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This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Patients must be empowered to participate in medical education [Full text] FREE

	Supervised heroin prescription helps addicts [Full text] FREE

	Sun exposure while young may protect against multiple sclerosis [Full text] FREE

	Tennis elbow is helped by NSAIDs in the short term [Full text] FREE

	Acute low back pain usually improves within a month, then recurs [Full text] FREE

	Short interpregnancy interval is associated with adverse outcome [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Suspected child abuse: the potential for justice to miscarry
	Edmund Hey
	BMJ  2003;327:299-300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.299 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

	From electronic gadgets to better health: where is the knowledge?
	Alejandro R Jadad, Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2003;327:300-301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.300 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endocrine treatment of physiological gynaecomastia
	Hamed N Khan, RW Blamey
	BMJ  2003;327:301-302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.301 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	General practitioners and occupational health professionals
	Jeremy Beach, David Watt
	BMJ  2003;327:302-303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.302 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Speak up!
	Andrew Ellner, Amanda Hoey, Lawrence E Frisch
	BMJ  2003;327:303-304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.303 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	No more free lunches: It is time we all grew up
	Simon Wessely
	BMJ  2003;327:341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.341 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No more free lunches: How to dance with porcupines
	Steven Rudolphy
	BMJ  2003;327:341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.341-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No more free lunches: Doctors and journals in the South cut off drug companies at their peril
	Joseph Ana
	BMJ  2003;327:341-342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.341-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No more free lunches: The market has us all in its grip
	K S Madhavan
	BMJ  2003;327:342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.342 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No more free lunches: Relationship between industry and research does not bear scrutiny
	Rachel Myr
	BMJ  2003;327:342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.342-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No more free lunches: It is time to own up
	Colin Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2003;327:342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.342-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No more free lunches: Summary of rapid responses
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;327:342-343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.342-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prognosis of entanglement could be serious
	Steven Murphy
	BMJ  2003;327:343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.343 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dying for drugs: Drug companies should not have to subsidise incompetent governments
	Philip G Griffiths
	BMJ  2003;327:343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.343-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dying for drugs: Drug companies should swear "Hippocratic" oath
	Swethajit Biswas
	BMJ  2003;327:343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.343-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Industry funding of patients' support groups: Objectives of patients, clinicians, and industry are similar
	Peter M Lapsley
	BMJ  2003;327:343-344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.343-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Industry funding of patients' support groups: Declaration of competing interests is rare in Italian breast cancer associations
	Paola Mosconi
	BMJ  2003;327:344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.344 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interests of charities: Arthritis care sets facts straight
	William Butler, David Doyle, Richard Hull
	BMJ  2003;327:344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.344-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interests of charities: Diabetes UK has long recognised importance of transparency in funding
	Benet Middleton
	BMJ  2003;327:344-345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.344-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Telephone consultations are routinely used
	Moyez Jiwa, Nigel Mathers
	BMJ  2003;327:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.345 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	On abandoning ties and avoiding nose rings: Medical humour has implications for evidence based medicine...
	John Attia, Kichu Nair
	BMJ  2003;327:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.345-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	On abandoning ties and avoiding nose rings: ... but ties may in truth pose danger to clinicians...
	Jane M Price
	BMJ  2003;327:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.345-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	On abandoning ties and avoiding nose rings: ... and economic analysis of tie wearing might be interesting
	Adam Jacobs
	BMJ  2003;327:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.345-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Judges rule that children can sue for wrongful diagnosis of abuse
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.305 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Report shows health disparities in American Indians and Alaska Natives
	Upasana Tayal
	BMJ  2003;327:305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.305-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.306 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	South African government to withdraw antiretrovirals for pregnant mothers
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2003;327:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.306-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NIH needs to change, says report
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2003;327:306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.306-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Baby milk company fined for advertising direct to consumers
	Claire Laurent
	BMJ  2003;327:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.307 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Drug company employee who queried trial wins appeal
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;327:307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.307-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Hong Kong under WHO spotlight after flu outbreak
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2003;327:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.308 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	"Yellow card" announcement used to head off concerns, experts claim
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2003;327:308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.308-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Next stage of NHS reforms come under fire
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;327:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.380-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Polio vaccine plans may run into problems in Nigeria
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2003;327:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.380-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Australian ministers threaten restrictions on junk food advertising
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2003;327:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.380-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New public health agency sets out its stall
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2003;327:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.380-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Medical prescription of heroin to treatment resistant heroin addicts: two randomised controlled trials
	Wim van den Brink, Vincent M Hendriks, Peter Blanken, Maarten W J Koeter, Barbara J van Zwieten, Jan M van Ree
	BMJ  2003;327:310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.310 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interpregnancy interval and risk of preterm birth and neonatal death: retrospective cohort study
	Gordon C S Smith, Jill P Pell, Richard Dobbie
	BMJ  2003;327:313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.313 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Past exposure to sun, skin phenotype, and risk of multiple sclerosis: case-control study
	I A F van der Mei, A-L Ponsonby, T Dwyer, L Blizzard, R Simmons, B V Taylor, H Butzkueven, T Kilpatrick
	BMJ  2003;327:316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.316 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rate limiting factors in recruitment of patients to clinical trials in cancer research: descriptive study
	Pippa Corrie, Justin Shaw, Roy Harris
	BMJ  2003;327:320-321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.320 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of national guidelines on prescription of methadone: analysis of NHS prescription data, England 1990-2001
	John Strang, Janie Sheridan
	BMJ  2003;327:321-322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.321 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: National guidance details] FREE

BMJ family highlights

This week's BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2003;327:309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.309 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Acute low back pain: systematic review of its prognosis
	Liset H M Pengel, Robert D Herbert, Chris G Maher, Kathryn M Refshauge
	BMJ  2003;327:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.323 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

This week's Learning in practice

	Involving patients in medical education
	Amanda Howe, Janie Anderson
	BMJ  2003;327:326-328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.326 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from Concise Clinical Evidence: Tennis elbow
	Willem Assendelft, Sally Green, Rachelle Buchbinder, Peter Struijs, Nynke Smidt
	BMJ  2003;327:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.329 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treatment of tennis elbow: the evidence
	Simon Mellor
	BMJ  2003;327:330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.330 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
	R Rayment, J Birchall, H Yarranton, J Hewertson, D Allen, M F Murphy, D J Roberts
	BMJ  2003;327:331-332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.331 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of interventional cardiology: Implantable devices for treating tachyarrhythmias
	Timothy Houghton, Gerry C Kaye
	BMJ  2003;327:333-336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.333 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Establishing ethical trials for treatment and prevention of AIDS in developing countries
	Bernard Lo, Ronald Bayer
	BMJ  2003;327:337-339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.337 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of members of the working group] FREE

	Ethics guidance for HIV prevention trials
	Kathleen M MacQueen, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Jeremy Sugarman
	BMJ  2003;327:340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.340 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full version of paper] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Ewart Geoffrey Walsh
	R A Minns, M Lakie
	BMJ  2003;327:346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.346 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Elizabeth Anne Alexander (née Gillberry)
	Tim Alexander, David Alexander
	BMJ  2003;327:346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.346-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Baij Nath Bhandari
	Raghu Gaind
	BMJ  2003;327:346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.346-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: Telepsychiatry and e-Mental Health
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2003;327:347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.347 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: How viewers get facts from fiction
	Upasana Tayal
	BMJ  2003;327:347, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.347-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: Publish and be pampered
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2003;327:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.348 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Website of the week: Missing and unidentified persons
	Upasana Tayal
	BMJ  2003;327:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.348-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: How we should deal with John Doe
	Prabha Desikan
	BMJ  2003;327:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.349 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Carnival
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2003;327:349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.349-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.350 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Soy-derived isoflavones don't help hot flushes
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ethnic mix
	Hervey Vaughan Williams
	BMJ  2003;327:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.322 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: Whisky
	BMJ  2003;327:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.325-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2003;327:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.328 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Theme issues (2004): Call for papers
	BMJ  2003;327:330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.330-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Opening training schemes to change
	Suzanne Crowe
	BMJ  2003;327:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.336-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: A choice
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.339 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Images of the good doctor in Western medicine: the doctor-patient relationship (part 2)
	Peter O'Donnell
	BMJ  2003;327:340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.340-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice
	BMJ  2003;327:346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.346-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Outcomes of screening to prevent cancer: analysis of cumulative incidence of cervical abnormality and modelling of cases and deaths prevented
	BMJ  2003;327:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.325 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Age related macular degeneration: Smoking entails major risk of blindness
	BMJ  2003;327:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.325-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Socioeconomic and ethnic group differences in self reported health status and use of health services by children and young people in England: cross sectional study
	BMJ  2003;327:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.325-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of interventional cardiology: Percutaneous coronary intervention: cardiogenic shock
	BMJ  2003;327:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7410.336 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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