Medicine and man's fall
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.0-g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

This week in the BMJ

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

	Chemoprophylaxis reduces the risk of meningitis [Full text]

	Be honest when talking to patients [Full text]

	ELPS is the way forward [Full text]

	Doctors trained abroad are less likely to win merit awards [Full text]

	Venous leg ulcers are best treated at home [Full text]

	Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome are not treated properly [Full text]

Editorials

	Fighting obesity
	Anjali Jain
	BMJ  2004;328:1327-1328, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1327 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Financial incentives for doctors
	Marc A Rodwin
	BMJ  2004;328:1328-1329, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1328 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Scars and keloids
	Thomas A Mustoe
	BMJ  2004;328:1329-1330, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1329 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Competing interests]

	Sentinel lymph node biopsy
	Malcolm R Kell, Michael J Kerin
	BMJ  2004;328:1330-1331, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1330 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	The first wave of NHS foundation trusts
	Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  2004;328:1332, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1332 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Italian doctors face criminal allegations over bribes
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2004;328:1333, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1333 [Full text] [PDF]

	German prosecutors probe again into bribes by drug companies
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:1333, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1333-a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:1334, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1334 [Full text] [PDF]

	New law forces Italian couple with genetic disease to implant all their IVF embryos
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2004;328:1334, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1334-a [Full text] [PDF]

	HIV positive witness learns of his status in courtroom
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1334, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1334-b [Full text] [PDF]

	Commons committee slates inaction on obesity
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2004;328:1335, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1335 [Full text] [PDF]

	Secret smoking documents finally to go on the web
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1335, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1335-a [Full text] [PDF]

	Appeal court upholds Oregon's assisted suicide law
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:1337, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1337-b [Full text] [PDF]

	Electioneering nipple shot banned
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:1337, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1337-c [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospitals in India woo foreign patients
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2004;328:1338, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1338 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Dutch reporting of euthanasia cases falls -- despite legal reporting requirements
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;328:1336, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1336 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New guidelines aim to improve management of COPD
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1336, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1336-a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Dead bodies do not pose health risk in natural disasters
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:1336, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1336-b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Daily aspirin reduces risk of breast cancer, study finds
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1336, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1336-c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Mental illness should be recognised as a disability
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:1337, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1337 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical journals don't publish trials on major global diseases
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:1337, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1337-a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Risk of heart failure may be lower with celecoxib than with other NSAIDs
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2004;328:1338, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1338-a [Full text]

	US accreditor moves to tackle industry's influence on medical education
	Anne Harding
	BMJ  2004;328:1338, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1338-b [Full text]

	FDA warns of risks from breast implants
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:1338, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1338-c [Full text]

	New safety study quantifies medical errors in Canadian hospitals
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2004;328:1338, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1338-d [Full text]

	Consumer advocate says GMC changes still don't go far enough
	Zosia Kmietovicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1338, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1338-e [Full text]

Papers

	Effectiveness of antibiotics in preventing meningococcal disease after a case: systematic review
	Bernadette Purcell, Susanne Samuelsson, Susan J M Hahné, Ingrid Ehrhard, Sigrid Heuberger, Ivonne Camaroni, André Charlett, James M Stuart
	BMJ  2004;328:1339, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1339 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What do patients receiving palliative care for cancer and their families want to be told? A Canadian and Australian qualitative study
	Peter Kirk, Ingrid Kirk, Linda J Kristjanson
	BMJ  2004;328:1343, doi:10.1136/bmj.38103.423576.55 (published 19 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Characteristics of consultants who hold distinction awards in England and Wales: database analysis with particular reference to sex and ethnicity
	Trevor W Lambert, Michael J Goldacre, Elizabeth Vallance, Netar Mallick
	BMJ  2004;328:1347, doi:10.1136/bmj.38062.639190.44 (published 16 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix and additional tables]

	Authors' perceptions of electronic publishing: two cross sectional surveys
	Sara Schroter, Helen Barratt, Jane Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:1350-1353, doi:10.1136/bmj.38117.624259.55 (published 19 May 2004) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaires (Posted as supplied by author)]

	DRUG POINTS: Slipped capital femoral epiphyses associated with the withdrawal of a gonadotrophin releasing hormone
	Eugène van Puijenbroek, Emil Verhoef, Linda de Graaf
	BMJ  2004;328:1353, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1353 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	General practitioners' perceptions of chronic fatigue syndrome and beliefs about its management, compared with irritable bowel syndrome: qualitative study
	Rosalind Raine, Simon Carter, Tom Sensky, Nick Black
	BMJ  2004;328:1354-1357, doi:10.1136/bmj.38078.503819.EE (published 28 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Female dyspareunia
	Liz Ryan, Keith Hawton
	BMJ  2004;328:1357, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1357 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Management of venous leg ulcers
	Deborah A Simon, Francis P Dix, Charles N McCollum
	BMJ  2004;328:1358-1362, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1358 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Interactive case report: A 64 year old woman with knee pain: case presentation
	Peter Tugwell, Annette M O'Connor, Nancy A Santesso
	BMJ  2004;328:1362-1363, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1362 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Toxicity after intermittent inhalation of nitrous oxide for analgesia
	Mark Doran, Sahir S Rassam, Lucy M Jones, Simon Underhill
	BMJ  2004;328:1364-1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1364 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of burns: Introduction
	Shehan Hettiaratchy, Peter Dziewulski
	BMJ  2004;328:1366-1368, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1366 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Trafficking and health
	Joanna Busza, Sarah Castle, Aisse Diarra
	BMJ  2004;328:1369-1371, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1369 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hands-on guide to questionnaire research: Administering, analysing, and reporting your questionnaire
	Petra M Boynton
	BMJ  2004;328:1372-1375, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1372 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further information and tables]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Crisis in UK academia affects academic medicine too
	Alistair R Fielder, Michael Levin, Gareth Tudor-Williams
	BMJ  2004;328:1376, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1376 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Isolation hinders academic medicine
	Basil Porter
	BMJ  2004;328:1376, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1376-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Funding needs to be on the discussion table
	Fernando Elijovich
	BMJ  2004;328:1376, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1376-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Focus on health care is needed
	Paddy A Phillips
	BMJ  2004;328:1377, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1377 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Academic medicine needs teeth
	Rod MacQueen
	BMJ  2004;328:1377, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1377-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Direction of academic medicine is worrying
	Margaret S Terpenning
	BMJ  2004;328:1377, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1377-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: A road map needs to be drawn for the 21st century
	Jean D Gray
	BMJ  2004;328:1377-1378, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1377-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Campaign to revitalise academic medicine: Some thoughts for academic revisionists to consider
	Kerr L White
	BMJ  2004;328:1378, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1378 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Roll Back Malaria: a failing global health challenge: Options for malaria control need to be weighed
	Ahmed A Abdel-Hameed Adeel
	BMJ  2004;328:1378, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1378-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Roll Back Malaria: a failing global health challenge: Developing a market for bed nets and insecticides is problematic
	J Derek Charlwood
	BMJ  2004;328:1378, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1378-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of diastolic heart failure in older adults: Diagnosing diastolic dysfunction is complex
	Andrew C McCulloch
	BMJ  2004;328:1378-1379, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1378-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of diastolic heart failure in older adults: B-type natriuretic peptide was not mentioned
	Kieran M Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:1379, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1379 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of diastolic heart failure in older adults: Author's reply
	Ali Ahmed
	BMJ  2004;328:1379, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1379-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of public smoking ban in Helena, Montana: When results look too good to be true, they probably are
	Geoffrey Kabat
	BMJ  2004;328:1379, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1379-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of public smoking ban in Helena, Montana: Can law really make a difference?
	Sheena Surindran
	BMJ  2004;328:1379-1380, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1379-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of public smoking ban in Helena, Montana: Author's reply
	Stanton A Glantz
	BMJ  2004;328:1380, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1380 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eating more vegetables might explain reduced asthma symptoms
	Ruoling Chen, Zhi Hu, Anthony Seaton
	BMJ  2004;328:1380, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1380-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The power of five
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2004;328:1380, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1380-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Boris Petrovsky
	Boleslav Lichterman
	BMJ  2004;328:1381, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1381 [Full text]

	Henry de Chair Baker
	Philip F Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:1382, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1382 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mary Theresa Brennan (née Rahill)
	Fergus O'Connor
	BMJ  2004;328:1382, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1382-a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alexander ("Alastair") Cameron
	D N L Ralphs
	BMJ  2004;328:1382, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1382-b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John William MacLeod
	Alex MacLeod
	BMJ  2004;328:1382, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1382-c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Douglas Keith MacTaggart
	N R MacTaggart, I D MacTaggart
	BMJ  2004;328:1382, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1382-d [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Griffith Wyn Roberts
	Maureen Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:1382, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1382-e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Donald ("Don") Robert Smith
	John Perrins
	BMJ  2004;328:1382, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1382-f [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	TV: Human Mutants
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2004;328:1383, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1383 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Football Medicine
	Nigel Sellars
	BMJ  2004;328:1384, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1384 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Child Public Health
	Helen Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:1384, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1384-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: If it was your brother
	Macherla Radhamanohar
	BMJ  2004;328:1385, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1385 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Stayin' alive with quantum physics
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2004;328:1385, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1385-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1386, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1386 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Data on treating bronchiolitis is severely limited
	BMJ  2004;328, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.0-f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: When to discharge a patient
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2004;328:1342, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1342 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Tuberculosis: an update on management
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:1356, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1356 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Q&A;: Cocaine and amphetamine combined
	Elizabeth M Sobic, Woody Caan
	BMJ  2004;328:1365, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1365 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Worse for the fish
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:1371, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1371 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Am I my father's keeper?
	Jim Young
	BMJ  2004;328:1375, doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7452.1375 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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