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12 July 2003 (Volume 327, Issue 7406)
 
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Other Issues:
 Editor's choice
This week in the BMJ
Editorials
News
News roundup
News extra
Papers
Primary care
Information in practice
Clinical review
Education and debate
Letters
Obituaries
reviews
Minerva
Fillers
Corrections
Career focus
Press releases

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Editor's choice

 

No spitting, no smoking
Richard Smith [Full text] [PDF]  

 

This week in the BMJ

 

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

 

Lobectomy mortality is a poor measure of surgical performance [Full text]
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy fails to help plantar fasciitis [Full text]
Homeless people are more likely to die early [Full text]
Joint teleconsultations are likely to increase costs to the NHS [Full text]
Women need full information for breast screening decisions [Full text]
Evidence based interventions can prevent fractures in elderly people [Full text]

Editorials

 

  The metabolic syndrome
James B Meigs
BMJ 2003; 327: 61-62. [Full text] [PDF] [extra: References]  
 
  Sexual health
Michael Adler
BMJ 2003; 327: 62-63. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Reproductive and sexual health of older women in developing countries
Christopher Elias and Jacqueline Sherris
BMJ 2003; 327: 64-65. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Balancing benefits and harms in health care
Luis Gabriel Cuervo and Mike Clarke
BMJ 2003; 327: 65-66. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

News

 

Permanent loss of awareness is crucial to diagnosis of PVS [Full text] [PDF]  
BBC accused of unethical journalism [Full text] [PDF]  
In brief [Full text] [PDF]  
Stem cell transplants are not helpful in breast cancer, studies say [Full text] [PDF]  
Gap between classes in life expectancy is widening [Full text] [PDF]  
Chief medical officer's report on the nation's health: Poorly performing doctors are to be dealt with more fairly [Full text] [PDF]  
Chief medical officer's report on the nation's health: Concerted action is needed to fight obesity, says chief medical officer [Full text] [PDF]  
Chief medical officer's report on the nation's health: Pressure mounts to ban smoking in public places [Full text] [PDF]  
BMA annual representative meeting: Doctors support embryo selection to help ill siblings [Full text] [PDF]  
BMA annual representative meeting: BMA's annual meeting rejects governance review of association [Full text] [PDF]  
BMA annual representative meeting: BMA secretary threatens to sue representatives [Full text] [PDF]  
Moving to the moral high ground [Full text] [PDF]  

News roundup

 

UK introduces measures to reduce errors with methotrexate [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Vitamin supplements do not reduce incidence of cancer or heart disease [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
Hospitals must use London's appeal to tackle workforce shortages [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
WHO says SARS outbreak is over, but fight should go on [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  
More frequent screening would improve detection of colon cancer [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]  

News extra

 

Italian EU presidency brings ambitious health targets [Full text]  
Doctors warn of exodus from Czech Republic and Slovakia [Full text]  
Australian government tries to solve doctors’ indemnity crisis [Full text]  
Advanced breast cancer more common in area with low uptake of screening [Full text]  
Emergency centre aims to end age discrimination [Full text]  
UK specialists predict shortfall in breast cancer services as population ages [Full text]  
BMA annual representative meeting: NHS targets are distorting clinical need [Full text]  
BMA annual representative meeting: Women in Ulster should have access to abortion services [Full text]  
BMA annual representative meeting: BMA criticises proposal for top-up fees [Full text]  
BMA annual representative meeting: Doctors call for a smoking ban in public places [Full text]  
BMA annual representative meeting: CMOs criticised over target payments for MMR [Full text]  
BMA annual representative meeting: Doctors vote against a tax on fatty food [Full text]  
BMA annual representative meeting: Doctors criticise preparations for bioterrorist attacks [Full text]  

 

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Papers

 

Assessment of whether in-hospital mortality for lobectomy is a useful standard for the quality of lung cancer surgery: retrospective study
Tom Treasure, Martin Utley, and Alan Bailey
BMJ 2003; 327: 73. [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF]  
 
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for plantar fasciitis: randomised controlled multicentre trial
Michael Haake, Mathias Buch, Carsten Schoellner, Felix Goebel, Martin Vogel, Ingo Mueller, Jörg Hausdorf, Karin Zamzow, Carmen Schade-Brittinger, and Hans-Helge Mueller
BMJ 2003; 327: 75. [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Tables and criteria for inclusion or exclusion]  
 
  Prognosis in heart failure with preserved left ventricular systolic function: prospective cohort study
Philip A MacCarthy, Mark T Kearney, James Nolan, Amanda J Lee, Robin J Prescott, Ajay M Shah, W Paul Brooksby, and Keith A A Fox
BMJ 2003; 327: 78-79. [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Graph]  
 
  Should same anaesthetist do preoperative anaesthetic visit and give subsequent anaesthetic? Questionnaire survey of anaesthetists
Bruno Simini and Guido Bertolini
BMJ 2003; 327: 79-80. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Primary care

 

10 year follow up study of mortality among users of hostels for homeless people in Copenhagen
Merete Nordentoft and Nina Wandall-Holm
BMJ 2003; 327: 81. [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Information in practice

 

Virtual outreach: economic evaluation of joint teleconsultations for patients referred by their general practitioner for a specialist opinion
P B Jacklin, J A Roberts, P Wallace, A Haines, R Harrison, J A Barber, S G Thompson, L Lewis, R Currell, S Parker, and P Wainwright
BMJ 2003; 327: 84. [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Members of the Virtual Outreach Project Group]  
 

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Clinical review

 

  Preventing fractures in elderly people
Anthony D Woolf and Kristina Åkesson
BMJ 2003; 327: 89-95. [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Tables and references]  
 
  Lesson of the week: Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as a pleural effusion
Adrian G Blundell and Simon Roe
BMJ 2003; 327: 95-96. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  ABC of interventional cardiology: Non-coronary percutaneous intervention
Ever D Grech
BMJ 2003; 327: 97-100. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Education and debate

 

  Women need better information about routine mammography
Hazel Thornton, Adrian Edwards, and Michael Baum
BMJ 2003; 327: 101-103. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Letters

 

  This week's letters [PDF]
 
  Smoke free hospitals: Challenges need to be faced
William McKee, Michael McBride, Deirdre O'Brien, Antony Stevens, and Christine Burns
BMJ 2003; 327: 104. [Full text]  
 
  Smoke free hospitals: Smoke free hospitals are unethical
Stephen Head
BMJ 2003; 327: 104. [Full text]  
 
  Smoke free hospitals: Example was set in Canada
Colin M Mailer
BMJ 2003; 327: 104. [Full text]  
 
  Community clinics can treat sexually transmitted infections
Jacqueline A Evans
BMJ 2003; 327: 104-105. [Full text]  
 
  Reply to letters on ethics of trials from bayesian perspective
Richard J Lilford
BMJ 2003; 327: 105. [Full text]  
 
  Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B: Study showed benefits of treatment are marginal
Mark Oliver
BMJ 2003; 327: 105. [Full text]  
 
  Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B: PROSE may be as useful as POEMs
Nick C Bradley
BMJ 2003; 327: 105. [Full text]  
 
  Neuraminidase inhibitors for influenza A and B: Antivirals need to be protected from adverse conditions to retain effectiveness
Subhash C Arya and Nirmala Agarwal
BMJ 2003; 327: 105-106. [Full text]  
 
  Scope of EPOC is clarified
Laura M McAuley, Jeremy Grimshaw, and Merrick Zwarenstein
BMJ 2003; 327: 106. [Full text]  
 
  Altitude sickness: Hyperventilatory capacity may predict altitude sickness
Maximilian Ledochowski and Dietmar Fuchs
BMJ 2003; 327: 106. [Full text]  
 
  Altitude sickness: Gingko biloba does not prevent altitude sickness
Peter A Kenrick
BMJ 2003; 327: 106. [Full text]  
 
  Chronic low back pain: Patient had chronic rather than acute pain
Paul J Watson and Beverley Collett
BMJ 2003; 327: 107. [Full text]  
 
  Chronic low back pain: More relevant guidelines have been published
Martyn J Davidson
BMJ 2003; 327: 107. [Full text]  
 
  Ranking heart surgeons has pitfalls
Ian S Gilfillan
BMJ 2003; 327: 107. [Full text]  
 
  Two questions help determine validity of bed occupancy
Irving Cobden
BMJ 2003; 327: 107. [Full text]  
 

Obituaries

 

This week's obituaries [PDF]

 

Allan Fisher [Full text]  
James Nelson Montgomery [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]  
Edwin James Essex Parker [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]  
Evan John ("Jack") Parr [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]  
Francis Geoffrey Smiddy [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]  
James Warner [Full text] [extra: Longer Version]  

reviews

 

Multimedia

 

Book: Epidemic of Care: A Call for Safer, Better, and More Accountable Health Care
David Woods [Full text] [PDF]  

 

Book: Improving Patient Safety: Insights from American, Australian and British Healthcare
Pat Anderson [Full text]  

 

Press: An expert witness falls from grace
Naomi Marks [Full text]  

 

Website of the week: Homelessness and health
Upasana Tayal [Full text]  

 

Personal views

A time to ask what you want of WHO
Keith Baverstock [Full text]  

 

Soundings

Glue, spark, or string?
Colin Douglas [Full text]  

 

Minerva

[Full text] [PDF]

Fillers

 

POEM*: Type of antidepressant is not linked to suicide rates [Full text] [PDF]  
What is a good death? Join in our online discussions [Full text]  
Endpiece: Proof of old age [Full text] [PDF]  
The greater man, the greater courtesy [Full text] [PDF]  
Submitting articles to the BMJ [Full text]  
Emergency medicine in a cancer hospital [Full text] [PDF]  

Corrections

 

  Head of ME Association is sacked
BMJ 2003; 327: 88. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Canadian government is attacked for plan to legalise marijuana
BMJ 2003; 327: 88. [Full text] [PDF]  
 
  Arsenal helps publicise testicular cancer website
BMJ 2003; 327: 88. [Full text] [PDF]  
 

Career focus

 

  This week's Career focus section [PDF]
THIS WEEK
Rhona MacDonald [Full text]  

 

Implementing the European working time directive
Rhona MacDonald [Full text]  

 

Our waste—their lifeline
A Rashid Gatrad, John K Rostill, and Aziz Sheikh [Full text]  

 

PROFILE: Working for a winning team
Karen Hebert [Full text]  

 

THE WAY I SEE IT: Working in a developing country is a positive experience
Yasmin Ismail [Full text]  

 

Tips on...: Supporting your colleagues
Mark Griffiths [Full text]  

 

SOAP OPERA: Episode 32: After midnight
Nicola Sharp [Full text]  

 

 

 

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