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Editor's Choice

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Walking Canada's way

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/0/e?etoc

This Week in the BMJ

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MS drugs are pricey, and more research on patients' is needed

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/0?etoc

NHS walk-in centres may not reduce workloads

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/0/a?etoc

Students don't appraise studies, they just interpret results

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/0/b?etoc

Teachers are important role models

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/0/c?etoc

Evidence for lowering LDL cholesterol in diabetes is lacking

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/0/d?etoc

Editorials

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Prognosis after heart transplantation

     Ani Anyanwu and Tom Treasure

     BMJ 2003;326 509-510

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/509?etoc

The health of indigenous peoples

     Mason H Durie

     BMJ 2003;326 510-511

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/510?etoc

Neurocysticercosis

     Julio Sotelo

     BMJ 2003;326 511-512

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/511?etoc

Moving beyond single and dual diagnosis in general practice

     Nat Wright, Liam Smeeth, and Iona Heath

     BMJ 2003;326 512-514

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/512?etoc

BMJ family highlights

     Harvey Marcovitch and Kamran Abbasi

     BMJ 2003;326 514

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/514?etoc

News

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WHO challenges food industry in report on diet and health

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/515?etoc

Asia grapples with obesity epidemics

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/515/a?etoc

In brief

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/516?etoc

BMA warns that too few people know response to a terrorist attack

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/516/a?etoc

Long term, low intensity warfarin helps against deep vein thrombosis

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/516/b?etoc

Three trusts deliberately misreported data, says Audit Commission

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/517?etoc

UK government advises tighter measures to reduce risk of CJD transmission

during neurosurgery

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/517/a?etoc

University is criticised for accepting tobacco money

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/519/c?etoc

Second coming for patient power

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/520?etoc

News roundup

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Biological father declared the legal father in IVF mix up

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/518?etoc

Bayer is forced to release documents over withdrawal of cerivastatin

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/518/a?etoc

Strong anti-tobacco treaty rejected by two rich nations

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/518/b?etoc

US drug sales continue to rise

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/518/c?etoc

No closer to understanding racial bias, admits GMC

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/518/d?etoc

GMC stalls on publication of Colman report

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/519?etoc

Negotiators hit the road to explain the proposed GP contract

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/519/a?etoc

Scotland opts for a more integrated approach to health care

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/519/b?etoc

News Extra

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Health secretary defends plans to create foundation hospitals

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/520/a?etoc

Commission publishes damning report on first PFI hospital

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/520/b?etoc

Water purifying system could save lives in developing countries

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/520/c?etoc

India plans to expand private sector in healthcare review

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/520/d?etoc

Perinatal mortality in Iraq more than tripled since sanctions

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/520/e?etoc

BMJ family highlights

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BMJ family highlights

     Harvey Marcovitch

     BMJ 2003;326 521

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/521?etoc

Papers

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Modelling the cost effectiveness of interferon beta and glatiramer acetate

in the management of multiple sclerosis * Commentary: Evaluating disease

modifying treatments in multiple sclerosis

     Jim Chilcott, Chris McCabe, Paul Tappenden, Anthony O'Hagan, Nicola J

     Cooper, Keith Abrams, Karl Claxton, and David H Miller

     BMJ 2003;326 522

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/326/7388/522?etoc

Disclosure of financial competing interests in randomised controlled

trials: cross sectional review

     Cary P Gross, Anu R Gupta, and Harlan M Krumholz

     BMJ 2003;326 526-527

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/526?etoc

Total and cause specific mortality among Swedish women with cosmetic breast

implants: prospective study

     V C M Koot, P H M Peeters, F Granath, D E Grobbee, and O Nyren

     BMJ 2003;326 527-528

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/527?etoc

Systematic review of lipid lowering for primary prevention of coronary

heart disease in diabetes

     Apoor S Gami, Victor M Montori, Patricia J Erwin, Mehmood A Khan, and

     Steven A Smith

     BMJ 2003;326 528-529

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/528?etoc

Primary care

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Effect of NHS walk-in centre on local primary healthcare services: before

and after observational study

     Ronald T Hsu, Paul C Lambert, Mary Dixon-Woods, and Jennifer J

     Kurinczuk

     BMJ 2003;326 530

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/326/7388/530?etoc

Impact of NHS walk-in centres on the workload of other local healthcare

providers: time series analysis

     Melanie Chalder, Debbie Sharp, Laurence Moore, and Chris Salisbury

     BMJ 2003;326 532

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/326/7388/532?etoc

10-minute consultation: Chronic low back pain

     Jo Samanta, Julia Kendall, and Ash Samanta

     BMJ 2003;326 535

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/535?etoc

Learning in practice

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Medical students' application of published evidence: randomised trial

     Alan Schwartz and Jordan Hupert

     BMJ 2003;326 536-538

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/326/7388/536?etoc

Clinical Review

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Diagnosis and management of scalp ringworm

     L C Fuller, F J Child, G Midgley, and E M Higgins

     BMJ 2003;326 539-541

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/539?etoc

Lesson of the week: Interfering antibodies affecting immunoassays in woman

with pet rabbits

     Adrian Park, Mark Edwards, Mandy Donaldson, Mohammad Ghatei, and Karim

     Meeran

     BMJ 2003;326 541-542

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/541?etoc

ABC of learning and teaching in medicine: One to one teaching and feedback

     Jill Gordon

     BMJ 2003;326 543-545

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/543?etoc

Education and Debate

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Multisource feedback: a method of assessing surgical practice

     Claudio Violato, Jocelyn Lockyer, and Herta Fidler

     BMJ 2003;326 546-548

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/546?etoc

Letters

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Engaging patients with psychosis in consultations

     Gomathinayagam S Rajesh, Rigo van Meer, Steve Moorhead, Rosemarie

     McCabe, and Stefan Priebe

     BMJ 2003;326 549

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/549?etoc

Some screening is necessary to identify excessive drinkers early in primary care

     Nick Heather, Peter Anderson, Antoni Gual, and Kaija Seppa

     BMJ 2003;326 550

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/550?etoc

Current medical treatment for tuberculosis

     Lawrence P Ormerod, Ian A Campbell, Peter D O Davies, Atle Fretheim,

     Michael D Iseman, Edward Chan, Ruth J Whitfield, Rosemary Khan, Anne

     Smith, and Charlotte F J Rayner

     BMJ 2003;326 550

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/550/a?etoc

Meningoencephalitis due to primary HIV infection

     Mark Melzer, Shiobhan O'Shea, Ian Chrystie, Jangu Banatvala, and

     Martin F Brewster

     BMJ 2003;326 552

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/552?etoc

Care of dying patients

     William G Notcutt and Shahid A Khan

     BMJ 2003;326 552

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/552/a?etoc

State can make drugs available cheaply to poor people

     Saroj Jayasinghe, Shyam Jayasinghe, and Pubudu de Silva

     BMJ 2003;326 553

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/553?etoc

Inversion of emergency pyramid

     Bruce J Finlayson, Adrian Fogarty, and Azeem Majeed

     BMJ 2003;326 553

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/553/a?etoc

Obituaries

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Peter Harry Abbott

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/554?etoc

John Laughlin

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/554/a?etoc

Peter John Ryan

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/554/b?etoc

John ("Jack") Ferens Turner

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/554/c?etoc

Ranger Michael Whelan

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/554/d?etoc

Kenneth Dixon Woolas

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/554/e?etoc

Reviews

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Book: Medication Errors: Lessons for Education and Healthcare

     Tony Avery

     BMJ 2003;326 555

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/555?etoc

Book: Wine: A Scientific Exploration

     Fred Kavalier

     BMJ 2003;326 555

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/555/a?etoc

Book: Forensic Medicine: Clinical and Pathological Aspects

     Alex Vass

     BMJ 2003;326 556

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/556?etoc

Netlines

     Harry Brown

     BMJ 2003;326 556

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/556/a?etoc

Personal Views:

On being a conscientious objector to military service in 1959

     Peter Bruggen

     BMJ 2003;326 557

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/557?etoc

Soundings:

Complaints

     Kevin Barraclough

     BMJ 2003;326 557

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/557/a?etoc

Minerva

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    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/558

Fillers

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POEM: Rate control is better than rhythm control in atrial fibrillation

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/0/f?etoc

An ecumenical practice?

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/529?etoc

One hundred years ago: Canada and the cigarette question

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/541/a?etoc

Endpiece: Consultant reappraisal 2500 years ago

    http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/546/a?etoc

Career focus

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This week:

     Rhona MacDonald

     BMJ 2003;326 73

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/S73?etoc

Working for a primary care trust

     Peter Aquino, Bhupinder Kohli, and Clare Davison

     BMJ 2003;326 73

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/S73a?etoc

Bringing books to the world

     Harumi Toyama

     BMJ 2003;326 75

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/S75?etoc

Putting them through their PACES

     Helen Gentles

     BMJ 2003;326 76

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/S76?etoc

TIPS ON...: Learning contracts

     Elizabeth Davies

     BMJ 2003;326 77

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/S77?etoc

Profile: Gold medal medic

     Karen Hebert

     BMJ 2003;326 78

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/S78?etoc

Soap opera: Episode 14: A bad night's sleep

     Nicola Sharp

     BMJ 2003;326 79

     http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7388/S79?etoc

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