Emotional among friends
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	A quarter of the medical jobs advertised in the NHS are for non-standard posts [Full text] FREE

	Metformin is effective in treating polycystic ovary syndrome [Full text] FREE

	Russian mortality has increased dramatically since 1991 [Full text] FREE

	Whispered voice test technique needs to be standardised [Full text] FREE

	Hydralazine is not the best antihypertensive in pregnancy [Full text] FREE

	General practice registrars need longer training [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Health needs of women who have sex with women
	Clare Hughes, Amy Evans
	BMJ  2003;327:939-940, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.939 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

	Britain prefers talk to action
	Stephen Lock
	BMJ  2003;327:940-941, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.940 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why a special issue of the BMJ on South Asia?
	Zulfiqar Bhutta, Samiran Nundy, Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2003;327:941-942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.941 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Topical corticosteroids in atopic dermatitis
	David J Atherton
	BMJ  2003;327:942-943, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.942 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The rise of trust doctors
	Nicola Cooper, William Burr
	BMJ  2003;327:943-944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.943 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Health of indigenous people: Use of health services by indigenous population can be improved
	N Devadasan, Shyla Menon, Nandakumar Menon, Roopa Devadasan
	BMJ  2003;327:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.988 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health of indigenous people: Health of Aboriginal communities can be improved by innovative methods
	Sudhir Kumar
	BMJ  2003;327:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.988-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health of indigenous people: Local practices and practitioners can become part of comprehensive programme
	Sindhu Singh
	BMJ  2003;327:988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.988-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health of indigenous people: Traditional medicine is being practised successfully
	Elizabeth S Mattock
	BMJ  2003;327:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.989 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Task imposed on prisons is impossible
	Richard J Simpson
	BMJ  2003;327:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.989-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Feasibility of opportunistic disease prevention: Doctors' responsibilities should not be reduced
	Nigel C Stott
	BMJ  2003;327:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.989-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Feasibility of opportunistic disease prevention: Personal and public health are at stake
	Faye P Clark
	BMJ  2003;327:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.989-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	More transparency in reviewing is called for
	Hervé Seligmann
	BMJ  2003;327:989-990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.989-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Longevity and C282Y mutation for haemochromatosis: Data do not support conclusion
	Andy C Y Li, Jonathan Powell
	BMJ  2003;327:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.990 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Longevity and C282Y mutation for haemochromatosis: Survival of C282Y homozygotes does not preclude screening for HFE mutations
	Gavin Willis, Barbara A Jennings, Jennie Z Wimperis
	BMJ  2003;327:990-991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.990-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Longevity and C282Y mutation for haemochromatosis: Authors' reply
	Hélène Coppin, Marie-Paule Roth, Hélène Blanché
	BMJ  2003;327:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.991 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	In praise of medical secretaries: Pay and conditions should reflect crucial role of medical secretaries in clinical teams
	Andrew R L Medford, Sharon Standen
	BMJ  2003;327:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.991-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	In praise of medical secretaries: Shortage of medical secretaries looks set to increase
	Christopher Anton
	BMJ  2003;327:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.991-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	More on copying letters to patients: Audiotapes can be helpful in outpatient clinics
	Paul K Wright
	BMJ  2003;327:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.991-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	More on copying letters to patients: Use of letters in the consulting process still seems Victorian
	Peter A West
	BMJ  2003;327:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.991-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Consultants vote in favour of revised contract
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.945 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Belgium to subsidise costs of contraception to teenagers
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2003;327:945, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.945-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2003;327:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.946 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Competition body rules that drug companies "abused" their position
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2003;327:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.946-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Injury to bile duct during cholecystectomy nearly triples risk of death
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:946, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.946-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Silicone gel breast implants: the arguments continue: Safety concerns about breast implants persist
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2003;327:947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.947 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Silicone gel breast implants: the arguments continue: Silicone breast implants still available in UK
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.947-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Journal apologises for publishing author's work without permission
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2003;327:947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.947-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Governor Jeb Bush intervenes in "right to die" case
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2003;327:949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.949-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	The virus hunter
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2003;327:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.950 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Rate of recall after breast cancer screening in the United States is twice that in the United Kingdom
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2003;327:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.948 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Smallpox bioterrorist conference highlights divisions over vaccines
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.948-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Charities say southern Sudan faces a health crisis and record malnutrition
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2003;327:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.948-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Tobacco companies start price war in Poland to offset tax rises
	Anna Gilmore
	BMJ  2003;327:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.948-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	NHS cervical screening programme to introduce liquid based cytology
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2003;327:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.948-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	German doctors shun eastern states
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2003;327:949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.949 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Regulatory body is ordered to inquire into doctor's decision to test patient for HIV without permission
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2003;327:949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.949-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Drug company and pharmacy send unsolicited samples of Prozac to Florida residents
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.950-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Man convicted of grievous bodily harm for infecting two women with HIV
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.950-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	WHO inquiry into SARS leaves questions unanswered
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2003;327:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.950-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Disabled mother whose sterilisation failed cannot claim the extra costs of bringing up a child
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2003;327:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.950-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Nigerian immunisation programme accused of distributing expired vaccines
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2003;327:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.950-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Government to overhaul mental health services for ethnic minorities
	Debashis Singh
	BMJ  2003;327:950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.950-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Metformin in polycystic ovary syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Jonathan M Lord, Ingrid H K Flight, Robert J Norman
	BMJ  2003;327:951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.951 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hydralazine for treatment of severe hypertension in pregnancy: meta-analysis
	Laura A Magee, Chris Cham, Elizabeth J Waterman, Arne Ohlsson, Peter von Dadelszen
	BMJ  2003;327:955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.955 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recruitment of doctors to non-standard grades in the NHS: analysis of job advertisements and survey of advertisers
	Sabina Dosani, Sara Schroter, Rhona MacDonald, Jackie Connor
	BMJ  2003;327:961-964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.961 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire that was sent to advertisers (PDF)] FREE

	Russian mortality trends for 1991-2001: analysis by cause and region
	Tamara Men, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, David Zaridze
	BMJ  2003;327:964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.964 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Whispered voice test for screening for hearing impairment in adults and children: systematic review
	Sandi Pirozzo, Tracey Papinczak, Paul Glasziou
	BMJ  2003;327:967, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.967 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

This week's Learning in practice

	Evaluation of extended training for general practice in Northern Ireland: qualitative study
	Caryl H Sibbett, William T Thompson, Maureen Crawford, Agnes McKnight
	BMJ  2003;327:971-973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.971 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Disseminated intravascular coagulation: old disease, new hope
	Cheng Hock Toh, Michael Dennis
	BMJ  2003;327:974-977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.974 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of subfertility: Assisted conception and the law in the United Kingdom
	Peter Braude, Sadia Muhammed
	BMJ  2003;327:978-981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.978 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	NHS and the Health and Social Care Bill: end of Bevan's vision?
	Allyson M Pollock, David Price, Alison Talbot-Smith, John Mohan
	BMJ  2003;327:982-985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.982 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Government's safeguards] FREE

	"Failed back surgery syndrome"
	Lina Talbot
	BMJ  2003;327:985-986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.985 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: label is unhelpful
	Jos H Verbeek
	BMJ  2003;327:986-987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.986 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Roger Robinson
	Harvey Marcovitch, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2003;327:992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.992 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Roger as harlequin] FREE

	David Duncan Craig
	Clifford Stossel, David Skidmore
	BMJ  2003;327:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.993 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Tony Leone Ganado
	Joe Psaila
	BMJ  2003;327:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.993-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William George ("Bill") Helsby
	Margaret Fryer
	BMJ  2003;327:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.993-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Arnold Richard Lyons
	Timothy J Lyons
	BMJ  2003;327:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.993-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	George Mason Preston
	R H S Mindham
	BMJ  2003;327:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.993-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Khin Khin San
	N Chalabi
	BMJ  2003;327:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.993-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Howard Morris Stevenson
	Richard Clarke, Jim McGUIGAN
	BMJ  2003;327:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.993-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Lawrence Weston
	Jim Somervell
	BMJ  2003;327:993, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.993-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: The Good Doctor
	Andrew Iles
	BMJ  2003;327:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.994 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: A Short History of Nearly Everything
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2003;327:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.994-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: The Human Mind
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2003;327:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.995 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Website of the week: Lesbian health
	Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2003;327:995, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.995-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2003;327:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.996 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Lessons we can learn from organ retention
	Gillian Derrick
	BMJ  2003;327:996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.996-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Should elderly patients be made to sit in chairs?
	Mary Bliss
	BMJ  2003;327:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.997 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Judges
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2003;327:997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.997-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2003;327:998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.998 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Red clover is no better than placebo for hot flushes
	BMJ  2003;327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How my tonsils were saved
	David Crosby
	BMJ  2003;327:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.960 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Kylemore nuns
	Rory McGouran
	BMJ  2003;327:970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.970 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medscape conference coverage: European Society of Cardiology Congress 2003
	BMJ  2003;327:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.973 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A teenager in love
	Andrew Ward
	BMJ  2003;327:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.981 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The reunion
	David Crosby
	BMJ  2003;327:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.987-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Role of living liver donation in the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2003;327:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.987 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Claim that smallpox vaccine protects against HIV is premature, say critics
	BMJ  2003;327:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.987-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Quality improvement perspective and healthcare funding decisions
	BMJ  2003;327:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7421.987-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure] FREE

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