The pleasure of corrections
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Stress may exacerbate multiple sclerosis [Full text] FREE

	Operative mortality is lower in busier hospitals [Full text] FREE

	Admission for diabetes puts young people at greater risk [Full text] FREE

	Tackling drug and alcohol misuse could reduce stranger homicides [Full text] FREE

	Acupuncture improves headache and saves money [Full text] FREE

	What's new in type 1 diabetes? [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome
	J F Geddes, J Plunkett
	BMJ  2004;328:719-720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.719 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Shaken baby syndrome
	Brian Harding, R Anthony Risdon, Henry F Krous
	BMJ  2004;328:720-721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.720 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk assessment for spinal injury after trauma
	Jim Wardrope, G Ravichandran, Tom Locker
	BMJ  2004;328:721-723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.721 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"Expert patient"—dream or nightmare?
	Joanne Shaw, Mary Baker
	BMJ  2004;328:723-724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.723 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Patterns of presentation of the shaken baby syndrome: Four types of inflicted brain injury predominate
	Robert A Minns, Anthony Busuttil
	BMJ  2004;328:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.766 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patterns of presentation of the shaken baby syndrome: Subdural and retinal haemorrhages are not necessarily signs of abuse
	James LeFanu, Rioch Edwards-Brown
	BMJ  2004;328:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.767 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reluctance in child protection must be for several reasons
	Ashok Beckaya
	BMJ  2004;328:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.767-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Labouring in water: Method is unclear
	Jamal Zaidi, Fawzia Zaidi
	BMJ  2004;328:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.767-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Labouring in water: Findings do not fully support conclusions
	Helen Bradshaw
	BMJ  2004;328:767-768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.767-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Labouring in water: Authors' reply
	Elizabeth R Cluett, Kathryn Getliffe, Ruth M Pickering, Nigel James St George Saunders
	BMJ  2004;328:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.768 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Labouring in water: Cover wrongly said study was about giving birth in water
	James B Robins
	BMJ  2004;328:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.768-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Labouring in water: The editor confesses—and apologises to anybody upset
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.768-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Folic acid as ultimate in disease prevention: Folate also improves mental health
	Matthew J Taylor, John Geddes
	BMJ  2004;328:768-769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.768-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Folic acid as ultimate in disease prevention: Beware of vitamin B12 deficiency
	Stephen Malnick, Sorel Goland
	BMJ  2004;328:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.769 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Websites on screening for breast cancer: Language may be as misleading as statistics
	Rosetta Manaszewicz
	BMJ  2004;328:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.769-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Websites on screening for breast cancer: "Infodemiology" studies have surely had their day
	Gunther Eysenbach
	BMJ  2004;328:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.769-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Websites on screening for breast cancer: Not all advocacy groups receive industry funding
	Georgana Hanson
	BMJ  2004;328:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.769-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Websites on screening for breast cancer: Authors' reply
	Karsten J Jørgensen, Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2004;328:769-770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.769-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	GPs need training and funding in caring for refugees and asylum seekers
	Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Raj Bhopal, Julia A Quickfall
	BMJ  2004;328:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.770 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medicine's weapons of mass destruction come in human form
	Herbert H Nehrlich
	BMJ  2004;328:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.770-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Palliative care services should have higher priority, says NICE
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:725, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.725 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Cognitive behaviour therapy can reduce hypochondriasis
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;328:725, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.725-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.726 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	MP raises new allegations against Andrew Wakefield
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2004;328:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.726-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Drug spending in North America rose by 11% in 2003
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2004;328:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.727 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	New coroner's system will require two people to verify cause of death
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:727, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.727-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Government figures show rapid increase in NHS staff
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.729-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Waking governments up to their obligations
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2004;328:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.730 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Initiative to exchange cancer research information is launched
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.728 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Government to put extra £100m into clinical research by 2008
	Haroon Khwaja
	BMJ  2004;328:728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.728-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	New regular report will monitor global health issues
	Vittal Katikireddi
	BMJ  2004;328:728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.728-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Fund for patients with asbestos induced diseases may run out
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.728-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Canada's plan to sell generic drugs to developing countries is threatened
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.728-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	New Zealand widens access to "no fault" compensation for medical mishaps
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;328:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.729 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	NHS improved emergency waiting times during this winter
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.729-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	FDA warns on antidepressant use
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2004;328:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.729-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Rich and poor to clash over sugar in WHO’s healthy diet plan
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.730-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Hospitals still don't do enough for patients' privacy and dignity
	Stephen Pincock
	BMJ  2004;328:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.730-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Germany's health insurance associations can set drug prices, EU court says
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.730-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Medical treatment for menorrhagia may only delay hysterectomy
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.730-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Association between stressful life events and exacerbation in multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis
	David C Mohr, Stacey L Hart, Laura Julian, Darcy Cox, Daniel Pelletier
	BMJ  2004;328:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38041.724421.55, (Published 19 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mental illness in people who kill strangers: longitudinal study and national clinical survey
	Jenny Shaw, Tim Amos, Isabelle M Hunt, Sandra Flynn, Pauline Turnbull, Navneet Kapur, Louis Appleby
	BMJ  2004;328:734-737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.734 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does it matter what a hospital is "high volume" for? Specificity of hospital volume-outcome associations for surgical procedures: analysis of administrative data
	David R Urbach, Nancy N Baxter
	BMJ  2004;328:737-740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38030.642963.AE, (Published 12 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality in young people admitted to hospital for diabetes: database study
	Stephen E Roberts, Michael J Goldacre, H Andrew W Neil
	BMJ  2004;328:741-742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.741 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Does the type of competing interest statement affect readers' perceptions of the credibility of research? Randomised trial
	Sara Schroter, Julie Morris, Samena Chaudhry, Richard Smith, Helen Barratt
	BMJ  2004;328:742-743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38035.705185.F6, (Published 23 February 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full details of the results] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care: large, pragmatic, randomised trial
	Andrew J Vickers, Rebecca W Rees, Catherine E Zollman, Rob McCarney, Claire M Smith, Nadia Ellis, Peter Fisher, Robbert Van Haselen
	BMJ  2004;328:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38029.421863.EB, (Published 15 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional Tables and information] FREE

	Cost effectiveness analysis of a randomised trial of acupuncture for chronic headache in primary care
	David Wonderling, Andrew J Vickers, Richard Grieve, Rob McCarney
	BMJ  2004;328:747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38033.896505.EB, (Published 15 March 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Type 1 diabetes: recent developments
	Devasenan Devendra, Edwin Liu, George S Eisenbarth
	BMJ  2004;328:750-754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.750 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references, figures and tables] FREE

	Evidence based case report: Perimacular retinal folds from childhood head trauma
	P E Lantz, S H Sinal, C A Stanton, R G Weaver, Jr
	BMJ  2004;328:754-756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.754 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Burns caused by steam inhalation for respiratory tract infections in children
	Siun M Murphy, Dylan Murray, Susan Smith, David J A Orr
	BMJ  2004;328:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.757 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interactive case report: A 66 year old woman with breathlessness: case progression
	Douglas Lowdon, Marion McMurdo
	BMJ  2004;328:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.758 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of smoking cessation: Population strategies to prevent smoking
	Konrad Jamrozik
	BMJ  2004;328:759-762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.759 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Making the NHS more like Kaiser Permanente
	Donald Light, Michael Dixon
	BMJ  2004;328:763-765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.763 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Guan Bee Ong
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;328:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.771 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Laurence Justin Charles
	P K Charles
	BMJ  2004;328:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.771-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Alexander Coulter Darrah
	Robert Logan
	BMJ  2004;328:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.772 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Christopher Plunkett Elliott-Binns
	Bernard Baillon
	BMJ  2004;328:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.772-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Robin Wattie Glashan
	M A Ferro, P H Smith
	BMJ  2004;328:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.772-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Elwyn Trefor Hughes
	W J C Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.772-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Keeling Roberts
	Christopher Keeling Roberts
	BMJ  2004;328:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.772-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Thomas Kennedy
	Thomas M Paterson
	BMJ  2004;328:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.772-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William Gilson Wenley
	N Alan Green, Neil Cardoe, David Scott
	BMJ  2004;328:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.772-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	The Press: The new MMR?
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2004;328:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.773 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Punishment by process
	Andrew Spencer
	BMJ  2004;328:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.774 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: A review of a tv programme] FREE

	Hit Parade
	BMJ  2004;328:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.774-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Parents as well as children need protection
	BMJ  2004;328:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.775 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Fast forward?
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2004;328:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.775-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.776 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Once daily valcyclovir slightly reduces the risk of transmitting HSV-2 to uninfected partners
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	BMJ Publishing Group to launch new website for patients
	BMJ  2004;328:724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.724 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	bmjlearning.com: Copying letters to patients
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.733 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	bmjlearning.com: Managing cerebral palsy in primary care
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.743 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;328:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.756 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Marcus
	Anthony Cohn
	BMJ  2004;328:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.758-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Interactive case report: Treatment of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy
	BMJ  2004;328:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.762 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sustained clinical efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Malawi after 10 years as first line treatment: five year prospective study
	BMJ  2004;328:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.762-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	BMJ  2004;328:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.762-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Simulation of medical emergencies improves patients' care
	BMJ  2004;328:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.762-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of Eyes
	BMJ  2004;328:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.762-d [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diastolic heart failure
	BMJ  2004;328:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.762-e [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary of Derek Herbert Clarke
	BMJ  2004;328:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.762-f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Officials warn of looming humanitarian crisis in Sudan
	BMJ  2004;328:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.762-g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://careers.bmj.com/careers/

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.