Cataclysm and departure
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Richard Smith's resignation letter and letter to members of staff] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Filtered blood shortens hospital stay [Full text] FREE

	Soya food may reduce the risk of endometrial cancer [Full text] FREE

	Older age doesn't affect time spent in hospital before death [Full text] FREE

	Individual patient data reveal antibiotic resistance [Full text] FREE

	HRT increases unnecessary tests after breast cancer screening [Full text] FREE

	A negative test for human papillomavirus may not reassure [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Global warming
	Jonathan A Patz
	BMJ  2004;328:1269-1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1269 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Antibiotics, resistance, and clinical outcomes
	Mark Woodhead, Douglas Fleming, Richard Wise
	BMJ  2004;328:1270-1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1270 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The free trade agreement between Australia and the United States
	Peter Drahos, David Henry
	BMJ  2004;328:1271-1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cervical screening
	Angela E Raffle
	BMJ  2004;328:1272-1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1272 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NICE guidance on newer drugs for epilepsy in adults
	Emilio Perucca
	BMJ  2004;328:1273-1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1273 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Response to editorial from 106 doctors
	Robert M Reece
	BMJ  2004;328:1316-1317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Deatils of other 105 signatories plus the references] FREE

	The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Authors' reply
	J F Geddes, J Plunkett
	BMJ  2004;328:1317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1317 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full version] FREE

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Details of paper were incorrect
	Lesley Fallowfield
	BMJ  2004;328:1317-1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1317-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Paper was muddled
	Angela Coulter
	BMJ  2004;328:1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1318 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: It takes two to make therapeutic relationship work
	June Jones, Derek Willis
	BMJ  2004;328:1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1318-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Communication needs of all kinds of people should be explored
	Joyce Carter
	BMJ  2004;328:1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1318-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Communication entails more than being nice
	Christine Bundy
	BMJ  2004;328:1318-1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1318-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Authors' reply
	Emma Burkitt Wright, Christopher Holcombe, Peter Salmon
	BMJ  2004;328:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1319 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise GPs for somatic treatment?: Sorting the wheat from the chaff
	Trefor J Roscoe
	BMJ  2004;328:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1319-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise GPs for somatic treatment?: Summary of rapid responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;328:1319-1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1319-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Flaw in WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Letter identified wrong problem with the framework convention
	Clive Bates
	BMJ  2004;328:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1320 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Flaw in WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Question is scientific rather than cosmetic
	Harley J Stanton
	BMJ  2004;328:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1320-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Who should decide on caesarean sections?
	Udaya Shankar Mishra
	BMJ  2004;328:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1320-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	BMJ papers could include honesty box for research warts
	William T Hamilton, David Kessler
	BMJ  2004;328:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1320-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Darfur teetering "on the verge of mass starvation"
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;328:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1275 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Italians are offered "do it yourself" paternity testing kits
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2004;328:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1275-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;328:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1276 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Editor of the BMJ to take up new post
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1276-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Blair appoints Julian Le Grand as new adviser on health
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1276-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NICE guidance has failed to end "postcode prescribing"
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;328:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1277 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	First stem cell bank in the world is opened in UK
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;328:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1277-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	European guidelines on hypertension more flexible than those in United States
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;328:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1279-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Swapping Ilford for Baghdad
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	French patients will have to go through family doctors to access specialists
	Brad Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Top health officials adopt global plan to cut obesity
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Israeli army accused of obstructing medical access to civilians
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Nigeria postpones programme of polio immunisation
	Abiodun Raufu
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	New category of on-call work suggested
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;328:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1278-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Higher numbers than previously predicted could be incubating vCJD
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;328:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1279 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	British Columbia can sue tobacco industry for healthcare costs
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;328:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1279-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	European and US groups draw up standards for CME
	Anne Harding
	BMJ  2004;328:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1279-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Exodus of Polish doctors could threaten health system
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Sexual torture of men in wartime Croatia was common
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Lothian and Zambia join forces to tackle HIV/AIDS
	Dorothy Logie
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Government promises measures to tackle obesity in children
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2004;328:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1280-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Effects of transfusion with red cells filtered to remove leucocytes: randomised controlled trial in patients undergoing major surgery
	Joost A van Hilten, Leo M G van de Watering, J Hajo van Bockel, Cornelis J H van de Velde, Job Kievit, Ronald Brand, Wilbert B van den Hout, Robert H Geelkerken, Rudi M H Roumen, Ronald M J Wesselink, Ankie W M M Koopman-van Gemert, Jan Koning, Anneke Brand
	BMJ  2004;328:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38103.735266.55, (Published 13 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soya food intake and risk of endometrial cancer among Chinese women in Shanghai: population based case-control study
	Wang Hong Xu, Wei Zheng, Yong Bing Xiang, Zhi Xian Ruan, Jia Rong Cheng, Qi Dai, Yu Tang Gao, Xiao Ou Shu
	BMJ  2004;328:1285, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38093.646215.AE, (Published 10 May 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital admissions, age, and death: retrospective cohort study
	Tracy Dixon, Mary Shaw, Stephen Frankel, Shah Ebrahim
	BMJ  2004;328:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38072.481933.EE, (Published 16 April 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of use of hormone replacement therapy on false positive recall in the NHS breast screening programme: results from the million women study
	Emily Banks, Gillian Reeves, Valerie Beral, Diana Bull, Barbara Crossley, Moya Simmonds, Elizabeth Hilton, Stephen Bailey, Nigel Barrett, Peter Briers, Ruth English, Alan Jackson, Elizabeth Kutt, Janet Lavelle, Linda Rockall, Matthew G Wallis, Mary Wilson, Julietta Patnick
	BMJ  2004;328:1291-1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1291 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Teicoplanin induced drug hypersensitivity syndrome
	C M Perrett, S R McBride
	BMJ  2004;328:1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1292 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Psychological impact of human papillomavirus testing in women with borderline or mildly dyskaryotic cervical smear test results: cross sectional questionnaire study
	Esther Maissi, Theresa M Marteau, Matthew Hankins, Sue Moss, Rosa Legood, Alastair Gray
	BMJ  2004;328:1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1293 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Presence of bacteriuria caused by trimethoprim resistant bacteria in patients prescribed antibiotics: multilevel model with practice and individual patient data
	P T Donnan, L Wei, D T Steinke, G Phillips, R Clarke, A Noone, F M Sullivan, T M MacDonald, P G Davey
	BMJ  2004;328:1297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1297 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Legal issues of data anonymisation in research
	Petra Wilson
	BMJ  2004;328:1300-1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Forceps delivery in modern obstetric practice
	Roshni R Patel, Deirdre J Murphy
	BMJ  2004;328:1302-1305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1302 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and a patient's perspective] FREE

	ABC of sexually transmitted infections: Vaginal discharge—causes, diagnosis, and treatment
	Helen Mitchell
	BMJ  2004;328:1306-1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1306 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Overview of genital candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis, and trichomoniasis] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Munchausen syndrome by proxy and sudden infant death
	A W Craft, D M B Hall
	BMJ  2004;328:1309-1312, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1309 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Hands-on guide to questionnaire research: Selecting, designing, and developing your questionnaire
	Petra M Boynton, Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2004;328:1312-1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1312 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References, further examples and checklists] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Jean Ginsburg
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2004;328:1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1321 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Simon John Boniface
	John Hodges
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Fritz Buchthal
	J Payan
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Mary Graham Findlay
	Ian D Findlay, A Graham Findlay
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Percy Ellis Thompson Hancock
	Trevor Hudson
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Jurek Lister
	Tom Davies
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Martin Littlewood
	Sheelagh Littlewood, Clare Littlewood
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Elizabeth Pais
	W A Pais
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William Porteous Small
	Martin Eastwood
	BMJ  2004;328:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1322-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Film: The Day After Tomorrow
	Shakoor Hajat
	BMJ  2004;328:1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1323 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses
	Cathy Read
	BMJ  2004;328:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1324 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Working with Dangerous People: The Psychotherapy of Violence
	Gwen Adshead
	BMJ  2004;328:1324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1324-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: I don't like Mondays (after bank holidays)
	Peter Kirkbride
	BMJ  2004;328:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1325 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Of evolution and homosexuality
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2004;328:1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1325-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1326 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: BNP improves outcomes in evaluation of dyspnoea
	BMJ  2004;328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A rapid grasp of the fundamentals
	Andrew Vickers
	BMJ  2004;328:1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1290 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	bmjlearning.com: Hepatitis C
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2004;328:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1296 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: The truth about exercise
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;328:1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1315 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;328:1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1321-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Alcohol limit for drink driving should be much lower
	BMJ  2004;328:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1284 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	UK academy wants neuroscience research to benefit patients more quickly
	BMJ  2004;328:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1284-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patient power?
	BMJ  2004;328:1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1284-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lessons from developing nations on improving health care
	BMJ  2004;328:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1301 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No mean feet
	BMJ  2004;328:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1301-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;328:1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1301-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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