Let's dump impact factors
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.0-h [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Depression accompanies cognitive decline [Full text] FREE

	Nurses take on cardioversion [Full text] FREE

	Family history increases the risk of incontinence [Full text] FREE

	Epidemiological studies may mislead [Full text] FREE

	Elderly people are at greater risk of suicide [Full text] FREE

	Use of stimulants for ADHD: is it always right? [Full text] FREE

	Comorbidities at life's end need better care [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Lessons from the withdrawal of rofecoxib
	Paul A Dieppe, Shah Ebrahim, Richard M Martin, Peter Jüni
	BMJ  2004;329:867-868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.867 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	The scandal of poor epidemiological research
	Erik von Elm, Matthias Egger
	BMJ  2004;329:868-869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.868 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Self monitoring of blood pressure at home
	George Stergiou, Thomas Mengden, Paul L Padfield, Gianfranco Parati, Eoin O'Brien, working group on blood pressure monitoring of the European Society of Hypertension
	BMJ  2004;329:870-871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.870 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Primary care trusts
	Kieran Walshe, Judith Smith, Jennifer Dixon, Nigel Edwards, David J Hunter, Nicholas Mays, Charles Normand, Ray Robinson
	BMJ  2004;329:871-872, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.871 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Consent to the publication of patient information: Incompetent patients may pose a problem
	Ainsley J Newson
	BMJ  2004;329:916, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.916 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consent to the publication of patient information: More on confidentiality and case material
	Heather Draper, Wendy Rogers
	BMJ  2004;329:916, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.916-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consent to the publication of patient information: Seeking consent is morally essential
	Fiona M Woollard
	BMJ  2004;329:916-917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.916-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	People with intellectual disabilities: Emotional needs of children with intellectual disabilities are unidentified
	Alka S Ahuja
	BMJ  2004;329:917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.917 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	People with intellectual disabilities: People registered disabled with learning difficulties tend to fall through the net
	Kiersten L Cornwell
	BMJ  2004;329:917, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.917-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Feeding tubes in dementia: is there an effective UK strategy?
	D S Sanders, Karna D Bardhan
	BMJ  2004;329:917-918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.917-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Liver toxicity and pioglitazone: Data are missing
	Peshraw Amin
	BMJ  2004;329:918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.918 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Liver toxicity and pioglitazone: Author's reply
	Ed Farley-Hills
	BMJ  2004;329:918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.918-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Best estimates of coronary risk of passive smoking are needed
	Ruoling Chen, Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe, Roger Tavendale
	BMJ  2004;329:918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.918-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Salt tax could reduce population's salt intake
	Nick Wilson
	BMJ  2004;329:918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.918-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The three paradoxes of private medicine: Hypocrisy, shock, and embarrassment were trivialised
	John A Bailey
	BMJ  2004;329:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.919 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The three paradoxes of private medicine: Private medicine stinks
	James N Hardy
	BMJ  2004;329:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.919-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The three paradoxes of private medicine: The golden dustman cometh
	James F R Love
	BMJ  2004;329:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.919-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The three paradoxes of private medicine: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;329:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.919-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Seriously ill elderly patients are subjected to futile endoscopies
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.873 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.874 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Patient held informally in hospital had his rights violated
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.874-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GMC suggests treatment of pathologist might have been too lenient
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.874-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Baby should be allowed to die, UK court rules
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.875 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Second drug firm found guilty of "switching" patients to new drugs
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.875-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Emergency service is closer to four hour target but still lacks consultants
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.877-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Eight cases of parents convicted of killing their children are referred to commission
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Corticosteroids increase short term mortality in patients with head injury
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	WMA sets rules on how doctors handle industry sponsorship
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.876 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	WMA says trial participants must have access to best treatment when a trial ends
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2004;329:876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.876-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Factory's loss of licence halves supply of flu vaccine to US
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.876-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	South East Asia sets up task force to tackle avian flu
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;329:876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.876-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	US experts urge more neonatal screening for genetic disorders
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.876-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Docetaxel prolongs life in men with hormone refractory prostate cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;329:877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.877 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	UK government acts to curb rise in tuberculosis
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;329:877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.877-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	World Medical Association amends its policy on doctors' duty during armed conflict
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	European court rules that ambulance staff are covered by working time legislation
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Website of patients' experiences launches new module on depression
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Evidence grows that women are treated less aggressively for heart disease than men
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Indian regulators are accused of laxity in not banning drugs
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Patients cope at home after shorter rehabilitation stays but are more likely to die
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878-g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Excessive force used against failed asylum seekers, charity claims
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.878-h [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Temporal relation between depression and cognitive impairment in old age: prospective population based study
	David J Vinkers, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Max L Stek, Rudi G J Westendorp, Roos C van der Mast
	BMJ  2004;329:881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38216.604664.DE, (Published 2 September 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Issues in the reporting of epidemiological studies: a survey of recent practice
	Stuart J Pocock, Timothy J Collier, Kimberley J Dandreo, Bianca L de Stavola, Marlene B Goldman, Leslie A Kalish, Linda E Kasten, Valerie A McCormack
	BMJ  2004;329:883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38250.571088.55, (Published 6 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality rates and self reported health: database analysis by English local authority area
	Robert G E Kyffin, Michael J Goldacre, Mike Gill
	BMJ  2004;329:887-888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38238.508021.F7, (Published 24 September 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table A, the full results and excluded local authorities] FREE

Dr Foster's case notes

This week's Dr Foster's case notes

	Prescribing of antibiotics and admissions for respiratory tract infections in England
	Azeem Majeed, Susan Williams, Brian Jarman, Paul Aylin
	BMJ  2004;329:879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.879 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References and full methodological details] FREE

BMJ family highlights

This week's BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;329:880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.880 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Familial risk of urinary incontinence in women: population based cross sectional study
	Yngvild S Hannestad, Rolv Terje Lie, Guri Rortveit, Steinar Hunskaar
	BMJ  2004;329:889-891, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.889 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Quality improvement report

This week's Quality improvement report

	Introduction of nurse led DC cardioversion service in day surgery unit: prospective audit
	M P Currie, S P Karwatowski, J Perera, E J Langford
	BMJ  2004;329:892-894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.892 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent developments: Suicide in older people
	Henry O'Connell, Ai-Vyrn Chin, Conal Cunningham, Brian A Lawlor
	BMJ  2004;329:895-899, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.895 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w24] FREE

	Interactive case report: A 35 year old woman with diabetic nephropathy who wants a baby: case outcome
	Giorgina Barbara Piccoli, Elisabetta Mezza, Giorgio Grassi, Manuel Burdese, Tullia Todros
	BMJ  2004;329:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.900 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: patient's view
	Maria Tomasa, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli
	BMJ  2004;329:901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.901 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: when do we say "no"?
	Thomas R Aust
	BMJ  2004;329:901-902, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.901-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: how can experts and novices learn together?
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2004;329:902, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.902 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: dilemma for patient and clinicians
	Samia A Hurst, Alex Mauron
	BMJ  2004;329:902-903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.902-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: beyond the evidence
	Gillian Hawthorne, Maggie Blott
	BMJ  2004;329:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.903 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of preterm birth: Moving the preterm infant
	Peter W Fowlie, Philip Booth, Charles H Skeoch
	BMJ  2004;329:904-906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.904 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Use of stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: FOR
	David Coghill
	BMJ  2004;329:907-908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.907 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w7] FREE

	Use of stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: AGAINST
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2004;329:908-909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.908 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing comorbidities in patients at the end of life
	James Stevenson, Amy P Abernethy, Cathy Miller, David C Currow
	BMJ  2004;329:909-912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.909 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Illustrative clinical scenarios] FREE

	Classifying kidney problems: can we avoid framing risks as diseases?
	Catherine M Clase, Amit X Garg, Bryce A Kiberd
	BMJ  2004;329:912-915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.912 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	John E Mack
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.920 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Mohammed Muhi Al Dean Al Moudaris
	Andrew Coe
	BMJ  2004;329:921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.921 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Christopher Kit-Seong Chew
	S Sandramouli
	BMJ  2004;329:921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.921-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William Wilkin Davey
	Catherine Davey
	BMJ  2004;329:921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.921-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Ivor Wynne Davies
	J B Nuttall
	BMJ  2004;329:921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.921-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Mohamed Hassan El-Tayib
	Bryan Stack
	BMJ  2004;329:921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.921-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Jenny Lennox (née Ackroyd)
	M S Lennox
	BMJ  2004;329:921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.921-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Frank Bowen Wright
	J H E Carmichael
	BMJ  2004;329:921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.921-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science
	Peter Wilmshurst
	BMJ  2004;329:922, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.922 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Philosophy for Medicine: Applications in a Clinical Context
	Markku Timonen
	BMJ  2004;329:923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.923 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Radio: The Other Medicine
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2004;329:923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.923-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes
	Derek Summerfield
	BMJ  2004;329:924, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.924 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Doctors playing at politics
	Harry McNaughton
	BMJ  2004;329:925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.925 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: The gas we pass
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2004;329:925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.925-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.926 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Early vitamin use may increase food allergies
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: The detection of early tubercle in the lungs
	BMJ  2004;329:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.888 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: First controlled clinical trial?
	Jim Milledge
	BMJ  2004;329:891, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.891 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No leg to stand on
	Alexander Clark
	BMJ  2004;329:894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.894 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Danger
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2004;329:899, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.899 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Being good
	John Zorab
	BMJ  2004;329:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.900-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice
	BMJ  2004;329:920, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.920-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

This week's BMJ USA

	Editor's choice: You've got mail
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2004;329:E324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.E324 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Editorial: Email in clinical care
	Steven E Waldren, David C Kibbe
	BMJ  2004;329:E325-E326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7471.E325 [Full text] [PDF]