Should journals mix medicine and politics?
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Outreach improves early psychosis [Full text] FREE

	Paternal aging raises risk of schizophrenia [Full text] FREE

	Colour blindness screening may be unnecessary [Full text] FREE

	Overdoses fell after pack sizes were reduced [Full text] FREE

	Avoid being misled by claims in robust studies [Full text] FREE

	Global health monitoring could be better [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Betting your life on it
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2004;329:1055-1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1055 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w4] FREE

	Developing primary palliative care
	Scott A Murray, Kirsty Boyd, Aziz Sheikh, Keri Thomas, Irene J Higginson
	BMJ  2004;329:1056-1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1056 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Emergency care networks
	K George M M Alberti
	BMJ  2004;329:1057-1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1057 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Long term outcome of treating schizophrenia
	Trevor Howard Turner
	BMJ  2004;329:1058-1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1058 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hepatitis B infections
	Nicholas J Beeching
	BMJ  2004;329:1059-1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1059 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Personal view was one sided and unhelpful
	Mark Berelowitz
	BMJ  2004;329:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1101 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Only way forward is to open up a dialogue
	Liz Lightstone
	BMJ  2004;329:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1101-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: "But about who's suffering worse—there's no argument"
	A M Rouse
	BMJ  2004;329:1101-1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1101-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: More heat than light in this debate
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2004;329:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1102 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Summerfield's outrage is misplaced
	Irwin J Mansdorf
	BMJ  2004;329:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1102-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Personal view from Israel
	Alexander J Lustman
	BMJ  2004;329:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1102-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2004;329:1102-1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1102-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medical education should include human rights component
	Helen Bygrave
	BMJ  2004;329:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1103 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Does a more recent single research paper trump a systematic review?
	James A Cave
	BMJ  2004;329:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1103-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Who should provide the care?
	Adam Sandell
	BMJ  2004;329:1103, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1103-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Trial for Bell's palsy is in progress in Scotland
	Frank Sullivan, Fergus Daly, Iain Swan
	BMJ  2004;329:1103-1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1103-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Authors' response
	Graeme M Weiner, N Julian Holland
	BMJ  2004;329:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1104 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent developments in Bell's palsy: Summary of responses
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2004;329:1104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1104-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	UK clinic allowed to screen embryos for rare bowel cancer
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1061 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	England to start national bowel cancer screening programme
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1061-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1062 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US judge halts compulsory anthrax vaccination for soldiers
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1062-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Australian army faces legal action over mefloquine
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2004;329:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1062-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Committee calls for substantial investment in allergy services
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1063 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Surgeons warn changes will fail without investment in training
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1063-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Living on cruise ships is cost effective for elderly people
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1065-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	100 000 excess civilian deaths in Iraq since March 2003
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Teenager held in Guantanamo denied medical evaluation
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	FDA approves implantable chip to access medical records
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	More than a fifth of children in Darfur is malnourished
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Changes in Canada's medical workforce could affect access to care
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	After the French paradox comes the Italian enigma
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Draft EU legislation threatens patient safety, says BMA
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Global spending on health research still skewed towards wealthy nations
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1064-e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Mass dose of antibiotic reduced prevalence of trachoma for two years
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2004;329:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1065 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Bush's plan to screen for mental health meets opposition in Illinois
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1065-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Manifesto opposes introduction of market forces into Dutch health care
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	BMA calls for continuted restrictions on use of IVF
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Independent prescribing advice affects doctors' behaviour
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Numbers starting treatment for drug misuse increase by 20% over two years
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Doctors who offered "magic potions" found guilty of serious professional misconduct
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2004;329:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1066-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	The Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) Team: randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of specialised care for early psychosis
	Tom K J Craig, Philippa Garety, Paddy Power, Nikola Rahaman, Susannah Colbert, Miriam Fornells-Ambrojo, Graham Dunn
	BMJ  2004;329:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38246.594873.7C, (Published 14 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Ethical approval description] FREE

	Paternal age and schizophrenia: a population based cohort study
	Attila Sipos, Finn Rasmussen, Glynn Harrison, Per Tynelius, Glyn Lewis, David A Leon, David Gunnell
	BMJ  2004;329:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38243.672396.55, (Published 22 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Two extra tables] FREE

	Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency on education and unintentional injuries: findings from the 1958 British birth cohort
	P Cumberland, J S Rahi, C S Peckham
	BMJ  2004;329:1074-1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38176.685208.F7, (Published 1 October 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: QT interval increased after single dose of lofexidine
	John Schmittner, Jennifer R Schroeder, David H Epstein, Kenzie L Preston
	BMJ  2004;329:1075, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1075 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	UK legislation on analgesic packs: before and after study of long term effect on poisonings
	Keith Hawton, Sue Simkin, Jonathan Deeks, Jayne Cooper, Amy Johnston, Keith Waters, Morag Arundel, William Bernal, Bridget Gunson, Mark Hudson, Deepak Suri, Kenneth Simpson
	BMJ  2004;329:1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38253.572581.7C, (Published 29 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Preventing and treating hepatitis B infection
	Rakesh Aggarwal, Piyush Ranjan
	BMJ  2004;329:1080-1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1080 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Lamivudine and interferon comparison] FREE

	ABC of preterm birth: Care in the early newborn period
	William McGuire, Peter McEwan, Peter Fowlie
	BMJ  2004;329:1087-1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1087 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Should interventions to reduce respirable pollutants be linked to tuberculosis control programmes?
	Enis Baris, Majid Ezzati
	BMJ  2004;329:1090-1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1090 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Users' guide to detecting misleading claims in clinical research reports
	Victor M Montori, Roman Jaeschke, Holger J Schünemann, Mohit Bhandari, Jan L Brozek, P J Devereaux, Gordon H Guyatt
	BMJ  2004;329:1093-1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1093 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Illustrative examples and references] FREE

	Monitoring global health: time for new solutions
	Christopher J L Murray, Alan D Lopez, Suwit Wibulpolprasert
	BMJ  2004;329:1096-1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1096 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Sir Donald Campbell
	A B M Telfer
	BMJ  2004;329:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1105 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Edward James Moran Campbell
	Jack Howell, John Dickinson, John Hamilton
	BMJ  2004;329:1105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1105-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Thomas Archer ("Archie") Blyton
	Maurice Betts
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Janice Crockett
	Elaine English, Keith Crockett
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	George Roland Freedman
	John Charlewood
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Philip Graham Leese
	Harry Savage, Adam Dutton
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Thomas Welwyn Osborn
	John M Grange, Helena M Klenka
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Roderick Samuel
	John Wickham
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Denis Shaw
	Alan Darnborough
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Ian Robert Verner
	Wynne Aveling, Judith Hulf
	BMJ  2004;329:1106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1106-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Film: Vera Drake
	Khalid Ali
	BMJ  2004;329:1107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1107 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: Brain surgery gets its first live UK broadcast
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2004;329:1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1108 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Soul Made Flesh: Thomas Willis, the English Civil War and the Mapping of the Mind
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2004;329:1108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1108-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Theatre: Beyond Belief: Scenes from the Shipman Inquiry
	Bruno Rushforth
	BMJ  2004;329:1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1109 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Palestinian health: the truth, the lies, and the statistics
	Simon M Fellerman
	BMJ  2004;329:1110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1110 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Back to punishment in New South Wales
	Thomas B Hugh
	BMJ  2004;329:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1111 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: A passing age
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2004;329:1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1111-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:1112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1112 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Omeprazole 20 mg = 40 mg for primary care acid related dyspepsia
	BMJ  2004;329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: A final service
	Naomi Bronzite
	BMJ  2004;329:1079, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1079 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Understanding risk
	David R Derbyshire
	BMJ  2004;329:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1086 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	ABC of preterm birth: Immediate care of the preterm infant
	BMJ  2004;329:1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1073 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The PROGRESS trial three years later: time for more action, less distraction (commentary)
	BMJ  2004;329:1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1073-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Second drug firm found guilty of "switching" patients to new drugs
	BMJ  2004;329:1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7474.1073-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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