More research and better behaviour
	Jane Smith
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This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation improves COPD [Full text] FREE

	Malaria is overdiagnosed in Tanzania [Full text] FREE

	Acupuncture helps treat osteoarthritis [Full text] FREE

	Reviewing orthopaedics for osteoarthritis [Full text] FREE

	Economic evaluations exclude important health consequences [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Legislation on smacking
	Sarah Stewart-Brown
	BMJ  2004;329:1195-1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1195 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Standardisation of glycated haemoglobin
	Philip Home, Jean-Claude Mbanya, Ed Horton
	BMJ  2004;329:1196-1197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1196 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Full engagement in health
	Angela Coulter, Deborah Rozansky
	BMJ  2004;329:1197-1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1197 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Treating insomnia
	Anne M Holbrook
	BMJ  2004;329:1198-1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1198 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Revisiting phenobarbital for epilepsy
	Rajendra Kale, Emilio Perucca
	BMJ  2004;329:1199-1200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1199 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Vested interests doom puny healthcare interventions
	Douglas J Carnall
	BMJ  2004;329:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1237 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Comfort of cycling needs to be akin to that of using cars
	Michael J McGrath
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	Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Perception of safety is biggest obstacle
	Patrick Lingwood
	BMJ  2004;329:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1237-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Author's reply
	David Ogilvie
	BMJ  2004;329:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1238 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to deal with influenza: Fever may be used as treatment
	Alan W Fowler
	BMJ  2004;329:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1238-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to deal with influenza: Author's reply
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2004;329:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1238-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references w1 - w10] FREE

	How to deal with influenza: Worthwhile surveillance system is in action
	Catherine Quigley, Will Sopwith, Matthew Ashton
	BMJ  2004;329:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1239 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	National service framework for children: Framework ignores children's growth
	Tam Fry
	BMJ  2004;329:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1239-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	National service framework for children: Framework shows a new vision of health, in life
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2004;329:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1239-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Headline about basal cell carcinoma was misleading
	David A Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2004;329:1239-1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1239-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Editorial made no sense of rising rates
	Christoph C Lees
	BMJ  2004;329:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1240 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Caesarean section on demand is obstetric dilemma
	Venu Jain
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	Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Reducing caesarean section rates should not be the primary objective
	Michael R Odent
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	Making sense of rising caesarean section rates: Trials and speaking with patients take time
	Guillaume Gorincour, Sébastien Tassy
	BMJ  2004;329:1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1240-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Doctors angry as smoking ban is limited and delayed until 2008
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:1201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1201 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2004;329:1202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1202 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Russia fails to ban drinking in public despite soaring alcoholism
	Andrew Osborn
	BMJ  2004;329:1202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1202-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Scotland to ban smoking in enclosed public places
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2004;329:1202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1202-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	FDA bars own expert from evaluating risks of painkillers
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2004;329:1203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1203 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	FDA will increase postmarketing surveillance of drugs
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:1203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1203-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK government tightens rules for drug regulators
	Kathryn Godfrey
	BMJ  2004;329:1203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1203-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Use of drug eluting stents increases in the US but only for some groups
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2004;329:1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1205-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Authority consults public on paying women £1000 to donate eggs
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Charity aims to distribute donated drugs to developing countries
	Kathryn Godfrey
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	MPs criticise waste of public money on suspensions
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Coroner criticised over conduct of SARS inquest
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Risk factors for death in infancy persist into older age groups in England and Wales
	Raghav Chawla
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Practice based commissioning may not work for mental health
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Threat of new European legislation to health care exaggerated
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2004;329:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1204-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Depression and obesity are major causes of maternal death in Britain
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2004;329:1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1205 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Quality of UK consumer health tests to be scrutinised
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2004;329:1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1205-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Ranbaxy withdraws all its AIDS drugs from WHO list
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2004;329:1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1205-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Doctors should have a greater role in organising health services
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Drug company influence extends to nurses, pharmacists, and patient groups
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Doctors in Nigeria strike over wages
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Two test cases in Holland clarify law on murder and palliative care
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Vote of no confidence tabled in health policies of the Welsh Assembly
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2004;329:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1206-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Community pulmonary rehabilitation after hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: randomised controlled study
	William D-C Man, Michael I Polkey, Nora Donaldson, Barry J Gray, John Moxham
	BMJ  2004;329:1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38258.662720.3A, (Published 25 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: CONSORT checklist][extra: Consort checklist] FREE

	Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study
	Hugh Reyburn, Redepmta Mbatia, Chris Drakeley, Ilona Carneiro, Emmanuel Mwakasungula, Ombeni Mwerinde, Kapalala Saganda, John Shao, Andrew Kitua, Raimos Olomi, Brian M Greenwood, Christopher J M Whitty
	BMJ  2004;329:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38251.658229.55, (Published 12 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Dr Foster's case notes

This week's Dr Foster's case notes

	Counting hospital activity: spells or episodes?
	BMJ  2004;329:1207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1207 [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;329:1208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1208 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Acupuncture as a complementary therapy to the pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: randomised controlled trial
	Jorge Vas, Camila Méndez, Emilio Perea-Milla, Evelia Vega, María Dolores Panadero, José María León, Miguel Ángel Borge, Olga Gaspar, Francisco Sánchez-Rodríguez, Inmaculada Aguilar, Rosario Jurado
	BMJ  2004;329:1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38238.601447.3A, (Published 19 October 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	The orthopaedic approach to managing osteoarthritis of the knee
	Sam Gidwani, Adrian Fairbank
	BMJ  2004;329:1220-1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1220 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w13] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Gastric rupture associated with use of the laryngeal mask airway during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
	Nathaniel Haslam, G Claire Campbell, John E Duggan
	BMJ  2004;329:1225-1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of preterm birth: Feeding the preterm infant
	William McGuire, Ginny Henderson, Peter W Fowlie
	BMJ  2004;329:1227-1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1227 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Overcoming apathy in research on organophosphate poisoning
	Nick A Buckley, Darren Roberts, Michael Eddleston
	BMJ  2004;329:1231-1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is economic evaluation in touch with society's health values?
	Joanna Coast
	BMJ  2004;329:1233-1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1233 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Harry Urban (Garri Semionovitch Urban)
	Tim Bullamore
	BMJ  2004;329:1241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1241 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Clifford Ashton
	Colin Mackenzie
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Lorna Mary Harris
	Roger Gee
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Ian Alastair Hillary
	Sue Cunningham
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Walker Sinclair Irwin
	J I Logan
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Valiyezhuth Krishnankutty Jayaram
	J E D Charles-Jones
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Philip Kessly
	Krishna Somers
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Theodore Francis Redman
	Jack Dewhurst
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Christopher John Sharples
	W M Fleetwood, S R C Dougherty
	BMJ  2004;329:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1242-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Press: How "suicide" coverage went off the rails
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2004;329:1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1243 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Lessons from the end of a life
	Ros Levenson
	BMJ  2004;329:1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1244 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Occasional notes: Doctor did Atkins
	Daniel Wheeler
	BMJ  2004;329:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1245 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: GUBU: grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2004;329:1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1245-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2004;329:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1246 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: MRI is more accurate than mammogram in high risk patients
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	Sundowning on a sunny day in Cornwall
	Simon Noble
	BMJ  2004;329:1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1219 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2004;329:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1224 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: With a pinch of salt
	Douglas Model
	BMJ  2004;329:1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1230 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Safety of antipsychotic drugs for pregnant and breastfeeding women with non-affective psychosis
	BMJ  2004;329:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1236 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Combined use of rapid D-dimer testing and estimation of clinical probability in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis: systematic review
	BMJ  2004;329:1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1236-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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