Index to volume 327 - BMJ Group

Dutton GN, et al, Should we be screening for and treating
amblyopia? 327:1242 (E)
Dutton P, Managing chronic pain in children and adolescents.
327:681 (L)
Duxbury F, Routinely asking women about domestic violence.
327:1345 (L)
Dwyer T, see van der Mei IAF. 327:316
Dyer C
— Commission withdraws legal aid for parents suing over MMR
vaccine. 327:640 (N)
— Court rules that NHS must pay overseas treatment. 327:831
(N)
— Doctor sentenced for manslaughter of leukaemia patient.
327:697 (N)
— Doctor’s manslaughter trial halted owing to defendant’s
health. 327:123 (N)
— GMC admits failings that left Shipman’s patients unprotected.
327:1248 (N)
— Group to review babies’ deaths. 327:10 (N)
— Health authorities cannot force doctors to act against
conscience. 327:1187 (N)
— Investigators should be trained to “think dirty” about cause of
death, Shipman report says. 327:123 (N)
— Judges rule that children can sue for wrongful diagnosis of
abuse. 327:305 (N)
— New bill will regulate the retention of tissue. 327:1304 (N)
— New consent form designed for release of medical records.
327:122 (N)
— New powers for CHAI “threaten patient con®dentiality".
327:580 (N)
— NHS sta# should inform patients of negligent acts. 327:7 (N),
620 (L)
— Permanent loss of awareness is crucial to diagnosis of PVS.
327:67 (N)
— Second vCJD patient to receive experimental treatment.
327:886 (N)
— Silicone breast implants still available in UK. 327:947 (N)
— Test case may threaten abortion rights. 327:1367 (N)
— Unjusti®ed seclusion of psychiatric patients is breach of
human rights. 327:183 (N)
— Women lose legal ®ght to use their frozen embryos. 327:831
(N)
Dyer O
— Attacks on NHS sta# increasing, MPs say. 327:182 (N)
— BBC accused of unethical journalism. 327:67 (N)
— BMA reviews its fraught contract negotiations. 327:412 (N)
— Children have been neglected in u prevention strategy.
327:1365 (N)
— City reacts negatively as GlaxoSmithKline announces plans
for new drugs. 327:1366 (N)
— Doctor gave “woeful” evidence. 327:1124 (N)
— Eye surgeon claims that new treatment centre is a threat to
NHS. 327:580 (N)
— Fertilisation authority to review “egg giving". 327:250 (N),
872 (L)
— Foundation hospitals will be introduced into NHS despite
opposition. 327:1248 (N)
— GMC clears psychiatrist accused of encouraging “false
memories". 327:580 (N)
— GMC investigates pathologist who failed to notice infant’s
injuries. 327:640 (N)
— Government ®ghts opposition to foundation hospitals.
327:1187 (N)
— GP suspended for lying to cover up negligence. 327:888 (N)
— GPs protest at plans to publicise their performance. 327:830
(N)
— Health secretary demands patients have equal access to cancer
drugs. 327:1007 (N)
— Imperial Tobacco plans to deny link between smoking and
lung cancer. 327:888 (N)
— Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories has damaged
health, charity report says. 327:1303 (N)
— Labour leaders are defeated over foundation hospitals.
327:828 (N)
— Lancet accuses AstraZeneca of sponsoring biased research.
327:1005 (N)
— MRC to fund more trials of complex treatments. 327:182 (N)
— Parliament to look again at issue of “assisted dying” for
terminally ill patients. 327:1186 (N)
— Professor is replaced as lead scientist while GMC investigates
his research 326:1416 (N) (correction, 327:483)
— Psychiatrist faces GMC hearing. 327:517 (N)
— Red tape is sti ing research, charity says. 327:640 (N)
— Reid accused of breach of promise over foundation hospitals.
327:1306 (N)
— Suicide among women prisoners at a record high, report says.
327:122 (N)
— Trial shows no clear bene®t from cannabis for patients with
MS. 327:1128 (N)
— Trials for vCJD treatment held up because of disagreements.
327:1069 (N)
— US pacemaker manufacturer faces British lawsuit. 327:466
(N)
— Veterans of the ®rst Gulf war are developing amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis. 327:766 (N)
— Wake®eld Council is ordered to pay for residential care after
11 year delay. 327:521 (N)
— Women may ovulate two or three times a month. 327:124 (N)
dyspepsia, empirical prescribing, test and treat v. omeprazole.
327:811 (L)
dyspnoea, sustained release morphine for management of refractory
dyspnoea (AP Abernethy, et al). 327:523 (P), 1288 (L)
E
Eades S, see Cunningham C. 327:445
Eason S, et al, Cryoprecipitate leakage into Hartmanns solution
causes clot (Minerva). 327:758 (R)
Eastgate, John, psychiatrist faces GMC hearing (O Dyer).
327:517 (N)
Easton G
— 21st century GP BMJ Careers 327:s41 (9 August 2003)
— Nearly 1000 doctors out of work BMJ Careers 327:s28 (26
July 2003)
— Reporting risk—that’s entertainment (Personal view). 327:756
(R), 1404 (L)
— View from the top (Pro®le) BMJ Careers 327:s46 (9 August
2003)
Eaton L
— The Clausewitz of the NHS. 327:890 (N)
— Congresswomen protest at partial abortion bill. 327:1126 (N)
— Exhibition challenges views on autism. 327:888 (N)
— Government proposes shake up in child protection services.
327:577 (N)
— Hospital patients say they are not fully informed about drugs.
327:180 (N)
— John Reid plans to introduce “patient advisers” into GP surgeries.
327:885 (N)
— Lords committee warns of gaps in infection control measures.
327:120 (N)
— Medical ethics teaching should be overhauled, says BMA.
327:1306 (N)
— Mental health images go on show. 327:1008 (N)
— Wellcome Trust gallery opens at British Museum. 327:1010
(N)
— WHO launches initiative to encourage eating fruit and
vegetables. 327:1125 (N)
— “Yellow card” announcement used to head o# concerns,
experts claim. 327:308 (N)
ebmj see bmj.com
Ebrahim S
— see Brindle P. 327:1267
— see Lawlor DA. 327:712, 1288, 1383
Eccles S, Non-standard grade (trust grade) doctors: the BMA
juniors’ view BMJ Careers 327:s131 (25 October 2003)
ecstasy, Science article retraction (S Pincock). 327:579 (N)
eczema, e$cacy and tolerability of borage oil in adults and children
(A Takwale, et al). 327:1385 (PC)
Edgcumbe DP, Doctors’ knowledge of exposure to ionising
radiation. 327:1166 (L)
Edmonds L, see Lim E. 327:1309
Edmonds PM, see Ross JR. 327:469
education, midwifery, risk attributable to sta# deployment and
training (B Ashcroft, et al). 327:584 (P)
education, medical see also examinations; learning; schools, medical;
teaching
— communication of risks (P Sedgwick, et al). 327:694 (E)
— Germany, training shortened (A Tu#s). 327:1127 (N)
— global awareness, Trevor Gibbs (D Cohen) (Pro®le) BMJ
Careers 327:s70 (30 August 2003)
— monitoring the revolution (V Wass, et al). 327:1362 (E)
— not what I really needed to know (N Cooper) (The way I see
it) BMJ Careers 327:s190 (13 December 2003)
— patient participation (A Howe, et al). 327:326 (LP), 1110 (L)
— postgraduate, MSc course establishment tips (K Suresh, et al)
BMJ Careers 327:s83 (13 September 2003)
education, medical, continuing
— appraisal: catalyst of personal development (M Conlon).
327:389 (ED)
— Big brother is watching (your CPD) (V Sankar). 327:855
— BMJ Learning launch (K Walsh, et al). 327:1064 (E)
— general practice, evaluation of extended training in Northern
Ireland: qualitative study (CH Sibbett, et al). 327:971 (LP)
— knowledge translation: shortening journey from evidence to
e#ect (D Davis, et al). 327:33 (LP)
education, medical, postgraduate
— deferred for yacht race (N Jacobsen) BMJ Careers 327:s140 (1
November 2003)
— opening training schemes (S Crowe). 327:336
— regional teaching programme for MRCP (UK) examination
(M Witham, et al) BMJ Careers 327:s172 (29 November
2003)
— training in US (A Rashid, et al) BMJ Careers 327:s19 (19 July
2003)
education, medical, undergraduate
— death of teaching autopsy (G O’Grady). 327:802 (ED)
— ethics, BMA calls for overhaul (L Eaton). 327:1306 (N)
— gynaecology teaching associates (S Pickard, et al). 327:1389
(LP)
— part time training (B Rushforth) (The way I see it) BMJ
Careers 327:s62 (23 August 2003)
Edwards A
— Communicating risks. 327:691 (E), 1403 (L), 1404 (L)
— Communicating risks through analogies. 327:749 (L)
— et al, E#ects of communicating individual risks in screening
programmes: Cochrane systematic review. 327:703 (P)
— see Elwyn G. 327:864
— see Gigerenzer G. 327:741
— see Thornton H. 327:101, 869
Edwards, Jack, Obituary (M Voight, et al). 327:813
Edwards R, see Heller RF. 327:1162
Edwin N, see Rahmathullah L. 327:254
Egypt see also Africa
— medicine at time of Napoleon Bonaparte (TG Russell, et al)
(Hazardous journeys). 327:1461
El-Modir AM, et al, “Radiation recall” in ammatory reaction
caused by capecitabine (Minerva). 327:298 (R)
El-Nimr G, et al, In search of a good death. 327:224 (L)
El-Sayeh HG, Using student doctor or trainee doctor may be
helpful. 327:1110 (L)
elbow, tennis elbow (W Assendelft, et al) (Extracts from Concise
Clinical Evidence). 327:329 (C)
elderly see also ageing; health services for the elderly; long-term
care
— alcoholism, rede®nition (H O’Connell, et al). 327:664 (C)
— breast cancers, women denied treatment (Z Kmietowicz).
327:1069 (N)
— carers, health of elderly informal carers (T Doran, et al).
327:1388 (PC)
— depiction on road tra$c signs: international comparison (RP
Gale, et al) (Hazardous journeys). 327:1456
— falls
——chronic diseases and drug use (DA Lawlor, et al). 327:712
(PC), 1288 (L)
——preventing fractures (AD Woolf, et al). 327:89 (C) (correction,
663)
— lithium and valproic acid prescription patterns. 327:395 (L)
— made to sit in chairs? (M Bliss) (Personal view). 327:997 (R),
1349 (L)
— prevalence of ®ve common clinical abnormalities (AJM de
Craen, et al). 327:131 (P)
— renal diseases, increasing number (RJA Sims, et al). 327:462
(E)
— whispered voice test: systematic review (S Pirozzo, et al).
327:967 (PC)
electroconvulsive therapy, recommendations are likely to improve
standards. 327:621 (L)
electronic medical records see also medical records
— primary care, regression or progression? 327:622 (L)
— sharing information throughout NHS (N Booth). 327:114
(E), 622 (L), 623 (L)
electronic publishing see also publishing
— developing countries, Ptolemy project, scalable model for
delivering health information (M Beveridge, et al). 327:790
(IP) (correction, 1016)
— on internet (H Brown) (Netlines). 327:508 (R)
Elias C, et al, Reproductive and sexual health of older women in
developing countries. 327:64 (E)
Elliman D, et al, Hear the silence (TV). 327:1411 (R)
Elliot A
— Bill Gates boosts ®ght against virus that threatens three
billion in Asia. 327:1366 (N)
— Department of Health to cut two ®fths of its sta#. 327:1068
(N)
— US food industry ensures that consumers are not told to eat
less. 327:1067 (N)
Elliott A
— Government faces pressure to tackle obesity. 327:1125 (N)
— Sports expert defends “chocolate for equipment” scheme.
327:1125 (N)
Elliott C, Better than Well: American Medicine Meets the American
Dream (Books). 327:567 (R)
Elliott, Christopher John Richard (R Dreaper). 327:1231
Ellis A
— Breast (Art). 327:755 (R)
— Rare cancers (Website of the week). 327:58 (R)
Ellis BG, see Thompson MR. 327:263, 871
Ellner A
— Rethinking prescribing in the United States. 327:1397 (ED)
— et al, Speak up! 327:303 (E), 1109 (L)
— see Woloshin S. 327:695
Elstein M, see Ashcroft B. 327:584
Elwyn G
— et al, “Doing prescribing": how doctors can be more e#ective.
327:864 (ED)
— see Edwards A. 327:703
— see Mak YYW. 327:213
email see also internet
— virtues of virtual committee (DE Morris) BMJ Careers
327:s157 (15 November 2003)
Emberson J, see Brindle P. 327:1267
Emberton M, see Lane T. 327:291
emergencies, junior doctors: fewer night operations (S Mayor).
327:1183 (N)
emergency contraceptives see contraceptives, postcoital
emergency medical services
— CHI ratings fall (Z Kmietowicz). 327:119 (N)
— focus is on patients’ clinical needs and distress. 327:451 (L)
— myocardial infarction outside hospital
——automated external de®brillator use by ®rst responders
(AP van Alem, et al). 327:1312 (P)
——cost e#ectiveness of public place de®brillators in
improving survival (A Walker, et al). 327:1316 (P)
——prehospital thrombolysis
———overview (BD Prendergast). 327:1 (E)
———cohort study (DK Pedley, et al). 327:22 (P), 1051 (L)
— rapid tranquillisation for agitated patients: midazolam v.
haloperidol plus promethazine (TREC Collaborative
Group). 327:708 (P)
emergency medicine
— career advice (A Lockey) BMJ Careers 327:s155 (15 November
2003)
— Ed Glucksman (C Hughes) (Pro®le) BMJ Careers 327:s158
(15 November 2003)
— oncologists experience (R Hunter). 327:103
Emery G, see English DR. 327:375
Empey D, see Peskett S BMJ Careers 327:s179 (6 December
2003)
Emslie S, et al, eds, Improving Patient Safety: Insights from
American, Australian and British Healthcare (Books). 327:109
(R)
Emson, Daksha, NHS criticised over suicide of mentally ill doctor
(D Singh). 327:1008 (N)
encephalitis, Bill Gates’ bequest (A Elliot). 327:1366 (N)
endometriosis, ABC of subfertility (R Hart). 327:721 (C)
energy intake, pregnant women: boy/girl comparison. 327:621
(L), 622 (L)
English DR, et al, Evaluation of aid to diagnosis of pigmented
skin lesions in general practice: controlled trial randomised
by practice. 327:375 (PC), 1167 (L)
Enquist PO, The Visit of the Royal Physician (Books). 327:508 (R)
Enstrom JE, et al, Passive smoking. 327:504 (L)
entombment, Christ: medical re ections (JP Mackenbach).
327:215 (ED)
environment
— disposal of dead (I Loe er) (Soundings). 327:237 (R)
— prisons and mental health (J Nurse, et al). 327:480 (PC), 989
(L)
environmental pollution
— Agent Orange, found in food in Vietnam (D Spurgeon).
327:521 (N)
— Silent Scourge: Children, Pollution, and Why Scientists Disagree
(Moore) (Books). 327:568 (R)
epilepsy, who should take care of children? (RN Chinthapalli)
(Personal view). 327:1413 (R)
Epstein EF
— Dietary fat intake and risk of stroke. 327:1348 (L)
— Falls, chronic diseases, and drug use in elderly women.
327:1288 (L)
equipment, hospital, donation to developing countries (AR Gatrad,
et al) BMJ Careers 327:s12 (12 July 2003)
ER, nursing shortage and (J Lenzer) (TV). 327:1294 (R)
erectile dysfunction, incidence and patient characteristics before
and after UK viagra introduction. 327:1109 (L), 1110 (L)
Erens B, see Mercer CH. 327:426
Ernst E
— Herbal medicines put into context. 327:881 (E)
— My holistic bakery. 327:1285
Ernst, Edzard, (G Watts) (Pro®le) BMJ Careers 327:s166 (22
November 2003)
Escribà JM, see Grein T. 327:650
Escudier V, see Chowdhury TA. 327:383
Esmail, Aneez, (P Cross, et al) (Pro®le) BMJ Careers 327:s52 (16
August 2003)
Essex C, Case Notes (Radio). 327:1353 (R)
ethics see also human rights
— BBC accused of unethical journalism (O Dyer). 327:67 (N)
ethics, medical see also con®dentiality; euthanasia; informed consent;
suicide, assisted
— clinical trials from a bayesian and decision analytic
perspective. 327:105 (L)
— dignity: useless concept (R Macklin). 327:1419 (E)
— drug taking: wolf in sheep’s clothing (I Heath). 327:856 (ED)
— health authorities, cannot force doctors to act against
conscience (C Dyer). 327:1187 (N)
— Israeli Medical Association and state of World Medical
Association. 327:561 (L), 1107 (L), 1108 (L)
— John Harris (Pro®le) BMJ Careers 327:s36 (2 August 2003)
— Medical Ethics Today (L Eaton). 327:1306 (N)
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