INDEX TO VOLUME 329 - BMJ Group

INDEX TO VOLUME 329 

Entries for editorials, news, papers, primary care, information in practice, clinical review, education and debate, learning in practice, 

quality improvement report, letters and reviews are indicated by the use of symbols (E), (N), (P), (PC), (IP), (C), (ED), (LP), (Q), (L), and 

(R) respectively. Series entries are made for the ABC series, Drug points, Fillers, Lesson of the week, Personal view, 10-minute consultation 

and the other subject series. Articles in BMJ Careers are also included in this index 

A 

Aadil N, et al, Drug intake during Ramadan 329:778 (C) 

Abba A, see Bashir N 329:1435 

Abbasi K 

— Compulsory registration of clinical trials 329:637 (E), 

329:1043 (L), 329:1044 (L) 

— Knowledge for better health 329:1120 (E) 

— Mexico summit calls for greater commitment to health research 

329:1258 (N) 

— The Mexico Summit on Health Research 2004: 329:1249 (E) 

— No time to talk (My greatest mistake) 329:1496 

— see Groves T 329:470 

— see Jones G 329:1360 

Abbasi, Kamran, BMJ acting editor (A Ferriman) 329:128 (N) 

Abbasian C, Locum motives BMJ Careers 329:s151 

Abbott J, et al, Lesson of the week. Acute visual loss and pituitary 

apoplexy after surgery 329:218 (C) 

ABC of burns 

— Burns in the developing world and burn disasters (RB Ahuja, 

et al) 329:447 (C), 329:801 (L) 

— Burns reconstruction (JP Barret) 329:274 (C) 

— Initial management of a major burn: II—assessment and 

resuscitation (S Hettiaratchy, et al) 329:101 (C) 

— Intensive care management and control of infection (M 

Ansermino, et al) 329:220 (C) 

— Management of burn injuries of various depths (R Papini) 

329:158 (C) 

— Psychosocial aspects of burn injuries (SA Wiechman, et al) 


— Rehabilitation after burn injury (D Edgar, et al) 329:343 (C), 

329:573 (L) 

— When we leave hospital: a patient’s perspective of burn injury 

(A Acton) 329:504 (C) 

ABC of preterm birth 

— Care in the early newborn period (W McGuire, et al) 329:1087 

(C) 

— Epidemiology of preterm birth (J Tucker, et al) 329:675 (C), 


— Feeding the preterm infant (W McGuire, et al) 329:1227 (C) 

— Immediate care of the preterm infant (PW Fowlie, et al) 

329:845 (C) (correction, 1073) 

— Infection in the preterm infant (W McGuire, et al) 329:1277 

(C) 

— Moving the preterm infant (PW Fowlie, et al) 329:904 (C) 

— Neurodevelopmental outcomes after preterm birth (M 

Colvin, et al) 329:1390 (C) 

— Obstetric issues in preterm birth (DJ Murphy, et al) 329:783 

(C) 

— Organisation and delivery of perinatal services (J Tucker, et al) 


— Respiratory complications of preterm birth (J Fraser, et al) 


— Supporting parents in the neonatal unit (PW Fowlie, et al) 


ABC of sexual health 

— Gender related disorders (K Wylie) 329:615 (C) (correction, 

1270) 

— Sexual problems associated with infertility, pregnancy, and 

ageing (J Read) 329:559 (C) 

abdominal aortic aneurysm, screening, impact on mortality (PE 

Norman, et al) 329:1259 (P) 

Abdulla, Usama, Obituary (J Sutherst) 329:1407 

Abel K, see Howard L 329:933 

Abenhaim L, Lessons from the withdrawal of rofecoxib 


Abernethy AP, see Stevenson J 329:909 

Abeygunasekera AM, Learning from low income countries: 

what are the lessons? 329:1185 (L) 

Abhilash J 

— How and where can I get training in various non-surgical 

cosmetic procedures (that is, botox and other procedures)? 

(Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s216 

— I am interested in training in reconstructive surgery. How can 

I find specialist consultants or reconstructive units in the UK, 

Ireland, or Australasia? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s92 

abortion, induced see also miscarriage 

— Abortion in the USA and the UK (Francome) (Books) 329:236 

(R) 

— Italy, proposals (S Arie) 329:418 (N) 

— US 

——bill to protect health providers who won’t provide (JH 

Tanne) 329:703 (N) 

——pro-choice groups fight over Supreme Court nominee (JH 


— Vera Drake (K Ali) (Film) 329:1107 (R) 

Abrams P, Access to every trial dataset is crucial 329:462 (L), 


Abramson J, Overdo$ed America: The Broken Promise of American 

Medicine (Books) 329:746 (R) 

abstracts, screening BMJ research papers with (T Groves, et al) 

329:470 (E), 329:801 (L) 

Abubakar I, see Bracebridge S BMJ Careers, 329:s43 

academic medicine see also research 

— BMJ special issue 

——overview: global health responsibilities (N Sewankambo) 

329:752 (E) 

——overview: who cares about? (J Clark, et al) 329:751 (E) 

July−December 2004 

——gender and: on health workforce (L Reichenbach) 329:792 

(ED) 

——governance should be with public trustees 329:798 (L) 

——International Campaign to Revitalise Academic Medicine 

———agenda setting (International Working Party to Promote 

and Revitalise Academic Medicine) 329:787 

(ED) 

———evidence base (International Working Party to Promote 

and Revitalise Academic Medicine) 329:789 

(ED) 

——pitfalls for junior researchers 329:798 (L) 

——as a resource for global health: case of Brazil (MI Schmidt, 

et al) 329:753 (E) 

——what funders and others can do to help save clinical academic 

medicine (J Walmsley) (Personal view) 329:806 (R) 

——et al, clinicians and patients’ welfare: where does academic 

freedom fit in? (JG Wright, et al) 329:795 (ED) 

— campaign calls for radical thinking 329:294 (L) 

— GP registrar extensions (R Hardwick, et al) BMJ Careers 

329:s13, s90 

— shaping future of medical education, research and clinical 

practice BMJ Careers 329:s89 

Academic medicine campaign, Obstacles to conducting epidemiological 

research in the UK general population (HJT Ward, 

et al) 329:277 (ED) 

accidents, traffic see road traffic accidents 

accommodation, requirements for residence in hospital accommodation 

as junior doctor (L Sanai) (Advice zone) BMJ 

Careers 329:s176 

acetazolamide, acute mountain sickness prevention and: with 

ginkgo biloba 329:171 (L), 329:172 (L) 

Acharya A, see Cheung GC 329:572 

Achilles tendon, treating chronic inflammation. Q&A (EM Theo, 

et al) 329:975 

Ackroyd R, Postgraduate diploma in the ethics of cancer and 

palliative care (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 329:s75 

Acland K, see Russell-Jones R 329:1288 

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome see also antiretrovirals; 

HIV 

— Africa, doctors and nurses in sub-Saharan Africa (DJ 

Ncayiyana) 329:584 (E) 

— Asia, HIV in injecting drug users (A Wodak, et al) 329:697 (E) 

— Blair pledges £150m to support and protect orphans (D 

Cohen) 329:187 (N) 

— Cambodia, TV soap (N Marks) (TV) 329:630 (R) 

— developing countries 

——barriers to better care (AS Furber, et al) 329:1281 (ED) 

——combat strategies (JP Ruger) 329:121 (E), 329:573 (L) 

——highly active antiretroviral therapy (P Mugvenyi) 329:1118 

(E) 

— eastern Europe and Asia, fastest spread (D Cohen) 329:67 (N) 

— European Union, impending epidemic warning (R Watson) 


— Haiti, information system and medical record to support 

treatment (HSF Fraser, et al) 329:1142 (IP) 

— India 

——Phir Milenge (We’ll Meet Again) (SA Pai) (Film) 329:629 (R) 

——Ranbaxy withdraws drugs from list (F Fleck) 329:1205 (N) 

— Ivory Coast, maternal-fetal transmission follow up visits (TM 

Painter, et al) 329:543 (P) 

— Libya, Bulgarian medics trial: quiet diplomacy is not enough 

(P Haviland) (Personal view) 329:409 (R) 

— Life Interrupted (R Chawla) (Art) 329:1409 (R) 

— Malawi, lessons from tuberculosis antiretroviral therapy expansion 

(AD Harries, et al) 329:1163 (ED) 

— Peru, tuberculosis used as prevention model (F Fleck) 


— South Africa 

——vaccine developments (TJ Tucker, et al) 329:454 (ED), 


——views on sexual violence and AIDS risk among school 

pupils (N Andersson, et al) 329:952 (PC) 

— The State of the World’s Children 2005 (S Mayor) 329:1361 (N) 

— Thailand, drug users’ epidemic ignored (R Walgate) 329:127 

(N) 

— UNAIDS, official resigns (D Cohen) 329:67 (N) 

— US, Bush’s abstinence plan criticised (R Walgate) 329:192 (N) 

— women, increasingly affected (R Chawla) 329:1257 (N) 

— Zimbabwe, maternal-fetal exchange prevention programme 

(F Perez, et al) 329:1147 (Q) 

acting 

— doctor-patient relations (R Persaud) BMJ Careers 329:s87 

— sense of timing (P Harrold) 329:430 

action learning sets, helping doctors to solve problems (S Laverty) 

BMJ Careers 329:s59 

Acton A, ABC of burns. When we leave hospital: a patient’s 

perspective of burn injury 329:504 (C) 

acupuncture see also alternative medicine 

— complementary therapy to pharmacological treatment of 

knee osteoarthritis (J Vas, et al) 329:1216 (PC) 

acute coronary syndromes, hospital discharge rates 1990-2000: 


acute medicine, good slut (L Farrell) (Soundings) 329:409 (R), 


acute mountain sickness, prevention, acetazolamide and ginkgo 

biloba 329:171 (L), 329:172 (L) 

acute pancreatitis, management 329:232 (L) 

Adam, Henry Matthew, Obituary (K Vickerman) 329:628 

Adams J 

— Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute mountain sickness 


— et al, Are there socioeconomic gradients in stage and grade of 

breast cancer at diagnosis? Cross sectional analysis of UK 

cancer registry data 329:142 (P) 

Adams K 

— General practice: the facts about training BMJ Careers 

329:s63 

— Life as a GP registrar BMJ Careers 329:s76 

Adams, Michael Shirley, Obituary (AJ Moon) 329:296 

addictive behaviour, gambling, health related consequences 

(MD Griffiths) 329:1055 (E), 329:1405 (L) 

Addington-Hall J, see Speck P 329:123 

Addison’s disease, salt treatment. A memorable teacher (D Model) 

329:1230 

adenotonsillectomy, children, mild symptoms of throat infections 

(BK van Staaij, et al) 329:651 (P), 329:1045 (L) 

Adler RE, Medical Firsts: From Hippocrates to the Human Genome 

(Books) 329:805 (R) 

adolescence 

— avulsion fracture of the tuberosity: easily missed diagnosis (S 

Gidwani, et al) (Lesson of the week) 329:99 (C) 

— blood pressure, cross sectional surveys in the Northern Ireland 

Young Hearts project (D Watkins, et al) 329:139 (P) 

— depression, fluoxetine plus talk therapy (J Lenzer) 329:529 

(N) 

— lung function and high particulate concentrations (S Gottlieb) 


— mumps cases rise (R Dobson) 329:132 (N) 

— South Africa, views on sexual violence and AIDS risk among 

school pupils (N Andersson, et al) 329:952 (PC) 

Adsett J, The trust where I am working as a senior house officer 

does not pay me for my overseas experience (which 

amounts to five years) and pays me only on point 0 scale. 

How can I challenge this? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


advance directives 

— compulsion and psychiatry (P Thomas, et al) 329:122 (E) 

— joint crisis plans on use of compulsory treatment in psychiatry 

(C Henderson, et al) 329:136 (P) 

advanced life support, becoming an instructor (L Cascarini, et al) 

(Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s106 

adverse drug reactions 

— cause of admission to hospital (M Pirmohamed, et al) 329:15 

(P), 329:459 (L), 329:460 (L) 

— collecting and sharing information (M Pirmohamed, et al) 


— detection, verification, and quantification (BH Stricker, et al) 

329:44 (ED), 329:457 (L) 

— electronic incident reporting and professional monitoring 

transforms culture 329:51 (L) 

— mefloquine, Australian army faces legal action (B Burton) 


Afghanistan see also Asia 

— pre-election insecurity hampers health service delivery (F 

Fleck) 329:420 (N) 

— war, medical bodies urge investigation of alleged medical 

involvement in torture (S Mayor) 329:473 (N) 

Africa see also Burkina Faso; Ethiopia; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Libya; 

Malawi; Nigeria; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania; 

Uganda; Zimbabwe 

— AIDS, doctors and nurses with HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan 

Africa (DJ Ncayiyana) 329:584 (E) 

— seven lessons from (R Stott) (Personal view) 329:1193 (R) 

Afshar, Fari, liability for not warning of partial paralysis risk (C 

Dyer) 329:938 (N) 

age factors, schizophrenia and paternal age (A Sipos, et al) 

329:1070 (P) 

ageing see also elderly 

— advantages. Endpiece (F Charatan) 329:383 

— sexual problems: ABC of sexual health (J Read) 329:559 (C) 

Agerbo E, see Nordentoft M 329:261 

Aggarwal R, et al, Preventing and treating hepatitis B infection 


Agrawal S, et al, Smoking by inhalation through a tracheal stoma 

(Minerva) 329:866 (R) 

Aguilar I, see Vas J 329:1216 

Ah-fat, Patrick Lim Lian Chow, Obituary (PD Angus) 329:175 

Ahhal, Dharam Pal Singh, Obituary (R Anhal) 329:1047 

Ahlberg BM, see Krantz I 329:618 

Ahluwalia S, et al, Lesson of the week. Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: 

an imported infection among travellers to central and 

South America 329:842 (C) 

Ahmad AA, Using doctors inappropriately BMJ Careers 


Ahmad K, Demystifying health care 329:1127 (N) 

Ahmed N, see Bashir N 329:1435 

Ahuja AS, People with intellectual disabilities 329:917 (L) 

Ahuja RB, et al, ABC of burns. Burns in the developing world and 

burn disasters 329:447 (C), 329:801 (L) 

air conditioning, sickness risk in buildings (R Dobson) 329:529 

(N) 

air pollution 

— lung function in adolescence (S Gottlieb) 329:588 (N) 

— should interventions to reduce respirable pollutants be linked 

to tuberculosis control programmes? (E Baris, et al) 329:1090 

(ED) 

AAD-AIR 1

— US rules (JH Tanne) 329:72 (N) 

Aitken M, see Paice E 329:658 

Akerman N, Preventing the spread of MRSA 329:978 (L) 

Al Moudaris, Mohammed Muhi Al Dean, Obituary (A Coe) 


Al-Ubaydli M 

— I am a failed aspiring haematologist (six times failed part 2 

MRCP on short cases). I have a second degree in maths, 

physics, and computer science and a little commercial experience 

as an embedded systems software engineer (Advice 

zone) BMJ Careers 329:s32 

— Using Microsoft PowerPoint part 1 (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— Using Microsoft PowerPoint part 2 (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Alanen A, Prospective randomised controlled trial of an infection 

screening programme to reduce the rate of preterm 

delivery. Commentary: Does screening reduce preterm 

births? 329:374 (P) 

Albert T, How can I go about getting publications in medical 

journals as a senior house officer? (Advice zone) BMJ 

Careers 329:s166, 329:s196 

Alberti KGMM, Emergency care networks 329:1057 (E) 

alcohol drinking 

— doctors, addiction and recovery (Anonymous) BMJ Careers 

329:s38, 329:s69 

— history taking (D Midmer, et al) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— industry representative on research body (S Mayor) 329:71 

(N), 329:404 (L) 

— middle age, and subsequent risk of cognitive impairment and 

dementia in old age (T Anttila, et al) 329:539 (P) 

— Nazi Germany prevention campaign (G Davey Smith) (Politics 

and Health) 329:1424 

— Russia, public ban fails (A Osborn) 329:1202 (N) 

alcoholic liver disease, transplantation (K Webb, et al) 329:63 (E) 

Alcolado JC, Clinicians and patients’ welfare: where does academic 

freedom fit in? Commentary: Funding will make you 

free 329:797 (ED) 

Aldred G, et al, Antidepressants and suicide 329:461 (L) 

Alfirevic Z, et al, Antenatal screening for Down’s syndrome 


Ali A, see Callaghan C BMJ Careers 329:s23 

Ali K, Vera Drake (Film) 329:1107 (R) 

Ali R, see Wodak A 329:697 

allergy see hypersensitivity 

Allum, Gerald John, Obituary (P Adcock) 329:115 

Almedom AM, Evidence from samples of one (Personal view) 

329:1052 (R) 

Als-Nielsen B, et al, Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy 


alternative medicine see also acupuncture; herbal medicine 

— arsenic in Indian ayurvedic medicine (KP Anand, et al) (Minerva) 


— cancers, open letter to Prince of Wales (M Baum) (Personal 

view) 329:118 (R), 329:857 (L), 329:858 (L), 329:859 (L) 

— The Other Medicine BBC R4 (K Fisˇter) (Radio) 329:923 (R) 

Álvarez-Dardet C, see Franco A 329:1421 

Alzheimer’s disease 

— donepezil of little benefit (D Singh) 329:9 (N) 

— epidemiology: friend or foe? (JAHR Claassen) (Personal view) 


ambulances, preterm infant: ABC of preterm birth (PW Fowlie, et 

al) 329:904 (C) 

Ambury T, Changing with NLP (Reviews) BMJ Careers 329:s70 

Amen F, et al, Floppy ears caused by relapsing polychondritis 


American Medical Association, inquiry into doctors’ role in 

abuse of prisoners (S Mayor) 329:993 (N) 

American Thoracic Society, 100th International Conference. 

Medscape conference coverage 329:526 

Amin P, Liver toxicity and pioglitazone 329:918 (L) 

amnesia, in films (S Baxendale) (Images of health) 329:1480 

Amnesty International, Darfur: Rape as a Weapon of War (P 

Moszynski) 329:251 (N) 

amputations, doctor with bilateral leg amputations (J Atkinson) 


anaesthesia 

— obstructive sleep apnoea and general anaesthesia risk (C den 

Herder, et al) 329:955 (C) 

— seeing is believing (A Rule) 329:94 

anaesthesiology, careers, characteristics in preregistration house 

officer for successful consultant (P Maguire) (Advice zone) 


analgesia see also pain 

— dronabinol and central pain in multiple sclerosis (KB Svendsen, 

et al) 329:253 (P) 

— UK legislation and long term effect on poisonings (K Hawton, 

et al) 329:1076 (PC) (correction, 1159) 

analgesia, epidural, caesarean section rates in nulliparous 

women 329:293 (L) 

Anand KP, et al, Arsenic poisoning after ayurvedic alternative 

medicine (Minerva) 329:1112 (R) 

anatomy, demonstrating (S Chaudhry, et al) BMJ Careers 


Andersen AN, see Pinborg A 329:311 

Anderson GM, Making sense of rising caesarean section rates 


Andersson N, et al, National cross sectional study of views on 

sexual violence and risk of HIV infection and AIDS among 

South African school pupils 329:952 (PC) 

Andras P, see Charlton BG 329:294 

Andreev E, see McKee M 329:1288 

Angel JC, see Kohls-Gatzoulis J 329:1328 

Angell M, The Truth About the Drug Companies:How they deceive us 

and what to do about it (Books) 329:862 (R) 

angioplasty, US, drug eluting stents use (JH Tanne) 329:1205 (N) 

angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, mortality and renal 

outcomes in diabetic nephropathy: systematic review 

(GFM Strippoli, et al) 329:828 (PC) 

angiotensin receptor blockers, myocardial infarction and (S 

Verma, et al) 329:1248 (E) 

Angus B 

— I am a third year medical student. One of my tutors has 

offered me a DPhil studentship in his laboratory. Should I do 

the DPhil now or wait until I have finished medical school? 


— My son has been offered a place to study medicine at Cambridge 

and at University College London. Which should he 

choose and where are the best opportunities for postgraduate 

training? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s2 

Anhal, Dharam Pal Singh, Obituary (R Anhal) 329:1047 

animal experimentation 

— could activists affect your research? (R Haris) BMJ Careers 


— surgical practice (A Fleg) BMJ Careers 329:s47 

Annane D, et al, Corticosteroids for severe sepsis and septic 

shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis 329:480 (P) 

Anonymous 

— Addiction and recovery BMJ Careers 329:s38 

— Fault lines BMJ Careers 329:s211 

— Life as a doctor with Asperger’s syndrome BMJ Careers 


— No thanks, I’ve already eaten (Personal view) 329:691 (R) 

— Physician, heal thyself 329:490 

— Working as a doctor with a chronic illness BMJ Careers 


anorexia nervosa, doctor’s experiences (Anonymous) (Personal 

view) 329:691 (R) 

Ansermino M, et al, ABC of burns, Intensive care management 

and control of infection 329:220 (C) 

Anson K, see Ghani K BMJ Careers 329:s105 

Anthony-Pillai R, Man wins battle to keep receiving life support 


anthrax see also bioterrorism 

— Spores, Plagues and History: The Story of Anthrax (Holmes) 


— vaccination 

——bioterrorism and compulsory vaccination (T Jefferson) 


——US judge halts compulsory vaccination for soldiers (O 


antibiotics 

— prescribing for respiratory tract symptoms in primary care (I 

Welschen, et al) 329:431 (PC) 

— respiratory tract infection admissions in England and (Dr 

Foster’s case notes) 329:879 

— trachoma, mass dose reduced prevalence for two years (S 

Gottlieb) 329:1065 (N) 

— vulvovaginal candidiasis and lactobacillus (M Pirotta, et al) 

329:548 (PC) 

antidepressants see also depression 

— Medicines out of Control? Antidepressants and the Conspiracy of 

Goodwill (Medawar) (Books) 329:1350 (R) 

— suicide and: balance of benefit and harm (D Gunnell, et al) 

329:34 (C), 329:461 (L) 

— US 

——“black box” warning (J Lenzer) 329:702 (N) 

——FDA hearings confirm risk (J Lenzer) 329:641 (N) 

——FDA review (JH Tanne) 329:475 (N) 

——Garden State (D Engber) (Film) 329:805 (R) 

——risks in adults review (J Lenzer) 329:816 (N) 

— when TV damned drug regulators (P Waller) (Personal view) 


antipsychotic drugs see also psychoses 

— dementia treatment (PE Lee, et al) 329:75 (P), 329:404 (L) 

— safety for pregnant and breastfeeding women with nonaffective 

psychosis (L Howard, et al) 329:933 (E) (correction, 

1236) 

antiretrovirals see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 

— developing countries, WHO 2005 target can be met (F Fleck) 


— highly active 

——for developing countries (P Mugvenyi) 329:1118 (E) 

——Malawi, therapy expansion (AD Harries, et al) 329:1163 

(ED) 

antivenom serum, Ecuador, South American polyspecific antivenoms 

trial (R Smalligan, et al) 329:1129 (P) 

Anttila T, et al, Alcohol drinking in middle age and subsequent 

risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in old age: 

a prospective population based study 329:539 (P) 

Antwi-Yeboah, Yaa Opokua, Obituary (E Osei) 329:1188 

Anya I 

— Representation of authors and editors from poor countries 


— Responsibility for ancillary care in clinical trials 329:232 (L) 

Apostoli A, et al, Treatment of minor burns 329:292 (L) 

Appelboom DJK, see den Herder C 329:955 

Appleby J, et al, Patient choice in the NHS 329:61 (E) 

appointments 

— seven minutes (S O’Connell) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— seven minutes (U Coales) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s100 

— triage for same day appointments in primary care: general 

practice v. NHS Direct (DA Richards, et al) 329:774 (PC) 

Aquino P, et al, Career Options in General Practice (Reviews) BMJ 


Ara H, see Bhutta ZA 329:1151 

Arasu A, Happy hypnotherapist (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s154 

Araya R, see McKenzie K 329:1138 

Archbold RA, et al, Radial artery access for coronary angiography 

and percutaneous coronary intervention 329:443 (C), 


Archer M, The Tao of Pooh—a philosophy that changed my 

practice 329:151 

Aricept see donepezil 

Arie S 

— Row brews over Italian abortion proposals 329:418 (N) 

— Woman forced to have three embryos implanted is allowed 

fetal reduction to save her life 329:71 (N) 

arm, acute deep vein thrombosis: long term course (P Prandoni, 


armed forces see also war 

— overseas doctors and BMJ Careers 329:s69 

Armenia see also Europe 

— health care (SG Hovhannisyan) 329:522 (E) 

— understanding health care in south Caucasus (T von Schoen- 

Angerer) 329:562 (ED) 

Armour RH 

— Blood should be treated respectfully 329:515 (L) 

— et al, Retinal examination with homemade apparatus (Minerva) 


Armstrong BG 

— et al, Effect of influenza vaccination on excess deaths occurring 

during periods of high circulation of influenza: cohort 

study in elderly people 329:660 (PC) 

— see Wilkinson P 329:647 

Armstrong D, see Branson R 329:381 

Armstrong M, see Lockwood DNJ 329:1020 

Arning C, Surgery for carotid artery stenosis 329:1344 (L) 

Aronson JK 

— The $800 Million Pill (Books) 329:577 (R) 

— When I use a word. Balancing benefits and harms in health care 


— see Cuervo LG 329:1 

Arslandemir C, see Hetzel M 329:231 

art 

— drug industry, advertising (T Scott) (Images of health) 


— patient-doctor relationships (MP Park, et al) (Images of 

health) 329:1475 

Arulalan KV, et al. Q&A. Linking a computer with a microscope 


Arundel M, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Ash S, see O’Farrell N 329:684 

Ashby D 

— Dicing with Death (Books) 329:116 (R) 

— see Gunnell D 329:34, 329:461 

Ashcroft RE 

— Balancing benefits and harms in health care 329:458 (L) 

— see Parker MJ 329:288 

Ashford R, A memorable patient. Auntie Joan 329:1335 

Ashton, Clifford, Obituary (C Mackenzie) 329:1242 

Ashton M, see Quigley C 329:1239 

Asia see also Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Cambodia; China; Hong 

Kong; India; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Japan; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; 

Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand 

— AIDS 

——fastest growth (D Cohen) 329:67 (N) 

——HIV in injecting drug users (A Wodak, et al) 329:697 (E) 

— Body Mind Spirit (K Fisˇter) (Art) 329:1189 (R) 

Asia, south-east 

— prevention training (S Dodani) 329:293 (L) 

— task force to tackle avian flu (J Parry) 329:876 (N) 

aspartame, health effects (MEJ Lean, et al) 329:755 (E) 

Asperger’s syndrome, doctor’s experiences (Anonymous) BMJ 


aspirin, Aspirin: The Story of a Wonder Drug (Jeffreys) (Books) 


assessment 

— computers in medicine (P Cantillon, et al) 329:606 (LP) 

— doctors, review of instruments 329:171 (L) 

assisted reproduction see under in vitro fertilisation 

assisted suicide see suicide, assisted 

associate specialists, skills should be recognised (Z Kmietowicz) 


Assomull RG, see Prasad SK 329:1386 

asthma 

— China, prevalence difference in children from three cities 

(GWK Wong, et al) 329:486 (PC) 

— GlaxoSmithKline, guilty of “switching” patients to new drugs 

(Z Kmietowicz) 329:875 (N) (correction, 1073) 

— occupational. bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 329:558 

— peak expiratory flow rate (POEM*) 329 (17 July 2004) 

— Scotland, respiratory symptoms and atopy in children in 

Aberdeen (A Devenny, et al) 329:489 (PC) 

Atakan, Zerrin, (P Cross) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s35 

Atkins diet, Occasional notes: Doctor did Atkins (D Wheeler) 

(Personal view) 329:1245 (R) 

Atkinson HDE, et al, Surgical management of inguinal hernia: 

retrospective cohort study in southeastern Scotland, 1985- 

2001: 329:1315 (P) 

Atkinson J, Tales from a doctor with bilateral leg amputations 


atrial fibrillation, nurse led cardioversion service in day surgery 

unit: audit (MP Currie, et al) 329:892 (Q) 

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 

— Fidgety Philipp: not modern phenomenon? (R Dobson) 


— use of stimulants (D Coghill, et al) (For and Against) 329:907 

(ED) 

Attia J, et al, The PROGRESS trial three years later 329:1403 (L) 

Au J, see Bridgewater B 329:421 

Aust TR, Interactive case report. A 35 year old woman with diabetic 

nephropathy who wants a baby: case outcome. Commentary: 

when do we say “no”? 329:901 (C) 

Australia see also Oceania 

— deregistered psychiatrist convicted of Tobin’s murder (M 

Sweet) 329:759 (N) 

— drug abuse, heroin supply restrictions and injecting drug use 

(C Day, et al) 329:428 (P) 

— drug industry 

——access to high cost drugs (CY Lu, et al) 329:415 (E) 

——plan to block extensions to drug patents blocked (B Burton) 


— mediadoctor.org.au, tough treatment for media (M Sweet) (Website) 


— mefloquine, army faces legal action (B Burton) 329:1062 (N) 

— New South Wales hospitals inquiry (TB Hugh) (Personal view) 


Austria see also Europe 

— Working Time Directive (S Mayor, et al) 329:310 (N) 

autism 

— measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and 

——parents lose final appeal for legal aid (C Dyer) 329:939 (N) 

——study shows no link (S Mayor) 329:642 (L) 

Avery A, see Logan PA 329:1372 

avian influenza, south east Asia task force (J Parry) 329:876 (N) 

aviation medicine 

— Alyson Calder (J Sladden) (Fifteen minutes with ...) BMJ 


— medical effects of microgravity (K Fong) (The limits of medicine) 

329:1441 (correction, 330:82) 

— UK (J Sladden) BMJ Careers 329:s180 

avulsion fractures, ischial tuberosity: easily missed diagnosis (S 

Gidwani, et al) (Lesson of the week) 329:99 (C) 

Awofeso N, Prisons show prophylaxis for close contacts may 

indeed help in next flu pandemic 329:173 (L) 

Axel, Richard, Nobel Prize for unravelling secrets of smell (G 

Watts) 329:815 (N) 

Axelsson I, Treatment of impetigo 329:979 (L) 

Ayeni O, The founder of the Canadian Association of Physicians 

with Disabilities (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 


Aylin P 

— et al, Counting hospital activity: spells or episodes? (Dr Foster’s 

case notes) 329:1207 

— et al, How often are adverse events reported in English hospital 

statistics? (Dr Foster’s case notes) 329:369 (correction, 

547), 329:856 (L), 329:857 (L) 

— et al, Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality in England after 

Bristol: descriptive analysis of hospital episode statistics 1991- 

2002: 329:825 (P) 

— et al, Social class and elective caesareans in the NHS 329:291 

— see Jarman B 329:73, 329:1367 

— see Majeed A 329:645, 329:879 

Ayling, Clifford, better system needed to curb rogue doctors (C 


Ayurveda, learning from world. Endpiece (S Nundy) 329:23 

Azurdia R, see Duncan A 329:229 

2 AIT-AZU July−December 2004

B 

Bach FW, see Svendsen KB 329:253 

Bache J, see Williams P BMJ Careers 329:s58 

back pain see also low back pain 

— childhood exposure to smoke and (R Dobson) 329:250 (N) 

— exercise and manipulation randomised trial 

——cost effectiveness (UK BEAM Trial Team) 329:1381 (PC) 

——effectiveness in primary care (UK BEAM Trial Team) 


— physiotherapy and (D MacAuley) 329:694 (E) 

bad news see also communication 

— arm reattachment: forlorn hope. A memorable patient (J Kuruvatti) 


Badgett R, see Straus SE 329:1029 

Bagatella P, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Bahamas see also Central America and the West Indies 

— career advice (SI Ibrahim) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Bailey A, see Keogh B 329:450 

Bailey AE, “Epileptic” experiences BMJ Careers 329:s144 

Bailey JA, The three paradoxes of private medicine 329:919 (L) 

Bailey S, see Banks E 329:477 

Bajwa TA, see Rehman HU 329:1271 

Baker E, I will be starting medical school this year at the age of 

34, and I am worried that my age will affect my future career 

prospects. Should I be worried? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Baker MG 

— et al, Governance of academic medicine should be with public 

trustees 329:798 (L) 

— et al, The journey: Parkinson’s disease 329:611 (C) 

Baker-Henningham H, see Powell C 329:89 

Bal R, et al, Democratisation of scientific advice 329:1339 (ED) 

Balasubramanian BA, see Demissie K 329:24 

baldness, quackery and. One hundred years ago 329:565 

Baldwin R, see Chew-Graham C 329:181 

Ball JE, et al, Quality improvement programme to achieve acceptable 

colonoscopy completion rates: prospective before 

and after study 329:665 (Q), 329:1287 (L), 329:1288 (L) 

Bamford B, see Jones B 329:280 

Bamji AN, Low back pain 329:232 (L) 

Banerjee A, The irony of it all BMJ Careers 329:s49 

Bangladesh see also Asia 

— community health workers trained (G Watts) 329:1124 (N) 

— disease concerns after floods (P Moszynski) 329:247 (N) (correction, 

499) 

— People’s Health movement: demystifying health care (K Ahmad) 


Banks E, Influence of personal characteristics of individual 

women on sensitivity and specificity of mammography in 

the Million Women Study: cohort study 329:477 (P) 

Bannister, Roger, (P Cross) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s100 

Bansal S, et al, Tilted optic discs (Minerva) 329:1054 (R) 

Bardhan KD, see Sanders DS 329:917 

Baris E, et al, Should interventions to reduce respirable pollutants 

be linked to tuberculosis control programmes? 

329:1090 (ED) 

barium enema, Barbara’s bowel (B Witcombe) 329:568 

Barker RM, et al, Star wars, NHS style 329:107 (ED) 

Barley K, see Aylin P 329:291 

Barman S, Medical images (What’s on the web) BMJ Careers 


Barnes GR, see Fisher AE 329:1492 

Barnett J, see Little P 329:111 

Baron JH 

— Endpiece 

——Improvement of the practice of medicine 329:285 

——Quackery 329:728 

——Superiority 329:78 

——Teaching medicine, 1816: 329:424 

——Women 329:729 

——Women and halfe witted men 329:219 

Baron S, I am a final year medical student who is very interested 

in a career in dermatology. Which jobs will be beneficial for 

my future career? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s92 

Barraclough K 

— A passing age (Soundings) 329:1111 (R) 

— Stolen Innocence (Books) 329:177 (R) 

— Under the Tuscan sun (Soundings) 329:579 (R) 

— Unsung heroes (Soundings) 329:239 (R) 

— Why doctors don’t read research papers (Soundings) 


Barragan ME, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Barratt N, see Banks E 329:477 

Barret JP, ABC of burns. Burns reconstruction 329:274 (C) 

Barrett A, et al, Use of decision aids to support informed choices 

about screening 329:507 (ED) 

Barrett ECA, The other side of medicine 329:341 

Barrett J, Personal services or dangerous liaisons: should we help 

patients hire prostitutes? (Personal view) 329:985 (R), 


Barry S, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

Bartlett C, see Dieppe PA 329:31 

Bartley R, Physiotherapy compared with advice for low back 

pain 329:1402 (L) 

Barton C 

— et al, Bruising after contact with rodenticides (Minerva) 


— see Maddison P 329:1325 

basal cell carcinoma, skin, interventions: systematic review (F 

Bath-Hextall, et al) 329:705 (P), 329:1239 (L) 

Bashir N, et al, A precious case from Middle Earth (Taking a leaf 

out of an old book) 329:1435 

Basnett I, see Raine R 329:1247 

Basnyat B, see Gertsch JH 329:172 

Bassi Z, see Noglik A 329:683 

Bastian H, Learning from evidence based mistakes (Personal 


BAT Industries, formula one motor racing (J Carlyle, et al) 


Bateman, Shawn Cato, Obituary (J Mathewson) 329:115 

Bates T, Adverse events reporting in English hospital statistics 


Bath-Hextall F, et al, Interventions for basal cell carcinoma of the 

skin: systematic review 329:705 (P), 329:1239 (L) 

Batt J, Stolen Innocence:A Mother’s Fight for Justice—The Story of Sally 

Clark (Books) 329:177 (R) 

Battaglia M, see Pewsner D 329:209 

Battersby MW, Learning from low income countries: mental 

health. Commentary: Community models of mental care 

warrant more governmental support 329:1140 (PC) 

Batty GD, et al, Early life intelligence and adult health 329:585 (E) 


Baum M, An open letter to the Prince of Wales: with respect, your 

highness, you’ve got it wrong (Personal view) 329:118 (R), 

329:857 (L), 329:858 (L), 329:859 (L) 

Bavdekar SB, A memorable patient. The sincerest form of flattery 


Baxendale S, Memories aren’t made of this: amnesia at the 

movies (Images of health) 329:1480 

Bayona J, see Sapag R 329:1186 

Beales ILP, Helicobacter pylori and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease 


Beasley R, et al, The transition from medical student to junior 

doctor: an A to Z guide BMJ Careers 329:s45 

Bedford H 

— et al, Misconceptions about the new combination vaccine 


— see Elliman D 329:1049 

beds, Hooper’s (C Crisci) 329:1426 

Bee, David 

— GMC inquiry over Shipman deaths 

——admits failures (C Dyer) 329:757 (N) 

——cleared of misconduct (C Dyer) 329:820 (N) 

——review of acquittal (C Dyer) 329:874 (N) 

Beeching NJ, Hepatitis B infections 329:1059 (E) (correction, 

1270) 

Bégaud B, et al, Did the US boycott of French products spread to 

include scientific output? (Politics and health) 329:1430 

Bell DS, see Straus SE 329:1029 

Bellissant E, see Annane D 329:480 

Bell’s palsy, recent developments (NJ Holland, et al) 329:553 (C), 


Ben-Shlomo Y, et al, Using monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors 

in Parkinson’s disease 329:581 (E) 

Benamore RE, et al, Bone scanning in lung cancer 329:230 (L) 

benefits and harms in health care see also risk factors 

— BMJ special issue 

——overview: bedside assessment (YK Loke) 329:7 (E) 

——overview: collecting and sharing information about harms 

(M Pirmohamed, et al) 329:6 (E), 329:457 (L) 

——overview: drug treatments (JP Vandenbroucke) 329:2 (E) 

——overview: new interventional procedures (T Dent, et al) 


——overview: pharmacogenetics: expectations and reality (G 

Tucker) 329:4 (E) 

——overview: road to health care (LG Cuervo, et al) 329:1 (E), 


——adverse drug reactions, detection, verification, and quantification 

(BH Stricker, et al) 329:44 (ED), 329:457 (L) 

——adverse drug reactions as cause of hospital admission (M 

Pirmohamed, et al) 329:15 (P), 329:459 (L), 329:460 (L) 

——Alzheimer’s disease drug of little benefit (D Singh) 329:9 

(N) 

——antidepressants and suicide (D Gunnell, et al) 329:34 (C), 


——breast cancers (A Donald) (Personal view) 329:59 (R) 

——conflict of interest criticisms of NIH (JH Tanne) 329:10 (N) 

——decision making (T Greenhalgh, et al) 329:47 (ED), 329:458 

(L) 

——electronic incident reporting and professional monitoring 

transforms culture 329:51 (L) 

——knee pain in elderly woman: Interactive case report (P Tugwell, 

et al) 329:38 (C) 

——linguistics. When I use a word (JK Aronson) 329:30 

——New Zealand, IMMP closure: open letter 329:51 (L), 


——non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (PA Dieppe, et al) 

329:31 (C), 329:457 (L), 329:458 (L) 

——operative vaginal delivery and infant adverse outcomes (K 

Demissie, et al) 329:24 (P) (correction, 547) 

——public health programmes mandated by governments (GP 

Oakley, et al) 329:41 (ED), 329:458 (L) 

——St John’s wort, interaction with conventional drugs: systematic 

review (E Mills, et al) 329:27 (PC), 329:459 (L) 

——UK doctors mistrust reporting systems (C White) 329:12 

(N) 

——US drug industry advertising scrutiny (F Charatan) 329:10 

(N) 

——uterine rupture, incidence and consequences after caesarean 

section (J-M Guise, et al) 329:19 (P), 329:403 (L) 

Benger JR, Clinical examination has important role 329:404 (L) 

benign parotid tumours, extra-capsular dissection (M McGurk) 


Benson T, Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years 


Benveniste, Jacques, Obituary (G Watts) 329:1290 

Beral V, see Banks E 329:477 

Berelowitz M, Palestine: the assault on health and other crimes 


Berger A, Dispatches. MMR: What They Didn’t Tell You (TV) 

329:1293 (R) (correction, 330:41) 

Berger M, et al, Burns rehabilitation is more than skin deep 


Berger VW, et al, The Decameron of poor research (Taking a leaf 


Bernal W, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Bernardi E, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Berry G, see Kohls-Gatzoulis J 329:1328 

Bertouch J, see Lu CY 329:415 

“best of five” questions, bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 329:1327 

Bewes P, Learning from low income countries: what are the 

lessons? 329:1184 (L) 

Bexley S, see MacMahon E 329:551 

Bhabra M, see Warburton MS 329:557 

Bhandari M, see Montori VM 329:1093 

Bhatia K, see Ben-Shlomo Y 329:582 

Bhattacharya S, see Ahuja RB 329:447 

Bhopal, lingering tragedy (P Desikan) (Personal view) 329:1410 

(R) 

Bhugra D, Indian “psycho” (Film) 329:1191 (R) 

Bhui K, et al, Delivering mental health services for a diverse 

society 329:363 (E) 

Bhutta ZA 

— Standards of care in research 329:1114 (E) 

— et al, Reducing length of stay in hospital for very low birthweight 

infants by involving mothers in a stepdown unit: an 

experience from Karachi (Pakistan) 329:1151 (Q) 

Biant LC, et al, Eradication of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus 

by “ring fencing” of elective orthopaedic beds 329:149 (Q), 


Bickle I, Colourful new use for a word 329:1454 

bicycling 

— erectile dysfunction (POEM*) 329 (9 October 2004) 

— promotion as alternative to cars (D Ogilvie, et al) 329:763 (P), 


big toes, Endpiece (D Sarll) 329:1311 

Bigrigg A 

— I am about to start a staff grade job in genitourinary 

medicine—any suggestions as to which books I should read or 

which courses I should attend?... (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— I am a first year senior house officer considering a career in 

genitourinary medicine. Should I be following an obstetrics 

and gynaecology career path or a medical path with MRCP? 


Bihari D, Monitoring procalcitonin is of value in acute pancreatitis 


Bijker WE, see Bal R 329:1339 

biliary cirrhosis, benefits of cross channel flight. A memorable 

patient (SJ Murphy) 329:503 

Billett J, et al, Investigation into GPs with high patient mortality 


Bindels PJE, see Rietveld RP 329:206 

biomedical models of illness, good healthcare systems? (DT 

Wade, et al) 329:1398 (ED) 

bioterrorism see also anthrax 

— Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity (L Eaton) 329:993 (N) 

— compulsory vaccination (T Jefferson) 329:524 (E), 329:977 

(L) 

— (Netlines) (H Brown) 329:117 (R) 

— US, Bush signs protection law (F Charatan) 329:250 (N) 

Birch, Raymond George, Obituary (TP Finnegan) 329:576 

Bircher M, see Gidwani S 329:99 

Bird SM, Performance monitoring should take costs to heart 


birth weight see also pregnancy 

— maternal blood pressure, perinatal mortality and (PJ Steer, et 

al) 329:1312 (P) 

Bishop JP, et al, Retroactive prayer: lots of history, not much 

mystery, and no science (The limits of medicine) 329:1444 

Bishop MC, The negligence of medical experts (Personal view) 


Bjerkeset O, Stress, the Brain and Depression (Books) 329:983 (R) 

Bjordal JM, et al, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including 

cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors, in osteoarthritic knee 

pain: meta-analysis of randomised placebo controlled trials 


Black, Carol, women in medicine (I Heath) 329:412 (E), 329:742 

(L), 329:743 (L) 

Black J, et al, Role of poverty must be emphasised 329:352 (L) 

blacks 

— breast cancers, more aggressive than in white women (JH 


— heart failure, old drugs halve deaths (S Gottlieb) 329:1123 (N) 

Blackwell-Smyth P, et al, Learning from low income countries: 

what are the lessons? 329:1184 (L) 

bladder cancers, olfactory detection by dogs (CH Willis, et al) 

329:712 (P), 329:1286 (L) 

Bland JM, North-south divide in social inequalities in Great 

Britain 329:52 (L) 

Blanke O, Out of body experiences and their neural basis 


Blenkinsopp, Errington Miles, Obituary (WK Blenkinsopp) 


blindness, doctor’s experience (RE Stiff) BMJ Careers 329:s15 

blood donors, Czech Republic offers free beer (K Krosnar) 


blood glucose, type 2 diabetes, home monitoring (RM Reynolds, 


blood pressure see also hypertension 

— adolescence, cross sectional surveys in the Northern Ireland 

Young Hearts project (D Watkins, et al) 329:139 (P) 

— dietary advice for single high reading in primary care 


— home monitoring: meta-analysis (FP Cappuccio, et al) 

329:145 (PC) (correction, 499) 

— perindopril and stroke: PROGRESS trial balanced effectiveness 

report (R Wennberg, et al) 329:968 (ED), 329:1403 (L), 


— pregnancy, and birth weight and perinatal mortality (PJ Steer, 


— self monitoring at home (G Stergiou, et al) 329:870 (E) 

— US, third of adults (S Gottlieb) 329:531 (N) 

blood transfusion 

— Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease transmission case (S Pincock) 


— flow charts in primary total hip and knee replacement (U 

Müller, et al) 328:934 (Q) (correction, 329:837) 

— UK, warning on unnecessary transfusions (L Eaton) 329:308 


Bloor K, see Maynard A 329:227, 329:929 

Blott M, see Hawthorne G 329:903 

blue limbs, importance of history and examination (O Predescu) 


Blyton, Thomas Archer (“Archie”), Obituary (M Betts) 329:1106 

BMA Medical Book Competition, 2004, winning books 

329:1438 (opposite) 

BMJ 

— acting editor and acting chief executive appointed (A Ferriman) 


— consent to publication of patient information (PA Singer, et 

al) 329:566 (ED), 329:916 (L) 

— editorial independence 329:350 (L), 329:351 (L), 329:624 (L) 

— ethics committee experiences (E Wager) 329:510 (ED) 

— online “hit counts” and subsequent citations (TV Perneger) 


— polymeal design, Christmas competition 329 (18-25 December) 

— publishing group director 

——appointment (L Eaton) 329:190 (N) 

——Michael Chamberlain interview (G Watts) 329:476 (N) 

— reflections of retiring editor (R Smith) 329:242 (E) 

— screening research papers by reading abstracts (T Groves, et 

al) 329:470 (E), 329:801 (L) 

— statistical errors 329:462 (L) 

— Theme issues (2005) 329:1162 

— trial protocols (G Jones, et al) 329:1360 (E) 

BMJ Careers 

— archive (R MacDonald) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s82 

— feedback from competition winner 329:s254 

BMJ Ethics Committee, see Singer PA 329:566 

bmj.com, payment from 2005 (T Delamothe) 329:814 (E) 

bmjlearning.com 

— How common is common? (K Walsh) 329:397 

— None of the above? (K Walsh) 329:273 

— Occupational asthma (K Walsh) 329:558 

— Screening for prostate cancer: should every man know his 

PSA? (K Walsh) 329:667 

Bobak M, et al, Life span and disability: a cross sectional comparison 

of Russian and Swedish community based data 


BAC-BOB 3

Bodeker G, see Willcox ML 329:1156 

Bognolo G, Calculating the risk of disease 329:237 (R) 

Bollaert PE, see Annane D 329:480 

Bolsin S, et al, Electronic incident reporting and professional 

monitoring transforms culture 329:51 (L) 

Bolton J 

— I have done three years of psychiatry as a senior house officer: 

how can I become “section 12 approved”? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— What are the requirements for an SHO job in urology? 


bone metastases, reliability of symptoms to determine use of 

bone scans to identify bone metastases in lung cancer 


Bong J, see Bath-Hextall F 329:705 

Bonneux L, see Franco OH 329:1447 

Booth P, see Fowlie PW 329:904 

Boreham C, see Watkins D 329:139 

Borge MA, see Vas J 329:1216 

Borja J, et al, Seriousness of adverse events: medical judgment is 

important 329:1405 (L) 

bosentan, severe necrotising leucocytoclastic vasculitis and (S 

Gasser, et al) (Drug points) 329:430 (P) 

Boter H, et al, Patients’ evaluation of informed consent to postponed 

information: cohort study 329:86 (P) 

Bottle A 

— see Aylin P 329:291, 329:369, 329:825, 329:857, 329:1207 

— see Jarman B 329:73 

— see Majeed A 329:645 

botulinum toxin, training (J Abhilash) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Bourne, Tony, new BMA chief executive (L Eaton) 329:190 (N) 

Bowden, Philip William, Obituary (EA Foreman) 329:175 

Bowler I, Ethnic profile of the doctors in the United Kingdom 


Boyd K, see Murray SA 329:1056 

Boyle P, see Gray N 329:813 

Boynton PM 

— Best laid plans 329:965 

— Doctors should help patients with their sex lives 329:1346 (L) 

— Real Life: My Mum is My Dad (TV) 329:356 (R) 

Bracebridge S, et al, Developing a career in health protection 


Bradley L, What are the minimum requirements for gaining 

membership of the Royal College of Physicians? (Advice 


Brady AR, see McKendry M 329:258 

brain surgery, first live UK broadcast (K Fisˇter) (Film) 329:1108 

(R) 

Bransbury AJ, see Willis CM 329:712 

Branson R, et al, General practitioners’ perceptions of sharing 

workload in group practices: qualitative study 329:381 (PC) 

Braude P, see Moffett A 329:1283 

Brazier J, see Wailoo A 329:572 

Brazil see also South America 

— academic medicine as resource for global health (MI Schmidt, 


breast cancers 

— adjuvant treatment after lumpectomy may obviate radiotherapy 

(D Spurgeon) 329:589 (N) 

— balancing benefits and harms of care (A Donald) (Personal 


— black women, more aggressive than white women (JH Tanne) 


— exemestane is better than tamoxifen (POEM*) 329 (10 July 

2004) 

— folate in pregnancy and (D Charles, et al) (Research pointers) 


— intrapectoral lipoma mimicking (D Kulkarni, et al) (Minerva) 


— MRI and biopsy (S Gottlieb) 329:1362 (N) 

— sentinel node biopsy 329:170 (L), 329:1288 (L) 

— socioeconomic gradients in stage and grade at diagnosis (J 

Adams, et al) 329:142 (P) 

breast excision, in prepubertal girl causing unilateral breast 

agenesis (HL Devalia) (Minerva) 329:180 (R) 

breast feeding see also infant milk formulas 

— antipsychotic drugs, safety for women with non-affective psychosis 

(L Howard, et al) 329:933 (E) (correction, 1236) 

— effect of bottles, cups, and dummies in preterm infants (CT 

Collins, et al) 329:193 (P) 

Breckenridge AM, see Pirmohamed M 329:15 

Breen M, see Blackwell-Smyth P 329:1184 

Brent J, et al, Stalin’s Last Crime: The Doctors’ Plot (Books) 329:408 

(R) 

Brereton M, see Edgar D 329:343 

Breslin A, see Maddison P 329:1325 

Brettingham M 

— Depression and obesity are major causes of maternal death in 

Britain 329:1205 (N) 

— Drug companies frame rules to work with NHS 329:189 (N) 

— NHS waiting list has fallen by 35% since 1998: 329:1364 (N) 

— Patients with head or neck cancer should be treated at specialist 

centres 329:1257 (N) 

— Practice based commissioning may not work for mental 

health 329:1204 (N) 

— Prisoners held under England’s antiterrorism legislation face 

psychological damage 329:940 (N) 

Bridgewater B, et al, Improving mortality of coronary surgery 

over first four years of independent practice: retrospective 

examination of prospectively collected data from 15 surgeons 

329:421 (P), 329:855 (L), 329:856 (L) 

Bridgewater FHG, see Metcalfe MS 329:290 

Briegel J, see Annane D 329:480 

Briers P, see Banks E 329:477 

Briffa JP, The prince and the professor 329:858 (L) 

Bright, Peter Hayne, Obituary (WG Jones) 329:235 

Bristol Royal Infirmary 

— neonatal heart operations case 

——paediatric cardiac surgical mortality in England: hospital 

episode statistics 1991-2002 (P Aylin, et al) 329:825 (P) 

——public disclosure of individual surgeons’ results (B Keogh, 


British Hypertension Society 

— guidelines for hypertension management 2004: 329:569 (L), 


— hypertension guidelines, differ importantly from NICE 


British Medical Association 

— 21st century organisation? (N Mamode) 329:161 (ED) 

— Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity (L Eaton) 329:993 (N) 

— Career Barriers in Medicine (Z Kmietowicz) 329:11 (N) 

— Council election results 2004-2006: 329:603 (opposite) 

— new chief executive (L Eaton) 329:190 (N) 

— smoking ban in enclosed UK workplaces (A Ferriman) 


Brito N, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Britton A, et al, Does access to cardiac investigation and treatment 

contribute to social and ethnic differences in coronary 

heart disease? Whitehall II prospective cohort study 


Britton T, see Zeman A 329:724 

Bronskill SE, see Lee PE 329:75 

Bronzite N, A memorable patient, A final service 329:1079 

Brook I, Spores, Plagues and History (Books) 329:577 (R) 

Broom J, et al, Fighting obesity 329:53 (L) 

Broomfield JR, Bush plans to screen whole US population for 

mental illness 329:292 (L) 

Brophy C, Governing Medicine (Books) 329:1351 (R) 

Brousseau VJ, see Cote V BMJ Careers 329:s184 

Brown, Dennis Geoffrey, Obituary (L Kreeger) 329:1048 

Brown H, (Netlines) 329:117 (R), 329:356 (R), 329:630 (R), 

329:864 (L), 329:1052 (R), 329:1293 (R) 

Brown Hilary, see Reichenbach L 329:792 

Brown LJ, see MacMahon E 329:551 

Brown MD, see Colman I 329:1369 

Brown TJ, see Hooper L 329:948 

Browne KR, Women in medicine 329:743 (L) 

Brozek JL, see Montori VM 329:1093 

Bruce J, see Wilson APR 329:720 

Bruce ML, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

brucellosis, controversy over Malta fever name (HV Wyatt) 


bruising, contact with rodenticides (C Barton, et al) (Minerva) 


Bryant A, see Whincup PH 329:200 

Brydon, Stewart Michael, Obituary (J Harrington, et al) 329:175 

Buchanan, Ivan Francis Mackinnon, Obituary (G Petrie) 


Bucher HC, see Pewsner D 329:209 

Buck, Linda, Nobel Prize for unravelling secrets of smell (G 

Watts) 329:815 (N) 

Buckley NA, et al, Overcoming apathy in research on organophosphate 

poisoning 329:1231 (ED) 

Buley ID, see Roskell DE 329:244 

Bull D, see Banks E 329:477 

bullying see also violence 

— doctors in training: questionnaire (E Paice, et al) 329:658 (P) 

Bundy C, see Dornan T 329:834 

Burdese M, see Piccoli GB 329:674 

Burg M, My minor omission 329:144 

Burgermeister J 

— French parliamentary committee advocates passive euthanasia 


— Japan’s doctors say low fees are driving many to ruin 329:531 

(N) 

— Switzerland has opened door to genetic discrimination, says 

ethicists 329:70 (N) 

— see Mayor S 329:310 

Burgess P, A better way to manage development (Personal view) 


Burke, Leslie 

— GMC is right to appeal over life prolonging treatment (R 

Gillon) 329:810 (E) 

— life support win (O Dyer) 329:309 (N), 329:515 (L) 

Burkina Faso see also Africa 

— vaccination, non-specific “non-effects” (J Vaugelade, et al) 


Burnell SH, et al, Sunken anterior chamber of the eye in severely 

dehydrated patient with diabetic ketoacidosis (Minerva) 


Burnett S, I am working as a senior house officer on a surgical 

rotation and I plan to complete my MRCS soon. I am 

interested in a career in radiology—what should I do in the 

meantime to improve my chances? (Advice zone) BMJ 


burns 

— ABC of burns 

——Burns in the developing world and burn disasters (RB 

Ahuja, et al) 329:447 (C), 329:801 (L) 

——Burns reconstruction (JP Barret) 329:274 (C) 

——Initial management of a major burn: II—assessment and 

resuscitation (S Hettiaratchy, et al) 329:101 (C) 

——Intensive care management and control of infection (M 


——Management of burn injuries of various depths (R Papini) 


——Psychosocial aspects of burn injuries (SA Wiechman, et al) 


——Rehabilitation after burn injury (D Edgar, et al) 329:343 (C), 


——When we leave hospital: a patient’s perspective of burn 

injury (A Acton) 329:504 (C) 

— first aid and treatment of minor burns 329:291 (L), 329:292 

(L) 

Burns A, see Chew-Graham C 329:181 

Burns GE, Guidelines from the British Hypertension Society 


Burrow C, see Fisher AE 329:1492 

Burrows C, How protective is the working time directive? 


Burton B 

— Australian army faces legal action over mefloquine 329:1062 

(N) 

— US threatens Australia over plan to block extensions to drug 

patents 329:1306 (N) 

Bury B, Balancing benefits and harms in health care 329:458 (L) 

Buszewicz M, Medical Firsts (Books) 329:805 (R) 

Butler P, see Lloyd M BMJ Careers 329:s73 

Bygrave H, Medical education should include human rights 

component 329:1103 (L) 

C 

Caan W 

— Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness 


— National service framework for children 329:1239 (L) 

— NICE and its value judgments 329:740 (L) 

— Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom 329:623 (L) 

— see Mallon O 329:1042 

cadavers, Thailand, dissecting room experience (A Winkelmann, 

et al) (The limits of medicine) 329:1455 (correction, 330:82) 

caesarean section see also labour; pregnancy 

— incidence, making sense of rising rates (GM Anderson, et al) 


— nulliparous women after low concentration epidural infusion 

or opioid analgesia 329:293 (L) 

— social class in English NHS 329:291 (L) 

— uterine rupture incidence and consequences (J-M Guise, et al) 


— vaginal delivery after 

——overview (J-M Guise) 329:359 (E) 

——factors predisposing to perinatal death related to uterine 

rupture (GCS Smith, et al) 329:375 (P) 

Cahill AB, see Thomas P 329:122 

Cahill KM, ed, Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action (Books) 


Calder, Alyson, (J Sladden) (Fifteen minutes with ...) BMJ Careers 


Calder NJ, et al, Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to 

hospital 329:460 (L) 

Callaghan C, et al, Transplant surgery BMJ Careers 329:s23 

Callender, Sheila, Obituary (D Weatherall) 329:860 

Calonje E, see Russell-Jones R 329:1288 

Calvert, Paul Thornton, Obituary (RH Vickers) 329:354 

Calwell, David Ernest, Obituary (H Calwell) 329:1188 

Cambodia see also Asia 

— AIDS, TV soap (N Marks) (TV) 329:630 (R) 

Cammarota G, et al, Helicobacter pylori and gastro-oesophageal 

reflux disease 329:402 (L) 

Campbell B 

— Guidance has high priority in intervention procedures 


— see Dent T 329:3 

Campbell D, see Charles D 329:1375 

Campbell, Donald Sir, Obituary (ABM Telfer) 329:1105 

Campbell, Edward James Moran, Obituary (J Howell, et al) 


Campbell GC, see Haslam N 329:1225 

Campbell NC, et al, Treating hypertension with guidelines in 

general practice 329:523 (E) 

Campion P, see Howe A 329:327 

Campion-Smith C, et al, Surviving and thriving with difficult and 

demanding patients BMJ Careers 329:s197 

Canada see also North America 

— doctors, workforce reduction and access to care (B Kermode- 

Scott) 329:1064 (N) 

— drug misuse increase (B Kermode-Scott) 329:1304 (L) 

— food fortification cuts spina bifida cases (R Short) 329:760 (N) 

— general practice 

——British Columbia (P Patel) BMJ Careers 329:s167 

——Chris Sladden (J Sladden) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s169 

— SARS, doctors’ professionalism (SE Straus, et al) 329:83 (P) 

cancers 

— alternative medicine 

——herbal drug (N Marks) (The Press) 329:804 (R) 

——open letter to Prince of Wales (M Baum) (Personal view) 

329:118 (R), 329:857 (L), 329:858 (L), 329:859 (L) 

— Auntie Joan. A memorable patient (R Ashford) 329:1335 

— embryo screening in rare bowel cancer (Z Kmietowicz) 


— fine needle aspiration cytology (DE Roskell, et al) 329:244 (E) 

— India, patients go to court over drug (G Murdur) 329:419 (N) 

— screening programme for bowel cancer to start (S Mayor) 


candidiasis, lactobacillus and post-antibiotic candidiasis (M 

Pirotta, et al) 329:548 (PC) 

cannabis see also drug abuse 

— dronabinol and central pain in multiple sclerosis (KB Svendsen, 


Cannings, Angela, cases of parents convicted of killing their 

children are referred to commission (C Dyer) 329:878 (N) 

Cantillon P 

— Interactive case report. A 64 year old woman with knee pain: 

case outcome. Commentary: Is evidence based patient choice 

feasible? 329:39 (C) 

— What the educators are saying 329:838 (L) 

— et al, Using computers for assessment in medicine 329:606 

(LP) 

Cappuccio FP 

— Brief lifestyle interventions for hypertension 329:111 (L) 

— et al, Blood pressure control by home monitoring: metaanalysis 

of randomised trials 329:145 (PC) (correction, 499) 

Car J 

— et al, Email consultations in health care: 1—Scope and effectiveness 

329:435 (IP), 329:1046 (L) 

— et al, Email consultations in health care: 2—Acceptability and 

safe application 329:439 (IP) 

carbonated drinks, obesity in children 329:54 (L) 

Card TR, see West J 329:716 

cardiac surgery 

— Bristol neonatal heart operations case, public disclosure of 

individual surgeons’ results (B Keogh, et al) 329:450 (ED) 

— improving mortality of coronary surgery over first four years 

of independent practice (B Bridgewater, et al) 329:421 (P), 


— nurse delivered, flow monitored protocol for optimisation of 

circulatory status (M McKendry, et al) 329:258 (P) (correction, 

438) 

— reporting systems (V Zamvar) 329:413 (E) 

— staffing, continental doctors take up top posts (R Dobson) 


— Wales, specialist to leave Morriston Hospital after mediation 

(R Dobson) 329:590 (N) 

cardiac troponins, raised 329:111 (L) 

cardiology, non-invasive: recent developments (SK Prasad, et al) 


cardiopulmonary resuscitation, gastric rupture associated with 

laryngeal mask airway and (N Haslam, et al) (Lesson of the 

week) 329:1225 (C) 

cardiovascular diseases see also coronary disease; myocardial 

infarction; stroke 

— polypill, will not change prevention of disease (S Mayor) 


— prevention 

——Polymeal: more natural, safer, and tastier than the Polypill 

(OH Franco, et al) (The limits of medicine) 329:1447 

——Polymeal design, Christmas competition 329 (18-25 December) 

career breaks 

— peaks BMJ Careers 329:s89 

— tips on GMC registration, pension, and finding a new job (G 

Keighley) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s52 

career mobility 

— Career Barriers in Medicine (Z Kmietowicz) 329:11 (N) 

— moving to new hospital and new home (S Suman) (Tips on) 


Carlyle J, et al, British American Tobacco and Formula One 

motor racing 329:104 (ED), 329:352 (L) 

4 BOD-CAR July−December 2004

Carnall DJ, Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to 

using cars 329:1237 (L) 

Carneiro I, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

carotid artery stenosis, surgery (JF Toole) 329:635 (E), 329:1344 

(L) 

Carr D, see Wong GWK 329:486 

cars 

— impact on schoolchildrens’ exercise of being driven to school 

(EarlyBird 22) (B Metcalf, et al) 329:832 (PC) 

— promoting walking and cycling as alternative (D Ogilvie, et al) 


Carson C, see Maconochie N 329:196 

Carter J 

— Accessible recruitment BMJ Careers 329:s117 

— How can a GP participate in public health? (Advice zone) 


— I am considering a career in public health medicine. Do I have 

to have an MPH to enter the specialty? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Carver PT, see Frost H 329:708 

Cascarini L 

— Surgical dress code—according to Sir Lancelot Spratt BMJ 


— et al, Becoming an instructor in advanced life support (Tips 

on...) BMJ Careers 329:s106 

case management 

— community matrons for long term conditions (E Murphy) 


— elderly, evidence is weak (S Mayor) 329:1306 (N) 

case studies, three puzzling cases (G Dunea) (Soundings) 329:119 

(R) 

Casey J, Making up with make up BMJ Careers 329:s229 

Casino G, Film reopens euthanasia debate in Spain (Film) 


Cassell OCS, see Swan MC 329:1272 

Cassels A, see Haines A 329:394 

cataract, hydrocortisone ointment and (JD Le, et al) (Minerva) 


Caudwell L, see McKendry M 329:258 

Caula C, see Apostoli A 329:292 

Cave JA, Recent developments in Bell’s palsy 329:1103 (L) 

Cawood T, et al, Recent developments in thyroid eye disease 


Cayley, Forde Everard de Wend, Obituary (J Cayley) 329:802 

cellulitis, subcutaneous calcification (M Roesner, et al) (Minerva) 

329:1354 (correction, 330) 

Central America and the West Indies see also Bahamas; Haiti; 

Jamaica 

central serous retinopathy, patient’s view (V Hu) 329:1483 

cerebellar ataxia, Burke, Leslie, life support win (O Dyer) 

329:309 (N), 329:515 (L) 

cerebellar lesions, obstructive hydrocephalus (KK Gnanalingham, 

et al) (Minerva) 329:520 (R) 

Cervi PL, Balancing benefits and harms in health care 329:457 

(L) 

cervical spine, immobilisation for unconscious patients with 

multiple injuries (CG Morris, et al) 329:495 (C) (correction, 

673) 

Chalapathy, Arani, Obituary (S Gorham) 329:115 

Chalmers I 

— Government regulation is needed to prevent biased underreporting 

of clinical trials 329:462 (L) 

— see Oxman AD 329:1460 

Chalmers J, see MacMahon S 329:970 

Chamberlain, Michael 

— interview with (G Watts) 329:476 (N) 

— new publishing group director 329:190 (N) 

Chan BKS, see Guise J-M 329:19 

Chandrakantha EL, “Bonjour, je m’appelle Oshadi” 329:1280 

change see also life change 

— easy ways to resist change in medicine (AF Shaughnessy, et al) 

(Experts’ eye view) 329:1473 

Chapman, Robert (“Roy”) Sutherland, Obituary (J Chapman) 


Chapple J, see Steer PJ 329:1312 

Charatan F 

— Ashcroft asks Supreme Court to block Oregon’s assisted 

suicide law 329:1306 (N) 

— Bush signs law to protect US from bioterrorism 329:250 (N) 

— Court strikes down “Terri’s law”329:761 (N) 

— Drug marketing practices come under scrutiny 329:10 (N) 

— Endpiece 

——Advantages 329:383 

——Bad news 329:831 

——Danger 329:899 

——The enemy 329:1314 

——The ideal doctors 329:1182 

——Misery 329:1316 

——My wife and my mistress 329:654 

— Goldberger’s War(Books) 329:690 (R) 

— Iraqi doctors are being targeted by kidnappers 329:531 (N) 

— Kentucky governor signs death warrant despite medical association 

guidance 329:1364 (N) 

— The Truth About the Drug Companies (Books) 329:862 (R) 

charities, newspaper ad complaints (R MacDonald) (The Press) 


Charles D, Research pointers. Taking folate in pregnancy and 

risk of maternal breast cancer 329:1375 

Charlton BG, et al, Campaign to revitalise academic medicine 


Charpak N, see Ruiz-Peláez JG 329:1179 

Chaudhry S 

— Modernising Medical Careers and the devolved nations BMJ 


— et al, Demonstrating anatomy BMJ Careers 329:s103 

Chawla R 

— Life Interrupted (Art) 329:1409 (R) 

— Risk factors for death in infancy persist into older age groups 

in England and Wales 329:1204 (N) 

— Women are increasingly affected by AIDS epidemic, report 

shows 329:1257 (N) 

Chen R, et al, Best estimates of coronary risk of passive smoking 

are needed 329:918 (L) 

Chen YZ, see Wong GWK 329:486 

Chen-Scarabelli C, et al, Neurocardiogenic syncope 329:336 (C) 

(correction, 547) 

chest drains, insertion (GP Currie) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


chest pain, troponin (N Curzen) 329:1357 (E) 

Cheung GC, et al, Eradication of MRSA by “ring fencing” orthopaedic 

beds 329:572 (L) 

Chevrolet J-C, see Escher M 329:425 

Chew, Christopher Kit-Seong, Obituary (S Sandramouli) 



Chew-Graham C, et al, Treating depression in later life 329:181 

(E) 

child abuse see also shaken baby syndrome 

— cases of parents convicted of killing their children are referred 

to commission (C Dyer) 329:878 (N) 

— confidentiality and protection (J Gilberthorpe) BMJ Careers 


— few instances that raise “serious doubt” (C Dyer) 329:1256 (N) 

— nationwide protocol is needed for investigating baby deaths 

(C Dyer) 329:587 (N) 

— David Southall, verdict challenged as “unduly lenient” (C 


child development 

— Learning to Live Together:Preventing Hatred and Violence in Child 

and Adolescent Development (Hamburg, et al) (Books) 329:466 

(R) 

— thiomersal (JH Tanne) 329:588 (N) 

child health services 

— national service framework for children 

——overview (P Lachman, et al) 329:693 (E), 329:1239 (L) 

——summary (K Godfrey) 329:699 (N) 

child mortality, Progress for Children (C White) 329:818 (N) 

children in care, The Foundling Museum (J Lyall) (Art) 329:176 

(R) 

Chin A-V, see O’Connell H 329:895 

China see also Asia 

— asthma, prevalence differences in children from three cities 

(GWK Wong, et al) 329:486 (PC) 

— health and restricted freedom (T Hesketh, et al) (Politics and 


— heart disease epidemic (J Parry) 329:643 (N) 

Chiolero A, Arteriolar narrowing as predictor of hypertension 


Chisholm, Ian Duncan, Obituary (D Chisholm) 329:354 

chlamydia, screening, doctors demand 329:172 (L) 

Choi SS, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

cholecystitis, early surgery for acute calculous cholecystitis is 

better than delayed (POEM*) 329 (23 October 2004) 

cholesterol 

— is good cholesterol always good? (GR Thompson) 329:471 

(E) 

— prevalence of high cholesterol varies 25-fold (R Dobson) 


— US, consumer body calls for review of guidelines (J Lenzer) 


cholycystitis, down the cascade (A Schattner) 329:678 

Chondros P, see Pirotta M 329:548 

Choudhary RK, Endpiece. Qualities of a good surgeon 329:314 

Chowdhary A, A jolly good fellow? BMJ Careers 329:s69 

Chowdhury U, et al, Tourette’s syndrome in children 329:1356 

(E) 

Chowdhury, Zafrullah, interview (K Ahmad) 329:1127 (N) 

Christakis NA, Social networks and collateral health effects 


Christianson A, et al, Lessons from thalassaemia screening in 

Iran 329:1115 (E) 

Christie B 

— Scotland to ban smoking in enclosed public places 329:1202 

(N) 

— A sight for sore eyes 329:531 (N) 

— WMA says trial participants must have access to best treatment 

when a trial ends 329:876 (N) 

Christie M, A memorable patient. Heroic surgery 329:777 

Christie R, Firm foundation for senior house officers 329:230 (L) 

chronic disease 

— BMJ careers chronic illness matching scheme (R MacDonald) 


— patient’s journey (P Lapsley, et al) 329:582 (E) 

— sarcoidosis: doctor’s experiences (Anonymous) BMJ Careers 


chronic fatigue syndrome 

— causes? (PD White) 329:928 (E), 329:1405 (L) 

— childhood predictors (R Viner, et al) 329:941 (P) 

— doctor’s experiences (M Morgan) BMJ Careers 329:s118 

— GP perceptions and beliefs compared with irritable bowel 

syndrome 329:112 (L) 

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

— guidelines (W MacNee) 329:361 (E) 

— hospital at home for patients with acute exacerbations (FSF 

Ram, et al) 329:315 (P) (correction, 773) 

— pulmonary rehabilitation after hospitalisation for (W D-C 

Man, et al) (Lesson of the week) 329:1209 (P) 

Church JCT, see Willis CM 329:712 

Church MRT, see Willis CM 329:712 

Church SM, see Willis CM 329:712 

Ciatto S, Sentinel lymph node biopsy 329:170 (L) 

Cipriani A, see Geddes JR 329:809 

circumcision, female, Somalia (RTA Scott) (Personal view) 


citation analysis, BMJ, online “hit counts” and subsequent citations 

(TV Perneger) 329:546 (P) 

Claassen JAHR, Epidemiology: friend or foe? (Personal view) 


Clark A, No leg to stand on 329:894 

Clark BA, A time to live or a time to die? 329:233 (L) 

Clark C, Patient organisations in ME and CFS seek only understanding 


Clark DWJ, et al, Drug points. Sibutramine may be associated 

with memory impairment 329:1316 (P) 

Clark E, see Monteleoni C 329:491 

Clark H, How do I organise some time doing research in the 

United States, most likely after I have completed the new 

two year foundation programme? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Clark J 

— Bush’s international health policies “condemn millions of 

women to die” 329:590 (N) 

— et al, Who cares about academic medicine? 329:751 (E) 

Clark MA, see Thomas JM 329:170 

Clark, Sally, Stolen Innocence: A Mother’s Fight for Justice—The Story 

of Sally Clark (Batt) (Books) 329:177 (R) 

Clarke CE, see Ives NJ 329:593 

Clarke J, Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis 


Clarke M 

— see Davies S 329:684 

— see Mills E 329:27 

Clarke MP, Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the 

United Kingdom 329:799 (L) 

Clarke R 

— Trainer taming: part 1 BMJ Careers 329:s147 



Clase CM, et al, Classifying kidney problems: can we avoid 

framing risks as diseases? 329:912 (ED) 

Clenney TL, et al, Evidence based case report. Corticosteroids for 

HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) 

syndrome 329:270 (C) 

Clerihew L, see McGuire W 329:1277 

climate change, risk to health and (A McMichael, et al) 329:1416 

(E) 

Climbié, Victoria, GMC drops charges against paediatrician (C 


clinical attachments, overseas doctors (R Gupta) (Advice zone) 


clinical fellows 

— differences from senior house officers (J Stebbing) (Advice 

zone) BMJ Careers 329:s22, s69 

— salary banding system? (J Stebbing) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


clinical governance see also National Health Service 

— making it work (PJ Degeling, et al) 329:679 (ED) 

clinical trials see also randomised controlled trials; research 

— BMJ protocols (G Jones, et al) 329:1360 (E) 

— collaboration group set up to increase participants (R 

Coombes) 329:70 (N) 

— compulsory registration (K Abbasi) 329:637 (E), 329:1043 


— draft guidance recognises needs of non-commercial research 

(S Mayor) 329:191 (N) 

— ethics, researchers’ ancillary responsibilities 329:232 (L) 

— first controlled trial? Endpiece (J Milledge) 329:891 

— GlaxoSmithKline 

——comprehensive online register (O Dyer) 329:590 (N) 

——US lawsuit over concealment 329:173 (L) 

——web register 329:462 (L) 

— on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:1293 (R) 

— open access to industry’s clinically relevant data (A Herxheimer) 


— participants must have access to best treatment at end: WMA 

guidance (B Christie) 329:876 (N) 

— stopping early (A Grant) 329:525 

clinics, management (A Diver) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s248 

clomipramine induced neuroleptic malignant syndrome, pyrexia 

of unknown origin and (AM Haddow, et al) (Lesson of 

the week) 329:1333 (C) 

cloning see also genetics, medical 

— A Clone of Your Own? The Science and Ethics of Cloning (Klotzko) 


— France, reproductive and therapeutic cloning banned (B 

Spurgeon) 329:130 (N) 

— Newcastle centre gains licence for therapeutic cloning (S 

Pincock) 329:417 (N) 

— Royal Society calls on UN to allow therapeutic cloning (S 

Mayor) 329:938 (N) 

clopidogrel, acquired haemophilia A and (M Haj, et al) (Drug 

points) 329:323 (P) 

clothing 

— surgical dress code (Sir Lancelot Spratt) (L Cascarini) BMJ 


— trust poster on appropriate clothing (B Christie) 329:531 (N) 

clunis, distinction from cubitus: benchmark for functional imaging 

(AE Fisher, et al) (Images of health) 329:1492 

coaching, for doctors (N Manek) (The Way I See It) BMJ Careers 


Coales U 

— Dealing with “heartsink” patients (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— Keeping patient appointments to seven minutes (Tips on...) 


Coast J, Is economic evaluation in touch with society’s health 

values? 329:1233 (ED) 

Cobb, Richard Alan, Obituary (C Cobb) 329:1188 

Cochrane, Archie, A memorable teacher (D Crosby) 329:1385 

coeliac disease, malignancy and mortality: population based 

cohort study (J West, et al) 329:716 (PC) 

coffee breaks, (M McKelvey) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s37 

Coghill D, et al, Use of stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity 

disorder (For and Against) 329:907 (ED) 

cognition 

— alcohol drinking in middle age and subsequent risk of cognitive 

impairment and dementia in old age (T Anttila, et al) 


— elderly, impairment and depression (DJ Vinkers, et al) 


— smoking and (R Dobson) 329:1306 (N) 

cognitive behaviour therapy, training for GPs (P Crocket) (Advice 


Cohen D 

— Blair pledges £150m to support and protect AIDS orphans 


— HIV/AIDS is spreading fastest in eastern Europe and Asia 


— Like our toothbrushes? Then try our 3D ultrasound (Ads) 


— The Motorcycle Diaries (Film) 329:518 (R) 

— Official resigns from UNAIDS to “tell the truth” 329:67 (N) 

— Richard Smith has left the building 329:309 (N) 

— What happens after foundation programmes? BMJ Careers 


— et al, Access all areas BMJ Careers 329:s78 

— et al, Equality and diversity in the workplace BMJ Careers 


— et al, Training in undergraduate and postgraduate medicine 

for people with disabilities BMJ Careers 329:s123 

Colback, Raymond, Obituary (D Cottrell, et al) 329:1048 

Colbert S, see Craig TKJ 329:1067 

Coldicott YGM, see Osborn JR 329:797 

Cole J, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Cole, Mary (“Moya”) Patricia, Obituary (R Hunter, et al) 329:235 

Cole TJ 

— BMJ statistical errors 329:462 (L) 

— Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs: proof 

of principle study. Commentary: Teaching dogs new tricks 


Collier TJ, see Pocock SJ 329:883 

Collin J, see Carlyle J 329:104 

Collins CT, et al, Effect of bottles, cups, and dummies on breast 

feeding in preterm infants: randomised controlled trial 


Collins PW, see Haj M 329:323 

Colman I, et al, Parenteral metoclopramide for acute migraine: 

meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials 329:1369 (P) 

Coloma JM, et al, Innovative low cost technologies for biomedical 

research and diagnosis in developing countries 


CAR-COL 5

colon cancers, treatment, new (M Slevin, et al) 329:124 (E) (correction, 

499) 

colonoscopy 

— 10% of polyps missed (S Gottlieb) 329:701 (N) 

— quality improvement programme to achieve acceptable completion 

rates (JE Ball, et al) 329:665 (Q), 329:1287 (L), 


colorectal cancers 

— fine needle aspiration 329:1045 (L) 

— fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases 


— irony of it all (A Banerjee) BMJ Careers 329:s49 

— screening, demonstration pilot results (UK Colorectal Cancer 

Screening Pilot Group) 329:133 (P) 

colostomy, doctor’s experiences (D Parkins) BMJ Careers 


colour blindness see also vision disorders 

— impact on education and unintentional injuries (P Cumberland, 


— practising medicine (JAB Spalding) BMJ Careers 329:s126 

Colson M, see Bolsin S 329:51 

Colvin M, et al, ABC of preterm birth. Neurodevelopmental outcomes 

after preterm birth 329:1390 (C) 

coma, US, “Terri’s law” struck down (F Charatan) 329:761 (N) 

Commission for Health Improvement, ratings and HSMRs: relation? 

(B Jarman, et al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 329:73 

commissioning: general practice see practice based commissioning 

commitment of mentally ill see also mental disorders 

— joint crisis plans and use of compulsory treatment in psychiatry 

(C Henderson, et al) 329:136 (P) 

— patient held informally in hospital had his rights violated (C 


communicable diseases see also cross infection 

— antibacterial household products and (POEM*) 329 (21 August 

2004) 

— Iraq, increase as public health service deteriorates (O Dyer) 


communication see also bad news; doctor-patient relations; informed 

consent 

— Communication for Doctors: How to Improve Patient Care and 

Minimize Legal Risks (Woods, ed) (Reviews) BMJ Careers 


— using photographs to encourage reflection in GPs (TG Lid, et 

al) (Images of health) 329:1488 (correction, 330:188) 

Communism, lessons from health during transition (M McKee, 

et al) (Politics and health) 329:1428 

community health care 

— case management and community matrons (E Murphy) 


— participation and health systems (V Paul, et al) 329:1117 (E) 

competency based training, way forward? (R MacDonald, et al) 


computed tomography, in children (PD Griffiths, et al) 329:930 

(E) 

computers see also information systems; medical informatics 

— assessment in medicine (P Cantillon, et al) 329:606 (LP) 

— linking with microscope. Q&A (KV Arulalan, et al) 329:1133 

— virus tips (M Lloyd, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s73, 329:s144 

condoms 

— free (I Loefler) (Soundings) 329:1053 

— prevention of HIV (AM Foss, et al) 329:185 (E) 

confidentiality see also ethics, medical 

— child protection and (J Gilberthorpe) BMJ Careers 329:s137 

— medical records, US, implantable access chip approved (JH 


— US, privacy concerns (G Dunea) (Soundings) 329:519 (R) 

conflict of interest 

— five in one vaccine, chairman says he declared interest (R 

Dobson) 329:417 (N) 

— US, criticisms of NIH (JH Tanne) 329:10 (N) 

conjunctivitis, predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis 

(RP Rietveld, et al) 329:206 (PC), 329:625 (L) 

Conroy FJ, Preventing the spread of MRSA 329:978 (L) 

Constable J, As a house officer how should I apply for an elective 

attachment at a hospital in the UK? (Advice zone) BMJ 


consultants see also doctors 

— contract, reform again? (A Maynard, et al) 329:929 (E), 


— resident at night (C Ramsden) BMJ Careers 329:s26 

— work exclusively in private practice? (P Mills) (Advice zone) 


consultations see also doctor-patient relations; referrals 

— email: scope and effectiveness (J Car, et al) 329:435 (IP), 


— reflecting on your practice. bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 329:961 

Cook D, see Guyatt G 329:990 

Cook DG, see Whincup PH 329:200 

Cook, Margaret, Time to stand and stare (Profile) BMJ Careers 


Cook WA, see Willis CM 329:712 

Cookson BD, see Cooper BS 329:533 

Coomarasamy A, et al, What is the evidence that postgraduate 

teaching in evidence based medicine changes anything? A 

systematic review 329:1017 (LP) 

Coombes R 

— Authority consults public on paying women £1000 to donate 

eggs 329:1206 (N) 

— Body set up to increase numbers taking part in trials 329:70 

(N) 

— Brown confirms a 7.1% rise in NHS spending next year 


— Choice in the NHS is limited to waiting times, BMA chief says 


— Fertilisation authority rules in favour of embryo selection for 

tissue donation 329:251 (N) 

— McDonald’s profits drop and Mars abandons king size bars 


— Report proposes better ways of measuring NHS output 


— Support services help maintain independence 329:528 (N) 

— Supporting surgery for obstetric fistula 329:1125 (N) (correction, 

330:41) 

— UK government acts to curb rise in tuberculosis 329:877 (N) 

— US healthcare industry sees NHS as “unopened oyster”, BMA 

conference told 329:1305 (N) 

— Watchdog criticises unequal distribution of NHS funding 


Cooper BS, et al, Isolation measures in the hospital management 

of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): systematic 

review of the literature 329:533 (P) 

Cooper C, et al, Topical NSAIDS in osteoarthritis 329:304 (E) 

Cooper J, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Cooper S-A, et al, People with intellectual disabilities 329:414 (E), 


Corbett N, et al, Interactive case report. A 64 year old woman with 

knee pain: case outcome. Commentary: Patients’ view 


Cornes M, see Manthorpe J 329:686 

Cornwell KL, People with intellectual disabilities 329:917 (L) 

coronary disease see also cardiovascular diseases 

— access to investigation and treatment and social and ethnic 

differences: Whitehall II prospective cohort study (A Britton, 


— C reactive protein and (POEM*) 329 (7 August 2004) 

— passive smoking and: cotinine measurement (PH Whincup, et 

al) 329:200 (P), 329:918 (L) 

corporations, The Corporation (Yamey) (Film) 329:117 (R) 

corticosteroids 

— adrenal function in children 329 (14 August 2004) 

— HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) 

syndrome (TL Clenney, et al) 329:270 (C) 

— increase short term mortality in patients with head injury (S 


— severe sepsis and septic shock: systematic review and metaanalysis 

(D Annane, et al) 329:480 (P) 

cost effectiveness 

— exercise and manipulation for back pain (UK BEAM Trial 

Team) 329:1381 (PC) 

— future technology analysis (JA Salomon, et al) 329:733 (ED) 


— licensing requirements of new drugs (RS Taylor, et al) 329:972 

(ED) 

— NICE’s value judgments (MD Rawlins, et al) 329:224 (ED), 


Costello A, et al, Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in 

the poorest communities 329:1166 (ED) 

Cote V, et al, Otolaryngology on the net (What’s on the web?) 


cough see also wheezing 

— suppressants: ineffective in children (POEM*) 329 (18 September 

2004) 

Coughlan R, Stigma, shame, and blame experienced by patients 

with lung cancer 329:402 (L) 

Coulter A, et al, Full engagement in health 329:1197 (E) 

Coulter D, Open letter to Annette King, Minister of Health, New 

Zealand 329:460 (L) 

Coulton, Barry Lewis, Obituary (G Thorpe) 329:115 

Counsell C, see Ives NJ 329:593 

counselling 

— education, routes into counselling and types (P Crocket) (Advice 


— India, careseeking behaviour in families with sick children (P 

Mohan, et al) 329:266 (PC) 

country music, suicide and? Ig Nobel awards (J Lenzer) 329:817 

(N) 

Coupland C, see Hippisley-Cox J 329:1267 

courses, organisation tips (B Turney, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s65 

Cousens SN 

— see Mohan P 329:266 

— see Ward HJT 329:277 

Coussins J, The Portman Group does not represent alcohol 

industry 329:404 (L) 

Cowdrey L, Gynaecological teaching associates BMJ Careers 


COX 2 inhibitors see also rofecoxib; valdecoxib 

Cozma I, et al, How to use an ophthalmoscope BMJ Careers 


Craig JC, see Strippoli GFM 329:828 

Craig, Leslie MacDonald, Obituary (J Beaton) 329:464 

Craig M, see Strippoli GFM 329:828 

Craig TKJ, et al, The Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) Team: randomised 

controlled trial of the effectiveness of specialised 

care for early psychosis 329:1067 (P) 

Cran G, see Watkins D 329:139 

Cranney A, Interactive case report. A 64 year old woman with knee 

pain: case outcome. Commentary: Decision aids in clinical 

practice 329:39 (C) 

Crawford, Robert Graham, Obituary (M Emson) 329:688 

Creati B, see Bolsin S 329:51 

Creighton S, Dispersal of HIV positive asylum seekers: national 

survey of UK healthcare providers 329:322 (P), 329:684 (L) 

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, epidemiological research obstacles in 

UK (HJT Ward, et al) 329:277 (ED) 

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, variant 

— blood transfusion transmission case (S Pincock) 329:251 (N) 

— patients informed of increased risk of vCJD contact (Z Kmietowicz) 


Crichton J, see Darjee R 329:634 

Crisci C, The Hooper’s bed 329:1426 

Crisp AJ, see Ostor AJK 329:1266 

critical care see under intensive care 

Crocket P 

— I am a general practitioner interested in training in cognitive 

behaviour therapy. Are there any GPs who have done this 

who are working in sessions outside general practice in which 

they use CBT, and in which setting? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— Please can you inform me of the various routes into counselling? 

What are the different types of counselling? (Advice 


Crockett, Janice, Obituary (E English, et al) 329:1106 

Croft M, North-south divide in social inequalities in Great Britain 


Crohn’s disease, presenting as urinary tract infection (M Karmo, 

et al) (Minerva) 329:986 

Cromwell J, Run with your client, not after 329:1176 

Crosby D 

— Early lessons 329:1028 

— A memorable teacher. Serendipity 329:1385 

— Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor and me 329:485 

— et al, A memorable teacher. What am I doing here? 329:552 

cross infection see also communicable diseases 

— methicillin resistant Staphylococcus, eradication by “ring fencing” 

of elective orthopaedic beds (LC Biant, et al) 329:149 (Q), 


— MRSA infections rose by 5% 2003-4 (C White) 329:131 (N) 

Cross P 

— A woman of substance (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s35 

— PriMHE suspect (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s28 

— Roger Bannister: running the extra mile (Profile) BMJ Careers 


— see Dosani S BMJ Careers 329:s5 

Crossley B, see Banks E 329:477 

Crotaline snake bites, Ecuadorian Amazon: antivenom trial (R 

Smalligan, et al) 329:1129 (P) 

Crown IW, An awkward patient 329:1440 

Crowther CA, see Collins CT 329:193 

cruise ships, cost effective care for elderly people (JH Tanne) 


cubitus, distinction from clunis: benchmark for functional imaging 

(AE Fisher, et al) (Images of health) 329:1492 

Cuervo LG 

— et al, The road to health care 329:1 (E), 329:457 (L) 

— see Ruiz-Peláez JG 329:1179 

Cullinan, Tim, Obituary (P Drury) 329:296 

Culyer AJ, see Rawlins MD 329:224 

Culyer T 

— see Littlejohns P 329:571 

— see Rawlins MD 329:741 

Cumberland P, et al, Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency 

on education and unintentional injuries: findings 

from the 1958 British birth cohort 329:1074 (P) 

Cumming R, see Campion-Smith C BMJ Careers 329:s197 

Cummins AG, North-south divide in social inequalities in Great 


Cummins D, A memorable patient. The gambler 329:674 

Cunningham C, see O’Connell H 329:895 

Curioso WH, et al, Learning from low income countries: what are 

the lessons? 329:1183 (L) 

curriculum 

— new medical schools, educational perspectives (A Howe, et al) 

329:327 (LP) 

— qualitative study of medical students’ perceptions of teaching 

(H Lempp, et al) 329:770 (P) 

curriculum vitae, writing tips BMJ Careers 329:s19 

Currie GP, Inserting a chest drain (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Currie MP, et al, Introduction of nurse led DC cardioversion 

service in day surgery unit: prospective audit 329:892 (Q) 

Currow DC, see Stevenson J 329:909 

Curtis H, Getting ethics into practice 329:513 (L) 

Curzen N, Troponin in patients with chest pain 329:1357 (E) 

cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors, osteoarthritic knee pain: metaanalysis 

of randomised placebo controlled trials (JM Bjordal, 

et al) 329:1317 (PC) 

Czech Republic see also Europe 

— free beer to blood donors (K Krosnar) 329:819 (N) 


D 

D-dimer testing, deep vein thrombosis: estimation of clinical 

probability in diagnosis (TL Fancher, et al) 329:821 (P) 

Dabis F, see Perez F 329:1147 

Dadayal G, see Yeluri SV 329:113 

Dale BA, Preventing the spread of MRSA 329:978 (L) 

Dalton, Katharina Dorothea, Obituary (S Holton) 329:1048 

Daly F, see Sullivan F 329:1103 

Dambisya YM, The fate and career destinations of doctors who 

qualified at Uganda’s Makerere Medical School in 1984: 

retrospective cohort study 329:600 (P) 

Damie A, All for one BMJ Careers 329:s254 

dance medicine, education, opportunities for graduates? (P 

Skew) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s136 

Dandreo KJ, see Pocock SJ 329:883 

Darbyshire J 

— see Pirmohamed M 329:6 

— see Stewart L 329:1043 

Darjee R, et al, New mental health legislation 329:634 (E) 

Darr A, see Christianson A 329:1115 

Das M, How far would you go to advance medical research? BMJ 


Das PC, Learning from low income countries: what are the 


Dasani H, see Haj M 329:323 

data protection 

— patients’ and visitors’ views about having names displayed in 

hospital (R Gudena, et al) (Images of health) 329:1491 

— research, informed consent and 329:573 (L) 

Datta A, see Pimpalnerkar A 329:1472 

Davey HM, see Barratt A 329:507 

Davey P, see Dieppe PA 329:31 

Davey Smith G 

— Lifestyle, health and health promotion in Nazi Germany 

(Politics and Health) 329:1424 

— see Charles D 329:1375 

— see Watkins D 329:139 

Davey, William Wilkin, Obituary (C Davey) 329:921 

Davidson JM, see Goldacre MJ 329:597 

Davies E, Having a baby as a trainee (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Davies, John Ivor Wynne, Obituary (JB Nuttall) 329:921 

Davies P, Guidelines from the British Hypertension Society 


Davies RL 

— Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis 329:625 

(L) 

— Sharing workload in group practices 329:685 (L) 

Davies S, et al, Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge 

from medium secure units 329:684 (L) 

Davies, Sally, interview with (G Watts) 329:704 (N) 

Davis AL, Fighting obesity 329:53 (L) 

Davis D, see Straus SE 329:1029 

Dawson AJ, Patients’ evaluation of informed consent to postponed 

information: cohort study. Commentary: Methodological 

reasons for not gaining prior informed consent are 

sometimes justified 329:87 (P) 

Day C, et al, Effects of reduction in heroin supply on injecting 

drug use: analysis of data from needle and syringe programmes 


Day R, see Lu CY 329:415 

Daykin A, see Simmonds M 329:1402 

de Beaufort AJ, see Lopriore E 329:143 

de Haan RJ, see Boter H 329:86 

de Laet C, see Franco OH 329:1447 

de Stavola BL, see Pocock SJ 329:883 

de Torrenté de la Jara G, Lesson of the week. Musculoskeletal pain 

in female asylum seekers and hypovitaminosis D3 329:156 

(C) 

De Vogli R, Status Syndrome (Books) 329:408 (R) 

de Vries N, see den Herder C 329:955 

DeAngelis C, Editorial independence at the BMJ 329:624 (L) 

Dearden KA, see Marsh DR 329:1177 

Deary IJ, see Batty GD 329:585 

death see also mortality; palliative care; postmortems 

— power of song. A memorable patient (I Nesbitt) 329:1141 

death certificates, Northern Ireland, Commission raises questions 

(M Houston) 329:760 (N) 

6 COL-DEA July−December 2004

Decameron, poor research (VW Berger, et al) (Taking a leaf out 

of an old book) 329:1436 

decision making see also problem solving 

— high stakes/unclear evidence (W Hu, et al) 329:852 (ED) 

— how do you make decisions? (A Houghton) BMJ Careers 


Deeks J, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Deeks JJ 

— et al, Statistics Notes. Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios 


— see Strippoli GFM 329:828 

deep vein thrombosis, D-dimer testing and estimation of clinical 

probability in diagnosis (TL Fancher, et al) 329:821 (P) 

defibrillators, US, sale without prescription (J Lenzer) 329:703 

(N) 

Degeling PJ, et al, Making clinical governance work 329:679 (ED) 

Degenhardt L, see Day C 329:428 

Del Mar C, Teaching evidence based medicine 329:989 (E) 

del Valle ML, see Sanz A 329:290 

Delamothe T, bmj.com behind access controls 329:814 (E) 

Delaney JAC, Tracking system for studies should be in place 


delivery of health care, emergency care networks (KGMM Alberti) 


dementia 

— alcohol drinking in middle age and subsequent risk of cognitive 



— atypical antipsychotic drugs (PE Lee, et al) 329:75 (P), 329:404 

(L) 

— beating the test. A memorable patient (JR Osborn, et al) 329:797 

— donepezil, ineffective in long term treatment (POEM*) 329 

(30 October 2004) 

— elderly, walking as protection (JH Tanne) 329:761 (N) 

— feeding tubes, rapid-cycle quality improvement methodology 

(C Monteleoni, et al) 329:491 (Q), 329:917 (L) 

Demissie K, et al, Operative vaginal delivery and neonatal and 

infant adverse outcomes: population based retrospective 

analysis 329:24 (P) (correction, 547) 

democracy 

— health and 

——China: effect of restricted freedom (T Hesketh, et al) (Politics 

and health) 329:1427 

——eastern Europe during transition from Communism (M 

McKee, et al) (Politics and health) 329:1428 

——ecological study (A Franco, et al) (Politics and health) 


——South Africa (DJ Ncayiyana) (Politics and health) 329:1425 

den Herder C, et al, Risks of general anaesthesia in people with 

obstructive sleep apnoea 329:955 (C) 

Denholm JT, Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom 


Denison A 

— I am a qualified gynaecologist from India and I suffered a 

stroke recently, which has affected my left arm (I am right 

handed) and am now incapable of working as a gynaecologist. 

What are my chances of getting a training post in radiology?... 


— I am a surgical SHO interested in a career in clinical radiology. 

I am interested in applying for one year deferred entry to 

a specialist registrar post, in order to travel. Is this feasible and 

if so, how do I go about it? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— I want to specialise in ultrasound (general, vascular, and 

gynaecological). Do I have to do an MSc in ultrasound or is 

there any other way? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s216 

Denmark see also Europe 

— suicide rates in schizophrenia 1981-97 (M Nordentoft, et al) 


Dent J, In defence of gynaecological teaching associates BMJ 


Dent T, et al, New interventional procedures 329:3 (E) 

Department of Health 

— Choosing Health (R Raine, et al) 329:1247 (N) 

— The National Service Framework for Children 

——overview (P Lachman, et al) 329:693 (E), 329:1239 (L) 

——summary (K Godfrey) 329:699 (N) 

— Standards for Better Health (CD Shaw) 329:1250 (E) 

Department for Work and Pensions, Independent Living in Later 

Life (R Coombes) 329:528 (N) 

depression see also antidepressants 

— adolescence, fluoxetine plus talk therapy (J Lenzer) 329:529 

(N) 

— children, rethinking (S Timimi) 329:1394 (ED) 

— Chris Manning (P Cross) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s28 

— elderly 

——cognitive impairment and (DJ Vinkers, et al) 329:881 (P) 

——greater affect than physical illnesses (JH Tanne) 329:1307 

(N) 

— maternal mortality and (M Brettingham) 329:1205 (N) 

— primary health care, re-engineering systems (AJ Dietrich, et 

al) 329:602 (PC) 

— Stress,the Brain and Depression (van Praag, et al)(Books) 329:983 

(R) 

— treatment in later life (C Chew-Graham, et al) 329:182 (E) 

deputising services see under out of hours care 

Derbyshire DR, Understanding risk 329:1086 

Derbyshire SWG, Hippocratic Oaths (Books) 329:982 (R) 

dermatology, education, beneficial jobs for future career of student 

(S Baron) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s102 

Desai SP, see Kumarasamy M 329:205 

Desapriya EBR, Stigma of AIDS needs to be overcome 329:573 

(L) 

Deschambault D, see Corbett N 329:40 

Desclaux A, see Furber AS 329:1281 

Deshpande MM 

— Thanks to the experienced patient (My greatest mistake) 


— see Theo EM 329:975 

Deshpande N, Postgraduate diploma in evidence based health 

care (EBHC) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 329:s153 

Desikan P, Bhopal: the lingering tragedy (Personal view) 329:1410 

(R) 

D’Este C, see Attia J 329:1403 

Devalia HL, Breast excision in prepubertal girl causing unilateral 

breast agenesis (Minerva) 329:180 (R) 

developing countries see also global health 

— AIDS 

——barriers to better care (AS Furber, et al) 329:1281 (ED) 

——combat strategies (JP Ruger) 329:121 (E), 329:573 (L) 

——economies shrink as workforce is reduced (F Fleck) 


——WHO antiretrovirals 2005 target can be met (F Fleck) 



— BMJ theme issue 

——overview: make best teachers? (T Richards, et al) 329:1113 

(E) 

——Bangladesh community health workers (G Watts) 


——Bangladesh project: demystifying health care (K Ahmad) 


——better way to manage development (P Burgess) (Personal 


——donated drugs (K Godfrey) 329:1206 (N) 

——essential medicines: lessons for rich countries (HV Hogerzeil) 


——Haitian HIV information system (HSF Fraser, et al) 

329:1142 (IP) 

——health systems and the community (V Paul, et al) 329:1117 

(E) 

——highly active antiretroviral therapy (P Mugyenyi) 329:1118 

(E) 

——infant mortality reduction (A Costello, et al) 329:1166 (ED) 

——innovative technologies and low cost for biomedical research 

(JM Coloma, et al) 329:1160 (C) 

——kangaroo maternal care (JG Ruiz-Peláez, et al) 329:1179 

(ED) 

——knowledge for better health (K Abbasi) 329:1120 (E) 

——learning from: what are lessons? 329:1183 (L), 329:1184 

(L), 329:1185 (L), 329:1186 (L) 

——learning from one another to bridge the “know-do gap” (N 

Pakenham-Walsh) (Websites) 329:1189 (R) 

——Malawi: tuberculosis lessons for AIDS programme (AD 

Harries, et al) 329:1163 (ED) 

——mental health (K McKenzie, et al) 329:1138 (PC) 

——obstetric fistula surgery in Ethiopia (R Coombes) 329:1125 

(N) (correction, 330:41) 

——Pakistan: low birthweight infants stepdown unit (ZA 

Bhutta, et al) 329:1151 (Q) 

——power of positive deviance (DR Marsh, et al) 329:1177 (ED) 

——seven lessons from Africa (R Stott) (Personal view) 329:1193 

(R) 

——snake bites in Ecuador (R Smalligan, et al) 329:1129 (P) 

——standards of care in research (ZA Bhutta) 329:1114 (E) 

——Tanzanian health project (G Watts) 329:1126 (N) 

——thalassaemia screening in Iran (A Christianson, et al) 


——Zimbabwe: HIV maternal-fetal exchange prevention programme 


— brain drain: need to tackle (R Dobson) 329:419 (N) 

— burns: ABC of burns (RB Ahuja, et al) 329:447 (C), 329:801 (L) 

— evidence-based medicine, how middle and low income countries 

“get it together” (P Garner, et al) 329:1036 (ED) 

— healthcare challenges: post-immigration refugee medicine 


— Priority Medicines for Europe and the World Project (F Fleck) 


— publishing, content (AJ Raja, et al) (Politics and health) 


— research 

——author representation in countries with different human 

development indexes 329:110 (L) 

——Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing Countries 

(Schuklenk) (Books) 329:1190 (R) 

— smoking, mortality increases (R Dobson) 329:71 (N) 

Devenny A, et al, Respiratory symptoms and atopy in children in 

Aberdeen: questionnaire studies of a defined school population 

repeated over 35 years 329:489 (PC) 

Devereaux PJ, see Montori VM 329:1093 

Devey L, The prince and the professor 329:859 (L) 

Dewar JA, Managing metastatic bone pain 329:812 (E) 

Dhingsa R, see Takhar AS 329:668 

Di Cuffa R, et al, A sign of the times 329:1463 

diabetes 

— American Diabetes Association 64th Annual Scientific Sessions, 

Orlando, Florida. Medscape conference coverage 329:718 

— deprivation, ethnicity, sex and quality indicators for diabetes (J 

Hippisley-Cox, et al) 329:1267 (PC) 

— doctor’s reminiscences (Personal view) (WI Fraser) 329:519 

(R) 

— glycated haemoglobin standardisation (P Home, et al) 



— risk factors, sweetened drinks increase women’s chances (D 


— sunken anterior eye chamber in dehydrated patient with 

ketoacidosis (SH Burnell, et al) (Minerva) 329:1412 (R) 

diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent see type 2 diabetes 

diabetic nephropathy 

— angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and renal outcomes 

in: systematic review (GFM Strippoli, et al) 329:828 

(PC) 

— 35 year old woman who wants a baby: Interactive case report 

——case presentation (GB Piccoli, et al) 329:674 (C) 

——case progression (GB Piccoli, et al) 329:729 (C) 

——case outcome (GB Piccoli, et al) 329:900 (C) 

——contents 329:782, 329:844 

Diaby KL, see Painter TM 329:543 

diagnosis, “SpPIn” and “SnNOut”: note of caution (D Pewsner, et 

al) 329:209 (IP) 

Dickinson D, see Shaw JM 329:857 

Dickinson JA, see Norman PE 329:1259 

Dickinson, Michael, Munchausen syndrome by proxy inquiry 

into death of boy recommends tightening of child protection 

rules (C Dyer) 329:191 (N) 

Dickson D, Learning from low income countries: what are the 


Dickson, Matthew Crawford, Obituary (GA Clark, et al) 329:1407 

Dieppe PA 

— et al, Balancing benefits and harms: the example of nonsteroidal 

anti-inflammatory drugs 329:31 (C), 329:457 (L), 


— et al, Lessons from the withdrawal of rofecoxib 329:867 (E), 


diet see also obesity 

— aspartame, health effects (MEJ Lean, et al) 329:755 (E) 

— blood pressure, dietary advice for single high reading in 

primary care 329:111 (L) 

— Italian pizza eaters reduced myocardial infarction risk (R 


Dietrich AJ, et al, Re-engineering systems for the treatment of 

depression in primary care: cluster randomised controlled 

trial 329:602 (PC) 

digestive diseases see gastrointestinal diseases 

Dihmis WC, see Bridgewater B 329:421 

Dill A, see Weston-Price E BMJ Careers 329:s207 

disabled people 

— accessible recruitment (J Carter, et al)(Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities (O Ayeni) 

(Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 329:s134 

— Disability Discrimination Act 

——medical conditions controllable on medication (C Gray) 


——services which must be offered (D Cohen, et al) BMJ Careers 


— doctors, postgraduate deanery (H Payne) BMJ Careers 


— employers’ responsibilities (D Cohen, et al) BMJ Careers 


— gynaecologist with disability after stroke wishing to train in 

radiology (A Denison) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s122 

— Leila Marques (T Villanueva) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s17 

— life expectancy and: comparison of Russian and Swedish 

community based data (M Bobak, et al) 329:767 (P), 329:1288 

(L) 

— students 

——medical training (D Cohen, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s123 

——National Bureau (K Goddard) BMJ Careers 329:s131 

disaccharides, hepatic encephalopathy, systematic review 


disciplinary problems see also malpractice; work 

— at work (R McGuire) BMJ Careers 329:s193 

— MPs criticise waste of public money on suspensions (L Eaton) 


dissocia, The Wonderful World of Dissocia (I McClure) (Theatre) 


Diver A, Managing big clinics (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s248 

diversity, for doctors (G Yafai) BMJ Careers 329:s239 

Dixon J 

— Abortion in the USA and the UK (Books) 329:236 (R) 

— see Appleby J 329:61 

— see Walshe K 329:871 

Djulbegovic B, Lifting the fog of uncertainty from the practice of 

medicine 329:1419 (E) 

Dobbie R, see Smith GCS 329:375 

Dobson R 

— After the French paradox comes the Italian enigma 329:1064 

(N) 

— Air conditioned buildings increase risk of sickness 329:529 

(N) 

— Annual tobacco deaths in poor countries to reach 7 million 

by 2030: 329:71 (N) 

— Can medical students learn empathy at the movies? 329:1363 

(N) 

— Cardiac specialist to leave Welsh hospital after mediation 


— Chairman says he declared interest 329:417 (N) 

— Childhood exposure to smoke may increase risk of back pain 

in later life 329:250 (N) 

— Continental doctors take up top posts in UK heart medicine 

and surgery 329:702 (N) 

— Could Fidgety Philipp be proof that ADHD is not a modern 

phenomenon? 329:643 (N) 

— Long term smoking contributes to cognitive decline 


— Meet Rudy, the world’s first “robodoc” 329:474 (N), 329:859 

(L) 

— Mumps cases rise among teenagers and young adults 


— Poor countries need to tackle the health brain drain 329:419 

(N) 

— Prevalence of high cholesterol varies 25-fold 329:590 (N) 

— Stroke and heart attack admissions are linked to cold weather 


— UK health officials launch “five in one” vaccine for babies 


docetaxel, prostate cancer and, prolongs life (S Gottlieb) 329:877 

(N) 

doctor-patient relations see also communication; consultations; 

patients 

— death certificates and pheasants (J Hughes) 329:1474 

— difficult patients 

——awkward (IW Crown) 329:1440 

——“heartsink” (U Coales) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s203 

——surviving with demanding patients (C Campion-Smith, et 

al) BMJ Careers 329:s197 

— empathic patients 

——doctor learns from patients after husband’s affair (Anonymous) 


——privilege of wisdom is to listen. A memorable patient (MI 

Khan) 329:390 

— faking it (R Persaud) BMJ Careers 329:s87 

— fine art (MP Park, et al) (Images of health) 329:1475 

— The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live 

(Frank) (Books) 329:355 (R) 

— white coated man’s burden (J Moore-Gillon) 329:723 

doctors see also consultants; general practitioners; junior doctors; 

locums; overseas doctors; preregistration house officers; 

senior house officers; specialist registrars 

— best physician. Endpiece (S Singh) 329:83 

— Canada, staffing reduction could affect access to care (B 

Kermode-Scott) 329:1064 (N) 

— torture and war on terrorism (P Hall) 329:66 (E) 

doctors’ role, Rhona’s rules (on what being a medical student 

and doctor is all about) (R MacDonald) BMJ Careers 


doctors, women 

— Margaret Cook (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s8 

— in medicine (I Heath) 329:412 (E), 329:742 (L), 329:743 (L) 

Dodani S, et al, Hope of prevention training in South Asia 


Dogra N, et al, Learning from low income countries: what are the 


dogs, olfactory detection of human bladder cancer (CH Willis, et 


Doherty D, Physiotherapy compared with advice for low back 

pain 329:1402 (L) 

Doherty M, see Lin J 329:324 

Doll HA, see Frost H 329:708 

Dolley D, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

domestic violence see also violence 

— Domestic Violence:A Handbook for Health Professionals (Shipway) 


Donado E, see Borja J 329:1405 

Donald A 

— Balancing the benefits and harms of care (Personal view) 


— see Cappuccio FP 329:145 

Donaldson GC, see Keatinge WR 329:976 

DEC-DON 7

Donaldson N, see Man W D-C 329:1209 

donepezil, Alzheimer’s disease, of little benefit (D Singh) 329:9 

(N) 

Donohoe M, The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome 


doping in sports, Cheating at Athens: Is it Worth it? (D MacAuley) 


Doran T, et al, North-south divide in social inequalities in Great 


Dorling D, see Greenhalgh T 329:801 

Dornan JC, see McKelvey AC 329:1459 

Dornan T, et al, What can experience add to early medical 

education? Consensus survey 329:834 (LP) (correction, 

1159) 

Dorward M, see Little P 329:111 

Dosani S, et al, How to pass MFPH BMJ Careers 329:s5 

Double DB, Future of psychotherapy in the NHS 329:514 (L) 

Douglas C 

— Cat, fox, dog (Soundings) 329:467 (R) 

— NHS plc (Books) 329:1349 (R) 

— Remedial nursing (Soundings) 329:1295 (R) 

— The Welshman in the temple (Soundings) 329:865 (R) 

Douglas N, see Zeman A 329:724 

Dowling, Edmund John, Obituary (J Dowling) 329:802 

Down syndrome 

— doctors accused of discrimination (D Singh) 329:591 (N) 

— screening, nuchal translucency (Z Alfirevic, et al) 329:811 (E) 

doxycycline, photo-onycholysis and (A Passier, et al) (Drug 


Doyal L, see Dieppe PA 329:31 

Doyle E, see Hu V 329:1483 

Doyle P, see Maconochie N 329:196 

Dr Foster’s case notes 

— CHI ratings and HSMRs: is there a relation? (B Jarman, et al) 


— Counting hospital activity: spells or episodes? (P Aylin, et al) 


— Death rates in England and Wales and the United States: 

variation with age, sex, and race (B Jarman, et al) 329:1367 

— How often are adverse events reported in English hospital 

statistics? (P Aylin, et al) 329:369 (correction, 547), 329:856 


— Prescribing of antibiotics and admissions for respiratory tract 

infections in England (A Majeed, et al) 329:879 

— Prescribing of lipid regulating drugs and admissions for myocardial 

infarction in England (A Majeed, et al) 329:645 

Drage SM, Balancing benefits and harms in health care 329:457 

(L) 

Drakeley C, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

Draper H, et al, Consent to the publication of patient information 


Drazen JM, Editorial independence at the BMJ 329:624 (L) 

Drever F, see Doran T 329:53 

Drife JO 

— Dear email correspondent (Soundings) 329:985 (R) 

— The 57 club (Soundings) 329:691 (R) 

— Saving lives on the Silk Road (Soundings) 329:299 (R) 

dronabinol, central pain in multiple sclerosis (KB Svendsen, et al) 


Drucker J, Beyond conflict of interest: maybe wrong questions 

are being asked 329:686 (L) 

drug abuse see also cannabis; heroin 

— Asia, HIV in injecting drug users (A Wodak, et al) 329:697 (E) 

— Australia, heroin supply restrictions and injecting drug use (C 

Day, et al) 329:428 (P) 

— Canada, increase (B Kermode-Scott) 329:1304 (L) 

— Europe, deaths are falling (R Watson) 329:1304 (N) 

drug industry 

— advertising 

——insidious onset BMJ Careers 329:s19 

——myth (T Scott) (Images of health) 329:1484 

——nofreelunch-uk.org launch (Z Kmietowicz) (Website) 329:1409 

(R) 

——US scrutiny (F Charatan) 329:10 (N) 

— Australia, access to high cost drugs (CY Lu, et al) 329:415 (E) 

— companies frame rules to work with NHS (M Brettingham) 


— consumer organisations criticise influence (Z Kmietowicz) 


— The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs 

(Goozner) (Books) 329:577 (R) 

— generic manufacturers taken to court for price fixing (O 


— GP relationship with: danger of denial (D Spence) (Personal 


— MPs launch inquiry into influence (R Moynihan) 329:587 (N) 

— officials reject influence claims (R Moynihan) 329:641 (N) 



— research, stronger sanctions needed against companies that 

suppress data (B Roehr) 329:132 (N) 

— sponsorship, World Medical Association rules (Z Kmietowicz) 


— staff want “to help people” (L Eaton) 329:1362 (N) 

— testing child products: EU (R Watson) 329:818 (N) 

— The Truth About the Drug Companies: How they deceive us and 

what to do about it (Angell) (Books) 329:862 (R) 

— US 

——Australia threatened over plan to block extensions to drug 

patents (B Burton) 329:1306 (N) 

——FDA’s counsel accused of close links (J Lenzer) 329:189 (N) 

——NIH conflict of interest criticisms (JH Tanne) 329:10 (N) 

——scandals have eroded public confidence (J Lenzer) 329:247 

(N) (correction, 621), 329:686 (L) 

drug interaction, St John’s wort and conventional drugs (E Mills, 

et al) 329:27 (PC), 329:459 (L) 

drug monitoring 

— public protection (S Mayor) 329:1124 (N) 

— salmeterol, pitfalls? (C Schoenberger) (Personal view) 


— UK government tightens rules (K Godfrey) 329:1203 (N) 

Drug points 

— Acquired haemophilia A may be associated with clopidogrel 

(M Haj, et al) 329:323 (P) 

— Anterior uveitis is associated with travoprost (M Kumarasamy, 


— Fatal exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis associated fibrosing 

alveolitis in patients given infliximab (AJK Ostor) 


— Fatal liver failure associated with pioglitazone (E Farley-Hills, 

et al) 329:429 (P), 329:918 (L) 

— Photo-onycholysis associated with the use of doxycycline (A 

Passier, et al) 329:265 (P) 

— QT interval increased after single dose of lofexidine (J Schmittner, 


— Severe necrotising leucocytoclastic vasculitis in a patient taking 

bosentan (S Gasser, et al) 329:430 (P) 

— Sibutramine may be associated with memory impairment 

(DWJ Clark, et al) 329:1316 (P) 

drugs see also generic drugs; prescriptions, drug 

— bedside assessment (YK Loke) 329:7 (E) 

— benefits and harms of treatment (JP Vandenbroucke) 329:2 

(E) 

— cost, essential medicines: lessons for rich countries (HV Hogerzeil) 


— individual response to treatment: valid assumption? (S Senn) 


— new, inclusion of cost effectiveness in licensing requirements 

(RS Taylor, et al) 329:972 (ED) 

Drummer O, et al, Forensic science in the dock 329:636 (E) 

Drummond MF 

— see Littlejohns P 329:571 

— see Taylor RS 329:972 

Drury NE, A memorable patient. The longest weekend 329:400 

Drysdale, Brian, press coverage of “suicide” (R Persaud) (The 

Press) 329:1243 (R) 

Duchenne muscular dystrophy, genetic information: joint account? 

(MJ Parker, et al) (Ethics in practice) 329:165 (ED) 

Duckworth G, see Cooper BS 329:533 

Duerden MG, Guidelines from the British Hypertension Society 


Duggan C, see Davies S 329:684 

Duggan JE, see Haslam N 329:1225 

Duncan A, et al, A memorable patient. How life events change 

patients’ perspectives of their conditions 329:229 (ED) 


Duncan BB, see Schmidt MI 329:753 

Dunea G 

— The gas we pass (Soundings) 329:925 (R) 

— In captivity—at Lewes (Soundings) 329:1353 (R) 

— Privacy concerns (Soundings) 329:519 (R) 

— Three puzzling cases (Soundings) 329:119 (R) 

Dunn G, see Craig TKJ 329:1067 

Dürer, Albrecht, Renaissance prototype pain map (GD Schott) 

(Images of health) 329:1492 

Dutton E, see Richards DA 329:774 

Dutton, Stella, BMJ acting chief executive (A Ferriman) 329:128 

(N) 

Dyas J, see Logan PA 329:1372 

Dyer C 

— Baby should be allowed to die, UK court rules 329:875 (N) 

— Better system is needed to curb rogue doctors 329:639 (N) 

— Doctor facing GMC inquiry over Shipman deaths admits 

failures 329:757 (N) 

— Doctors need not ventilate baby to prolong his life 329:995 

(N) 

— Eight cases of parents convicted of killing their children are 

referred to commission 329:878 (N) 

— GMC appeals against judgment on withholding treatment 


— GMC decision on Southall is challenged as “unduly lenient” 


— GMC drops charges against paediatrician in Climbié case 


— GMC suggests treatment of pathologist might have been too 

lenient 329:874 (N) 

— High Court upholds right of woman to travel abroad for 

suicide 329:1364 (N) 

— Inquiry into death of boy from induced illness recommends 

tightening of child protection rules 329:191 (N) 

— Nationwide protocol is needed for investigating baby deaths 


— Parents claiming a link between MMR vaccine and autism 

lose final appeal for legal aid 329:939 (N) 

— Pathologist cleared of misconduct by GMC in Shipman hearing 


— Patient held informally in hospital had his rights violated 


— Patients can sue authority for actions of GP 329:131 (N) 

— Review of child care cases find few instances that raise “serious 

doubt” 329:1256 (N) 

— Seven doctors to face GMC over Shipman inquiry findings 


— Shipman inquiry recommends tighter rules on controlled 

drugs 329:188 (N) 

— Surgeon found liable for not warning of partial paralysis risk 


— UK patients seek compensation after taking rofecoxib 


Dyer O 

— 100 000 excess civilian deaths in Iraq since March 2003: 


— Charity warns of “daunting challenges” for Iraq health system 


— Factory’s loss of licence halves supply of flu vaccine to US 


— GlaxoSmithKline to set up comprehensive online clinical 

trials register 329:590 (N) 

— Infectious diseases increase in Iraq as public health service 

deteriorates 329:940 (N), 329:1289 (L) 

— Inquiry finds that Gulf war veterans face extra burden of 

disease 329:1257 (N) 

— Man wins battle to keep receiving life support 329:309 (N), 


— NHS takes makers of generic drugs to court for price fixing 


— Seven doctors accused of failing to monitor health of addicted 

patients 329:818 (N) 

— Six GPs who signed cremation forms for Shipman face GMC 


— Southall is barred for three years from child protection work 


— Study suggests hepatitis B vaccine increases risk of multiple 

sclerosis 329:703 (N) 

— US health workers who give flu jabs to healthy people could 

face fines or imprisonment 329:939 (N) 

— US judge halts compulsory anthrax vaccination for soldiers 


dyspepsia, omeprazole and (POEM*) 329 (6 November 2004) 

E 

Early, Donal Felix Mary, Obituary (A Ogden) 329:234 

ears, floppy ears caused by relapsing polychondritis (F Amen, et 

al) (Minerva) 329:750 (R) 

Easton G 

— Fifteen minutes with...thepress and public relations adviser 

to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health BMJ 


— Future Face (Art) 329:863 (R) 

— Writing for the new Diplomatosis column (Tips on ...) BMJ 


— see MacDonald R BMJ Careers 329:s80, 329:s220 

Eaton L 

— Agency warns of withdrawal risks for patients taking SSRIs 


— BMA appoints new chief executive and publishing group 

director 329:190 (N) 

— BMA says scientists should take part in bioterrorism debate 


— Chief medical officer warns that many blood transfusions are 

unnecessary 329:308 (N), 329:515 (L) 

— Committee calls for substantial investment in allergy services 


— Emergency service is closer to four hour target but still lacks 

consultants 329:877 (N) 

— Food agency launches campaign to reduce salt intake 


— GPs will be forced to offer patients private care 329:700 (N) 

— Image of Iraqi hospital theatre wins prize 329:130 (N) 

— More surveillance of drugs is needed to protect public (S 


— Most GPs unaware of their duties under new act 329:938 (N) 

— MP criticises government response on open access publishing 


— MPs criticise waste of public money on suspensions 329:1204 

(N) 

— Plagiarism: the thin grey line BMJ Careers 329:s85 

— A quarter of UK students are guilty of plagiarism, survey 

shows 329:70 (N) 

— Revised mental health bill fails to persuade patients or professionals 


— Staff in the drug industry want “to help people,” academic 

says 329:1362 (N) 

Ebrahim S 

— see Cooper BS 329:533 

— see Dieppe PA 329:31, 329:867 

Eccles M, NICE clinical guidelines 329:572 (L) 

Eccles S 

— I have just started a three year rotation and my first job is 

banded 2A. Is this pay protected for the rest of the contract? 


— Is there an age limit for house officer posts? (Advice zone) 


— Juniors unhappy with the Hospital at Night project BMJ 


economics, medical, is evaluation in touch with society’s health 

values? (J Coast) 329:1233 (ED) 

Ecuador see also South America 

— snake bites, South American polyspecific antivenoms trial (R 

Smalligan, et al) 329:1129 (P) 

eczema, saves life of evacuated girl. A memorable patient (A Duncan, 

et al) 329:229 (ED) (correction, 438) 

Eddleston M 

— see Buckley NA 329:1231 

— see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Edelman, Joy, Obituary (A Deaner) 329:688 

Edgar D, et al, ABC of burns. Rehabilitation after burn injury 


Edroos S, The neurosurgeon who separated Siamese twins (Fifteen 

minutes with...) BMJ Careers 329:s119 

education, colour vision defects and (P Cumberland, et al) 


education, medical see also examinations; learning; schools, 

medical; teaching 

— computers in assessment (P Cantillon, et al) 329:606 (LP) 

— disabled people (D Cohen, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s123 

— ethics (R Jagsi, et al) 329:332 (LP), 329:800 (L), 329:801 (L) 

— films (D Midmer) BMJ Careers 329:s140 

— interprofessional barriers, breaking down (B Rushforth) (The 

Way I See It) BMJ Careers 329:s99 

— London. One hundred years ago 329:1276 

— surgery, curriculum changes will fail without training investment 

(C White) 329:1063 (N) 

— what can experience add to early medical education: consensus 

survey (T Dornan, et al) 329:834 (LP) (correction, 1159) 

— What the educators are saying 

——(E Peile, et al) 329:610 (L) 

——(P Cantillon) 329:838 (L) 

——(V Wass) 329:335 (L) 

education, medical, continuing 

— general practice, training will receive more funding (K Godfrey) 


— US, rules tightened (JH Tanne) 329:819 (N) 

education, medical, postgraduate 

— evidence that evidence based medicine teaching changes 

anything (A Coomarasamy, et al) 329:1017 (LP) 

— getting involved in PMETB (R MacDonald) BMJ Careers 


— teaching opportunities of the ward washbasin (P Savage) 


education, medical, undergraduate 

— graduate entry: life in the fast lane (B Rushforth) BMJ Careers 


— new perspectives at new UK medical schools (A Howe, et al) 


— students’ perceptions of teaching (H Lempp, et al) 329:770 

(P) 

— UK reform: triumph of evangelism over common sense (G 

Williams, et al) 329:92 (LP) (correction, 799), 329:798 (L), 


Edwards N 

— Making clinical governance work. Commentary: Model could 

work 329:681 (ED) 


Edwards SG, see Creighton S 329:322 

Edwards V, Women in medicine: the changing pattern over the 

past 50 years 329:1324 

Egan M, see Ogilvie D 329:763 

Egger G, see Swinburn B 329:736 

Egger M 

— see Pewsner D 329:209 

— see von Elm E 329:868 

Ekpini ER, see Painter TM 329:543 

El-Tayib, Mohamed Hassan, Obituary (B Stack) 329:921 

elderly see also ageing; health services for the elderly 

— breast cancers, adjuvant treatment after lumpectomy may 

obviate radiotherapy (D Spurgeon) 329:589 (N) 

8 DON-ELD July−December 2004

— cruise ships provide cost effective care (JH Tanne) 329:1065 

(N) 

— dementia 

——alcohol drinking in middle age and (T Anttila, et al) 329:539 

(P) 

——walking as protection (JH Tanne) 329:761 (N) 

— depression has greater affect than physical illnesses (JH 


— futile endoscopies (S Mayor) 329:873 (N) 

— inappropriate prescribing is common (S Gottlieb) 329:367 

(N) 

— infant mortality risk factors persist in old age (R Chawla) 


— influenza vaccine and excess deaths during high circulation 

(BG Armstrong, et al) 329:660 (PC) 

— misunderstood. Endpiece (R Rao) 329:88 

— mortality in winter in Britain (P Wilkinson, et al) 329:647 (P), 


— passing age (K Barraclough) (Soundings) 329:1111 (R) 

— suicide: recent developments (H O’Connell, et al) 329:895 (C) 

electives, placements in conflict zones (M Wilson) (Advice zone) 


electrocardiography, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:864 

(R) 

electronic journals see journals 

Elewa A, see Laban C 329:1287 

Elguero E, see Vaugelade J 329:1309 

Elliman D 

— et al, MMR: Science and Fiction (Books) 329:1049 (R) 

— et al, MMR and Autism (Books) 329:1049 (R) 

— see Bedford H 329:411 

Ellington, Christine Anne (née Wellard), Obituary (MJ Lloyd) 


Elliott P 

— see Aylin P 329:291, 329:825 

— see Steer PJ 329:1312 

Elliott RA, see Hooper L 329:948 

Elliott TM, Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom 


Elphick DA, see Elphick HL 329:172 

Elphick HL, et al, Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute 

mountain sickness 329:172 (L) 

Elsolamy H, see Theo EM 329:975 

email see also internet 

— junk (JO Drife) (Soundings) 329:985 (R) 

— management 

——(AN Shah) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s120 

——(MD Griffiths) (Tips on..) BMJ Careers 329:s240 

——(R Thampy) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s120 

——(S O’Connell) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s120 

Emberson JR, see Whincup PH 329:200 

emergency medical services 

— closer to four hour target but still lacks consultants (L Eaton) 


— emergency care networks (KGMM Alberti) 329:1057 (E) 

— general practice: practicable paradox (AS Panja) 329:782 


— staffing, shortage will take eight years to rectify (G Watts) 


— what price entertainment? (T Greenhalgh) (Soundings) 


emergency medicine 

— education 

——GP who also works part time in A&E (A Lockey) (Advice 


——importance of early experience (S Hearns) (Advice zone) 


Emmett C, see Ridd M 329:798 

enalapril, tongue swelling and (P Gauthama, et al) (Minerva) 


end of life decisions see also ethics, medical 

— lessons from end of life (R Levenson) (Personal view) 329:1244 

(R) 

— percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, relentless therapeutic 

imperative (C Paul, et al) (The limits of medicine) 329:1457 

endocrinology, good choice of specialty for a doctor with diabetes? 

(T Woolfson) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s12 

endoscopy, elderly, futile treatment (S Mayor) 329:873 (N) 

Engber D 

— Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race 329:517 (R) 

— Garden State (Film) 329:805 (R) 

— US media needled over flu vaccine shortage (The Press) 


— US presidential candidates clash over health care 329:936 (N) 

English R, see Banks E 329:477 

Enthoven AC, et al, eds, Toward a 21st Century Health System: The 

Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice (Books) 


Entwisle JJ, see Benamore RE 329:230 

epidemiology 

— how common is common? bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 329:397 

— research 

——overview: scandal of poor research (E von Elm, et al) 


——issues in reporting of studies: recent practice survey (SJ 

Pocock, et al) 329:883 (P) 

——obstacles in UK general population (HJT Ward, et al) 


epilepsy 

— experiences of single “epileptic” fit (D Parkins) BMJ Careers 


— phenobarbital, revisited (R Kale, et al) 329:1199 (E) 

Epstein DH, see Schmittner J 329:1075 

Eraker R, see Lid TG 329:1488 

Erskine, James Paton Orr, Obituary (A Clark, et al) 329:628 

Escher M, National questionnaire survey on what influences 

doctors’ decisions about admission to intensive care 


Escourt L, et al, A career in haematology BMJ Careers 329:s3 

Essex C, Review of instruments for peer assessments of physicians 


ethics, medical see also confidentiality; end of life decisions; 

Hippocratic oath; human rights; informed consent; suicide, 

assisted; torture; treatment withdrawal 

— alcoholic liver disease transplantation (K Webb, et al) 329:63 

(E) 

— BMJ committee experiences (E Wager) 329:510 (ED) 

— clinical trials, stopping early (A Grant) 329:525 

— confidentiality and child protection (J Gilberthorpe) BMJ 


— getting into practice (MJ Parker) 329:126 (E) (correction, 

384), 329:513 (L) 

— herpes virus type 2 screening (I Krantz, et al) 329:618 (ED) 


— identity cards, policing access to primary care (J Sheather, et 

al) 329:303 (E) 

— medical education (R Jagsi, et al) 329:332 (LP), 329:800 (L), 


— medical researchers’ ancillary clinical care responsibilities 


— palliative care postgraduate diploma (R Ackroyd) (Diplomatosis) 


— research ethics committees 

——overview (C Warlow) 329:241 (E) 

——bureaucracy of applications (DS Wald) 329:282 (ED), 


——children’s TV characters (M Hesseling) 329:279 

——disappointment with (SP Tan) (Personal view) 329:807 (R) 

——governance: other face (AM Jones, et al) 329:280 (ED), 


——obstacles in UK general population (HJT Ward, et al) 


——rare genetic disorders (MJ Parker, et al) 329:288 (ED), 


——what is plot we seem to have lost? (K Jamrozik) 329:286 

(ED), 329:623 (L), 329:624 (L) 

— time to live or time to die? 329:233 (L) 

Ethics in practice 

— Eligibility of overseas visitors and people of uncertain residential 

status for NHS treatment (AJ Pollard, et al) 329:346 

(ED), 329:683 (L), 329:684 (L) 

— Genetic information: a joint account? (MJ Parker, et al) 


— Making clinical decisions when the stakes are high and the 

evidence unclear (W Hu, et al) 329:852 (ED) 

Ethiopia see also Africa 

— obstetric fistula surgery (R Coombes) 329:1125 (N) (correction, 

330:41) 

ethnic groups see also racial discrimination 

— coronary disease investigation and treatment and: Whitehall 

II prospective cohort study (A Britton, et al) 329:318 (P) 

— country of training and ethnic origin of UK doctors 

——overview (I Bowler) 329:583 (E) 

——database and survey studies (MJ Goldacre, et al) 329:597 (P) 

— mental health services (K Bhui, et al) 329:363 (E) 

— quality indicators for diabetes and (J Hippisley-Cox, et al) 


— reporting in trials: US v. European trials (A Sheikh, et al) 


eugenics, Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race: exhibition (D 

Engber) 329:517 (R) 

Eunson P, Learning from low income countries: what are the 


Europe see also Armenia; Austria; Czech Republic; Denmark; 

Finland; France; Germany; Gibralter; Ireland; Italy; Netherlands; 

Northern Ireland; Portugal; Russia; Scotland; 

Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Wales 

— drug related deaths are falling (R Watson) 329:1304 (N) 

— palliative care improvements needed (F Fleck) 329:248 (N) 

Europe, eastern 

— AIDS, fastest growth (D Cohen) 329:67 (N) 

— health lessons during transition from Communism (M Mc- 

Kee, et al) (Politics and health) 329:1428 

— post-communist transition and health (M McKee, et al) 


European Union 

— AIDS, impending epidemic warning (R Watson) 329:642 (N) 

— draft legislation threatens patient safety, says BMA (R Watson) 


— drug companies to test products for use in children (R 

Watson) 329:818 (N) 

— infant milk marketing, relax rules? (R Watson) 329:1121 (N) 

— staff freedom of movement: threat to health care exaggerated 

(R Watson) 329:1204 (N) 

— tobacco, shocking pictures for cigarette packs unveiled (R 

Wilson) 329:994 (N) 

— Working Time Directive 

——changes proposed (R Watson) 329:761 (N) 

——how protective is it? (R MacDonald) 329:301 (E) (correction, 


——how to teach and learn (B Sinha, et al) BMJ Careers 


——survey (S Mayor, et al) 329:310 (N) 

euthanasia see also ethics, medical 

— France 

——parliamentary committee advocates passive euthanasia (J 

Burgermeister) 329:474 (N) 

——“right to die” law passed (B Spurgeon) 329:1307 (N) 

— The Good Euthanasia Guide 2004: Where, What, and Who in 

Choices in Dying (Humphry) (Books) 329:747 (R) 

— Netherlands 

——A memorable patient, (N Bronzite) 329:1079 

——new approach to reporting “mercy killings” (T Sheldon) 


——penalties proposed for Dutch doctors who flout law (T 

Sheldon) 329:131 (N) 

— Spain, Mar Adentro (G Casino) (Film) 329:864 (R) 

evaluation studies, economic evaluation: in touch with society’s 

health values? (J Coast) 329:1233 (ED) 

Evans, Gwilym Morgan, Obituary (D Evans) 329:688 

Evans, Ieuan Lynn Richard, Obituary (RI Evans, et al) 329:175 

Evans M, et al, ed, Philosophy for Medicine: Applications in a Clinical 

Context (Books) 329:923 (R) 

Everington D, see Ward HJT 329:277 

Evidence based case report, Corticosteroids for HELLP (haemolysis, 

elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome (TL 

Clenney, et al) 329:270 (C) 

evidence-based medicine see also POEM* 

— BMJ theme issue 

——overview: come a long way (G Guyatt, et al) 329:990 (E) 

——overview: essence of (BM Reilly) 329:991 (E) 

——overview: policy making (JAM Gray) 329:988 (E) 

——overview: teaching (C Del Mar) 329:989 (E) 

——overview: what has it done for us? (SE Straus, et al) 329:987 

(E) 

——do more good than harm? (MGM Hunink) 329:1051 (R) 

——does postgraduate teaching changes anything? (A Coomarasamy, 

et al) 329:1017 (LP) 

——evaluation of teaching: conceptual framework (SE Straus, et 

al) 329:1029 (ED) 

——evidence from samples of one (AM Almedom) (Personal 


——"evidence of me” (S Lockwood) 329:1033 (ED) 

——GPs that it is changing practice 329:1043 (L) 

——guidance and determinations of negligence? (B Hurwitz) 


——how middle and low income countries “get it together” (P 

Garner, et al) 329:1036 (ED) 

——learning from mistakes (H Bastian) (Personal view) 


——spin is everything 329:1043 (L) 

——tropical medicine: integration into routine practice (DNJ 

Lockwood, et al) 329:1020 (Q) 

— depression in primary care, re-engineering systems (AJ Dietrich, 


— lifting fog of uncertainty from practice of medicine (B Djulbegovic) 


— postgraduate diploma (EBHC) (N Deshpande) (Diplomatosis) 


examinations see also education, medical 

— memorable day. A memorable patient (B Scaife) 329:833 

— “None of the above?” questions. bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 


exercise 

— back pain and: randomised trial 

——cost effectiveness (UK BEAM Trial Team) 329:1381 (PC) 

——effectiveness in primary care (UK BEAM Trial Team) 


— impact on schoolchildren of being driven to school (Early- 

Bird 22) (B Metcalf, et al) 329:832 (PC) 

— walking and cycling as alternative to cars (D Ogilvie, et al) 


experience, early medical education and: consensus survey (T 

Dornan, et al) 329:834 (LP) (correction, 1159) 

experimentation see human experimentation 

expert witness 

— field guide (AD Oxman, et al) (Experts’ eye view) 329:1460 

— negligence of (MC Bishop) (Personal view) 329:1353 (R) 

Eysenbach G, Should reviewers of papers have their names 

published? 329:113 (L) 

Ezzati M, see Baris E 329:1090 

F 

Fabre C, Women in medicine 329:743 (L) 

face, Future Face: exhibition (G Easton) (Art) 329:863 (R) 

Faculty of Public Health, MFPH tips (S Dosani, et al) BMJ Careers 


fainting see syncope 

Fairbank A, see Gidwani S 329:1220 

Fallowfield LJ, The prince and the professor 329:859 (L) 

familial adenomatous polyposis, embryo screening allowed (Z 

Kmietowicz) 329:1061 (N) 

Fancher TL, et al, Combined use of rapid D-dimer testing and 

estimation of clinical probability in the diagnosis of deep 

vein thrombosis: systematic review 329:821 (P) 

Farley-Hills E, et al, Drug points. Fatal liver failure associated with 

pioglitazone 329:429 (P), 329:918 (L) 

Farmer PE, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

Farrar K, see Pirmohamed M 329:15 

Farrell L 

— The good old days (Soundings) 329:59 (R) 

— The good slut (Soundings) 329:409 (R), 329:626 (L) 

— GUBU: grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented 

(Soundings) 329:1245 (R) 

— I couldn’t believe my eyes (Soundings) 329:807 (R) 

Farrell M, see Wodak A 329:697 

farts, history and chemistry (G Dunea) (Soundings) 329:925 (R) 

Faruqui A, see Faruqui RA 329:230 

Faruqui RA, et al, Firm foundation for senior house officers 


fasting, working while (A Kassem) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Favrat B, see de Torrenté de la Jara G 329:156 

Fawzi MKCS, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

Fearn-Smith J, see Geddes JR BMJ Careers 329:s90 

Fee, Samuel Rutherford, Obituary (J Wilton, et al) 329:1407 

feeding tubes, dementia, rapid-cycle quality improvement methodology 

(C Monteleoni, et al) 329:491 (Q), 329:917 (L) 

Fellerman SM, Palestinian health: the truth, the lies, and the 

statistics (Personal view) 329:1110 (R) 

female circumcision see circumcision, female 

Fenichel RR, Which drugs should be available over the counter? 


Fenton KA, et al, National screening programme for chlamydia 

exists in England 329:172 (L) 

Ferriman A 

— BMA demands ban on smoking in enclosed workplaces in the 

United Kingdom 329:70 (N) 

— BMJ group appoints acting editor and acting chief executive 


— Celebrating the bond between mother and child 329:760 (N) 

— How images can enhance patients’ understanding 329:818 

(N) 

Ferry P, see Peile E 329:610 

Feyerabend C, see Whincup PH 329:200 

fibrin fibrinogen degradation products see D-dimer testing 

fibrosing alveolitis, fatal exacerbation in patients given infliximab 

(AJK Ostor, et al) (Drug points) 329:1266 (P) 

Fielden JM, Reforming the consultant contract again? 329:1343 

(L) 

Fierz A, Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis 


fillers see also POEM* 

— An actor’s sense of timing (P Harrold) 329:430 

— An awkward patient (IW Crown) 329:1440 

— Barbara’s bowel (B Witcombe) 329:568 

— Best laid plans (PM Boynton) 329:965 

— Blue limbs (the importance of history and examination) (O 

Predescu) 329:349 

— bmjlearning.com 

——“Best of five” questions (K Walsh) 329:1327 

——Crunching the numbers (K Walsh) 329:82 

——How common is common? (K Walsh) 329:397 

——Multimedia learning (K Walsh) 329:1270 

——None of the above? (K Walsh) 329:273 

——Reflecting on your practice (K Walsh) 329:961 

— “Bonjour, je m’appelle Oshadi” (EL Chandrakantha) 


— Colourful new use for a word (I Bickle) 329:1454 

— A conflict of interest (JA Patterson) 329:1434 

— The curse of the snake god (SB Naik) 329:1374 

— The doctor and his pheasant (J Hughes) 329:1474 

— Down the cascade (A Schattner) 329:678 

— Early lessons (D Crosby) 329:1028 

— The educational opportunities of the ward washbasin (P 

Savage) 329:1137 

— Endpiece 

——Advantages (F Charatan) 329:383 

——Bad news (F Charatan) 329:831 

——Being good (J Zorab) 329:900 

ELE-FIL 9

——The best physician (S Singh) 329:833 

——The big toe (D Sarll) 329:1311 

——Danger (F Charatan) 329:899 

——The enemy (F Charatan) 329:1314 

——First controlled clinical trial? (J Milledge) 329:891 

——The ideal doctors (N Marlow) 329:1182 

——Improvement of the practice of medicine (JH Baron) 


——Learning from the world (S Nundy) 329:23 

——Misery (F Charatan) 329:1316 

——Misunderstood (R Rao) 329:88 

——My wife and my mistress (F Charatan) 329:654 

——No hands (S Hasan) 329:374 

——Not enough (AJ Tindall) 329:1285 

——Quackery (JH Baron) 329:728 

——Qualities of a good surgeon (RK Choudhary) 329:314 

——Should life be longer (CA Pierach) 329:854 

——Superiority (JH Baron) 329:78 

——Teaching medicine 1816 (JH Baron) 1816: 329:424 

——Women and halfe witted men (JH Baron) 329:219 

——Women (JH Baron) 329:729 

——Your duty (A Withnell) 329:719 

— Food for x ray (B Witcombe) 329:848 

— For the pleasure of their company (M Hogenboom) 329:380 

— French lessons (P Turkie) 329:1393 

— From head to toe an airbourne soldier (J Sharp) 329:512 

— Give a disease a bad name (HV Wyatt) 329:272 

— A grateful patient (R Milne) 329:659 

— The Hooper’s bed (C Crisci) 329:1426 

— How to get your paper rejected (H Plotkin) 329:1469 

— A lesson from across the Irish Sea (A Thorns) 329:442 

— Medscape conference coverage 

——American Diabetes Association 64th Annual Scientific Sessions, 

Orlando, Florida 329:718 

——American Thoracic Society 100th International Conference, 

Orlando, Florida 329:526 

——Digestive Disease Week 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana 


— A memorable patient 

——And a memorable day (B Scaife) 329:833 

——Auntie Joan (R Ashford) 329:1335 

——Beating the test (JR Osborn, et al) 329:797 

——The benefits of a cross channel flight (SJ Murphy) 329:503 

——A final service (N Bronzite) 329:1079 

——A forlorn hope (J Kuruvatti) 329:786 

——The gambler (D Cummins) 329:674 

——Heroic surgery (M Christie) 329:777 

——How life events change patients’ perspectives of their conditions 

(A Duncan, et al) 329:229 (ED) (correction, 438) 

——In at the deep end (A Parikh) 329:1401 

——Living history (GP Kalamangalam) 329:169 

——The longest weekend (NE Drury) 329:400 

——A novel way to prevent tension pneumothorax (WKC Morgan) 


——The power of song (I Nesbitt) 329:1141 

——The privilege of wisdom is to listen (MI Khan) 329:390 

——Prophets and prophecies (SW Singh) 329:494 

——The white coated man’s burden (J Moore-Gillon) 329:723 

——With a pinch of salt (D Model) 329:1230 

— A memorable teacher 

——The philosopher DJ (S Hartley) 329:1341 

——Serendipity (D Crosby) 329:1385 

——What am I doing here? (D Crosby) 329:552 

— Mind over matter? (AC McKelvey, et al) 329:1459 

— My minor omission (M Burg) 329:144 

— No leg to stand on (A Clark) 329:894 

— One hundred years ago 

——Coin debaser and quack doctor 329:265 

——The detection of early tubercule in the lungs 329:888 

——The future of London medical education 329:1276 

——A museum of security 329:26 

——The necessity for improving the teaching of massage in 

England 329:682 

——Quackery and baldness 329:565 

——The sanitation of Panama 329:167 

——A viceregal slight 329:106 

— The other side of medicine (ECA Barrett) 329:341 

— Petrarch, physicians, and controlled trials (O Nardi) 329:141 

— Physician, heal thyself (Anonymous) 329:490 

— The practicable paradox—the five minute emergency (AS 

Panja) 329:782 

— Q&A 

——Effect of postnatal depression on other members of the 

mother’s family (O Mallon) 329:1042 

——Linking a computer with a microscope (KV Arulalan, et al) 


——Treating chronic inflammation of the Achilles tendon (EM 

Theo, et al) 329:975 

— Renal transplantation: a paradox (A Kazory) 329:715 

— Run with your client, not after (J Cromwell) 329:1176 

— Seeing is believing (A Rule) 329:94 

— A sequence of errors (B Witcombe) 329:213 

— A sign of the times (R Di Cuffa, et al) 329:1463 

— Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor and me (D Crosby) 329:485 

— Sundowning on a sunny day in Cornwall (S Noble) 329:1219 

— The Tao of Pooh—a philosophy that changed my practice (M 

Archer) 329:151 

— Testing hypotheses (S Iliffe) 329:773 

— Theme issues (2005) 329:1162 

— The truth is not always a beautiful thing (G Walker) 329:287 

— Twitched (A Graham) 329:766 

— Understanding risk (DR Derbyshire) 329:1086 

— When Dr Mopp tried to get into research (M Hesseling) 


— When I use a word. Balancing benefits and harms in health care 

(JK Aronson) 329:30 

— Women in medicine: the changing pattern over the past 50 

years (V Edwards) 329:1324 

films 

— amnesia in (S Baxendale) (Images of health) 329:1480 

— educational use to teach students empathy (R Dobson) 


— medical teaching (D Midmer) BMJ Careers 329:s140 

fine needle aspiration 

— cancer diagnosis (DE Roskell, et al) 329:244 (E) 

— hepatic colorectal metastases 329:290 (L), 329:1045 (L) 

Fine PEM, Non-specific “non-effects” of vaccination 329:1297 

(E) 

Finland see also Europe 

— prisoners at Lewes (G Dunea) (Soundings) 329:1353 (R) 

first aid, burns 329:291 (L), 329:292 (L) 

Firth-Cozens J 

— Sharing workload in group practices 329:685 (L) 

— see Paice E 329:658 

Fisher AE, et al, Can you tell your clunis from your cubitus? A 

benchmark for functional imaging (Images of health) 


Fisher JP, Are written responses to referrals acceptable? 


Fisher, Margaret Monica (née Hanford), Obituary (FW Hanford) 


Fisˇter K 

— Asia: Body Mind Spirit (Art) 329:1189 (R) 

— Brain surgery gets its first live UK broadcast (Film) 329:1108 

(R) 

— The Other Medicine (Radio) 329:923 (R) 

Fitzgerald DA, Headline about basal cell carcinoma was misleading 


Fitzpatrick AP, Reforming the consultant contract again? 


Fitzpatrick M, MMR and Autism: What Parents Need to Know 


five in one vaccine 

— babies (R Dobson) 329:365 (N) 

— chairman says he declared interest (R Dobson) 329:417 (N) 

flatfoot, tibialis posterior dysfunction, common and treatable 

cause (J Kohls-Gatzoulis, et al) 329:1328 (C) 

flatus, history and chemistry (G Dunea) (Soundings) 329:925 (R) 

Fleck F 

— Bush accused of pressuring countries to stop producing generic 

drugs 329:192 (N) 

— Developing economies shrink as AIDS reduces workforce 


— Drug industry is not tackling threats to public health, says 

WHO 329:1256 (N) 

— Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination 329:70 (N) 

— Pre-election insecurity in Afghanistan hampers health service 

delivery 329:420 (N) 

— Ranbaxy withdraws all its AIDS drugs from WHO list 


— WHO denies suppressing report on junk food 329:1121 (N) 

— WHO insists it can meet its target for antiretrovirals by 2005: 


— WHO uses work on tuberculosis in Lima as model for tackling 

AIDS 329:252 (N) 

— WHO wants more palliative care for Europeans 329:248 (N) 

— WMA launches course to help prison doctors confronted 

with torture 329:591 (N) 

Fleg A, Animal behaviour BMJ Careers 329:s47 

Fletcher A 

— see Armstrong BG 329:660 


Fleur J, see Maddison P 329:1325 

Flint EF, Reforming the consultant contract again? 329:1343 (L) 

Flood C, see Henderson C 329:136 

flow charts, effect on use of blood transfusions in primary total 

hip and knee replacement (U Müller, et al) 328:934 (Q) 

(correction, 329:837) 

flowers, use after funeral (PM Boynton) 329:965 

fluoxetine see Prozac 

Fok TF, see Wong GWK 329:486 

folic acid 

— balancing benefits and harms in programmes mandated by 

governments (GP Oakley, et al) 329:41 (ED), 329:458 (L) 

— pregnancy, risk of maternal breast cancer (D Charles, et al) 

(Research pointers) 329:1375 

Fonagy P, see Goldbeck-Wood S 329:245 

Fong K, The next small step (The limits of medicine) 329:1441 

(correction, 330:82) 

food, junk food report: WHO deny suppression (F Fleck) 


Food Standards Agency, campaign to reduce salt intake (L 

Eaton) 329:644 (N), 329:918 (L) 

football, can human eye detect an offside position? (FB 

Maruenda) (Experts’ eye view) 329:1470 (correction, 

330:188) 

Forbes L, see Cappuccio FP 329:145 

Ford, Colin Gagen, Obituary (A McAra) 329:1407 

Ford, Hugh Kelson, Obituary (I Campbell) 329:175 

forensic gynaecology 

— career advice (E Weston-Price, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s207 

— Hope at Havens (J Welch) (The Way I See It) BMJ Careers 


forensic medicine 

— in dock (O Drummer, et al) 329:636 (E) 

— education, MD in pathology from India (R Palmer) (Advice 


forensic psychiatry 

— career advice (I Qurashi) BMJ Careers 329:s33 

— career tips (R Rao) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s72 

Forman D, see Adams J 329:142 

Formula One motor racing, BAT and (J Carlyle, et al) 329:104 

(ED), 329:352 (L) 

Fornells-Ambrojo M, see Craig TKJ 329:1067 

Forrest ARW, see Drummer O 329:636 

Forrest D, et al, Humanitarian medicine: up the garden path and 

down the slippery slope. Commentary: ethical pitfalls can 

be hard to avoid 329:399 (ED), 329:1103 (L) 

Foss AM, et al, Condoms and prevention of HIV 329:185 (E) 

foundlings, The Foundling Museum (J Lyall) (Art) 329:176 (R) 

Fowler AW, How to deal with influenza 329:1238 (L) 

Fowlie PW 

— et al, ABC of preterm birth 

——Immediate care of the preterm infant 329:845 (C) (correction, 

1073) 

——Moving the preterm infant 329:904 (C) 

——Supporting parents in the neonatal unit 329:1336 (C) 

— see Colvin M 329:1390 

— see McGuire W 329:1087, 329:1227, 329:1277 

— see Murphy DJ 329:783 

— see Tucker J 329:730 

Fox C, Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United 

Kingdom 329:799 (L) 

Fox M, The prince and the professor 329:857 (L) 

Fox P, see O’Farrell N 329:684 

fractures, ischial tuberosity in adolescence: easily missed diagnosis 

(S Gidwani, et al) (Lesson of the week) 329:99 (C) 

Fradd S, et al, eds, The Insider’s Guide to the New GP Contract: 

Opportunities and Options for General Practice (Reviews) BMJ 


France see also Europe 

— consultation practice (P Turkie) 329:1393 

— euthanasia 

——parliamentary committee advocates passive euthanasia (J 

Burgermeister) 329:474 (N) 

——“right to die” law passed (B Spurgeon) 329:1307 (N) 

— Helicobacter pylori infections after gastroenteritis outbreak: 

institutionalised young people (R Laporte, et al) 329:204 (P) 

— reproductive and therapeutic cloning banned (B Spurgeon) 


— surgeons’ strike (B Spurgeon) 329:249 (N) 

— surgeons’ strike called off (B Spurgeon) 329:530 (N) 

— US products boycott and scientific output? (B Bégaud, et al) 

(Politics and health) 329:1430 


Franco A, et al, Effect of democracy on health: ecological study 


Franco OH, et al, The Polymeal: a more natural, safer, and 

probably tastier (than the Polypill) strategy to reduce cardiovascular 

disease by more than 75% (The limits of medicine) 


Francome C, Abortion in the USA and the UK (Books) 329:236 (R) 

Frank AO, What is intermediate care? 329:686 (L) 

Frank AW, The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to 

Live (Books) 329:355 (R) 

Frankenfeld C, “Serious” and “severe” adverse drug reactions 

need defining 329:573 (L), 329:1405 (L) 

Fraser HSF, et al, An information system and medical record to 

support HIV treatment in rural Haiti 329:1142 (IP) 

Fraser J 

— et al, ABC of preterm birth. Respiratory complications of preterm 

birth 329:962 (C) 

— , et al, Presenting in Biomedicine: 500 Tips for Success (Reviews) 


Fraser S, see Cozma I BMJ Careers 329:s56 

Fraser SW, see Rubin IM 329:171 

Fraser WI, 366 500 injections later (Personal view) 329:519 (R) 

Fratiglioni L, see Anttila T 329:539 

fraud, GP surgery (W Stone) BMJ Careers 329:s115 

Freed DLJ, Doctors are not scientists but we still need science 


Freedman, George Roland, Obituary (J Charlewood) 329:1106 

Freedman M, see Lee PE 329:75 

freedom, academic medicine: clinicians and patients’ welfare (JG 

Wright, et al) 329:795 (ED) 

Freeman B, see Kunyk D 329:1346 

Freeman R, Learning to Live Together (Books) 329:466 (R) 

Freeman, Roger, Obituary (K Gould) 329:802 

Freemantle N, see Maynard A 329:227 

Freestone L, see Bolsin S 329:51 

Freeth, Audrey Irene, Obituary (D Freeth) 329:1048 

Frizelle FA, et al, How protective is the working time directive? 


Frost H, et al, Randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy 

compared with advice for low back pain 329:708 (P), 


Fry T, National service framework for children 329:1239 (L) 

Fuller, Robert Charles, Obituary (WB Morris) 329:406 

Furber AS 

— et al, Barriers to better care for people with AIDS in developing 

countries 329:1281 (ED) 

— see Newell JN 329:1186 

Furlong PL, see Fisher AE 329:1492 

Furness C, et al, 10-minute consultation. Morbilliform rash 


Furniss D, see Swan MC 329:1272 

Furukawa TA, All clinical trials must be reported in detail and 

made publicly available 329:626 (L) 

G 

Gallicano K, see Mills E 329:27 

gambling 

— health related consequences (MD Griffiths) 329:1055 (E), 


— A memorable patient (D Cummins) 329:674 

Gamsu, Harold, Obituary (M Gamsu) 329:1347 

Gandhi K, see Demissie K 329:24 

Gardiner M, et al, Look after your pennies BMJ Careers 329:s95 

Garety P, see Craig TKJ 329:1067 

Garg AX, see Clase CM 329:912 

Garland S, see Pirotta M 329:548 

Garner P 

— et al, PLoS Medicine (Journals) 329:1190 (R) 

— et al, Putting evidence into practice: how middle and low 

income countries “get it together” 329:1036 (ED) 

Garrey, Matthew Macmaster, Obituary (M MacNaughton) 


Gasbarrini GB, see Cammarota G 329:402 

Gaspar O, see Vas J 329:1216 

Gasser S, et al, Drug points. Severe necrotising leucocytoclastic 

vasculitis in a patient taking bosentan 329:430 (P) 

Gassy, Jean Eric, convicted of Tobin’s murder (M Sweet) 329:759 

(N) 

gastric rupture, laryngeal mask airway during cardiopulmonary 

resuscitation (N Haslam, et al) (Lesson of the week) 329:1225 

(C) 

gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, helicobacter pylori infections 

and 329:402 (L) 

gastroenteritis, Helicobacter pylori infections after outbreak: institutionalised 

young people (R Laporte, et al) 329:204 (P) 

gastrointestinal cancers 

— antioxidants and (POEM*) 329 (11 December 2004) 

— vitamin supplements and (S Mayor) 329:817 (N) 

gastrointestinal diseases, Digestive Disease Week 2004, New Orleans, 

Louisiana. Medscape conference coverage 329:284 

Gatrad AR, see Sheikh A 329:626 

Gauthama P, et al, Tongue swelling precipitated by enalapril 


Geddes JR 

— et al, Adding to academic extensions BMJ Careers 329:s90 

— et al, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors 329:809 (E) 

gender related disorders 

— ABC of sexual health (K Wylie) 329:615 (C) (correction, 1270) 

— Real Life:My Mum is My Dad ITV1 (PM Boynton) (TV) 329:356 

(R) 

gene therapy, recent developments and current status: viral 

vectors in UK (K Relph K, et al) 329:839 (C) 

General Medical Council 

— charges dropped against paediatrician in Climbié case (C 


— doctors accused of failing to monitor health of addicted 

patients (O Dyer) 329:818 (N) 

— limitations of overseas doctors survey BMJ Careers 329:s183 

— right to appeal over life prolonging treatment 

——overview (R Gillon) 329:810 (E) 

——summary (C Dyer) 329:818 (N) 

— Southall verdict challenged as “unduly lenient” (C Dyer) 


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general practice see also primary health care 

— academic GP registrar extensions (R Hardwick, et al) BMJ 

Careers 329:s13, s90 



— Canada 

——British Columbia (P Patel) BMJ Careers 329:s167 

——Chris Sladden (J Sladden) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s169 

— Career Options in General Practice (Reviews) BMJ Careers 


— commissioning, back to future? (RQ Lewis) 329:932 (E) 

— contract, most GPs unaware of their duties (L Eaton) 329:938 

(N) 

— education 

——doctor with paediatrics experience (B Irish) (Advice zone) 


——GP training will receive more funding (K Godfrey) 329:762 

(N) 

——Scottish vocational training scheme (B Keighley) (Advice 


——teaching medical students in the community (B Rushforth) 

(Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s153 

——training facts (K Adams) BMJ Careers 329:s63 

——vocational training criteria (S Howell) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— emergencies: practicable paradox (AS Panja) 329:782 

— evidence-based medicine, changing practice 329:1043 (L) 

— fraud (W Stone) BMJ Careers 329:s115 

— The Future of Access to General Practice-Based Primary Medical 

Care (A McGauran) 329:762 (N) 

— go ahead to buy care for patients (Z Kmietowicz) 329:819 (N) 

— GP returner—five years on (L Morrison) (The Way I See It) 


— on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:117 (R), 329:1052 (R) 

— photographs and reflection in GPs (TG Lid, et al) (Images of 

health) 329:1488 (correction, 330:188) 

— private practice, GPs will be forced to offer it (L Eaton, et al) 


— registrars 

——effects of recent reduction in funding (B Irish) (Advice 


——life as (K Adams) BMJ Careers 329:s76 

— revalidation, full time mothers (B Keighley) (Advice zone) 


— specialist paediatric general practitioner? (F Jewkes) (Advice 


— The Insider’s Guide to the New GP Contract: Opportunities and 

Options for General Practice (Fradd, et al, eds) (Reviews) BMJ 


— triage for same day appointments in primary care: comparison 

with NHS Direct (DA Richards, et al) 329:774 (PC) 

general practitioners see also doctors 

— chronic fatigue syndrome, perceptions and beliefs compared 

with irritable bowel syndrome 329:112 (L) 

— Netherlands, visits excluded from no claims bonus scheme (T 

Sheldon) 329:939 (N) 

— patient mortality investigation: and Shipman inquiry 329:350 

(L) 

— perceptions of sharing workload in group practices: qualitative 

study (R Branson, et al) 329:381 (PC), 329:685 (L) 

— trainees, finding jobs in obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatrics 

(A Hastie) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s2 

generic drugs see also drugs 

— UK manufacturers taken to court for price fixing (O Dyer) 


— US, Bush accused of pressuring countries to stop production 

(F Fleck) 329:192 (N) 

genetic testing see also screening 

— Germany, offered to clients of health insurance company (A 

Tuffs) 329:1364 (N) 

— information: joint account? (MJ Parker, et al)(Ethics in practice) 


— Iran 

——thalassaemia, lessons (A Christianson) 329:1115 (E) 

——thalassaemia national screening programme (A Samavat, et 


— Switzerland, discrimination? (J Burgermeister) 329:70 (N) 

genetics, medical see also cloning 

— careers, can a person with PhD in genetics work as geneticist 

in NHS hospital? (F Lalloo) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— patents (G Matthijs) 329:1358 (E) 

— research ethics committees, rare genetic disorders (MJ Parker, 

et al) 329:288 (ED), 329:622 (L), 329:624 (L) 

— screening, embryo screening allowed for rare bowel cancer (Z 


— urinary incontinence, familial risk in women (YS Hannestad, 


genitourinary medicine 

— education 

——books and courses for staff grade job (A Bigrigg) (Advice 


——career advice for first year SHO (A Bigrigg) (Advice zone) 


Genuis SJ, et al, Resisting cookbook medicine (Personal view) 


Genuis SK, see Genuis SJ 329:179 

George, Nora (née Zaytoun), Obituary (S Azzi) 329:56 

Germany see also Europe 

— Berlin laboratory murder attempt 

——(A Tuffs) 329:308 (N) 

——investigation called off (A Tuffs) 329:530 (N) 

——postmortems (A Tuffs) 329:418 (N) 

— electronic health card plans (A Tuffs) 329:131 (N) 

— genetic screening offered to clients of health insurance company 

(A Tuffs) 329:1364 (N) 

— Nazi period 

——archive of doctors registered then (A Tuffs) 329:191 (N) 

——smoking cessation (G Davey Smith) (Politics and Health) 


— quality control institute for health care (A Tuffs) 329:307 (N) 

— security museum. One hundred years ago 329:26 


Gernay J, see Powell C 329:89 

Gerrity M 

— see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

— see Straus SE 329:1029 

Gertsch JH, et al, Ginkgo biloba and acetazolamide for acute 

mountain sickness 329:172 (L) 

gestational pemphigoid, (D Tighe) (Minerva) 329:240 (R) 

Ghani K, et al, The resident medical officer BMJ Careers 


Ghosh S, see Sen P BMJ Careers 329:s183 


ghost writing see also writing 

— transparency and trust 329:1345 (L) 

giant cell arteritis, proportion with polymyalgia rheumatica. 

bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 329:82 

Gibbons C, see Wilson APR 329:720 

Gibralter see also Europe 

— locum consultant job tips (J Sherifi) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Gidwani S 

— et al, Lesson of the week. Avulsion fracture of the ischial tuberosity 

in adolescents—an easily missed diagnosis 329:99 (C) 

— et al, The orthopaedic approach to managing osteoarthritis of 

the knee 329:1220 (C) 

Giele H, see Lam D BMJ Careers 329:s249 

Gilberthorpe J, Confidentiality and child protection BMJ Careers 


Gilfillan IS, Bypass surgery mortality is blunt measure of performance 


Gilg JA, see Whincup PH 329:200 

Gill M, see Kyffin RGE 329:887 

Gill P, see Bhui K 329:363 

Gill SS, see Lee PE 329:75 

Gillam S, Health needs of Zimbabweans are poorly recognised in 

UK 329:979 (L) 

Gillies, Rowan, interview: president of Médecins Sans Frontières 

(K Hebert) BMJ Careers 329:s68 

Gillon R, Why the GMC is right to appeal over life prolonging 

treatment 329:810 (E) 

Gilmour D, et al, Choroidal rupture of the left macula after blunt 

trauma (Minerva) 329:808 (R) 

Gilmour S, see Day C 329:428 

ginkgo biloba, acute mountain sickness prevention and: with 

acetazolamide 329:171 (L), 329:172 (L) 

Girolami A, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Gladman JRF, see Logan PA 329:1372 

Glantz S, see Kunyk D 329:1346 

Glaser AN, Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis 


Glasziou P, see Del Mar C 329:989 

GlaxoSmithKline 

— clinical trials to be published 329:462 (L) 

— comprehensive online clinical trials register (O Dyer) 


— guilty of “switching” patients to new drugs (Z Kmietowicz) 

329:875 (N) (correction, 1073) 

— trials, open access (A Herxheimer) 329:64 (E), 329:462 (L) 

— US, lawsuit over concealment of trials results 329:173 (L) 

Glazer, Philip, Obituary (A Glazer, et al) 329:1291 

Glencross IH, Adverse events reporting in English hospital statistics 


Glenshaw M, see Perez F 329:1147 

global health see also developing countries; World Health Organization 

— academic medicine as a resource: Brazil (MI Schmidt, et al) 


— academic medicine’s responsibilities (N Sewankambo) 


— extreme weather worsens hunger (P Moszynski) 329:473 (N) 

— sanitation and water supply progress (G Mudur) 329:528 (N) 

— time for new solutions in health monitoring (CJL Murray, et 

al) 329:1096 (ED) (correction, 330:82) 

— womens’ mortality and Bush’s policies (J Clark) 329:590 (N) 

Gluud C, see Als-Nielsen B 329:112 

Gluud LL, see Als-Nielsen B 329:112 

glycated haemoglobin, standardisation (P Home, et al) 329:1196 

(E) 

Gnanalingham KK, et al, Cerebellar lesion with obstructive hydrocephalus 


Goadsby PJ, To scan or not to scan in headache 329:469 (E) 

Goddard K, Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities 


Godfrey K 

— Charity aims to distribute donated drugs to developing countries 


— Framework for children aims to produce “cultural change” 


— Government will not bail out trusts in difficulty, minister says 


— GP training will receive more funding 329:762 (N) 

— UK government tightens rules for drug regulators 329:1203 

(N) 

— UK parties set out their health stalls in lead-up to next 

election 329:14 (N) 

Godfrey L, see Richards DA 329:774 

Godlee F 

— Dealing with editorial misconduct 329:1301 (E) 

— see Tovey D 329:1043 

Goh, Keith, (S Edroos) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 


Gold WL, see Straus SE 329:83 

Goldacre MJ 

— et al, Country of training and ethnic origin of UK doctors: 

database and survey studies 329:597 (P) 

— see Kyffin RGE 329:887 

— see Moss PJ 329:1263 

Goldbeck-Wood S, et al, The future of psychotherapy in the NHS 


Goldberger B, see Drummer O 329:636 

Goldberger, Joseph, Goldberger’s War:The Life and Work of a Public 

Health Crusader (Kraut) (Books) 329:690 (R) 

Goldbloom DS, Meeting mania 2004 (Experts’ eye view) 


Goldie SJ, see Salomon JA 329:733 

Goldman MB, see Pocock SJ 329:883 

Gollum, precious case from Middle Earth (N Bashir, et al) (Taking 

a leaf out of an old book) 329:1435 

Goodman NW, Doctors’ Errors and Mistakes of Medicine (Books) 


Goon PKY, et al, Heterotopic ossification of the knee after burn 

injury (Minerva) 329:692 (R) 

Goozner M, The $800 Million Pill:The Truth Behind the Cost of New 

Drugs (Books) 329:577 (R) 

Gopaul SR, Is internship in India similar to a house officer post 

in the United Kingdom? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Gordon, Edward Guy, Obituary (JL Christie) 329:688 

Gordon-Taylor, Sir Gordon, surgeon’s personal experience (D 

Crosby) 329:485 

Gorincour G, et al, Making sense of rising caesarean section rates 


Gottlieb S 

— Docetaxel prolongs life in hormone refractory prostate cancer 


— Inappropriate drug prescribing in elderly people is common 


— Mass dose of antibiotic reduced prevalence of trachoma for 

two years 329:1065 (N) 

— MRI does not reduce biopsies in diagnosing breast cancer 


— Nearly a third of US adults have high blood pressure 329:531 

(N) 

— Old drugs for heart failure nearly halve deaths in black 

people 329:1123 (N) 

— Poor lung function is five times commoner in teenagers 

exposed to high particulate concentrations 329:588 (N) 

— Routine colonoscopies miss more than 10% of polyps 


— Smoking continues to fall among US teens 329:12 (N) 

— Soya supplements do not protect against postmenopausal 

changes 329:68 (N) 

— Study quantifies dangers of renal disease after heart attack 


— United States brings in new rules to prevent surgical errors 


Gottrand F, see Laporte R 329:204 

Goudie, Robert Barclay, Obituary (D Campbell, et al) 329:802 

Gourevitch, Arnold, Obituary (D Gourevitch, et al) 329:235 

Grabenstein JD, et al, Bioterrorism and compulsory vaccination 


graduates, entry to medicine: life in the fast lane (B Rushforth) 

BMJ Careers 329:s160, 329:s254 

Grafstein E, see Colman I 329:1369 

Graham A, Twitched 329:766 

Graham, David 

— FDA admits contacted whistleblower group (J Lenzer) 


— public interest group accuses FDA of trying to discredit 

whistleblower (J Lenzer) 329:1255 (N) 

Graham JE, More on CVs BMJ Careers 329:s19 

Graham L, see Baker MG 329:611 

grand rounds, in teaching (K Walsh) (Personal view) 329:1295 (R) 

Grando, Alexander Abramovich, Obituary (B Lichterman) 


Grant A, Stopping clinical trials early 329:525 

Grant AD, see Lockwood DNJ 329:1020 

Grant, Alan Proctor, Obituary (F Rainsbury) 329:56 

Grant H, see Ahluwalia S 329:842 

Grant JM, Social class and elective caesareans in the NHS 


Grantham-McGregor S, see Powell C 329:89 

Grassi G, see Piccoli GB 329:674 

gravity, medical effects of space travel (K Fong) (The limits of 

medicine) 329:1441 (correction, 330:82) 

Gray A, et al, eds, Governing Medicine: Theory and Practice (Books) 


Gray BJ, see Man W D-C 329:1209 

Gray C 

— Are publications and paper presentations at conferences 

good to have on a CV for an SHO job? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— How do I perform a telephone interview with a newspaper 

interested in my plastic surgery research? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— I had a caution for shoplifting several years ago. It is now 

affecting my applications for a new job as I need to submit a 

criminal record certificate, which compromises my chances 

of getting a job. Please advise what to do. (Advice zone) BMJ 


— I have two medical conditions that are usually well controlled 

on medication. However, if I were to stop the medication, I 

would develop difficulty in coping with everyday life. Does 

this mean they qualify under the Disability Discrimination 

Act...? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s122 

— What do I need to do to secure an SHO post in the histopathology 

schools in the 2005 intake? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Gray JAM, Evidence based policy making 329:988 (E) 

Gray N, et al, Publishing tobacco tar measurements on packets 


Gray R, see Ives NJ 329:593 

Gray SF, Women in medicine 329:742 (L) 

Grayson AD, see Bridgewater B 329:421, 329:855 

Green C, see Pirmohamed M 329:15, 329:460 

Green J, General practitioners’ perceptions of sharing workload 

in group practices: qualitative study. Commentary: Is trust 

an under-researched component of healthcare organisation? 


Green ML, see Straus SE 329:1029 

Green PN, Guidelines from the British Hypertension Society 


Greenhalgh T 

— Appeal of the week? (Soundings) 329:749 (R) 

— Childhood obesity and consumption of fizzy drinks 329:54 

(L) 

— Look east (Soundings) 329:1193 (R) 

— What price entertainment? (Soundings) 329:357 (R) 

— et al, Making decisions about benefits and harms of medicines 


— et al, Measuring participation in UK medical schools 329:801 

(L) 

Greenstone M, see Ram FSF 329:315 

Greenwald SE, The Poohsticks phenomenon. Commentary: 

Modelling emboli with floating fir cones (Taking a leaf out 

of an old book) 329:1433 

Greenwood BM, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

Gregory J, Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood (Books) 


Greisen G, see Pinborg A 329:311 

grievance procedures see also work 

— at work (R McGuire) BMJ Careers 329:s193 

Griffin, Cornelius Jeremiah, Obituary (M Heaney) 329:576 

Griffiths, Donald Barry, Obituary (H Herbert) 329:115 

Griffiths MD 

— Betting your life on it 329:1055 (E), 329:1405 (L) 

— Managing your emails (Tips on..) BMJ Careers 329:s240 

— More on CVs BMJ Careers 329:s19 

Griffiths PD, et al, Computed tomography in children 329:930 

(E) 

Grigereit C, Shifting shifts BMJ Careers 329:s204 

Groom L, see Logan PA 329:1372 

Grove ML, Raised cardiac troponins 329:111 (L) 

Grover S, see Pirotta M 329:548 

Groves T 

— Cigarette pack reusable cover (Minerva) 329:120 (R) 

— et al, Screening research papers by reading abstracts 329:470 

(E), 329:801 (L) 

— see Lapsley P 329:582 

GEN-GRO 11

Gudena R, et al, Data protection gone too far: questionnaire 

survey of patients’ and visitors’ views about having their 

names displayed in hospital (Images of health) 329:1491 

Guest CM, see Willis CM 329:712 

Guevara, Che, The Motorcycle Diaries (Cohen) (Film) 329:518 (R) 

guidelines 

— chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (W MacNee) 329:361 

(E) 

— hypertension, in general practice (NC Campbell, et al) 



Guiella G, see Vaugelade J 329:1309 

Guise J-M 

— Vaginal delivery after caesarean section 329:359 (E) 

— et al, Systematic review of the incidence and consequences of 

uterine rupture in women with previous caesarean section 


Gülder FH, see Winkelmann A 329:1455 

Gulf war syndrome see also war 

— infertility among UK veterans of 1990-1 Gulf war (N Maconochie, 

et al) 329:196 (P) (correction, 323) 

— inquiry, veterans face extra burden of disease (O Dyer) 


Gulliver’s Travels, in bmj.com (I Loefler) (Soundings) 329:179 (R) 

Gunn J, see Pirotta M 329:548 

Gunnell D 

— et al, Antidepressants and suicide: what is the balance of 

benefit and harm 329:34 (C), 329:461 (L) 

— see Sipos A 329:1070 

Gunson B, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Gupta JK, see Varma R 329:403 

Gupta, Krishan Dayal, Obituary (R Gupta) 329:406 

Gupta R, How many clinical attachments do overseas doctors 

need to do? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s62 

Gussekloo J, see Vinkers DJ 329:881 

Guyatt GH 

— et al, Evidence based medicine has come a long way 329:990 

(E) 


— see Montori VM 329:1093 

gynaecology 

— forensic, career advice (E Weston-Price, et al) BMJ Careers 


— teaching associates (L Cowdrey) BMJ Careers 329:s212, 


H 

Hackam DG, The PROGRESS trial three years later 329:1404 

(L) 

Haddad F, see Kohls-Gatzoulis J 329:1328 

Haddow AM 

— No free lunch BMJ Careers 329:s19 

— et al, Lesson of the week. Clomipramine induced neuroleptic 

malignant syndrome and pyrexia of unknown origin 


Hadjikoutis S, see Pearson O BMJ Careers 329:s93 

Hadway P, see Ghani K BMJ Careers 329:s105 

haematology 

— are written responses to some referrals to general haematology 

clinic acceptable? (A Tso, et al) 329:946 (P) (correction, 


— career advice (L Escourt, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s3 

— education, usefulness of research experience and publications 

(A Newland) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s82 



haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets syndrome, corticosteroids 

(TL Clenney, et al) 329:270 (C) 

haemophilia A, clopidogrel and (M Haj, et al) (Drug points) 


Haemophilus influenzae type b, trends in infections in adults in 

England and Wales: surveillance study (J McVernon, et al) 


haemoptysis, rare causes in suspected pulmonary embolism (MS 

Warburton, et al) (Lesson of the week) 329:557 (C) 

Haigh, Graham George, Obituary (G Cameron) 329:1188 

Haines A, et al, Can the millennium development goals be 

attained? 329:394 (ED), 329:742 (L) 

Haiti see also Central America and the West Indies 

— AIDS, information system and medical record to support 

treatment (HSF Fraser, et al) 329:1142 (IP) 

Haj M, et al, Drug points. Acquired haemophilia A may be 

associated with clopidogrel 329:323 (P) 

Hall MH, see Charles D 329:1375 

Hall P, Doctors and the war on terrorism 329:66 (E) 

Hall W, see Day C 329:428 

Halligan PW, see Wade DT 329:1398 

Ham C, The Human Factor (Books) 329:1292 (R) 

Hamburg DA, et al, Learning to Live Together:Preventing Hatred and 

Violence in Child and Adolescent Development (Books) 329:466 

(R) 

Hamilton V, see Ogilvie D 329:763 

Hankey CR, see Lean MEJ 329:755 

Hannestad YS, et al, Familial risk of urinary incontinence in 

women: population based cross sectional study 329:889 

(PC) 

Hansen A, see Zeman A 329:724 

Hapangama D 

— I was training in obstetrics and gynaecology and then joined 

a GP training scheme. Now, after six months, I want to return 

to obstetrics and gynaecology. What implications will this 

change have on my future career? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— What are the prospects of getting an SpR post in obstetrics 

and gynaecology in the United Kingdom for overseas doctors 

with experience and with MD MRCOG? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Harborow PC, Mentoring for doctors BMJ Careers 329:s19 

Harding A 

— Tobacco companies aimed to keep smokers hooked, court 

told 329:757 (N) (correction, 1019) 

— US government opens racketeering case against tobacco industry 


Harding-Pink D, Humanitarian medicine: up the garden path 

and down the slippery slope 329:398 (ED), 329:1103 (L) 

Hardwick R 

— et al, Academic general practitioner registrar extensions BMJ 

Careers 329:s13, s90 

— see Ridd M 329:798 

Hardy JN 

— Early intervention for first episode psychosis 329:401 (L) 

— The three paradoxes of private medicine 329:919 (L) 

Hargreaves S, iWITNESS: A Retrospective Photographic Exhibition 

by Tom Stoddart (Art) 329:57 (R) 

Haris R, Could animal activists affect your research? BMJ Careers 


Harling R, et al, Implications of the incidence of influenza-like 

illness in nursing homes for influenza chemoprophylaxis: 

descriptive study 329:663 (PC) 

Harlow T, et al, Randomised controlled trial of magnetic bracelets 

for relieving pain in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee 

(The limits of medicine) 329:1450 

Harnden A, see Furness C 329:719 

Harper DG, Down with Windows BMJ Careers 329:s144 

Harries AD, et al, Expanding antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: 

drawing on the country’s experience with tuberculosis 


Harries C, see Greenhalgh T 329:47 

Harrington K, see Relph K 329:839 

Harrington, Richard Charles, Obituary (I Goodyear, et al) 


Harris A, A locum agency offered me a job as a senior house 

officer in obstetrics and gynaecology. This was confirmed 

by a letter. When I arrived, the job was not in my specialty... 


Harris D, see Haddow AM 329:1333 

Harris E, see Coloma JM 329:1160 

Harris L, see Tso A 329:946 

Harris, Lorna Mary, Obituary (R Gee) 329:1242 

Harrison A 

— Could you please give me more information with regards to 

holiday pay as a locum? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s102 

— Where can I access a list of all locum agencies and contact 

details? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s12 

Harrison G, see Sipos A 329:1070 

Harrison R, see Turney B BMJ Careers 329:s65 

Harrold P, An actor’s sense of timing 329:430 

Hart JT, Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the 


Harte, John Dudley, Obituary (D Harte) 329:861 

Hartley S, A memorable teacher. The philosopher DJ 329:1341 

Harvey J, Career Options in General Practice (Reviews) BMJ Careers 


Harvey, Ronald Marsden, Obituary (D Keegan) 329:406 

Hasan R, see Bridgewater B 329:421 

Hasan S, Endpiece, No hands 329:374 

Haslam D, see Broom J 329:53 

Haslam N, et al, Lesson of the week. Gastric rupture associated with 

use of the laryngeal mask airway during cardiopulmonary 

resuscitation 329:1225 (C) 

Hastie A 

— I am having difficulty finding jobs in obstetrics and gynaecology 

and in paediatrics that are suitable for general practitioner 

trainees. Any tips? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s2 

— What is the likely impact of Modernising Medical Careers on the 

number of posts in the vocational training schemes in the 

deaneries? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s166 

Haviland P, Quiet diplomacy is not enough (Personal view) 


Hawthorne G, et al, Interactive case report, A 35 year old woman 

with diabetic nephropathy who wants a baby: case outcome. 

Commentary: beyond the evidence 329:903 (C) 

Hawton K, et al, UK legislation on analgesic packs: before and 

after study of long term effect on poisonings 329:1076 (PC) 


Hayes, Brian, Obituary (M Foster) 329:1407 

Haynes B, see Guyatt G 329:990 

Hayward A, see Harling R 329:663 

head injuries, corticosteroids increase short term mortality (S 


head and neck cancers, specialist centre treatment (M Brettingham) 


headache 


— to scan or not to scan (PJ Goadsby) 329:469 (E) 

health 

— biomedical models of illness and good healthcare systems? 

(DT Wade, et al) 329:1398 (ED) 

— democracy and 

——China: effect of restricted freedom (T Hesketh, et al) (Politics 

and health) 329:1427 

——eastern Europe 

———during transition from Communism (M McKee, et al) 


———post-communist transition (M McKee, et al) 329:1355 (E) 

——ecological study (A Franco, et al) (Politics and health) 


——South African perspective (DJ Ncayiyana) (Politics and 


health inequalities see inequalities in health 

health policy 

— evidence-based medicine (JAM Gray) 329:988 (E) 

— Private Complaints and Public Health: Richard Titmuss on the 

National Health Service (Oakley, et al, eds) (Books) 329:983 (R) 

— UK parties on health in lead-up to next election (K Godfrey) 


health promotion 

— Nazi Germany (G Davey Smith) (Politics and Health) 


— tips for doctors (K Hebert) BMJ Careers 329:s96 

health protection, career advice (S Bracebridge, et al) BMJ Careers 


health services, Uganda, learning from failed reform (SA 

Okuonzi) 329:1173 (E) 

health services for the elderly see also elderly 

— authorities named for failing to investigate charges (S Mayor) 


— case management evidence is weak (S Mayor) 329:1306 (N) 

— Independent Living in Later Life (R Coombes) 329:528 (N) 

Healthcare Commission 

— Assessment for Improvement (C White) 329:1303 (N) 

— State of Healthcare 2004 (R Coombes) 329:130 (N) 

Healy C, see Russell-Jones R 329:1288 

Healy DT 

— Transparency and trust 329:1345 (L) 

— see Aldred G 329:461 

hearing loss, doctor’s experiences (C Redstone) BMJ Careers 


Hearns S, If I leave a medical rotation after a month in order to 

take up a post in accident and emergency in January 2005, 

will it jeopardise my chances in that same region? (Advice 


heart attack see myocardial infarction 

heart diseases 

— Japan and China epidemic (J Parry) 329:643 (N) 

— prevention, polypill will not change (S Mayor) 329:589 (N) 

— type 2 diabetes, is undertreated (D Spurgeon) 329:1124 (N) 

heart failure, mortality, old drugs halve deaths in black people (S 

Gottlieb) 329:1123 (N) 

heart rhythm, cardiomyocytes from human stem cells (J Siegel- 

Itzkovich) 329:760 (N) 

heart sounds, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:356 (R) 

heart surgery, UK surgeons are among best in world (Z Kmietowicz) 


heartburn, helicobacter pylori infections and: Bristol helicobacter 

project 329:402 (L), 329:403 (L) 

Heath I 

— Women in medicine 329:412 (E), 329:742 (L), 329:743 (L) 

— see Sheather J 329:303 

Heathcote J 

— Interactive case report. Abnormal liver function found after an 

unplanned consultation 

——case outcome 329:500 (C) 

——case presentation 329:273 (C) 

——case progression 329:342 (C) 

— see Prior D 329:500 

Hebert K 

— How to be a healthy doctor—without trying too hard BMJ 


— Life expectancy in Great Britain rises—but later years are 

spent in poor health 329:250 (N) 

— NICE sets out guidelines for hypertension 329:475 (N) 

— The president of Médecins Sans Frontières BMJ Careers 


— see Cohen D BMJ Careers 329:s78, s116, s123 

Heise L, see Foss AM 329:185 

Helfand M, see Guise J-M 329:19 

Helicobacter pylori infections 

— acquisition after outbreaks of gastroenteritis: institutionalised 

young people (R Laporte, et al) 329:204 (P) 

— eradication: effects on heartburn and gasto-oesophageal reflux: 

Bristol helicobacter project 329:402 (L), 329:403 (L) 

Helkala E-L, see Anttila T 329:539 

HELLP syndrome, corticosteroids (TL Clenney, et al) 329:270 

(C) 

Helmerhorst FM, see Keirse MJNC 329:302 

Hemingway H, see Britton A 329:318 

Hemsley C, see Ansermino M 329:220 

Henderson C, et al, Effect of joint crisis plans on use of compulsory 

treatment in psychiatry: single blind randomised controlled 

trial 329:136 (P) 

Henderson G, see McGuire W 329:1227 

Hendriks R, see Bal R 329:1339 

Heneghan MBJ, Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 

years 329:352 (L) 

Hengstman GJD, et al, Polymyositis, invasion of non-necrotic 

muscle fibres, and the art of repetition (Experts’ eye view) 


Heo M, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

hepatic colorectal metastases, fine needle aspiration 329:1045 

(L) 

hepatic encephalopathy, non-absorbable disaccharides, systematic 

review 329:112 (L) 

hepatitis, Pakistan, potential rise (A Yusufzai) 329:530 (N) 

hepatitis B, prevention and treatment (R Aggarwal, et al) 


hepatitis B vaccines 

— multiple sclerosis risk increased (O Dyer) 329:703 (N) 

— universal immunisation in Britain? (NJ Beeching) 329:1059 

(E) (correction, 1270) 

herbal medicine see also alternative medicine 

— malaria (ML Willcox, et al) 329:1156 (C) 

— press survey for cancer drug (N Marks) (The Press) 329:804 (R) 

hernia, inguinal 

— open repair better than laparoscopic (POEM*) 329 (31 July 

2004) 

— surgical management: retrospective cohort study in southeastern 

Scotland 1985-2001 (HDE Atkinson, et al) 329:1315 

(P) 

heroin see also drug abuse 

— doctors accused of failing to monitor health of addicted 

patients (O Dyer) 329:818 (N) 

— supply restrictions and injecting drug use (C Day, et al) 


herpes virus type 2 infections, screening: ethics (I Krantz, et al) 


Herwaarden AS, see Passier A 329:265 

Herxheimer A 

— Open access to industry’s clinically relevant data 329:64 (E), 


— Open letter to Annette King, Minister of Health, New Zealand 


Hesketh T, et al, Effect of restricted freedom on health in China 


Hesseling M, When Dr Mopp tried to get into research 329:279 

Hettiaratchy S, et al, ABC of burns. Initial management of a major 

burn: II—assessment and resuscitation 329:101 (C) 

Hetzel M, et al, Bone scanning in lung cancer 329:231 (L) 

Hewitt M, see Walsh DA 329:623 

Heyman I, see Chowdhury U 329:1356 

Hicks J, see Zeman A 329:724 

Higgins J, Shouldn’t patients decide who should access their 

records 329:573 (L) 

Higginson IJ 

— see Murray SA 329:1056 

— see Speck P 329:123 

high density lipoprotein cholesterol, is good cholesterol always 

good? (GR Thompson) 329:471 (E) 

Hillary, Ian Alastair, Obituary (S Cunningham) 329:1242 

Hillebrand A, see Fisher AE 329:1492 

Hillel, Max, Obituary (J Proctor) 329:175 

Hillmer MP, see Lee PE 329:75 

Hilton C, see Keogh B 329:450 

Hilton E, see Banks E 329:477 

Hinshaw K, see Blackwell-Smyth P 329:1184 

hip prosthesis, flow charts on use of blood transfusions (U 

Müller, et al) 328:954 (Q) (correction, 329:837) 

Hippisley-Cox J, et al, Association of deprivation, ethnicity, and 

sex with quality indicators for diabetes: population based 

survey of 53 000 patients in primary care 329:1267 (PC) 

Hippocratic oath see also ethics, medical 

— Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents (Tallis) (Books) 


histopathology, SHO post in histopathology schools in 2005 

intake? (C Gray) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s146 

history of medicine, Medical Firsts: From Hippocrates to the Human 

Genome (Adler) (Books) 329:805 (R) 

history taking, varicella, identification of potential candidates (E 

MacMahon, et al) 329:551 (PC) 

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HIV see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 

— diagnosis: longest weekend. A memorable patient (NE Drury) 


— prevention, condoms (AM Foss, et al) 329:185 (E) 

HIV infections, refugees, dispersal of HIV positive asylum seekers 

(S Creighton, et al) 329:322 (P), 329:684 (L) 

HL, patient held informally in hospital had his rights violated (C 


Ho-Foster A, see Andersson N 329:952 

Hoyer EH, see Nordentoft M 329:261 

Hobson J, Shift work and doctors’ health BMJ Careers 329:s149, 


Hodgson B, see Wilson APR 329:720 

Hodgson IJ, see Furber AS 329:1281 

Hoes AW 

— see van Staaij BK 329:651 

— see Welschen I 329:431 

Hoey S, et al, Squamous cell carcinoma in immunosuppressed 

patient (Minerva) 329:468 (R) 

Hogenboom M, For the pleasure of their company 329:380 

Hogerzeil HV, The concept of essential medicines: lessons for 

rich countries 329:1169 (ED) 

Holbrook AM, Treating insomnia 329:1198 (E) 

Holck PS, see Gertsch JH 329:172 

Holdgate A, et al, Systematic review of the relative efficacy of 

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids in the 

treatment of acute renal colic 328:1401 (correction, 

329:1019) 

holidays, sexually transmitted infections acquired on holiday 

(KE Rogstad, et al) 329:214 (C) 

Holland G, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Holland NJ 

— et al, Recent developments in Bell’s palsy 329:553 (C), 


— see Weiner GM 329:1104 

Holliday IE, see Fisher AE 329:1492 

Holmes C, Spores,Plagues and History:The Story of Anthrax (Books) 


Holmes, Frank, Obituary (M Holmes, et al) 329:56 

Holmes, Oliver, Obituary (S Jennett) 329:745 

Home Evaluation of Stroke Induced Aid Study Group, see Boter 

H 329:86 

home monitoring, blood pressure: meta-analysis (FP Cappuccio, 

et al) 329:145 (PC) (correction, 499) 

Home P, et al, Standardisation of glycated haemoglobin 


homosexuality, South Africa, treatment during apartheid (RM 

Kaplan) 329:1415 (E) 

Hone, Nicholas Mark, Obituary (NM Hone) 329:296 

Hong Kong see also Asia 

— SARS 

——coroner criticised over inquest conduct (J Parry) 329:1204 

(N) 

——politicians resign (J Parry) 329:130 (N) 

Hooper L, et al, The effectiveness of five strategies for the prevention 

of gastrointestinal toxicity induced by nonsteroidal 

anti-inflammatory drugs: systematic review 


Hooper’s bed, (C Crisci) 329:1426 

Hordijk GJ, see van Staaij BK 329:651 

Horgan A, see Maruthachalam K BMJ Careers 329:s243 

hormone replacement therapy 

— osteoporosis, long-term benefit? (POEM*) 329 (3 July 2004) 

— resisting cookbook medicine (SJ Genuis, et al) (Personal view) 


Horne, Margaret Marian (née Robertson), Obituary (AGC Robertson) 


Horsell J, see Chaudhry S BMJ Careers 329:s103 

Horton E, see Home P 329:1196 

Horton R, MMR: Science and Fiction: Exploring the Vaccine Crisis 


Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, evidence-based medicine: 

integration into routine clinical practice (DNJ Lockwood, 

et al) 329:1020 (Q) 

hospitals see also National Health Service 

— activity counting: spells or episodes? (P Aylin, et al)(Dr Foster’s 


— Assessment for Improvement (C White) 329:1303 (N) 

— at night: first night diary (AR Jenabzadeh) BMJ Careers 

329:s174, 329:s204 (L) 

— chaplaincy units show bias towards Christianity 329:626 (L) 

— cleaning contracts tightened (A McGauran) 329:1361 (N) 

— counting activity: spells or episodes? (Dr Foster’s case notes) 


— data protection, patients’ views about having names displayed 

in hospital (R Gudena, et al) (Images of health) 329:1491 

hospitals at home, acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease (FSF Ram, et al) 329:315 (P) (correction, 

773) 

hostages, what to do if you are taken hostage (I Palmer) BMJ 


Hotopf M, see Viner R 329:941 

Houghton A 

— Understanding personality type 

——Extraversion and introversion BMJ Careers 329:s191 

——How do you like to live your life? Judging and perceiving 


——How do you like to take in information? BMJ Careers 


——How do you make decisions? Thinking and feeling BMJ 


——Introducing personality type BMJ Careers 329:s177 

——The whole type, and how it relates to job satisfaction BMJ 


— see Paice E 329:658 

Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold, Obituary (C Raymond) 


house officers see under junior doctors 

House W, et al, NICE and its value judgments 329:740 (L) 

Houston M 

— Commission raises questions over Northern Ireland’s death 

certificates 329:760 (N) 

— Infringements of Irish smoking ban are few 329:368 (N) 


Houti IE, see Aadil N 329:778 

Hovhannisyan SG, Health care in Armenia 329:522 (E) 

Howard E, Coping financially with long term sickness BMJ 


Howard L, et al, Safety of antipsychotic drugs for pregnant and 

breastfeeding women with non-affective psychosis 329:933 


Howard R, see Zeman A 329:724 

Howe A, et al, New perspectives—approaches to medical education 

at four new UK medical schools 329:327 (LP) 


Howell S, Please advise me how to apply for GP vocational 

training, and what are the criteria? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Hu V, et al, A patient’s view of central serous retinopathy 


Hu W, et al, Ethics in practice. Making clinical decisions when the 

stakes are high and the evidence unclear 329:852 (ED) 

Hubbard LD, see Wong TY 329:79 

Hubbard RB, see West J 329:716 

Hudson M, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Hudspith J, et al, Treatment of minor burns 329:292 (L) 

Hugh TB, Back to punishment in New South Wales (Personal 


Hughes C, Medical writing (What’s on the web?) BMJ Careers 


Hughes J, The doctor and his pheasant 329:1474 

Hughes-Games, John Stephen, Obituary (I Doney) 329:861 

Hui DSC, see Wong GWK 329:486 

human body, Confronting Our Bodies (G Yamey) (Art) 329:1351 

(R) 

human development index, tropical medicine, representation of 

authors and editors 329:110 (L) 

human experimentation, how far would you go to advance 

medical research? (M Das) BMJ Careers 329:s142 

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority see also in vitro 

fertilisation 

— embryo selection for tissue donation (R Coombes) 329:251 

(N) 

— The Regulation of Donor-Assisted Conception (R Coombes) 


human rights see also ethics, medical 

— advice for doctors dealing with asylum seekers (D Harding- 

Pink) 329:398 (ED), 329:1103 (L) 

— prisoners, Guantanamo Bay teenager denied medical evaluation 

(J Lenzer) 329:1066 (N) 

humanitarian aid see also volunteer work 

— charities’ newspaper ad (R MacDonald) (The Press) 329:465 

(R) 

— developing countries, donated drugs (K Godfrey) 329:1206 

(N) 

— In the Shadow of “Just Wars”: Violence, Politics and Humanitarian 

Action (Weissman, ed) (Books) 329:297 (R) 

— iWITNESS: A Retrospective Photographic Exhibition by Tom 

Stoddart (S Hargreaves) (Art) 329:57 (R) 

— Sudan, “grossly underfunded” UN warning (P Moszynski) 


— Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action (Cahill) (Books) 


Humphry D, The Good Euthanasia Guide 2004: Where, What, and 

Who in Choices in Dying (Books) 329:747 (R) 

hunger, extreme weather worsens global hunger (P Moszynski) 


Hunink MGM, Does evidence based medicine do more good 

than harm? (Personal view) 329:1051 (R) 

Hunskaar S, see Hannestad YS 329:889 

Hunter DJ 

— Private Complaints and Public Health (Books) 329:983 (R) 

— see Degeling PJ 329:679 


Hunting P, The Medical Society of London 1773-2003 (Books) 


Hurley, Dame Rosalinde, Obituary (B Duerden) 329:516 

Hurley S, see Pirotta M 329:548 

Hurst SA, et al, Interactive case report, A 35 year old woman with 

diabetic nephropathy who wants a baby: case outcome. 

Commentary: dilemma for patient and clinicians 329:902 

(C) 

Hurt RD, see Carlyle J 329:104 

Hurwitz B, How does evidence based guidance influence determinations 

of medical negligence? 329:1024 (C) 

Hussain SSM, Screening research papers by reading abstracts 


Husslein P, see Kiss H 329:371 

Hutchon DJR, Epidemiology of preterm birth 329:1287 (L) 

Hyndman, Neil, Obituary (N Hyndman) 329:354 

hypersensitivity 

— allergy services, committee calls for substantial investment (L 

Eaton) 329:1063 (N) 

— decision making: high stakes/unclear evidence (W Hu, et al) 


hypertension see also blood pressure 

— guidelines 

——in general practice (NC Campbell, et al) 329:523 (E) 

——management guidelines 2004 (BHS-IV) 329:569 (L), 


——NICE and BHS differ importantly 329:1289 (L) 

——NICE (K Hebert) 329:475 (N) 

— retinal vessel diameters and risk (TY Wong, et al) 329:79 (P) 

(correction, 384), 329:514 (L) 

— thiazides: outcomes are similar (POEM*) 329 (25 September 

2004) 

Hypher, Terence Joseph, Obituary (GM Jeremiah) 329:56 

hypnotherapy, Brian Roet (A Arasu) (Profile) BMJ Careers 


hypotheses, testing (S Iliffe) 329:773 

hypothyroidism, newly diagnosed. 10-minute consultation (HU 

Rehman, et al) 329:1271 (correction, 1385) 

I 

Ibrahim SI, I am interested in working in the Caribbean (especially 

the Bahamas). Are such jobs available, where are they 

advertised, and do I need American exams? (A Denison) 


identity cards, policing access to primary care (J Sheather, et al) 


idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, evidence from samples 

of one (AM Almedom) (Personal view) 329:1052 (R) 

Iedema R, see Degeling PJ 329:679 

Ig Nobel awards, suicide and country music (J Lenzer) 329:817 

(N) 

Iliffe S, Testing hypotheses 329:773 

illness, biomedical models and good healthcare systems? (DT 

Wade, et al) 329:1398 (ED) 

imaging 

— clunis v. cubitus: benchmark for functional imaging (AE 

Fisher, et al) (Images of health) 329:1492 

— headache, to scan or not to scan (PJ Goadsby) 329:469 (E) 


immigrants, post-immigration refugee medicine 329:742 (L) 

immunisation see also vaccination 

— hepatitis B infections (NJ Beeching) 329:1059 (E) (correction, 

1270) 

immunology, career advice (S Pereira) BMJ Careers 329:s113 

impetigo, treatment (S Koning, et al) 329:695 (E), 329:979 (L) 

Imray C, et al, Surgery for carotid artery stenosis 329:1344 (L) 

Imray, James McGregor (“Greg”), Obituary (G Robertson) 


in vitro fertilisation see also Human Fertilisation and Embryology 

Authority 

— embryo implantation woman allowed fetal reduction (S Arie) 


— how many eggs? (MJNC Keirse, et al) 329:302 (E) 

— Italy, success celebrated (F Turone) 329:643 (N) 

— neurological sequelae in twins after (A Pinborg, et al) 329:311 

(P) 

income, tips on money matters (M Gardiner, et al) BMJ Careers 


India see also Asia 

— AIDS 

——Phir Milenge (We’ll Meet Again) (SA Pai) (Film) 329:629 (R) 

——Ranbaxy withdraws drugs from list (F Fleck) 329:1205 (N) 

— cancers, patients go to court over drug (G Murdur) 329:419 

(N) 

— child’s wish. A memorable patient (SB Bavdekar) 329:1150 

— counselling and careseeking behaviour in families with sick 

children (P Mohan, et al) 329:266 (PC) 

— education, internship equivalence to house officer (SR Gopaul) 


— films and mental health (D Bhugra) (Film) 329:1191 (R) 

— organ donation, doctors debate incentives (G Mudur) 


inequalities in health 

— Finding Out What Works (A McGauran) 329:1256 (N) 

— north-south divide in Great Britain 329:52 (L), 329:53 (L) 

infant behaviour, spanking and behavioural problems (POEM*) 

329 (24 July 2004) 

infant feeding, premature infant: ABC of preterm birth (W 

McGuire, et al) 329:1227 (C) 

infant, low birth weight, Pakistan, length of hospital stay reduction 

study (ZA Bhutta, et al) 329:1151 (Q) 

infant milk formulas see also breast feeding 

— marketing, EU relax rules? (R Watson) 329:1121 (N) 

infant mortality see also mortality 

— developing countries, reduction in poorest communities (A 

Costello, et al) 329:1166 (ED) 

— nationwide protocol is needed for investigating baby deaths 


— operative vaginal delivery and (K Demissie, et al) 329:24 (P) 


— risk factors persist into older age (R Chawla) 329:1204 (N) 

infant, newborn 

— correct use of Apgar score for resuscitated and intubated 

babies (E Lopriore, et al) 329:143 (P) 

— screening, genetic disorders: US (JH Tanne) 329:876 (N) 

infant, premature 

— ABC of preterm birth 

——Care in the early newborn period (W Mcguire, et al) 


——Epidemiology of preterm birth (J Tucker, et al) 329:675 (C), 


——Feeding the preterm infant (W McGuire, et al) 329:1227 (C) 

——Immediate care of the preterm infant (PW Fowlie, et al) 


——Infection in the preterm infant (W McGuire, et al) 329:1277 

(C) 

——Moving the preterm infant (PW Fowlie, et al) 329:904 (C) 

——Neurodevelopmental outcomes after preterm birth (M 

Colvin, et al) 329:1390 (C) 

——Obstetric issues in preterm birth (DJ Murphy, et al) 329:783 

(C) 

——Organisation and delivery of perinatal services (J Tucker, et 


——Respiratory complications of preterm birth (J Fraser, et al) 


——Supporting parents in the neonatal unit (PW Fowlie, et al) 


— breast feeding, effect of bottles, cups, and dummies (CT Collins, 


— infection screening programme to reduce rate of preterm 

delivery (H Kiss, et al) 329:371 (P) 

infection control, burns management: ABC of burns (M Ansermino, 


infections, premature infants: ABC of preterm birth (W McGuire, et 


infertility, sexual problems: ABC of sexual health (J Read) 329:559 

(C) 

infertility, female, natural killer cells, miscarriage and (A Moffett, 

et al) 329:1283 

infertility, male, UK veterans of 1990-1 Gulf war (N Maconochie, 

et al) 329:196 (P) (correction, 323) 

infliximab, fibrosing alveolitis exacerbation and (AJK Ostor, et al) 

(Drug points) 329:1266 (P) 

influenza 

— how to deal with? (T Jefferson, et al) 329:633 (E), 329:1238 (L), 


— nursing homes, influenza chemoprophylaxis (R Harling, et al) 


influenza vaccine 

— excess deaths occurring during periods of high circulation 

and: elderly people (BG Armstrong, et al) 329:660 (PC) 

— tackling next pandemic 329:173 (L) 

— US 

——health workers who give jabs to healthy people could face 

punishment (O Dyer) 329:939 (N) 

——media needled over shortage (D Engber) (The Press) 


——supply hit by UK factory’s licence loss (O Dyer) 329:876 

(N) 

information see also knowledge management 

— how do you like to take in information? (A Houghton) BMJ 


information science, (Netlines) (H Brown) 329:117 (R) 

information systems see also computers 

— Haiti, HIV treatment support and (HSF Fraser, et al) 329:1142 

(IP) 

informed consent see also communication; ethics, medical 

— patient evaluation of informed consent to postponed information 

(H Boter, et al) 329:86 (P) 

— publication of patient information (PA Singer, et al) 329:566 


— radiological and nuclear medicine examinations (E Picano) 


— research, and data protection 329:573 (L) 

Ingram, (George) Ilsley Charlton, Obituary (D Bennett-Jones, et 

al) 329:174 

inguinal hernia see hernia, inguinal 

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inguinal lymphadenopathy, surgical management (MC Swan, et 


Innes GD, see Colman I 329:1369 

insomnia, treatment (AM Holbrook) 329:1198 (E) 

insurance, health 

— US 

——increase in uninsured (JH Tanne) 329:530 (N) 

——will Bush’s scheme help uninsured? (J Lenzer) 329:1123 

(N) 

intelligence 

— computed tomography and, in children (PD Griffiths, et al) 


— early life intelligence and adult health (GD Batty, et al) 


intensive care 

— burns management and infection control: ABC of burns (M 


— DipIMC RCSEd (C Lee) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 


— influences on doctors’ decisions about admission (M Escher, 


— New Zealand, IMMP closure: open letter 329:51 (L), 329:460 

(L) 

Interactive case report 

— Abnormal liver function found after an unplanned consultation 

——case presentation (J Heathcote) 329:273 (C) 

——case outcome (J Heathcote) 329:500 (C) 

——case progression (J Heathcote) 329:342 (C) 

——patient’s experience (D Prior, et al) 329:500 (C) 


— A 64 year old woman with knee pain: case outcome (P 

Tugwell, et al) 329:38 (C) 

— A 35 year old woman with diabetic nephropathy who wants a 

baby 329:782 

——case presentation (GB Piccoli, et al) 329:674 (C) 




intermediate care, what is it? (RJF Melis, et al) 329:360 (E), 


International Working Party to Promote and Revitalise Academic 

Medicine 

— Academic medicine: the evidence base 329:789 (ED) 

— ICRAM (the International Campaign to Revitalise Academic 

Medicine): agenda setting 329:787 (ED) 

internet see also email; Netlines 

— email consultations in health care 

——acceptability and safe application (J Car, et al) 329:439 (IP) 

——scope and effectiveness (J Car, et al) 329:435 (IP), 329:1046 

(L) 

— medical writing (C Hughes) (What’s on the web?) BMJ Careers 



— suicide pacts (S Rajagopal) 329:1298 (E) 

interprofessional barriers, breaking down (B Rushforth) (The 

Way I See It) BMJ Careers 329:s99 

interviews, senior house officers, typical questions (T Pickersgill) 


Inward C, see Lennon R BMJ Careers 329:s237 

Ioannidis JPA, see Berger VW 329:1436 

Iran see also Asia 

— thalassaemia 

——national screening programme (A Samavat, et al) 329:1134 

(PC) 

——screening lessons from Iran (A Christianson) 329:1115 (E) 

Iraq see also Asia 

— child malnourishment (P Moszynski) 329:819 (N) 

— doctors are being targeted by kidnappers (F Charatan) 


— Enduring Effects of War:Health in Iraq 2004 (O Dyer) 329:1303 

(N) 

— war 

——100 000 excess civilian deaths since March 2003 (O Dyer) 


——AMA call for inquiry into doctors’ role in abuse of prisoners 


——medical bodies urge investigation of alleged medical involvement 

in torture (S Mayor) 329:473 (N) 

Ireland see also Europe 

— smoking ban 

——infringements are few (M Houston) 329:368 (N) 

——lesson to UK (A Thorns) 329:442 

— viceregal slight. One hundred years ago 329:106 


Irish B 

— I am a career paediatrician, have not done any membership 

exam, but have one year of experience in paediatrics. Now I’m 

thinking of going for general practice. What should I do? 


— I have recently passed my PLAB exams and I am interested in 

becoming a general practitioner. How can I get on to a 

training scheme, and what are my job prospects? (Advice 


— What does the recent reduction in GP registrar funding mean 

for doctors applying directly at GP registrar level having 

completed their own rotation or decided to change career to 

general practice? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s42 

— see Cantillon P 329:606 

Ironside, William (“Bob”) McIntosh Sinclair, Obituary (GJC 

Smelt) 329:464 

irritable bowel syndrome 

— GP perceptions and beliefs compared with chronic fatigue 

syndrome 329:112 (L) 

— selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors provide modest benefit 

(POEM*) 329 (13 November 2004) 

Irvine B, Private sector needs incentives for AIDS vaccine 


Irving M, see Barker RM 329:107 

Irving P, et al, Colonoscopy completion rates 329:1287 (L) 

Irwin, John Walker Sinclair, Obituary (JI Logan) 329:1242 

Irwin MHK, Man wins battle to keep receiving life support 


Israel see also Asia 

— assault on health in Palestine (D Summerfield) (Personal view) 

329:924 (R), 329:1101 (L), 329:1102 (L) 

Italy see also Europe 

— abortion proposals (S Arie) 329:418 (N) 

— embryo implantation woman allowed fetal reduction (S Arie) 


— Milan study shows reduced myocardial infarction risk among 

pizza eaters (R Dobson) 329:1064 (N) 

— Tuscan sun (K Barraclough) (Soundings) 329:579 (R) 

— in vitro fertilisation, success celebrated (F Turone) 329:643 

(N) 


Ives NJ, et al, Monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors in early 

Parkinson’s disease: meta-analysis of 17 randomised trials 

involving 3525 patients 329:593 (P) 

Ivory Coast see also Africa 

— AIDS, maternal-fetal HIV transmission: follow up visits for 

antiretroviral prophylaxis (TM Painter, et al) 329:543 (P) 

Iyengar SD, see Mohan P 329:266 

J 

Jabbour S, Where can we publish? (Personal view) 329:299 (R) 

Jackson A, see Banks E 329:477 

Jackson MA, see Warburton MS 329:557 

Jackson T, TV programme raises fresh allegations about MMR 

doctor 329:1254 (N) 

Jacobs A, Transparency and trust 329:1345 (L) 

Jaeschke R, see Montori VM 329:1093 

Jagiello J, see Gidwani S 329:99 

Jagsi R, et al, The ethics of medical education 329:332 (LP), 


Jain V, Making sense of rising caesarean section rates 329:1240 

(L) 

Jalan R, see Shawcross DL 329:112 

Jamaica see also Central America and the West Indies 

— integrating early stimulation into care for undernourished 

children (C Powell, et al) 329:89 (PC), 329:352 (L) 

James S, see Pirmohamed M 329:15, 329:460 

Jamrozik K 

— Research ethics paperwork: what is the plot we seem to have 

lost? 329:286 (ED), 329:623 (L), 329:624 (L) 

— see Norman PE 329:1259 

Japan see also Asia 

— heart disease epidemic (J Parry) 329:643 (N) 

— low fees are driving many doctors to ruin (J Burgermeister) 


— pillars of success (T Greenhalgh) (Soundings) 329:1193 (R) 

Jarman B 

— Death rates in England and Wales and the United States: 

variation with age, sex, and race (Dr Foster’s case notes) 


— et al, CHI ratings and HSMRs: is there a relation? (Dr Foster’s 


— see Aylin P 329:291, 329:369, 329:825, 329:857, 329:1207 


Jarvis DA, see Kozer E 329:1321 

Jarvis MJ, see Whincup PH 329:200 

Jay P, et al, Compulsory registration of clinical trials 329:1044 (L) 

Jayaram, Valiyezhuth Krishnankutty, Obituary (JED Charles- 

Jones) 329:1242 

Jazayeri D, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

Jefferson T 

— Bioterrorism and compulsory vaccination 329:524 (E), 


— How to deal with influenza? 329:633 (E), 329:1238 (L), 


Jeffery A, see Metcalf B 329:832 

Jeffreys D, Aspirin: The Story of a Wonder Drug (Books) 329:1408 

(R) 

Jenabzadeh AR, Hospital at night: diary of the first night BMJ 


Jenkins T, A Clone of Your Own? (Books) 329:466 (R) 

Jenkinson, Frank Thomas, Obituary (WE Sharman) 329:406 

Jenkinson LR, see Gudena R 329:1491 

Jensen TS, see Svendsen KB 329:253 

Jeremiah, Gareth David Rhys, Obituary (MK Heatley) 329:688 

Jewkes F 

— I have done eight years of paediatrics in the United Kingdom. 

What are the criteria for becoming a specialist paediatric 

general practitioner? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s196 

— I have passed part 1 of the exam for membership of the Royal 

College of Paediatrics and Child Health; is it worth completing 

the second part, even though I want to be a general 

practitioner? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s246 

Jimba M, et al, Learning from low income countries: what are the 


job applications 

— declining originally accepted job offers (T Pickersgill) (Advice 


— “pre-shortlisting” visit (AN Morritt, et al) (Tips on...) BMJ 


— rating jobs with JobScore (R MacDonald) BMJ Careers 


job satisfaction, personality type (A Houghton) BMJ Careers 


John, Edward Leighton, Obituary (C John) 329:235 

Johnson EW, see Gertsch JH 329:172 

Johnson J, Is the BMA a 21st century organisation? BMA’s 

response 329:163 (ED) 

Johnston A, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Johnston GA, see Sladden MJ 329:95 

Johnston RB, see Oakley GP 329:41 

Jones A, see Lin J 329:324 

Jones AM, et al, The other face of research governance 329:280 


Jones G 

— et al, Trial protocols at the BMJ 329:1360 (E) 

— see Straus SE 329:987 

Jones J, see Maddison P 329:1325 

Jones JH, see Crosby D 329:552 

Jordan, John Warren, Obituary (D Charley) 329:1348 

Jordan KM, see Cooper C 329:304 

Joseph AE 

— Fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases 


— Guidance has high priority in intervention procedures 


Joseph KS, see Demissie K 329:24 

Joseph M, Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to 


journals see also publishing 

— editorial misconduct (F Godlee) 329:1301 (E) 

— “impending crisis” requires radical solutions (B Rushforth) 


— Lebanon, publishing problems (S Jabbour) (Personal view) 



— scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years 329:352 (L) 

— tropical medicine, representation of authors and editors from 

countries with different human development indexes 


Jowett S, see Ball JE 329:665 

judging, personality type (A Houghton) BMJ Careers 329:s230 

Judson HF, The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science (Books) 329:922 

(R) 

Julien AW, Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental 

illness 329:292 (L) 

Jung C, Stalin’s Last Crime (Books) 329:408 (R) 

Jüni P, see Dieppe PA 329:867 

junior doctors see also doctors 

— accommodation, requirements for residence in hospital accommodation 

(L Sanai) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— age limit for posts? (S Eccles) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— bullying questionnaire (E Paice, et al) 329:658 (P) 

— education, elective attachment applications (J Constable) (Advice 


— reasons for considering leaving UK medicine: questionnaire 

study of comments (PJ Moss, et al) 329:1263 (P) 

— three year rotation banded 2A (S Eccles) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— transition from medical student: A to Z guide (R Beasley, et al) 


— Working Time Directive 

——changes proposed (R Watson) 329:761 (N) 

——how protective is it? (R MacDonald) 329:301 (E) (correction, 


——survey (S Mayor, et al) 329:310 (N) 

junk food, WHO report suppression? (F Fleck) 329:1121 (N) 

Jurado R, see Vas J 329:1216 

Jureidini J, et al, TADS study raises concerns 329:1343 (L) 

jurisprudence see also legislation, medical; malpractice 

— Afshar, Fari, liability for not warning of partial paralysis risk 


— assisted suicide, High Court upholds right to travel abroad for 

suicide (C Dyer) 329:1364 (N) 

— Leslie Burke, life support win (O Dyer) 329:309 (N), 329:515 

(L) 

— child abuse, cases of parents convicted of killing their children 

are referred to commission (C Dyer) 329:878 (N) 

— doctors need not ventilate baby to prolong his life (C Dyer) 


— HL, patient held informally in hospital had his rights violated 


— legal aid folly (D Taverne) (Personal view) 329:239 (R) 

— MMR vaccine, parents lose final appeal for legal aid (C Dyer) 


— Munchausen syndrome by proxy inquiry into death of boy 

recommends tightening of child protection rules (C Dyer) 


— ovarian tissue transplant, live birth after (D Singh) 329:761 

(N) 

— Petrina Stocker, mother accused of killing son in “fabricated 

illness” (T Wood) 329:1307 (N) 

— Charlotte Wyatt, baby should be allowed to die (C Dyer) 


juvenile idiopathic arthritis, childhood leukaemia masquerading 

as (MJ Murray, et al) (Lesson of the week) 329:959 (C) 

K 

Kahan M, see Midmer D BMJ Careers 329:s250 

Kai J, see Sheikh A 329:87 

Kalamangalam GP, A memorable patient. Living history 329:169 

Kale R, et al, Revisiting phenobarbital for epilepsy 329:1199 (E) 

Kalish LA, see Pocock SJ 329:883 

Kanagalingam J, see Ahluwalia S 329:842 

Kandasamy J, Neurology and neurosurgery (What’s on the web) 


Kaplan RM, Treatment of homosexuality during apartheid 


Kapoor A, see Yeluri SV 329:113 

Kapral MK, see Straus SE 329:83 

Karacaoglu Y, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

Karch SB, see Drummer O 329:636 

Kåreholt I, see Anttila T 329:539 

Karmo M, et al, Crohn’s disease presenting as urinary tract 

infection (Minerva) 329:986 

Karwatowski SP, see Currie MP 329:892 

Kassem A 

— Rise in spending on NHS has not been matched by rise in 

activity 329:700 (N) 

— Working while fasting (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s192 

Kasten LE, see Pocock SJ 329:883 

Kawane H, Japan Tobacco Incorporated has found a new way of 

promoting tobacco in motor sports 329:352 (L) 

Kazory A, Renal transplantation: a paradox 329:715 

Keatinge WR, et al, Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain 


Keh D, see Annane D 329:480 

Keighley B 

— I trained in general practice but I am currently a full time 

mother. I have no plans to return to medical work for at least 

five years. What should I be doing about revalidation? (Advice 


— Is it difficult for someone to be selected to work in a practice 

in England as a general practitioner if they completed their 

vocational training scheme in Scotland? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Keighley G, If I take more than 12 months off from practising 

medicine what will I need to do before returning in terms 

of my General Medical Council registration, pension, and 

finding a new job (probably GP)? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Keirse MJNC, et al, How many eggs? 329:302 (E) 

Kell MR, et al, Sentinel lymph node biopsy 329:170 (L) 

Kellett, Frank Richard Stanford, Obituary (HJ Brown) 329:115 

Kelly, Ian George, Obituary (D Hamblen) 329:861 

Kelly J, see Little P 329:111 

Kemp A, see Hu W 329:852 

Kendall N, see Billett J 329:350 

Kennedy C, LLM/Diploma in mental health law (Diplomatosis) 


Kent A, see Parker MJ 329:288 

Kenya see also Africa 

— elective student’s first boy patient after 1998 bomb. A memorable 

patient (A Parikh) 329:1401 

Kenyon A, Is membership of the Royal College of Physicians 

(MRCP) of any use in obstetrics and gynaecology? (Advice 


Kenyon, John Richard (“Ian”), Obituary (AO Mansfield) 329:354 

Keogh B, et al, The legacy of Bristol: public disclosure of individual 

surgeons’ results 329:450 (ED) 

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Kerin MJ, see Kell MR 329:170 

Kermode-Scott B 

— Changes in Canada’s medical workforce could affect access 

to care 329:1064 (N) 

— Drug misuse in Canada has increased in the past decade 


Kerridge I, see Hu W 329:852 

Kerry SM, see Cappuccio FP 329:145 

Kersley SE 

— The ABC of change 

——M, N, O BMJ Careers 329:s7 

——P, Q, R BMJ Careers 329:s77 

——S, T, U BMJ Careers 329:s164 

——V, W BMJ Careers 329:s194 

——X, Y, Z BMJ Careers 329:s232 

——Why an ABC for change? BMJ Careers 329:s247 

Kersnik J, Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment 


Kessly, Philip, Obituary (K Somers) 329:1242 

Khalpey Z 

— What hoops does a fully qualified UK general practitioner 

have to jump through to work as a fully qualified family 

practitioner in the United States? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— What opportunities exist in organ transplant surgery in the 

United Kingdom? What are the pros and cons of a career in 

transplant surgery? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s206 

— et al, Wish you were here? Postcards from doctors around the 

world BMJ Careers 329:s250 

Khan I, see Bhutta ZA 329:1151 

Khan K, see Coomarasamy A 329:1017 

Khan MI, A memorable patient. The privilege of wisdom is to listen 


Khan SD, see Devenney A 329:489 

Khanchandani R, see Gillam S 329:979 

Khattak S, see Kozer E 329:1321 

Khoshnaw H, et al, Health and education needs in Kurdistan 


Kibbler CC, see Cooper BS 329:533 

Kiberd BA, see Clase CM 329:912 

kidney transplantation, classifying problems: can we avoid framing 

risks as diseases? (CM Clase, et al) 329:912 (ED) 

Kilbertus F, see Pottie K 329:742 

Kimball AM, see Curioso WH 329:1183 

King, Annette, IMMP closure: open letter 329:51 (L), 329:460 (L) 

King’s Fund 

— Case Managing Long-Term Conditions (S Mayor) 329:1306 (N) 


Kirby GR, see Abbott J 329:218 

Kirk EP, The fog of expectation (My greatest mistake) 329:1495 

Kirk R, The New Global Threat (Books) 329:116 (R) 

Kiss H, et al, Prospective randomised controlled trial of an 

infection screening programme to reduce the rate of preterm 

delivery 329:371 (P) 

Kitua A, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

Kivipelto M, see Anttila T 329:539 

Klein BEK, see Wong TY 329:79 

Klein R, see Wong TY 329:79 

Klotzko AJ, A Clone of Your Own? The Science and Ethics of Cloning 


Klovning A, see Bjordal JM 329:1317 

Kmietowicz Z 

— Consumer organisations criticise influence of drug companies 


— Doctors angry as smoking ban is limited and delayed until 

2008: 329:1201 (N) 

— Doctors’ careers are blighted by discrimination, says BMA 


— Doctors favour legalising assisted suicide for dying patients 


— GPs given go ahead to buy care for patients 329:819 (N) 

— More patients could be treated in the UK if associate specialists’ 

skills were recognised 329:11 (N) 

— Patients informed of increased risk of vCJD contact 329:702 

(N) 

— Removing extreme poverty by 2015 is under threat 329:642 

(N) 

— Report calls for more care for people wanting to die at home 


— Screening for sickle cell disease and thalassaemia saving lives 


— Second drug firm found guilty of “switching” patients to new 

drugs 329:875 (N) (correction, 1073) 

— Tighter controls are needed to root out bogus patient groups 


— UK clinic allowed to screen embryos for rare bowel cancer 


— UK Health Commission downgrades four foundation trusts 


— UK heart surgeons are among the best in the world 329:644 


— Website aims to distance doctors from drug firms (Website) 


— WMA sets rules on how doctors handle industry sponsorship 


knee 

— heterotopic ossification after burn injury (PKY Goon, et al) 


— osteoarthritis 

——acupuncture as complementary to drug treatment (J Vas, et 


——management (D MacAuley) 329:1300 (E) 

——orthopaedic approach (S Gidwani, et al) 329:1220 (C) 

knee pain, elderly woman: Interactive case report, case outcome (P 

Tugwell, et al) 329:38 (C) 

knee prosthesis, effect of flow charts on use of blood transfusions 

in primary total hip and knee replacement (U Müller, et al) 

328:934 (Q) (correction, 329:837) 

Knight I, see Theo EM 329:975 

Knight R, The Poohsticks phenomenon (Taking a leaf out of an 

old book) 329:1432 

knowledge management see also information 

— for better health (K Abbasi) 329:1120 (E) 

Knowles S, Fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases 


Ko FWS, see Wong GWK 329:486 

Kocher’s manoeuvre, unusual complication (A Pimpalnerkar, et 

al) (Experts’ eye view) 329:1472 

Koh T, et al, eds, The New Global Threat: Severe Acute Respiratory 

Syndrome and its Impacts (Books) 329:116 (R) 

Kohls-Gatzoulis J, et al, Tibialis posterior dysfunction: a common 

and treatable cause of adult acquired flatfoot 329:1328 (C) 

Kold-Jensen T, see Steer PJ 329:1312 

Koning S, et al, Treatment for impetigo 329:695 (E), 329:979 (L) 


Koralage N, The Medigames BMJ Careers 329:s83 

Koren G, see Kozer E 329:1321 

Kosner K, see Mayor S 329:310 

Kostopoulou O, see Greenhalgh T 329:47 

Kotaska A, Inappropriate use of randomised trials to evaluate 

complex phenomena: case study of vaginal breech delivery 

329:1039 (ED) (correction, 1385) 

Kouassi MK, see Painter TM 329:543 

Kovats RS 



Koyee P, The “pre-shortlisting visit” BMJ Careers 329:s254 

Kozer E, et al, Prospective observational study on the incidence 

of medication errors during simulated resuscitation in a 

paediatric emergency department 329:1321 (LP) 

Kraemer S, Early intervention for first episode psychosis 


Kramer M, see Demissie K 329:24 

Krantz I, et al, Ethics of screening for asymptomatic herpes virus 

type 2 infection 329:618 (ED) 

Kraut AM, Goldberger’s War: The Life and Work of a Public Health 

Crusader (Books) 329:690 (R) 

Kravitz RL, see Fancher TL 329:821 

Kristenson M, see Bobak M 329:767 

Kroenke K, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

Krosnar K, Czech Republic offers free beer to blood donors 


Krukowski ZH, see Wilson APR 329:720 

Kruszewski, Stefan, US medical oversight bureau charged with 

corruption (J Lenzer) 329:69 (N) 

Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, Obituary (L Newman) 329:627 

Kuhn M, see Gasser S 329:430 

Kuit C, see Gardiner M BMJ Careers 329:s95 

Kulkarni D, et al, Intrapectoral lipoma mimicking breast cancer 


Kumar, Namita, interview on PMETB (R MacDonald) BMJ Careers 


Kumar NRC, Juniors unhappy with the Hospital at Night project 


Kumar S 

— Learning from low income countries: what are the lessons? 


— Victims of gas leak in Bhopal seek redress on compensation 


— see Sinha B BMJ Careers 329:s179 

Kumarasamy M, et al, Drug points. Anterior uveitis is associated 

with travoprost 329:205 (P) 

Kundu S, see Haj M 329:323 

Kunjukrishnan PK, et al, Early intervention for first episode 

psychosis 329:401 (L) 

Kunyk D, et al, Health conventions in smoke free places have 

positive economic impact 329:1346 (L) 

Kupfer Y, see Annane D 329:480 

Kurdistan, health and education needs BMJ Careers 329:s90 

Kurre M, More on CVs BMJ Careers 329:s19 

Kuruvatti J, A memorable patient. A forlorn hope 329:786 

Kutt E, see Banks E 329:477 

Kuyvenhoven MM, see Welschen I 329:431 

Kyffin RGE, et al, Mortality rates and self reported health: database 

analysis by English local authority area 329:887 (P) 

Kyrgyzstan see also Asia 

— conference experiences (JO Drife) (Soundings) 329:299 (R) 

L 

La Montagne DS, see Fenton KA 329:172 

Laban C, et al, Colonoscopy completion rates 329:1287 (L) 

labour see also caesarean section; pregnancy 

— inappropriate use of randomised trials in evaluation of complex 

phenomena: vaginal breech delivery case study (A Kotaska) 


— my minor omission (M Burg) 329:144 

— truth is not always a beautiful thing (G Walker) 329:287 

— vaginal delivery after caesarean section 




Lachman P, et al, The national service framework for children 


Lack JA, Measuring participation in UK medical schools 


lactobacillus, post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis and (M 

Pirotta, et al) 329:548 (PC) 

Lai CKW, see Wong GWK 329:486 

Lai R, see Cooper BS 329:533 

Laing CM, Firm foundation for senior house officers 329:230 (L) 

Laing GD, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Lake APJ, Every prescription is a clinical trial 329:1346 (L) 

Lalloo DG, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Lalloo F, Is it possible for a person with a PhD in genetics to work 

as a geneticist in an NHS hospital? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Lam D, An essential guide to life as a basic surgical trainee BMJ 


Lamb SE, see Frost H 329:708 

Lambert TW 

— see Goldacre MJ 329:597 

— see Moss PJ 329:1263 

Lamboray, Jean-Louis, UNAIDS official resigns (D Cohen) 


landmines see also war 

— casualties falling, but wounded need more help (P Moszynski) 


— Nairobi summit (P Moszynski) 329:1306 (N) 

— thousands of casualties despite ban (P Moszynski) 329:642 

(N) 

Langford EJ, see Currie MP 329:892 

Lantz PE, The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome 329:741 

(L) 

Laporte R, et al, Acquisition of Helicobacter pylori infection after 

outbreaks of gastroenteritis: prospective cohort survey in 

institutionalised young people 329:204 (P) 

LaPorte RE, see Dodani S 329:293 

Lapsley P 

— The ethics of medical education. Commentary: Patients in 

medical education and research 329:334 (LP) 

— et al, The patient’s journey: travelling through life with a 

chronic illness 329:582 (E) 

Lassa fever, epidemiology, clinical features, and social consequences 

327:1271(C) (correction, 773) 

Latham JN, Screening research papers by reading abstracts 


Lau A, see Williams G 329:92 

Laurent C, UK health minister under pressure to ban smoking in 

public 329:368 (N) (correction, 621) 

Laursen TM, see Nordentoft M 329:261 

Lavelle J, see Banks E 329:477 

Laverty S, Helping doctors to solve problems BMJ Careers 


Lavery CG, see Morris CG 329:495 

Lawlor BA, see O’Connell H 329:895 

Lawn SD, see Ahluwalia S 329:842 

Lawrence-Brown MM, see Norman PE 329:1259 

Laws MB, Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to 


Le Gales-Camus C, et al, Fighting obesity 329:53 (L) 

Le JD, et al, Hydrocortisone ointment induces cataract (Minerva) 


Le MTQ, see Norman PE 329:1259 

Leahy M, Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs 


Leaman AM 

— Firm foundation for senior house officers 329:230 (L) 

— Treatment of minor burns 329:291 (L) 

Lean MEJ, et al, Aspartame and its effects on health 329:755 (E) 

Leandre F, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

learning see also education, medical; teaching 

— ROGER technique (P Williams, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s58 

learning disabled 

— health needs (S-A Cooper, et al) 329:414 (E), 329:917 (L) 

— running with your client (J Cromwell) 329:1176 

Lebanon see also Asia 

— publishing problems (S Jabbour) (Personal view) 329:299 (R) 

Lee A, et al, Interfacing between primary and secondary care is 

needed 329:403 (L) 

Lee C, Diploma of immediate care (DipIMC RCSEd) (Diplomatosis) 


Lee M, Can you suggest the best way of getting medical indemnity 

insurance for general practitioner vocational training 

schemes at a good price? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Lee P, see Moss PJ 329:1263 

Lee PE, et al, Atypical antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of 

behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic 

review 329:75 (P), 329:404 (L) 

Lee PW, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

Leeder SR, Editorial independence at the BMJ 329:351 (L) 

Lees CC, Making sense of rising caesarean section rates 


Leese M, see Henderson C 329:136 

Leese, Philip Graham, Obituary (H Savage, et al) 329:1106 

Lefever JJ, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

leg, doctor with bilateral leg amputations (J Atkinson) BMJ 


leg ulcer, subcutaneous calcification (M Roesner, et al)(Minerva) 


legislation, medical see also jurisprudence 

— EU draft threatens patient safety, says BMA (R Watson) 


— mental health 

——overview (R Darjee, et al) 329:634 (E) 

——summary: fails persuade patients or professionals (L Eaton) 


Lehmann LS, see Jagsi R 329:332 

Leighton, Susanna Elizabeth Jane (née Hurley), Obituary (S 

Leighton) 329:981 

leishmaniasis, imported infection among travellers to central 

and South America (S Ahluwalia, et al) (Lesson of the week) 


Leitch M, see Ward HJT 329:277 

Lempp H, et al, The hidden curriculum in undergraduate medical 

education: qualitative study of medical students’ perceptions 

of teaching 329:770 (P) 

Leng G, see Littlejohns P 329:571 

length of hospital stay, Pakistan, low birthweight infants stepdown 

unit (ZA Bhutta, et al) 329:1151 (Q) 

Lennon, Grace Trespass (née Dawson), Obituary (T Lennon, et 


Lennon R, et al, A career in paediatric nephrology BMJ Careers 


Lennox, Jenny (née Ackroyd), Obituary (MS Lennox) 329:921 

Lensing AWA, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Lenzer J 

— Automatic defibrillator approved for sale without prescription 


— Bush launches controversial mental health plan 329:367 (N) 

— Bush’s plan to screen for mental health meets opposition in 

Illinois 329:1065 (N) 

— Can country music drive you to suicide? 329:817 (N) 

— Crisis deepens at the US Food and Drug Administration 


— Documents missing from a 10 year old murder case sent to 

the BMJ 329:1365 (N) 

— FDA bars own expert from evaluating risks of painkillers 


— FDA hearings confirm risks of antidepressants 329:641 (N) 

— FDA is incapable of protecting US “against another Vioxx” 


— FDA panel urges “black box” warning for antidepressants 


— FDA to review risks of antidepressants in adults 329:816 (N) 

— FDA’s counsel accused of being too close to drug industry 


— Journalists on Prozac (Press) 329:748 (R), 329:1343 (L) 

— Pfizer criticised over delay in admitting drug’s problems 


— Public interest group accuses FDA of trying to discredit 

whistleblower 329:1255 (N) 

— Scandals have eroded US public’s confidence in drug industry 

329:247 (N) (correction, 621), 329:686 (L) 

— Secret US report surfaces on antidepressants in children 


— Specialists challenge claim that fluoxetine plus talk therapy 

works best for depressed adolescents 329:529 (N) 

— Teenager held in Guantanamo denied medical evaluation 


— US consumer body calls for review of cholesterol guidelines 


— US government agency to investigate FDA over rofecoxib 


— Whistleblower charges medical oversight bureau with corruption 


— Will Bush’s insurance scheme help the uninsured? 329:1123 

(N) 

Leon DA, see Sipos A 329:1070 

Léon JM, see Vas J 329:1216 

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Lesson of the week 

— Acute visual loss and pituitary apoplexy after surgery (J Abbott, 


— Avulsion fracture of the ischial tuberosity in adolescents—an 

easily missed diagnosis (S Gidwani, et al) 329:99 (C) 

— Childhood leukaemia masquerading as juvenile idiopathic 

arthritis (MJ Murray, et al) 329:959 (C) 

— Clomipramine induced neuroleptic malignant syndrome 

and pyrexia of unknown origin (AM Haddow, et al) 329:1333 

(C) 

— Gastric rupture associated with use of the laryngeal mask 

airway during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (N Haslam, et 


— Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: an imported infection among 

travellers to central and South America (S Ahluwalia, et al) 


— Musculoskeletal pain in female asylum seekers and hypovitaminosis 

D3 (G de Torrenté de la Jara, et al) 329:156 (C) 

— Rare causes of haemoptysis in suspected pulmonary embolism 

(MS Warburton, et al) 329:557 (C) 

Letts M, see Shaw JM 329:857 

leukaemia, children, masquerading as juvenile idiopathic arthritis 

(MJ Murray, et al) (Lesson of the week) 329:959 (C) 

Levene, Charles Isadore, Obituary (AJ Crisp) 329:802 

Levenson R, Lessons from the end of a life (Personal view) 


Levi CR, see Attia J 329:1403 

Levine D, Coaching (and colonoscopies) BMJ Careers 329:s69 

levonorgestrel, US, over-the-counter status (RR Fenichel) 


Levy, Robin, Confronting Our Bodies (G Yamey) (Art) 329:1351 (R) 

Lewis G, see Sipos A 329:1070 

Lewis R, see Maddison P 329:1325 

Lewis RQ, Back to the future? 329:932 (E) 

Lewis T, 10-minute consultation. Using the NO TEARS tool for 

medication review 329:434 (PC) 

Libamba E, see Harries AD 329:1163 

Liberati A, see Oxman AD 329:1460 

Libya see also Africa 

— AIDS, Bulgarian medics trial: quiet diplomacy is not enough 

(P Haviland) (Personal view) 329:409 (R) 

Lichtenberg P, see Nitzan U 329:944 

Lichterman BL, Aspirin (Books) 329:1408 (R) 

Lid TG, et al, “I recognise myself in that situation...” Using photographs 

to encourage reflection in general practitioners 

(Images of health) 329:1488 (correction, 330:188) 

Lie RT, see Hannestad YS 329:889 

life 

— doctors’ dangerous role. Endpiece (F Charatan) 329:899 

— health and health promotion in Nazi Germany (G Davey 

Smith) (Politics and Health) 329:1424 

life change see also change 

— ABC of change 

——M, N, O (SE Kersley) BMJ Careers 329:s7 

——P, Q, R (SE Kersley) BMJ Careers 329:s77 

——S, T, U (SE Kersley) BMJ Careers 329:s164 

——V, W (SE Kersley) BMJ Careers 329:s194 

——X, Y, Z (SE Kersley) BMJ Careers 329:s232 

——Why an ABC for change? (SE Kersley) BMJ Careers 


life expectancy see also mortality 

— disability and: Russian v. Swedish community data (M Bobak, 

et al) 329:767 (P), 329:1288 (L) 

— should life be longer? Endpiece (CA Pierach) 329:854 

— UK, rises but poor health in later years (K Hebert) 329:250 

(N) 

Lightstone L, Palestine: the assault on health and other crimes 


likelihood ratios, (JJ Deeks, et al) (Statistics Notes) 329:168 

Lim E, Improving mortality of coronary surgery 329:855 (L) 

Lin J, et al, Efficacy of topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory 

drugs in the treatment of osteoarthritis: meta-analysis of 

randomised controlled trials 329:324 (PC) 

Lin LS, see Painter TM 329:543 

Lin Y, see Straus SE 329:83 

Lingwood P, Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to 


liposuction, cardiovascular risk factors and (POEM*) 329 (11 

September 2004) 

Lister, James, Obituary (A Dean, et al) 329:981 

literature, my wife and my mistress. Endpiece (F Charatan) 


Little MP, see Steer PJ 329:1312 

Little P 

— Effectiveness of adenotonsillectomy in children with mild 

symptoms of throat infections or adenotonsillar hypertrophy: 

open, randomised controlled trial. Commentary: Watchful 

waiting is useful for children with recurrent throat infections 


— Impact of counselling on careseeking behaviour in families 

with sick children: cluster randomised trial in rural India. 

Commentary: Advice to parents has limited effect—where 

next? 329:269 (PC) 

— et al, Brief lifestyle interventions for hypertension 329:111 (L) 

Littlejohns P, et al, NICE clinical guidelines 329:571 (L) 

Littlewood TJ 

— Are written responses to referrals acceptable? 329:1403 (L) 

— see Tso A 329:946 

Liu M, see Wilson APR 329:720 

liver 

— abnormal function after unplanned consultation 

——case presentation (J Heathcote) 329:273 (C) 

——case progression (J Heathcote) 329:342 (C) 

——case outcome (J Heathcote) 329:500 (C) 

——patient’s experience (D Prior, et al) 329:500 


liver cancers, fine needle aspiration 329:290 (L), 329:1045 (L) 

liver failure, pioglitazone and (E Farley-Hills, et al) (Drug points) 


liver transplantation, alcoholic liver disease (K Webb, et al) 


Livingstone J, see Kohls-Gatzoulis J 329:1328 

Ljunggren AE, see Bjordal JM 329:1317 

Lloyd M, et al, How to vaccinate your PC against cyber bugs BMJ 


Lloyd S, see Di Cuffa R 329:1463 

Lobo DN, see Takhar AS 329:668 

Lockey A, How do you become a GP who also works part time in 

A&E as a middle grade? Do you have to do the new A&E 

exams? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s92 

Lockwood DNJ 

— et al, Integrating evidence based medicine into routine clinical 

practice: seven years’ experience at the Hospital for Tropical 

Diseases, London 329:1020 (Q) 

— see Ahluwalia S 329:842 

Lockwood S, “Evidence of me” in evidence based medicine? 


locums see also doctors 

— compensation for wrong SHO job offer (A Harrison) (Advice 


— holiday pay (A Harrison) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— LAT and LAS posts (A Watson) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— list of agencies (A Harrison) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— motives and tips (C Abbasian) BMJ Careers 329:s151 

Loefler I 

— Gulliver and bmj.com (Soundings) 329:179 (R) 

— The mumbo jumbo of health management (Soundings) 329:631 (R) 

— Of free condoms (Soundings) 329:1053 

lofexidine, QT interval increased after single dose (J Schmittner, 

et al) (Drug points) 329:1075 (P) 

Loff B, see Black J 329:352 

Loffeld A, Rosacea caused by clobetasol propionate (Minerva) 


Loft A, see Pinborg A 329:311 

Logan PA, et al, Randomised controlled trial of an occupational 

therapy intervention to increase outdoor mobility after 

stroke 329:1372 (P) (correction, 330:137) 

Logan RFA, see West J 329:716 

Logie H, see Haddow AM 329:1333 

Loke YK, Assessing the benefit-harm balance at the bedside 


Long ED, et al, Sentinel lymph node biopsy 329:170 (L) 

Longhino D, see Pimpalnerkar A 329:1472 

Longley MJ, The three paradoxes of private medicine (Personal 

view) 329:579 (R), 329:919 (L) 

Lopez AD, see Murray CJL 329:1096 

Lopriore E, et al, Correct use of the Apgar score for resuscitated 

and intubated newborn babies: questionnaire study 


Lorains J, et al, Getting the most out of PRHO shadowing (Tips 

on...) BMJ Careers 329:s48 

The Lord of the Rings, precious case from Middle Earth (N Bashir, 

et al) (Taking a leaf out of an old book) 329:1435 

Love JFR, The three paradoxes of private medicine 329:919 (L) 

Loveday DT 

— How to spot a skull fracture 1 (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— How to spot a skull fracture 2 (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


low back pain see also back pain 329:232 (L) 

— physiotherapy v. advice (H Frost, et al) 329:708 (P), 329:1402 


Löwhagen G-B, see Krantz I 329:618 

Lu CY, et al, Access to high cost drugs in Australia 329:415 (E) 

Lucassen A, see Parker MJ 329:165 

lung cancers, reliability of symptoms to determine use of bone 

scans to identify bone metastases 329:230 (L), 329:231 (L) 

lung function, adolescence, and high particulate concentrations 

(S Gottlieb) 329:588 (N) 

Luscombe, Angus Henry, Obituary (FE Luscombe, et al) 329:464 

Lustman AJ, Palestine: the assault on health and other crimes 


Luwemba S, see Gudena R 329:1491 

Lyall J, The Foundling Museum (Art) 329:176 (R) 

lymphadenopathy, surgical management of metastatic inguinal 

lymphadenopathy (MC Swan, et al) 329:1272 (C) 

Lynch SPJ, Should reviewers of papers have their names published? 


Lynn W, see O’Farrell N 329:684 

Lyon E, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

Lyratzopoulos G, Presenting in Biomedicine (Reviews) BMJ Careers 


M 

Mabin D, see Murray MJ 329:959 

MacAuley D 

— Back pain and physiotherapy 329:694 (E) 

— Cheating at Athens: Is it Worth it? 329:407 (R) 

— Communication for Doctors (Reviews) BMJ Careers 329:s234 

— Managing osteoarthritis of the knee 329:1300 (E) 

Macbeth, John, Obituary (S Macbeth) 329:1048 

McCabe C, see Wailoo A 329:572 

McCabe S, What level of income can I expect if a UK practice 

says it is “well above average” or “very profitable”? (Advice 


McCaffery K, see Barratt A 329:507 

McCarron P, see Watkins D 329:139 

McCarthy L, see Peile E 329:610 

McCarthy N, see Willis CM 329:712, 329:1286 

McClure I 

— Soul Made Flesh (Books) 329:1108 (R) 

— The Wonderful World of Dissocia (Theatre) 329:690 (R) 

McCollum, David Hugh, Obituary (CN McCollum) 329:745 

McCormack VA, see Pocock SJ 329:883 

McCoubrie M, Ethics: entitlement may benefit disadvantaged 

patients and students alike 329:800 (L) 

McCoy E, see Morris CG 329:495 

McDonagh MS, see Guise J-M 329:19 

MacDonald D, see Calder NJ 329:460 

McDonald, James Douglas, Obituary (P Heath) 329:981 

MacDonald R 

— Celebrities, charities, and complaints (The Press) 329:465 (R) 

— The end of Misplaced Trust BMJ Careers 329:s39 

— Getting involved in PMETB BMJ Careers 329:s224 

— How does the BMJ careers chronic illness matching scheme 

work and is it confidential? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— How protective is the working time directive? 329:301 (E) 

(correction, 621), 329:574 (L) 

— Rating jobs with JobScore BMJ Careers 329:s200 

— Rhona’s rules (on what being a medical student and doctor is 

all about) BMJ Careers 329:s222 

— Where can I find past Career Focus articles? (Advice zone) 


— et al, Writing features for Career focus (Tips on) BMJ Careers 


— et al, Writing reviews for Career focus (and other general 

points) (Tips on) BMJ Careers 329:s80 

— et al, Is competency based training and assessment the way 

forward? BMJ Careers 329:s220 

— et al, Writing articles for Career focus (Tips on) BMJ Careers 


MacDonald RS, Treatment of impetigo 329:979 (L) 

McDonalds, profit drop (R Coombes) 329:820 (N) 

McDougall, Archibald, Obituary (R McDougall) 329:296 

McEvoy H, see Lloyd M BMJ Careers 329:s73 

McEwan P, see McGuire W 329:1087 

MacFarlane A, see Hu V 329:1483 

Macfarlane AJ, Social class and elective caesareans in the NHS 


McGartland C, see Watkins D 329:139 

McGauran A 

— Government programmes driven by politics not evidence, 

report says 329:1256 (N) 

— Government tells hospitals to tighten up cleaning contracts 


— It’s time to rethink access to GPs within 48 hours, report says 


— Moving 15% of procedures to private sector will wreck NHS 


McGloin H, see McKendry M 329:258 

McGovern, Michael, Obituary (R Boyle) 329:576 

McGrath MJ, Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to 


McGuire R, Grievance and discipline procedures at work BMJ 


McGuire W 


——Care in the early newborn period 329:1087 (C) 

——Feeding the preterm infant 329:1227 (C) 

——Infection in the preterm infant 329:1277 (C) 

— see Colvin M 329:1390 

— see Fowlie PW 329:845 

— see Fraser J 329:962 

— see Murphy DJ 329:783 

— see Tucker J 329:675, 329:730, 329:1287 

McGurk M, Benign parotid tumours 329:1299 (E) 

McHaffie H, see Fowlie PW 329:1336 

MacIntyre K, see Murphy N 329:173 

Mack, John Edward, Obituary (J Lenzer) 329:920 

McKee M 

— Post-communist transition and health in Europe 329:1355 

(E) 

— et al, Learning from failed health reform in Uganda. Commentary: 

the devil is in the detail 329:1175 (E) 

— et al, Lessons from health during the transition from communism 


— et al, Life span and disability in Sweden and Russia 329:1288 

(L) 

McKellar, Nimmo James, Obituary (AW Reid, et al) 329:235 

McKelvey AC, et al, Mind over matter? 329:1459 

McKelvey M, Coffee breaks (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s37 

Mackenbach JP, see Franco OH 329:1447 

McKendry M, et al, Randomised controlled trial assessing the 

impact of a nurse delivered, flow monitored protocol for 

optimisation of circulatory status after cardiac surgery 

329:258 (P) (correction, 438) 

McKenzie K 

— et al, Learning from low income countries: mental health 


— see Bhui K 329:363 

Macklin R, Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing 

Countries (Books) 329:1190 (R) 

MacLennan, Lyndsay (née Grant), Obituary (JM McCallum, et al) 


Macleod A, see Ives NJ 329:593 

MacMahon E, et al, Identification of potential candidates for 

varicella vaccination by history: questionnaire and seroprevalence 


MacMahon S, et al, The PROGRESS trial three years later: time 

for a balanced report of effectiveness. Commentary: The 

PROGRESS trial three years later: time for more action, 

less distraction 329:970 (ED) 

McManus C, New Year’s resolutions 329:1413 (E) 

McManus IC, Measuring participation in UK medical schools 


McMichael A 

— et al, Climate change and risk to health 329:1416 (E) 


McMichael AJ, see Wilkinson P 329:647 

McMurray J, see Murphy N 329:173 

McNamara, Cormac, Obituary (M Houston) 329:56 

McNaughton A, see Beasley R BMJ Careers 329:s45 

McNaughton H, Doctors playing at politics (Personal view) 


MacNee W, Guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 


Maconochie N, et al, Infertility among male UK veterans of the 

1990-1 Gulf war: reproductive cohort study 329:196 (P) 


McPake B, see McKee M 329:1175 

McPhee AJ, see Collins CT 329:193 

McSweeney L, see Maddison P 329:1325 

macula, choroidal rupture after blunt trauma (D Gilmour, et al) 


McVernon J, et al, Trends in Haemophilus influenzae type b infections 

in adults in England and Wales: surveillance study 


Maddern GJ, see Metcalfe MS 329:290 

Maddison P, et al, Improved access and targeting of musculoskeletal 

services in northwest Wales: targeted early access to 

musculoskeletal services (TEAMS) programme 329:1325 

(Q) 

Maden A, Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge from 

medium secure units 329:685 (L) 

Madge S, et al, Orbital “blowout fracture” (Minerva) 329:358 (R) 

Magee P, see Keogh B 329:450 

magnetic bracelets, pain relief in osteoarthritis of the hip and 

knee (T Harlow, et al) (The limits of medicine) 329:1450 

magnetic resonance imaging 

— breast cancer biopsy and (S Gottlieb) 329:1362 (N) 

— breast cancers: more accurate than mammograms (POEM*) 

329 (20 November 2004) 

Magrulkar R, see Straus SE 329:1029 

Maguire P, What characteristics would you look for in a preregistration 

house officer that would suggest the candidate 

would make a successful consultant anaesthetist? (Advice 


Mahomva A, see Perez F 329:1147 

Majeed A 

— et al, Prescribing of antibiotics and admissions for respiratory 

tract infections in England (Dr Foster’s case notes) 329:879 

— et al, Prescribing of lipid regulating drugs and admissions for 

myocardial infarction in England (Dr Foster’s case notes) 


making up, MAKEUP (J Casey) BMJ Careers 329:s229 

Makins R, see Irving P 329:1287 

16 LET-MAK July−December 2004

Makrydimas G, see Sotiriadis A 329:152 

malaria 

— herbal medicine efficacy (ML Willcox, et al) 329:1156 (C) 

— prevention in UK travellers (JN Zuckerman) 329:305 (E), 


— Tanzania, overdiagnosis in patients with severe febrile illness 

(H Reyburn) 329:1212 (P) 

malaria vaccine, encouraging results in children (S Mayor) 


Malawi see also Africa 

— AIDS, lessons from tuberculosis antiretroviral therapy expansion 

(AD Harries, et al) 329:1163 (ED) 

Malhotra, Sardari Lal, Obituary (F Tovey, et al) 329:981 

Mallon O, Q&A. Effect of postnatal depression on other members 

of the mother’s family 329:1042 

malnutrition 

— Darfur, more than a fifth of children affected (P Moszynski) 


— Jamaica, integrating early stimulation into primary care for 

undernourished children (C Powell, et al) 329:89 (PC), 


Malone, Alan Edward, Obituary (J Malone) 329:464 

malpractice see also disciplinary problems; jurisprudence; mistakes 

— David Bee 

——GMC inquiry over Shipman deaths admits failures (C 


——cleared of misconduct (C Dyer) 329:820 (N) 

——review of acquittal (C Dyer) 329:874 (N) 

— better system needed to curb rogue doctors (C Dyer) 329:639 

(N) 

— evidence-based medicine guidance and determinations of 

medical negligence? (B Hurwitz) 329:1024 (C) 

— negligence of medical experts (MC Bishop) (Personal view) 


— Harold Shipman, GP investigation about high patient mortality 

after Shipman inquiry 329:350 (L) 

Malterud K, see Lid TG 329:1488 

mammography see also screening 

— women’s personal characteristics on sensitivity and specificity 

of mammography: Million Women cohort study (E Banks, et 


Mamode N, Is the BMA a 21st century organisation? 329:161 

(ED) 

Man W D-C, et al, Community pulmonary rehabilitation after 

hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease: randomised controlled study 


managed health care, Toward a 21st Century Health System: The 

Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice (Enthoven, 

et al, eds) (Books) 329:747 (R) 

management, mumbo jumbo (I Loefler) (Soundings) 329:631 (R) 

Manandhar D, see Costello A 329:1166 

Manchanda R, et al, Representation of authors and editors from 

poor countries 329:110 (L) 

Mandel JS, see Oakley GP 329:1376 

Manek N, Coaching for doctors: a road to salvation (The Way I 

See It) BMJ Careers 329:s29, s69 

Mangtani P 



Manning, Chris, PriMHE suspect (P Cross) (Profile) BMJ Careers 


Manock S, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Manor R, see Wolman M 329:58 

Mansfield P, Killing me softly: myth in pharmaceutical advertising 

(Images of health). Commentary: Accepting what we 

can learn from advertising’s mirror of desire 329:1487 

Mansfield PR, see Jureidini J 329:1343 

Manthorpe J, et al, What is intermediate care? 329:686 (L) 

March L, see Lu CY 329:415 

Marchiori A, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Marcovitch H, see Coghill D 329:907 

Marcovitch, Harvey, interview (G Easton) (Fifteen minutes with 

...) BMJ Careers 329:s139 

Margetts B, see Little P 329:111 

Mariotto A, Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes 


Marks N 

— Far EastEnders: how a Cambodian soap brings hope (TV) 


— PR coup for herbal cancer drug (The Press) 329:804 (R) 

Marlow N, Kangaroo Mother Care, an example to follow from 

developing countries. Commentary: family friendly care 


Marmot M 

— Status Syndrome: How your Social Standing Directly Affects Your 

Health and Life Expectancy (Books) 329:408 (R) 

— see Bobak M 329:767, 329:1288 

— see Britton A 329:318 

Marokoane N, see Andersson N 329:952 

Marques, Leila, Paralympic medal winner (T Villanueva) (Profile) 


marriage, medical (J Sladden) BMJ Careers 329:s227 

Marro J, see Ives NJ 329:593 

Mars, king size bars abandoned (R Coombes) 329:820 (N) 

Marsh DR, et al, The power of positive deviance 329:1177 (ED) 

Marshall T 

— Offending in psychiatric patients after discharge from medium 

secure units 329:685 (L) 

— Palestine: the assault on health and other crimes 329:1102 (L) 

Martin M, see Farley-Hills E 329:429 

Martin RM, see Dieppe PA 329:867 

Martines J, see Mohan P 329:266 

Martyn C, Effect of democracy on health: ecological study. Commentary: 

Politics as a determinant of health (Politics and 


Maruenda FB, Can the human eye detect an offside position 

during a football match? (Experts’ eye view) 329:1470 


Maruthachalam K, et al, Project management for doctors—the 

inside story BMJ Careers 329:s243 

Marx A, see Pewsner D 329:209 

Mashiane V, see Andersson N 329:952 

Mason, Stanley Arthur, Obituary (J Mason) 329:1048 

massage, teaching. One hundred years ago 329:682 

maternal health services 

— kangaroo care, example to follow from developing countries 

(JG Ruiz-Pel’e1ez, et al) 329:1179 (ED) 

— organisation and delivery of perinatal services: ABC of preterm 

birth (J Tucker, et al) 329:730 (C) 

maternal mortality see also mortality 

— depression and obesity are major causes (M Brettingham) 



— developing countries, reduction in poorest communities (A 

Costello, et al) 329:1166 (ED) 

maternal-fetal exchange 

— HIV 

——follow up visits for antiretroviral prophylaxis (TM Painter, et 


——Zimbabwe prevention programme (F Perez, et al) 329:1147 

(Q) 

Matheson D, Open letter to Annette King, Minister of Health, 

New Zealand 329:460 (L) 

Matia DM, see Painter TM 329:543 

Matthijs G, Patenting genes 329:1358 (E) 

Matthis J, see Andersson N 329:952 

mature students see also students, medical 

— career prospects (E Baker) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— tips for NHS midwife (P O’Neill) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Maudlin J, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Mauron A, see Hurst SA 329:902 

Mawdsley J, see Irving P 329:1287 

Maxwell S, see Degeling PJ 329:679 

Mayer D, see Del Mar C 329:989 

Maynard A 

— et al, Challenges for the National Institute for Clinical Excellence 


— et al, Reforming the consultant contract again? 329:929 (E), 


Mayor S 

— AMA calls for inquiry into doctors’ role in abuse of prisoners 


— Authorities named for failing to investigate charges for care 

of elderly 329:703 (N) 

— Corticosteroids increase short term mortality in patients with 

head injury 329:878 (N) 

— Deprivation affects more than half of the world’s children 


— Draft guidance on clinical trials recognise needs of noncommercial 

research 329:191 (N) 

— Education programme reduces STDs in African-American 

girls 329:127 (N) 

— England to start national bowel cancer screening programme 


— Evidence is weak for case management for the elderly 


— Malaria vaccine shows encouraging results in children 


— Medical bodies urge investigation of alleged involvement in 

torture 329:473 (N) 

— NHS agrees discount with Microsoft to save £330m on software 

over nine years 329:1124 (N) 

— NICE issues guidance on sepsis 329:758 (N) 

— Polypill will not change prevention of heart disease 329:589 

(N) 

— Researcher objects to drinks industry representative sitting 

on alcohol research body 329:71 (N), 329:404 (L) 

— Seriously ill elderly patients are subjected to futile endoscopies 


— Study shows no link between MMR vaccination and autism 


— UK audit will review pathologists’ reports on adult autopsies 


— UK body calls on UN to allow therapeutic cloning 329:938 

(N) 

— UK universities agree protocol for tobacco company funding 


— Vitamin supplements do not cut risk of gastrointestinal cancer 


— et al, Over the limit? 329:310 (N) 

Mays N, see Walshe K 329:871 

Mazithulela G, see Tucker TJ 329:454 

Mbanya J-C, see Home P 329:1196 

Mbatia R, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

Meakin S, see Pirmohamed M 329:15, 329:460 

Meakins J, see Richards DA 329:774 

measles, mumps and rubella vaccine 

— autism and 

——legal aid folly (D Taverne) (Personal view) 329:239 (R) 

——MMR and Autism (Fitzpatrick) (Books) 329:1049 (R) 

——parents lose final appeal for legal aid (C Dyer) 329:939 (N) 

——study shows no link (S Mayor) 329:642 (L) 



— MMR: Science and Fiction: Exploring the Vaccine Crisis (Horton) 


— Andrew Wakefield 

——Dispatches. MMR: What They Didn’t Tell You 

——fresh allegations (T Jackson) 329:1254 (N) 

——review (A Berger) (TV) 329:1293 (R) (correction, 330:41) 

Mecci FN, et al, How protective is the working time directive? 


Mechanic D, In my chosen doctor I trust 329:1418 (E) 

Medact, Enduring Effects of War: Health in Iraq 2004 (O Dyer) 


Medawar C, et al, Medicines out of Control? Antidepressants and the 

Conspiracy of Goodwill (Books) 329:1350 (R) 

Médecins Sans Frontières, interview with Rowan Gillies (K Hebert) 


mediadoctor.org.au, tough treatment for media (M Sweet) (Website) 


medical audit, nurse led cardioversion service in day surgery unit 

(MP Currie, et al) 329:892 (Q) 

medical indemnity insurance, GP vocational training schemes 

(M Lee) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s236 

medical informatics see also computers 

— on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:117 (R), 329:356 (R), 


— Rudy, world’s first “robodoc” (R Dobson) 329:474 (N), 


medical records 

— Germany, electronic card plans (A Tuffs) 329:131 (N) 

— Haiti, HIV treatment support and (HSF Fraser, et al) 329:1142 

(IP) 

— US, implantable chip to access records approved (JH Tanne) 


Medical Society of London, The Medical Society of London 1773- 

2003 (Hunting) (Books) 329:355 (R) 

medicine, improvement of practice. Endpiece (JH Baron) 329:285 

Medicine and Life Award, images can enhance patients’ understanding 

(A Ferriman) 329:818 (N) 

Medley GF, see Cooper BS 329:533 

Medsin, raising horizons (G Watts) 329:1366 (N) 

Medway, Dorothy Grace, Obituary (P Price) 329:114 

meetings, mania 2004 (DS Goldbloom) (Experts’ eye view) 


mefloquine, Australia, army faces legal action (B Burton) 


melanoma, sentinel node biopsy 329:170 (L), 329:1288 (L) 

Melis RJF, et al, What is intermediate care? 329:360 (E), 329:686 

(L) 

Melville C, see Cooper S-A 329:414 

memory, sibutramine and impairment (DWJ Clark, et al) (Drug 


Méndez C, see Vas J 329:1216 

Mengden T, see Stergiou G 329:870 

Menken M, see Baker MG 329:798 

menopause 

— postmenopausal oestrogen does not improve cognitive function 

(POEM*) 329 (4 September 2004) 

— soy protein isoflavones amd postmenopausal complications 

(POEM*) 329 (2 October 2004) 

— soya supplements and postmenopausal changes (S Gottlieb) 


mental disorders see also commitment of mentally ill 

— advance directives, compulsion and psychiatry (P Thomas, et 

al) 329:122 (E) 

— patients overlooked at Christmas (ECA Barrett) 329:341 

— schizophrenia, long term outcome of treatment (TH Turner) 


— US 

——Bush plan to screen whole population 329:292 (L) 

——controversial screening plan (J Lenzer) 329:367 (N) 

——Illinois opposes screening plans (J Lenzer) 329:1065 (N) 

mental health 

— antiterrorism prisoners face psychological damage (M Brettingham) 


— India, films (D Bhugra) (Film) 329:1191 (R) 

— learning from low income countries (K McKenzie, et al) 


— LLM/Diploma (C Kennedy) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 


— practice based commissioning may not work (M Brettingham) 


— prophets and prophecies. A memorable teacher (SW Singh) 


— revised bill fails to persuade patients or professionals (L 


— Scotland, new legislation (R Darjee, et al) 329:634 (E) 

mental health services 

— delivery for diverse society (K Bhui, et al) 329:363 (E) 

— Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) Team, early psychosis specialised 

care (TKJ Craig, et al) 329:1067 (P) 

mentoring, for doctors BMJ Careers 329:s19 

Merck 

— rofecoxib withdrawal worldwide 

——FDA crisis (J Lenzer) 329:1308 (N) 

——lessons (PA Dieppe, et al) 329:867 (E), 329:1342 (L) 

——summary (D Singh) 329:816 (N) 

——US FDA incapable of protecting “against another Vioxx” (J 

Lenzer) 329:1253 (N) 

——US FDA to be investigated (J Lenzer) 329:935 (N) 

Meredith A, see Zeman A 329:724 

Meredith S, Bureaucracy of ethics applications. Commentary: 

Better support for investigators is essential 329:285 (ED) 

mergers, primary care trusts, reorganisation may be harmful (K 

Walshe, et al) 329:871 (E) 

Mertz BL, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

metastatic bone pain, management (JA Dewar) 329:812 (E) 

metastatic inguinal lymphadenopathy, surgical management 

(MC Swan, et al) 329:1272 (C) 

Metcalf B, et al, Physical activity cost of the school run: impact on 

schoolchildren of being driven to school (EarlyBird 22) 


Metcalfe MS, et al, Fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal 

metastases 329:290 (L) 

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus 

— eradication by “ring fencing” of elective orthopaedic beds (LC 

Biant, et al) 329:149 (Q), 329:572 (L) 

— hospital cleaning contracts tightened (A McGauran) 


— infections rose by 5% 2003-4 (C White) 329:131 (N) 

— isolation measures in hospital management (BS Cooper, et al) 


— preventing spread (A Voss) 329:521 (E), 329:978 (L) 

— tabloid fixation on superbugs (P Wilson) (The Press) 329:578 

(R) 

metoclopramide, migraine: meta-analysis of randomised controlled 

trials (I Colman, et al) 329:1369 (P) 

Mewasingh LD, Scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 

years 329:352 (L) 

Mexico Summit on Health Research 2004 

— overview (K Abbasi) 329:1249 (E) 

— summary: greater commitment to health research (K Abbasi) 


Mezza E, see Piccoli GB 329:674 

Mhatre S, see Andersson N 329:952 

Miall, William Einar, Obituary (T Meade, et al) 329:295 

microbiology, postgraduate degrees (APR Wilson) (Advice zone) 


microgravity, medical effects of space travel (K Fong) (The limits 

of medicine) 329:1441 (correction, 330:82) 

middle age, alcohol drinking, and subsequent risk of cognitive 



Midgely AK, Down with Windows BMJ Careers 329:s144 

Midmer D 

— Cine-ed: using films to teach medical learners BMJ Careers 


— et al, Taking an alcohol history (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Miflin G, see Escourt L BMJ Careers 329:s3 

migraine 

— metoclopramide: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials 

(I Colman, et al) 329:1369 (P) 

— visual auras: A Leg to Stand on (A Clark) 329:894 

Miles JNV 

— Screening research papers by reading abstracts 329:801 (L) 

— see Richards DA 329:774 

Milledge J, Endpiece. First controlled clinical trial? 329:891 

Miller A, see Perez F 329:1147 

Miller C, see Stevenson J 329:909 

Miller R, see Creighton S 329:322 

Mills E, et al, Interaction of St John’s wort with conventional 

drugs: systematic review of clinical trials 329:27 (PC), 


MAK-MIL 17

Mills P, Is it theoretically possible for a consultant to work 

exclusively in private practice? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Milne R, A grateful patient 329:659 

Minder C, see Pewsner D 329:209 

Minocha, Suniel, Obituary (D Minocha) 329:1348 

Miranda JJ, see Curioso WH 329:1183 

miscarriage see also abortion, induced 

— evaluation and management of threatened miscarriage (A 

Sotiriadis, et al) 329:152 (C), 329:404 (L) 

— natural killer cells, fertility and (A Moffett, et al) 329:1283 

misery, Endpiece (F Charatan) 329:1316 

Mishra US, Millennium development goals: whose goals and for 

whom? 329:742 (L) 

mistakes see also malpractice 

— call I never made (A Pandit) (My greatest mistake) 329:1496 

— Doctors’ Errors and Mistakes of Medicine: Must Health Care 

Deteriorate? (Wolman, et al) (Books) 329:58 (R) 

— easy operation gone wrong (ND Swadia) (My greatest mistake) 


— experienced patient (MM Deshpande) (My greatest mistake) 


— fog of expectation (EP Kirk) (My greatest mistake) 329:1495 

— fool such as I (R Smith) (My greatest mistake) 329:1494 

— how often are adverse events reported in English hospital 

statistics? (Dr Foster’s case notes) 329 and (correction, 547) , 


— how often are adverse events reported in English hospital 

statistics? (P Aylin, et al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 329:369 (correction, 

547), 329:856 (L), 329:857 (L) 

— incidence, medication errors during simulated resuscitation 

in paediatric emergency department (E Kozer, et al) 329:1321 

(LP) 

— Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic 

of Medical Mistakes (Wachter, et al) (Books) 329:58 (R) 

— learning from evidence-based mistakes (H Bastian) (Personal 


— Netherlands, reporting errors system (T Sheldon) 329:68 (N) 

— no time to talk (K Abbasi) (My greatest mistake) 329:1496 

— sequence of errors (B Witcombe) 329:213 

— Skoda’s fool (DL Sackett) (My greatest mistake) 329:1494 

— UK doctors mistrust reporting systems (C White) 329:12 (N) 

— US, surgical new rules (S Gottlieb) 329:13 (N) 

Mitchell AJ 

— Antidepressants and suicide 329:461 (L) 

— Early intervention for first episode psychosis 329:401 (L) 

Mitchell, Marny Ann (née Lloyd-Jacob), Obituary (O Mitchell, et 


Mitchell S, see Andersson N 329:952 

mnemonics, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:630 (R) 

Model D, A memorable patient, With a pinch of salt 329:1230 

Modell B, see Samavat A 329:1134 

Modernising Medical Careers 

— competency based training and assessment: way forward? (R 

MacDonald, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s220 

— devolved nations (S Chaudhry) BMJ Careers 329:s9 

— number of vocational training posts in deaneries (A Hastie) 


— what happens after foundation programmes? (D Cohen) 


Moffett A, et al, Natural killer cells, miscarriage, and infertility 


Mohammed A, Are written responses to referrals acceptable? 


Mohammed F, Outpatient clinic sessions (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Mohan P, et al, Impact of counselling on careseeking behaviour 

in families with sick children: cluster randomised trial in 

rural India 329:266 (PC) 

Mohite U, see Haj M 329:323 

Mohomva A, see Perez F 329:1147 

Mohtadi N, see Pimpalnerkar A 329:1472 

Mokoena T, see Andersson N 329:952 

Molassiotis A, The prince and the professor 329:858 (L) 

Monasta L, see Andersson N 329:952 

monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors 

— Parkinson disease and 

——overview (Y Ben-Shlomo, et al) 329:581 (E) 

——meta-analysis (NJ Ives, et al) 329:593 (P) 

Monteleoni C, et al, Using rapid-cycle quality improvement 

methodology to reduce feeding tubes in patients with advanced 

dementia: before and after study 329:491 (Q), 


Montori VM 

— et al, Users’ guide to detecting misleading claims in clinical 

research reports 329:1093 (ED) 


Moore N, Transparency and trust 329:1345 (L) 

Moore-Gillon J, A memorable patient. The white coated man’s 

burden 329:723 

morale, junior doctors, reasons for considering leaving UK 

medicine: questionnaire study of comments (PJ Moss, et al) 


morbilliform rash, (C Furness, et al) (10-minute consultation) 


Morgan M, Returning to work with chronic fatigue syndrome 


Morgan WKC, A memorable patient. A novel way to prevent 

tension pneumothorax 329:91 

Moriarty P, see Cawood T 329:385 

Mørkved S, see Salvesen KÅ 329:378 

Morris CG, et al, Spinal immobilisation for unconscious patients 

with multiple injuries 329:495 (C) (correction, 673) 

Morris J, The Poohsticks phenomenon. Commentary: A Fee- 

Nom-in-Hum and an Expotition (Taking a leaf out of an 

old book) 329:1434 

Morrison GD, see Griffiths PD 329:930 

Morrison J 

— Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United 


— see Cooper S-A 329:414 

Morrison L, A GP returner—five years on (The Way I See It) BMJ 


Morrison LG 

— Sing if you’re glad to be sluts 329:626 (L) 

— What is intermediate care? 329:686 (L) 

Morrison P, Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom 


Morrison R, see Cascarini L BMJ Careers 329:s106 

Morriston Hospital, cardiac specialist to leave after mediation (R 


Morritt AN, et al, The “pre-shortlisting” visit (Tips on...) BMJ 


mortality see also death; infant mortality; life expectancy; maternal 

mortality; perioperative mortality 

— coeliac disease, population based cohort study (J West, et al) 


— coronary surgery, improvement over first four years of independent 

practice (B Bridgewater, et al) 329:421 (P), 329:855 


— elderly, winter in Britain (P Wilkinson, et al) 329:647 (P), 


— Iraq, 100 000 excess civilian deaths since March 2003 (O 


— patients, GP investigation after Shipman inquiry 329:350 (L) 

— self reported health and: database analysis by English local 

authority area (RGE Kyffin, et al) 329:887 (P) 

— variation with age, sex, and race: England, Wales and US (B 

Jarman, et al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 329:1367 

Mortensen PB, see Nordentoft M 329:261 

Morton A, Raised cardiac troponins 329:111 (L) 

Mosher, Loren Richard, Obituary (J Lenzer) 329:463 

Moss PJ, et al, Reasons for considering leaving UK medicine: 

questionnaire study of junior doctors’ comments 329:1263 

(P) 

Moszynski P 

— Extreme weather worsens global hunger 329:473 (N) 

— Health experts warn of disease as worst flooding in years hits 

Bangladesh 329:247 (N) (correction, 499) 

— Landmine casualties are falling, but the wounded need more 

help, report says 329:1256 (N) 

— Mines still cause thousands of casualties despite ban 329:642 

(N) 

— More than a fifth of children in Darfur are malnourished 


— Nairobi summit opens with call for action for landmine survivors 


— A quarter of young children in Iraq are chronically malnourished 


— Rape victims in Sudan face life of stigma, says report 329:251 

(N) 

— UN considers sanctions against Sudanese government for 

obstructing aid 329:191 (N) 

— UN warns that aid for Sudan is “grossly underfunded” 


motivation, work, how to improve (R Persaud) BMJ Careers 


motor racing, BAT and (J Carlyle, et al) 329:104 (ED), 329:352 (L) 

Moussamih S, see Aadil N 329:778 

Moxham J, see Man W D-C 329:1209 

Moynihan R 

— Drug maker urges group to lobby FDA on testosterone for 

women 329:1255 (N) 

— FDA panel rejects testosterone patch for women on safety 

grounds 329:1363 (N) 

— Fix for low sex drive puts reporters in a bad patch (The Press) 


— MPs launch inquiry into influence of drug industry 329:587 

(N) 

— Officials reject claims of drug industry’s influence 329:641 

(N) 

— Overdo$ed America (Books) 329:746 (R) 

Mpazanje R, see Harries AD 329:1163 

mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, imported infection among travellers 

to central and South America (S Ahluwalia, et al) 

(Lesson of the week) 329:842 (C) 

Mudur G 

— Indian doctors debate incentives for organ donors 329:938 

(N) 

— Indian patients go to court over cancer drug 329:419 (N) 

— Slow progress on sanitation puts 2.6 billion people at risk 


Muggli ME, see Carlyle J 329:104 

Mugyenyi P, Highly active antiretroviral therapy 329:1118 (E) 

Mukasa DS, see Furber AS 329:1281 

Mukherjee JS, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

Mukotekwa T, see Perez F 329:1147 

Mullin EJ, see Metcalfe MS 329:290 

multimedia, bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 329:1270 

multiple sclerosis 

— cannabinoid dronabinol and central pain (KB Svendsen, et al) 


— risk factors, hepatitis B vaccine (O Dyer) 329:703 (N) 

mumps, cases rise among teenagers and young adults (R Dobson) 


Munchausen syndrome by proxy 

— inquiry into death of boy recommends tightening of child 

protection rules (C Dyer) 329:191 (N) 

— Petrina Stocker accused of killing son in “fabricated illness” (T 

Wood) 329:1307 (N) 

— Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood (Gregory) (Books) 


Munsch C, see Bridgewater B 329:421 

Murchie P, see Campbell NC 329:523 

Murphy DJ, et al, ABC of preterm birth. Obstetric issues in preterm 

birth 329:783 (C) 

Murphy E, Case management and community matrons for long 

term conditions 329:1251 (E) 

Murphy N, et al, Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary 

syndromes 329:173 (L) 

Murphy SJ, A memorable patient. The benefits of a cross channel 

flight 329:503 

Murray CJL, et al, Monitoring global health: time for new solutions 

329:1096 (ED) (correction, 330:82) 

Murray L, see Watkins D 329:139 

Murray MJ, et al, Lesson of the week. Childhood leukaemia masquerading 

as juvenile idiopathic arthritis 329:959 (C) 

Murray SA, et al, Developing primary palliative care 329:1056 (E) 

musculoskeletal diseases, targeted early access to musculoskeletal 

services (TEAMS) programme (P Maddison, et al) 

329:1325 (Q) 

Muzumdar, Ashok, interview (O Ayeni) (Fifteen minutes with...) 


Mwakasungula E, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

Mwansambo A, see Harries AD 329:1163 

Mwerinde O, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

myocardial infarction see also cardiovascular diseases 

— angiotensin receptor blockers and (S Verma, et al) 329:1248 

(E) 

— hospital discharge rates 1990-2000: 329:172 (L) 

— lipid regulating drug prescription and admissions (A Majeed, 

et al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 329:645 

— reduced risk for Italian pizza eaters (R Dobson) 329:1064 (N) 

— renal dangers after (S Gottlieb) 329:702 (N) 

— risk factors 

——cold weather (R Dobson) 329:760 (N) 

——nine factors explain most attacks (C White) 329:527 (N) 

N 

Naik SB, The curse of the snake god 329:1374 

Nambiar AK, see Cozma I BMJ Careers 329:s56 

narcolepsy, and excessive daytime sleepiness (A Zeman, et al) 


Nardi O, Petrarch, physicians, and controlled trials 329:141 

National Audit Office, Improving Emergency Care in England (L 


National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, 

Scoping our Practice (S Mayor) 329:873 (N) 

National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths, UK 

audit will review pathologists’ reports on adult autopsies (S 


National Health Service see also clinical governance; hospitals; 

private medicine; trusts 

— Atkinson report proposes better ways of measuring output (R 

Coombes) 329:190 (N) 

— brave new paradigm? (M Williams) (Personal view) 329:357 (R) 

— choice limited to waiting times: Johnson (R Coombes) 


— drugs 

——companies frame working rules (M Brettingham) 329:189 

(N) 

——generic manufacturers taken to court for price fixing (O 


— funding 

——7.1% rise in 2005 (R Coombes) 329:128 (N) 

——Commission criticises unequal funding (R Coombes) 


——rise not matched by activity rise (A Kassem) 329:700 (N) 

— Governing Medicine: Theory and Practice (Gray) (Books) 


— incoherent policies and excessive change undermine health 

strategy (C White) 329:639 (N) 

— Microsoft software discount (S Mayor) 329:1124 (N) 

— NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care (Pollock) (Books) 


— patient choice (J Appleby, et al) 329:61 (E) 

— psychotherapy future (S Goldbeck-Wood, et al) 329:245 (E), 


— research, Sally Davies interview (G Watts) 329:704 (N) 

— sign of the times (R Di Cuffa, et al) 329:1463 

— trust assessment problems (RM Barker, et al) 

— US health industry sees NHS as “unopened oyster”: BMA 

conference (R Coombes) 329:1305 (N) 

— waiting list fallen by 35%since 1998 (M Brettingham) 


— Welshman in the temple (C Douglas) (Soundings) 329:865 (R) 

National Institute for Clinical Excellence 

— challenges (A Maynard, et al) 329:227 (ED) 

— chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (W MacNee) 329:361 

(E) 

— efficiency and equity 329:571 (L) 

— hypertension guidelines 

——differ importantly from BHS 329:1289 (L) 

——overview (NC Campbell, et al) 329:523 (E) 

——summary (K Hebert) 329:475 (N) 

— sepsis guidance (S Mayor) 329:758 (N) 

— value judgments (MD Rawlins, et al) 329:224 (ED), 329:740 


National Institutes of Health (US) 

— conflict of interest criticisms (JH Tanne) 329:10 (N) 

— open access moves (B Roehr) 329:590 (N) 

natural killer cells, miscarriage, fertility and (A Moffett, et al) 


Nature, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:1052 (R) 

nausea, antiemetic combinations are better for post-operative 

nausea and vomiting (POEM*) 329 (28 August 2004) 

Ncayiyana DJ 

— Doctors and nurses with HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan 

Africa 329:584 (E) 

— Is democracy good for people’s health? A South African 

perspective 329:1425 

Ndebele M, see Gillam S 329:979 

Neal B, see MacMahon S 329:970 

Neale, Richard, better system needed to curb rogue doctors (C 


negligence see under malpractice 

Nehrlich HH, see Theo EM 329:975 

Neilson JP, see Alfirevic Z 329:811 

Nelson S, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

neoplasms see under cancers 

Nesbitt I, A memorable patient. The power of song 329:1141 

Ness AR, see Charles D 329:1375 

Netherlands see also Europe 

— doctor shot by Nazis commemorated (T Sheldon) 329:702 

(N) 

— euthanasia 

——A memorable patient, (N Bronzite) 329:1079 

——new approach to reporting “mercy killings” (T Sheldon) 


——penalties proposed for doctors who flout law (T Sheldon) 


— plans system for reporting errors (T Sheldon) 329:68 (N) 

— science, democratisation of scientific advice (R Bal, et al) 



Netlines see also internet 

— (H Brown) 329:117 (R), 329:356 (R), 329:630 (R), 329:864 (R), 

329:1052 (R), 329:1293 (L) 

Nettleton, Patricia Ann (née Girling), Obituary (MS Colley) 


Netuveli G, see Sheikh A 329:87 

Neurberger J, see Webb K 329:63 

neurocardiogenic syncope, review (C Chen-Scarabelli, et al) 


neuroleptic malignant syndrome, pyrexia and (AM Haddow, et 

al) (Lesson of the week) 329:1333 (C) 

neurolinguistic programming, Changing with NLP (Walker) (Reviews) 


neurological development 

— outcomes: ABC of preterm birth (M Colvin, et al) 329:1390 (C) 

— sequelae in twins after assisted conception (A Pinborg, et al) 


neurology 

— career advice (O Pearson, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s93 

— on internet (J Kandasamy) (What’s on the web) BMJ Careers 


— out of body experiences (O Blanke) 329:1414 (E) 

Nevil P, see Fraser HSF 329:1142 

New Year’s resolutions, psychology of (C McManus) 329:1413 

(E) 

18 MIL-NEW July−December 2004

New Zealand see also Oceania 

— IMMP closure: open letter 329:51 (L), 329:460 (L) 

— stroke services, doctors playing at politics (H McNaughton) 


Newell JN, et al, Learning from low income countries: what are 

the lessons? 329:1186 (L) 

Newland A 

— Reading about the difficulties in getting a post as a senior 

house officer, I was wondering if research experience and 

publications in my chosen field (haematology) would help me 

to obtain a post? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s82 

— see Swift B BMJ Careers 329:s187 

Newson AJ, Consent to the publication of patient information 


newspapers, telephone interview tips (C Gray) (Advice zone) 


Ngxowa N, see Andersson N 329:952 

NHS Direct see also patient information 

— triage for same day appointments in primary care: comparison 

with general practice (DA Richards, et al) 329:774 (PC) 

NHS Plan Working Group, Lost in Translation (C White) 329:639 

(N) 

Nicholson JC, see Murray MJ 329:959 

Nicol SG, see Atkinson HDE 329:1315 

Nigeria see also Africa 

— polio vaccination 

——health minister apologises (A Ranfu) 329:365 (N) 

——Kano state resumes (F Fleck) 329:70 (N) 

Nilstun T, see Krantz I 329:618 

Ninan T, see Devenney A 329:489 

Nissinen A, see Anttila T 329:539 

Nitzan U, et al, Questionnaire survey on use of placebo 329:944 

(P) 

NO TEARS tool, medication review (T Lewis) (10-minute consultation) 


Nobel Prize, scientists receive prize for unravelling secrets of 

smell (G Watts) 329:815 (N) 

Noble S, Sundowning on a sunny day in Cornwall 329:1219 

Noglik A, et al, Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment 


Nolte E, see McKee M 329:1428 

non-absorbable disaccharides, hepatic encephalopathy, systematic 

review 329:112 (L) 

non-parenteral vaccines, side effects (ALW Po) 329:62 (E) 

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 

— benefits and harms (PA Dieppe, et al) 329:31 (C), 329:457 (L), 


— osteoarthritis 

——overview (C Cooper, et al) 329:304 (E) 

——knee management (D MacAuley) 329:1300 (E) 

——knee pain: meta-analysis of randomised placebo controlled 

trials (JM Bjordal, et al) 329:1317 (PC) 

——meta-analysis (J Lin, et al) 329:324 (PC) 

— prevention of gastrointestinal toxicity: effectiveness of five 

strategies (L Hooper, et al) 329:948 (PC) 

Nordentoft M, et al, Change in suicide rates for patients with 

schizophrenia in Denmark, 1981-97: nested case-control 

study 329:261 (P) 

Norgain C, see Maddison P 329:1325 

Norman PE, et al, Population based randomised controlled trial 

on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic 

aneurysm 329:1259 (P) 

Normand C, see Walshe K 329:871 

North America see also Canada; United States 

North West Quality Improvement Programme in Cardiac Interventions, 

see Bridgewater B 329:421 

Northern Ireland see also Europe 

— blood pressure in adolescence: cross sectional surveys in the 

Northern Ireland Young Hearts project (D Watkins, et al) 


— Commission raises questions over death certificates (M Houston) 


— Modernising Medical Careers (S Chaudhry) BMJ Careers 


Norton R, see Warburton MS 329:557 

nose bleeds, risperidone and 329:51 (L) 

Nott-Bower, Thomas Mowbray, Obituary (C Preston) 329:628 

Novartis and Daily Telegraph Visions of Science Photographic 

Awards, images can enhance patients’ understanding (A 

Ferriman) 329:818 (N) 

Nundy S, Endpiece. Earning from the world 329:23 

Nurse J, Domestic Violence (Books) 329:689 (R) 

nursing 

— atrial fibrillation, nurse led cardioversion service in day surgery 

unit: audit (MP Currie, et al) 329:892 (Q) 

— cardiac surgery, flow monitored protocol for optimisation of 

circulatory status (M McKendry, et al) 329:258 (P) (correction, 

438) 

— remedial (C Douglas) (Soundings) 329:1295 (R) 

nursing homes 

— cruise ships provide cost effective care (JH Tanne) 329:1065 

(N) 

— help for patients to hire prostitutes? (J Barrett) (Personal view) 


— incidence of influenza-like illness and influenza chemoprophylaxis 

(R Harling, et al) 329:663 (PC) 

Nutting PA, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

Nygren P, see Guise J-M 329:19 

O 

Oakley A, et al, eds, Private Complaints and Public Health: Richard 

Titmuss on the National Health Service (Books) 329:983 (R) 

Oakley GP 

— Lessons from the withdrawal of rofecoxib 329:1342 (L) 

— et al, Balancing benefits and harms in public health prevention 

programmes mandated by governments 329:41 (ED), 


— et al, Research pointers. Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of 

maternal breast cancer. Commentary: Folic acid fortification 

remains an urgent health priority 329:1376 

obesity see also diet 

— children, carbonated drinks 329:54 (L) 

— effectiveness evidence 329:53 (L) 

— McDonald’s profits drop and Mars abandons king size bars 

(R Coombes) 329:820 (N) 

— maternal mortality and (M Brettingham) 329:1205 (N) 

— too many accelerators, not enough brakes (B Swinburn, et al) 


O’Brien, Donough, Obituary (DC Morley) 329:115 

O’Brien E, see Stergiou G 329:870 

O’Brien MD, The Medical Society of London 1773-2003: 329:355 

(R) 


obstetric fistula, surgery in Ethiopia (R Coombes) 329:1125 (N) 


obstetrics 

— ABC of preterm birth (DJ Murphy, et al) 329:783 (C) 

— education 

——implications of change of mind on future career (D Hapangama) 


——MRCP usefulness (A Kenyon) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


——registrar from Pakistan (P Owen) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— prospects of getting SpR post for overseas doctors with experience 

(D Hapangama) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s156 

obstructive sleep apnoea, general anaesthesia risk (C den 


occupational medicine see also work 

— asthma. bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 329:558 

occupational therapy, mobility after stroke (PA Logan, et al) 

329:1372 (P) (correction, 330:137) 

Oceania see also Australia; New Zealand; Samoa 

O’Connell H, et al, Recent developments: Suicide in older people 


O’Connell S 

— Keeping patients’ appointments to seven minutes BMJ Careers 


— Managing your emails (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s120 

O’Connor AM, see Tugwell P 329:38 

O’Connor J, et al, Have your say in shaping the future of medical 

education, research and clinical practice BMJ Careers 


O’Connor NK, Human touch could be saved by using robots 


O’Conor R, Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment 


Odent MR, Making sense of rising caesarean section rates 


O’Doherty M, see Russell-Jones R 329:1288 

O’Farrell N, et al, Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment 


offside position, detection by human eye during football match 

(FB Maruenda) (Experts’ eye view) 329:1470 (correction, 

330:188) 

Ogilvie D, et al, Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative 

to using cars: systematic review 329:763 (P), 329:1237 (L), 


O’Hanlon S, see Hippisley-Cox J 329:1267 

Okuonzi SA, Learning from failed health reform in Uganda 


Old P, see Billett J 329:350 

Olde Rikkert MGM, see Melis RJF 329:360 

Oldroyd, Michael John, Obituary (M Green) 329:803 

Olomi R, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

Olowu O, Does the exact result that you get in the PLAB exam, 

for example, 129 or 150 or 160, make any difference when 

you are looking for jobs? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Olympic Games 

— Cheating at Athens: Is it Worth it? (D MacAuley) 329:407 (R) 

— Leila Marques (T Villanueva) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s17 

— The Medigames (N Koralage) BMJ Careers 329:s83 

O’Malley P, see Pirotta M 329:548 

Omigbodun OO, see Dogra N 329:1184 

Omran M, see Devenney A 329:489 

O’Neill P, I am an NHS midwife with an MSc and special training 

in neonatal intensive care. I am 36 and have a young family. 

Do you think I’m too old to start a new career in medicine; 

and is there any financial support available to me? (Advice 


Opaluwa AS, et al, Emphasise burns prevention in developing 

countries 329:801 (L) 

open access publishing see also publishing 

— government response criticised (L Eaton) 329:1122 (N) 

— NIH moves (B Roehr) 329:590 (N) 

ophthalmoscopy, how to use (I Cozma, et al) BMJ Careers 


optic discs, tilted (S Bansal) (Minerva) 329:1054 (R) 

orbit, “blowout fracture” (S Madge, et al) (Minerva) 329:358 (R) 

Orchardson, Robert Livingstone, Obituary (R Orchardson) 


organ transplantation see also transplant surgery 

— India, donor incentives (G Mudur) 329:938 (N) 

— pros and cons of career in transplant surgery? (Z Khalpey) 


— retained organs, legal aid folly (D Taverne) (Personal view) 


— South Africa, doctors charged with involvement (P Sidley) 


organophosphate poisoning, overcoming apathy (NA Buckley, 


Orkar SK, see Opaluwa AS 329:801 

Orne-Gliemann J, see Perez F 329:1147 

orthopaedics 

— on internet (KJ Patel) (What’s on the web) BMJ Careers 


— methicillin resistant Staphylococcus eradication by “ring fencing” 

of elective orthopaedic beds (LC Biant, et al) 329:149 (Q), 


Ortiz E, see Straus SE 329:1029 

Orton D, Sponsorship schemes in psychiatry BMJ Careers 


Osborn A, Russia fails to ban drinking in public despite soaring 

alcoholism 329:1202 (N) 

Osborn JR 

— et al, A memorable patient. Beating the test 329:797 

— see Arulalan KV 329:1133 

Osborn, Thomas Welwyn, Obituary (JM Grange, et al) 329:1106 

Osbourne J, see Ball JE 329:665 

O’Shea D, see Cawood T 329:385 

Osrin D, see Costello A 329:1166 

osteoarthritis 

— knee 

——management (D MacAuley) 329:1300 (E) 

——orthopaedic approach (S Gidwani, et al) 329:1220 (C) 

——pain and magnetic bracelets (T Harlow, et al) (The limits of 

medicine) 329:1450 

— non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 

——overview (C Cooper, et al) 329:304 (E) 

——efficacy meta-analysis (J Lin, et al) 329:324 (PC) 

——knee meta-analysis (JM Bjordal, et al) 329:1317 (PC) 

Osterweil P, see Guise J-M 329:19 

Ostor AJK, et al, Drug points. Fatal exacerbation of rheumatoid 

arthritis associated fibrosing alveolitis in patients given 

infliximab 329:1266 (P) 

otorhinolaryngology, on internet (V Cote, et al) (What’s onthe 

web?) BMJ Careers 329:s184 

out of body experiences, neural basis (O Blanke) 329:1414 (E) 

out of hours care 

— deputising service are “cause for concern”, says ombudsman 

(D Singh) 329:71 (N) 

— good old days (L Farrell) (Soundings) 329:59 (R) 

— RCGP concerned over transfer of services (B Rushforth) 


outpatients, clinic sessions (F Mohammed) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


ovarian tissue transplantation, live birth after (D Singh) 329:761 

(N) 

over the counter drugs, US, which should be available? (RR 

Fenichel) 329:182 (E) 

overseas doctors see also doctors 

— armed forces and BMJ Careers 329:s69 

— clinical attachments (R Gupta) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— developing countries, need to tackle health brain drain (R 


— foundation scheme programme 2 (year 2005) (R Rao) (Advice 


— GMC survey: limitations BMJ Careers 329:s183 

— inappropriate use BMJ Careers 329:s90 

— racism in NHS, illustrative analogy BMJ Careers 329:s183 

— UK: country of training and ethnic origin 

——overview (I Bowler) 329:583 (E) 

——database and survey studies (MJ Goldacre, et al) 329:597 (P) 

overseas visitors, NHS treatment eligibility (AJ Pollard, et al) 

(Ethics in practice) 329:346 (ED), 329:683 (L), 329:684 (L) 

Owen P, I am a registrar from Pakistan and I have passed the 

fellowship exam in obstetrics and gynaecology in Pakistan. 

I now want to take the MRCOG part 2 exam .... Should I try 

for a job in the United Kingdom or go for the exam? 


Oxman AD, et al, A field guide to experts (Experts’ eye view) 


Oxman TE, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

P 

Padfield PL, see Stergiou G 329:870 

paediatric nephrology, career advice (R Lennon, et al) BMJ 


paediatric pathology 

— career advice (I Scheimberg) BMJ Careers 329:s53 

— Irene Scheimberg (R Sewell) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s55 

paediatrics 

— career advice 

——advice for Greek doctor (EB Turya) (Advice zone) BMJ 


——specialist paediatric general practitioner? (F Jewkes) (Advice 


——worth completing MRCPCH 2 for GP? (F Jewkes) (Advice 


— Harvey Marcovitch interview (G Easton) (Fifteen minutes 

with ...) BMJ Careers 329:s139 


Pagnan A, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Pai SA 

— Phir milenge (We’ll Meet Again) (Film) 329:629 (R) 

— The Renewal of Generosity (Books) 329:355 (R) 

Paice E, et al, Bullying among doctors in training: cross sectional 

questionnaire survey 329:658 (P) 

pain see also analgesia 

— metastatic bone pain management (JA Dewar) 329:812 (E) 

— musculoskeletal pain in female asylum seekers and hypovitaminosis 


— osteoarthritis of hip and knee and magnetic bracelets (T 

Harlow, et al) (The limits of medicine) 329:1450 

— The Sick Dürer: Renaissance prototype pain map (GD Schott) 


Painter TM, et al, Women’s reasons for not participating in follow 

up visits before starting short course antiretroviral prophylaxis 

for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: 

qualitative interview study 329:543 (P) 

Pakenham-Walsh N, Learning from one another to bridge the 

“know-do gap” (Websites) 329:1189 (R) 

Pakistan see also Asia 

— hepatitis, potential rise (A Yusufzai) 329:530 (N) 

— length of hospital stay, low birthweight infants stepdown unit 

(ZA Bhutta, et al) 329:1151 (Q) 

Palaniappan P, see Takhar AS 329:668 

Palestine 

— assault on health and other war crimes (D Summerfield) 

(Personal view) 329:924 (R), 329:1101 (L), 329:1102 (L) 

— health: truth, lies, and statistics (SM Fellerman) 329:1110 (R) 

palliative care see also death 

— comorbidity management at end of life (J Stevenson, et al) 


— developing primary palliative care (SA Murray, et al) 


— ethics postgraduate diploma (R Ackroyd) (Diplomatosis) BMJ 


— Europe, improvements (F Fleck) 329:248 (N) 


— power of song. A memorable patient (I Nesbitt) 329:1141 

— spiritual needs (P Speck, et al) 329:123 (E) 

— UK, more care for people wanting to die at home (Z Kmietowicz) 


Palmer I, What to do if you are taken hostage BMJ Careers 


Palmer R, I have an MD in pathology from India and I want to 

pursue a career in forensic medicine. Who should I contact? 


Panadero MD, see Vas J 329:1216 

pancreatic cancers, diagnosis, recent developments (AS Takhar, 


pancreatitis, management 329:232 (L) 

Pandav C, see Dodani S 329:293 

Pandey KR, Learning from low income countries: what are the 


Pandha H, see Relph K 329:839 

Pandit A, A call I never made (My greatest mistake) 329:1496 

Panesar SS, see Sheikh A 329:87, 329:626 

Panja AS 

— Medical Mysteries (TV) 329:238 (R) 

— The practicable paradox—the five minute emergency 


Panwar J, see Yeluri SV 329:113 

Papatheodorou S, see Sotiriadis A 329:152 

NEW-PAP 19

Papini R 

— ABC of burns. Management of burn injuries of various depths 


— see Hettiaratchy S 329:101 

Paralympic Games, Leila Marques (T Villanueva) (Profile) BMJ 


Parapoxvirus, “milkers’ nodule” (V Zawar, et al) (Minerva) 


parasitic diseases, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:117 (R), 


Parati G, see Stergiou G 329:870 

Parbrook, Margaret Jean, Obituary (G Parbrook, et al) 329:1291 

parent-child relations 

— parental support in neonatal unit: ABC of preterm birth (PW 

Fowlie, et al) 329:1336 (C) 

— schizophrenia and paternal age (A Sipos, et al) 329:1070 (P) 

— smacking legislation (S Stewart-Brown) 329:1195 (E) 

Parikh A, A memorable patient. In at the deep end 329:1401 

Park BK, see Pirmohamed M 329:15 

Park MP, et al, The fine art of patient-doctor relationships (Images 

of health) 329:1475 

Park RHR, see Park MP 329:1475 

Parker MJ 

— Getting ethics into practice 329:126 (E) (correction, 384), 


— et al, Ethical review of research into rare genetic disorders 

329:288 (ED), 329:622 (L), 329:624 (L) 

— et al, Ethics in practice. Genetic information: a joint account? 


Parker SG, see Melis RJF 329:360 

Parkins D 

— Adjusting to life as a doctor with a colostomy BMJ Careers 


— Experiences of a single “epileptic” fit BMJ Careers 329:s98, 


Parkinson disease 

— monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors 

——overview (Y Ben-Shlomo, et al) 329:581 (E) 

——meta-analysis (NJ Ives, et al) 329:593 (P) 

— patients’ journey (MG Baker, et al) 329:611 (C) 

Parry G, see Tucker J 329:730 

Parry J 

— China and Japan face epidemic of heart disease 329:643 (N) 

— Chinese government detains doctor who criticised it 329:130 

(N) 

— Coroner criticised over conduct of SARS inquest 329:1204 

(N) 

— South East Asia sets up task force to tackle avian flu 329:876 

(N) 

— Two Hong Kong politicians resign in wake of SARS report 


Parshuram C, see Kozer E 329:1321 

Parsons RW, see Norman PE 329:1259 

Parton K, see Weston-Price E BMJ Careers 329:s207 

Passier A, et al, Drug points. Photo-onycholysis associated with 

the use of doxycycline 329:265 (P) 

passive smoking see also smoking 

— childhood exposure and back pain risk (R Dobson) 329:250 

(N) 

— coronary heart disease and stroke risk: cotinine measurement 

(PH Whincup, et al) 329:200 (P), 329:918 (L) 

Pasupathy D, see Smith GCS 329:375 

Patel D, see MacMahon E 329:551 

Patel KJ, Orthopaedics (What’s on the web) BMJ Careers 


Patel P, General practice in British Columbia BMJ Careers 


Patel V, see McKenzie K 329:1138 

patents, genes (G Matthijs) 329:1358 (E) 

Paterson S, see Collins CT 329:193 

Paterson-Brown S, see Atkinson HDE 329:1315 

pathology 

— career advice (B Swift, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s187 


patient admission, intensive care, influences on doctors’ decisions 

(M Escher, et al) 329:425 (P) 

patient care, EU draft legislation threatens patient safety, says 

BMA (R Watson) 329:1064 (N) 

patient choice 

— limited to waiting times: Jim Johnson (R Coombes) 329:1305 

(N) 

— NHS (J Appleby, et al) 329:61 (E) 

patient discharge, acute coronary syndromes, hospital rates 

1990-2000: 329:172 (L) 

patient groups, bogus groups concerns (Z Kmietowicz) 


patient information see also NHS Direct 


patient participation 

— evidence-based medicine, “evidence of me” (S Lockwood) 


— primary care full engagement (A Coulter, et al) 329:1197 (E) 

— screening, decision aids to support informed choices (A Barratt, 


patient records see medical records 

patients see also doctor-patient relations 

— burn injury perspectives: ABC of burns (A Acton) 329:504 (C) 

— chronic disease, patient’s journey (P Lapsley, et al) 329:582 (E) 

— evaluation of informed consent to postponed information (H 

Boter, et al) 329:86 (P) 

— quality of consumer health tests to be scrutinised (C White) 


— views about having names displayed in hospital (R Gudena, et 

al) (Images of health) 329:1491 

Patnick J, see Banks E 329:477 

Patrick A, see Bolsin S 329:51 

Pattenden S 



Patterson DR, see Wiechman SA 329:391 

Patterson JA, A conflict of interest 329:1434 

Pattinson K, see Imray C 329:1344 

Pattison J, et al, Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom 


Paul C, The relentless therapeutic imperative (The limits of 

medicine) 329:1457 

Paul V, Health systems and the community 329:1117 (E) 

pay see under remuneration 

Payne H, How the postgraduate deanery can help doctors with 

disabilities BMJ Careers 329:s132 

Payne JDR, Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the 


Payne K, see Hooper L 329:948 

Payne S, see Slevin M 329:124 

peanut allergy, decision making: high stakes/unclear evidence 

(W Hu, et al) 329:852 (ED) 

Pearce MS, see Barker RM 329:107 

Pearson A, see Wilson APR 329:720 

Pearson, James, Obituary (IG Conn) 329:115 

Pearson O, et al, A career in neurology BMJ Careers 329:s93 

Peckham CS, see Cumberland P 329:1074 

Pécoud A, see de Torrenté de la Jara G 329:156 

pectoralis major tendon injuries, Kocher’s manoeuvre (A Pimpalnerkar, 

et al) (Experts’ eye view) 329:1472 

Peel, John, philosopher DJ. A memorable teacher (S Hartley) 


peer review 

— appeal of the week? (T Greenhalgh) (Soundings) 329:749 (R) 

— assessment of instruments 329:171 (L) 

— publication of reviewers’ name 329:113 (L) 

Peeters A, see Franco OH 329:1447 

Peile E 

— Interactive case report, A 35 year old woman with diabetic 

nephropathy who wants a baby: case outcome. Commentary: 

how can experts and novices learn together? 329:902 (C) 


unplanned consultation: case outcome. Commentary: 

“Double loop” learning 329:502 (C) 

— et al, What the educators are saying 329:610 (L) 

Pell JP, see Smith GCS 329:375 

Pellen M, see Ball JE 329:665 

pelvic floor, muscle training during pregnancy: trial (KÅ 

Salvesen, et al) 329:378 (PC) 

Pennell DJ, see Prasad SK 329:1386 

percutaneous coronary intervention, radial artery access for 

coronary angiography and (RA Archbold, et al) 329:443 

(C), 329:1046 (L) 

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy 

— dementia, rapid-cycle quality improvement methodology (C 

Monteleoni, et al) 329:491 (Q), 329:917 (L) 

— end of life decisions, relentless therapeutic imperative (C Paul, 

et al) (The limits of medicine) 329:1457 

Perea-Milla E, see Vas J 329:1216 

Pereira S, Immunology BMJ Careers 329:s113 

Perera J, see Currie MP 329:892 

Perez F, et al, Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: 

evaluation of a pilot programme in a district hospital in 

rural Zimbabwe 329:1147 (Q) 

performance 

— NHS trusts, assessment problems (RM Barker, et al) 329:107 

(ED) 

— surgical wound infections as indicators: common definitions 

(APR Wilson, et al) 329:720 (IP) 

perinatal services, organisation and delivery: ABC of preterm birth 

(J Tucker, et al) 329:730 (C) 

perindopril, stroke and: PROGRESS trial balanced effectiveness 

report (R Wennberg, et al) 329:968 (ED), 329:1403 (L), 


perioperative mortality see also mortality 

— UK audit will review pathologists’ reports on adult autopsies 


Perkins G, I am a third year medic about to sit my PACES and I’m 

interested in doing chest medicine and intensive care medicine. 

How should I go about it? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Perkins J, see Metcalf B 329:832 

Perkins W, see Bath-Hextall F 329:705 

Perneger TV 

— Relation between online “hit counts” and subsequent citations: 

prospective study of research papers in the BMJ 


— see Escher M 329:425 

Pernes P, see Laporte R 329:204 

Persaud R 

— Are you dependent on your work? BMJ Careers 329:s36 

— Faking it: the emotional labour of medicine BMJ Careers 


— How “suicide” coverage went off the rails (The Press) 329:1243 

(R) 

— How to improve your motivation at work BMJ Careers 


— Procrastination: why putting off is such a turn off BMJ Careers 


Personal view 

— 366 500 injections later (WI Fraser) 329:519 (R) 

— Back to punishment in New South Wales (TB Hugh) 


— Balancing the benefits and harms of care (A Donald) 329:59 

(R) 

— A better way to manage development (P Burgess) 329:1192 

(R) 

— Bhopal: the lingering tragedy (P Desikan) 329:1410 (R) 

— A brave new paradigm? (M Williams) 329:357 (R) 

— The danger of denial (D Spence) 329:631 (R) 

— Doctors playing at politics (H McNaughton) 329:925 (R) 

— Does evidence based medicine do more good than harm? 

(MGM Hunink) 329:1051 (R) 

— Epidemiology: friend or foe? (JAHR Claassen) 329:467 (R) 

— Evidence from samples of one (AM Almedom) 329:1052 (R) 

— Grand rounds (K Walsh) 329:1295 (R) 

— Learning from evidence based mistakes (H Bastian) 


— The legal aid folly that damages us all (D Taverne) 329:239 (R) 

— Lessons from the end of a life (R Levenson) 329:1244 (R) 

— My disappointment with an ethics committee (SP Tan) 


— The negligence of medical experts (MC Bishop) 329:1353 (R) 

— No thanks, I’ve already eaten (Anonymous) 329:691 (R) 

— Occasional notes: Doctor did Atkins (D Wheeler) 329:1245 

(R) 

— An open letter to the Prince of Wales: with respect, your 

highness, you’ve got it wrong (M Baum) 329:118 (R), 329:857 

(L), 329:858 (L), 329:859 (L) 

— Palestine: the assault on health and other war crimes (D 

Summerfield) 329:924 (R), 329:1101 (L), 329:1102 (L) 

— Palestinian health: the truth, the lies, and the statistics (SM 

Fellerman) 329:1110 (R) 

— Personal services or dangerous liaisons: should we help patients 

hire prostitutes? (J Barrett) 329:985 (R), 329:1346 (L) 

— Pitfalls on the road to drug safety (C Schoenberger) 329:1411 

(R) 

— A question of medical ethics from Somalia (RTA Scott) 


— Quiet diplomacy is not enough (P Haviland) 329:409 (R) 

— Resisting cookbook medicine (SJ Genuis, et al) 329:179 (R) 

— Seven lessons from Africa (R Stott) 329:1193 (R) 

— The three paradoxes of private medicine (MJ Longley) 


— What funders and others can do to help save clinical academic 

medicine (J Walmsley) 329:806 (R) 

— What if the government refuses to ban smoking in public 

places? (JN Rao) 329:749 (R) 

— When TV damned the drug regulators (P Waller) 329:865 (R) 

— Where can we publish? (S Jabbour) 329:299 (R) 

— Why failed asylum seekers must not be denied access to the 

NHS (PD Williams) 329:298 (R), 329:683 (L) 

personality 

— Understanding personality type 

——Extraversion and introversion (A Houghton) BMJ Careers 


——How do you like to live your life? Judging and perceiving (A 

Houghton) BMJ Careers 329:s230 

——How do you like to take in information? (A Houghton) 


——How do you make decisions? Thinking and feeling (A 


——Introducing personality type (A Houghton) BMJ Careers 


——The whole type, and how it relates to job satisfaction (A 


Peru see also South America 

— tuberculosis model for AIDS prevention (F Fleck) 329:252 

(N) 

Perucca R, see Kale R 329:1199 

pesticides, organophosphate poisoning, overcoming apathy 

(NA Buckley, et al) 329:1231 (ED) 

Peter N, see Cozma I BMJ Careers 329:s56 

Peters D, see House W 329:740 

Petrarch, physicians and controlled trials (O Nardi) 329:141 

Petricevic L, see Kiss H 329:371 

Petrie KJ, et al, Getting well from water 329:1417 (E) 

Petticrew M 

— Endpiece. A warning 329:342 

— see Ogilvie D 329:763 

Pettigrew G, see Callaghan C BMJ Careers 329:s23 

Pewsner D, et al, Ruling a diagnosis in or out with “SpPIn” and 

“SnNOut”: a note of caution 329:209 (IP) 

Pfizer 

— valdecoxib 

——criticised over delay in admitting problems (J Lenzer) 


——FDA bars own expert from evaluating risks (J Lenzer) 


pharmacogenetics, expectations and reality (G Tucker) 329:4 (E) 

phenobarbital, epilepsy, revisited (R Kale, et al) 329:1199 (E) 

Philips Medical Systems, ultrasound ads in consumer marker (D 

Cohen) (Ads) 329:984 (R) 

Phillips A, see Smith J BMJ Careers 329:s46 

Phillips WR, Interactive case report. Abnormal liver function found 

after an unplanned consultation: case outcome. Commentary: 

Itching for a diagnosis 329:501 (C) 

philosophy, medical, et al, ed, Philosophy for Medicine: Applications 

in a Clinical Context (Evans, et al, eds) (Books) 329:923 (R) 

photo-onycholysis, doxycycline and (A Passier, et al) (Drug 


photographs, reflection in GPs with (TG Lid, et al) (Images of 

health) 329:1488 (correction, 330:188) 

physical examination, head to toe of an airborne soldier (J 

Sharp) 329:512 

physiotherapy 

— back pain and (D MacAuley) 329:694 (E) 

— low back pain v. with advice (H Frost, et al) 329:708 (P), 


Picano E, Informed consent and communication of risk from 

radiological and nuclear medicine examinations: how to 

escape from a communication inferno 329:849 (ED) 

Piccioli A, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Piccoli GB 

— et al, Interactive case report. A 35 year old woman with diabetic 

nephropathy who wants a baby 

——case outcome 329:900 (C) 

——case presentation 329:674 (C) 

——case progression 329:729 (C) 

— see Tomasa M 329:901 

Pickersgill T 

— Is it possible to decline (with six weeks’ notice) a senior house 

officer job which I originally accepted? If so, how should I 

limit any damage? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s22, s69 

— What are the questions usually asked in interviews for senior 

house officer jobs? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s2 

— see Pearson O BMJ Careers 329:s93 

Pierach CA, Endpiece. Should life be longer 329:854 

Pikhart H, see Bobak M 329:767 

Pilling S, NICE clinical guidelines 329:571 (L) 

Pimpalnerkar A, et al, An unusual complication of Kocher’s 

manoeuvre (Experts’ eye view) 329:1472 

Pinborg A, et al, Neurological sequelae in twins born after assisted 

conception: controlled national cohort study 


Pinchinat S, see Vaugelade J 329:1309 

Pincock S 

— Government confirms second case of vCJD transmitted by 

blood transfusion 329:251 (N) 

— Newcastle centre gains licence for therapeutic cloning 


Pine, Raymond Stewart, Obituary (A Pine) 329:1348 

pioglitazone, fatal liver failure and (E Farley-Hills, et al) (Drug 

points) 329:429 (P), 329:918 (L) 

Pirmohamed M 

— et al, Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to hospital: 

prospective analysis of 18 820 patients 329:15 (P), 329:459 


— et al, Collecting and sharing information about harms 329:6 


Pirotta M, et al, Effect of lactobacillus in preventing postantibiotic 

vulvovaginal candidiasis: a randomised controlled 

trial 329:548 (PC) 

Pittman, Christopher 

— FDA review antidepressants (JH Tanne) 329:475 (N) 

— missing documents sent to BMJ (J Lenzer) 329:1365 (N) 

pizza, myocardial infarction risk (R Dobson) 329:1064 (N) 

PLAB 

— exact result score importance in jobs applications (O Olowu) 


— GP training scheme and job prospects? (B Irish) (Advice 


— observer post in UK hospital (EB Turya) (Advice zone) BMJ 


placebos 

— in practice 

——overview (D Spiegel) 329:927 (E) 

——questionnaire survey (U Nitzan, et al) 329:944 (P) 

20 PAP-PLA July−December 2004

plagiarism 

— student survey (L Eaton) 329:70 (N) 

— thin grey line (L Eaton) BMJ Careers 329:s85 

plasters, colourful new use for word (I Bickle) 329:1454 

plastic surgery 

— education, specialist consultants or reconstructive units in the 

UK, Ireland, or Australasia (J Abhilash) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— training in non-surgical cosmetic procedures (J Abhilash) 


Plotkin H, How to get your paper rejected 329:1469 

Plummer D, see Wilson APR 329:720 

Po ALW, Non-parenteral vaccines 329:62 (E) 

Pocock SJ, et al, Issues in the reporting of epidemiological studies: 

a survey of recent practice 329:883 (P) 

POEM* see also evidence-based medicine; fillers 

— Antibacterial household products don’t reduce symptoms of 

infectious disease 329 (21 August 2004) 

— Antioxidants don’t prevent GI cancers, but increase overall 

mortality 329 (11 December 2004) 

— Combinations of antiemetics are better for post-operative 

nausea and vomiting 329 (28 August 2004) 

— Cough suppressants are ineffective in children 329 (18 September 

2004) 

— CRP is a weak predictor of coronary heart disease 329 (7 

August 2004) 

— Donepezil is ineffective in long term treatment of dementia 

329 (30 October 2004) 

— Early surgery for acute calculous cholecystitis is better than 

delayed 329 (23 October 2004) 

— Early vitamin use may increase food allergies 329 (16 October 

2004) 

— Erectile dysfunction is common with long distance cycling 


— Exemestane is better than tamoxifen in years 2-5 after breast 

cancer 329 (10 July 2004) 

— Liposuction does not improve cardiovascular risk factors 329 

(11 September 2004) 

— Long term budesonide does not affect adrenal function in 

children 329 (14 August 2004) 

— MRI is more accurate than mammogram in high risk patients 


— No long-term benefit shown for bones after HRT 329 (3 July 

2004) 

— Omeprazole 20 mg = 40 mg for primary care acid related 

dyspepsia 329 (6 November 2004) 

— Open hernia repair better than laparoscopic 329 (31 July 

2004) 

— Outcomes for thiazides are similar 329 (25 September 2004) 

— Peak expiratory flow rate does not predict exacerbation of 

asthma 329 (17 July 2004) 

— Physical therapy cures postpartum stress incontinence 329 (4 

December 2004) 

— Postmenopausal oestrogen does not improve cognitive function 

329 (4 September 2004) 

— Soy protein isoflavones do not reduce postmenopausal complications 


— Spanking infants is associated with behavioural problems 329 

(24 July 2004) 

— SSRIs provide modest benefit in selected patients with IBS 


— Steroid is effective for vestibular neuritis, valacyclovir is not 


poisoning, UK legislation on analgesic packs long term effect (K 

Hawton, et al) 329:1076 (PC) (correction, 1159) 

poker, the gambler. A memorable patient (D Cummins) 329:674 

Pokharel P, see Dodani S 329:293 

polio vaccination 

— combination vaccine misconceptions (H Bedford, et al) 


— Nigeria, health minister apologises (A Ranfu) 329:365 (N) 

Polkey MI, see Man W D-C 329:1209 

Pollard AJ, et al, Ethics in practice. Eligibility of overseas visitors 

and people of uncertain residential status for NHS treatment 

329:346 (ED), 329:683 (L), 329:684 (L) 

Pollock AM, NHS plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care (Books) 


Polymeal 

— cardiovascular diseases and, more natural, safer, and tastier 

than the Polypill (OH Franco, et al) (The limits of medicine) 


— Christmas competition 329 (18-25 December) 

polymyositis, invasion of non-necrotic muscle fibres and art of 

repetition (GJD Hengstman, et al) (Experts’ eye view) 


Poohsticks, phenomenon (R Knight) (Taking a leaf out of an old 

book) 329:1432 

Poole A 

— Is it best to join a scheme or do stand alone posts for senior 

house officer jobs in London? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— What are the options open to medical graduates who do not 

wish to progress to the preregistration house officer year? 


Portugal see also Europe 


positive deviance, developing countries (DR Marsh, et al) 


postcards, doctors around the world (Z Khalpey, et al) BMJ 


postmortems see also death 

— UK audit will review pathologists’ reports (S Mayor) 329:527 

(N) 

postnatal depression, effect on other members of mother’s family. 

Q&A (O Mallon) 329:1042 

postoperative pain, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:1293 

(R) 

Potter BK, The prince and the professor 329:858 (L) 

Pottie K, et al, Post-immigrant refugee medicine 329:742 (L) 

Potts H, see Black J 329:352 

Poulter NR, NICE and BHS guidelines on hypertension differ 

importantly 329:1289 (L) 

poverty see also socioeconomic factors 

— millennium development goals, can they be attained? (A 

Haines, et al) 329:394 (ED), 329:742 (L) 




Powell A-M, see Russell-Jones R 329:1288 

Powell C, et al, Feasibility of integrating early stimulation into 

primary care for undernourished Jamaican children: cluster 

randomised controlled trial 329:89 (PC), 329:352 (L) 

Power P, see Craig TKJ 329:1067 


PowerPoint 


— part 1 (M Al-Ubaydli) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s17 

— part 2 (M Al-Ubaydli) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s18 

practice based commissioning 

— back to future? (RQ Lewis) 329:932 (E) 

— may not work for mental health (M Brettingham) 329:1204 

(N) 

practice guidelines see guidelines 

Prader-Willi syndrome, “Bonjour, je m’appelle Oshadi” (EL 

Chandrakantha) 329:1280 

Prandoni P, et al, The long term clinical course of acute deep vein 

thrombosis of the arm: prospective cohort study 329:484 

(P) 

Prasab CSBR, see Arulalan KV 329:1133 

Prasad SK, et al, Recent developments in non-invasive cardiology 


prayer see also religion 

— retroactive: lots of history, not much mystery, and no science 

(JP Bishop, et al) (The limits of medicine) 329:1444 

Predescu O, Blue limbs (the importance of history and examination) 


pregnancy see also birth weight; caesarean section; labour 

— antipsychotic drugs safety for pregnant and breastfeeding 

women with non-affective psychosis (L Howard, et al) 329:933 


— blood pressure, birth weight, and perinatal mortality (PJ Steer, 


— folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal breast cancer (D 

Charles, et al) (Research pointers) 329:1375 

— having a baby as a trainee (E Davies) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— natural killer cells, miscarriage, and fertility (A Moffett, et al) 


— ovarian tissue transplant (D Singh) 329:761 (N) 

— pelvic floor muscle training: trial (KÅ Salvesen, et al) 329:378 

(PC) 

— sexual problems: ABC of sexual health (J Read) 329:559 (C) 

— 35 year old woman with diabetic nephropathy who wants a 

baby: Interactive case report 

——case presentation (GB Piccoli, et al) 329.674 (C) 




pregnancy complications, operative vaginal delivery and neonatal 

and infant adverse outcomes (K Demissie, et al) 329:24 

(P) (correction, 547) 

Premkumar L, see Kunjukrishnan PK 329:401 

prenatal diagnosis, Down’s syndrome, nuchal translucency (Z 

Alfirevic, et al) 329:811 (E) 

preregistration house officers see also doctors 

— options for medical graduates (A Poole) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— shadowing (J Lorains, et al) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s48 

— surviving first set of night shifts (J Smith, et al) BMJ Careers 


prescriptions, drug see also drugs 

— antibiotics for respiratory tract symptoms in primary care (I 

Welschen, et al) 329:431 (PC) 

— elderly, inappropriate prescribing is common (S Gottlieb) 


— NO TEARS tool for medication review (T Lewis) (10-minute 

consultation) 329:434 (PC) 

presentations, Presenting in Biomedicine: 500 Tips for Success (Fraser, 

et al) (Reviews) BMJ Careers 329:s50 

Preston KL, see Schmittner J 329:1075 

Prideaux D, New perspectives—approaches to medical education 

at four new UK medical schools. Commentary: Promises 

and delivery—a research imperative for new approaches 

to medical education 329:331 (LP) 

primary care trusts see also trusts 

— reorganisation may be harmful (K Walshe, et al) 329:871 (E) 

primary health care see also general practice 



— depression, re-engineering systems (AJ Dietrich, et al) 


— developing primary palliative care (SA Murray, et al) 


— identity cards: policing access (J Sheather, et al) 329:303 (E) 

— Jamaica, integrating early stimulation into care for undernourished 

children (C Powell, et al) 329:89 (PC), 329:352 (L) 

— patient full engagement (A Coulter) 329:1197 (E) 

— psychoses, early intervention for first episode 329:401 (L) 

Prince of Wales, Charles, alternative medicine and cancers: open 

letter (M Baum) (Personal view) 329:118 (R), 329:857 (L), 


Prins MH, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Prior D, with the support of James Heathcote, Interactive case 

report. Abnormal liver function found after an unplanned 

consultation: case outcome. Commentary: Patient’s experience 


prisoners 

— Iraq, AMA call for inquiry into doctors’ role in abuse of 

prisoners (S Mayor) 329:993 (N) 

— US, Guantanamo Bay teenager denied medical evaluation (J 


prisons 

— psychiatric patients, discharge from medium secure units 


— torture course launched by WMA (F Fleck) 329:591 (N) 

private medicine see also National Health Service 

— GPs will be forced to offer patients (L Eaton, et al) 329:700 (N) 

— moving 15% of NHS procedures will wreck NHS (A McGauran) 


— resident medical officer (K Ghani, et al) BMJ Careers 


— three paradoxes (MJ Longley) (Personal view) 329:579 (R), 


problem solving see also decision making 

— action learning sets (S Laverty) BMJ Careers 329:s59 

procrastination, why putting off is such a turn off (R Persaud) 


Proctor & Gamble, urges group to lobby FDA on testosterone 

for women (R Moynihan) 329:1255 (N) 

professional barriers, breaking down (B Rushforth) (The Way I 

See It) BMJ Careers 329:s99 

project management, inside story (K Maruthachalam, et al) BMJ 


Pronni P, see Laporte R 329:204 

prostate cancers 

— docetaxel and, prolongs life (S Gottlieb) 329:877 (N) 

— screening, should every man know his PSA? bmjlearning.com 

(K Walsh) 329:667 

prostitution, help for patients to hire prostitutes? (J Barrett) 

(Personal view) 329:985 (R), 329:1346 (L) 

Prozac 

— depression in adolescence, talk therapy plus Prozac view 

challenged (J Lenzer) 329:529 (N) 

— media survey (J Lenzer) (The Press) 329:748 (R), 329:1343 (L) 

Psaty BM, see Stricker BH 329:44 

psychiatry 

— Zerrin Atakan (P Cross) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s35 

— education, equivalent qualifications to MRCPsych (R Rao) 

(Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s12, s69 

— sponsorship schemes BMJ Careers 329:s69 

psychoses see also antipsychotic drugs 

— early intervention for first episode psychosis 329:401 (L) 

— Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) Team, specialised care trial for 

early psychosis (TKJ Craig, et al) 329:1067 (P) 

psychosocial aspects, ABC of burns (SA Wiechman, et al) 329:391 

(C) 

psychotherapy, future in NHS (S Goldbeck-Wood, et al) 329:245 


public health 



— Choosing Health (R Raine, et al) 329:1247 (N) 

— education 

——MFPH tips (S Dosani, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s5 

——MPH to enter the specialty? (J Carter) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— GP participation (J Carter) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— social class opinions (C Shannon) 329:12 (N) 

Public Library of Medicine, PLoS Medicine (P Garner, et al) 

(Journals) 329:1190 (R) 

publication bias, users’ guide to detecting misleading claims 

(VM Montori, et al) 329:1093 (ED) 

publishing see also journals; open access publishing; writing 

— developing countries, transatlantic divide in publication of 

content (AJ Raja, et al) (Politics and health) 329:1429 

— editorial misconduct (F Godlee) 329:1301 (E) 

— tropical medicine, representation of authors and editors from 

countries with different human development indexes 


Puglisi F, Bone scanning in lung cancer 329:231 (L) 

Puliyel JM, see Tiwari L 329:1043 

pulmonary embolism, rare causes of haemoptysis in suspected 

embolism (MS Warburton, et al)(Lesson of the week) 329:557 

(C) 

pulmonary rehabilitation see also rehabilitation 

— after hospitalisation for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease (WD-C Man, et al) 329:1209 (P) 

Purkayastha S, see Atkinson HDE 329:1315 

pyrexia, clomipramine induced neuroleptic malignant syndrome 

and (AM Haddow, et al)(Lesson of the week) 329:1333 

(C) 

Q 

Qin P, see Nordentoft M 329:261 

QT interval, lofexidine, increased after single dose (J Schmittner, 

et al) (Drug points) 329:1075 (P) 

quacks 

— coin debaser. One hundred years ago 329:265 

— Endpiece (JH Baron) 329:728 

quality assurance 

— deprivation, ethnicity and sex and quality indicators for diabetes 

(J Hippisley-Cox, et al) 329:1267 (PC) 

— Germany, institute established (A Tuffs) 329:307 (N) 

— musculoskeletal diseases, targeted early access programme (P 

Maddison, et al) 329:1325 (Q) 

— Zimbabwe HIV maternal-fetal exchange prevention programme 


quality of health care 

— effect of flow charts on use of blood transfusions in primary 

total hip and knee replacement (U Müller, et al) 328:934 (Q) 

(correction, 329:837) 

— Standards for Better Health (CD Shaw) 329:1250 (E) 

quality improvement 

— colonoscopy completion rates (JE Ball, et al) 329:665 (Q), 


— rapid-cycle methodology to reduce feeding tubes use (C 

Monteleoni, et al) 329:491 (Q), 329:917 (L) 

Quigley C, et al, How to deal with influenza 329:1239 (L) 

Quist B, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Qurashi I, A career in forensic psychiatry BMJ Careers 329:s33 

R 

racial discrimination see also ethnic groups 

— NHS, illustrative analogy BMJ Careers 329:s183 

radial arteries, access for coronary angiography and percutaneous 

coronary intervention (RA Archbold, et al) 329:443 (C), 


radiation exposure 

— computed tomography and intelligence in children (PD Griffiths, 


— informed consent, radiological and nuclear medicine examinations 

(E Picano) 329:849 (ED) 

radiology 

— education 

——deferred entry for surgical SHO (A Denison) (Advice zone) 


——specialisation in ultrasound (A Denison) (Advice zone) 


——tips for SHO (S Burnett) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— food for x ray (B Witcombe) 329:848 

— gynaecologist with disability after stroke (A Denison) (Advice 


— (S Barman) (What’s on the web) BMJ Careers 329:s70 

Rahaman N, see Craig TKJ 329:1067 

Rahi JS, see Cumberland P 329:1074 

railway accidents see also road traffic accidents 

— Brian Drysdale, press coverage of “suicide” (R Persaud) (The 


Raine R, et al, The white paper on public health 329:1247 (E) 

Raivadera, Thakorlal Vallabhdas, Obituary (S Raivadera) 


Raja AJ, et al, Transatlantic divide in publication of content 

relevant to developing countries (Politics and health) 


Rajagopal S, Suicide pacts and the internet 329:1298 (E) 

PLA-RAJ 21

Rajapakse, Alujjage Dona Padma, Obituary (Y Rajapakse) 


Ram FSF, et al, Hospital at home for patients with acute exacerbations 

of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic 

review of evidence 329:315 (P) (correction, 773) 

Ramadan 

— drug intake (N Aadil, et al) 329:778 (C) 

— working while fasting (A Kassem) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Rambaldini G, see Straus SE 329:83 

Ramsay ME, see McVernon J 329:655 

Ramsden C, Consultants resident at night BMJ Careers 329:s26 

Ramsey, Andrew Shannon, Obituary (E Ramsey) 329:1048 

Randall S, see Fenton KA 329:172 

Randev P, Balancing benefits and harms in health care 329:457 

(L) 

randomised controlled trials see also clinical trials 

— ethnicity reporting: US v. European trials (A Sheikh, et al) 


— evaluation of complex phenomena: vaginal breech delivery 

case study (A Kotaska) 329:1039 (ED) (correction, 1385) 

Ranjan P, see Aggarwal R 329:1080 

Rao JN 

— NICE and its value judgments 329:740 (L) 

— What if the government refuses to ban smoking in public 

places? (Personal view) 329:749 (R) 

Rao R 

— Endpiece. Misunderstood 329:88 

— I am planning to pursue a career in psychiatry once qualified 

and am particularly interested in forensic psychiatry. How 

competitive is it and which qualities are most useful? (Advice 


— I’m a fresh graduate, have three years’ experience as a general 

practitioner, and have just passed my PLAB1. I’m awaiting 

my PLAB 2 in November. I want to apply for the foundation 

scheme programme 2 (year 2005)... (Advice zone) BMJ 


— What are the equivalent qualifications to MRCPsych? I have 

done my MD in psychiatry in India—am I eligible to apply for 

the post of specialist registrar in psychiatry? (Advice zone) 

BMJ Careers 329:s12, s69 

Rapoport, Samuel Mitja, Obituary (A Tuffs) 329:353 

rare diseases, Medical Mysteries BBC1 (AS Panja) (TV) 329:238 

(R) 

Rasmussen F, see Sipos A 329:1070 

Rasmussen S, see Pinborg A 329:311 

Rath D, see Straus SE 329:83 

Rau R, Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain 329:976 (L) 

Raue PJ, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

Raufu A, Nigeria apologises to neighbours for spread of polio 


Raw, John Page, Obituary (D Raw) 329:1188 

Rawlins MD, et al, National Institute for Clinical Excellence and 

its value judgments 329:224 (ED), 329:740 (L), 329:741 (L) 

Rayatt S, see Hudspith J 329:292 

Raza F, see Bhutta ZA 329:1151 

Read J, ABC of sexual health. Sexual problems associated with 

infertility, pregnancy, and ageing 329:559 (C) 

Read JR, see Long ED 329:170 

reconciliation, making up with MAKEUP (J Casey) BMJ Careers 


rectal examination, GUBU (L Farrell) (Soundings) 329:1245 (R) 

Reddy SLC, Improving mortality of coronary surgery 329:855 

(L) 

Redman, Theodore Francis, Obituary (J Dewhurst) 329:1242 

Redmond RM, Molluscum contagiosum is not always benign 


Redstone C, “You really listen to me”: life as a doctor with a 

hearing loss BMJ Careers 329:s128 

Reece RM, The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome 


Rees, John Francis, Obituary (M Rees) 329:803 

Rees, Richard Lestrem, Obituary (D Owen) 329:1407 

Rees, (William) Linford, Obituary (C Richmond) 329:744 

Reeve, Jeanne Daphne, Obituary (M Sibellas, et al) 329:1348 

Reeves BC, see Wilson APR 329:720 

Reeves G, see Banks E 329:477 

Reeves, William Carlisle, Obituary (J Lenzer) 329:980 

referrals see also consultations 

— are written responses to some referrals to general haematology 

clinic acceptable? (A Tso, et al) 329:946 (P) (correction, 


refugees 

— dispersal of HIV positive asylum seekers (S Creighton, et al) 


— failed asylum seekers and NHS access (PD Williams) (Personal 

view) 329:298 (R), 329:683 (L) 

— human rights advice for doctors dealing with asylum seekers 

(D Harding-Pink) 329:398 (ED), 329:1103 (L) 

— musculoskeletal pain in female asylum seekers and hypovitaminosis 


— post-immigration refugee medicine 329:742 (L) 

— Zimbabwe, health needs are poorly recognised in UK 


Regan L, see Moffett A 329:1283 

Regan S, see Hardwick R BMJ Careers 329:s13 

registrars, general practice, life as (K Adams) BMJ Careers 


rehabilitation see also pulmonary rehabilitation 

— burns: ABC of burns (D Edgar, et al) 329:343 (C), 329:573 (L) 

— burns and psychosocial aspects: ABC of burns (SA Wiechman, 


Rehman HU, et al, 10-minute consultation. Newly diagnosed hypothyroidism 


Rehnquist, William, pro-choice groups fight over Supreme 

Court nominee (JH Tanne) 329:1254 (N) 

Reichenbach L, et al, Gender and academic medicine: impact on 

the health workforce 329:792 (ED) 

Reid CM, Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom 


Reidenberg MM, et al, The concept of essential medicines: lessons 

for rich countries. Commentary: The pros and cons of 

essential medicines for rich countries 329:1172 (ED) 

Reilly BM, The essence of EBM 329:991 (E) 

relatives, how to be a good relative (J Sladden) BMJ Careers 


religion see also prayer 

— enemy. Endpiece (F Charatan) 329:1314 

— your duty. Endpiece (A Withnell) 329:719 

religion and medicine 

— drug intake during Ramadan (N Aadil, et al) 329:778 (C) 

— hospital chaplaincy units show bias towards Christianity 


— palliative care spiritual needs (P Speck, et al) 329:123 (E) 

Relph K, et al, Recent developments and current status of gene 

therapy using viral vectors in the United Kingdom 329:839 

(C) 

remuneration 

— GPs, “well above average” or “very profitable” (S McCabe) 


— locums, holiday pay (A Harrison) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


renal diseases 

— classifying problems: can we avoid framing risks as diseases? 

(CM Clase, et al) 329:912 (ED) 

— dangers after heart attack (S Gottlieb) 329:702 (N) 

renal transplantation, paradox (A Kazory) 329:715 

reporting systems, cardiac surgery (V Zamvar) 329:413 (E) 

research see also academic medicine; clinical trials 

— academic medicine, pitfalls for junior researchers 329:798 (L) 

— animal activists and (R Haris) BMJ Careers 329:s162 

— clinical ethics committees: overview (C Warlow) 329:241 (E) 

— data protection, informed consent and 329:573 (L) 

— Decameron of poor research (VW Berger, et al) (Taking a leaf 


— developing countries 

——Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing Countries 

(Macklin) (Books) 329:1190 (R) 

——innovative and low cost technologies (JM Coloma, et al) 


— drug industry, stronger sanctions needed against companies 

that suppress data (B Roehr) 329:132 (N) 

— drug industry sponsorship, protocol agreed for tobacco funding 


— epidemiology 

——overview: scandal of poor research (E von Elm, et al) 


——issues in reporting of studies: recent practice survey (SJ 

Pocock, et al) 329:883 (P) 

——obstacles to research in UK general population (HJT Ward, 


— France, US products boycott and scientific output? (B Bégaud, 

et al) (Politics and health) 329:1430 

— global spending still skewed towards wealthy nations (C 

White) 329:1064 (N) 

— governance: other face (AM Jones, et al) 329:280 (ED), 


— Mexico Summit on Health Research 2004: overview (K Abbasi) 


— NHS, Sally Davies interview (G Watts) 329:704 (N) 

— NIH moves towards open access (B Roehr) 329:590 (N) 

— researchers’ ancillary clinical care responsibilities 329:232 

(L) 

— standards of care, developing countries (ZA Bhutta) 329:1114 

(E) 

— threat in UK 329:622 (L) 

— users’ guide to detecting misleading claims (VM Montori, et 

al) 329:1093 (ED) 

— why doctors don’t read research papers (K Barraclough) 

(Soundings) 329:1411 (R) 

research ethics committees see ethics, medical 

research fraud 

— The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science (Judson) (Books) 329:922 

(R) 

— Sweden, destruction of data (C White) 329:72 (N) 

Research pointers, Taking folate in pregnancy and risk of maternal 

breast cancer (D Charles, et al) 329:1375 

respiratory diseases, complications of preterm birth: ABC of 

preterm birth (J Fraser, et al) 329:962 (C) 

respiratory medicine, education, MSc while doing SHO job? (A 

Whitehouse) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s166 

respiratory tract infections 

— admissions in England and antibiotic prescriptions (Dr Foster’s 


— antibiotic prescribing in primary care (I Welschen, et al) 


resuscitation 

— correct use of Apgar score for resuscitated and intubated 

newborn babies (E Lopriore, et al) 329:143 (P) 

— incidence of medication errors during simulated resuscitation 

in paediatric emergency department (E Kozer, et al) 


retina 

— hypertension and retinal vessel diameters (TY Wong, et al) 

329:79 (P) (correction, 384), 329:514 (L) 

— self-examination with homemade apparatus (RH Armour, et 

al) (Minerva) 329:410 (R) 

retinopathy, patient’s view (V Hu) 329:1483 

retirement, The 57 club (JO Drife) (Soundings) 329:691 (R) 

retroactive prayer, lots of history, not much mystery, and no 

science (JP Bishop, et al) (The limits of medicine) 329:1444 

Reyburn H, et al, Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe 

febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study 329:1212 (P) 

Reynard J, see Turney B BMJ Careers 329:s65 

Reynolds F, Good news is often ignored 329:293 (L) 

Reynolds RM, et al, Home blood glucose monitoring in type 2 

diabetes 329:754 (E) 

Reynolds, Telfer, Obituary (O Sharma, et al) 329:354 

Reynolds, Thomas, Obituary (WG Donald) 329:296 

rheumatoid arthritis, fatal exacerbation of fibrosing alveolitis in 

patients given infliximab (AJK Ostor, et al) (Drug points) 


rheumatology, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 329:117 (R), 


Rhoads GG, see Demissie K 329:24 

Richards DA, et al, NHS Direct versus general practice based 

triage for same day appointments in primary care: cluster 

randomised controlled trial 329:774 (PC) 

Richards T, et al, Poor countries make the best teachers: discuss 


Richardson, Frederick Leonard, Obituary (M Drury) 329:628 

Richman AV, All drugs can have serious side effects 329:404 (L) 

Richmond JK, et al, Lassa fever: epidemiology, clinical features, 

and social consequences 327:1271(C) (correction, 773) 

Rickards, Anthony Francis, Obituary (C Richmond) 329:234 

Ridd M, et al, Academic medicine has pitfalls for junior researchers 


Rietveld RP, et al, Predicting bacterial cause in infectious conjunctivitis: 

cohort study on informativeness of combinations 

of signs and symptoms 329:206 (PC), 329:625 (L) 

Rifaat M, see Hu V 329:1483 

Rinkel GJE, see Boter H 329:86 

risk factors see also benefits and harms in health care 

— caesarean section after vaginal delivery 




— calculating risk of disease (G Bognolo) 329:237 (R) 

— chronic fatigue syndrome, childhood predictors, national 

birth cohort study (R Viner, et al) 329:941 (P) 

— dementia, alcohol drinking in middle age and dementia in 

old age (T Anttila, et al) 329:539 (P) 

— diabetes, sweetened drinks increase women’s chances (D 


— heart attacks, nine factors explain most attacks (C White) 


— multiple sclerosis, hepatitis B vaccine (O Dyer) 329:703 (N) 

— patient understanding of (DR Derbyshire) 329:1086 

— stroke 

——combination anticoagulation therapy doubles risk of 

bleeding (D Singh) 329:250 (N) 

——passive smoking: cotinine measurement (PH Whincup, et 


— suicide, country music and? Ig Nobel awards (J Lenzer) 


risperidone, nose bleeds and 329:51 (L) 

Rivadeneira G, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

road traffic accidents see also railway accidents 

— arm reattachment: forlorn hope. A memorable patient (J Kuruvatti) 


Roberts C, see Hooper L 329:948 

Roberts D, see Buckley NA 329:1231 

Roberts J, see Wailoo A 329:572 

Roberts JA, see Cooper BS 329:533 

Roberts TE, see Colman I 329:1369 

Robertson, Graham Morton, Obituary (J Fisher) 329:745 

Robinson G, see Beasley R BMJ Careers 329:s45 

Robinson, John Frederick, Obituary (M Bond) 329:406 

Robinson, Louis Reid, Obituary (TAJ Dawson) 329:861 

Robinson NM, see Archbold RA 329:443 

Robinson R, see Walshe K 329:871 

robotics, Rudy, world’s first “robodoc” (R Dobson) 329:474 (N), 


Robson P, see Watkins D 329:139 

Rochon PA, see Lee PE 329:75 

Rockall L, see Banks E 329:477 

Roddie, Robert Kenneth, Obituary (I Roddie, et al) 329:56 

Roddie, Thomas Wilson, Obituary (A Nicholls, et al) 329:861 

rodenticides, bruising after contact (C Barton, et al) (Minerva) 


Rodgers A, see MacMahon S 329:970 

Rodgers H, The PROGRESS trial three years later 329:1404 (L) 

Roehr B 

— NIH moves towards open access 329:590 (N) 

— Stronger sanctions needed against companies that suppress 

data 329:132 (N) 

Roels TH, see Painter TM 329:543 

Roesner M, et al, Non-healing leg ulcer and cellulitis showing 

subcutaneous calcification (Minerva) 329:1354 (correction, 

330) 

Roet, Brian, (A Arasu) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s154 

rofecoxib see also COX 2 inhibitors; valdecoxib 

— withdrawal by Merck 

——FDA crisis (J Lenzer) 329:1308 (N) 

——lessons (PA Dieppe, et al) 329:867 (E), 329:1342 (L) 

——summary (D Singh) 329:816 (N) 

——UK patients seek compensation (C Dyer) 329:1308 (N) 

——US FDA incapable of protecting “against another Vioxx” (J 


——US FDA to be investigated (J Lenzer) 329:935 (N) 

Rogers L, et al, Women’s Health in Mid-Life (Books) 329:689 (R) 

Rogers W, see Draper H 329:916 

Rogstad KE, Sex, sun, sea, and STIs: sexually transmitted infections 

acquired on holiday 329:214 (C) 

Romero-Ortuno R, Eligibility of non-residents for NHS treatment 


Rortveit G, see Hannestad YS 329:889 

rosacea, clobetasol propionate and (A Loffeld, et al) (Minerva) 


Rosenfeld JA, ed, Women’s Health in Mid-Life: A Primary Care 

Guide (Books) 329:689 (R) 

Roskell DE, et al, Fine needle aspiration cytology in cancer 

diagnosis 329:244 (E) 

Rost K, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

Rothery AM, Investigation into GPs with high patient mortality 


Rouse AM, Palestine: the assault on health and other crimes 


Rovers MM, see van Staaij BK 329:651 

Rowe BH, see Colman I 329:1369 

Rowley, Kenneth Arthur, Obituary (PR Duncan) 329:576 

Roxburgh J, see Keogh B 329:450 

Royal College of General Practitioners 

— concerned over transfer of out of hours GP services (B Rushforth) 


— The Future of Access to General Practice-Based Primary Medical 

Care (A McGauran) 329:762 (N) 

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Royal College 

of Pathologists, Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (C Dyer) 


Royal College of Physicians, minimum requirements (L Bradley) 


Royal Society, calls on UN to allow therapeutic cloning (S Mayor) 


Rozansky D, see Coulter A 329:1197 

Rubin IM, et al, Review of instruments for peer assessments of 

physicians 329:171 (L) 

Ruger JP, Combating HIV/AIDS in developing countries 


Ruiz MT, see Franco A 329:1421 

Ruiz-Pel’e1ez JG, et al, Kangaroo Mother Care, an example to 

follow from developing countries 329:1179 (ED) 

Rule A, Seeing is believing 329:94 

running, Roger Bannister (P Cross) (Profile) BMJ Careers 


Rushforth B 

— Beyond Belief: Scenes from the Shipman Inquiry (Play) 329:1109 

(R) 

— Breaking down professional barriers (The Way I See It) BMJ 


— “Impending crisis” in journals provision requires radical solutions 


— Life in the fast lane: graduate entry to medicine BMJ Careers 


— Royal College concerned over transfer of out of hours GP 

services 329:13 (N) 

— Teaching medical students in the community (Tips on...) BMJ 


— Young Doctors (TV) 329:177 (R) 

Russell G, see Devenney A 329:489 

22 RAJ-RUS July−December 2004

Russell-Jones R, et al, Completion lymphadenectomy may not 

increase in-transit disease in malignant melanoma 


Russia see also Europe 

— alcohol drinking, public ban fails (A Osborn) 329:1202 (N) 

— disability and life expectancy and: comparison with Sweden 

(M Bobak, et al) 329:767 (P), 329:1288 (L) 

Ryan M, see Richards DA 329:774 

Ryan P, see Collins CT 329:193 

Ryder C, see Murray MJ 329:959 

S 

Saberi D, see McKendry M 329:258 

Sackett DL 

— Campaign to revitalise academic medicine 329:294 (L) 

— Editorial independence at the BMJ 329:350 (L), 329:624 (L) 

— Skoda’s fool (My greatest mistake) 329:1494 

Sackin PA, Guidelines from the British Hypertension Society 


Sacks, Oliver, A Leg to Stand on (A Clark) 329:894 

Saganda K, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

St John’s wort, interaction with conventional drugs: systematic 

review (E Mills, et al) 329:27 (PC), 329:459 (L) 

Salaniponi FM, see Harries AD 329:1163 

Salat S, see Bhutta ZA 329:1151 

Salcedo MP, see Andersson N 329:952 

Sales D, see Cantillon P 329:606 

Salkeld G, see Taylor RS 329:972 

salmeterol, pitfalls on road to drug safety (C Schoenberger) 


Salomon JA, et al, Taking account of future technology in cost 

effectiveness analysis 329:733 (ED) (correction, 837) 

salt, food agency launches campaign to reduce intake (L Eaton) 


Salvesen KÅ, et al, Randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor 

muscle training during pregnancy 329:378 (PC) 

Samavat A, et al, Iranian national thalassaemia screening programme 


Samoa see also Oceania 

— terminal care: power of song. A memorable patient (I Nesbitt) 


Sampson EL, see Bashir N 329:1435 

Sampson W, Hostage experience BMJ Careers 329:s204 

Samuel, John Roderick, Obituary (J Wickham) 329:1106 

Sanai L, What are the requirements for residence in hospital 

accommodation as a junior doctor, particularly as a house 

officer? Is it true that you can get some sort of extra 

payment if you live in private accommodation? (Advice 


Sánchez-Rodrídguez F, see Vas J 329:1216 

Sandell A, Recent developments in Bell’s palsy 329:1103 (L) 

Sanders DS, et al, Feeding tubes in dementia: is there an effective 

UK strategy? 329:917 (L) 

sanitation, Panama. One hundred years ago 329:167 

Sansom L, see Lu CY 329:415 

Santesso NA 

— see Corbett N 329:40 

— see Tugwell P 329:38 

Sanz A, et al, Fine needle aspiration of hepatic colorectal metastases 


Sapag R, et al, Learning from low income countries: what are the 


Sarangapani S, see Di Cuffa R 329:1463 

sarcoidosis, working as a doctor with chronic illness (Anonymous) 


Sarll D, Endpiece. The big toe 329:1311 

SARS see severe acute respiratory syndrome 

Sartor D, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Saunders DJ 

— Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to hospital 


— Mentoring for doctors BMJ Careers 329:s19 

Savage M, see Watkins D 329:139 

Savage P, The educational opportunities of the ward washbasin 


Savulescu J, see Pollard AJ 329:346 

Scaife B. A memorable patient, And a memorable day 329:833 

scanning see imaging 

Scarabelli TM, see Chen-Scarabelli C 329:336 

Schattner A, Down the cascade 329:678 

Scheimberg I, Paediatric pathology BMJ Careers 329:s53 

Scheimberg, Irene, (R Sewell) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s55 

Schena FP, see Strippoli GFM 329:828 

Schilder AGM, see van Staaij BK 329:651 

Schilling RJ, see Archbold RA 329:443 

Schirrmeister H, see Hetzel M 329:231 

schizophrenia 

— Denmark, suicide rates 1981-97 (M Nordentoft, et al) 329:261 

(P) 

— long term outcome of treatment (TH Turner) 329:1058 (E) 

— paternal age (A Sipos, et al) 329:1070 (P) 

Schmeck J, see den Herder C 329:955 

Schmidt L, see Pinborg A 329:311 

Schmidt MI, et al, Academic medicine as a resource for global 

health: the case of Brazil 329:753 (E) 

Schmittner J, et al, Drug points. QT interval increased after single 

dose of lofexidine 329:1075 (P) 

Schoenberger C, Pitfalls on the road to drug safety (Personal view) 


schools, medical see also education, medical 

— Cambridge or University College London (B Angus) (Advice 


— new, educational perspectives (A Howe, et al) 329:327 (LP) 

Schott GD, The Sick Dürer—a Renaissance prototype pain map 


Schouten EJ, see Harries AD 329:1163 

Schroeder DG, see Marsh DR 329:1177 

Schroeder JR, see Schmittner J 329:1075 

Schuklenk U, Double Standards in Medical Research in Developing 

Countries (Books) 329:1190 (R) 

Schulberg HC, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

Schumm WR, Bioterrorism and compulsory vaccination 


Schünemann HJ, see Montori VM 329:1093 

Schwartz, Ruby, GMC drops charges against paediatrician in 

Climbié case (C Dyer) 329:643 (N) 

Schwitzer G, Ten troublesome trends in TV health news (TV) 


science 

— democratisation of scientific advice (R Bal, et al) 329:1339 

(ED) 

— doctors are not scientists but we still need science 329:294 (L) 


scientific fraud see research fraud 

Scotland see also Europe 

— asthma, respiratory symptoms and atopy in children (A Devenny, 


— general practice, Scottish vocational training scheme (B 

Keighley) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s216 

— inguinal hernia, surgical management (HDE Atkinson, et al) 


— mental health legislation (R Darjee, et al) 329:634 (E) 



— smoking ban in enclosed public places (B Christie) 329:1202 

(N) 

Scott AK, see Pirmohamed M 329:15 

Scott DGI, see Ostor AJK 329:1266 

Scott RTA, A question of medical ethics from Somalia (Personal 


Scott T, et al, Killing me softly: myth in pharmaceutical advertising 


screening see also genetic testing; mammography 

— abdominal aortic aneurysm, population based randomised 

controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality (PE 

Norman, et al) 329:1259 (P) 

— bowel cancer screening programme to start (S Mayor) 


— chlamydia, doctors demand 329:172 (L) 

— colorectal cancers, demonstration pilot results (UK Colorectal 

Cancer Screening Pilot Group) 329:133 (P) 

— decision aids to support informed choices (A Barratt, et al) 


— herpes virus type 2 infection: ethics (I Krantz, et al) 329:618 

(ED) 

— infection screening programme to reduce the rate of preterm 

delivery (H Kiss, et al) 329:371 (P) 

— mental health, Illinois opposes plans (J Lenzer) 329:1065 (N) 

— prostate cancers, should every man know his PSA? bmjlearning.com 

(K Walsh) 329:667 

— sickle cell disease and thalassaemia (Z Kmietowicz) 329:69 (N) 


Seale C, see Lempp H 329:770 

Searle J, see Howe A 329:327 

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors 

— Christopher Pittman, missing documents sent to BMJ (J Lenzer) 


— useful but need careful monitoring (JR Geddes, et al) 329:809 

(E) 

— withdrawal risks warning (L Eaton) 329:1365 (N) 

self monitoring, blood pressure, at home (G Stergiou, et al) 


self reported health, mortality and: database analysis by English 

local authority area (RGE Kyffin, et al) 329:887 (P) 

Sen K, see Mohan P 329:266 

Sen P, et al, Limitations of GMC survey on overseas doctors BMJ 


senior house officers see also doctors 

— banding system (T Shakespeare) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— compensation for wrong locum job offer (A Harrison) (Advice 


— declining originally accepted job offers (T Pickersgill) (Advice 


— education, firm foundation 329:230 (L) 

— histopathology, 2005 intake (C Gray) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— interviews, typical questions (T Pickersgill) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— overseas experience payment (J Adsett) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— publications and conference presentations: good for job? (C 

Gray) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s146 

— scheme or stand alone posts in London? (A Poole) (Advice 


— urology, requirements (J Bolton) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— writing 

——publications in medical journals (T Albert) (Advice zone) 


——tips (T Albert) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s166, 


Senn S 

— Dicing with Death: Chance, Risk, and Health (Books) 329:116 (R) 

— Individual response to treatment: is it a valid assumption? 


sentinel node biopsy, established technique 329:170 (L), 


sepsis 

— NICE guidance (S Mayor) 329:758 (N) 

— steroids: systematic review and meta-analysis (D Annane, et al) 


Seroxat, when TV damned drug regulators (P Waller) (Personal 


Sethi G, see Creighton S 329:322 

Seto W, see Kozer E 329:1321 

severe acute respiratory syndrome 

— China, critical doctor detained (J Parry) 329:130 (N) 

— Hong Kong 

——coroner criticised over inquest conduct (J Parry) 329:1204 

(N) 

——politicians resign (J Parry) 329:130 (N) 

— The New Global Threat:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and its 

Impacts (Koh, et al, eds) (Books) 329:116 (R) 

— professionalism and (SE Straus, et al) 329:83 (P), 329:403 (L) 

Sewankambo N, Academic medicine and global health responsibilities 


Sewell R, Accentuating the positive (Profile) BMJ Careers 


sexual assault 

— Havens (J Welch) (The Way I See It) BMJ Careers 329:s210 

— survivor’s experiences (Anonymous) BMJ Careers 329:s211 

sexual health 

— ABC of sexual health 

——Gender related disorders (K Wylie) 329:615 (C) (correction, 

1270) 

——Sexual problems associated with infertility, pregnancy, and 

ageing (J Read) 329:559 (C) 



sexually transmitted diseases 

— acquired on holiday (KE Rogstad, et al) 329:214 (C) 

— UK, continue to rise (C White) 329:249 (N) 

— US, Black girls’ educational programme (S Mayor) 329:127 

(N) 

Shafi S, see Sheikh A 329:87, 329:626 

Shah AN, Managing your emails (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


shaken baby syndrome see also child abuse 

— evidence base 329:741 (L) 

Shakespeare T, What is the SHO banding system? (Advice zone) 


Shaneyfelt TM, see Straus SE 329:1029 

Shankar A 

— see Wong T 329:514 

— see Wong TY 329:79 

Shanmugam V, The “pre-shortlisting visit” BMJ Careers 


Shannon C, Opinions on public health are split along class lines 


Shao J, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

Sharieff W, Discharge rates for suspected acute coronary syndromes 


Sharma, Meena, Obituary (BK Sharma) 329:981 

Sharma R, see Furness C 329:719 

Sharp J, From head to toe an airborne soldier 329:512 

Sharp N 

— Beginnings and endings (Soap opera) BMJ Careers 329:s40 

— Carry on camping (Soap opera) BMJ Careers 329:s10 

— A present from Delhi (Soap opera) BMJ Careers 329:s20 

— A proper job (Soap opera) BMJ Careers 329:s30 

Sharp, Nicola, interview on end of Misplaced Trust (R MacDonald) 


Sharpe, David Antony Charles, Obituary (C Harle, et al) 329:56 

Sharples, Christopher John, Obituary (WM Fleetwood, et al) 


Shaughnessy AF, et al, Easy ways to resist change in medicine 

(Experts’ eye view) 329:1473 

Shaw CD, Standards for Better Health: fit for purpose? 329:1250 

(E) 

Shaw, Denis, Obituary (A Darnborough) 329:1106 

Shaw JM 


— et al, Adverse events reporting in English hospital statistics 


Shawcross DL, et al, Treatment of hepatic encephalopathy 


Shawis T, see Khoshnaw H BMJ Careers 329:s90 

Sheather J, et al, Policing access to primary care with identity 

cards 329:303 (E) 

Sheikh A 

— et al, Comparison of reporting of ethnicity in US and European 

randomised controlled trials 329:87 (P) 

— et al, Hospital chaplaincy units show bias towards Christianity 


— see Car J 329:435, 329:439 

— see Murray SA 329:1056 

Sheikh U, see Sheikh A 329:626 

Shekelle PG, Association of deprivation, ethnicity, and sex with 

quality indicators for diabetes: population based survey of 

53 000 patients in primary care. Commentary: Socioeconomic 

inequalities in indicator scores for diabetes: poor 

quality or poor measures? 329:1269 (PC) 

Sheldon T 

— Doctor jailed for “culpable homicide” and possessing child 

pornography 329:1364 (N) 

— Dutch commemorate doctor shot by Nazis for helping injured 

soldiers 329:702 (N) 

— Dutch doctors call for new approach to reporting “mercy 

killings” 329:591 (N) 

— The Good Euthanasia Guide 2004 (Books) 329:747 (R) 

— GP visits excluded from Netherlands’ no claims bonus 

scheme 329:939 (N) 

— Netherlands plans system for reporting errors 329:68 (N) 

— New penalties proposed for Dutch doctors who flout euthanasia 

law 329:131 (N) 


Shepherd C, Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome are being 

ignored 329:1405 (L) 

Shepherd, John Neill, Obituary (A Shepherd) 329:354 

Sherifi J, I’m expecting an offer of a job as locum consultant in 

Gibraltar for two weeks. Anyone got any advice? (Advice 


Sheth HG, et al, Anterior chamber hyphaema and loss of vision 

and fall (Minerva) 329:1296 (R) 

shift work see also work 

— doctors’ health (J Hobson) BMJ Careers 329:s69, s149 

— preregistration house officers, surviving first set of night shifts 

(J Smith, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s46 

Shipley M, see Britton A 329:318 

Shipman, Harold 

— GP investigation about high patient mortality after Shipman 

inquiry 329:350 (L) 

— GPs who signed cremation forms for Shipman face GMC (O 


— inquiry 

——Beyond Belief:Scenes from the Shipman Inquiry (Play) 329:1109 

(R) 

——David Bee admits failures (C Dyer) 329:757 (N) 

——seven doctors to face GMC (C Dyer) 329:591 (N) 

——tighter rules on controlled drugs (C Dyer) 329:188 (N) 

Shipway L, Domestic Violence: A Handbook for Health Professionals 


Shire, Heinz, Obituary (OO Dervish) 329:745 

Shkolnikov VM, see McKee M 329:1288 

Shojania KG, see Wachter RM 329:58 (R) 

Shokrollahi K, Getting ethics into practice 329:513 (L) 

shoplifting, doctor’s need to submit criminal record certificate 

(C Gray) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s156 

Short R, Food fortification cuts cases of spina bifida in Canada 


Shrimali RK, To accept or not to accept? BMJ Careers 329:s69 

Shroff, Jimmy Foden, Obituary (NG Hodges) 329:464 

Siamese twins see also twins 

— Keith Goh (S Edroos) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 


Sibailly TS, see Painter TM 329:543 

sibutramine, memory impairment and (DWJ Clark, et al) (Drug 


sick doctors 

— Africa, HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa (DJ Ncayiyana) 


— alcohol drinking, addiction and recovery (Anonymous) BMJ 


— Chris Manning (P Cross) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s28 

— chronic disease, BMJ careers chronic illness matching scheme 

(R MacDonald) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s102 

— financial aspects of long term sickness (E Howard) BMJ 


RUS-SIC 23

— SARS, doctors’ professionalism (SE Straus, et al) 329:83 (P), 


sickle cell disease, screening: detection rate (Z Kmietowicz) 


Siddig, Moutaz Mohamed Ahmed, Obituary (J Hussey) 


Sidley P 

— Doctor shortage forces children’s hospital to refuse emergencies 


— South Africa and Britain reach agreement to curb poaching 

of healthcare staff 329:532 (N) 

— South Africa to regulate healers 329:758 (N) 

— South African doctors charged with involvement in organ 

trade 329:190 (N) 

Siegel-Itzkovich J, Cardiomyocytes from human stem cells restore 

heart rhythm 329:760 (N) 

Silva LC, et al, Learning from low income countries: what are the 


Sim, David Gordon, Obituary (FM Sim) 329:1348 

Simioni P, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Simkin S, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Simmonds HJ, Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry’s 

code of practice needs to be clarified 329:404 (L) 

Simmonds M 

— et al, Physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain 


— see Banks E 329:477 

Simmons J, see Lloyd M BMJ Careers 329:s73 

Simondon F, see Vaugelade J 329:1309 

Simpson K, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Singer EA, Compulsory registration of clinical trials 329:1044 

(L) 

Singer M, see McKendry M 329:258 

Singer PA 

— Consent to the publication of patient information 329:566 


— see Raja AJ 329:1429 

Singh A, see Bashir N 329:1435 

Singh D 

— Combination anticoagulation therapy doubles risk of bleeding 

in patients at high risk of stroke 329:250 (N) 

— Doctors accused of discriminating against Down’s syndrome 

patients 329:591 (N) 

— Drug for Alzheimer’s disease is of little benefit, study shows 


— GP deputising service cases are “cause for concern”, says 

ombudsman 329:71 (N) 

— Live birth reported after ovarian tissue transplant 329:761 

(N) 

— Merck withdraws arthritis drug worldwide 329:816 (N) 

— see Kohls-Gatzoulis J 329:1328 

Singh S 

— Endpiece. The best physician 329:833 

— Post-immigrant refugee medicine 329:742 (L) 

Singh SP, A memorable patient. Prophets and prophecies 329:494 

Singhal BS, see Baker MG 329:798 

Sinha B, et al, How to teach and learn under the European 

Working Time Directive BMJ Careers 329:s179 

Sipos A, et al, Paternal age and schizophrenia: a population 

based cohort study 329:1070 (P) 

Sirbaddana S, see Dodani S 329:293 

Sivasankar R, see Farley-Hills E 329:429 

Skeoch CH, see Fowlie PW 329:904 

Skew P, What is a career in dance medicine like, and what 

opportunities exist for graduates? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Skilton R, Reforming the consultant contract again? 329:1343 

(L) 

skin diseases, common infections in children (MJ Sladden) 


skull fractures 

— how to spot 1 (DT Loveday) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s171 

— how to spot 2 (DT Loveday) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 329:s173 

Slack MPE, see McVernon J 329:655 

Sladden, Chris, (J Sladden) (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s169 

Sladden J 

— Chris Sladden: an Englishman in BC BMJ Careers 329:s169 

— Fifteen minutes with ... a space cadet BMJ Careers 329:s182 

— How to be a good relative BMJ Careers 329:s199 

— Medical marriages BMJ Careers 329:s227 

— Space medicine in the United Kingdom BMJ Careers 


Sladden MJ, et al, Common skin infections in children 329:95 

(C), 329:403 (L) 

Slawson DC, see Shaughnessy AF 329:1473 

sleep disorders 

— excessive daytime sleepiness (A Zeman, et al) 329:724 (C) 


— obstructive sleep apnoea, general anaesthesia risk (C den 


Slevin M, et al, New treatments for colon cancer 329:124 (E) 


Sloos JH, see Rietveld RP 329:206 

Slørdal L, see Bjordal JM 329:1317 

smacking, legislation on (S Stewart-Brown) 329:1195 (E) 

Smalligan R, et al, Crotaline snake bite in the Ecuadorian Amazon: 

randomised double blind comparative trial of three 

South American polyspecific antivenoms 329:1129 (P) 

Sméagol, precious case from Middle Earth (N Bashir, et al) 

(Taking a leaf out of an old book) 329:1435 

Smith CJ, see West J 329:716 

Smith GCS, et al, Factors predisposing to perinatal death related 

to uterine rupture during attempted vaginal birth after 

caesarean section: retrospective cohort study 329:375 (P) 

Smith GD see Davey Smith G 

Smith H 

— see Garner P 329:1190 

— see Howe A 329:327 

Smith I, see Zeman A 329:724 

Smith J 

— et al, Surviving your first set of night shifts as a PRHO BMJ 



Smith PG, see Ward HJT 329:277 

Smith R 

— A fool such as I (My greatest mistake) 329:1494 

— Travelling but never arriving: reflections of a retiring editor 


Smith, Richard 

— leaving party (D Cohen) 329:309 (N) 


Smith S, see Maddison P 329:1325 

Smith, Tom, Obituary (I Cooke) 329:803 

Smith, William David, Obituary (J Anderton, et al) 329:576 

Smith-Bathgate B, see Ward HJT 329:277 

smoking see also passive smoking; tobacco industry 

— cognitive decline and (R Dobson) 329:1306 (N) 

— developing countries, mortality increases (R Dobson) 329:71 

(N) 

— Germany, Nazi public health campaign (G Davey Smith) 

(Politics and Health) 329:1424 

— India, snake god curse (SB Naik) 329:1374 

— inhalation through tracheal stoma (S Agrawal, et al) (Minerva) 


— Ireland, smoking ban infringements are few (M Houston) 


— public ban 

——doctors’ anger as delayed until 2008 (Z Kmietowicz) 


——positive economic impact 329:1346 (L) 

——Scotland in enclosed public places (B Christie) 329:1202 

(N) 

——UK health minister under pressure (C Laurent) 329:368 

(N) (correction, 621) 

——what if the government refuses ban? (JN Rao) (Personal 


——women’s face campaign 329:308 (N) 

——work ban demanded by BMA (A Ferriman) 329:70 (N) 

Smulian JC, see Demissie K 329:24 

snake bites, Ecuadorian Amazon, South American polyspecific 

antivenoms trial (R Smalligan, et al) 329:1129 (P) 

Snashall DC, see MacMahon E 329:551 

Snelling S, see Noglik A 329:683 

social class 

— caesarean section in English NHS 329:291 (L) 

— coronary disease investigation and treatment and: Whitehall 

II prospective cohort study (A Britton, et al) 329:318 (P) 

— inequalities in health in north-south divide in Great Britain 


— public health opinions (C Shannon) 329:12 (N) 

— Status Syndrome: How your Social Standing Directly Affects Your 

Health and Life Expectancy (Marmot) (Books) 329:408 (R) 

social medicine 



— networks, collateral health effects (NA Christakis) 329:184 (E) 

Society of General Internal Medicine Evidence-Based Medicine 

Task Force, see Straus SE 329:1029 

socioeconomic factors see also poverty 

— breast cancer stage and grade at diagnosis (J Adams, et al) 


Soininen H, see Anttila T 329:539 

Solovyev, Gleb Mikhailovich, Obituary (B Lichterman) 329:1187 

Somalia see also Africa 

— female genital circumcision (RTA Scott) (Personal view) 


Somerville MF, see Ostor AJK 329:1266 

Sonnekus H, see Andersson N 329:952 

Sooriakumaran P, see O’Connor J BMJ Careers 329:s89 

Soothill, John Farrar, Obituary (C Richmond) 329:1347 

Sopwith W, see Quigley C 329:1239 

Soteriou T, The other face of research governance. Commentary: 

View from the research and development office 


Sotiriadis A, et al, Threatened miscarriage: evaluation and management 


Soueid AH, et al, Flamazine discoloration on sunburn victim 


South Africa see also Africa 

— AIDS 

——Vaccine Initiative (TJ Tucker, et al) 329:454 (ED), 329:979 

(L) 

——views on sexual violence and AIDS risk among school 

pupils (N Andersson, et al) 329:952 (PC) 

— democracy and peoples’ health (DJ Ncayiyana) (Politics and 


— doctor shortage forces children’s hospital to refuse emergencies 

(P Sidley) 329:190 (N) 

— doctors charged with involvement in organ trade (P Sidley) 


— healer regulation (P Sidley) 329:758 (N) 

— healthcare staff, UK poaching agreement (P Sidley) 329:532 

(N) 

— homosexuality, treatment during apartheid (RM Kaplan) 


South America see also Brazil; Ecuador; Peru 

— mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: imported infection among 

travellers to (S Ahluwalia, et al)(Lesson of the week) 329:842 (C) 

Southall, David, verdict challenged as “unduly lenient” (C Dyer) 


Souto M, see Borja J 329:1405 

Soviet Union, lessons from health during transition (M McKee, et 

al) (Politics and health) 329:1428 

soya supplements, postmenopausal changes (S Gottlieb) 329:68 

(N) 

space medicine, UK (J Sladden) BMJ Careers 329:s180 

Spain see also Europe 

— euthanasia, Mar Adentro (G Casino) (Film) 329:864 (R) 


Spalding JAB, Practising medicine when you have colour blindness 


spear injuries, heroic surgery. A memorable patient (M Christie) 


specialist registrars see also doctors 

— inappropriate use of overseas doctors BMJ Careers 329:s90 

Speck P, et al, Spiritual needs in health care 329:123 (E) 

Speed C, Low back pain 329:232 (L) 

Speich R, see Gasser S 329:430 

Spence D 

— Childhood obesity and consumption of fizzy drinks 329:54 

(L) 

— The danger of denial (Personal view) 329:631 (R) 

— Women in medicine 329:743 (L) 

Spence SA 

— Medicines out of Control? (Books) 329:1350 (R) 

— Sickened (Books) 329:236 (R) 

Spencer CA, see Norman PE 329:1259 

Spender Q, Rethinking childhood depression. Commentary: 

abandoning the diagnosis will endanger severely depressed 

children 329:1396 (ED) 

Spicer, Clive Colquhoun, Obituary (R Spicer) 329:235 

Spiegel D, Placebos in practice 329:927 (E) 

Spiegelhalter D, see Keogh B 329:450 

spina bifida, Canada, food fortification cuts cases (R Short) 


spinal immobilisation, unconscious patients with multiple injuries 

(CG Morris, et al) 329:495 (C) (correction, 673) 

spirituality, health care needs (P Speck, et al) 329:123 (E) 

Spokes D, see Cozma I BMJ Careers 329:s56 

sports 

— Huxley’s warning. Endpiece 329:342 

— The Medigames (N Koralage) BMJ Careers 329:s83 

Spratt, Sir Lancelot, surgical dress code (L Cascarini) BMJ Careers 


Spurgeon B 

— France bans reproductive and therapeutic cloning 329:130 

(N) 

— France passes “right to die” law 329:1307 (N) 

— French surgeons are set to strike 329:249 (N) 

— French surgeons call off strike action 329:530 (N) 


Spurgeon D 

— Fear of stigma deters US soldiers from seeking psychiatric 

help 329:12 (N) 

— Heart disease in diabetic patients is undertreated 329:1124 

(N) 

— Older women who take adjuvant treatment after lumpectomy 

may not need radiotherapy 329:589 (N) 

— Sweetened drinks increase women’s chances of having diabetes 


squamous cell carcinoma, in immunosuppressed patient (S 

Hoey, et al) (Minerva) 329:468 (R) 

Sri Lanka see also Asia 

— Prader-Willi syndrome: “Bonjour, je m’appelle Oshadi” (EL 

Chandrakantha) 329:1280 

Srinivas VR, Postmarketing surveillance is needed 329:51 (L) 

Stacey T, see Pattison J 329:622 

Stalin, Josef, Stalin’s Last Crime: The Doctors’ Plot (Brent, et al) 


Stanford N, see Scott T 329:1484 

Stanworth S, see Swift B BMJ Careers 329:s187 

statistics 

— BMJ errors 329:462 (L) 

— Dicing with Death: Chance, Risk, and Health (Senn) (Books) 


Statistics Notes, Diagnostic tests 4: likelihood ratios (JJ Deeks, et al) 


Stebbing J 

— How is the role of clinical fellow different from that of senior 

house officer? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s22, s69 

— Is there any banding system in the clinical fellow salary? 


Steele A, Career peaks BMJ Careers 329:s89 

Steer PJ, et al, Maternal blood pressure in pregnancy, birth 

weight, and perinatal mortality in first births: prospective 

study 329:1312 (P) 

Stek ML, see Vinkers DJ 329:881 

Stell, Philip Michael, Obituary (AG Kerr) 329:860 

stem cell transplantation 

— cardiomyocytes restore heart rhythm (J Siegel-Itzkovich) 


— US, national bank (JH Tanne) 329:190 (N) 

Stenger VJ, see Bishop JP 329:1444 

Stephens, John Pendered, Obituary (JG Taylor) 329:296 

Stergiou G, et al, Self monitoring of blood pressure at home 


sterilisation, sexual, mind over matter? (AC McKelvey, et al) 


Sternin J, see Marsh DR 329:1177 

Sternin M, see Marsh DR 329:1177 

steroids see corticosteroids 

Stevenson J, et al, Managing comorbidities in patients at the end 

of life 329:909 (ED) 

Stewart A, Sharing workload in group practices 329:685 (L) 

Stewart L, et al, Compulsory registration of clinical trials 


Stewart-Brown S 

— Legislation on smacking 329:1195 (E) 

— see Frost H 329:708 

Steyerberg EW, see Franco OH 329:1447 

Stiff RE, Life as a visually impaired doctor BMJ Careers 329:s15 

Stocker, Petrina, mother accused of killing son in “fabricated 

illness” (T Wood) 329:1307 (N) 

Stone SP, see Cooper BS 329:533 

Stone W, Fraud in the GP surgery BMJ Careers 329:s115 

Stores G, see Zeman A 329:724 

Stott R, Seven lessons from Africa (Personal view) 329:1193 (R) 

Stowe RL, see Ives NJ 329:593 

Strachan MWJ, see Reynolds RM 329:754 

Straus SE 

— et al, Evaluating the teaching of evidence based medicine: 

conceptual framework 329:1029 (ED) 

— et al, Severe acute respiratory syndrome and its impact on 

professionalism: qualitative study of physicians’ behaviour 

during an emerging healthcare crisis 329:83 (P), 329:403 (L) 

— et al, What has evidence based medicine done for us? 329:987 

(E) 

Strauss M, see Verma S 329:1248 

Streetly A, see Christianson A 329:1115 

Stricker BH, et al, Detection, verification, and quantification of 

adverse drug reactions 329:44 (ED), 329:457 (L) 

Strippoli GFM, et al, Effects of angiotensin converting enzyme 

inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor antagonists on mortality 

and renal outcomes in diabetic nephropathy: systematic 

review 329:828 (PC) 

stroke see also cardiovascular diseases 

— cold weather and (R Dobson) 329:760 (N) 

— combination anticoagulation therapy doubles risk of bleeding 

(D Singh) 329:250 (N) 


— New Zealand, doctors playing at politics (H McNaughton) 


— occupational therapy to increase mobility after (PA Logan, et 

al) 329:1372 (P) (correction, 330:137) 

— passive smoking and: cotinine measurement (PH Whincup, et 


— PROGRESS trial three years later: time for balanced effectiveness 

report (R Wennberg, et al) 329:968 (ED), 329:1403 


students, plagiarism survey (L Eaton) 329:70 (N) 

students, medical see also mature students 

— disabled, National Bureau (K Goddard) BMJ Careers 


— DPhil studentship now or after medical school? (B Angus) 


— empathy at the movies? (R Dobson) 329:1363 (N) 

— role, Rhona’s rules (R MacDonald) BMJ Careers 329:s222 

— transition to junior doctors: A to Z guide (R Beasley, et al) BMJ 


— Young Doctors (B Rushforth) (TV) 329:177 (R) 

Sturdy, Maxine Lida Leonie (née Peto), Obituary (E Evans, et al) 


24 SIC-STU July−December 2004

Sudan see also Africa 

— Darfur, malnutrition affects more than a fifth of children (P 

Moszynski) 329:1064 (N) 

— rape victims’ life of stigma (P Moszynski) 329:251 (N) 

— UN sanctions against Sudanese government for obstructing 

aid (P Moszynski) 329:191 (N) 

— UN warns that aid is “grossly underfunded” (P Moszynski) 


sudden infant death, nationwide protocol is needed for investigating 

baby deaths (C Dyer) 329:587 (N) 

suicide 

— antidepressants and: balance of benefit and harm (D Gunnell, 

et al) 329:34 (C), 329:461 (L) 

— country music and? Ig Nobel awards (J Lenzer) 329:817 (N) 

— Denmark, rates in schizophrenia 1981-97 (M Nordentoft, et 


— Brian Drysdale, press coverage of “suicide” (R Persaud) (The 


— elderly, recent developments (H O’Connell, et al) 329:895 (C) 

— pacts on internet (S Rajagopal) 329:1298 (E) 

— UK legislation on analgesic packs and long term effect on 

poisonings (K Hawton, et al) 329:1076 (PC) (correction, 1159) 

suicide, assisted see also ethics, medical 

— doctors favour legalisation for dying patients (Z Kmietowicz) 


— High Court upholds right to travel abroad for suicide (C 


— US, Supreme Court asked to block Oregon’s law (F Charatan) 


Suleman S, Voluntary service overseas BMJ Careers 329:s27 

Sullivan F, et al, Recent developments in Bell’s palsy 329:1103 

(L) 

Sullivan SD, see Taylor RS 329:972 

Suman S, Moving to a new hospital and a new home (Tips on) 


Summerfield D, Palestine: the assault on health and other war 

crimes (Personal view) 329:924 (R), 329:1101 (L), 329:1102 

(L) 

sunburn, flamazine discoloration (AH Soueid, et al) (Minerva) 


sundowning, eclipse and: Cornwall (S Noble) 329:1219 

superiority, Endpiece (JH Baron) 329:78 

surgery 

— animal experimentation (A Fleg) BMJ Careers 329:s47 

— clarity and certainty. Endpiece (AJ Tindall) 329:1285 

— curriculum changes will fail without training investment (C 

White) 329:1063 (N) 

— education 

——trainer taming: part 1 (R Clarke) BMJ Careers 329:s147 



— no hands. Endpiece (S Hasan) 329:374 

— qualities of good surgeon. Endpiece (RK Choudhary) 329:314 

— training, essential guide to life as a basic trainee (D Lam, et al) 


surgery, operative 

— carotid artery stenosis (JF Toole) 329:635 (E), 329:1344 (L) 

— heroic. A memorable patient 329:777 

surgery, plastic, The Good Body (C Veltman) (Theatre) 329:237 (R) 

surgical wound infections, performance indicator: common 

definitions (APR Wilson, et al) 329:720 (IP) 

Suri D, see Hawton K 329:1076 

suspensions see disciplinary problems 

Sutherby K, see Henderson C 329:136 

Sutton A, Childhood obesity and consumption of fizzy drinks 


Svendsen KB, et al, Does the cannabinoid dronabinol reduce 

central pain in multiple sclerosis? Randomised double 

blind placebo controlled crossover trial 329:253 (P) 

Swadia ND, An easy operation gone wrong (My greatest mistake) 


Swan I, see Sullivan F 329:1103 

Swan MC, et al, Surgical management of metastatic inguinal 

lymphadenopathy 329:1272 (C) 

Sweden see also Europe 

— disability and life expectancy and: comparison with Russia (M 

Bobak, et al) 329:767 (P), 329:1288 (L) 

— research data destruction (C White) 329:72 (N) 

Sweet M 

— Deregistered psychiatrist convicted of murder 329:759 (N) 

— Website gives media the tough treatment (Website) 329:178 

(R) 

Swift B, et al, Careers in pathology BMJ Careers 329:s187 

Swinburn B, et al, The runaway weight gain train: too many 

accelerators, not enough brakes 329:736 (ED) 

Switzerland see also Europe 

— genetic testing, discrimination? (J Burgermeister) 329:70 (N) 

Syed AA 

— Should reviewers of papers have their names published? 


— see Mecci FN 329:574 

Sykes, Richard, drug industry staff want “to help people” (L 


Symmons D, see Hooper L 329:948 

symptoms 

— I couldn’t believe my eyes (L Farrell) (Soundings) 329:807 (R) 

— white coated man’s burden (J Moore-Gillon) 329:723 

syncope, neurocardiogenic syncope: review (C Chen-Scarabelli, 

et al) 329:336 (C) (correction, 547) 

Szmukler G, see Henderson C 329:136 

T 

Tait GR, The “pre-shortlisting visit” BMJ Careers 329:s254 

Takhar AS, et al, Recent developments in diagnosis of pancreatic 

cancer 329:668 (C) 

Tallis R, Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents (Books) 


Tan SP, My disappointment with an ethics committee (Personal 


Tang T, see Murray MJ 329:959 

Tang YZ, see Bashir N 329:1435 

Tanna S, see Aylin P 329:291, 329:369, 329:857 

Tanne JH 

— Depression affects elderly people’s lives more than physical 

illnesses 329:1307 (N) 

— FDA again reviews antidepressants 329:475 (N) 

— FDA approves implantable chip to access medical records 


— FDA will increase postmarketing surveillance of drugs 


— Figures show more Americans do not have insurance 



— Living on cruise ships is cost effective for elderly people 


— National Institutes of Health criticised for not preventing 

conflicts of interest 329:10 (N) 

— Slugging it out over health care, stem cells, and abortion 


— Thiomersal doesn’t cause developmental disorders 329:588 

(N) 

— US accrediting agency tightens rules for continuing medical 

education 329:819 (N) 

— US experts urge more neonatal screening for genetic disorders 


— US government to open national bank of “approved” stem 

cells 329:190 (N) 

— US House passes bill to protect health providers who won’t 

provide abortions 329:703 (N) 

— US pro-choice groups prepare for fight over Supreme Court 

nominee 329:1254 (N) 

— US to introduce new rules on air pollution 329:72 (N) 

— Use of drug eluting stents increases in the US but only for 

some groups 329:1205 (N) 

— Walking protects elderly people from dementia, studies show 


— Young black women have more aggressive breast cancers 

than white women 329:13 (N) 

Tanzania see also Africa 

— health project (G Watts) 329:1126 (N) 

— malaria, overdiagnosis in patients with severe febrile illness 

(H Reyburn) 329:1212 (P) 

— trachoma, antibiotic mass dose (S Gottlieb) 329:1065 (N) 

The Tao of Pooh, philosophy that changed my practice (M Archer) 


Tassy S, see Gorincour G 329:1240 

Tavendale R, see Chen R 329:918 

Taverne D, The legal aid folly that damages us all (Personal view) 


Tawfik J, see Richards DA 329:774 

Taylor, Gordon William, Obituary (P Simmons) 329:464 

Taylor RE, see Williams ERL 329:459 

Taylor RS, et al, Inclusion of cost effectiveness in licensing requirements 

of new drugs: the fourth hurdle 329:972 (ED) 

Taylor SR, A time to live or a time to die? 329:233 (L) 

teaching see also education, medical; learning 

— developing countries make best teachers? (T Richards, et al) 


— early lessons (D Crosby) 329:1028 

— educational opportunities of ward washbasin (P Savage) 


— evidence-based medicine, evaluation: conceptual framework 

(SE Straus, et al) 329:1029 (ED) 

— evidence-based medicine (C Del Mar, et al) 329:989 (E) 

— grand rounds (K Walsh) (Personal view) 329:1295 (R) 

— medicine: in 1816. Endpiece (JH Baron) 1816: 329:424 

— qualitative study of medical students’ perceptions (H Lempp, 


— What am I doing here? A memorable teacher (D Crosby, et al) 


Teare EL, see Biant LC 329:149 

technology, medical 

— developing countries, innovative and low cost technologies 

for research (JM Coloma, et al) 329:1160 

— future technology in cost effectiveness analysis (JA Salomon, 

et al) 329:733 (ED) (correction, 837) 

— The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with 

Technology (Vicente) (Books) 329:1292 (R) 

telephone interviews, newspaper interested in plastic surgery 

research? (C Gray) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s112 

television, ten troublesome trends in health news (G Schwitzer) 

(TV) 329:1352 (R) 

Temple, Leslie Joseph, Obituary (J Drakeley) 329:688 

10-minute consultation 

— Morbilliform rash (C Furness, et al) 329:719 (PC) 

— Newly diagnosed hypothyroidism (HU Rehman, et al) 


— Using the NO TEARS tool for medication review (T Lewis) 


tension pneumothorax, prevention. A memorable patient (WKC 

Morgan) 329:91 

ter Riet G, see Rietveld RP 329:206, 329:625 

terminal care see palliative care 

terrorism, UK, prisoners face psychological damage (M Brettingham) 


testosterone 

— patch for women 

——FDA rejects on safety grounds (R Moynihan) 329:1363 (N) 

——media survey (R Moynihan) (The Press) 329:1294 (R) 

——Proctor & Gamble urges group to lobby FDA (R Moynihan) 


tests 

— risk-benefit balance (K Barraclough) (Soundings) 329:239 (R) 

— “SpPIn” and “SnNOut”: note of caution (D Pewsner, et al) 

329:209 (IP) 

tetralogy of Fallot, living history. A memorable patient (GP Kalamangalam) 


Thailand see also Asia 

— AIDS, drug users’ epidemic ignored (R Walgate) 329:127 (N) 

— cadavers: dissecting room experience (A Winkelmann, et al) 

(The limits of medicine) 329:1455 (correction, 330:82) 

— Prawase Wasi interview (D Weatherall) 329:1128 (N) 

thalassaemia 

— screening 

——detection rate (Z Kmietowicz) 329:69 (N) (correction, 384) 

——Iran 

———overview (A Christianson, et al) 329:1115 (E) 

———national programme (A Samavat, et al) 329:1134 (PC) 

Thampy R, Managing your emails (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Theakston RDG, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Theo EM, et al, Q&A. Treating chronic inflammation of the 

Achilles tendon 329:975 

thiomersal, development disorders and (JH Tanne) 329:588 (N) 

Thomas, Adrian Llewellyn, Obituary (D Thomas) 329:406 

Thomas AMK, Interactive case report. Abnormal liver function 

found after an unplanned consultation: case outcome. 

Commentary: Imaging in biliary obstruction 329:501 (C) 

Thomas, Bruce, Obituary (AL Kinmonth, et al) 329:1291 

Thomas C, see Maddison P 329:1325 

Thomas, David William Phillip, Obituary (M Thomas) 329:1291 

Thomas JM, et al, Sentinel lymph node biopsy 329:170 (L), 


Thomas K, see Murray SA 329:1056 

Thomas P, et al, Compulsion and psychiatry—the role of advance 

statements 329:122 (E) 

Thompson, Blair Alexander, Obituary (IA Campbell, et al) 


Thompson DR, see Scott T 329:1484 

Thompson GR, Is good cholesterol always good? 329:471 (E) 

Thomson R, Adverse events reporting in English hospital statistics 


thoracic medicine, education, third year medic (G Perkins) (Advice 


Thorn, George Widmer, Obituary (C Richmond) 329:405 

Thornberry, Cyril Joseph, Obituary (D Thornberry) 329:1348 

Thornicroft G, see Henderson C 329:136 

Thorns A, A lesson from across the Irish Sea 329:442 

throat infections, children, adenotonsillectomy (BK van Staaij, et 


thrombosis, arm, acute deep vein thrombosis: long term course 

(P Prandoni, et al) 329:484 (P) 

thyroid eye diseases, recent developments (T Cawood, et al) 


tibialis posterior dysfunction, common and treatable cause of 

adult acquired flatfoot (J Kohls-Gatzoulis, et al) 329:1328 

(C) 

Tighe D, et al, Gestational pemphigoid (Minerva) 329:240 (R) 

Tillson C, see Maddison P 329:1325 

Timimi S, Rethinking childhood depression 329:1394 (ED) 

Timonen M, Philosophy for Medicine (Books) 329:923 (R) 

Tindall AJ, Endpiece. Not enough 329:1285 

Ting JYS, Representation of authors and editors from poor 

countries 329:110 (L) 

Titmuss, Richard, Private Complaints and Public Health: Richard 

Titmuss on the National Health Service (Oakley, et al, eds) 


Tiwari L, et al, Truth and evidence based medicine: spin is 

everything 329:1043 (L) 

tobacco industry see also smoking 

— British American Tobacco, and Formula One motor racing (J 

Carlyle, et al) 329:104 (ED), 329:352 (L) 

— cigarette pack reusable cover (T Groves) (Minerva) 329:120 

(R) 

— EU shocking pictures for cigarette packs unveiled (R Wilson) 



— racketeering case (A Harding) 329:701 (N) 

— research sponsorship, UK universities agree protocol for (S 


— tar measurements on packets (N Gray, et al) 329:813 (E) 

— US 

——falls in teens (S Gottlieb) 329:12 (N) 

——racketeering case: aimed to keep smokers hooked (A Harding) 


——racketeering case (A Harding) 329:701 (N) 

Tobert, Alexandra (née Noskwith), Obituary (J Tobert, et al) 


Tobin, Margaret, Gassy convicted of murder (M Sweet) 329:759 

(N) 

Todros T, see Piccoli GB 329:674 

Tomasa M, et al, Interactive case report. A 35 year old woman with 

diabetic nephropathy who wants a baby: case outcome. 

Commentary: patient’s view 329:901 (C) 

Tonkin A, see Jureidini J 329:1343 

Tonks A, Recent developments in Bell’s palsy 329:1104 (L) 

Toole JF, Surgery for carotid artery stenosis 329:635 (E), 


Topp P, see Pottie K 329:742 

Torrance, Andrew Henderson, Obituary (K Torrance) 329:1048 

torture see also ethics, medical 

— by doctors 

——AMA call for inquiry (S Mayor) 329:993 (N) 

——medical bodies urge investigation (S Mayor) 329:473 (N) 

——and war on terrorism (P Hall) 329:66 (E) 

— WMA launches course to help prison doctors (F Fleck) 


Tourette’s syndrome, in children (U Chowdhury, et al) 329:1356 

(E) 

Tovey D, et al, General practitioners say that evidence based 

information is changing practice 329:1043 (L) 

trachoma, antibiotic mass dose reduced prevalence for two years 

(S Gottlieb) 329:1065 (N) 

Tracy C, see Campion-Smith C BMJ Careers 329:s197 

training 

— European Working Time Directive (B Sinha, et al) BMJ Careers 


— taming: part 1 (R Clarke) BMJ Careers 329:s147 



transgender see under gender related disorders 

transient ischaemic attacks, Poohsticks phenomenon (R Knight) 

(Taking a leaf out of an old book) 329:1432 

transplant surgery see also organ transplantation 

— career advice (C Callaghan, et al) BMJ Careers 329:s23 

transport, preterm infant: ABC of preterm birth (PW Fowlie, et al) 


travel 

— malaria prevention (JN Zuckerman) 329:305 (E), 329:573 (L) 

— sexually transmitted infections acquired on holiday (KE 

Rogstad, et al) 329:214 (C) 

travoprost, uveitis and (M Kumarasamy, et al) (Drug points) 


Treasure T, Improving mortality of coronary surgery over first 

four years of independent practice: retrospective examination 

of prospectively collected data from 15 surgeons. 

Commentary: The learning curve 329:424 (P) 

treatment outcome 

— cardiac surgery 

——improving mortality of coronary surgery over first four 

years of independent practice (B Bridgewater, et al) 


——reporting systems (V Zamvar) 329:413 (E) 

treatment withdrawal see also ethics, medical 

— doctors need not ventilate baby to prolong his life (C Dyer) 


— GMC appeal over life prolonging treatment 

——overview (R Gillon) 329:810 (E) 

——summary (C Dyer) 329:818 (N) 

— Charlotte Wyatt, baby should be allowed to die (C Dyer) 


Trevena L, see Barratt A 329:507 

Triffitt D, The Insider’s Guide to the New GP Contract (Reviews) 


tropical medicine 

— evidence based medicine: integration into routine clinical 

practice: Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London (DNJ Lockwood, 

et al) 329:1020 (Q) 

— representation of authors and editors from countries with 

different human development indexes 329:110 (L) 

SUD-TRO 25

troponin, chest pain (N Curzen) 329:1357 (E) 

Trotter CL, see McVernon J 329:655 

trust, in my chosen doctor I trust (D Mechanic) 329:1418 (E) 

trusts see also National Health Service; primary care trusts 

— government will not bail out trusts in difficulty (K Godfrey) 


Tsang KK, see Lee A 329:403 

Tso A, et al, Are written responses to some referrals to a general 

haematology clinic acceptable? 329:946 (P) (correction, 


tuberculosis 

— Malawi, lessons for AIDS programme (AD Harries, et al) 


— Peru, model for AIDS prevention (F Fleck) 329:252 (N) 

— respirable pollutant interventions and (E Baris, et al) 


— UK government acts to curb rise (R Coombes) 329:877 (N) 

Tucker G, Pharmacogenetics—expectations and reality 329:4 (E) 

Tucker J 


——Epidemiology of preterm birth 329:675 (C), 329:1287 (L) 

——Organisation and delivery of perinatal services 329:730 (C) 

Tucker TJ, et al, Development of an AIDS vaccine: perspective 

from the South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative 329:454 


Tuffs A 

— Berlin police investigate murder attempt in laboratory 


— Doctors call for more postmortems after murders at German 

hospital 329:418 (N) 

— Doctors’ group publishes archive of doctors registered in 

Nazi era 329:191 (N) 

— German police call of murder investigation 329:530 (N) 

— Germany plans to introduce electronic health card 329:131 

(N) 

— Germany sets up quality control institute for health care 


— Health insurance company offers genetic screening to its 

clients 329:1364 (N) 


Tugwell P 

— et al, Interactive case report. A 64 year old woman with knee 

pain: case outcome 329:38 (C) 

— see Clark J 329:751 

Tuite JD, see Biant LC 329:149 

Tumwine J, see Richards T 329:1113 

Tunstall-Pedoe H, see Chen R 329:918 

Tuohy RJ, see Norman PE 329:1259 

Tuomilehto J, see Anttila T 329:539 

Turkie P, French lessons 329:1393 

Turner TH, Long term outcome of treating schizophrenia 


Turney B, et al, Organising a medical course BMJ Careers 


Turone F 

— Italians celebrate success of treatment no longer legal in Italy 



Turya EB 

— How do I apply for an observer post in a UK hospital before 

taking the PLAB test part 2? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— I am a medical doctor from Greece and I am interested in 

doing paediatrics. I have worked for a year as a rural doctor 

and for seven months in adult intensive care medicine... 


twins see also Siamese twins 

— neurological sequelae after assisted conception (A Pinborg, et 


Twisselmann B 


— Bush plans to screen whole US population for mental illness 


— Palestine: the assault on health and other crimes 329:1102 (L) 

— Physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain 


— The prince and the professor 329:859 (L) 

— Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United 


— The three paradoxes of private medicine 329:919 (L) 

— A time to live or a time to die? 329:233 (L) 

twitches, fearful symptom (A Graham) 329:766 

Tynæ S, Egil Kristian, Obituary (T Sheldon) 329:55 

Tynelius P, see Sipos A 329:1070 

type 2 diabetes 

— heart disease is undertreated (D Spurgeon) 329:1124 (N) 

— home blood glucose monitoring in (RM Reynolds, et al) 


U 

Uganda see also Africa 

— career destinations of doctors who qualified at Makerere 

Medical School in 1984: cohort study (YM Dambisya, et al) 


— health services, learning from failed reform (SA Okuonzi) 


UK BEAM Trial Team 

— United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK 

BEAM) randomised trial: cost effectiveness of physical treatments 

for back pain in primary care 329:1381 (PC) 

— United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK 

BEAM) randomised trial: effectiveness of physical treatments 

for back pain in primary care 329:1377 (PC) 

UK Colorectal Cancer Screening Pilot Group, Results of the first 

round of a demonstration pilot of screening for colorectal 

cancer in the United Kingdom 329:133 (P) 

UK Health Commission, downgrades four trusts (Z Kmietowicz) 


UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, chairman 

says he declared interest (R Dobson) 329:417 (N) 

ultrasonography see under radiology 

uncertainty, lifting fog of uncertainty from practice of medicine 

(B Djulbegovic) 329:1419 (E) 

Underwood T, see O’Connor J BMJ Careers 329:s89 

Unicef, The State of the World’s Children 2005 (S Mayor) 329:1361 

(N) 

United Nations 

— AIDS, UNAIDS official resigns (D Cohen) 329:67 (N) 

— AIDS Epidemic Update 2004 (R Chawla) 329:1257 (N) 

— Sudan, sanctions against Sudanese government for obstructing 

aid (P Moszynski) 329:191 (N) 

United Nations Population Fund, The Cairo Consensus at Ten (Z 


United States see also North America 

— abortion 

——bill to protect providers who won’t provide (JH Tanne) 


——pro-choice groups fight over Supreme Court nominee (JH 


— AIDS, Bush’s abstinence plan criticised (R Walgate) 329:192 

(N) 

— air pollution rules (JH Tanne) 329:72 (N) 

— angioplasty, drug eluting stents use (JH Tanne) 329:1205 (N) 

— anthrax, compulsory vaccination for soldiers halted by US 

judge (O Dyer) 329:1062 (N) 

— antidepressants 

——“black box” warning (J Lenzer) 329:702 (N) 

——children secret report (J Lenzer) 329:307 (N), 329:626 (L) 

——FDA hearings confirm risks (J Lenzer) 329:641 (N) 

——Garden State (D Engber) (Film) 329:805 (R) 

——review (JH Tanne) 329:475 (N) 

——risks in adults review (J Lenzer) 329:816 (N) 

— assisted suicide, Supreme Court asked to block Oregon’slaw 

(F Charatan) 329:1306 (N) 

— bioterrorism, Bush signs protection law (F Charatan) 329:250 

(N) 

— blood pressure, third of adults (S Gottlieb) 329:531 (N) 

— cholesterol, consumer body calls for review of guidelines (J 


— coma, “Terri’s law” struck down (F Charatan) 329:761 (N) 

— confidentiality, privacy concerns (G Dunea) (Soundings) 


— defibrillators, sale without prescription (J Lenzer) 329:703 (N) 

— drug industry 

——advertising scrutiny (F Charatan) 329:10 (N) 

——FDA’s counsel accused of close links (J Lenzer) 329:189 (N) 

——GlaxoSmithKline to publish clinical trials after lawsuit 


——scandals have eroded public confidence (J Lenzer) 329:247 

(N) (correction, 621), 329:686 (L) 

——threatens Australia over plan to block extensions to drug 

patents (B Burton) 329:1306 (N) 

— drugs, which should be available over the counter? (RR Fenichel) 


— education, continuing education rules tightened (JH Tanne) 


— election 

——presidential candidates clash over health care (D Engber) 


——slugging it out over health care, stem cells, and abortion (JH 


— Food and Drug Administration 

——bars own expert from evaluating painkiller risks (J Lenzer) 


——crisis deepens (J Lenzer) 329:1308 (N) 

——incapable of protecting “against another” rofecoxib (J Lenzer) 


——postmarketing surveillance of drugs (JH Tanne) 329:1203 

(N) 

——public interest group accuses FDA of trying to discredit 

Graham (J Lenzer) 329:1255 (N) 

——testosterone patch for women rejected on safety grounds 

(R Moynihan) 329:1363 (N) 

——to be investigated over rofecoxib (J Lenzer) 329:935 (N) 

— general practice, tips for UK GPs seeking work (Z Khalpey) 


— generic drugs, Bush accused of pressuring countries to stop 

production (F Fleck) 329:192 (N) 

— health services, Overdo$ed America: The Broken Promise of 

American Medicine (Abramson) (Books) 329:746 (R) 

— influenza vaccine 

——health workers who give jabs to healthy people could face 

punishment (O Dyer) 329:939 (N) 

——media needled over shortage (D Engber) (The Press) 


——supply hit by UK factory’s licence loss (O Dyer) 329:876 

(N) 

— insurance 

——increase in uninsured (JH Tanne) 329:530 (N) 

——will Bush’s scheme help uninsured? (J Lenzer) 329:1123 

(N) 

— Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s Terrifying Epidemic 

of Medical Mistakes (Wachter, et al) (Books) 329:58 (R) 

— medical records, implantable chip approved (JH Tanne) 


— mental disorders 

——Bush plan to screen whole population 329:292 (L) 

——controversial screening plan (J Lenzer) 329:367 (N) 

——Illinois opposes screening plans (J Lenzer) 329:1065 (N) 

— neonatal screening for genetic disorders (JH Tanne) 329:876 

(N) 

— NIH moves towards open access (B Roehr) 329:590 (N) 

— prisoners, Guantanamo Bay teenager denied medical evaluation 


— research, tips for UK doctors (H Clark) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, Pittman missing 

documents sent to BMJ (J Lenzer) 329:1365 (N) 

— sexually transmitted diseases, Black girls’ educational programme 


— stem cell transplantation, national bank of (JH Tanne) 


— surgical errors, new rules (S Gottlieb) 329:13 (N) 

— television, ten troublesome trends in health news (G Schwitzer) 

(TV) 329:1352 (R) 

— tobacco industry 

——falls in teens (S Gottlieb) 329:12 (N) 

——racketeering case: aimed to keep smokers hooked (A Harding) 


——racketeering case (A Harding) 329:701 (N) 

— war 

——AMA call for inquiry into doctors’ role in abuse of prisoners 


——did French products boycott spread to include scientific 

output? (B Bégaud, et al) (Politics and health) 329:1430 

——stigma deters soldiers from seeking psychiatric help (D 


— whistleblowing, charges medical oversight bureau with corruption 


— women, Bush’s international health policies (J Clark) 329:590 

(N) 

UnitedHealthEurope, US health industry sees NHS as 

“unopened oyster”: BMA conference (R Coombes) 


Urban, Harry (Garri Semionovitch Urban), Obituary (T Bullamore) 


urinary incontinence 

— familial risk in women (YS Hannestad, et al) 329:889 (PC) 

— physical therapy cures postpartum incontinence (POEM*) 

329 (4 December 2004) 

urology, requirements for SHO job (J Bolton) (Advice zone) BMJ 


Urra P, see Silva LC 329:1185 

uterine rupture, incidence and consequences after caesarean 

section (J-M Guise, et al) 329:19 (P), 329:403 (L) 

uveitis, travoprost and (M Kumarasamy, et al) (Drug points) 


V 

vaccination see also immunisation 

— “five in one” vaccine for babies (R Dobson) 329:365 (N) 

— non-parenteral, side effects (ALW Po) 329:62 (E) 

— non-specific “non-effects” 

——overview (PEM Fine) 329:1297 (E) 

——child survival: Burkina Faso (J Vaugelade, et al) 329:1309 

(P) 

vaginal breech delivery, inappropriate use of randomised trials 

in evaluation of complex phenomena (A Kotaska) 


valdecoxib see also COX 2 inhibitors; rofecoxib 

— Pfizer criticised over delay in admitting problems (J Lenzer) 


— US, FDA bars own expert from evaluating risks (J Lenzer) 


Vale C, see Stewart L 329:1043 

Vallipuranathan M, Editorial independence at the BMJ 329:351 

(L) 

van Burk GF, see Lopriore E 329:143 

van Delden JJM, see Boter H 329:86 

van den Akker EH, see van Staaij BK 329:651 

van der Mast RC, see Vinkers DJ 329:881 

van der Wouden JC, see Koning S 329:695 

van Eijken MIJ, see Melis RJF 329:360 

van Engelen BGM, see Hengstman GJD 329:1464 

van Praag HM, et al, Stress, the Brain and Depression (Books) 


van Puijenbroek E, see Passier A 329:265 

van Staaij BK, et al, Effectiveness of adenotonsillectomy in children 

with mild symptoms of throat infections or adenotonsillar 

hypertrophy: open, randomised controlled trial 


van Weert HCPM, see Rietveld RP 329:206, 329:625 

Vandenbroucke JP 

— Assessing the quality of research 328:39 (ED) (correction, 

329:621) 

— Benefits and harms of drug treatments 329:2 (E) 

Vane, Sir John, Obituary (C Richmond) 329:1406 

varicella vaccines, identification of potential candidates by history 

(E MacMahon, et al) 329:551 (PC) 

Varma R 

— et al, Internationally agreed strategy is needed on vaginal 

birth after caesarean 329:403 (L) 

— see Manchanda R 329:110 

Vas J, et al, Acupuncture as a complementary therapy to the 

pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: 

randomised controlled trial 329:1216 (PC) 

vasculitis, severe necrotising leucocytoclastic vasculitis and 

bosentan (S Gasser, et al) (Drug points) 329:430 (P) 

Vaugelade J, et al, Non-specific effects of vaccination on child 

survival: prospective cohort study in Burkina Faso 


Vega E, see Vas J 329:1216 

Veiraiah A 

— Racism and exclusion in the NHS: an illustrative analogy BMJ 


— Responsibility for ancillary care in clinical trials 329:232 (L) 

Veltman C, The Good Body (Theatre) 329:237 (R) 

Venktesh R, Feedback from competition winner 329:s254 

ventilation, mechanical, doctors need not ventilate baby to prolong 

his life (C Dyer) 329:995 (N) 

Verbov J, A memorable patient. How life events change patients’ 

perspectives of their conditions 329:229 (ED) (correction, 

438) 

Verdoux H, see Bégaud B 329:1430 

Verheij TJM, see Welschen I 329:431 

Verjee Z, see Kozer E 329:1321 

Verma S, et al, Angiotensin receptor blockers and myocardial 

infarction 329:1248 (E) 

Verner, Ian Robert, Obituary (W Aveling, et al) 329:1106 

vestibular neuritis, steroids v. valacyclovir (POEM*) 329 (27 

November 2004) 

Vicente K, The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live 

with Technology (Books) 329:1292 (R) 

Vickerman P, see Foss AM 329:185 

Vickers D, see Lachman P 329:693 

Viera AJ, see Clenney TL 329:270 

Viitanen M, see Anttila T 329:539 

Villalta S, see Prandoni P 329:484 

Villanueva T 

— Paralympic medal winner (Profile) BMJ Careers 329:s17 


Vincent P, see Laporte R 329:204 

Viner R, et al, Childhood predictors of self reported chronic 

fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis in adults: national 

birth cohort study 329:941 (P) 

Vinkers DJ, et al, Temporal relation between depression and 

cognitive impairment in old age: prospective population 

based study 329:881 (P) 

violence see also bullying; domestic violence 

— cat, fox, dog (C Douglas) (Soundings) 329:467 (R) 

viral vectors, gene therapy: recent developments and current 

status in UK (K Relph, et al) 329:839 (C) 

viruses 

— bad news. Endpiece (F Charatan) 329:831 


vision disorders see also colour blindness 

— anterior chamber hyphaema after fall (HG Sheth, et al) (Minerva) 


— doctor’s experience (RE Stiff) BMJ Careers 329:s15 

visitors, NHS treatment eligibility (AJ Pollard, et al) (Ethics in 

practice) 329:346 (ED), 329:683 (L), 329:684 (L) 

vitamin supplements 

— early use may increase food allergies (POEM*) 329 (16 October 

2004) 

— gastrointestinal cancer risk and (S Mayor) 329:817 (N) 

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volunteer work see also humanitarian aid 

— paid humanitarian work for student (M Wilson) (Advice zone) 


— service overseas (S Suleman) BMJ Careers 329:s27 

von Elm E, et al, The scandal of poor epidemiological research 


von Kaehne PMR, Down with Windows BMJ Careers 329:s144 

Von Korff M, Re-engineering systems for the treatment of depression 

in primary care: cluster randomised controlled 

trial. Commentary: Can care management enhance integration 

of primary and specialty care? 329:605 (PC) 

von Mutius E, see Wong GWK 329:486 

von Schoen-Angerer T, Understanding health care in the south 

Caucasus: examples from Armenia 329:562 (ED) 

von Schreeb J 

— In the Shadow of “Just Wars” (Books) 329:297 (R) 

— Traditions,Values,and Humanitarian Action (Books) 329:297 (R) 

von Uexküll, Thure, Obituary (A Tuffs) 329:1047 

Voss A, Preventing the spread of MRSA 329:521 (E), 329:978 (L) 

Voss L, see Metcalf B 329:832 

vulvovaginal candidiasis, lactobacillus and post-antibiotic candidiasis 

(M Pirotta, et al) 329:548 (PC) 

W 

Wachter RM, et al, Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s 

Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes (Books) 329:58 (R) 

Wade DT, et al, Do biomedical models of illness make for good 

healthcare systems? 329:1398 (ED) 

Wager E 

— Experiences of the BMJ ethics committee 329:510 (ED) 

— Pressures are growing to publish clinical trials 329:1044 (L) 

Wailoo A, et al, NICE clinical guidelines 329:572 (L) 

Wakai S, see Jimba M 329:1183 

Wakefield, Andrew 

— Dispatches. MMR: What They Didn’t Tell You 

——(A Berger) (TV) 329:1293 (R) (correction, 330:41) 

——fresh allegations (T Jackson) 329:1254 (N) 

Wald DS, Bureaucracy of ethics applications 329:282 (ED), 


Wald NJ, Balancing benefits and harms in public health prevention 

programmes mandated by governments. Commentary: 

silent prevention 329:43 (ED) 

Wales see also Europe 



— Morriston Hospital, cardiac specialist to leave after mediation 

(R Dobson) 329:590 (N) 

— targeted early access to musculoskeletal services (TEAMS) 

programme (P Maddison, et al) 329:1325 (Q) 

Walgate R 

— Bush’s AIDS plan criticised for emphasising abstinence and 

forbidding condoms 329:192 (N) 

— Thailand ignores HIV epidemic in drug users 329:127 (N) 

Walker A, Star wars, NHS style. Commentary: Performance 

assessment is here to stay 329:109 (ED) 

Walker G, The truth is not always a beautiful thing 329:287 

Walker L, Changing with NLP (Reviews) BMJ Careers 329:s70 

Walker M, see Whincup PH 329:200 

Walker MF, see Logan PA 329:1372 

Walker S, see Powell C 329:89 

Walker, Victor Gordon, Obituary (B Bateman) 329:576 

walking, promotion as alternative to cars (D Ogilvie, et al) 


Wallace M, see Jay P 329:1044 

Waller P, When TV damned the drug regulators (Personal view) 


Walley TJ 

— see Pirmohamed M 329:15 

— see Reidenberg MM 329:1172 

Wallis MG, see Banks E 329:477 

Walls M, see Fraser J 329:962 

Walmsley J, What funders and others can do to help save clinical 

academic medicine (Personal view) 329:806 (R) 

Walsh DA, et al, Research bureaucracy in the United Kingdom 


Walsh K 

— bmjlearning.com 

——“Best of five” questions 329:1327 

——Crunching the numbers 329:82 

——How common is common? 329:397 

——Multimedia learning 329:1270 

——None of the above? 329:273 

——Occupational asthma 329:558 

——Reflecting on your practice 329:961 

——Screening for prostate cancer: should every man know his 

PSA? 329:667 

— Grand rounds (Personal view) 329:1295 (R) 


unplanned consultation: case outcome. Commentary: The 

gap between doctors’ and patients’ perceptions 329:502 (C) 

Walshe K, et al, Primary care trusts 329:871 (E) 

Walt G, see Raine R 329:1247 

Walter DP, Traumatic chest drains BMJ Careers 329:s69 

Walters KA, Stigma, shame, and blame experienced by patients 

with lung cancer 329:403 (L) 

Walther FJ, see Lopriore E 329:143 

war see also armed forces; Gulf war syndrome; landmines 

— electives, placements in conflict zones (M Wilson) (Advice 


— Iraq, 100 000 excess civilian deaths since March 2003 (O 



— US, stigma deters soldiers from seeking psychiatric help (D 


Warburton MS, et al, Lesson of the week. Rare causes of haemoptysis 

in suspected pulmonary embolism 329:557 (C) 

Ward HJT, et al, Academic medicine campaign. Obstacles to conducting 

epidemiological research in the UK general population 


Ward P, The PROGRESS trial three years later 329:1404 (L) 

Warlow C, Clinical research under the cosh again 329:241 (E) 

Warm D, see Little P 329:111 

Warrell DA, see Smalligan R 329:1129 

Wasi, Prawase, interview: Thailand health systems (D Weatherall) 


Wass V, What the educators are saying 329:335 (L) 

Wassall H, see Devenney A 329:489 

water supply 

— bottled water and health (KJ Petrie, et al) 329:1417 (E) 

— global progress on sanitation (G Mudur) 329:528 (N) 

Waters K, see Hawton K 329:1076 

Waterworth P, see Bridgewater B 329:421 


Watkins D, et al, Trends in blood pressure over 10 years in 

adolescents: analyses of cross sectional surveys in the 

Northern Ireland Young Hearts project 329:139 (P) 

Watkins, Peter Holmes, Obituary (E Watkins) 329:1291 

Watson A 

— GMC’s response BMJ Careers 329:s183 

— Overseas doctors and the armed forces BMJ Careers 329:s69 

— What is the difference between a LAT post and a LAS post? 


— see Frizelle FA 329:574 

Watson, James Derek, Obituary (P Watson) 329:235 

Watson JM, see Harling R 329:663 

Watson R 

— Draft EU legislation threatens patient safety, says BMA 


— Drug related deaths in Europe are falling 329:1304 (N) 

— EU proposes changes to working time directive 329:761 (N) 

— European Commission wants drug companies to test products 

for use in children 329:818 (N) 

— European Commission warns of impending HIV/AIDS epidemic 


— European Union may relax rules on marketing baby milk 


— Threat of new European legislation to health care exaggerated 


Watts CH, see Foss AM 329:185 

Watts G 

— Bangladesh group has trained 30 000 community health 

workers 329:1124 (N) 

— Does the cannabinoid dronabinol reduce central pain in 

multiple sclerosis? Randomised double blind placebo controlled 

crossover trial. Science commentary: High hopes for 

cannabinoid analgesia 329:257 (P) 

— An extra dollar can go a long way 329:1126 (N) 

— Isolation measures in the hospital management of methicillin 

resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): systematic review of 

the literature. Commentary: Golden rules 329:533 (P), 


— It’s only rock’n’roll 329:476 (N) 

— Negotiating research priorities 329:704 (N) 

— Raising horizons 329:1366 (N) 

— Scientists receive Nobel prize for unravelling secrets of smell 


— Shortage of emergency doctors will take eight years to rectify 


Waugh PJ, Getting ethics into practice 329:513 (L) 

Waxman A, see Le Gales-Camus C 329:53 

weather 

— global hunger and extreme weather (P Moszynski) 329:473 

(N) 

— heart attack admissions and cold weather (R Dobson) 


— winter mortality in elderly in Britain (P Wilkinson, et al) 


Weatherall D, From looking at cells to looking at systems 


Webb K, et al, Transplantation for alcoholic liver disease 329:63 

(E) 

Webb R, see Howard L 329:933 

Wedge JH, see Wright JG 329:795 

Wedzicha JA, see Ram FSF 329:315 

Weiner GM 

— et al, Recent developments in Bell’s palsy 329:1104 (L) 

— see Holland NJ 329:553 

Weinstein MC, see Salomon JA 329:733 

Weissman F, ed, In the Shadow of “Just Wars”: Violence, Politics and 

Humanitarian Action (Books) 329:297 (R) 

Welch J 

— Hope at Havens (The Way I See It) BMJ Careers 329:s210 

— see Weston-Price E BMJ Careers 329:s207 

Welfare MR 

— Colonoscopy completion rates 329:1288 (L) 

— see Ball JE 329:665 

Welschen I, et al, Effectiveness of a multiple intervention to 

reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract symptoms 

in primary care: randomised controlled trial 329:431 

(PC) 

Welsh JS, Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by dogs 


Wennberg R, et al, The PROGRESS trial three years later: time 

for a balanced report of effectiveness 329:968 (ED), 


Wessely S, see Petrie KJ 329:1417 

West J, et al, Malignancy and mortality in people with coeliac 

disease: population based cohort study 329:716 (PC) 

Westendorp RGJ, see Vinkers DJ 329:881 

Weston-Price E, et al, Forensic gynaecology BMJ Careers 


What the educators are saying 

— (E Peile) 329:610 (L) 

— (P Cantillon) 329:838 (L) 

— (V Wass) 329:335 (L) 

Wheatley K, see Ives NJ 329:593 

Wheeler D, Occasional notes: Doctor did Atkins (D Wheeler) 


wheezing see also cough 

— respiratory symptoms and atopy in children in Aberdeen (A 

Devenny, et al) 329:489 (PC) 

Whelan C, see Straus SE 329:1029 

Whincup PH, et al, Passive smoking and risk of coronary heart 

disease and stroke: prospective study with cotinine measurement 


whistleblowing 

— public interest group accuses FDA of trying to discredit Graham 


— US, medical oversight bureau charged with corruption (J 


White C 

— Commission proposes end to star rating system for hospitals 


— Destruction of data prompts calls for Swedish agency to 

investigate research misconduct 329:72 (N) 

— Doctors mistrust systems for reporting medical mistakes 


— Global spending on health research still skewed towards 

wealthy nations 329:1064 (N) 

— Incoherent policies and excessive change undermine health 

strategy 329:639 (N) 

— Less than half the world is likely to meet target for cutting 

child deaths 329:818 (N) 

— MRSA infections rose by 5% between 2003 and 2004: 


— Quality of UK consumer health tests to be scrutinised 


— Sexually transmitted diseases continue to rise 329:249 (N) 

— Study indicates nine risk factors explain most heart attacks 


— Surgeons warn changes will fail without investment in training 


White M, see Adams J 329:142 

White PD, What causes chronic fatigue syndrome? 329:928 (E), 


White RH, see Fancher TL 329:821 

Whitehall II study, access to investigation and treatment and 

social and ethnic differences (A Britton, et al) 329:318 (P) 

Whitehead M, see Doran T 329:53 

Whitehouse A, Can I do an MSc in respiratory medicine while 

doing a senior house officer job? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Whiteside, John Donald (“Paddy”), Obituary (MWN Nicholls) 


Whithey S, see Lloyd M BMJ Careers 329:s73 

Whitty CJM, see Reyburn H 329:1212 

Wibulpolprasert S, see Murray CJL 329:1096 

Wiechman SA, et al, ABC of burns. Psychosocial aspects of burn 

injuries 329:391 (C) 

Wiktor SZ, see Painter TM 329:543 

Wilkie AOM, see Parker MJ 329:288 

Wilkin T, see Metcalf B 329:832 

Wilkinson P 

— Rethinking childhood depression. Commentary: a controversy 

too far? 329:1397 (ED) 

— Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain 329:977 (L) 

— et al, Vulnerability to winter mortality in elderly people in 

Britain: population based study 329:647 (P), 329:976 (L), 



Will RG, see Ward HJT 329:277 

Willcock, Roger Doidge, Obituary (J Willcock) 329:1407 

Willcox ML, et al, Traditional herbal medicines for malaria 


Williams A, see Gudena R 329:1491 

Williams B, Guidelines from the British Hypertension Society 


Williams E, see Lam D BMJ Careers 329:s249 

Williams ERL, et al, Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission 

to hospital 329:459 (L) 

Williams G, et al, Reform of undergraduate medical training in 

the United Kingdom: a triumph of evangelism over common 

sense 329:92 (LP) (correction, 799), 329:798 (L), 


Williams H, see Bath-Hextall F 329:705 

Williams JW, see Dietrich AJ 329:602 

Williams K 

— see Lorains J BMJ Careers 329:s48 

— see Lu CY 329:415 

Williams M, A brave new paradigm? (Personal view) 329:357 (R) 

Williams P, et al, Learning with ROGER BMJ Careers 329:s58 

Williams PD, Why failed asylum seekers must not be denied 

access to the NHS (Personal view) 329:298 (R), 329:683 (L) 

Williams S 

— see Aylin P 329:1207 


Williams WW, see Biant LC 329:149 

Williamson, David Bamford, Obituary (H Williamson) 329:628 

Willis CM, et al, Olfactory detection of human bladder cancer by 

dogs: proof of principle study 329:712 (P), 329:1286 (L) 

Willis, Thomas, Soul Made Flesh (McClure) (Books) 329:1108 (R) 

Wilmshurst P, The Great Betrayal (Books) 329:922 (R) 

Wilson APR 

— How do I get a postgraduate microbiology degree in the 

United Kingdom? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s236 

— et al, Surgical wound infection as a performance indicator: 

agreement of common definitions of wound infection in 

4773 patients 329:720 (IP) 

Wilson J, see Wilson APR 329:720 

Wilson K, see Straus SE 329:83 

Wilson M 

— I desperately want to work overseas as a relief, health, or aid 

worker. I have a large student debt. Is it possible to find 

humanitarian work and expect a salary? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— Is it possible to get an elective placement with a nongovernmental 

organisation in an area of the world considered to be 

a conflict zone? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s2 

— see Banks E 329:477 

— see Haddow AM 329:1333 

Wilson, Margaret (née Fyfe), Obituary (RO Walker, et al) 329:628 

Wilson N 

— Betting your life on it 329:1405 (L) 

— Infectious diseases in Iraq have international implications 


— Salt tax could reduce population’s salt intake 329:918 (L) 

Wilson P, The tabloid fixation on superbugs (The Press) 329:578 

(R) 

Wilson R, Commission unveils shocking pictures for cigarette 

packs 329:994 (N) 

Wilson S 

— see Berger M 329:573 

— see Zeman A 329:724 

Wilson T, Internal Bleeding (Books) 329:58 (R) 

Wilson, Terence Reginald, Obituary (P Wilson) 329:803 

Winblad B, see Anttila T 329:539 

Winkelmann A, et al, Cadavers as teachers: the dissecting room 

experience in Thailand (The limits of medicine) 329:1455 


Winkenwerder W, see Grabenstein JD 329:977 

winter, mortality in elderly people in Britain (P Wilkinson, et al) 


Witcombe B 

— Barbara’s bowel329:568 

— Food for x ray 329:848 

— A sequence of errors 329:213 

Withnell A, Endpiece. Your duty 329:719 

Wodak A, et al, HIV in injecting drug users in Asian countries 


Woll, Nora Kathleen, Obituary (PJ Woll) 329:464 

Wolman M, et al, Doctors’ Errors and Mistakes of Medicine: Must 

Health Care Deteriorate? (Books) 329:58 (R) 

Wolstenholme, Sir Gordon Ethelbert Ward, Obituary (S Plumley) 


women 

— academic medicine and gender: impact on health workforce 

(L Reichenbach) 329:792 (ED) 

— AIDS 

——follow up visits for antiretroviral prophylaxis for motherto-child 

HIV transmission (TM Painter, et al) 329:543 (P) 

——increasingly affected (R Chawla) 329:1257 (N) 

VOL-WOM 27

— halfe witted men. Endpiece (JH Baron) 329:219 

— mammography, personal characteristics and mammography 

sensitivity and specificity: Million Women cohort study (E 

Banks, et al) 329:477 (P) 

— medicine, changing pattern (V Edwards) 329:1324 

— mortality, Bush’s international health policies (J Clark) 


— Seneca on. Endpiece (JH Baron) 329:729 

— testosterone patch, media survey (R Moynihan) (The Press) 


— urinary incontinence, familial risk (YS Hannestad, et al) 


— Women’s Health in Mid-Life: A Primary Care Guide (Rosenfeld, 

ed) (Books) 329:689 (R) 

Wong GWK, et al, Factors associated with difference in prevalence 

of asthma in children from three cities in China: 

multicentre epidemiological survey 329:486 (PC) 

Wong SYS 

— Future of psychotherapy in the NHS 329:514 (L) 

— see Lee A 329:403 

Wong TY, et al, Prospective cohort study of retinal vessel diameters 

and risk of hypertension 329:79 (P) (correction, 384), 


Wong W, see Lee A 329:403 

Wood T, Mother accused of killing son in “fabricated illness” case 


Woodall AA, Winter mortality in elderly people in Britain 


Woodruff R, see McMichael A 329:1416 

Woods D 

— ed, Communication for Doctors: How to Improve Patient Care and 

Minimize Legal Risks (Reviews) BMJ Careers 329:s234 

— Toward a 21st Century Health System (Books) 329:747 (R) 

Woolfson T, Is endocrinology a good choice of specialty for a 

doctor who has insulin dependent diabetes mellitus? (Advice 


Woollard FM, Consent to the publication of patient information 


work see also disciplinary problems; grievance procedures; occupational 

medicine; shift work 

— are you dependent on your work? (R Persaud) BMJ Careers 


— grievance and discipline procedures (R McGuire) BMJ Careers 


— how to improve your motivation (R Persaud) BMJ Careers 


workload, GP perceptions of sharing workload in group practices: 

qualitative study (R Branson, et al) 329:381 (PC), 


World Artifexology Group, see Oxman AD 329:1460 

World Health Organization see also global health 

— antiretrovirals target can be met (F Fleck) 329:129 (N) 

— Better Palliative Care for Older People (F Fleck) 329:248 (N) 

— Food Standardisation to Support the Reduction of Chronic Diseases 

(F Fleck) 329:1121 (N) 

— Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation TTarget (G 

Mudur) 329:528 (N) 



— Ranbaxy withdraws AIDS drugs from list (F Fleck) 329:1205 

(N) 

— tuberculosis control in Lima as model for AIDS prevention (F 

Fleck) 329:252 (N) 

— World Report on Knowledge for Better Health (K Abbasi) 


World Medical Association 

— industry sponsorship rules (Z Kmietowicz) 329:876 (N) 

— torture course for prison doctors (F Fleck) 329:591 (N) 

— trial participants must have access to best treatment when 

trial ends (B Christie) 329:876 (N) 

Wortley S, see Dent T 329:3 

wounds and injuries 

— colour vision defects impact (P Cumberland, et al) 329:1074 

(P) 


Wright, Frank Bowen, Obituary (JHE Carmichael) 329:921 

Wright J, see Ram FSF 329:315 

Wright JG, et al, Clinicians and patients’ welfare: where does 

academic freedom fit in? 329:795 (ED) 

Wright S, see Ridd M 329:798 

writing see also ghost writing; publishing 

— Career focus 

——articles (R MacDonald, et al)(Tips on) BMJ Careers 329:s80 

——features (R MacDonald, et al) (Tips on) BMJ Careers 


——new Diplomatosis column (G Easton) (Tips on ...) BMJ 


——reviews (R MacDonald, et al)(Tips on) BMJ Careers 329:s80 

— on internet (C Hughes) (What’s on the web?) BMJ Careers 



— paper rejection tips (H Plotkin) 329:1469 

— scientific articles have hardly changed in 50 years 329:352 (L) 

— senior house officers 

——publications and conference presentations: good for job? 

(C Gray) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s146 

——publications in medical journals (T Albert) (Advice zone) 


28 WON-ZUC Published by the Proprietors, THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 

Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR. Printed by Wyndeham Heron and Co. 

——tips (T Albert) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 329:s166, 


— transparency and trust 329:1345 (L) 

Wu P, see Mills E 329:27 

Wyatt, Charlotte, baby should be allowed to die (C Dyer) 329:875 

(N) 

Wyatt HV, Give a disease a bad name 329:272 

Wylie K, ABC of sexual health. Gender related disorders 329:615 

(C) (correction, 1270) 

Y 

Yafai G, Diversity for doctors BMJ Careers 329:s239 

Yamey G 

— The Corporation (Film) 329:117 (R) 

— Robin Levy: Confronting Our Bodies (Art) 329:1351 (R) 

Yearsley, Richard Henderson, Obituary (A Stowe) 329:803 

Yeluri SV, et al, Should reviewers of papers have their names 

published? 329:113 (L) 

Yoganathan KG, Dispersed HIV positive asylum seekers need 

care throughout UK 329:684 (L) 

Young M, see Bashir N 329:1435 

Yusufzai A, Pakistan medical association warns of potential rise 

in hepatitis 329:530 (N) 

Z 

Zaiwalla Z, see Zeman A 329:724 

Zamvar V, Reporting systems for cardiac surgery 329:413 (E) 

Zawar V, et al, “Milkers’ nodule” caused by direct inoculation of 

the Parapoxvirus (Minerva) 329:1194 (correction, 1270) 

Zeman A, et al, Narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness 


Zhang W, see Lin J 329:324 

Zhong NS, see Wong GWK 329:486 

Zhu WX, see Hesketh T 329:1427 

Zimbabwe see also Africa 

— AIDS, maternal-fetal exchange prevention programme (F 

Perez, et al) 329:1147 (Q) 

— refugees in UK, health needs are poorly recognised 329:979 

(L) 

Zimmer C, Soul Made Flesh: Thomas Willis, the English Civil War 

and the Mapping of the Mind (Books) 329:1108 (R) 

Zimmermann C, see Wennberg R 329:968 

Zorab J, Endpiece, Being good 329:900 

Zuckerman JN, Preventing malaria in UK travellers 329:305 (E), 


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