25 June 2005 (Vol 330, Issue 7506)

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This Week In the BMJ

Hysterectomy doesn't seem to affect long term mortality

BMJ 2005;330:0.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

Methods of hysterectomy: the hierarchy is clear

BMJ 2005;330:0.4 (Published 23 June 2005)

Doctors and managers working together on costs

BMJ 2005;330:0.6 (Published 23 June 2005)

ABC: principles of war surgery

BMJ 2005;330:0.5 (Published 23 June 2005)

Early treatment is vital for meningococcal disease

BMJ 2005;330:0.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

Staying in was safer than evacuation in a chemical incident

BMJ 2005;330:0.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Editor's Choice

Performance matters

BMJ 2005;330:0.8 (Published 23 June 2005)

Editorials

Hysterectomy for benign conditions

BMJ 2005;330:1457 (Published 23 June 2005)

Where next with revalidation?

BMJ 2005;330:1458 (Published 23 June 2005)

Health research policy in the European Union

BMJ 2005;330:1459 (Published 23 June 2005)

The future of singlehanded general practices

BMJ 2005;330:1460 (Published 23 June 2005)

Thresholds for normal blood pressure and serum cholesterol

BMJ 2005;330:1461 (Published 23 June 2005)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Health inequalities under New Labour

BMJ 2005;330:1507.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Health inequalities under New Labour

BMJ 2005;330:1507.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

Health inequalities under New Labour

BMJ 2005;330:1507.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

Making allegations without due care is wrong

BMJ 2005;330:1508.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Pharmacogenetics and ethnically targeted therapies

BMJ 2005;330:1508.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

Pharmacogenetics and ethnically targeted therapies

BMJ 2005;330:1508.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

Younger teenagers are also at risk of mumps outbreaks

BMJ 2005;330:1509.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Patients' written consent when photographed could suffice for journals

BMJ 2005;330:1509.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

Detecting cheating in written medical examinations

BMJ 2005;330:1509.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

Detecting cheating in written medical examinations

BMJ 2005;330:1510.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Detecting cheating in written medical examinations

BMJ 2005;330:1510.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

A testing time for ethical standards

BMJ 2005;330:1510.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

Shaving can be safer head lice treatment than insecticides

BMJ 2005;330:1510.4 (Published 23 June 2005)

News

GMC hears case against paediatrician in Sally Clark trial

BMJ 2005;330:1463.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Court hears shaken baby cases

BMJ 2005;330:1463.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

News - continued

In brief

BMJ 2005;330:1464.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Alder Hey pathologist is struck off medical register

BMJ 2005;330:1464.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

Little progress has been made in combating hospital infections

BMJ 2005;330:1464.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

National nutrition council is needed to tackle childhood obesity

BMJ 2005;330:1465.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

US survey shows extent of research misconduct

BMJ 2005;330:1465.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

“Super surgeries” threaten general practice

BMJ 2005;330:1467.4 (Published 23 June 2005)

UK stops short of outright smoking ban in enclosed public places

BMJ 2005;330:1468.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Indian government bans smoking in new films and TV serials

BMJ 2005;330:1468.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

Short cuts

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2005;330:1469 (Published 23 June 2005)

Clinical Reviews

Radiological review of pneumothorax

BMJ 2005;330:1493 (Published 23 June 2005)

Principles of war surgery

BMJ 2005;330:1498 (Published 23 June 2005)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2005;330:1516 (Published 23 June 2005)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

BMA calls on G8 governments to address “brain drain”

BMJ 2005;330:1466.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Conduct of drug trials in poor countries must improve

BMJ 2005;330:1466.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

College looks back to discovery of hormones

BMJ 2005;330:1466.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

£10m settlement for children misdiagnosed with epilepsy

BMJ 2005;330:1466.4 (Published 23 June 2005)

Approval of FDA commissioner held up by emergency contraception issue

BMJ 2005;330:1466.5 (Published 23 June 2005)

Doctors and company to be held liable for contraceptive failure

BMJ 2005;330:1467.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Autopsy supports claim that Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state

BMJ 2005;330:1467.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

US stem cell research progresses despite limitations

BMJ 2005;330:1467.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Extradition bid is likely after findings against doctor

BMJ 2005;330:1468.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

Gap between NHS policy makers and doctors is “enormous”

BMJ 2005;330:1468.4 (Published 23 June 2005)

US government cuts penalty on tobacco firms as racketeering case closes

BMJ 2005;330:1468.5 (Published 23 June 2005)

Heart attack care is improving in England and Wales

BMJ 2005;330:1468.6 (Published 23 June 2005)

Papers

Evacuation decisions in a chemical air pollution incident: cross sectional survey

BMJ 2005;330:1471 (Published 23 June 2005)

Evacuation decisions in chemical incidents benefit from expert health advice

BMJ 2005;330:1474 (Published 23 June 2005)

The role of healthcare delivery in the outcome of meningococcal disease in children: case-control study of fatal and non-fatal cases

BMJ 2005;330:1475 (Published 23 June 2005)

Papers - continued

Methods of hysterectomy: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 2005;330:1478 (Published 23 June 2005)

Primary care

Long term effects of hysterectomy on mortality: nested cohort study

BMJ 2005;330:1482 (Published 23 June 2005)

Information in practice

Creative use of existing clinical and health outcomes data to assess NHS performance in England: Part 2—more challenging aspects of monitoring

BMJ 2005;330:1486 (Published 23 June 2005)

Education and debate

Programme budgeting and marginal analysis: bridging the divide between doctors and managers

BMJ 2005;330:1501 (Published 23 June 2005)

Time for radical reform

BMJ 2005;330:1504 (Published 23 June 2005)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

Shaken and stirred?

BMJ 2005;330:1513 (Published 23 June 2005)

Who Killed my Baby?

BMJ 2005;330:1514 (Published 23 June 2005)

Making revalidation credible

BMJ 2005;330:1515.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Let the patients decide

BMJ 2005;330:1515.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

Fillers

Melatonin is effective for some sleep disorders

BMJ 2005;330:0.7 (Published 23 June 2005)

Shallow animals

BMJ 2005;330:1481 (Published 23 June 2005)

What's your motivation?

BMJ 2005;330:1492 (Published 23 June 2005)

An event that changed my life

BMJ 2005;330:1497 (Published 23 June 2005)

Discovery

BMJ 2005;330:1503 (Published 23 June 2005)

Advice

BMJ 2005;330:1512.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

Corrections

Recent developments in inhaled therapy in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMJ 2005;330:1485.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

Management of pregnancies with RhD alloimmunisation

BMJ 2005;330:1485.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

Randomised controlled trial to compare surgical stabilisation of the lumbar spine with an intensive rehabilitation programme for patients with chronic low back pain: the MRC spine stabilisation trial

BMJ 2005;330:1485.3 (Published 23 June 2005)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Hamilton Naki

BMJ 2005;330:1511 (Published 23 June 2005)

Ronald James Bower

BMJ 2005;330:1512.1 (Published 23 June 2005)

John Haydn Hughes

BMJ 2005;330:1512.2 (Published 23 June 2005)

David Kipling

BMJ 2005;330:1512.4 (Published 23 June 2005)

Sherwood George William Rainsbury

BMJ 2005;330:1512.5 (Published 23 June 2005)

John Ruddock Solari

BMJ 2005;330:1512.6 (Published 23 June 2005)

Harold Bernard Watson

BMJ 2005;330:1512.7 (Published 23 June 2005)