19 November 2005 (Vol 331, Issue 7526)

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This Week In the BMJ

UK patients want fast access to good care

BMJ 2005;331:0.5 (Published 17 November 2005)

Women with treated CIN remain at increased risk of cervical and other cancers

BMJ 2005;331:0.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Sedative use in older people with insomnia may not be advantageous

BMJ 2005;331:0.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Ensure the basics for children in developing countries

BMJ 2005;331:0.4 (Published 17 November 2005)

Medically conceived twins have an increased risk of preterm birth

BMJ 2005;331:0.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

Editor's Choice

An uncomfortable ride

BMJ 2005;331:0.7 (Published 17 November 2005)

Editorials

Metabolic syndrome

BMJ 2005;331:1153 (Published 17 November 2005)

Extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists

BMJ 2005;331:1154 (Published 17 November 2005)

European developments in labelling allergenic foods

BMJ 2005;331:1155 (Published 17 November 2005)

Primary care trusts: do they have a future?

BMJ 2005;331:1156 (Published 17 November 2005)

The private health sector in India

BMJ 2005;331:1157 (Published 17 November 2005)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: Assessing HER2/neu status incurs more costs for treatment

BMJ 2005;331:1202.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: Advent of pharmacogenetics raises many issues

BMJ 2005;331:1202.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: An increasingly common ethical and economic conundrum

BMJ 2005;331:1202.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: The other side of the coin

BMJ 2005;331:1202.4 (Published 17 November 2005)

Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer: Editorial does not mention health economics of drug

BMJ 2005;331:1203.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Stockpiling oseltamivir: What is the number needed to treat with oseltamivir to prevent one flu death?

BMJ 2005;331:1203.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Stockpiling oseltamivir: Roche clarifies data for improved mortality with oseltamivir

BMJ 2005;331:1203.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

Health in Africa: International experience may provoke animosity towards those returning home

BMJ 2005;331:1203.4 (Published 17 November 2005)

Health in Africa: There is more to the crisis

BMJ 2005;331:1203.5 (Published 17 November 2005)

Croatia's brain drain

BMJ 2005;331:1204.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Postpartum eclampsia of late onset: a complicated case

BMJ 2005;331:1204.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Data are still needed for HPV immunisation programme

BMJ 2005;331:1204.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

India plans to audit clinical trials

BMJ 2005;331:1204.4 (Published 17 November 2005)

CAM before the storm: authors' reply

BMJ 2005;331:1205.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Consultants' hours of work: a new perspective

BMJ 2005;331:1205.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Lady doctors: where are the gentleman doctors?

BMJ 2005;331:1205.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

News

UK doctors protest at extension to nurses' prescribing powers

BMJ 2005;331:1159.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Italy's smoking ban has led to an 8% drop in tobacco consumption

BMJ 2005;331:1159.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

In brief

BMJ 2005;331:1160.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

News - continued

Dignitas is investigated for helping healthy woman to die

BMJ 2005;331:1160.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Lords back bill to legalise assisted suicide

BMJ 2005;331:1160.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

Watchdog finds that NHS is failing stroke patients

BMJ 2005;331:1161.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Woman fights for parents' right to know abortion advice to under 16s

BMJ 2005;331:1161.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

UK doctors move towards general practice and flexible working

BMJ 2005;331:1163.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

Uncertainty over reorganisation is destabilising primary care

BMJ 2005;331:1164.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Private commissioning plan raises question over conflicts of interest

BMJ 2005;331:1164.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Short cuts

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2005;331:1165 (Published 17 November 2005)

Clinical Reviews

The parents' journey: continuing a pregnancy after a diagnosis of Patau's syndrome

BMJ 2005;331:1186 (Published 17 November 2005)

Improving services with informatics tools

BMJ 2005;331:1190 (Published 17 November 2005)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2005;331:1212 (Published 17 November 2005)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

Primary care trust reverses decision not to fund trastuzumab

BMJ 2005;331:1162.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Improving choice for patients from disadvantaged groups should reduce health inequalities

BMJ 2005;331:1162.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Austrian town uses mirrors to tackle lack of daylight

BMJ 2005;331:1162.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

GMC hears charge that doctor ended a patient's life prematurely

BMJ 2005;331:1162.4 (Published 17 November 2005)

Austrian woman sues doctor and hospital for sterilising her without consent

BMJ 2005;331:1162.5 (Published 17 November 2005)

Holland is criticised for the way it deported a mentally ill asylum seeker

BMJ 2005;331:1163.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

EU is urged to reduce injuries to children

BMJ 2005;331:1163.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

WHO agrees global action plan to control avian flu

BMJ 2005;331:1164.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

Industry steps up efforts to develop avian flu vaccine

BMJ 2005;331:1164.4 (Published 17 November 2005)

Ugandan rebel soldiers target aid operations after indictment of their leaders

BMJ 2005;331:1164.5 (Published 17 November 2005)

Rebuilding Afghanistan's health service is hampered by insecurity and lack of funds

BMJ 2005;331:1164.6 (Published 17 November 2005)

UK regulator seeks views on genetic testing of embryos

BMJ 2005;331:1164.7 (Published 17 November 2005)

Some independent treatment centres have a high cancellation rate, audit finds

BMJ 2005;331:1164.8 (Published 17 November 2005)

Lifestyle modification with drug treatment achieves most weight loss, study finds

BMJ 2005;331:1164.9 (Published 17 November 2005)

Dr Foster's case notes

Obesity and type 2 diabetes in children, 1996-7 to 2003-4

BMJ 2005;331:1167 (Published 17 November 2005)

BMJ family highlights

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2005;331:1168 (Published 17 November 2005)

Papers

Sedative hypnotics in older people with insomnia: meta-analysis of risks and benefits

BMJ 2005;331:1169 (Published 17 November 2005)

Preterm birth in twins after subfertility treatment: population based cohort study

BMJ 2005;331:1173 (Published 17 November 2005)

Papers - continued

Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for child health in developing countries

BMJ 2005;331:1177 (Published 17 November 2005)

How does progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal affect inequalities between the poorest and least poor? Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data

BMJ 2005;331:1180 (Published 17 November 2005)

Primary care

Risk of cervical and other cancers after treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: retrospective cohort study

BMJ 2005;331:1183 (Published 17 November 2005)

Education and debate

Challenges of private provision in the NHS

BMJ 2005;331:1193 (Published 17 November 2005)

Competition in general practice

BMJ 2005;331:1196 (Published 17 November 2005)

What do patients and the public want from primary care?

BMJ 2005;331:1199 (Published 17 November 2005)

Reviews

This week's Reviews section

The Year of Magical Thinking

BMJ 2005;331:1208 (Published 17 November 2005)

The Vaccine Controversy: The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations

BMJ 2005;331:1209.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

The Death of Mr Lazarescu

BMJ 2005;331:1209.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Why doctors' outcomes should be published in the press

BMJ 2005;331:1210 (Published 17 November 2005)

Flexible training for men and women—is this the way forward for medicine?

BMJ 2005;331:1211.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Dr A will see you now

BMJ 2005;331:1211.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Fillers

Early analgesia for children with acute abdominal pain did not affect management or outcome

BMJ 2005;331:0.6 (Published 17 November 2005)

Qualities of a surgeon

BMJ 2005;331:1176 (Published 17 November 2005)

A ship too far

BMJ 2005;331:1182.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

Tellymedicine

BMJ 2005;331:1185 (Published 17 November 2005)

A shocking affair

BMJ 2005;331:1189 (Published 17 November 2005)

Human and animal health

BMJ 2005;331:1195 (Published 17 November 2005)

Corrections

Influenza pandemics and avian flu

BMJ 2005;331:1182.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Rethinking breast screening—again

BMJ 2005;331:1182.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

Michael Phelps Ward

BMJ 2005;331:1206 (Published 17 November 2005)

Robert Lisle Gadd

BMJ 2005;331:1207.1 (Published 17 November 2005)

Valerian Pius Kimati

BMJ 2005;331:1207.2 (Published 17 November 2005)

Joseph Towfiq Thomas Marrow

BMJ 2005;331:1207.3 (Published 17 November 2005)

Jean Katherine Patterson (née Ritchie)

BMJ 2005;331:1207.4 (Published 17 November 2005)

David Ian Rushton

BMJ 2005;331:1207.5 (Published 17 November 2005)

Michael John Stone

BMJ 2005;331:1207.6 (Published 17 November 2005)

Stewart G Wolf

BMJ 2005;331:1207.7 (Published 17 November 2005)