04 March 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7540)

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Editor's Choice

A big mistake

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 2 March 2006)

News

CMA draws criticism for sacking editors

BMJ 2006;332:503 (Published 2 March 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:504.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

BMA says referral schemes are used to restrict access to hospitals

BMJ 2006;332:504.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

NICE advocates computerised CBT

BMJ 2006;332:504.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

UK government likely to miss its target to reduce childhood obesity

BMJ 2006;332:505.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

NEJM stands by its criticism of Vioxx study

BMJ 2006;332:505.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

Promoter of vitamins for AIDS calls off lawsuits

BMJ 2006;332:507.4 (Published 2 March 2006)

Coming in from the cold

BMJ 2006;332:508.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Editorials

Screening for breast cancer

BMJ 2006;332:499 (Published 2 March 2006)

Where expert witnesses fear to tread

BMJ 2006;332:500 (Published 2 March 2006)

Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive

BMJ 2006;332:501 (Published 2 March 2006)

Research

Oral misoprostol for induction of labour at term: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;332:509 (Published 2 March 2006)

Opportunistic screening for alcohol use disorders in primary care: comparative study

BMJ 2006;332:511 (Published 2 March 2006)

Factors influencing death at home in terminally ill patients with cancer: systematic review

BMJ 2006;332:515 (Published 2 March 2006)

Food buying habits of people who buy wine or beer: cross sectional study

BMJ 2006;332:519 (Published 2 March 2006)

Chronic stress at work and the metabolic syndrome: prospective study

BMJ 2006;332:521 (Published 2 March 2006)

Letters

Mexico and the tobacco industry: Editorial lost sight of the real enemy

BMJ 2006;332:548.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Mexico and the tobacco industry: Response from the Ministry of Health

BMJ 2006;332:548.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

Prisoners in general hospitals: doctors' attitudes and practice

BMJ 2006;332:548.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Time for food industry to adopt signposting model

BMJ 2006;332:549.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Patients need not give consent in all clinical education

BMJ 2006;332:549.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

Offering results to research participants

BMJ 2006;332:549.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Does melatonin improve sleep?: Efficacy of melatonin

BMJ 2006;332:550.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Does melatonin improve sleep?: Muddles with melatonin

BMJ 2006;332:550.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

Letters - continued

Logical debate on problem based learning

BMJ 2006;332:550.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Chlamydia is being managed in primary care

BMJ 2006;332:551.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Cuba: better care for stroke

BMJ 2006;332:551.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

A mnemonic for depression

BMJ 2006;332:551.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection

BMJ 2006;332:552.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Secondary care is not evil

BMJ 2006;332:552.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

No easy solutions for frequent hospital attendances

BMJ 2006;332:552.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Obituaries

Norman Shumway

BMJ 2006;332:553 (Published 2 March 2006)

Archibald Hunter Darling

BMJ 2006;332:554.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Anthony John Alexander Ferguson

BMJ 2006;332:554.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

Clare Passmore Grant

BMJ 2006;332:554.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Margaret Melville Rae Martin

BMJ 2006;332:554.4 (Published 2 March 2006)

Kathleen May Reid

BMJ 2006;332:554.5 (Published 2 March 2006)

Ramanlal Bhikhabhai Shah

BMJ 2006;332:554.6 (Published 2 March 2006)

Michael Frank Cumnor Walker

BMJ 2006;332:554.7 (Published 2 March 2006)

Clinical Review

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2006;332:525 (Published 2 March 2006)

Practice

Gastrointestinal capsule endoscopy: from tertiary centres to primary care

BMJ 2006;332:528 (Published 2 March 2006)

Traumatic and surgical wounds

BMJ 2006;332:532 (Published 2 March 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:536 (Published 2 March 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

AUDIT to identify alcohol use disorders in primary care

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

Why do people die where they do?

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Oral misoprostol is safe for induction of labour at term

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Work stress is associated with metabolic syndrome

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 2 March 2006)

Wine buyers buy healthier food than beer buyers

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 2 March 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;332:558 (Published 2 March 2006)

Fillers

Three days of antibiotics is enough for uncomplicated cystitis

BMJ 2006;332:0.6 (Published 2 March 2006)

Education

BMJ 2006;332:518 (Published 2 March 2006)

Are you a globalist or an analyst?

BMJ 2006;332:524 (Published 2 March 2006)

A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort

BMJ 2006;332:531 (Published 2 March 2006)

The very last word

BMJ 2006;332:535 (Published 2 March 2006)

Hoax bomb calls and psychiatry

BMJ 2006;332:541 (Published 2 March 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

UK will reserve bird flu vaccine for health workers

BMJ 2006;332:506.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

US Supreme Court to review “partial birth abortion” law

BMJ 2006;332:506.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

Conceptions in England and Wales are falling in women under 18 but rising overall

BMJ 2006;332:506.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Development of “orphan drugs” in Europe is too slow

BMJ 2006;332:506.4 (Published 2 March 2006)

AMA develops measures of doctors' performance

BMJ 2006;332:506.5 (Published 2 March 2006)

FDA shuts down human tissue company

BMJ 2006;332:507.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Quebec introduces more private care into its health system

BMJ 2006;332:507.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

NICE advocates community services for skin cancer patients

BMJ 2006;332:507.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Health agencies must better communicate bird flu risk, UN coordinator says

BMJ 2006;332:508.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

Postal services prop up illegal drug trade

BMJ 2006;332:508.3 (Published 2 March 2006)

Call to scrap import tariffs on pharmaceuticals in global WTO talks

BMJ 2006;332:508.4 (Published 2 March 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Content of invitations for publicly funded screening mammography

BMJ 2006;332:538 (Published 2 March 2006)

Adjusting for treatment refusal in rationing decisions

BMJ 2006;332:542 (Published 2 March 2006)

One-time general consent for research on biological samples

BMJ 2006;332:544 (Published 2 March 2006)

Reviews

Spirituality and the Healthy Mind: Science, Therapy, and the Need for Personal Meaning

BMJ 2006;332:555.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Stuart: A Life Backwards

BMJ 2006;332:555.2 (Published 2 March 2006)

On street addresses and middle names: my struggle to upload a scientific paper

BMJ 2006;332:556 (Published 2 March 2006)

A foray into unfamiliar territory

BMJ 2006;332:557.1 (Published 2 March 2006)

Axel Munthe and The Story of San Michele

BMJ 2006;332:557.2 (Published 2 March 2006)