18 March 2006 (Vol 332, Issue 7542)

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Editor's Choice

The ground or the goal posts?

BMJ 2006;332:0.7 (Published 16 March 2006)

News

Surgeons claim independent centres produce poor results

BMJ 2006;332:623.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Code sets out framework for “living wills”

BMJ 2006;332:623.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;332:624.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

CMAJ editorial board members vent anger at lack of openness

BMJ 2006;332:624.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

FDA rejected contraception for political reasons

BMJ 2006;332:624.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Doctors defend online system for allocating junior doctor posts

BMJ 2006;332:625 (Published 16 March 2006)

Poorest children under 10 are 40% more likely to die than the richest

BMJ 2006;332:627.4 (Published 16 March 2006)

How the mighty came to fall

BMJ 2006;332:628.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Editorials

Preventing coronary heart disease

BMJ 2006;332:617 (Published 16 March 2006)

Nutritional supplements in cystic fibrosis

BMJ 2006;332:618 (Published 16 March 2006)

What sort of evidence do we need in primary care?

BMJ 2006;332:619 (Published 16 March 2006)

Grieving the death of a child

BMJ 2006;332:620 (Published 16 March 2006)

Standards for infant formula milk

BMJ 2006;332:621 (Published 16 March 2006)

Research

Pattern of declining blood pressure across replicate population surveys of the WHO MONICA project, mid-1980s to mid-1990s, and the role of medication

BMJ 2006;332:629 (Published 16 March 2006)

Oral protein energy supplements for children with cystic fibrosis: CALICO multicentre randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2006;332:632 (Published 16 March 2006)

Applicability to primary care of national clinical guidelines on blood pressure lowering for people with stroke: cross sectional study

BMJ 2006;332:635 (Published 16 March 2006)

Intramuscular gluteal injections in the increasingly obese population: retrospective study

BMJ 2006;332:637 (Published 16 March 2006)

Letters

One-time general consent for research on biological samples: Opt out system for patients is optimal and endorsed in many countries

BMJ 2006;332:665.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

One-time general consent for research on biological samples: Good idea, but will it happen?

BMJ 2006;332:665.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

One-time general consent for research on biological samples: Autonomy and majority rules have been misunderstood

BMJ 2006;332:665.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive: Trial of alerting drug in fibromyalgia has had to be abandoned…

BMJ 2006;332:666.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive:…and so has trial of melatonin in cancer related weight loss…

BMJ 2006;332:666.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive: …while paediatric oncology is being scuppered

BMJ 2006;332:666.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Who will fund hypothesis testing studies?

BMJ 2006;332:666.4 (Published 16 March 2006)

LIFT study is discontinued

BMJ 2006;332:667.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Stress and illness: call to action

BMJ 2006;332:667.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Alcohol use disorders identification test has bias

BMJ 2006;332:667.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Where patients with cancer die in Cuba

BMJ 2006;332:668.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis: Potential changes in management for clinically isolated episode of optic neuritis

BMJ 2006;332:668.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Letters - continued

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis: Ocular manifestations of multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2006;332:668.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Postnatal economic burden of limited karyotyping

BMJ 2006;332:668.4 (Published 16 March 2006)

Physiological-social scoring is important in pandemic flu

BMJ 2006;332:669.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

GPs provide valuable continuity during age transition

BMJ 2006;332:669.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

The importance of being naked from the elbow down

BMJ 2006;332:669.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Obituaries

Paul Polani

BMJ 2006;332:670 (Published 16 March 2006)

Ronald Patrick Grimley

BMJ 2006;332:671.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

John Arundel Kirkby

BMJ 2006;332:671.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Charles James Kirkpatrick Orr

BMJ 2006;332:671.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Thomas Allan Sanderson

BMJ 2006;332:671.4 (Published 16 March 2006)

Kenneth Herbert Walker

BMJ 2006;332:671.5 (Published 16 March 2006)

Rupert Walker Wilkinson

BMJ 2006;332:671.6 (Published 16 March 2006)

David John Woolford

BMJ 2006;332:671.7 (Published 16 March 2006)

Clinical Review

Osteoarthritis

BMJ 2006;332:639 (Published 16 March 2006)

Practice

A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort: case outcome

BMJ 2006;332:643 (Published 16 March 2006)

Patient's experience

BMJ 2006;332:644.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Cardiological management

BMJ 2006;332:644.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Knowing and knowing about

BMJ 2006;332:645 (Published 16 March 2006)

Pattern recognition versus bayesian approach for diagnosis in primary care

BMJ 2006;332:646.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Diagnosing chest pain in general practice

BMJ 2006;332:646.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Parental suicide after the expected death of a child at home

BMJ 2006;332:647 (Published 16 March 2006)

Burns

BMJ 2006;332:649 (Published 16 March 2006)

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2006;332:653 (Published 16 March 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:654 (Published 16 March 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

Energy supplements may not be necessary for children with cystic fibrosis

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Blood pressure drop in MONICA populations is not from use of antihypertensives

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

What works for osteoarthritis?

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 16 March 2006)

Longer needles needed for gluteal intramuscular injections

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 16 March 2006)

Guidelines on blood pressure after stroke may not apply to primary care

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Letters - continued

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis: Ocular manifestations of multiple sclerosis

BMJ 2006;332:668.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Postnatal economic burden of limited karyotyping

BMJ 2006;332:668.4 (Published 16 March 2006)

Physiological-social scoring is important in pandemic flu

BMJ 2006;332:669.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

GPs provide valuable continuity during age transition

BMJ 2006;332:669.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

The importance of being naked from the elbow down

BMJ 2006;332:669.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Obituaries

Paul Polani

BMJ 2006;332:670 (Published 16 March 2006)

Ronald Patrick Grimley

BMJ 2006;332:671.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

John Arundel Kirkby

BMJ 2006;332:671.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Charles James Kirkpatrick Orr

BMJ 2006;332:671.3 (Published 16 March 2006)

Thomas Allan Sanderson

BMJ 2006;332:671.4 (Published 16 March 2006)

Kenneth Herbert Walker

BMJ 2006;332:671.5 (Published 16 March 2006)

Rupert Walker Wilkinson

BMJ 2006;332:671.6 (Published 16 March 2006)

David John Woolford

BMJ 2006;332:671.7 (Published 16 March 2006)

Clinical Review

Osteoarthritis

BMJ 2006;332:639 (Published 16 March 2006)

Practice

A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort: case outcome

BMJ 2006;332:643 (Published 16 March 2006)

Patient's experience

BMJ 2006;332:644.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Cardiological management

BMJ 2006;332:644.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Knowing and knowing about

BMJ 2006;332:645 (Published 16 March 2006)

Pattern recognition versus bayesian approach for diagnosis in primary care

BMJ 2006;332:646.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

Diagnosing chest pain in general practice

BMJ 2006;332:646.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Parental suicide after the expected death of a child at home

BMJ 2006;332:647 (Published 16 March 2006)

Burns

BMJ 2006;332:649 (Published 16 March 2006)

What's new this month in BMJ Journals

BMJ 2006;332:653 (Published 16 March 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;332:654 (Published 16 March 2006)

This Week In the BMJ

Energy supplements may not be necessary for children with cystic fibrosis

BMJ 2006;332:0.2 (Published 16 March 2006)

Blood pressure drop in MONICA populations is not from use of antihypertensives

BMJ 2006;332:0.1 (Published 16 March 2006)

What works for osteoarthritis?

BMJ 2006;332:0.5 (Published 16 March 2006)

Longer needles needed for gluteal intramuscular injections

BMJ 2006;332:0.4 (Published 16 March 2006)

Guidelines on blood pressure after stroke may not apply to primary care

BMJ 2006;332:0.3 (Published 16 March 2006)