01 July 2006 (Vol 333, Issue 7557)

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Editor's Choice

Say no to the market

BMJ 2006;333:0.7 (Published 29 June 2006)

News

Chinese man died three years ago of avian flu, not SARS

BMJ 2006;333:7.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Doctors explain why they resigned from the NHS's IT programme

BMJ 2006;333:7.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

In brief

BMJ 2006;333:8.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

NICE removes β blockers as first line treatment for hypertension

BMJ 2006;333:8.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Publicity will highlight problem of obstetric fistula

BMJ 2006;333:8.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Doctors blame untested policies for financial crisis in the NHS

BMJ 2006;333:9.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Conference attacks referral centres

BMJ 2006;333:9.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

BMA leaders accused of weak opposition to the government

BMJ 2006;333:9.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Faster delivery of drugs to heart attack patients cuts mortality

BMJ 2006;333:11.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Obesity is less common in richer countries

BMJ 2006;333:12.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Direct to consumer medical tests are offered in United States

BMJ 2006;333:12.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

NEJM corrects its study on rofecoxib

BMJ 2006;333:12.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Too close for comfort?

BMJ 2006;333:13 (Published 29 June 2006)

Escalating costs and falling receipts spell trouble

BMJ 2006;333:14.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Editorials

Can patients assess the quality of health care?

BMJ 2006;333:1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Soft paternalism and the ethics of shared electronic patient records

BMJ 2006;333:2 (Published 29 June 2006)

The NHS programme for information technology

BMJ 2006;333:3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Antipyretic drugs for children

BMJ 2006;333:4 (Published 29 June 2006)

Psychological interventions for treatment of adult sex offenders

BMJ 2006;333:5 (Published 29 June 2006)

Research

A meta-analysis of the association between adherence to drug therapy and mortality

BMJ 2006;333:15 (Published 29 June 2006)

The healthy adherer and the placebo effect

BMJ 2006;333:18 (Published 29 June 2006)

Patients' own assessments of quality of primary care compared with objective records based measures of technical quality of care: cross sectional study

BMJ 2006;333:19 (Published 29 June 2006)

Serum cholesterol, haemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke, and myocardial infarction: Korean national health system prospective cohort study

BMJ 2006;333:22 (Published 29 June 2006)

Smoking, obesity, and their co-occurrence in the United States: cross sectional analysis

BMJ 2006;333:25 (Published 29 June 2006)

Letters

Obesity association clarifies definitions of obesity and links with drug firms

BMJ 2006;333:44.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

The great medicines scandal: Access is not just about cost

BMJ 2006;333:44.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Letters - continued

The great medicines scandal: Next steps?

BMJ 2006;333:44.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

We still need artesunate monotherapy

BMJ 2006;333:45.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Censorship of medical journals

BMJ 2006;333:45.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Care is needed before single test results are combined

BMJ 2006;333:45.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Statin guidelines should give best statin

BMJ 2006;333:46.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Gloomy prognoses: Represent honesty, not fear of litigation

BMJ 2006;333:46.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Gloomy prognoses: Be neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but realistic

BMJ 2006;333:46.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Obituaries

Fritz Klein

BMJ 2006;333:47 (Published 29 June 2006)

Bridget (“Biddy”) Kathleen Attlee

BMJ 2006;333:48.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Derek Harvey

BMJ 2006;333:48.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

John Peter Malone

BMJ 2006;333:48.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Robert (“Bob”) Tennant

BMJ 2006;333:48.4 (Published 29 June 2006)

John Luscombe Tester

BMJ 2006;333:48.5 (Published 29 June 2006)

Frederick (“Fred”) James Watson

BMJ 2006;333:48.6 (Published 29 June 2006)

Henry Thomas (“Tom”) Gee Williams

BMJ 2006;333:48.7 (Published 29 June 2006)

Clinical Review

Hip fracture

BMJ 2006;333:27 (Published 29 June 2006)

Practice

A patient's journey: living with breast cancer

BMJ 2006;333:31 (Published 29 June 2006)

Oxygen and inhalers

BMJ 2006;333:34 (Published 29 June 2006)

What's new in the other general journals

BMJ 2006;333:37 (Published 29 June 2006)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:52 (Published 29 June 2006)

Fillers

Salt enriched with potassium reduces cardiovascular mortality in older men

BMJ 2006;333:0.6 (Published 29 June 2006)

A 22 year old man with persistent regurgitation and vomiting

BMJ 2006;333:33.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

The penicillin teapot

BMJ 2006;333:33.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Scientific art for beginners

BMJ 2006;333:43 (Published 29 June 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

“Social marketing” would boost effectiveness of health campaigns, says report

BMJ 2006;333:10.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

UN report calls for governments to intensify fight against drug abuse

BMJ 2006;333:10.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Condom from Cromwell's time goes on display in Austria

BMJ 2006;333:10.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] - continued

European health survey ranks UK performance as “mediocre”

BMJ 2006;333:10.4 (Published 29 June 2006)

US doctors lobby for end to torture of terrorism suspects

BMJ 2006;333:10.5 (Published 29 June 2006)

US doctors' incomes are falling, new survey finds

BMJ 2006;333:11.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Drug company chief urges faster introduction of new vaccines in poor nations

BMJ 2006;333:11.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Head of Public Library of Science defends financial security of publishing group

BMJ 2006;333:14.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

International consumer group slates drug companies' marketing practices

BMJ 2006;333:14.3 (Published 29 June 2006)

Meeting hears of health consequences of rape and violence in war zones

BMJ 2006;333:14.4 (Published 29 June 2006)

New WHO book outlines health systems of EU neighbours

BMJ 2006;333:14.5 (Published 29 June 2006)

Israeli doctors are told what to do when medicine and religion clash

BMJ 2006;333:14.6 (Published 29 June 2006)

Inhaled insulin no longer recommende as routine diabetes treatment

BMJ 2006;333:14.7 (Published 29 June 2006)

Only specialists should diagnose Parkinson's disease

BMJ 2006;333:14.8 (Published 29 June 2006)

BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Doctors oppose plans for GPs' surgeries in supermarkets

BMJ 2006;333:14.9 (Published 29 June 2006)

BMA Annual Representative Meeting: BMA votes against affiliating with anti-privatisation group

BMJ 2006;333:14.10 (Published 29 June 2006)

BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Allowing private companies to commission services is “a step too far”

BMJ 2006;333:14.11 (Published 29 June 2006)

BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Tackle the government over job cuts, doctors tell BMA

BMJ 2006;333:14.12 (Published 29 June 2006)

BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Doctors recommend a “traffic light” system to signal nutritional content of food products

BMJ 2006;333:14.13 (Published 29 June 2006)

BMA Annual Representative Meeting: “Black hole” is opening up for 11 500 junior doctors

BMJ 2006;333:14.14 (Published 29 June 2006)

Analysis and Comment

Patients should have to opt out of national electronic care recordsFORAGAINST

BMJ 2006;333:39 (Published 29 June 2006)

What's all the fuss about?

BMJ 2006;333:42 (Published 29 June 2006)

Reviews

Measuring Medical Professionalism; Understanding Doctors' Performance

BMJ 2006;333:49 (Published 29 June 2006)

Intuition

BMJ 2006;333:50.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Is Gordon Ramsay good for our health?

BMJ 2006;333:50.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Thinking the unthinkable: selling kidneys

BMJ 2006;333:51.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Giving up on getting better

BMJ 2006;333:51.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Corrections

Minerva

BMJ 2006;333:30.1 (Published 29 June 2006)

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and suicide in adults: meta-analysis of drug company data from placebo controlled, randomised controlled trials submitted to the MHRA's safety review

BMJ 2006;333:30.2 (Published 29 June 2006)

Randomised, controlled trial of alternating pressure mattresses compared with alternating pressure overlays for the prevention of pressure ulcers: PRESSURE (pressure relieving support surfaces) trial

BMJ 2006;333:30.3 (Published 29 June 2006)