An important debate on the GMC
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Risk of psychosis is linked to frequency of cannabis use [Full text] FREE

	Cognitive behaviour therapy tackles fatigue in adolescents [Full text] FREE

	Miniature telescopes may be the future for restoring vision [Full text] FREE

	Hiding drugs in food is not rare in nursing homes [Full text] FREE

	National surveillance of congenital anomalies is deficient [Full text] FREE

	Prescribers are increasingly circumvented [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	The GMC: expediency before principle
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2005;330:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The changing face of familial colorectal cancer
	Ayan Banerjea, Sue Clark, Sina Dorudi
	BMJ  2005;330:2-3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.2 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Management of medically unexplained symptoms
	Marianne Rosendal, Frede Olesen, Per Fink
	BMJ  2005;330:4-5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.4 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Direct to consumer advertising
	Peter R Mansfield, Barbara Mintzes, Dee Richards, Les Toop
	BMJ  2005;330:5-6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.5 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additonal references] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Developing primary palliative care: Completion of community palliative care management form should be mandatory
	Julia Riley
	BMJ  2005;330:42, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.42 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Developing primary palliative care: Changed role of general practitioners has been taken into account
	Colin I Guthrie
	BMJ  2005;330:42, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.42-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Developing primary palliative care: Community palliative care services are not sufficiently funded
	Pam Levack, Helen Dryden, Fiona Paterson
	BMJ  2005;330:42-43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.42-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of palliative performance scale] FREE

	Screening may not reduce suicide in later life
	Steve Iliffe, Jill Manthorpe
	BMJ  2005;330:43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.43 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Side effects deserve greater emphasis at end of life
	Adam Harper, Jan Ritchie, Jeremy Rowland, Vladimir Malykh
	BMJ  2005;330:43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.43-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality after Bristol: Details of risk adjustment tools were not given
	Gareth Parry, Elizabeth S Draper, Patricia McKinney
	BMJ  2005;330:43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.43-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality after Bristol: Paediatric cardiac hospital episode statistics are unreliable
	John L Gibbs, David Cunningham, Marc de Leval, James Monro, Bruce Keogh
	BMJ  2005;330:43-44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.43-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality after Bristol: Authors' reply
	Paul Aylin, Brian Jarman, Paul Elliott
	BMJ  2005;330:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.44 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients' interests: paramount in randomised trials
	Tony Stevens, Roger Wilson
	BMJ  2005;330:44-45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.44-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Placebos in medicine: Placebo use is well known, placebo effect is not
	Toke S Barfod
	BMJ  2005;330:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.45 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of eight studies of placebos] FREE

	Placebos in medicine: Medical paradoxes need disentangling
	Zelda Di Blasi, David Reilly
	BMJ  2005;330:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.45-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Placebos in medicine: Is placebo analgesia always in the mind?
	Peter K K Au-Yeung
	BMJ  2005;330:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.45-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Placebos in medicine: Pain that is relieved by placebo is not therefore unreal
	Nicholas D Moore
	BMJ  2005;330:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.45-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	FDA to review "missing" drug company documents
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Warnings issued over COX 2 inhibitors in US and UK
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.9-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Shipman inquiry finds GMC has "fundamental flaws"
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.10 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GMC drops charges against two GPs who signed Shipman's forms
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.10-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Report calls for action to improve careers in academic medicine
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.8 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Take forward the polypill idea, concludes expert committee
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2005;330:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.8-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Seventeenth century Dutch doctor's anatomy specimens go on show
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.8-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Commission finds that trust failed to look into high death rates
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.8-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Poorer health among disabled people to be investigated
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.8-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Editor claims drug companies have a "parasitic" relationship with journals
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.9 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	New US "abortion non-discrimination act" faces legal challenges
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.9-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Government to review doctors' revalidation system
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.9-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Commission reviews six cases of parents convicted of killing their children
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.10-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	National criteria needed to overcome current "hit and miss" process of applying for funded long term care
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.10-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Health journal is launched jointly by Israelis and Palestinians
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2005;330:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.10-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Murder charge for abortion doctor divides medical profession in Kenya
	Fred Mbugua
	BMJ  2005;330:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.10-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	The loneliness of the left handed surgeon
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.10-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Prospective cohort study of cannabis use, predisposition for psychosis, and psychotic symptoms in young people
	Cécile Henquet, Lydia Krabbendam, Janneke Spauwen, Charles Kaplan, Roselind Lieb, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Jim van Os
	BMJ  2005;330:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38267.664086.63, (Published 1 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial
	Maja Stulemeijer, Lieke W A M de Jong, Theo J W Fiselier, Sigrid W B Hoogveld, Gijs Bleijenberg
	BMJ  2005;330:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38301.587106.63, (Published 7 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Insulin resistance and depression: cross sectional study
	Markku Timonen, Mauri Laakso, Jari Jokelainen, Ulla Rajala, V Benno Meyer-Rochow, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi
	BMJ  2005;330:17-18, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38313.513310.F71, (Published 16 December 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure] FREE

	Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis during 18 years of vaccine use: observational study using routine hospital data
	Heikki Peltola, Eeva Salo, Harri Saxén
	BMJ  2005;330:18-19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38301.657014.79, (Published 25 November 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Concealment of drugs in food and beverages in nursing homes: cross sectional study
	Øyvind Kirkevold, Knut Engedal
	BMJ  2005;330:20, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38268.579097.55, (Published 23 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Parents' awareness of overweight in themselves and their children: cross sectional study within a cohort (EarlyBird 21)
	A N Jeffery, L D Voss, B S Metcalf, S Alba, T J Wilkin
	BMJ  2005;330:23-24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38315.451539.F7, (Published 26 November 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Incidence of hepatitis C virus and HIV among new injecting drug users in London: prospective cohort study
	Ali Judd, Matthew Hickman, Steve Jones, Tamara McDonald, John V Parry, Gerry V Stimson, Andrew J Hall
	BMJ  2005;330:24-25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38286.841227.7C, (Published 12 November 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Family history of breast cancer
	Anneke Lucassen, Eila Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.26 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Congenital anomaly surveillance in England—ascertainment deficiencies in the national system
	P A Boyd, B Armstrong, H Dolk, B Botting, S Pattenden, L Abramsky, J Rankin, M Vrijheid, D Wellesley
	BMJ  2005;330:27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38300.665301.3A, (Published 23 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Artificial means for restoring vision
	Parwez Hossain, Ian W Seetho, Andrew C Browning, Winfried M Amoaku
	BMJ  2005;330:30-33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.30 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Perinatal asphyxia and inadvertent neonatal intoxication from local anaesthetics given to the mother during labour
	Maria Serenella Pignotti, Giuseppe Indolfi, Riccardo Ciuti, Gianpaolo Donzelli
	BMJ  2005;330:34-35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: More information about toxicology screening] FREE

	ABC of preterm birth: Evidence based care
	Peter Brocklehurst, William McGuire
	BMJ  2005;330:36-38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.36 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Switching prescription drugs to over the counter
	Joshua P Cohen, Cherie Paquette, Catherine P Cairns
	BMJ  2005;330:39-41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.39 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Fathi Arafat
	Tim Bullamore
	BMJ  2005;330:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.46 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Henry Greenfield "Bingy" Barnes
	John H Walker
	BMJ  2005;330:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.47 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Archibald Easton
	Graham Easton, Eric Brown
	BMJ  2005;330:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.47-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Mervyn Goodman
	Ian Bogle
	BMJ  2005;330:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.47-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	George Brian Mackinlay
	Hamish Polson
	BMJ  2005;330:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.47-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Roy Murray Melville
	A H Duncan
	BMJ  2005;330:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.47-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Hamilton Cassells ("Tony") Milligan
	Gavin Milligan
	BMJ  2005;330:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.47-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Shirley Avril Nicol (née Mackintosh)
	John Nicol
	BMJ  2005;330:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.47-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Katharina ("Kittie") Dalton
	BMJ  2005;330:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.47-g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: In the Eye of the Needle: Diary of a Medically Supervised Injecting Centre
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2005;330:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.48 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Cannabis Use and Dependence: Public Health and Public Policy, Young People and Substance Abuse
	Yvonne Bonomo
	BMJ  2005;330:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.49 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Woman Manual: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Women's Health for Men
	Paul Grant, Clare Ilsley
	BMJ  2005;330:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.49-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2005;330:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.50 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2005;330:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.50-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: The ballad of the poor, young male
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2005;330:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.51 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Sued's corner
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2005;330:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.51-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.52 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: HRT is most beneficial for women under 60
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What's the point
	Melvyn Jones
	BMJ  2005;330:22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.22 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Averting a change to the date of the royal succession
	Margaret Hope Robinson
	BMJ  2005;330:25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.25 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Q&A: Corticosteroids and snake bite
	Swaminathan P Rathinam, Omer Surchi Surchi, Gopi Nath Sivasubramaniam, Peter M Garrett
	BMJ  2005;330:33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.33 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	bmjlearning.com: Learning as a team
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.41-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Supporting surgery for obstetric fistula
	BMJ  2005;330:41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.41 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MMR: What they didn't tell you
	BMJ  2005;330:41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7481.41-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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