Death by tsunami and poverty
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Demedicalising neck pain helps patients [Full text] FREE

	Expertise based trials may be the way forward for evaluating surgical interventions [Full text] FREE

	Migraine may be a risk factor for stroke [Full text] FREE

	Trials of gene transfer in humans need more caution [Full text] FREE

	Decision makers need to judge credibility of economic evaluations [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Physiotherapy for neck and back pain
	Nicholas Harvey, Cyrus Cooper
	BMJ  2005;330:53-54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.53 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Migraine and ischaemic stroke
	D J Thomas
	BMJ  2005;330:54-55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.54 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The iron triangle of Japan's health care
	James Kondo
	BMJ  2005;330:55-56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.55 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Primary care trusts and primary care research
	Frederick Chen, Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2005;330:56-57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.56 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Specialist palliative care in dementia
	Julian C Hughes, Louise Robinson, Ladislav Volicer
	BMJ  2005;330:57-58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.57 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: Use wisely
	Benjamin Druss
	BMJ  2005;330:92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.92 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: Make it evidence informed practice with a little wisdom
	Paul Glasziou
	BMJ  2005;330:92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.92-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: Management of complex systems needs new approaches
	David P Kernick
	BMJ  2005;330:92-93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.92-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: In Germany disease is treated via patients' clinical pictures rather than by following mindlines
	Ansgar Gerhardus
	BMJ  2005;330:93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.93 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: Evidence base is weak and comes too late for evidence based policy making
	Tim Wilson
	BMJ  2005;330:93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.93-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: Numerophobia may be a problem in adopting evidence based medicine...
	Yoav Ben-Shlomo
	BMJ  2005;330:93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.93-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: ...as may be a top down approach
	Alireza Moayyeri, Akbar Soltani
	BMJ  2005;330:93-94, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.93-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based medicine: does it make a difference?: Summary of webchat
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2005;330:94, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.94 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inappropriateness of randomised trials for complex phenomena: Single trial is never enough evidence to base decisions on
	Isabelle Boutron, Philippe Ravaud, Bruno Giraudeau
	BMJ  2005;330:94, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.94-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inappropriateness of randomised trials for complex phenomena: Are the results of the term breech trial generalisable?
	Mary Hannah
	BMJ  2005;330:95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.95 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inappropriateness of randomised trials for complex phenomena: Author's reply
	Andrew Kotaska
	BMJ  2005;330:95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.95-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rationale for psychostimulants in ADHD
	Alan Dugdale
	BMJ  2005;330:95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.95-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency: Congenital colour vision deficiency does cause problems
	Barry L Cole
	BMJ  2005;330:96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.96 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency: Screening could help choice of medical career
	Pieter A Wiegersma
	BMJ  2005;330:96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.96-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency: Poor colour vision does not have to be a hindrance
	Robert G M Sellars
	BMJ  2005;330:96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.96-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Impact of congenital colour vision deficiency: Authors' reply
	Jugnoo S Rahi, Phillippa Cumberland, Catherine S Peckham
	BMJ  2005;330:96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.96-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Disease threatens millions in wake of tsunami
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2005;330:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charities and rock stars join forces to tackle world poverty
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.59-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Equality in the 1990s would have saved 900 000 black Americans
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.61-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rejecting political correctness
	Deborah Cohen, Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2005;330:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.62 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Holding people indefinitely causes mental health problems
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.60 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors protest over Bush's nomination for top legal post
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.60-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Ties between regulators and business are attacked after politician takes top job in industry
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.60-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Hospitalisation rate for asthma in US women sailors doubles
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.60-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Indian researchers accused of violating ethical guidelines
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2005;330:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.60-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Dutch euthanasia law should apply to patients "suffering through living," report says
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.61 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Articles criticising nevirapine trial may endanger babies' lives
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2005;330:61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.61-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	US bill to shield drug companies from product liability
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.62-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Asbestos company is forced to fund compensation shortfall
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2005;330:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.62-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Czech government's move to cut drug costs sparks protests
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2005;330:62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.62-c [Extract] [Full text]

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Randomised trial of a brief physiotherapy intervention compared with usual physiotherapy for neck pain patients: outcomes and patients' preference
	Jennifer A Klaber Moffett, David A Jackson, Stewart Richmond, Seokyung Hahn, Simon Coulton, Amanda Farrin, Andrea Manca, David J Torgerson
	BMJ  2005;330:75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38286.493206.82, (Published 7 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Checklist for monitoring consultations and overall scores achieved] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent developments in gene transfer: risk and ethics
	Jonathan Kimmelman
	BMJ  2005;330:79-82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.79 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Child abuse and trichotillomania
	A Saraswat
	BMJ  2005;330:83-84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.83 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of alcohol: Alcohol in the body
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2005;330:85-87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.85 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials
	P J Devereaux, Mohit Bhandari, Mike Clarke, Victor M Montori, Deborah J Cook, Salim Yusuf, David L Sackett, Claudio S Cinà, S D Walter, Brian Haynes, Holger J Schünemann, Geoffrey R Norman, Gordon H Guyatt
	BMJ  2005;330:88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.88 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	Book: Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business & Bad Medicine
	David Woods
	BMJ  2005;330:99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.99 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Art: The Human Body Revealed
	Daniel Engber
	BMJ  2005;330:100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.100 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: The P value of empathy
	Craig Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.101 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Sudan in winter
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2005;330:101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.101-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.102 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Optimal oral antiplatelet therapy for vascular disease
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: The distresses of the indigent
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2005;330:72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.72 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable mistake: None so blind
	F Morgan
	BMJ  2005;330:78, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.78 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The pledge
	Wladyslaw Essigman
	BMJ  2005;330:84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.84 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Medical emoticons
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2005;330:87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.87 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Work based learning
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:91, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.91 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	The next small step
	BMJ  2005;330:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.82 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Monitoring global health: time for new solutions
	BMJ  2005;330:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.82-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	If the honey doesn't get you, the bees will
	BMJ  2005;330:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.82-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cadavers as teachers: the dissecting room experience in Thailand
	BMJ  2005;330:82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.82-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Henning Ruben
	John Zorab
	BMJ  2005;330:97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.97 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Samuel Isaac Cohen
	John Cookson
	BMJ  2005;330:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.98 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Hunter Annan
	H Marshall Williams
	BMJ  2005;330:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.98-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Biswanath Bhattacharjee
	S P Mukherjee, D K Banerjee
	BMJ  2005;330:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.98-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Henry Rolland Ramsay
	Crichton Ramsay, Wendy Seed
	BMJ  2005;330:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.98-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ann Lindsay Stewart
	Simon Roth, John Wyatt, Osmund Reynolds, Duncan Hutchison
	BMJ  2005;330:98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.98-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Risk of ischaemic stroke in people with migraine: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
	Mahyar Etminan, Bahi Takkouche, Francisco Caamaño Isorna, Ali Samii
	BMJ  2005;330:63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38302.504063.8F, (Published 13 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Correction for full version of this article] FREE

	Comparing estimates of cost effectiveness submitted to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) by different organisations: retrospective study
	A H Miners, Martina Garau, Dogan Fidan, A J Fischer
	BMJ  2005;330:65, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38285.482350.82, (Published 15 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Optimal search strategies for retrieving systematic reviews from Medline: analytical survey
	Victor M Montori, Nancy L Wilczynski, Douglas Morgan, R Brian Haynes, for the Hedges Team
	BMJ  2005;330:68, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38336.804167.47, (Published 24 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: A table showing PubMed translations of Ovid search strategy] FREE

	Rise in "no indicated risk" primary caesareans in the United States, 1991-2001: cross sectional analysis
	Eugene Declercq, Fay Menacker, Marian MacDorman
	BMJ  2005;330:71-72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38279.705336.0B, (Published 19 November 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Definitions and an extra table] FREE

	Implementation of recommendations for the care of children in UK emergency departments: national postal questionnaire survey
	R Salter, I K Maconochie
	BMJ  2005;330:73-74, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38313.580324.F7, (Published 3 December 2004) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

	DRUG POINTS: Synovitis induced by alendronic acid can present as acute carpal tunnel syndrome
	David Gwynne Jones, Ruth Savage, John Highton
	BMJ  2005;330:74, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7482.74 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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