A time to die
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Stuttering can be treated by early intervention [Full text] FREE

	Antenatal steroids reduce respiratory distress in babies [Full text] FREE

	Antenatal steroids may have no long term side effects [Full text] FREE

	Algorithm reduces antimicrobial prescriptions in urinary infections [Full text] FREE

	Assisted dying: the debate goes on [Full text] FREE

	Treat status epilepticus with benzodiazepine followed by phenytoin [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Giving steroids before elective caesarean section
	Philip J Steer
	BMJ  2005;331:645-646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.645 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Safer prescribing for children
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;331:646-647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.646 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Stopping routine vaccination for tuberculosis in schools
	Paul Fine
	BMJ  2005;331:647-648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.647 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Japanese healthcare system
	Hideki Nomura, Takeo Nakayama
	BMJ  2005;331:648-649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.648 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Series, PowerPoint slides, and folders now available on bmj.com
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2005;331:650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.650 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Five futures for academic medicine: Future of academic medicine looks bleak
	E Malcolm Symonds, Sir Peter Bell, Jangu Banatvala
	BMJ  2005;331:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.694 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Five futures for academic medicine: Follow the money trail
	Mark G Perlroth
	BMJ  2005;331:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.694-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Five futures for academic medicine: Mutual respect is essential
	Manique Wijesinghe
	BMJ  2005;331:694-695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.694-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Five futures for academic medicine: Wine presses of academia produce young wines that don't cellar well
	Roger K A Allen
	BMJ  2005;331:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.695 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Five futures for academic medicine: Specialised professional research system of "pure" medical science is needed
	Bruce Charlton
	BMJ  2005;331:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.695-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Five futures for academic medicine: "Speed networking" may be one way forward
	Matthew J Ridd, Alison R G Shaw
	BMJ  2005;331:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.695-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Neonates must sometimes be allowed to die, but err in favour of life
	Frank J Leavitt
	BMJ  2005;331:695-696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.695-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Women doctors and their careers: what now?: The changing UK medical workforce's effect on planning and delivery of services
	Selena Gray, Ilora Finlay, Carol Black
	BMJ  2005;331:696, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.696 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Women doctors and their careers: what now?: Women contribute less than men to non-clinical care as general practitioners in Scotland
	Brian H McKinstry, Iain Colthart, Katy Elliot, Colin Hunter
	BMJ  2005;331:696-697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.696-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Foundation year for newly qualified doctors: A house officer writes
	Rahul Velineni
	BMJ  2005;331:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.697 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Foundation year for newly qualified doctors: Nobody knows whether the foundation programme works
	Shrilay Sinha
	BMJ  2005;331:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.697-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Foundation year for newly qualified doctors: Will this development benefit overseas doctors?
	Satya S Toram
	BMJ  2005;331:697, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.697-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Foundation year for newly qualified doctors: GMC assessment of junior doctors' competency is inadequate or inconsistent
	Nicholas J Matheson, Alex Burns, Katherine Henderson
	BMJ  2005;331:697-698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.697-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of three authors] FREE

	Melanoma incidence has risen in Europe
	Esther de Vries, Jan-Willem W Coebergh
	BMJ  2005;331:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.698 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Government did not suppress health inequalities report
	Caroline Flint
	BMJ  2005;331:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.698-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Short term outcomes lead to long term questions
	Sarah J Buckley
	BMJ  2005;331:698-699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.698-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Israeli army's shoot to kill policy: Israeli soldiers confirm the policy documented in journal
	Derek A Summerfield
	BMJ  2005;331:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.699 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra reference] FREE

	Israeli army's shoot to kill policy: Reply from the president of the Israeli Medical Association
	Yoram Blachar
	BMJ  2005;331:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.699-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Inequality is barrier to global development, says World Bank
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.651 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	UN global summit disappoints aid groups
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.651-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;331:652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.652 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Charity says NICE takes too long to assess cancer drugs
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;331:652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.652-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	England lags behind Scotland in assessing cancer drug
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.652-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Digital mammography is more accurate only for certain groups of women
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;331:653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.653 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctors refuse space to group fighting drug company influence
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;331:653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.653-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Students should spend part of training in rural hospitals
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2005;331:655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.655-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Men's life expectancy is catching up with women's
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;331:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.656 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Quarter of people with diabetes in England are undiagnosed
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.656-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Surgeon wins £1.6m in race discrimination case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.654 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Dutch researchers call for sex education in primary schools
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;331:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.654-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	International Committee of the Red Cross set to accept new symbol
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2005;331:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.654-b [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	GMC introduces tighter regulation for some and a lighter touch for others
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;331:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.654-c [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Women and girls are still victims of violence in Darfur
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2005;331:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.654-d [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Typhoid outbreak prompts protests over inadequate water system
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2005;331:655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.655 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Thousands face compulsory treatment in the community under new UK act
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2005;331:655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.655-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Older people's care needs a major overhaul
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2005;331:655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.655-b [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Royal Society predicts that personalised medicines are still decades away
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.656-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Extra NHS money spent on reviving previously neglected services
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2005;331:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.656-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Health problems due to pesticides may be underestimated
	Nick Smallwood
	BMJ  2005;331:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.656-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Germany starts publishing hospital reports on internet
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2005;331:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.656-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	International Labour Organisation tackles work related injuries
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2005;331:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.656-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Short cuts

This week's Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;331:657-658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.657 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of the Lidcombe programme of early stuttering intervention
	Mark Jones, Mark Onslow, Ann Packman, Shelley Williams, Tika Ormond, Ilsa Schwarz, Val Gebski
	BMJ  2005;331:659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38520.451840.E0, (Published 11 August 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Antenatal betamethasone and incidence of neonatal respiratory distress after elective caesarean section: pragmatic randomised trial
	Peter Stutchfield, Rhiannon Whitaker, Ian Russell, on behalf of the Antenatal Steroids for Term Elective Caesarean Section (ASTECS) Research Team
	BMJ  2005;331:662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38547.416493.06, (Published 22 August 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of collaborators] FREE

	Antenatal exposure to betamethasone: psychological functioning and health related quality of life 31 years after inclusion in randomised controlled trial
	Stuart R Dalziel, Vanessa K Lim, Anthony Lambert, Dianne McCarthy, Varsha Parag, Anthony Rodgers, Jane E Harding
	BMJ  2005;331:665, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38576.494363.E0, (Published 5 September 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Mark Loeb, Kevin Brazil, Lynne Lohfeld, Allison McGeer, Andrew Simor, Kurt Stevenson, Dick Zoutman, Stephanie Smith, Xiwu Liu, Stephen D Walter
	BMJ  2005;331:669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38602.586343.55, (Published 8 September 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Status epilepticus: an evidence based guide
	Matthew Walker
	BMJ  2005;331:673-677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.673 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of health informatics: Why is this patient here today?
	Frank Sullivan, Jeremy C Wyatt
	BMJ  2005;331:678-680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.678 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: Time for change
	M A Branthwaite
	BMJ  2005;331:681-683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.681 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: Legalised euthanasia will violate the rights of vulnerable patients
	R J D George, I G Finlay, David Jeffrey
	BMJ  2005;331:684-685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.684 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: Changes in BMA policy on assisted dying
	Ann Sommerville
	BMJ  2005;331:686-688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.686 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: Moral dimensions
	Torbjörn Tännsjö
	BMJ  2005;331:689-691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.689 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia and physician assisted suicide: Dutch experience of monitoring euthanasia
	Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Agnes van der Heide, Martien T Muller, Mette Rurup, Judith A C Rietjens, Jean-Jacques Georges, Astrid M Vrakking, Jacqueline M Cuperus-Bosma, Gerrit van der Wal, Paul J van der Maas
	BMJ  2005;331:691-693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.691 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Missing figure] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Alan Bremner
	Robin G B Wood
	BMJ  2005;331:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.700 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Bettina Jane ("Bee") Eppel
	Wynne Aveling
	BMJ  2005;331:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.700-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Paul Goodson
	Roger Burns
	BMJ  2005;331:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.700-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Julius Kimerling
	George Conn
	BMJ  2005;331:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.700-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Brian Thomas Williams
	Michael Warren, John Pemberton
	BMJ  2005;331:700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.700-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: Selling Sickness: How Drug Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients
	Michael Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2005;331:701, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.701 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Lovers and Livers: Disease Concepts in History
	Judith Green
	BMJ  2005;331:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.702 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Film: EXIT—le droit de mourir
	Raghav Chawla
	BMJ  2005;331:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.702-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: Unlearning
	Chris Johnson
	BMJ  2005;331:703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.703 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Risk management for academics
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2005;331:703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.703-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.704 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Endovascular repair is worse than open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What's in October's studentBMJ?
	BMJ  2005;331:661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.661 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Unexpected feedback
	Jane Barrett
	BMJ  2005;331:664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.664 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The holocaust and medicine—a learning moment
	Uri Weinberg, Shmuel Reis
	BMJ  2005;331:668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.668 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Academic medicine scenarios: final votes
	BMJ  2005;331:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.672 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Teaching the teacher a lesson
	Bruce McCormick
	BMJ  2005;331:677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.677 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health in Africa
	BMJ  2005;331:683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.683 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Advantage of excess
	Dean Wingerchuk
	BMJ  2005;331:685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7518.685 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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