Nervous laughter
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.0-f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	Millennium development goals: time to reassess strategies [Full text]

	Maternal and neonatal health: universal access is imperative [Full text]

	Elderly patients don't need to wait in hospitals for residential care [Full text]

	Stillbirths could be better classified [Full text]

	Irish smoking ban protected non-smoking bar staff [Full text]

Editorials

	Are cost effective interventions enough to achieve the millennium development goals?
	Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra
	BMJ  2005;331:1093-1094, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1093 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references and figure (pdf)]

	Trauma care research and the war on uncertainty
	Ian Roberts, Haleema Shakur, Phil Edwards, David Yates, Peter Sandercock
	BMJ  2005;331:1094-1096, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1094 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Persistent high stroke mortality in Bangladeshi populations
	Raj Bhopal, Taslin Rahemtulla, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2005;331:1096-1097, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1096 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information]

	Diabetes and the quality and outcomes framework
	Colin Kenny
	BMJ  2005;331:1097-1098, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1097 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

News

	International conference "mildly optimistic" about bird flu
	Paul Ress
	BMJ  2005;331:1099, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1099 [Full text] [PDF]

	Political lead essential to avoid panic when flu strikes
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;331:1099, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1099-a [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;331:1100, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1100 [Full text] [PDF]

	US has most reports of medical errors
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2005;331:1100, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1100-a [Full text] [PDF]

	UK patient safety is improving
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;331:1100, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1100-b [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE to issue faster guidance on use of drugs by NHS
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:1101, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1101 [Full text] [PDF]

	Merck cleared in personal injury case against Vioxx
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:1101, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1101-a [Full text] [PDF]

	Secret book deal to counter Canadian drugs exposed
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;331:1103, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1103-c [Full text] [PDF]

	The long road to the top
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2005;331:1104, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1104 [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	FDA investigates direct to consumer adverts
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;331:1102, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1102 [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Surgeon suspended for "pushy Americans" comment
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:1102, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1102-a [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Sweet foods increase breast cancer risk
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:1102, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1102-b [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US panel recommends young children receive hepatitis A vaccination
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;331:1102, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1102-c [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	First NHS funded live liver transplant programme to go ahead
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2005;331:1102, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1102-d [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Tribunal declares Gulf war syndrome an "umbrella term"
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:1103, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1103 [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	More drug trials end early hiding potential problems
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2005;331:1103, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1103-a [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bush announces US plan for flu pandemic
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;331:1103, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1103-b [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	High Court judge criticises Andrew Wakefield for trying to silence his critics
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:1104, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1104-a [Full text]

	WHO official warns of crisis in supply of low cost AIDS drugs
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2005;331:1104, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1104-b [Full text]

	Researchers investigate potential use of plant as a pain killer
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2005;331:1104, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1104-c [Full text]

	Health service managers play down fears over primary care trust reorganisation
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2005;331:1104, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1104-d [Full text]

	British American Tobacco is drawn into Israeli damages claim
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2005;331:1104, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1104-e [Full text]

	Total workplace injuries up despite reduction within construction industry
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;331:1104, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1104-f [Full text]

Papers

	Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal health in developing countries
	Taghreed Adam, Stephen S Lim, Sumi Mehta, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Helga Fogstad, Matthews Mathai, Jelka Zupan, Gary L Darmstadt
	BMJ  2005;331:1107, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1107 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: tables 1-5] [extra: Paper plus]

	Transitional care facility for elderly people in hospital awaiting a long term care bed: randomised controlled trial
	Maria Crotty, Craig H Whitehead, Rachel Wundke, Lynne C Giles, David Ben-Tovim, Paddy A Phillips
	BMJ  2005;331:1110, doi:10.1136/bmj.38638.441933.63 (published 2 November 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Classification of stillbirth by relevant condition at death (ReCoDe): population based cohort study
	Jason Gardosi, Sue M Kady, Pat McGeown, Andre Francis, Ann Tonks
	BMJ  2005;331:1113-1117, doi:10.1136/bmj.38629.587639.7C (published 19 October 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study
	Shane Allwright, Gillian Paul, Birgit Greiner, Bernie J Mullally, Lisa Pursell, Alan Kelly, Brendan Bonner, Maureen D'Eath, Bill McConnell, James P McLaughlin, Diarmuid O'Donovan, Eamon O'Kane, Ivan J Perry
	BMJ  2005;331:1117, doi:10.1136/bmj.38636.499225.55 (published 17 October 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Revised table 5]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;331:1105-1106, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1105 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Improvements in quality of clinical care in English general practice 1998-2003: longitudinal observational study
	Stephen M Campbell, Martin O Roland, Elizabeth Middleton, David Reeves
	BMJ  2005;331:1121, doi:10.1136/bmj.38632.611123.AE (published 28 October 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] [extra: Extra table (pdf)]

Clinical review

	Shoulder pain: diagnosis and management in primary care
	Caroline Mitchell, Ade Adebajo, Elaine Hay, Andrew Carr
	BMJ  2005;331:1124-1128, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1124 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	ABC of health informatics: Keeping up: learning in the workplace
	Jeremy C Wyatt, Frank Sullivan
	BMJ  2005;331:1129-1132, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1129 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Time to reassess strategies for improving health in developing countries
	David B Evans, Taghreed Adam, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, Stephen S Lim, Andrew Cassels, Timothy G Evans, for the the WHO Choosing Interventions that are Cost Effective (CHOICE) Millennium Development Goals Team
	BMJ  2005;331:1133-1136, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1133 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: PDF]

	Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Methods to assess the costs and health effects of interventions for improving health in developing countries
	David B Evans, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, Taghreed Adam, Stephen S Lim, for the WHO Choosing Interventions that are Cost Effective (CHOICE) Millennium Development Goals Team
	BMJ  2005;331:1137-1140, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1137 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details and tables]

	The NHS revolution: health care in the market place: Use of private health care in the NHS
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2005;331:1141-1142, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1141 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia: Data from north west England support Oxfordshire findings
	Judith A Bowley
	BMJ  2005;331:1143, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1143 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia: Scottish data prompt query of significance of MRSA isolated from blood in acute admissions
	Barry Neish, Thomas Gillespie, Kenneth G Liddell
	BMJ  2005;331:1143, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1143-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia: The tragedy of targets
	Anthony P Morton
	BMJ  2005;331:1143-1144, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1143-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Detecting fabricated or induced illness in children: Are we ready for covert video surveillance?
	Prathap Chandra, Anandagiri M Shankar
	BMJ  2005;331:1144, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1144 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Detecting fabricated or induced illness in children: Covert video surveillance can protect children and parents if rules are clear
	William Lewis
	BMJ  2005;331:1144, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1144-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Orphan drugs and the NHS: Consider whom drug regulation is designed to protect
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2005;331:1144, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1144-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Orphan drugs and the NHS: Fairness in health care entails more than cost effectiveness
	Mark Sheehan
	BMJ  2005;331:1144-1145, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1144-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asymptomatic spread of flu is not proved
	Ronald Eccles
	BMJ  2005;331:1145, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1145 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Total smoking ban is accepted in New Zealand
	Nick Wilson
	BMJ  2005;331:1145, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1145-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms: We may have gone full circle
	John F Corish
	BMJ  2005;331:1145, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1145-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms: Conversion disorders still exist
	James Paul Pandarakalam
	BMJ  2005;331:1145, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1145-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity, like atherosclerosis, starts early in life
	Tsung O Cheng
	BMJ  2005;331:1145, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1145-d [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Feroz Shah
	Ashfaq Yusufzai
	BMJ  2005;331:1146, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1146 [Full text]

	Henry William Bunje
	Griff Owen
	BMJ  2005;331:1147, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1147 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Thomas Anderson Cockburn
	Anne Griffin, John Cockburn
	BMJ  2005;331:1147, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1147-a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sajal Kumar Ghosh
	Gerhard Behr
	BMJ  2005;331:1147, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1147-b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mary ("Molly") Jack Ironside (née Gove)
	Alan Tawse Edwards, Doreen May Mowatt Anderson
	BMJ  2005;331:1147, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1147-c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Christopher Douglas Rennie
	Steve Payne, Barrie Fischer
	BMJ  2005;331:1147, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1147-d [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Dermot James Rowe
	Lisa Rudkin, Rupert McShane
	BMJ  2005;331:1147, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1147-e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Geoffrey Hugh Smerdon
	Peter Smerdon, Tony Piper
	BMJ  2005;331:1147, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1147-f [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	Press: Why can't the Daily Mail eat humble pie over MMR?
	Michael Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2005;331:1148, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1148 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: The US Public Broadcasting System and Time Magazine take on global health
	Thomas E Novotny
	BMJ  2005;331:1149, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1149 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Nelson's Surgeon: William Beatty, Naval Medicine, and the Battle of Trafalgar
	Graeme Glass
	BMJ  2005;331:1150, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1150 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: 3 Needles
	Khalid Ali
	BMJ  2005;331:1150, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1150-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: In Pakistan's earthquake zone global relief has so far failed its test
	Richard Villar
	BMJ  2005;331:1151, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1151 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Just listening
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2005;331:1151, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1151-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:1152, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1152 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Cholesterol lowering diet for pregnant women may help prevent preterm birth
	BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.0-e [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Dukes's patient
	Andrew Crowther
	BMJ  2005;331:1128, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1128 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Symbolism in imagery and linguistics—perception and misperception
	D J Sheridan
	BMJ  2005;331:1132, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1132 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Medicine's need
	Tauseef Mehrali
	BMJ  2005;331:1142, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1142 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2005;331:1146, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1146-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Effect of educational outreach to nurses on tuberculosis case detection and primary care of respiratory illness: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial
	BMJ  2005;331:1120, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1120 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cervical cancer, human papillomavirus, and vaccination
	BMJ  2005;331:1120, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7525.1120-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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