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Doing things differently
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.0-f
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The BMJ is evolving
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;332:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.1
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Epilepsy and supplementary nurse prescribing
Patricia G Hosking
BMJ  2006;332:2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.2
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Fundoscopy: to dilate or not to dilate?
Gerald Liew, Paul Mitchell, Jie Jin Wang, Tien Yin Wong
BMJ  2006;332:3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.3
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Magnet therapy
Leonard Finegold, Bruce L Flamm
BMJ  2006;332:4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.4
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The nursing profession's coming of age: The end of medicine as a profession
David L Bisset
BMJ  2006;332:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.51
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The nursing profession's coming of age: The death of nursing, the dumbing down of medicine
Robbie S Coull
BMJ  2006;332:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.51-a
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The nursing profession's coming of age: Contribution of "maxi" nurses is exaggerated
Susan Duncan
BMJ  2006;332:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.51-b
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The nursing profession's coming of age: Plus ça change
Memo G S Spathis
BMJ  2006;332:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.51-c
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The nursing profession's coming of age: My experience of nurse practitioners
Anjan Chakraborty
BMJ  2006;332:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.51-d
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The nursing profession's coming of age: Not as successful as it looks
Trefor J Roscoe
BMJ  2006;332:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.51-e
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The nursing profession's coming of age: Sign of the times
Vinay P Rao
BMJ  2006;332:51-52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.51-f
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The nursing profession's coming of age: A difference in cultures
Ayan S Panja
BMJ  2006;332:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.52
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The nursing profession's coming of age: Separate but complementary
Anthony Papagiannis
BMJ  2006;332:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.52-a
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The nursing profession's coming of age: Doctors can use their skills to the maximum
Sandra Magennis
BMJ  2006;332:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.52-b
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The nursing profession's coming of age: A team effort required?
Mark Davies
BMJ  2006;332:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.52-c
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Rise and demise of the hospital: Managing hospital inpatient care
Graham Neale, Sisse Olsen
BMJ  2006;332:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.52-d
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Rise and demise of the hospital: Backwards is the new forward: time for the heritage hospital
Richard Neil Harrison
BMJ  2006;332:52-53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.52-e
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Is methadone too dangerous for opiate addiction?: Issue is one of toxicity v acceptability
Adam Bakker, Vanessa Sibanda
BMJ  2006;332:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.53
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Is methadone too dangerous for opiate addiction?: Methadone is still needed in addiction treatments
Andrew Byrne, Richard Hallinan
BMJ  2006;332:53, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.53-a
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Are GPs who specialise in dermatology effective?: Be wary of generalising research conclusions
Peter M Lapsley
BMJ  2006;332:53-54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.53-b
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Are GPs who specialise in dermatology effective?: Result for teamwork and planning is positive
Stephen F Hayes
BMJ  2006;332:54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.54
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Are GPs who specialise in dermatology effective?: High cost of general practitioners with special interests is a fallacy
Cornelius J Crowley
BMJ  2006;332:54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.54-a
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Are GPs who specialise in dermatology effective?: Cost calculations were impenetrable
Simon F Cooper
BMJ  2006;332:54, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.54-b
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Uncertainty still surrounds oseltamivir after 13 year old dies
Jane Parry
BMJ  2006;332:5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.5
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Indian firm to produce oseltamivir for developing countries
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2006;332:5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.5-a
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In brief
BMJ  2006;332:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.6
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Cancer organisation hits out at medical research funded by tobacco companies
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2006;332:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.6-a
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Dutch launch campaign against drinking
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2006;332:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.6-b
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Korean stem cell pioneer resigns
Jane Parry
BMJ  2006;332:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.7
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Swiss hospital lets terminally ill patients commit suicide in its beds
Clare Chapman
BMJ  2006;332:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.7-a
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MPs ridicule proposed UK partial smoking ban
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.9-b
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Rebuilding from the rubble
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2006;332:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10
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Lords recommend “passive immunisation” if bird flu reaches UK
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8
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Germany privatises university hospital
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2006;332:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8-a
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Cleared GP faces further investigation into more deaths
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8-b
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Cough medicines’ effect is mainly placebo
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8-c
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Patients get four choices for NHS treatments
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2006;332:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8-d
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CDC recommends new tuberculosis blood test
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2006;332:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.9
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UK policy to reduce skills drain from Africa is ineffective
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;332:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.9-a
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Non-NHS treatment centres are detrimental to local health services, finds BMA survey
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;332:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-a
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Privately financed hospital faces £100m debt
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-b
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US health improvements stagnate
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-c
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Proton pump inhibitors match surgery in gastroesophageal reflux
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;332:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-d
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English trusts fail to follow guidance on infection control
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2006;332:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-e
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GP contract settlement under threat
Caroline White
BMJ  2006;332:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-f
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Pakistan starts HIV treatment programme
Ashfaq Yusufzai
BMJ  2006;332:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-g
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This week's Short cuts

What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;332:38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.38
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This week's Research

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of gastro-oesophageal reflux interventions for chronic cough associated with gastro-oesophageal reflux
A B Chang, T J Lasserson, T O Kiljander, F L Connor, J T Gaffney, L A Garske
BMJ  2006;332:11-17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38677.559005.55, (Published 5 December 2005)
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Partner notification of chlamydia infection in primary care: randomised controlled trial and analysis of resource use
Nicola Low, Anne McCarthy, Tracy E Roberts, Mia Huengsberg, Emma Sanford, Jonathan A C Sterne, John Macleod, Chris Salisbury, Karl Pye, Aisha Holloway, Andrea Morcom, Rita Patel, Suzanne M Robinson, Paddy Horner, Pelham M Barton, Matthias Egger
BMJ  2006;332:14-19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38678.405370.7C, (Published 15 December 2005)
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Use of a dummy (pacifier) during sleep and risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): population based case-control study
De-Kun Li, Marian Willinger, Diana B Petitti, Roxana Odouli, Liyan Liu, Howard J Hoffman
BMJ  2006;332:18-22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38671.640475.55, (Published 9 December 2005)
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Randomised placebo controlled multicentre trial to assess short term clarithromycin for patients with stable coronary heart disease: CLARICOR trial
Christian M Jespersen, Bodil Als-Nielsen, Morten Damgaard, Jørgen Fischer Hansen, Stig Hansen, Olav H Helø, Per Hildebrandt, Jørgen Hilden, Gorm B Jensen, Jens Kastrup, Hans Jørn Kolmos, Erik Kjøller, Inga Lind, Henrik Nielsen, Lars Petersen, Christian Gluud, CLARICOR Trial Group
BMJ  2006;332:22-27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38666.653600.55, (Published 8 December 2005)
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This week's Clinical review

Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of migraine
Peter J Goadsby
BMJ  2006;332:25-29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.25
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Patient's journey: My bipolar expedition
Suzanne G Johnston
BMJ  2006;332:30-32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.30
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Commentary: Bipolar disorder—services need to catch up with rapidly developing evidence base
John Geddes
BMJ  2006;332:32-33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.32
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Interactive case report: An alcoholic patient who continues to drink: case presentation
Stuart McPherson, Colin John Rees
BMJ  2006;332:33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.33
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ABC of breast diseases: Medical treatment of early breast cancer. I: adjuvant treatment
Ian Smith, Susan Chua
BMJ  2006;332:34-37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.34
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This week's Analysis and Comment

Primary care: A century of general practice
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;332:39-40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.39
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Visions of primary care in 2015: Good general practitioners will continue to be essential
Mayur Lakhani, Maureen Baker
BMJ  2006;332:41-43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.41
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The magic roundabout
Peter Lapsley
BMJ  2006;332:43-44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.43
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Return of a system based on social values
Dougal Jeffries
BMJ  2006;332:44-45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.44
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General practice under pressure
Hamish Meldrum
BMJ  2006;332:46-47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.46
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Still striving for utopia
Carol Black
BMJ  2006;332:47-48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.47
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Health policy: Improving NICE's social value judgments
Jonathan A Michaels
BMJ  2006;332:48-50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.48
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Emin Kaya Alpar
Vijay Vardhan Killampalli
BMJ  2006;332:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55
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Cecil Berl Collins
D W Levy
BMJ  2006;332:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55-a
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Morrell Henry Draper
John Duffus
BMJ  2006;332:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55-b
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Michael Hemming
Tom Hemming
BMJ  2006;332:55, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55-c
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Camilla Maria Magbadelo (née Rodrigues)
Stephen Vogt
BMJ  2006;332:55-56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55-d
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David John Dyson Perrins
P B James
BMJ  2006;332:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56
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Mary Millicent Rayner (née Dale)
C M Rayner
BMJ  2006;332:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-a
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Derek Conmar Robinson
Kate Anderson, Margaret Hall, Robert Hall
BMJ  2006;332:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-b
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Arun Kumar Sarkar
P G Flanagan
BMJ  2006;332:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-c
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James Malcolm Latham Shearer
Margaret Shearer, Michael Hamilton, Jonathan Burton
BMJ  2006;332:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-d
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Dudley Staunton
William Shand
BMJ  2006;332:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-e
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Roy Cooke Tyldesley
Norman H L Taylor
BMJ  2006;332:56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-f
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Book: A History of Britain's Hospitals and the Background to the Medical, Nursing and Allied Professions
Leyla Sanai
BMJ  2006;332:57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.57
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NETLINES
Harry Brown
BMJ  2006;332:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.58
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PERSONAL VIEWS: The doctor-patient relationship in reverse
Waqas Ullah
BMJ  2006;332:58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.58-a
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PERSONAL VIEWS: Is it time to rethink mobile medical teams?
Edward M Walsh
BMJ  2006;332:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.59
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SOUNDINGS: On reading Proust
George Dunea
BMJ  2006;332:59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.59-a
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;332:60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.60
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bmjupdates+: New drug for gout shows early promise
BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.0-e
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A case of "proper" flu
Nigel Williams
BMJ  2006;332:37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.37
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Endpiece: Coping with change
BMJ  2006;332:40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.40
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Do-it-yourself cardioversion
Clive McGavin, Jamie Davies, John Beer
BMJ  2006;332:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7532.50
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