A big mistake
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Oral misoprostol is safe for induction of labour at term [Full text] FREE

	AUDIT to identify alcohol use disorders in primary care [Full text] FREE

	Why do people die where they do? [Full text] FREE

	Wine buyers buy healthier food than beer buyers [Full text] FREE

	Work stress is associated with metabolic syndrome [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Screening for breast cancer
	J Michael Dixon
	BMJ  2006;332:499-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.499 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Where expert witnesses fear to tread
	M E Jan Wise
	BMJ  2006;332:500-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.500 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive
	Akseli Hemminki, Pirkko-Liisa Kellokumpu-Lehtinen
	BMJ  2006;332:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.501 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Mexico and the tobacco industry: Editorial lost sight of the real enemy
	Mauricio Hernandez Avila
	BMJ  2006;332:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.548 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mexico and the tobacco industry: Response from the Ministry of Health
	Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Cristóbal Ruíz-Gaytán, Luis Alfonso Caso-González
	BMJ  2006;332:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.548-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prisoners in general hospitals: doctors' attitudes and practice
	Helen Tuite, Katherine Browne, Desmond O'Neill
	BMJ  2006;332:548-549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.548-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Time for food industry to adopt signposting model
	Alexander Macara, Noel Olsen
	BMJ  2006;332:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients need not give consent in all clinical education
	Edith ter Braak
	BMJ  2006;332:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.549-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Offering results to research participants
	Eleanor M Dinnett, Moira M B Mungall, Claire Gordon, Elizabeth S Ronald, Allan Gaw
	BMJ  2006;332:549-550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.549-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does melatonin improve sleep?: Efficacy of melatonin
	Josephine Arendt
	BMJ  2006;332:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.550 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does melatonin improve sleep?: Muddles with melatonin
	M E Jan Wise
	BMJ  2006;332:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.550-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Logical debate on problem based learning
	Andrew F Mellon, Jonathan Mellon
	BMJ  2006;332:550-551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.550-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Chlamydia is being managed in primary care
	Amanda C Davies, H Birley, A Chiganze
	BMJ  2006;332:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.551 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cuba: better care for stroke
	Pedro O Orduñez-García, Marcos D Iraola-Ferrer, Rubén Bembibre Taboada
	BMJ  2006;332:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.551-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A mnemonic for depression
	Paul Blenkiron
	BMJ  2006;332:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.551-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection
	Nick Maskell, Andrew Nunn, Robert J O Davies
	BMJ  2006;332:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.552 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Secondary care is not evil
	Nigel D C Sturrock
	BMJ  2006;332:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.552-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	No easy solutions for frequent hospital attendances
	Peter A West
	BMJ  2006;332:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.552-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	CMA draws criticism for sacking editors
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.504 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	BMA says referral schemes are used to restrict access to hospitals
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2006;332:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.504-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	NICE advocates computerised CBT
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.504-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	UK government likely to miss its target to reduce childhood obesity
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.505 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	NEJM stands by its criticism of Vioxx study
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.505-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Promoter of vitamins for AIDS calls off lawsuits
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2006;332:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Coming in from the cold
	Michael Leidig
	BMJ  2006;332:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	UK will reserve bird flu vaccine for health workers
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US Supreme Court to review “partial birth abortion” law
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Conceptions in England and Wales are falling in women under 18 but rising overall
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Development of “orphan drugs” in Europe is too slow
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	AMA develops measures of doctors’ performance
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	FDA shuts down human tissue company
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;332:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Quebec introduces more private care into its health system
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NICE advocates community services for skin cancer patients
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Health agencies must better communicate bird flu risk, UN coordinator says
	Nellie Bristol
	BMJ  2006;332:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Postal services prop up illegal drug trade
	Grainger Laffan
	BMJ  2006;332:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Call to scrap import tariffs on pharmaceuticals in global WTO talks
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;332:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Research

This week's Research

	Oral misoprostol for induction of labour at term: randomised controlled trial
	Jodie M Dodd, Caroline A Crowther, Jeffrey S Robinson
	BMJ  2006;332:509-513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38729.513819.63, (Published 2 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Opportunistic screening for alcohol use disorders in primary care: comparative study
	Simon Coulton, Colin Drummond, Darren James, Christine Godfrey, J Martin Bland, Steve Parrott, Timothy Peters, the Stepwice Research Team
	BMJ  2006;332:511-517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38743.421574.7C, (Published 17 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Factors influencing death at home in terminally ill patients with cancer: systematic review
	Barbara Gomes, Irene J Higginson
	BMJ  2006;332:515-521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38740.614954.55, (Published 8 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Food buying habits of people who buy wine or beer: cross sectional study
	Ditte Johansen, Karina Friis, Erik Skovenborg, Morten Grønbæk
	BMJ  2006;332:519-522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38694.568981.80, (Published 20 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Chronic stress at work and the metabolic syndrome: prospective study
	Tarani Chandola, Eric Brunner, Michael Marmot
	BMJ  2006;332:521-525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38693.435301.80, (Published 20 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis
	T J Murray
	BMJ  2006;332:525-527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.525 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: McDonald criteria] FREE

Practice

This week's Practice

	Gastrointestinal capsule endoscopy: from tertiary centres to primary care
	Reena Sidhu, David S Sanders, Mark E McAlindon
	BMJ  2006;332:528-531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.528 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full list of references] FREE

	ABC of wound healing: Traumatic and surgical wounds
	David J Leaper
	BMJ  2006;332:532-535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.532 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:536-537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.536 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Analysis and Comment

This week's Analysis and Comment

	Public health: Content of invitations for publicly funded screening mammography
	Karsten Juhl Jørgensen, Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2006;332:538-541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.538 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Health policy: Adjusting for treatment refusal in rationing decisions
	Richard Lilford, Alan Girling, Andrew Stevens, Abdullah Almasri, Mohammed A Mohammed, David Braunholtz
	BMJ  2006;332:542-544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.542 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ethics: One-time general consent for research on biological samples
	David Wendler
	BMJ  2006;332:544-547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.544 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendices] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Norman Shumway
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.553 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Archibald Hunter Darling
	Janie Darling
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Anthony John Alexander Ferguson
	Colin Waine
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Clare Passmore Grant
	Richard F Crellin
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Margaret Melville Rae Martin
	Constance E Fozzard
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Kathleen May Reid
	Peter Schutte
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Ramanlal Bhikhabhai Shah
	David Whiteford, Mayank R Shah
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Michael Frank Cumnor Walker
	D M C Walker
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: Spirituality and the Healthy Mind: Science, Therapy, and the Need for Personal Meaning
	Paul Foster
	BMJ  2006;332:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.555 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Stuart: A Life Backwards
	Angela Jones
	BMJ  2006;332:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.555-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: On street addresses and middle names: my struggle to upload a scientific paper
	Rita Giacaman
	BMJ  2006;332:556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.556 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: A foray into unfamiliar territory
	Charles P Swainson
	BMJ  2006;332:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.557 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soundings: Axel Munthe and The Story of San Michele
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2006;332:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.557-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.558 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Three days of antibiotics is enough for uncomplicated cystitis
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Education
	BMJ  2006;332:518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.518 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	bmjlearning.com: Are you a globalist or an analyst?
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2006;332:524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.524 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Interactive case report: A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort
	BMJ  2006;332:531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.531 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	When I use a word: The very last word
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2006;332:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.535 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hoax bomb calls and psychiatry
	Sanju George
	BMJ  2006;332:541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.541 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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