Editor's choice Complicated questions—difficult answers Jane Smith BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.0-f [Full text]2328 [PDF]253   This week in the BMJ This week in the BMJ [Full text]322 [PDF]279 Misdiagnosing "hysteria" has remained steady since the 1970s [Full text]1871   MRSA infection in a vicious circle with hospitalisation [Full text]1006   Targets for trusts' MRSA infection rates need clarifying [Full text]402   Salivary nicotine test increases cessation rates [Full text]833   Community based learning produces better doctors [Full text]936   Editorials Bird flu and pandemic flu John T Macfarlane, Wei Shen Lim BMJ  2005;331:975-976, doi:10.1136/bmj.38649.389005.DE (published 24 October 2005) [Extract]477 [Full text]7137 [PDF]1705   Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia Georgia Duckworth, Andr Charlett BMJ  2005;331:976-977, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.976 [Extract]144 [Full text]2235 [PDF]576   The need for outcome measures in medical education Lambert Schuwirth, Peter Cantillon BMJ  2005;331:977-978, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.977 [Extract]205 [Full text]1821 [PDF]677   Detecting fabricated or induced illness in children David M Foreman BMJ  2005;331:978-979, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.978 [Extract]161 [Full text]1980 [PDF]335   Near patient tests for smoking cessation Tim Coleman BMJ  2005;331:979-980, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.979 [Extract]166 [Full text]1096 [PDF]323   News Roche considers licensing companies to make oseltamivir Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ  2005;331:981, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.981 [Extract]153 [Full text]891 [PDF]209 [extra: Longer version]87   Bird flu poses no immediate threat to Europe, leading virologist claims Tony Sheldon BMJ  2005;331:981, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.981-a [Extract]186 [Full text]1690 [PDF]349   In brief BMJ  2005;331:982, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.982 [Extract]60 [Full text]563 [PDF]73   Doctors who write guidelines often have ties to the drug industry Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ  2005;331:982, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.982-a [Extract]280 [Full text]2462 [PDF]655 [extra: Longer version]338   Stem cell foundation greeted by cautious optimism Norra MacReady BMJ  2005;331:982, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.982-b [Extract]98 [Full text]755 [PDF]96 [extra: Longer version]99   Patients with aortic aneurysm deserve higher priority Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2005;331:983, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.983 [Extract]135 [Full text]893 [PDF]167 [extra: Longer version]76   Academic staff frustrated with research assessment exercise Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2005;331:983, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.983-a [Extract]108 [Full text]1285 [PDF]146   Judge over-rules earlier decision on Charlotte Wyatt Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:985, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.985-c [Extract]163 [Full text]1097 [PDF]120   Combating the free movement of micro-organisms Rory Watson BMJ  2005;331:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.986 [Extract]62 [Full text]522 [PDF]126   News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Fall in mortality from breast cancer is due almost equally to screening and adjuvant therapy David Spurgeon BMJ  2005;331:984, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.984 [Extract]195 [Abridged PDF]287 [Full text]1246   Guidance on reporting under age sex is confusing Rebecca Coombes BMJ  2005;331:984, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.984-a [Extract]161 [Abridged PDF]76 [Full text]1152   Scotland sets up its first forensic art unit Bryan Christie BMJ  2005;331:984, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.984-b [Extract]99 [Abridged PDF]30 [Full text]624   Assisted suicide organisation opens branch in Germany Annette Tuffs BMJ  2005;331:984, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.984-c [Extract]107 [Abridged PDF]51 [Full text]624   Australian state and federal governments are attacked on mental health care Melissa Sweet BMJ  2005;331:984, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.984-d [Extract]48 [Abridged PDF]36 [Full text]435   Foundation trust regulator calls for less government interference Andrew Cole BMJ  2005;331:985, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.985 [Extract]32 [Abridged PDF]34 [Full text]354   Total smoking ban best way to narrow health gap between rich and poor, MPs told Adrian O’Dowd BMJ  2005;331:985, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.985-a [Extract]110 [Abridged PDF]89 [Full text]900   GP goes on trial for killing three patients Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:985, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.985-b [Extract]242 [Abridged PDF]57 [Full text]1564   News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Experts disagree over who should get avian influenza vaccine Michael Day BMJ  2005;331:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.986-a [Extract]226 [Full text]1473   Ten out of 25 EU countries restrict health care for asylum seekers to emergencies only Roger Dobson BMJ  2005;331:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.986-b [Extract]113 [Full text]749   Charity calls for improved breast awareness in UK ethnic communities Christiane Rehwagen BMJ  2005;331:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.986-c [Extract]39 [Full text]267   Trastuzumab halves risk of recurrence of breast cancer in some women Roger Dobson BMJ  2005;331:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.986-d [Extract]135 [Full text]719   Doctors should be trained in understanding disability, commission is told Madeleine Brettingham BMJ  2005;331:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.986-e [Extract]84 [Full text]545   UK government to appoint occupational health "tsar" to reduce work related illness Klaus Morales BMJ  2005;331:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.986-f [Extract]54 [Full text]459   Health experts gather to step up fight against malaria John Zarocostas BMJ  2005;331:986, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.986-g [Extract]96 [Full text]428   Papers Systematic review of misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms and "hysteria" Jon Stone, Roger Smyth, Alan Carson, Steff Lewis, Robin Prescott, Charles Warlow, Michael Sharpe BMJ  2005;331:989, doi:10.1136/bmj.38628.466898.55 (published 13 October 2005) [Abstract]677 [Abridged PDF]136 [Full text]2007 [PDF]897   MRSA bacteraemia in patients on arrival in hospital: a cohort study in Oxfordshire 1997-2003 David H Wyllie, Tim E A Peto, Derrick Crook BMJ  2005;331:992, doi:10.1136/bmj.38558.453310.8F (published 9 September 2005) [Abstract]411 [Abridged PDF]88 [Full text]1586 [PDF]721   Age at retirement and long term survival of an industrial population: prospective cohort study Shan P Tsai, Judy K Wendt, Robin P Donnelly, Geert de Jong, Farah S Ahmed BMJ  2005;331:995, doi:10.1136/bmj.38586.448704.E0 (published 21 October 2005) [Abstract]766 [Abridged PDF]118 [Full text]1443 [PDF]659   Twenty five years of HIV infection in haemophilic men in Britain: an observational study Caroline A Sabin, Andrew N Phillips, Thynn Thynn Yee, Anja Griffioen, Christine A Lee BMJ  2005;331:997-998, doi:10.1136/bmj.38604.468785.DE (published 16 September 2005) [Full text]836 [PDF]297   Short cuts What's new in the other general journals Alison Tonks BMJ  2005;331:987-988, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.987 [Full text]2153 [PDF]315   Primary care Effect of incorporating a 10 minute point of care test for salivary nicotine metabolites into a general practice based smoking cessation programme: randomised controlled trial Kristian D Barnfather, Graham F Cope, Iain L Chapple BMJ  2005;331:999, doi:10.1136/bmj.38621.463900.7C (published 6 October 2005) [Abstract]395 [Abridged PDF]53 [Full text]783 [PDF]452 [extra: Table]33   Learning in practice Effect of a community oriented problem based learning curriculum on quality of primary care delivered by graduates: historical cohort comparison study Robyn Tamblyn, Michal Abrahamowicz, Dale Dauphinee, Nadyne Girard, Gillian Bartlett, Paul Grand'Maison, Carlos Brailovsky BMJ  2005;331:1002, doi:10.1136/bmj.38636.582546.7C (published 20 October 2005) [Abstract]306 [Abridged PDF]62 [Full text]998 [PDF]637 [extra: Further details]67   What the educators are saying Kevin W Eva, Val Wass BMJ  2005;331:1006, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1006 [Full text]699 [PDF]227   Clinical review The patient's journey: the progressive ataxias Hillary Box, Harriet Bonney, Julie Greenfield BMJ  2005;331:1007-1009, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1007 [Extract]196 [Full text]1602 [PDF]835   ABC of health informatics: How computers help make efficient use of consultations Frank Sullivan, Jeremy C Wyatt BMJ  2005;331:1010-1012, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1010 [Extract]170 [Full text]1841 [PDF]1079   Education and debate Problems in assessing rates of infection with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus David J Spiegelhalter BMJ  2005;331:1013-1015, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1013 [Extract]139 [Full text]1373 [PDF]872 [extra: Table]102   Orphan drugs and the NHS: should we value rarity? Christopher McCabe, Karl Claxton, Aki Tsuchiya BMJ  2005;331:1016-1019, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1016 [Extract]125 [Full text]2598 [PDF]607 [extra: Figure]83   Commissioning for rare diseases: view from the frontline Amanda Burls, Daphne Austin, David Moore BMJ  2005;331:1019-1021, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1019 [Extract]59 [Full text]872 [PDF]366   Letters This week's letters [PDF]314 ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens: Don't lose your head over ASCOT David G Phizackerley BMJ  2005;331:1022, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1022 [Extract]179 [Full text]1058   ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens: Is ASCOT-BPLA being hyped-up? Peter D Burrill BMJ  2005;331:1022, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1022-a [Extract]79 [Full text]532   ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens: Odds are that it's hype Martin G Duerden BMJ  2005;331:1022-1023, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1022-b [Extract]56 [Full text]487   ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens: Is ASCOT all it's cracked up to be? James A Cave BMJ  2005;331:1023, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1023 [Extract]53 [Full text]441   Trastuzumab for early breast cancer raises important issues Edward C F Wilson BMJ  2005;331:1023, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1023-a [Extract]74 [Full text]521   Left handedness and breast cancer: Correlation is spurious Adrian J Bloor BMJ  2005;331:1023-1024, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1023-b [Extract]108 [Full text]628   Left handedness and breast cancer: Should left handed premenopausal women be screened? Bettina Lieske BMJ  2005;331:1024, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1024 [Extract]67 [Full text]394   Left handedness and breast cancer: Authors' reply Cuno S P M Uiterwaal, Diederick E Grobbee BMJ  2005;331:1024, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1024-a [Extract]71 [Full text]455   Scientific evidence was ignored in CAM and the NHS Peter H Canter, Edzard Ernst BMJ  2005;331:1024, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1024-b [Extract]60 [Full text]378   Disappointing article, not disappointing biotech Fredric J Cohen BMJ  2005;331:1025, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1025 [Extract]52 [Full text]454   Proposed guidelines for severe imported malaria in children need more evidence Shamez Ladhani, Delane Shingadia, F Andrew I Riordan BMJ  2005;331:1025, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1025-a [Extract]32 [Full text]144   Speed networking works for postgraduate research Roger H Jones BMJ  2005;331:1025, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1025-b [Extract]39 [Full text]217   Obituaries This week's obituaries [PDF]297 John Cosh Caroline Richmond BMJ  2005;331:1026, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1026 [Full text]630   Abraham ("Abs") Cohen Bernard Cohen, Howard Cohen BMJ  2005;331:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1027 [Full text]483 [extra: Longer version]213   John Dermot Ainslie Common J T Gillow BMJ  2005;331:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1027-a [Full text]380 [extra: Longer version]190   James Antony Garrod Tim Garrod BMJ  2005;331:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1027-b [Full text]431 [extra: Longer version]183   Mrinal Kanti Ghosh Titus Fernando BMJ  2005;331:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1027-c [Full text]477 [extra: Longer version]213   John Haydn Martindale E A Martindale BMJ  2005;331:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1027-d [Full text]454 [extra: Longer version]201   Dipankar ("Dip") Sengupta Philip Hughes BMJ  2005;331:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1027-e [Full text]509 [extra: Longer version]192   Kenneth Samuel Williamson W R Lee BMJ  2005;331:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1027-f [Full text]395 [extra: Longer version]171   Paul Francis Wright Charles Campion-Smith, Nick Panton, David Morgan BMJ  2005;331:1027, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1027-g [Full text]491 [extra: Longer version]218   reviews This week's reviews [PDF]96 Book: Life in Britain: Using Millennial Census Data to Understand Poverty, Inequality and Place Helen Roberts BMJ  2005;331:1028, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1028 [Extract]50 [Full text]422   Book: Human Traces Iain McClure BMJ  2005;331:1029, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1029 [Extract]47 [Full text]435   TV: 30 Days: Minimum Wage Trevor Jackson BMJ  2005;331:1029, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1029-a [Extract]72 [Full text]798   PERSONAL VIEWS: How US healthcare cuts could kill me Lori Smith BMJ  2005;331:1030, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1030 [Extract]106 [Full text]1715   PERSONAL VIEWS: Rethinking breast screening—again Cornelia J Baines BMJ  2005;331:1031, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1031 [Extract]82 [Full text]1126   SOUNDINGS: Specialisation creep Kevin Barraclough BMJ  2005;331:1031, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1031-a [Extract]102 [Full text]1097   Minerva Minerva BMJ  2005;331:1032, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1032 [Full text]1275 [PDF]176   Fillers bmjupdates+: Fluoxetine reduces symptoms for selected patients with irritable bowel syndrome BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.0-e [Full text]521 [PDF]80   Endpiece: The latest caprice in medicine, 1857 Jeremy Hugh Baron BMJ  2005;331:991, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.991 [Full text]564 [PDF]57   Endpiece: Preservation of the teeth Don Sarll BMJ  2005;331:998, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.998 [Full text]835 [PDF]65   My biggest mistake: A lesson from a death R N Das BMJ  2005;331:1005, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1005 [Full text]1645 [PDF]131   One hundred years ago: A medical secretary for war BMJ  2005;331:1015, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1015 [Full text]531 [PDF]32   Advice BMJ  2005;331:1026, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7523.1026-a [Full text]327

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