Editor's choice Cure or care? Fiona Godlee BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.0-f [Full text]2310 [PDF]305   This week in the BMJ This week in the BMJ [Full text]505 [PDF]542 What works for obesity [Full text]3300   Nurses should lead UK hospital reform [Full text]1157   We don't know the effects of paying doctors for trial recruitment [Full text]817   Resistance to HIV drugs is high in the UK [Full text]534   Cannabis increases the risk of car crashes [Full text]1128   Editorials Facial transplantation Peter E M Butler, Alex Clarke, Shehan Hettiaratchy BMJ  2005;331:1349-1350, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1349 [Extract]271 [Full text]3882 [PDF]545   Extra scrutiny for industry funded trials Kenneth J Rothman, Stephen Evans BMJ  2005;331:1350-1351, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1350 [Extract]110 [Full text]2288 [PDF]693   Sharing the benefits of genetic research Doris Schroeder, Miltos Ladikas, Udo Schuklenk, Carolina Lasén Lasén Diáz, Anita Kleinsmidt, Fatima Alvarez-Castillo, Dafna Feinholz BMJ  2005;331:1351-1352, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1351 [Extract]90 [Full text]872 [PDF]231   Is methadone too dangerous for opiate addiction? Jason Luty, Colin O'Gara, Mohammed Sessay BMJ  2005;331:1352-1353, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1352 [Extract]339 [Full text]3035 [PDF]734   Treating non-competent patients Lorraine Corfield, Ingrid Granne BMJ  2005;331:1353-1354, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1353 [Extract]234 [Full text]1989 [PDF]471   News Patients are at the heart of new medical professionalism Andrew Cole BMJ  2005;331:1355, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1355 [Extract]177 [Full text]1624 [PDF]326 [extra: Longer version]184   Sally Clark pathologist removed from Home Office list Clare Dyer BMJ  2005;331:1355, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1355-a [Extract]331 [Full text]1696 [PDF]67 [extra: Longer version]124   In brief BMJ  2005;331:1356, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1356 [Extract]74 [Full text]579 [PDF]58   Cuts in NHS waiting lists cannot be attributed to private sector Rebecca Coombes BMJ  2005;331:1356, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1356-a [Extract]103 [Full text]881 [PDF]102 [extra: Longer version]62   Doctors in Berlin strike over poor pay Clare Chapman BMJ  2005;331:1356, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1356-b [Extract]171 [Full text]1195 [PDF]143 [extra: Longer version]204   The Netherlands regulates ending the lives of severely ill neonates Tony Sheldon BMJ  2005;331:1357, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1357 [Extract]110 [Full text]1035 [PDF]200   Israelis turn to timer device to facilitate passive euthanasia Judy Siegel-Itzkovich BMJ  2005;331:1357, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1357-a [Extract]147 [Full text]1210 [PDF]157   Surgeons pleased with patient's progress after face transplant Brad Spurgeon BMJ  2005;331:1359, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1359-c [Extract]112 [Full text]900 [PDF]136 [extra: Longer version]103   Romania's policy of emptying its orphanages raises controversy Grainger Laffan BMJ  2005;331:1360, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1360 [Extract]85 [Full text]854 [PDF]76 [extra: Longer version]71   Staff at WHO HQ stop work in protest at conditions Paul Ress BMJ  2005;331:1360, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1360-a [Extract]104 [Full text]1124 [PDF]138 [extra: Longer version]90   News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] GMC censures professor for not disclosing conflict of interest Owen Dyer BMJ  2005;331:1358, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1358 [Extract]261 [Abridged PDF]71 [Full text]1776   MPs accuse Medical Research Council of panic over bird flu Michael Day BMJ  2005;331:1358, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1358-a [Extract]77 [Abridged PDF]69 [Full text]861   "Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales," New York Times reports Janice Hopkins Tanne BMJ  2005;331:1358, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1358-b [Extract]180 [Abridged PDF]98 [Full text]1438   Spending in Scotland goes up while activity goes down Bryan Christie BMJ  2005;331:1358, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1358-c [Extract]69 [Abridged PDF]41 [Full text]668   Yemen embarks on its seventh round of polio immunisations Andrew Moscrop BMJ  2005;331:1358, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1358-d [Extract]28 [Abridged PDF]29 [Full text]351   Next year's pay rises for doctors should be 2% or less, government says Adrian O'Dowd BMJ  2005;331:1359, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1359 [Extract]121 [Abridged PDF]37 [Full text]911   New funding to make UK "a world class environment for medical research" Susan Mayor BMJ  2005;331:1359, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1359-a [Extract]68 [Abridged PDF]44 [Full text]688   Drug companies told that sponsoring patients' groups might help win approval for their products Bob Burton BMJ  2005;331:1359, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1359-b [Extract]82 [Abridged PDF]136 [Full text]1069   News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Pressure mounts for further action on climate change Tony Juniper BMJ  2005;331:1360, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1360-b [Extract]31 [Full text]283   Older people are wrongly excluded from drug trials Christiane Rehwagen BMJ  2005;331:1360, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1360-c [Extract]74 [Full text]648   Advice to pharmacists on dispensing contraception an "invasion of privacy" David Spurgeon BMJ  2005;331:1360, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1360-d [Extract]136 [Full text]1098   WHO will not hire smokers Owen Dyer BMJ  2005;331:1360, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1360-e [Extract]136 [Full text]1209   Inquiry needed to discover why black people are more likely to be admitted to mental hospitals than white people Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2005;331:1360, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1360-f [Extract]49 [Full text]410   Papers Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies for tuberculosis control in developing countries Rob Baltussen, Katherine Floyd, Christopher Dye BMJ  2005;331:1364, doi:10.1136/bmj.38645.660093.68 (published 10 November 2005) [Abstract]247 [Abridged PDF]52 [Full text]698 [PDF]528 [extra: Further details of the methods used]66   Time trends in primary resistance to HIV drugs in the United Kingdom: multicentre observational study UK Group on Transmitted HIV Drug Resistance BMJ  2005;331:1368, doi:10.1136/bmj.38665.534595.55 (published 18 November 2005) [Abstract]240 [Abridged PDF]50 [Full text]781 [PDF]334 [extra: Members of the steering committees]43   Cannabis intoxication and fatal road crashes in France: population based case-control study Bernard Laumon, Blandine Gadegbeku, Jean-Louis Martin, Marie-Berthe Biecheler, the SAM Group BMJ  2005;331:1371, doi:10.1136/bmj.38648.617986.1F (published 1 December 2005) [Abstract]631 [Abridged PDF]99 [Full text]1244 [PDF]769   Effect of comorbidities and postoperative complications on mortality after hip fracture in elderly people: prospective observational cohort study J J W Roche, R T Wenn, O Sahota, C G Moran BMJ  2005;331:1374, doi:10.1136/bmj.38643.663843.55 (published 18 November 2005) [Abstract]651 [Abridged PDF]101 [Full text]1256 [PDF]790   Payment to healthcare professionals for patient recruitment to trials: a systematic review J Bryant, J Powell BMJ  2005;331:1377-1378, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1377 [Full text]2850 [PDF]1035   Short cuts What's new in the other general journals Alison Tonks BMJ  2005;331:1361, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1361 [Full text]2141 [PDF]324   Dr Foster's case notes The ageing population of the United Kingdom and cardiovascular disease Azeem Majeed, Paul Aylin BMJ  2005;331:1362, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1362 [Full text]1288 [PDF]623 [extra: Further details]138   BMJ family highlights What's new this month in BMJ Journals Harvey Marcovitch BMJ  2005;331:1363, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1363 [Full text]1169 [PDF]135   Primary care Recognising heart failure in elderly patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary care: cross sectional diagnostic study Frans H Rutten, Karel G M Moons, Maarten-Jan M Cramer, Diederick E Grobbee, Nicolaas P A Zuithoff, Jan-Willem J Lammers, Arno W Hoes BMJ  2005;331:1379, doi:10.1136/bmj.38664.661181.55 (published 1 December 2005) [Abstract]782 [Abridged PDF]99 [Full text]1394 [PDF]931   Functional limitation in long standing illness and quality of life: evidence from a national survey Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, Richard D Wiggins, Zoe Hildon, Scott M Montgomery, David Blane BMJ  2005;331:1382-1383, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1382 [Full text]928 [PDF]401   Learning in practice Developing guidelines for medical students about the examination of patients under 18 years old Tony Hope, Peggy Frith, Janet Craze, Francis Mussai, Ambika Chadha, Douglas Noble BMJ  2005;331:1384-1386, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1384 [Full text]1422 [PDF]481 [extra: Further details]97   Clinical review Treating obesity in individuals and populations Anjali Jain BMJ  2005;331:1387-1390, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1387 [Extract]611 [Full text]4077 [PDF]2744   ABC of health informatics: eHealth and the future: promise or peril? Jeremy C Wyatt, Frank Sullivan BMJ  2005;331:1391-1393, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1391 [Extract]115 [Full text]1517 [PDF]980   Education and debate Rise and demise of the hospital: a reappraisal of nursing Nick Black BMJ  2005;331:1394-1396, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1394 [Extract]216 [Full text]3674 [PDF]931   The NHS revolution: health care in the market place: Practice based commissioning: applying the research evidence Judith Smith, Jennifer Dixon, Nicholas Mays, Hugh McLeod, Nick Goodwin, Siobhan McClelland, Richard Lewis, Sally Wyke BMJ  2005;331:1397-1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1397 [Extract]55 [Full text]1677 [PDF]603   Primary care in the United States: problems and possibilities Robert L Phillips BMJ  2005;331:1400-1402, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1400 [Extract]92 [Full text]1505 [PDF]645   Designing research in vulnerable populations: lessons from HIV prevention trials that stopped early Edward J Mills, Sonal Singh, Jerome A Singh, James J Orbinski, Mitchell Warren, Ross E Upshur BMJ  2005;331:1403-1406, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1403 [Extract]56 [Full text]1243 [PDF]396 [extra: Details of trials]49   Letters This week's letters [PDF]103 Human and animal health: strengthening the link: Methodological concerns about animal facilitated therapy with dolphins Biju Basil, Maju Mathews BMJ  2005;331:1407, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1407 [Extract]40 [Full text]205   Human and animal health: strengthening the link: Authors' reply to methodological concerns Christian Antonioli, Michael Reveley BMJ  2005;331:1407, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1407-a [Extract]21 [Full text]119   Human and animal health: strengthening the link: Politics and economics inhibited control of anthrax last century Tim Carter BMJ  2005;331:1407-1408, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1407-b [Extract]17 [Full text]82   Human and animal health: strengthening the link: Child and animal abuse are linked M E Jan Wise BMJ  2005;331:1408, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1408 [Extract]34 [Full text]166   Human and animal health: strengthening the link: Summary of webchat Birte Twisselmann BMJ  2005;331:1408, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1408-a [Extract]14 [Full text]87   Role of vaccinating poultry against avian flu Bob Kahn BMJ  2005;331:1408, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1408-b [Extract]46 [Full text]225   New ABPI code provides more information for patients Richard Barker BMJ  2005;331:1409, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1409 [Extract]39 [Full text]219   Committee on Radioactive Waste Management lacks medical input Keith Baverstock, David J Ball BMJ  2005;331:1409, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1409-a [Extract]18 [Full text]95   Inequalities and Christmas Yet to Come Danny Dorling, Richard Mitchell, Scott Orford, Mary Shaw, George Davey Smith BMJ  2005;331:1409, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1409-b [Extract]53 [Full text]381   Obituaries This week's obituaries [PDF]290 Janet Elizabeth Macgregor Caroline Richmond BMJ  2005;331:1410, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1410 [Full text]758   Jane Marushka Critchley Mair Critchley, Edmund Critchley BMJ  2005;331:1411, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1411 [Full text]498 [extra: Longer version]227   Frank Daly R F Daly BMJ  2005;331:1411, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1411-a [Full text]478 [extra: Longer version]191   Roger Charles Hickman Alison Hickman, Sarah Keegan BMJ  2005;331:1411, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1411-b [Full text]492 [extra: Longer version]223   James Dermott Grene Charles Grene BMJ  2005;331:1411, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1411-c [Full text]374 [extra: Longer version]185   James Spowart McCracken Tom O'Dowd BMJ  2005;331:1411, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1411-d [Full text]461 [extra: Longer version]207   Aziz Mahmood Shukri M I Aldoori, Salwa Shukri BMJ  2005;331:1411, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1411-e [Full text]459 [extra: Longer version]229   Robert Clive Williams Douglas Ackroyd BMJ  2005;331:1411, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1411-f [Full text]478 [extra: Longer version]210   reviews This week's reviews [PDF]285 Press: Are US flu death figures more PR than science? Peter Doshi BMJ  2005;331:1412, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1412 [Extract]108 [Full text]1639   PERSONAL VIEWS: The UK flu vaccine shortage—who is at fault? John Watkins BMJ  2005;331:1413, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1413 [Extract]55 [Full text]585   PERSONAL VIEWS: Business sector shuns tobacco companies Simon Chapman BMJ  2005;331:1414, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1414 [Extract]90 [Full text]1106   PERSONAL VIEWS: The nursing profession's coming of age Ghislaine Young BMJ  2005;331:1415, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1415 [Extract]118 [Full text]2227   SOUNDINGS: Dentures and deep time Kevin Barraclough BMJ  2005;331:1415, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1415-a [Extract]66 [Full text]549   Minerva Minerva BMJ  2005;331:1416, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1416 [Full text]1236 [PDF]170   Fillers bmjupdates+: Antihypertensive drugs help prevent headaches BMJ  2005;331, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.0-e [Full text]590 [PDF]108   When I use a word: Incestuous sheets Jeff Aronson BMJ  2005;331:1378, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1378 [Full text]1169 [PDF]70   My favourite surgical instrument Bisalahalli Muddu BMJ  2005;331:1383, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1383 [Full text]1132 [PDF]72   Endpiece: The most lucrative branch of medicine Jeremy Hugh Baron BMJ  2005;331:1386, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1386 [Full text]1402 [PDF]111   Endpiece: All change Sandeep Kumar Goyal BMJ  2005;331:1402, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1402 [Full text]708 [PDF]35   A patient who changed my practice: Honesty is the best policy Faiyaz Mohammed BMJ  2005;331:1406, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1406 [Full text]1476 [PDF]91   Advice BMJ  2005;331:1410, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1410-a [Full text]370   Corrections More drug trials end early hiding potential problems BMJ  2005;331:1390, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1390 [Full text]191 [PDF]39   Croatia's brain drain BMJ  2005;331:1390, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1390-a [Full text]193 [PDF]19   Lords back bill to legalise assisted suicide BMJ  2005;331:1390, doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7529.1390-b [Full text]116 [PDF]23

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