Editor's choice Doing things differently Fiona Godlee BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.0-f [Full text]2664 [PDF]306   This week in the BMJ This week in the BMJ [Full text]456 [PDF]471 Role of gastro-oesophageal reflux treatment for chronic cough may be in doubt [Full text]1920   Use of a dummy is associated with reduced risk of SIDS [Full text]2052   Clarithromycin in stable coronary heart disease may increase mortality [Full text]1287   Let practice nurses tell partners about chlamydia [Full text]977   What works for migraine [Full text]3112   Editorials The BMJ is evolving Fiona Godlee BMJ  2006;332:1-2, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.1 [Extract]598 [Full text]3822 [PDF]219   Epilepsy and supplementary nurse prescribing Patricia G Hosking BMJ  2006;332:2, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.2 [Extract]329 [Full text]1451 [PDF]126   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 [Extract]620 [Full text]2206 [PDF]194   Magnet therapy Leonard Finegold, Bruce L Flamm BMJ  2006;332:4, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.4 [Extract]1502 [Full text]5132 [PDF]348   News Uncertainty still surrounds oseltamivir after 13 year old dies Jane Parry BMJ  2006;332:5, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.5 [Extract]748 [Full text]2381 [PDF]179   Indian firm to produce oseltamivir for developing countries Ganapati Mudur BMJ  2006;332:5, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.5-a [Extract]222 [Full text]747 [PDF]75   In brief BMJ  2006;332:6, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.6 [Extract]195 [Full text]704 [PDF]69   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 [Extract]359 [Full text]998 [PDF]94   Dutch launch campaign against drinking Tony Sheldon BMJ  2006;332:6, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.6-b [Extract]254 [Full text]984 [PDF]101   Korean stem cell pioneer resigns Jane Parry BMJ  2006;332:7, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.7 [Extract]238 [Full text]808 [PDF]100   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 [Extract]610 [Full text]1967 [PDF]168   MPs ridicule proposed UK partial smoking ban Michael Day BMJ  2006;332:9, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.9-b [Extract]227 [Full text]801 [PDF]82   Rebuilding from the rubble Deborah Cohen BMJ  2006;332:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10 [Extract]199 [Full text]542 [PDF]53   News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] Lords recommend “passive immunisation” if bird flu reaches UK Michael Day BMJ  2006;332:8, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8 [Extract]415 [Full text]1298 [PDF]147   Germany privatises university hospital Annette Tuffs BMJ  2006;332:8, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8-a [Extract]330 [Full text]1105 [PDF]94   Cleared GP faces further investigation into more deaths Clare Dyer BMJ  2006;332:8, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8-b [Extract]289 [Full text]1092 [PDF]45   Cough medicines’ effect is mainly placebo Roger Dobson BMJ  2006;332:8, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8-c [Extract]765 [Full text]2220 [PDF]248   Patients get four choices for NHS treatments Rebecca Coombes BMJ  2006;332:8, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.8-d [Extract]303 [Full text]1088 [PDF]77   CDC recommends new tuberculosis blood test Fred Charatan BMJ  2006;332:9, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.9 [Extract]608 [Full text]1928 [PDF]263   UK policy to reduce skills drain from Africa is ineffective Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2006;332:9, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.9-a [Extract]175 [Full text]673 [PDF]79   News extra [these stories appear only on the web] 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 [Extract]207 [Full text]602   Privately financed hospital faces £100m debt Roger Dobson BMJ  2006;332:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-b [Extract]306 [Full text]716   US health improvements stagnate Janice Tanne BMJ  2006;332:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-c [Extract]190 [Full text]629   Proton pump inhibitors match surgery in gastroesophageal reflux Susan Mayor BMJ  2006;332:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-d [Extract]378 [Full text]993   English trusts fail to follow guidance on infection control Owen Dyer BMJ  2006;332:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-e [Extract]190 [Full text]555   GP contract settlement under threat Caroline White BMJ  2006;332:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-f [Extract]243 [Full text]599   Pakistan starts HIV treatment programme Ashfaq Yusufzai BMJ  2006;332:10, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.10-g [Extract]155 [Full text]358   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) [Abstract]805 [Abridged PDF]123 [Full text]3482 [PDF]1183 [extra: Further details]67   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) [Abstract]298 [Abridged PDF]33 [Full text]846 [PDF]400   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) [Abstract]991 [Abridged PDF]125 [Full text]2005 [PDF]901   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) [Abstract]815 [Abridged PDF]139 [Full text]2375 [PDF]796   Short cuts What's new in the other general journals Alison Tonks BMJ  2006;332:38, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.38 [Full text]2451 [PDF]173   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 [Extract]1573 [Full text]6644 [PDF]1809 [extra: Extra references]114   Practice Patient's journey: My bipolar expedition Suzanne G Johnston BMJ  2006;332:30-32, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.30 [Full text]2110 [PDF]265   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 [Full text]830 [PDF]189 [extra: Further references]86   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 [Full text]1873 [PDF]188   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 [Full text]2059 [PDF]578   Analysis and Comment Primary care: A century of general practice Zosia Kmietowicz BMJ  2006;332:39-40, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.39 [Full text]776 [PDF]164   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 [Full text]4599 [PDF]310   The magic roundabout Peter Lapsley BMJ  2006;332:43-44, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.43 [Full text]1756 [PDF]121   Return of a system based on social values Dougal Jeffries BMJ  2006;332:44-45, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.44 [Full text]1082 [PDF]134   General practice under pressure Hamish Meldrum BMJ  2006;332:46-47, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.46 [Full text]1806 [PDF]135   Still striving for utopia Carol Black BMJ  2006;332:47-48, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.47 [Full text]631 [PDF]88   Health policy: Improving NICE's social value judgments Jonathan A Michaels BMJ  2006;332:48-50, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.48 [Full text]925 [PDF]175   Letters This week's letters [PDF]188 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 [Extract]490 [Full text]1789   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 [Extract]297 [Full text]916   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 [Extract]162 [Full text]522   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 [Extract]140 [Full text]380   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 [Extract]256 [Full text]653   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 [Extract]179 [Full text]475   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 [Extract]131 [Full text]337   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 [Extract]118 [Full text]337   The nursing profession's coming of age: Separate but complementary Anthony Papagiannis BMJ  2006;332:52, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.52-a [Extract]92 [Full text]261   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 [Extract]103 [Full text]326   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 [Extract]106 [Full text]329   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 [Extract]128 [Full text]490   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 [Extract]67 [Full text]139   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 [Extract]362 [Full text]643   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 [Extract]484 [Full text]412   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 [Extract]89 [Full text]395   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 [Extract]47 [Full text]82   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 [Extract]58 [Full text]136   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 [Extract]50 [Full text]129   Obituaries This week's obituaries [PDF]132 Emin Kaya Alpar Vijay Vardhan Killampalli BMJ  2006;332:55, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55 [Full text]581 [extra: Longer version]218   Cecil Berl Collins D W Levy BMJ  2006;332:55, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55-a [Full text]301 [extra: Longer version]210   Morrell Henry Draper John Duffus BMJ  2006;332:55, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55-b [Full text]204 [extra: Longer version]197   Michael Hemming Tom Hemming BMJ  2006;332:55, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55-c [Full text]213 [extra: Longer version]191   Camilla Maria Magbadelo (née Rodrigues) Stephen Vogt BMJ  2006;332:55-56, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.55-d [Full text]245 [extra: Longer version]226   David John Dyson Perrins P B James BMJ  2006;332:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56 [Full text]239 [extra: Longer version]211   Mary Millicent Rayner (née Dale) C M Rayner BMJ  2006;332:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-a [Full text]217 [extra: Longer version]229   Derek Conmar Robinson Kate Anderson, Margaret Hall, Robert Hall BMJ  2006;332:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-b [Full text]200 [extra: Longer version]212   Arun Kumar Sarkar P G Flanagan BMJ  2006;332:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-c [Full text]296 [extra: Longer version]200   James Malcolm Latham Shearer Margaret Shearer, Michael Hamilton, Jonathan Burton BMJ  2006;332:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-d [Full text]222 [extra: Longer version]196   Dudley Staunton William Shand BMJ  2006;332:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-e [Full text]216 [extra: Longer version]207   Roy Cooke Tyldesley Norman H L Taylor BMJ  2006;332:56, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.56-f [Full text]252 [extra: Longer version]187   reviews This week's reviews [PDF]49 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 [Extract]160 [Full text]586   NETLINES Harry Brown BMJ  2006;332:58, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.58 [Extract]123 [Full text]438   PERSONAL VIEWS: The doctor-patient relationship in reverse Waqas Ullah BMJ  2006;332:58, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.58-a [Extract]271 [Full text]1207   PERSONAL VIEWS: Is it time to rethink mobile medical teams? Edward M Walsh BMJ  2006;332:59, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.59 [Extract]144 [Full text]909   SOUNDINGS: On reading Proust George Dunea BMJ  2006;332:59, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.59-a [Extract]129 [Full text]659   Minerva Minerva BMJ  2006;332:60, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.60 [Full text]1431 [PDF]85   Fillers bmjupdates+: New drug for gout shows early promise BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.0-e [Full text]465 [PDF]39   A case of "proper" flu Nigel Williams BMJ  2006;332:37, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.37 [Full text]919 [PDF]44   Endpiece: Coping with change BMJ  2006;332:40, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.40 [Full text]659 [PDF]60   Do-it-yourself cardioversion Clive McGavin, Jamie Davies, John Beer BMJ  2006;332:50, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7532.50 [Full text]1080 [PDF]86

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