Editor's choice
Learning for life
Fiona Godlee
BMJ 2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.0-f
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This week in the BMJ
Collaborative care improves late life depression
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Didgeridoo playing could improve sleep apnoea
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New mothers in UK do use child records booklet
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Editorials
Antibiotics in pandemic flu
Marc J M Bonten, Jan M Prins
BMJ 2006;332:248-249, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.248
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Collaborative care for depression
Gregory Simon
BMJ 2006;332:249-250, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.249
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The incidence of gastroschisis
Mark D Kilby
BMJ 2006;332:250-251, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.250
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Detention of refugees
Mina Fazel, Derrick Silove
BMJ 2006;332:251-252, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.251
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News
UK government to shift NHS power to community health care
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ 2006;332:253, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.253
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Where GPs go, politicians will follow
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ 2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258
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News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]
Strategy launched to boost research in the NHS in England
Susan Mayor
BMJ 2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256
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Three quarters of NHS trusts in deficit are cutting staff
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ 2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256-a
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Serious birth defects kill at least three million children a year
John Zarocostas
BMJ 2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256-b
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Police question former GP about assisted suicide
Clare Dyer
BMJ 2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256-c
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NICE calls for wider use of statins
Susan Mayor
BMJ 2006;332:256, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.256-d
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Corruption in health care "kills en masse"
Peter Moszynski
BMJ 2006;332:257, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.257
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Heart disease tests increase, but attack rate is unchanged
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ 2006;332:257, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.257-a
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EU health budget may be almost halved
Tessa Richards
BMJ 2006;332:257, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.257-b
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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]
English pilots to include older people’s views in shaping health care
Caroline White
BMJ 2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-a
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No evidence found that homoeopathy is effective against cancer
Roger Dobson
BMJ 2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-b
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Rheumatologists feel devalued by NHS changes
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ 2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-c
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China’s HIV/AIDS epidemic is sharply on the rise
John Zarocostas
BMJ 2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-d
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Reporter who accused surgeon of experimentation told to reveal sources
Michael Leidig
BMJ 2006;332:258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.258-e
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Research
Long term outcomes from the IMPACT randomised trial for depressed elderly patients in primary care
Enid M Hunkeler, Wayne Katon, Lingqi Tang, John W Williams, Jr, Kurt Kroenke, Elizabeth H B Lin, Linda H Harpole, Patricia Arean, Stuart Levine, Lydia M Grypma, William A Hargreaves, Jürgen Unützer
BMJ 2006;332:259-263, doi:10.1136/bmj.38683.710255.BE (published 20 January 2006)
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Predicting prognosis in stable anginaresults from the Euro heart survey of stable angina: prospective observational study
Caroline A Daly, Bianca De Stavola, Jose L Lopez Sendon, Luigi Tavazzi, Eric Boersma, Felicity Clemens, Nicholas Danchin, Francois Delahaye, Anselm Gitt, Desmond Julian, David Mulcahy, Witold Ruzyllo, Kristian Thygesen, Freek Verheugt, Kim M Fox, on behalf of the Euro Heart Survey Investigators
BMJ 2006;332:262-267, doi:10.1136/bmj.38695.605440.AE (published 13 January 2006)
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[e xtra: Appendices A and B] 107
Clinical review
Management of diverticulitis
Simon E J Janes, Allan Meagher, Frank A Frizelle
BMJ 2006;332:271-275, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.271
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Practice
Interactive case report: An alcoholic patient who continues to drink: case outcome
Stuart McPherson, Colin John Rees
BMJ 2006;332:276, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.276
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[e xtra: Commentary] 57
Commentary: Patient's experience
Colin John Rees
BMJ 2006;332:277, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.277
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Commentary: Challenge for doctors and policy makers
Paul Haber
BMJ 2006;332:277-278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.277-a
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Commentary: Integrated learning
Ed Peile
BMJ 2006;332:278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.278
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Commentary: When should patients be held responsible for their lifestyle choices?
John Gillies, Mark Sheehan
BMJ 2006;332:279, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.279
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BMJ Learning: Irritable bowel syndrome: diagnosis and management
A Agrawal, P J Whorwell
BMJ 2006;332:280-283, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.280
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10-minute consultation: Proteinuria
Jayne Haynes, Richard Haynes
BMJ 2006;332:284, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.284
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ABC of wound healing: Wound assessment
Joseph E Grey, Stuart Enoch, Keith G Harding
BMJ 2006;332:285-288, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.285
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Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ 2006;332:289-290, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.289
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Analysis and Comment
Public health: Influence of Islam on smoking among Muslims
Nazim Ghouri, Mohammed Atcha, Aziz Sheikh
BMJ 2006;332:291-294, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.291
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[e xtra: Further details] 193
Ethics: Conscientious objection in medicine
Julian Savulescu
BMJ 2006;332:294-297, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.294
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Ethics: Just a family medical history?
Dagmar Schmitz, Urban Wiesing
BMJ 2006;332:297-299, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.297
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Ethics: Implications of data protection legislation for family history
Anneke Lucassen, Michael Parker, Robert Wheeler
BMJ 2006;332:299-301, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.299
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Letters
This week's letters [PDF] 130
How did UK cigarette makers reduce tar to 10 mg or less?
Richard J O'Connor, K Michael Cummings, Gary A Giovino, Ann McNeill, Lynn T Kozlowski
BMJ 2006;332:302, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.302
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People seem confused about sensible drinking messages
Jan S Gill, Fiona O'May
BMJ 2006;332:302-303, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.302-a
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Cannabis and psychosis: Let's start from the null hypothesis
D B Double
BMJ 2006;332:303, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.303
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Cannabis and psychosis: Does cannabis really cause psychosis?
Alasdair J Macdonald
BMJ 2006;332:303, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.303-a
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Barriers to using warfarin in non-valvular atrial fibrillation
Melina Gattellari, Nicholas A Zwar, John M Worthington, Sandy Middleton
BMJ 2006;332:303-304, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.303-b
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Pulmonary embolism in hospital practice: Certain crucial procedures were omitted
Adrian J B Brady
BMJ 2006;332:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.304
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Pulmonary embolism in hospital practice: View from primary care is chest pain and breathlessness, but not together
John Sharvill
BMJ 2006;332:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.304-a
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Severe hepatic injury and adulterated Chinese medicines
Vincent Lai, Amanda Smith, Douglas Thorburn, V S Raman
BMJ 2006;332:304-305, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.304-b
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NHS Direct did not emerge from an evidence free void
Geoff H Royston
BMJ 2006;332:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.305
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JAMA's policy does not go far enough
Stephen J Senn
BMJ 2006;332:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.305-a
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One step forward in engaging clinicians in IT
Mark E Lloyd, Paul A Reilly
BMJ 2006;332:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.305-b
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Obituaries
This week's obituaries [PDF] 163
Anne Turner
Michael Day
BMJ 2006;332:306, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.306
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reviews
This week's re views [PDF] 44
Book: Nerve Endings: The Discovery of the Synapse
Boleslav L Lichterman
BMJ 2006;332:308, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.308
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Book: Using Terri: The Religious Right's Conspiracy to Take Away Our Rights
Fred Charatan
BMJ 2006;332:309, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.309
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Theatre: Gladiator Games
Piyal Sen
BMJ 2006;332:309, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.309-a
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Personal views: How can we improve the rate of autopsies among Muslims?
Mudher Al-Adnani, Irene Scheimberg
BMJ 2006;332:310, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.310
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Lessons for doctors from Jewish philosophy
Naomi Lear
BMJ 2006;332:311, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.311
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Soundings: Failure to die
Colin Douglas
BMJ 2006;332:311, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.311-a
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Minerva
Fillers
bmjupdates+: Intensive treatment and support helps patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
BMJ 2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.0-e
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Endpiece: Fashionable successions and popular rages
Jeremy Hugh Baron
BMJ 2006;332:265, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.265
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Exciting lessons
M J Leong
BMJ 2006;332:268, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.268
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One hundred years ago: Modern prescriptions
BMJ 2006;332:270, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.270
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A memorable patient: Keep me in the loop
Venkita Suresh
BMJ 2006;332:279, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.279-a
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PPUD syndrome (post PLAB unemployed doctor's syndrome)
Surinder Sareen
BMJ 2006;332:283, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.283
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Advice
BMJ 2006;332:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.307-b
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