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4 March 2006 (Vol 332, No 7540)
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A big mistake
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.0-f [Full text]4160 [PDF]854 FREE  

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This week in the BMJ [Full text]412 [PDF]293

Oral misoprostol is safe for induction of labour at term [Full text]816 FREE  
AUDIT to identify alcohol use disorders in primary care [Full text]732 FREE  
Why do people die where they do? [Full text]1313 FREE  
Wine buyers buy healthier food than beer buyers [Full text]755 FREE  
Work stress is associated with metabolic syndrome [Full text]1044 FREE  

Editorials

Screening for breast cancer
J Michael Dixon
BMJ  2006;332:499-500, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.499 [Extract]1019 [Full text]4795 [PDF]788  

Where expert witnesses fear to tread
M E Jan Wise
BMJ  2006;332:500-501, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.500 [Extract]353 [Full text]1389 [PDF]159  

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]401 [Full text]1479 [PDF]472  

News

CMA draws criticism for sacking editors
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2006;332:503, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.503 [Extract]561 [Full text]3400 [PDF]187  

In brief
BMJ  2006;332:504, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.504 [Extract]108 [Full text]365 [PDF]35  

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]183 [Full text]698 [PDF]66 [extra: Longer version]77  

NICE advocates computerised CBT
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;332:504, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.504-b [Extract]397 [Full text]1321 [PDF]209 [extra: Longer version]327  

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]193 [Full text]773 [PDF]150 [extra: Longer version]101  

NEJM stands by its criticism of Vioxx study
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:505, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.505-a [Extract]312 [Full text]1179 [PDF]174  

Promoter of vitamins for AIDS calls off lawsuits
Pat Sidley
BMJ  2006;332:507, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-c [Extract]189 [Full text]502 [PDF]36  

Coming in from the cold
Michael Leidig
BMJ  2006;332:508, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508 [Extract]213 [Full text]575 [PDF]38  

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

UK will reserve bird flu vaccine for health workers
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;332:506, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506 [Extract]258 [Full text]974 [PDF]123  

US Supreme Court to review “partial birth abortion” law
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:506, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-a [Extract]122 [Full text]576 [PDF]43  

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]108 [Full text]484 [PDF]52  

Development of “orphan drugs” in Europe is too slow
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;332:506, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-c [Extract]150 [Full text]509 [PDF]104  

AMA develops measures of doctors’ performance
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2006;332:506, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-d [Extract]256 [Full text]952 [PDF]127  

FDA shuts down human tissue company
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2006;332:507, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507 [Extract]106 [Full text]395 [PDF]66  

Quebec introduces more private care into its health system
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2006;332:507, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-a [Extract]67 [Full text]369 [PDF]57  

NICE advocates community services for skin cancer patients
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;332:507, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-b [Extract]93 [Full text]342 [PDF]44  

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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]104 [Full text]358  

Postal services prop up illegal drug trade
Grainger Laffan
BMJ  2006;332:508, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508-b [Extract]121 [Full text]325  

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]23 [Full text]164  

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]371 [Abridged PDF]56 [Full text]884 [PDF]663 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]348 [Abridged PDF]71 [Full text]1103 [PDF]707 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]462 [Abridged PDF]68 [Full text]1348 [PDF]845 [extra: Further details]84 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]492 [Abridged PDF]90 [Full text]1057 [PDF]744 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]697 [Abridged PDF]201 [Full text]1760 [PDF]1479 FREE  

Clinical review

Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis
T J Murray
BMJ  2006;332:525-527, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.525 [Extract]886 [Full text]3487 [PDF]1680 [extra: McDonald criteria]380  

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 [Full text]995 [PDF]383 [extra: Full list of references]82  

ABC of wound healing: Traumatic and surgical wounds
David J Leaper
BMJ  2006;332:532-535, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.532 [Full text]1058 [PDF]764  

Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;332:536-537, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.536 [Full text]981 [PDF]173  

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]1426 [PDF]419 [extra: Further details]138  

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]436 [PDF]173  

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]545 [PDF]333 [extra: Appendices]105  

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]89

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]94 [Full text]282  

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]64 [Full text]209  

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]75 [Full text]330  

Time for food industry to adopt signposting model
Alexander Macara, Noel Olsen
BMJ  2006;332:549, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.549 [Extract]44 [Full text]175  

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]75 [Full text]280  

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]55 [Full text]254  

Does melatonin improve sleep?: Efficacy of melatonin
Josephine Arendt
BMJ  2006;332:550, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.550 [Extract]213 [Full text]592  

Does melatonin improve sleep?: Muddles with melatonin
M E Jan Wise
BMJ  2006;332:550, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.550-a [Extract]124 [Full text]358  

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]79 [Full text]254  

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]75 [Full text]266  

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]69 [Full text]187  

A mnemonic for depression
Paul Blenkiron
BMJ  2006;332:551, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.551-b [Extract]217 [Full text]532  

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]69 [Full text]204  

Secondary care is not evil
Nigel D C Sturrock
BMJ  2006;332:552, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.552-a [Extract]79 [Full text]296  

No easy solutions for frequent hospital attendances
Peter A West
BMJ  2006;332:552, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.552-b [Extract]64 [Full text]229  

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]143

Norman Shumway
Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2006;332:553, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.553 [Full text]613  

Archibald Hunter Darling
Janie Darling
BMJ  2006;332:554, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554 [Full text]178 [extra: Longer version]225  

Anthony John Alexander Ferguson
Colin Waine
BMJ  2006;332:554, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-a [Full text]179 [extra: Longer version]218  

Clare Passmore Grant
Richard F Crellin
BMJ  2006;332:554, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-b [Full text]233 [extra: Longer version]299  

Margaret Melville Rae Martin
Constance E Fozzard
BMJ  2006;332:554, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-c [Full text]172 [extra: Longer version]219  

Kathleen May Reid
Peter Schutte
BMJ  2006;332:554, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-d [Full text]167 [extra: Longer version]238  

Ramanlal Bhikhabhai Shah
David Whiteford, Mayank R Shah
BMJ  2006;332:554, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-e [Full text]179 [extra: Longer version]210  

Michael Frank Cumnor Walker
D M C Walker
BMJ  2006;332:554, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-f [Full text]183 [extra: Longer version]216  

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]69

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]142 [Full text]621  

Book: Stuart: A Life Backwards
Angela Jones
BMJ  2006;332:555, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.555-a [Extract]84 [Full text]280  

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]142 [Full text]842  

Personal views: A foray into unfamiliar territory
Charles P Swainson
BMJ  2006;332:557, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.557 [Extract]134 [Full text]977  

Soundings: Axel Munthe and The Story of San Michele
George Dunea
BMJ  2006;332:557, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.557-a [Extract]96 [Full text]547  

Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;332:558, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.558 [Full text]737 [PDF]93  

Fillers

bmjupdates+: Three days of antibiotics is enough for uncomplicated cystitis
BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.0-e [Full text]383 [PDF]97  

Endpiece: Education
BMJ  2006;332:518, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.518 [Full text]264 [PDF]41  

bmjlearning.com: Are you a globalist or an analyst?
Kieran Walsh
BMJ  2006;332:524, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.524 [Full text]269 [PDF]57  

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 [Full text]394 [PDF]61  

When I use a word: The very last word
Jeff Aronson
BMJ  2006;332:535, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.535 [Full text]528 [PDF]53  

Hoax bomb calls and psychiatry
Sanju George
BMJ  2006;332:541, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7540.541 [Full text]377 [PDF]24  

Career focus

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TED 2006: The future we will create [Full text]492

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