This Week In the BMJ Patients misunderstand purpose of consent BMJ 2006; 333 :0-d (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Treatment of elderly patients with minor ischaemic attacks is inadequate BMJ 2006; 333 :0-b (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Telephone counselling reduces mortality in patients on polypharmacy BMJ 2006; 333 :0-a (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Routine use of ibuprofen after hip replacement is not justified BMJ 2006; 333 :0 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Improving medical education BMJ 2006; 333 :0-c (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Editor's Choice Whither medicine? BMJ 2006; 333 :0-f (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Editorials Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs after hip replacement BMJ 2006; 333 :507 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Ageism in services for transient ischaemic attack and stroke BMJ 2006; 333 :508 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Predictive genetic testing for type 2 diabetes BMJ 2006; 333 :509 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Tackling alcohol misuse at the front line BMJ 2006; 333 :510 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses The Human Tissue Act BMJ 2006; 333 :512 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Letters Evidence based diagnosis: We may need to be open to new ideas BMJ 2006; 333 :549 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Evidence based diagnosis: Multiple tests with multiple responses are important BMJ 2006; 333 :549 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Evidence based diagnosis: Terminology is unsatisfactory BMJ 2006; 333 :549 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Evidence based diagnosis: Prior probability saves money, time, and possibly lives BMJ 2006; 333 :549 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Evidence based diagnosis: What about the patients? BMJ 2006; 333 :550 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Subarachnoid haemorrhage: lumbar puncture for every negative scan? Authors' reply BMJ 2006; 333 :550 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Strange things happen when we never qualify the frequency BMJ 2006; 333 :550 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Early intervention in acute renal failure: Assessing fluid status is important BMJ 2006; 333 :551 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Early intervention in acute renal failure: Evidence of inadequate intravenous fluid treatment in UK hospitals BMJ 2006; 333 :551 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Responses Exempting mental health units from smoke-free laws: Nicotine can have beneficial effects BMJ 2006; 333 :551 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Exempting mental health units from smoke-free laws: Issue should no longer be ignored BMJ 2006; 333 :551 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission HIV cannot be tackled in isolation BMJ 2006; 333 :552 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Three Bs, please: Don't despise excellence BMJ 2006; 333 :552 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Three Bs, please: More academic excellence, please BMJ 2006; 333 :552 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Responses News Children get “weak” services in most NHS trusts BMJ 2006; 333 :513 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Doctors must work in partnership with patients, says GMC BMJ 2006; 333 :513 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses In brief BMJ 2006; 333 :514 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Calcium channel blockers associated with less diabetes BMJ 2006; 333 :514 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Troops are needed in Darfur, says UN BMJ 2006; 333 :514 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Unexploded ordnance threatens Lebanese population, says UN BMJ 2006; 333 :515 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Roche employee wins partial victory BMJ 2006; 333 :515 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Society issues guidance on IVF BMJ 2006; 333 :517 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Keeping Paice with reforms BMJ 2006; 333 :518 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Safety and efficacy of routine postoperative ibuprofen for pain and disability related to ectopic bone formation after hip replacement surgery (HIPAID): randomised controlled trial BMJ 2006; 333 :519 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Research Effectiveness of telephone counselling by a pharmacist in reducing mortality in patients receiving polypharmacy: randomised controlled trial BMJ 2006; 333 :522 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Underinvestigation and undertreatment of carotid disease in elderly patients with transient ischaemic attack and stroke: comparative population based study BMJ 2006; 333 :525 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Patients' perceptions of written consent: questionnaire study BMJ 2006; 333 :528 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Clinical Review Acute appendicitis BMJ 2006; 333 :530 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Practice BMJ Learning: Benign prostatic hyperplasia: treatment in primary care BMJ 2006; 333 :535 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Acute renal failure induced by contrast medium: steps towards prevention BMJ 2006; 333 :539 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Fever of unknown origin: case progression BMJ 2006; 333 :541 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses What's new in the other general journals BMJ 2006; 333 :542 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Minerva Minerva BMJ 2006; 333 :558 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal] More US citizens lack health insurance BMJ 2006; 333 :516 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Herpes increases because oral sex thought safe BMJ 2006; 333 :516 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Fewer boys born in New York after 9/11 attacks BMJ 2006; 333 :516 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses US judge dismisses $50m damages in Vioxx lawsuit BMJ 2006; 333 :516 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Britain tops Europe for childhood skin cancer BMJ 2006; 333 :516 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Junior doctors' training to include patients' safety BMJ 2006; 333 :517 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Israeli cancer patients resume hunger strike BMJ 2006; 333 :517 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Failure to tackle refugees' health needs increases risk of exclusion BMJ 2006; 333 :517 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Analysis and Comment Challenges for educationalists BMJ 2006; 333 :544 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Evidence based checklists for objective structured clinical examinations BMJ 2006; 333 :546 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses Reviews The Worst of Evils: The Fight Against Pain BMJ 2006; 333 :555 (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Letting Him Down: making the euthanasia decision easier BMJ 2006; 333 :556 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Sleep walking to another Stanley Royd? BMJ 2006; 333 :557 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Responses The history of box ticking BMJ 2006; 333 :557 (Published 07 September 2006) Permission Responses Fillers Statins work better at higher doses in patients with coronary heart disease BMJ 2006; 333 :0-e (Published 07 September 2006) PDF Permission Responses What is the greatest medical breakthrough since 1840? 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