Charcot would have approved
	Fiona Godlee
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This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	BNP is reliable in predicting prognosis of heart failure [Full text] FREE

	Sharing stories may improve diabetes education [Full text] FREE

	Living with myalgic encephalomyelitis [Full text] FREE

	The NHS is waking to the challenge of chronic conditions [Full text] FREE

	Specialists should get more involved in the care of chronic patients [Full text] FREE

	Moving beyond guidelines in treatment of COPD [Full text] FREE

	Improving the doctor-patient relationship in chronic illness [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	High quality care for people with chronic diseases
	Trish Groves, Edward H Wagner
	BMJ  2005;330:609-610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.609 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w6] FREE

	Drugs for preventing cardiovascular disease in China
	Jin Ling Tang, Yong Hua Hu
	BMJ  2005;330:610-611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.610 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palliative care in chronic illness
	Scott A Murray, Kirsty Boyd, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2005;330:611-612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.611 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Nurses as leaders in chronic care
	Thomas Bodenheimer, Kate MacGregor, Nancy Stothart
	BMJ  2005;330:612-613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.612 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references and details] FREE

	Mental health in Europe
	Graham Thornicroft, Diana Rose
	BMJ  2005;330:613-614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.613 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figures 1 and 2] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Developing primary palliative care: Continuity of care is paramount but needs to be tailored individually
	Paul A Fox
	BMJ  2005;330:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.671 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Developing primary palliative care: Primary palliative care services must be better funded by both day and night
	Scott A Murray, Kirsty Boyd, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2005;330:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.671-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of two authors] FREE

	Specialist palliative care in dementia: Patients with dementia are unable to access appropriate palliative care
	Mari Lloyd-Williams, Sheila Payne, Mick Dennis
	BMJ  2005;330:671-672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.671-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Specialist palliative care in dementia: Home based palliative care is important in developing countries...
	Shaji K Sivaraman
	BMJ  2005;330:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.672 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Specialist palliative care in dementia: ...and hope for terminal care at home is needed in developed countries
	Adrian Treloar, Jack Newport, Josephine Venn-Treloar
	BMJ  2005;330:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.672-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing osteoarthritis of the knee: Conclusions about use of NSAIDs are misleading
	Florence Tubach, P Ravaud, B Giraudeau
	BMJ  2005;330:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.672-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing osteoarthritis of the knee: Authors' reply
	Jan M Bjordal, Anne Elisabeth Ljunggren, Atle Klovning, Lars Slørdal
	BMJ  2005;330:672-673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.672-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing osteoarthritis of the knee: Holistic approach is important
	Caroline A Mitchell, Ade Adebajo
	BMJ  2005;330:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.673 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing osteoarthritis of the knee: Glucosamine-chondroitin should be prescribed by doctors
	Roger Chalmers
	BMJ  2005;330:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.673-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Managing osteoarthritis of the knee: Opioids help manage pain in osteoarthritis
	Martin Johnson
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	United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) trial: Touch may have had non-specific effect, among other things
	Edzard Ernst
	BMJ  2005;330:673-674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.673-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) trial: What happened to participants who were not included in analysis?
	Richard Tillett
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	United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) trial: Is manipulation the most cost effective addition to "best care"?
	Torill H Tveito, Hege R Eriksen
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	United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) trial: Manipulation alone costs more than other options so why is it recommended?
	Timothy R Church
	BMJ  2005;330:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.674-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	United Kingdom back pain exercise and manipulation (UK BEAM) trial: Authors' reply
	Martin Underwood, UK BEAM Trial Team
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News

This week's News

	Stroke patients are not treated quickly enough
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2005;330:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.615 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Service framework threatened by shortage of neurologists
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.615-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.616 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK agency to combat research misconduct
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.616-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	GMC should not consider doctor's record when ruling on misconduct
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.616-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK insurers postpone using predictive genetic testing until 2011
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.617 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Do it yourself cancer gene testing raises concerns
	Anne Harding
	BMJ  2005;330:617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.617-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Deaths in Darfur are grossly underestimated
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2005;330:619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.619-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Number of overweight women in developing countries is increasing
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.620 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	FDA accepts weakened antidepressant warning
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.620-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US defeated on antiabortion statements at UN women's meeting
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.621 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Environmental charity launches a visual wakeup call on climate change
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2005;330:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.621-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Hospital admission leads to drug errors
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.621-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Commission demands end to "festering sore" of African poverty
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.622 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Nuffield council calls for ethical framework for developing world research
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.618 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Authorities want clearer guidelines about funding long term care
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.618-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	UK government puts children at centre of plans to improve the country's health
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2005;330:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.618-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Exhibition encapsulates the pills that keep us alive
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2005;330:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.618-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	NHS complaints system is letting patients down
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.618-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Australia backs tougher regulation for complementary health products
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2005;330:619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.619 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Surgeon is accused of carrying out unnecessary surgery
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2005;330:619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.619-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Activating stem cells may treat Alzheimer's
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.622-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Short cuts

This week's Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:623-624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.623 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	How well does B-type natriuretic peptide predict death and cardiac events in patients with heart failure: systematic review
	Jenny A Doust, Eva Pietrzak, Annette Dobson, Paul Glasziou
	BMJ  2005;330:625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.625 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full search strategy] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Sharing stories: complex intervention for diabetes education in minority ethnic groups who do not speak English
	Trisha Greenhalgh, Anna Collard, Noorjahan Begum
	BMJ  2005;330:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.628 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Commentary: Using patients' narratives in complex research
	Ross E G Upshur
	BMJ  2005;330:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.631 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Irritable bowel syndrome
	William E Cayley, Jr
	BMJ  2005;330:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.632 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Self help websites] FREE

Learning in practice

This week's Learning in practice

	What should undergraduate medical students know about psoriasis? Involving patients in curriculum development: modified Delphi technique
	Abdelaziz Alahlafi, Susan Burge
	BMJ  2005;330:633-636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.633 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Questionnaire] FREE

	Preparing the 21st century global healthcare workforce
	Sheri D Pruitt, JoAnne E Epping-Jordan
	BMJ  2005;330:637-639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.637 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent developments in inhaled therapy in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
	C B Cooper, D P Tashkin
	BMJ  2005;330:640-644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.640 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

	Monitoring in chronic disease: a rational approach
	Paul Glasziou, Les Irwig, David Mant
	BMJ  2005;330:644-648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.644 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A patient's journey with myalgic encephalomyelitis
	Bie Nio Ong, Daphne Evans, Andrew Bartlam
	BMJ  2005;330:648-650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.648 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Role of specialists in common chronic diseases
	Linda Gask
	BMJ  2005;330:651-653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.651 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Condition based payment: improving care of chronic illness
	Albert DiPiero, David G Sanders
	BMJ  2005;330:654-657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.654 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rising to the challenge: will the NHS support people with long term conditions?
	Tim Wilson, David Buck, Chris Ham
	BMJ  2005;330:657-661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.657 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health reform through coordinated care: SA HealthPlus
	Malcolm W Battersby, and the SA HealthPlus Team
	BMJ  2005;330:662-665, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.662 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Commentary: Trials should inform structures and processes needed for tailoring interventions
	Jean Macq
	BMJ  2005;330:665-666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.665 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctor-patient relationships in chronic illness: insights from forensic psychiatry
	Colin Campbell, Gill McGauley
	BMJ  2005;330:667-670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.667 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Jeremy Swan
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2005;330:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.675 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Andrews Byrne
	Sheena Blenkinsopp
	BMJ  2005;330:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.675-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Teng Chia-Tung
	Geoffrey Dean
	BMJ  2005;330:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.676 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	David John Gould
	Bill Bowers
	BMJ  2005;330:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.676-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Douglas Macdonald
	Alistair Adam
	BMJ  2005;330:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.676-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Ivan Myer Sievers
	Graham Sievers
	BMJ  2005;330:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.676-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Thomas Eldon Scott Stowell
	Michael Williams
	BMJ  2005;330:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.676-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Walter Hewitt Toms
	J K Anand
	BMJ  2005;330:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.676-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: Progress Against Heart Disease
	Harry Hemingway
	BMJ  2005;330:677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.677 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: Jamie's School Dinners
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2005;330:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.678 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Optimist: Meditations on Medicine. Collected Essays 1994-2003
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2005;330:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.678-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEW: Tanzania and diabetes—a model for developing countries?
	Kaushik Ramaiya
	BMJ  2005;330:679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.679 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Year of delivery
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2005;330:679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.679-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.680 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	POEM*: Two-drug hypertension regimen increases CVD mortality
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: The difference
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.627 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medscape conference coverage: American College of Gastroenterology—69th Annual Scientific Meeting Orlando, Florida
	BMJ  2005;330:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.636 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Trouble at sea
	Gabriel Jaffe
	BMJ  2005;330:666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.666 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A good pizza joint
	Joanna Stephens
	BMJ  2005;330:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.670 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice
	BMJ  2005;330:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.676-f [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Abstinence only programmes do not change sexual behaviour, Texas study shows
	BMJ  2005;330:653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.653 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between suicide attempts and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
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	Obituary: Alfred Ian Douglas Prentice
	BMJ  2005;330:653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.653-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BMJ USA

This week's BMJ USA

	On experts
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2005;330:E340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.E340 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	RAPID RESPONSE FROM BMJ.COM
	Patrick W Sullivan
	BMJ  2005;330:E341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7492.E341 [Full text]</