Bentham's head
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Dose of vitamin A could be halved [Full text] FREE

	Placental malaria strikes smaller women more severely [Full text] FREE

	GPs with special interests are good but costly [Full text] FREE

	Fewer drugs are being prescribed to children with depression [Full text] FREE

	When markets reform health care [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Reaching the poor
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2005;331:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1417 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure (pdf)] FREE

	The health crisis in Russia
	Rifat A Atun
	BMJ  2005;331:1418-1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1418 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

	Long term outcome after traumatic brain injury
	Simon Fleminger, Jennie Ponsford
	BMJ  2005;331:1419-1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1419 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

	Launching BMJ Masterclasses
	Cath McDermott, Kieran Walsh, Luisa Dillner
	BMJ  2005;331:1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1420 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Rationing in response to NHS deficits: rural patients are likely to be affected most
	Sheena Asthana, Alex Gibson
	BMJ  2005;331:1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1472 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rationing joint replacements: Trust's decision seems to be based on prejudice or attributing blame...
	Nicholas Finer
	BMJ  2005;331:1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1472-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rationing joint replacements: ...and is false economy resulting in overall damage
	Martin W McNicol
	BMJ  2005;331:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	District general hospitals have a future in truly rural areas
	Peter J Milewski
	BMJ  2005;331:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commissioning perhaps shouldn't follow the American way
	John Hughes
	BMJ  2005;331:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US experience of smoke-free prisons
	Thomas Lincoln, R Scott Chavez, Elizabeth Langmore-Avila
	BMJ  2005;331:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: Study conclusions do not reflect findings for celecoxib
	Joe Feczko
	BMJ  2005;331:1473-1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: How strong is the evidence?
	Bernard G Bannwarth
	BMJ  2005;331:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1474 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: Why were patients at major risk excluded?
	Luca Puccetti
	BMJ  2005;331:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1474-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: COX-2 inhibitors were thought of as a safe option
	Michael R Lewis, Diana Kay
	BMJ  2005;331:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1474-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: What does evidence from randomised trials show about celecoxib?
	Jonathan L Underhill
	BMJ  2005;331:1474-1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1474-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recessive disorders and consanguineous marriage
	John W T Benson
	BMJ  2005;331:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1475 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Giving steroids before elective caesarean section: Authors respond to editorial
	P R Stutchfield, R Whitaker
	BMJ  2005;331:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1475-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	European subsidies and developing countries
	Kelechi E Nnoaham
	BMJ  2005;331:1475-1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1475-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New TB vaccine granted orphan drug status
	T Lang, A V S Hill, H McShane, R Shah, A Towse, C Pritchard, M Garau
	BMJ  2005;331:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1476 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	EWTD has negative impact on training for surgeons
	Mohiemen Anwar, Shabina Irfan, Niall Daly, Furrat Amen
	BMJ  2005;331:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1476-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I can fly light aircraft, therefore I can anaesthetise?
	Gordon Pledger
	BMJ  2005;331:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1476-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	WTO amendment on generic drugs draws mixed reaction
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2005;331:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1421 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Health should be seen as a human right, global campaign says
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2005;331:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1421-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;331:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1422 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Severe liver disease will increase unless injecting drug users are tested and treated
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2005;331:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1422-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Dutch doctors are given guidance on sedation
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;331:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1422-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Journal criticises Vioxx study for omitting three heart attacks
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1423 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	NICE guidance should consider lifestyle only if it influences effectiveness
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1423-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Smoke from cigarette tip is more toxic than main inhaled smoke
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1425-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Primary care trusts should delay treatment to cut deficits
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Show captures the spirit of Nobel achievement
	Christiane Rehwagen
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Government must set up mechanism to save failing trusts
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-j [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Cannabis has medical benefits but needs further investigation, says report
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Government is attacked for interference over Herceptin
	Claire Laurent
	BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Health spending in England rises faster than in rest of UK
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424-b [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	NHS research is to focus more on care
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424-c [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Scottish health service is ordered to release data on surgeons’ performance
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424-d [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	North America has new outbreaks of antibiotic associated C difficile
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1425 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Aid often helps richer people in poor countries, World Bank says
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2005;331:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1425-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Appeal court rules that GMC must reconsider complaints against Southall
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Junk food advertising contributes to young Americans’ obesity
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	EU aims to tackle growing problem of obesity
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Internet papers show links between scientists and tobacco industry
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Funds for vaccination over next decade may fall short by $10bn
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Prisoner with AIDS is released to die at home
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Premature deaths from cancer are down but visits to casualty are up, report says
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-h [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Research and work abroad are discouraged in UK’s new training agenda
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;331:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-i [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Short cuts

This week's Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;331:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1427 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Randomised study of effect of different doses of vitamin A on childhood morbidity and mortality
	Christine Stabell Benn, Cesario Martins, Amabelia Rodrigues, Henrik Jensen, Ida Maria Lisse, Peter Aaby
	BMJ  2005;331:1428-1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38670.639340.55, (Published 23 November 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies to combat HIV/AIDS in developing countries
	Daniel R Hogan, Rob Baltussen, Chika Hayashi, Jeremy A Lauer, Joshua A Salomon
	BMJ  2005;331:1431-1437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38643.368692.68, (Published 10 November 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra information and tables] FREE

	Parental concerns about their child's emotions and behaviour and referral to specialist services: general population survey
	Tamsin Ford, Kapil Sayal, Howard Meltzer, Robert Goodman
	BMJ  2005;331:1435-1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1435 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Time to pregnancy and sex of offspring: cohort study
	Luc J M Smits, Rob A de Bie, Gerard G Essed, Piet A van den Brandt
	BMJ  2005;331:1437-1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1437 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Family history of breast cancer and cost of life assurance: a test case comparison of current UK industry practice
	A Hunter, S E Humphries
	BMJ  2005;331:1438-1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1438 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Severe placental malaria and maternal shortness, thinness, and small skeletal size in rural Congo: cohort study
	Hermione J Lovel, Rachel M Newby, Valerie F Hillier
	BMJ  2005;331:1439-1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1439 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Primary care

This week's Primary care

	Evaluation of a general practitioner with special interest service for dermatology: randomised controlled trial
	Chris Salisbury, Alison Noble, Sue Horrocks, Zoe Crosby, Viv Harrison, Joanna Coast, David de Berker, Tim Peters
	BMJ  2005;331:1441-1446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38670.494734.7C, (Published 6 December 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Criteria for exclusion from service] FREE

	Economic evaluation of a general practitioner with special interests led dermatology service in primary care
	Joanna Coast, Sian Noble, Alison Noble, Sue Horrocks, Oya Asim, Tim J Peters, Chris Salisbury
	BMJ  2005;331:1444-1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38676.446910.7C, (Published 8 December 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: General practitioners with special interests—not a cheap option
	Martin Roland
	BMJ  2005;331:1448-1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38676.769711.7C, (Published 8 December 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Deprivation and volunteering by general practices: cross sectional analysis of a national primary care system
	Daniel Mackay, Matt Sutton, Graham Watt
	BMJ  2005;331:1449-1451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1449 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Overprescribing antidepressants to children: pharmacoepidemiological study in primary care
	Kathleen Bennett, Mary Teeling, John Feely
	BMJ  2005;331:1451-1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1451 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Frozen shoulder
	Richard Dias, Steven Cutts, Samir Massoud
	BMJ  2005;331:1453-1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1453 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Evaluation of current strategies and future priorities for improving health in developing countries
	David B Evans, Stephen S Lim, Taghreed Adam, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, WHO Choosing Interventions that are Cost Effective (CHOICE) Millennium Development Goals Team
	BMJ  2005;331:1457-1461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38658.675243.94, (Published 10 November 2005) [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	The NHS revolution: health care in the market place: Medical generalists: connecting the map and the territory
	Iona Heath, Kieran Sweeney
	BMJ  2005;331:1462-1464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1462 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Using markets to reform health care
	Nigel Edwards
	BMJ  2005;331:1464-1466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1464 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mental health legislation should respect decision making capacity
	Len Doyal, Julian Sheather
	BMJ  2005;331:1467-1469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1467 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: test of capacity has little practical benefit
	Derek Chiswick
	BMJ  2005;331:1469-1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1469 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Who benefits from the new act?
	David Crepaz-Keay
	BMJ  2005;331:1470-1471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1470 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Bill Inman
	BMJ  2005;331:1477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1477 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Benjamin Bernard Angel
	BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	David Lewis Bartlett
	BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Steve Hugh
	BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Conrad Hilary Brian Lawfield
	BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Robert Paterson
	BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Elisabeth Shoenberg
	BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Hugh Philipson Watson
	BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Multimedia: Darwin
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:1479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1479 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: The Story of God
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2005;331:1480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1480 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Arts in Medical Education: A Practical Guide
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2005;331:1480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1480-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: How important are we really?
	Ian Palmer
	BMJ  2005;331:1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1481 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2005;331:1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1481-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: Osler's bedside library revisited—books for the 21st century
	Sanjay A Pai, Roop D Gursahani
	BMJ  2005;331:1482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1482 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of books] FREE

	Personal views: Comprehensive ophthalmology at the Last Chance Saloon
	Michael Clarke
	BMJ  2005;331:1483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1483 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soundings: Lanyards
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2005;331:1483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1483-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:1484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1484 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Angioplasty prolongs survival in high risk patients with confirmed heart attack
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One hundred years ago: The medical student of to-day
	BMJ  2005;331:1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1452 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Misunderstandings
	Satheesha Nayak
	BMJ  2005;331:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1456