A time for courage
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	Fondaparinux reduces thromboembolism in elderly medical patients [Full text] FREE

	Babies of HBsAg positive mothers should be immunised [Full text] FREE

	Primary care has to be considered in STI surveillance [Full text] FREE

	Displaced survivors of tsunami had reduced mortality [Full text] FREE

	Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions are of limited value [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	The tobacco industry in developing countries
	Ernesto Sebrié, Stanton A Glantz
	BMJ  2006;332:313-314, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.313 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	President Bush's proposals for healthcare reform
	Uwe Reinhardt
	BMJ  2006;332:314-315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.314 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A new direction for NHS community services
	Richard Q Lewis
	BMJ  2006;332:315-316, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.315 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is amiodarone safe in heart failure?
	Michele Coceani, Rita Mariotti
	BMJ  2006;332:317-318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.317 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research and development in stroke services
	Damian Jenkinson, Gary A Ford
	BMJ  2006;332:318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.318 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Partial smoking ban would worsen health inequalities
	Geraint H Lewis, David C Osborne, Tim J B Crayford, Adrian C Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.362 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sex workers to pay the price: Prostitution strategy is a missed opportunity
	Sam Ramaiah
	BMJ  2006;332:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.362-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sex workers to pay the price: A street sex worker responds to new government strategy
	Linda Cusick
	BMJ  2006;332:362, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.362-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning round NHS deficits: ...is more difficult for PCTs
	Hilary G Pickles
	BMJ  2006;332:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning round NHS deficits: Who says there are surplus hospital beds?
	Peter G Davies
	BMJ  2006;332:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning round NHS deficits: Deficits are not for turning
	David Churchill
	BMJ  2006;332:363, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning round NHS deficits: Clinical governance, 1998-2006: RIP
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2006;332:363-364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Venous thromboembolism: Potentially dangerous diagnostic pitfalls arise from diagnostic tests
	Oscar M Jolobe
	BMJ  2006;332:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Venous thromboembolism: Stockings are important
	Daniel A Shaerf
	BMJ  2006;332:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Venous thromboembolism: Heparins are of porcine origin
	Colin White
	BMJ  2006;332:364, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diagnostics is not Cinderella of health technology assessment
	John Gabbay, Tom Walley
	BMJ  2006;332:364-365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.364-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Students validate problem based learning
	J Burke, R G Matthew, M Field, D Lloyd
	BMJ  2006;332:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.365 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research governance is important
	Mick E Bond
	BMJ  2006;332:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.365-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Half of extra money for the NHS has gone on pay rises
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.319 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.320 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Patient takes her fight for trastuzumab to the High Court
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.320-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	US primary care is on verge of collapse, says doctors' body
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.320-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Inhaled insulin is approved in Europe and United States
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;332:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.321 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Study shows that tobacco firms covertly hired scientists
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.321-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	UK trainee doctors spurn obstetrics and gynaecology
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2006;332:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.323-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Published death rates may distort work of Scottish surgical "heroes"
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;332:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Rebuilding of Afghanistan is hampered by the Taliban
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	UK defies US by funding abortion programmes
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Charities laud Scotland’s free personal care for elderly people
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;332:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Italy introduces “baby boxes” to save lives of abandoned newborns
	Clare Chapman
	BMJ  2006;332:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK report supports EU proposals to test drugs in children
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Doctors with history of drug misuse will face spot checks
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.322-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Saw palmetto extract is not effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.323 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Watchdog rules that Merck violated the UK industry code of practice
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.323-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	New coroners’ system to be set up in England and Wales
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.323-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Twin study shows that genetic factors influence the development and timing of Alzheimer’s disease
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Scottish study will look at genetic and lifestyle causes of ill health in families
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;332:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	NHS prescription charges work against aims of new white paper
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Scientists refute claims that pesticides cause ill health
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Spain’s smoking restrictions spark tobacco price war
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2006;332:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Bid to cut waiting lists has pushed safety down NHS agenda
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2006;332:324, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.324-g [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Research

This week's Research

	Efficacy and safety of fondaparinux for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in older acute medical patients: randomised placebo controlled trial
	Alexander T Cohen, Bruce L Davidson, Alexander S Gallus, Michael R Lassen, Martin H Prins, Witold Tomkowski, Alexander G G Turpie, Jan F M Egberts, Anthonie W A Lensing, ARTEMIS Investigators
	BMJ  2006;332:325-329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38733.466748.7C, (Published 26 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: ARTEMIS group members][extra: Spanish version: Versión en español pdf][extra: Italian translation] FREE

	Effect of hepatitis B immunisation in newborn infants of mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Chuanfang Lee, Yan Gong, Jesper Brok, Elizabeth H Boxall, Christian Gluud
	BMJ  2006;332:328-336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38719.435833.7C, (Published 27 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

	Trends in sexually transmitted infections in general practice 1990-2000: population based study using data from the UK general practice research database
	Jackie A Cassell, Catherine H Mercer, Lorna Sutcliffe, Irene Petersen, Amir Islam, M Gary Brook, Jonathan D Ross, George R Kinghorn, Ian Simms, Gwenda Hughes, Azeem Majeed, Judith M Stephenson, Anne M Johnson, Andrew C Hayward
	BMJ  2006;332:332-334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38726.404120.7C, (Published 26 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Timing of mortality among internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka: cross sectional household survey
	Nobuyuki Nishikiori, Tomoko Abe, Dehiwala G M Costa, Samath D Dharmaratne, Osamu Kunii, Kazuhiko Moji
	BMJ  2006;332:334-335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38693.465023.7C, (Published 6 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions—systematic literature survey of follow-up
	Yoon Kong Loke, Deirdre Price, Sheena Derry, Jeffrey K Aronson
	BMJ  2006;332:335-339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38701.399942.63, (Published 18 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	The first seizure and its management in adults and children
	Bernd Pohlmann-Eden, Ettore Beghi, Carol Camfield, Peter Camfield
	BMJ  2006;332:339-342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.339 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Practice

This week's Practice

	Identifying a hepatitis B outbreak by molecular surveillance: a case study
	N Fisker, N L T Carlsen, H J Kolmos, L Tønning-Sørensen, A Høst, P B Christensen
	BMJ  2006;332:343-345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.343 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Opiate toxicity in patients with renal failure
	B R Conway, D G Fogarty, W E Nelson, C C Doherty
	BMJ  2006;332:345-346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.345 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of wound healing: Venous and arterial leg ulcers
	Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding, Stuart Enoch
	BMJ  2006;332:347-350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.347 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:351-352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.351 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Analysis and Comment

This week's Analysis and Comment

	Public health: Mexico and the tobacco industry: doing the wrong thing for the right reason?
	Jonathan Samet, Heather Wipfli, Rogelio Perez-Padilla, Derek Yach
	BMJ  2006;332:353-354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.353 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Public health: British American Tobacco's erosion of health legislation in Uzbekistan
	Anna B Gilmore, Jeff Collin, Martin McKee
	BMJ  2006;332:355-358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.355 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Health policy: Applying clinical epidemiological methods to health equity: the equity effectiveness loop
	Peter Tugwell, Don de Savigny, Gillian Hawker, Vivian Robinson
	BMJ  2006;332:358-361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.358 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Sir John Peel
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.366 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Alan Margeston Harris
	Stuart D Rosen, Aubrey Leatham
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Philip John Pegg
	David E Pegg
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Lucien Read
	Pauline Edgson
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Denis Wilson Robertson
	Derek Bull
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Cecilia Valentine Russell (née Urquhart)
	Hilary Lancaster
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Mathew Philip Thoppil
	Joseph Thoppil
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	William Kenneth Johnstone Walls
	L M Adams
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Mary Lorraine Whiteside (née Stringer)
	Trevor Whiteside
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	TV: Panorama: Herceptin: Wanting the Wonder Drug
	Joe Collier
	BMJ  2006;332:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.368 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	TV: The Secret Life of Dr Chandra
	Terry Hamblin
	BMJ  2006;332:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.369 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Theatre: Thalidomide!! A Musical
	Aula Abbara, Huda Al-Hadithy
	BMJ  2006;332:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.369-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.370 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Personal views: Changing titles
	Sam Ramaiah
	BMJ  2006;332:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.370-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Defending referrals between consultants
	Michael Goodman
	BMJ  2006;332:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.371 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soundings: Great Toe of This Assembly
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2006;332:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.371-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.372 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Diclofenac gel provides modest pain relief for people with osteoarthritis in one knee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Students forever
	Sadananda B Naik
	BMJ  2006;332:346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.346 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Memorable patients: Prisoners of war
	Ian D Conacher
	BMJ  2006;332:350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.350 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice
	BMJ  2006;332:367, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7537.367-h [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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