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Say no to the market
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.0-f
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Can patients assess the quality of health care?
Angela Coulter
BMJ  2006;333:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.1
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Soft paternalism and the ethics of shared electronic patient records
Ole Frithjof Norheim
BMJ  2006;333:2-3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38890.391632.68, (Published 23 June 2006)
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The NHS programme for information technology
Justin Keen
BMJ  2006;333:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38889.569201.DE, (Published 23 June 2006)
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Antipyretic drugs for children
Alastair D Hay, Niamh Redmond, Margaret Fletcher
BMJ  2006;333:4-5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.4
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Psychological interventions for treatment of adult sex offenders
Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Charlotte Bilby
BMJ  2006;333:5-6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.5
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Obesity association clarifies definitions of obesity and links with drug firms
Neville Rigby
BMJ  2006;333:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.44
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The great medicines scandal: Access is not just about cost
Brenda J Waning
BMJ  2006;333:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.44-a
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The great medicines scandal: Next steps?
Warren A Kaplan
BMJ  2006;333:44-45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.44-b
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We still need artesunate monotherapy
François Nosten, Elizabeth Ashley, Rose McGready, Ric Price
BMJ  2006;333:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.45
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Censorship of medical journals
Steve Hickey
BMJ  2006;333:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.45-a
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Care is needed before single test results are combined
G H Hall
BMJ  2006;333:45-46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.45-b
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Statin guidelines should give best statin
Hisashi Moriguchi, Takamoto Uemura, Chifumi Sato
BMJ  2006;333:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.46
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Gloomy prognoses: Represent honesty, not fear of litigation
John M Reynard
BMJ  2006;333:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.46-a
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Gloomy prognoses: Be neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but realistic
Stephen R Workman
BMJ  2006;333:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.46-b
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Chinese man died three years ago of avian flu, not SARS
Jane Parry
BMJ  2006;333:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.7
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Doctors explain why they resigned from the NHS's IT programme
Michael Cross
BMJ  2006;333:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.7-a
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In brief
BMJ  2006;333:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.8
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NICE removes beta blockers as first line treatment for hypertension
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;333:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.8-a
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Publicity will highlight problem of obstetric fistula
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2006;333:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.8-b
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BMA annual representative meeting, Belfast, 26 June to 29 June: Doctors blame untested policies for financial crisis in the NHS
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.9
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BMA annual representative meeting, Belfast, 26 June to 29 June: Conference attacks referral centres
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.9-a
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BMA annual representative meeting, Belfast, 26 June to 29 June: BMA leaders accused of weak opposition to the government
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2006;333:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.9-b
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Faster delivery of drugs to heart attack patients cuts mortality
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2006;333:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.11-b
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Obesity is less common in richer countries
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2006;333:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.12
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Direct to consumer medical tests are offered in United States
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.12-a
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NEJM corrects its study on rofecoxib
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;333:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.12-b
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Too close for comfort?
Andrew Jack
BMJ  2006;333:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.13
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Escalating costs and falling receipts spell trouble
Mathias Huter
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14
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“Social marketing” would boost effectiveness of health campaigns, says report
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10
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UN report calls for governments to intensify fight against drug abuse
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10-a
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Condom from Cromwell’s time goes on display in Austria
Michael Leidig
BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10-b
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European health survey ranks UK performance as “mediocre”
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10-c
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US doctors lobby for end to torture of terrorism suspects
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10-d
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US doctors’ incomes are falling, new survey finds
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2006;333:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.11
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Drug company chief urges faster introduction of new vaccines in poor nations
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2006;333:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.11-a
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Head of Public Library of Science defends financial security of publishing group
Balaji Ravichandran
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-a
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International consumer group slates drug companies’ marketing practices
Michael Day
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-b
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Meeting hears of health consequences of rape and violence in war zones
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-c
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New WHO book outlines health systems of EU neighbours
Rory Watson
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-d
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Israeli doctors are told what to do when medicine and religion clash
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-e
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Inhaled insulin no longer recommende as routine diabetes treatment
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-f
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Only specialists should diagnose Parkinson’s disease
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-g
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BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Doctors oppose plans for GPs’ surgeries in supermarkets
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-h
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BMA Annual Representative Meeting: BMA votes against affiliating with anti-privatisation group
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2006;333:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-i
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BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Allowing private companies to commission services is “a step too far”
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-j
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BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Tackle the government over job cuts, doctors tell BMA
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-k
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BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Doctors recommend a “traffic light” system to signal nutritional content of food products
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-l
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BMA Annual Representative Meeting: “Black hole” is opening up for 11 500 junior doctors
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-m
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A meta-analysis of the association between adherence to drug therapy and mortality
Scot H Simpson, Dean T Eurich, Sumit R Majumdar, Rajdeep S Padwal, Ross T Tsuyuki, Janice Varney, Jeffrey A Johnson
BMJ  2006;333:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38875.675486.55, (Published 21 June 2006)
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Commentary: The healthy adherer and the placebo effect
Betty Chewning
BMJ  2006;333:18-19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.18
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Patients' own assessments of quality of primary care compared with objective records based measures of technical quality of care: cross sectional study
Mala Rao, Aileen Clarke, Colin Sanderson, Richard Hammersley
BMJ  2006;333:19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38874.499167.7C, (Published 22 June 2006)
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Serum cholesterol, haemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke, and myocardial infarction: Korean national health system prospective cohort study
Shah Ebrahim, Joohon Sung, Yun-Mi Song, Robert L Ferrer, Debbie A Lawlor, George Davey Smith
BMJ  2006;333:22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38855.610324.80, (Published 6 June 2006)
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Smoking, obesity, and their co-occurrence in the United States: cross sectional analysis
Cheryl G Healton, Donna Vallone, Kristen L McCausland, Haijun Xiao, Molly P Green
BMJ  2006;333:25-26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38840.608704.80, (Published 12 May 2006)
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This week's Clinical review

Hip fracture
Martyn Parker, Antony Johansen
BMJ  2006;333:27-30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.27
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This week's Practice

A patient's journey: living with breast cancer
J J Brooks
BMJ  2006;333:31-33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.31
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ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Oxygen and inhalers
Graeme P Currie, J Graham Douglas
BMJ  2006;333:34-36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.34
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Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2006;333:37-38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.37
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For and against: Patients should have to opt out of national electronic care records: FOR
Nigel Watson, John D Halamka
BMJ  2006;333:39-42, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.39
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Commentary: What's all the fuss about?
Jan Wilkinson
BMJ  2006;333:42-43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.42
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Fritz Klein
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2006;333:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.47
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Bridget ("Biddy") Kathleen Attlee
Richard Perks
BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48
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Derek Harvey
Bill Harvey
BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-a
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John Peter Malone
Catherine Parry
BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-b
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Robert ("Bob") Tennant
Leslie Bartlet
BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-c
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John Luscombe Tester
Fred Holmes
BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-d
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Frederick ("Fred") James Watson
Agnes Watson
BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-e
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Henry Thomas ("Tom") Gee Williams
Edgar W Parry
BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-f
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Book: Measuring Medical Professionalism; Understanding Doctors' Performance
Donald Irvine
BMJ  2006;333:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.49
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Book: Intuition
Trisha Greenhalgh
BMJ  2006;333:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.50
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TV: Is Gordon Ramsay good for our health?
Des Spence
BMJ  2006;333:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.50-a
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Personal view: Thinking the unthinkable: selling kidneys
Sue Rabbitt Roff
BMJ  2006;333:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.51
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Soundings: Giving up on getting better
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2006;333:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.51-a
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2006;333:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.52
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This week's Fillers

bmjupdates+: Salt enriched with potassium reduces cardiovascular mortality in older men
BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.0-e
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Interactive case report: A 22 year old man with persistent regurgitation and vomiting
BMJ  2006;333:33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.33
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A memorable patient: The penicillin teapot
Mary N Finlay
BMJ  2006;333:33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.33-a
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Scientific art for beginners
Livia Puljak
BMJ  2006;333:43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.43
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Minerva
BMJ  2006;333:30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.30
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and suicide in adults: meta-analysis of drug company data from placebo controlled, randomised controlled trials submitted to the MHRA's safety review
BMJ  2006;333:30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.30-a
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Randomised, controlled trial of alternating pressure mattresses compared with alternating pressure overlays for the prevention of pressure ulcers: PRESSURE (pressure relieving support surfaces) trial
BMJ  2006;333:30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.30-b
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