Individual performance data: revelation and revolution
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week in the BMJ [Full text] [PDF]

	St John's wort is effective for moderate to severe depression [Full text]

	Tacrolimus 0.1% matches potent steroids in eczema [Full text]

	What can the UK and US health systems learn from each other? [Full text]

	G8 summit could support global health equity [Full text]

	Reviewing vitamin D deficiency [Full text]

	Cardiac surgeons in northwest England perform well [Full text]

Editorials

	Mortality in adult cardiac surgery
	Tom Treasure
	BMJ  2005;330:489-490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.489 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figure]

	Data protection and freedom of information
	Barbara Meredith
	BMJ  2005;330:490-491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.490 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bat rabies in the United Kingdom
	Alan Smith, Jill Morris, Natasha Crowcroft
	BMJ  2005;330:491-492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.491 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV testing
	Kaveh Manavi, Philip D Welsby
	BMJ  2005;330:492-493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.492 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Simulation based training
	K Moorthy, C Vincent, A Darzi
	BMJ  2005;330:493-494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.493 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Electronic data protection: procedures need drastic improvement
	Damian Mole, Colin Fox, Giulio Napolitano
	BMJ  2005;330:537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.537 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Independent medical school is long overdue
	Helen Nellis, Karol Sikora
	BMJ  2005;330:537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.537-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gastric rupture and laryngeal mask airway: Negative "hype" this case report might generate is worrying
	Pedro F Ibarra
	BMJ  2005;330:537-538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.537-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gastric rupture and laryngeal mask airway: Laryngeal mask airway was not likely cause of gastric rupture
	Jerry P Nolan, Mick Colquhoun, Charles D Deakin
	BMJ  2005;330:538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.538 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gastric rupture and laryngeal mask airway: Authors' reply
	Nathaniel Haslam, John E Duggan
	BMJ  2005;330:538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.538-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical management of metastatic inguinal lymphadenopathy: The term deep inguinal nodes should be abandoned
	Simon C Gibson, Stephen Kettlewell, Dominique S Byrne, Alan J McKay
	BMJ  2005;330:538-539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.538-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical management of metastatic inguinal lymphadenopathy: Sentinel node biopsy has cost implications for the NHS
	Negin Shamsian, Stephen Hamilton, Apul Parikh, Peter E M Butler
	BMJ  2005;330:539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.539 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical management of metastatic inguinal lymphadenopathy: Authors' reply
	Marc C Swan, Dominic Furniss, Oliver C S Cassell
	BMJ  2005;330:539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.539-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Assessing drug safety
	Nicholas Moore
	BMJ  2005;330:539-540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.539-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Europe also needs agency for postmarketing surveillance
	Silvio Garattini
	BMJ  2005;330:540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.540 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Even pharmaceutical companies are vulnerable to loss of faith
	Steve Hickey
	BMJ  2005;330:540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.540-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Funding for GMC should come from taxpayers
	Brian J Penney
	BMJ  2005;330:540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.540-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	UK stocks up on antiviral drug to tackle flu outbreak
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;330:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.495 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE proposes to withdraw Alzheimer's drugs from NHS
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.495-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.496 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Abstinence programmes do not reduce HIV prevalence in Uganda
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2005;330:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.496-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UN committee approves declaration on human cloning
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.496-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pathologist stands by his findings in Sally Clark case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.497 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mother found guilty in case of fabricated illness
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.497-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bush signs act that restricts class action suits in state courts
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.499-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than 40% of cancer patients not seen by specialist in two weeks
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;330:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.500 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast cancer detection rates increase but coverage varies
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.500-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Poor information hampers discussion of HIV "super strain"
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2005;330:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.498 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Measuring mitral regurgitation predicts clinical outcome of treatment
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;330:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.498-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Gap in life expectancy between classes narrows, but disparity in disease-free years remains
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.498-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	A fifth of elderly people in Israel are abused
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2005;330:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.498-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Female drug misuse deaths reach new peak in England and Wales
	Adrian O�Dowd
	BMJ  2005;330:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.498-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Smoking in late pregnancy is linked to lower IQ in offspring
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.499 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Two class actions against tobacco industry get the go-ahead
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.499-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	UK surgeons report that EU directive has cut training time
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.499-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Higher dose chemotherapy improves survival from breast cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.500-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Reid warns food industry over labelling
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.500-c [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.501 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Efficacy and tolerability of topical pimecrolimus and tacrolimus in the treatment of atopic dermatitis: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
	Darren M Ashcroft, Paul Dimmock, Ruth Garside, Ken Stein, Hywel C Williams
	BMJ  2005;330:516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38376.439653.D3, (Published 24 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Commentary: Itching for a solution
	Peter Lapsley
	BMJ  2005;330:522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38391.604826.7C, (Published 24 February 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	10-minute consultation: Vertigo
	J Kanagalingam, D Hajioff, S Bennett
	BMJ  2005;330:523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.523 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Recent developments in vitamin D deficiency and muscle weakness among elderly people
	Geoff Venning
	BMJ  2005;330:524-526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.524 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of adolescence: Health promotion
	Russell Viner, Aidan Macfarlane
	BMJ  2005;330:527-529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.527 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	US and UK health care: a special relationship?: What can the UK and US health systems learn from each other?
	Lois Quam, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2005;330:530-533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.530 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of learning opportunities]

	A global health equity agenda for the G8 summit
	Ronald Labonte, Ted Schrecker, Amit Sen Gupta
	BMJ  2005;330:533-536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.533 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Reviews

	TV: Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook; Is Torture a Good Idea?
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2005;330:543, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.543 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nanotechnology: small science, big deal
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2005;330:544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.544 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: To Kill and Kill Again—Dr Shipman
	Cameron Stark
	BMJ  2005;330:544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.544-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

	Book: Viral Fitness: The Next SARS and West Nile in the Making
	A J Beale
	BMJ  2005;330:545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.545 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: Kinsey
	Petra Boynton
	BMJ  2005;330:545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.545-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Regulating doctors: should we swallow Dame Janet's medicine?
	Jonathan Osborne, Bridget Osborne
	BMJ  2005;330:546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.546 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: A US model for primary care in the NHS
	Linda Hill
	BMJ  2005;330:547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.547 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Seeing things
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2005;330:547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.547-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.548 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Vitamin E isn't helpful and may be harmful
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Managing chronic diseases
	BMJ  2005;330:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.515-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The power of prayer (and adequate fluid resuscitation)
	Diana M Jolliffe
	BMJ  2005;330:526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.526 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Learning for junior hospital doctors
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.536 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	What is the role of the PMETB for SAS doctors?
	Romeh Gupta
	BMJ  2005;330:s92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s92, (Published 5 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am an overseas graduate working as a senior house officer in medicine. What rights do I have in terms of claiming family accommodation from my employer when they don't have any available?
	John Adsett
	BMJ  2005;330:s92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s92-a, (Published 5 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am currently being paid at year 6 on an SHO salary scale for an NHS clinical fellow (research) post in neurology. Will my salary drop to year 1 registrar when I take up a numbered SpR post?
	Trevor Pickersgill
	BMJ  2005;330:s92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s92-b, (Published 5 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Times are changing
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:s93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s93, (Published 5 March 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Genitourinary medicine<$DOWNLINK>
	Simon Barton
	BMJ  2005;330:s93-s95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s93-a, (Published 5 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making the most of routine work
	Peter Hallas
	BMJ  2005;330:s95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s95, (Published 5 March 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A consumer guide to the world of e-learning
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:s96-s97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s96, (Published 5 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Developing a research website for trainees
	Phyo K Myint
	BMJ  2005;330:s98, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s98, (Published 5 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) as applied to medicine
	Richard Hunt
	BMJ  2005;330:s99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s99, (Published 5 March 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An Aid to Medical Interviews and Professional Development
	Luka Vončina
	BMJ  2005;330:s99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s99-a, (Published 5 March 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The founder of Operation Smile
	Negin Shamsian
	BMJ  2005;330:s100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.s100, (Published 5 March 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Brandt F Steele
	Laura Newman
	BMJ  2005;330:541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.541 [Extract] [Full text]

	Leslie James Park Duncan
	Judith M Steel
	BMJ  2005;330:542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.542 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jack Insley
	Catherine Insley, Jillian Mann
	BMJ  2005;330:542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.542-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Margaret Eirlys Jefferson (née Hughes)
	A A Jefferson
	BMJ  2005;330:542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.542-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Alfred Ian Douglas Prentice
	J B Enticknap
	BMJ  2005;330:542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.542-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Dilip Sen
	S Arulkumaran
	BMJ  2005;330:542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.542-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Acute treatment of moderate to severe depression with hypericum extract WS 5570 (St John's wort): randomised controlled double blind non-inferiority trial versus paroxetine
	A Szegedi, R Kohnen, A Dienel, M Kieser
	BMJ  2005;330:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38356.655266.82, (Published 11 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality data in adult cardiac surgery for named surgeons: retrospective examination of prospectively collected data on coronary artery surgery and aortic valve replacement
	Ben Bridgewater, on behalf of the adult cardiac surgeons of north west England
	BMJ  2005;330:506-510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.506 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The nature of medical evidence and its inherent uncertainty for the clinical consultation: qualitative study
	Frances Griffiths, Eileen Green, Maria Tsouroufli
	BMJ  2005;330:511, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38336.482720.8F, (Published 31 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of the research process] FREE

	Commentary: Uncertainty, consultation, and the context of medical care
	Sandra J Tanenbaum
	BMJ  2005;330:515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7490.515 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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