Heading where exactly?
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	HIV patients need new antiretroviral drugs [Full text]

	Nurse led intermediate care may not be cost effective in acute hospitals... [Full text]

	... but nurse led secondary prevention clinics do seem to be cost effective [Full text]

	First year after diagnosis of early breast cancer is most dangerous for depression [Full text]

	GP registrar recruitment should be based on competence [Full text]

	New diagnostic tests need more rigorous evaluation [Full text]

Editorials

	Highly active antiretroviral therapy
	Rita Murri
	BMJ  2005;330:681-682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.681, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nurse led care
	Nicky Cullum, Karen Spilsbury, Gerry Richardson
	BMJ  2005;330:682-683, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.682, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Large scale food retail interventions and diet
	Steven Cummins, Mark Petticrew, Leigh Sparks, Anne Findlay
	BMJ  2005;330:683-684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.683, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A theme issue "by, for, and about" Africa
	Jimmy Volmink, Lola Dare, Jocalyn Clark
	BMJ  2005;330:684-685, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.684, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New standards for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
	Charles D Deakin
	BMJ  2005;330:685-686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.685, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Family history of breast cancer: Referral guidelines changed after acceptance of 10 minute consultation
	D Gareth Evans, Douglas Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.730, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Family history of breast cancer: Authors' reply
	Anneke Lucassen, Eila Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.730-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors of TADS study reply to letter raising concerns
	John S March, for the TADS Group
	BMJ  2005;330:730-731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.730-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recent advances in non-invasive cardiology: Article does not mention echocardiography
	John Chambers, Kevin Fox, Alan Fraser
	BMJ  2005;330:731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.731, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra authors]

	Recent advances in non-invasive cardiology: Coronary angiography using computed tomography has been underplayed
	G Morgan-Hughes, C A Roobottom, N Manghat, A J Marshall
	BMJ  2005;330:731-732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.731-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recent advances in non-invasive cardiology: Authors' reply
	Sanjay Prasad, Ravi Assomull, Dudley J Pennell
	BMJ  2005;330:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.732, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Four pillars of academic medicine need to be restored
	Somnath Mukhopadhyay
	BMJ  2005;330:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.732-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol in the body: Elimination of alcohol from blood varies
	Janusz Knepil
	BMJ  2005;330:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.732-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol in the body: Author's reply
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  2005;330:732-733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.732-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Primary care research networks may herald new collaborations
	Roger Jones, Adrian Eddleston, Gill Rowlands
	BMJ  2005;330:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.733, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deficiencies in disaster funding: Disasters less "telegenic" than the tsunami must not be forgotten
	Sébastien Tassy, Guillaume Gorincour
	BMJ  2005;330:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.733-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deficiencies in disaster funding: Malaria epidemics are predicted in tsunami regions from El Niño conditions
	Annemarie ter Veen, Menno Bouma, Michel van Herp, Kace Keiluhu, Budi Subianto
	BMJ  2005;330:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.733-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Government launches plan to overhaul social care services
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;330:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.687, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	President Bush and Congress intervene in "right to die" case
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:687, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.687-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.688, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HIV treatment should be free for everyone in Britain, MPs say
	Faye van Emmerik
	BMJ  2005;330:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.688-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors who performed late abortion will not be prosecuted
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.688-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Length of cancer trials has more than halved over past 30 years
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.689, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Psychological therapy is better than debriefing for PTSD
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:689, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.689-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Changes to India's patent law may deny cheap drugs to millions
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2005;330:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.692, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Falling EU population will affect healthcare provision
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.692-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	US campaigners challenge abortion law changes
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.690-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Cosmetic surgeons aim for the perfect facelift
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.690-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Israel tightens up hospital research procedures
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2005;330:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.690-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	German scientists demand a ban on tobacco additives
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2005;330:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.690-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Private providers must be stopped from skimming off easy cases
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;330:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.691-a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Researchers publish details of multiresistant HIV patient
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.691-b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New cases of asthma in children in England and Wales has fallen by two thirds
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;330:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.691-c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Medical research charity unveils glass sculpture
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2005;330:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.691-d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Government will not back down over free personal care for all elderly people
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.692-b [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:693-694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.693, (Published 26 March 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Cost effectiveness of nurse led secondary prevention clinics for coronary heart disease in primary care: follow up of a randomised controlled trial
	James P Raftery, Guiqing L Yao, Peter Murchie, Neil C Campbell, Lewis D Ritchie
	BMJ  2005;330:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38342.665417.8F, (Published 16 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

	A new selection system to recruit general practice registrars: preliminary findings from a validation study
	Fiona Patterson, Eamonn Ferguson, Tim Norfolk, Pat Lane
	BMJ  2005;330:711-714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.711, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reassuring evidence on competency based selection
	Maureen E Crawford
	BMJ  2005;330:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.714, (Published 26 March 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	Phil Cotton, Jill Morrison
	BMJ  2005;330:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.715, (Published 26 March 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Recent developments in the use of biologics in psoriasis and autoimmune disorders. The role of autoantibodies
	Silja Rott, Ulrich Mrowietz
	BMJ  2005;330:716-720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.716, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	ABC of adolescence: Chronic illness and disability
	Michele Yeo, Susan Sawyer
	BMJ  2005;330:721-723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.721, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Evidence based diagnostics
	Christian Gluud, Lise Lotte Gluud
	BMJ  2005;330:724-726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.724, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	US and UK health care: a special relationship?: Why is the grass greener?
	Barbara Starfield
	BMJ  2005;330:727-729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.727, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	The Press: Making mischief over abortion
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2005;330:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.735, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
	Barbara Stocking
	BMJ  2005;330:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.736, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Will the lead clinician please stand up?
	Craig Gannon
	BMJ  2005;330:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.737, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Heart fever
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2005;330:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.737-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.738, (Published 26 March 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: False positive PSA is associated with increased worry
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The non-event worth a thousand successful procedures
	Tim McCormick
	BMJ  2005;330:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.698, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A simple case of tetanus?
	Navin Paul
	BMJ  2005;330:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.710, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medscape conference coverage: 70th Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians Seattle, Washington
	BMJ  2005;330:714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.714-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The Japanese art of Ju-jitsu
	BMJ  2005;330:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.720, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2005;330:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.726, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A fatal error on the day of the new moon
	Sadananda Naik
	BMJ  2005;330:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.729, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I will be taking the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test part 2 next summer. How should I prepare my CV for getting a clinical attachment?
	John Adsett
	BMJ  2005;330:s122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s122, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am planning to move to Spain in two years' time. Any advice on UK qualified doctors working there as general practitioners or in accident and emergency?
	James Sherifi
	BMJ  2005;330:s122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s122-a, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What are my chances of getting a job in the United Kingdom after obtaining membership of the Royal College of Surgeons? What are the chances of getting into higher surgical training?
	Faisal Hanif
	BMJ  2005;330:s122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s122-b, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a consultant in medicine in the United States. I have General Medical Council and Irish Medical Council registration, have passed the PLAB tests, and have worked in the United Kingdom. How do I apply for consultant posts in the United Kingdom or Ireland?
	Jo Constable
	BMJ  2005;330:s122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s122-c, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The professionals
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;330:s123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s123, (Published 26 March 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Revalidation: what's everyone else doing?<$DOWNLINK>
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2005;330:s123-s124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s123-a, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Revalidation: a hiatus, but the debate continues
	Brian Keighley
	BMJ  2005;330:s125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s125, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mind the surgical gap
	Shariff Hazarika
	BMJ  2005;330:s126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s126, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Money matters
	James Ward
	BMJ  2005;330:s127-s128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s127, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Creating a website
	Una Coales
	BMJ  2005;330:s128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s128, (Published 26 March 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Game over
	Sadat Edroos
	BMJ  2005;330:s129-s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s129, (Published 26 March 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Getting an internet address
	Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
	BMJ  2005;330:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.s130, (Published 26 March 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Christopher William Clayson
	BMJ  2005;330:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.734, (Published 26 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Fayek Fouad Dajani
	Sydney Reynolds
	BMJ  2005;330:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.734-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Paton Erskine
	Alasdair Fraser
	BMJ  2005;330:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.734-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Bassey Okon Kubiangha
	Eme Kubiangha, Magdalene Kubiangha
	BMJ  2005;330:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.734-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Bonar Mackie
	P M S Gillam
	BMJ  2005;330:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.734-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Winwick
	Gordon Black
	BMJ  2005;330:734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7493.734-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Treatment exhaustion of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among individuals infected with HIV in the United Kingdom: multicentre cohort study
	Caroline A Sabin, Teresa Hill, Fiona Lampe, Ryanne Matthias, Sanjay Bhagani, Richard Gilson, Mike S Youle, Margaret A Johnson, Martin Fisher, George Scullard, Philippa Easterbrook, Brian Gazzard, Andrew N Phillips, on behalf of the steering committee of the UK Collaborative HIV Cohort Study Group
	BMJ  2005;330:695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38369.669850.8F, (Published 4 March 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Economic evaluation of nurse led intermediate care versus standard care for post-acute medical patients: cost minimisation analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial
	Bronagh Walsh, Andrea Steiner, Ruth M Pickering, Jilly Ward-Basu
	BMJ  2005;330:699, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38397.633588.8F, (Published 9 March 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Depression and anxiety in women with early breast cancer: five year observational cohort study
	Caroline Burgess, Victoria Cornelius, Sharon Love, Jill Graham, Michael Richards, Amanda Ramirez
	BMJ  2005;330:702, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38343.670868.D3, (Published 4 February 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Diagnostic criteria for depression and anxiety] FREE

	Insulin resistance and depressive symptoms in middle aged men: findings from the Caerphilly prospective cohort study
	Debbie A Lawlor, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Shah Ebrahim, George Davey Smith, Stephen A Stansfeld, John W G Yarnell, John E J Gallacher
	BMJ  2005;330:705-706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38377.616921.F7, (Published 31 January 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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