Open access, and proud of it
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Screening for abdominal aneurysm saves lives [Full text]

	Reporting of trial outcomes is incomplete and biased [Full text]

	Authors say journal quality over-rides open access [Full text]

	Acupuncture works for pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women [Full text]

	Bisphosphonates for metastatic breast cancer [Full text]

	You're wrong more often than you think [Full text]

Editorials

	Diagnosis of coeliac disease
	R G Peter Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:739-740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.739 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What makes a good clinical decision support system
	Gretchen P Purcell
	BMJ  2005;330:740-741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.740 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Meeting the ethical needs of doctors
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2005;330:741-742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.741 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Author's response]

	Children with psychiatric disorders and learning disabilities
	Emily Simonoff
	BMJ  2005;330:742-743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.742 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A wolf in sheep's clothing
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330:744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.744 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Adolescent development: Advice in ABC of adolescence is potentially misleading
	Richard Quinton
	BMJ  2005;330:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.789 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adolescent development: Author's reply
	Russell Viner
	BMJ  2005;330:789, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.789-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: Data are insufficient and conclusion inappropriate
	Abhijit Chaudhuri
	BMJ  2005;330:789-790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.789-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: Authors' reply
	Maja Stulemeijer, Lieke W A M de Jong, Theo J W Fiselier, Sigrid W B Hoogveld, Gijs Bleijenberg
	BMJ  2005;330:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.790 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How to prevent caesarean deliveries deserves more study
	James M Nicholson, Lisa C Kellar, Peter F Cronholm
	BMJ  2005;330:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.790-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Early epidurals increase caesarean rate, meta-analysis shows
	Michael C Klein
	BMJ  2005;330:790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.790-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clomipramine and neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Literature on adverse reactions to psychotropic drugs continues to confuse
	Geoffrey K Isbister, Nicholas A Buckley
	BMJ  2005;330:790-791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.790-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clomipramine and neuroleptic malignant syndrome: Authors' reply
	Alison Haddow, Martin Wilson
	BMJ  2005;330:791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.791 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risks of gene therapy should be weighed against lack of alternatives for many diseases
	Robert E MacLaren, Robin R Ali, Adrian J Thrasher
	BMJ  2005;330:791, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.791-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials: Expertise based design has shortfalls
	Eric Lim
	BMJ  2005;330:791-792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.791-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Need for expertise based randomised controlled trials: Surgical research shares many similarities with psychotherapy research
	Simon Hatcher
	BMJ  2005;330:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.792 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Target SHOs and registrars for communication skills training
	Erik T Walbeehm
	BMJ  2005;330:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.792-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Old docs and new tricks: Seasoned doctors may be better than young doctors at some things
	Louis B Jacques
	BMJ  2005;330:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.792-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Old docs and new tricks: Efficiency is important
	Graeme M Mackenzie
	BMJ  2005;330:792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.792-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Parents should have right to choose sex of child, say MPs
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.745 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Walk-in centres fail to take pressure off emergency services in England
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.745-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.746 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Supreme Court refuses to intervene in "right to die" case
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.746-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Europe is a "second class continent" for cancer research
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2005;330:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.746-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch Supreme Court backs damages for child for having been born
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.747 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Draft mental health bill needs major overhaul, says committee
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.747-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Preventable infections are out of control in Canadian hospitals
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.748 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA seeks to ease burden on trial review boards
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2005;330:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.748-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Regular inspections of NHS trusts to be dropped, in favour of self reporting
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.748-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Treatment of prostate cancer lags behind other cancers
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.748-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Consumers' organisation raises questions over choice in the NHS
	Ann McGauran
	BMJ  2005;330:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.748-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Indian proposals to revalidate doctors get mixed reception
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2005;330:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.748-e [Extract] [Full text]

	US health care needs higher taxes and rationing
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;330:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.748-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Communicable disease and neonatal problems are still major killers of children
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.748-g [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;330:749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.749 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Effects of acupuncture and stabilising exercises as adjunct to standard treatment in pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain: randomised single blind controlled trial
	Helen Elden, Lars Ladfors, Monika Fagevik Olsen, Hans-Christian Ostgaard, Henrik Hagberg
	BMJ  2005;330:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38397.507014.E0, (Published 18 March 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Information in practice

	Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success
	Kensaku Kawamoto, Caitlin A Houlihan, E Andrew Balas, David F Lobach
	BMJ  2005;330:765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38398.500764.8F, (Published 14 March 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w88] FREE

Clinical review

	Recent developments in bisphosphonates for patients with metastatic breast cancer
	Mary C Gainford, George Dranitsaris, Mark Clemons
	BMJ  2005;330:769-773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.769 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Atypical presentation of coeliac disease
	R M Furse, A S Mee
	BMJ  2005;330:773-774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.773 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Antibody negative coeliac disease presenting in elderly people—an easily missed diagnosis
	David S Sanders, David P Hurlstone, Mark E McAlindon, Marios Hadjivassiliou, Simon S Cross, Graeme Wild, Christopher J Atkins
	BMJ  2005;330:775-776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.775 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of adolescence: Substance misuse: alcohol, tobacco, inhalants, and other drugs
	Yvonne Bonomo, Jenny Proimos
	BMJ  2005;330:777-780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.777 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Five pitfalls in decisions about diagnosis and prescribing
	Jill G Klein
	BMJ  2005;330:781-783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.781 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

	Commentary: Can we avoid bias?
	Colin P Bradley
	BMJ  2005;330:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.784 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Current controversies: Surgery is the best intervention for severe coronary artery disease
	David P Taggart
	BMJ  2005;330:785-786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.785 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	US and UK health care: a special relationship?: Moving towards true integration
	Richard G A Feachem, Neelam K Sekhri
	BMJ  2005;330:787-788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.787 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Web: Your money where your mouse is
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.795 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Poison Arrows: The Amazing Story of how Prozac and Anaesthetics were Developed from Deadly Jungle Poison Darts
	Leyla Sanai
	BMJ  2005;330:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.796 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: The Keys to the House (Le Chiavi di Casa)
	Khalid Ali
	BMJ  2005;330:796, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.796-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: The biggest conflict of interest
	David Berger
	BMJ  2005;330:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.797 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Professional courtesy
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2005;330:797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.797-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.798 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Aerobic exercise is effective for mild to moderate depression
	BMJ  2005;330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A warning
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.752 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Doing the kind thing
	Chris Burns-Cox, Rachel Gilbert
	BMJ  2005;330:764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.764 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2005;330:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.774 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A practical man
	Peter Morrell
	BMJ  2005;330:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.776 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Test of intelligence
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.783 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: When laughing is scarce
	Eric Mackay
	BMJ  2005;330:784, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.784-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A nice little interest
	Eleanor Lewis
	BMJ  2005;330:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.786 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Insanity and murder
	BMJ  2005;330:788, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.788 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	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
	BMJ  2005;330:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.759-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NICE proposes to withdraw Alzheimer's drugs from NHS
	BMJ  2005;330:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.759-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Children may die when left in overheated cars
	BMJ  2005;330:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.759-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	How is a trust house officer job different from a regular preregistration house officer job?
	Simon Eccles
	BMJ  2005;330:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s132, (Published 2 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	With regard to progression from staff and associate specialist grade to specialist registrar, should I actively apply or wait for the PMETB to consider experience for training?
	Romeh Gupta
	BMJ  2005;330:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s132-a, (Published 2 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	My present post as GP registrar is for 18 months at the same practice. What is the required notice period (it was three months as staff grade medic) and what sickness benefit would I be entitled to? Also, is my previous staff grade salary protected?
	John Adsett
	BMJ  2005;330:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s132-b, (Published 2 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I have dual nationality (one is British), but I lived outside the United Kingdom for three years. How should I apply for a senior house officer post in the United Kingdom and are my prospects any better than those for non-British doctors?
	Elitham B Turya
	BMJ  2005;330:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s132-c, (Published 2 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Signing the talk
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;330:s133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s133, (Published 2 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Itching for a change: allergy, the new medical frontier
	Nasreen Khan
	BMJ  2005;330:s133-s135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s133-a, (Published 2 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cannulating children
	Meghana S Gholkar
	BMJ  2005;330:s135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s135, (Published 2 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to improve communication with patients
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2005;330:s136-s137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s136, (Published 2 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Communicating with Deaf patients
	Marije Davidson
	BMJ  2005;330:s138-s139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s138, (Published 2 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Theatre etiquette
	Vivian A Elwell
	BMJ  2005;330:s139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s139, (Published 2 April 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Email communication with medical trainees—the agony and the ecstasy
	Lesley Elias
	BMJ  2005;330:s140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.s140, (Published 2 April 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Frank Pantridge
	Alun Evans
	BMJ  2005;330:793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.793 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Herbert Erik Reiss
	Frank Loeffler
	BMJ  2005;330:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.794 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Dorothy Joan Mary ("Joan") Baker
	Andrew Baker
	BMJ  2005;330:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.794-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Keith Arthur Moore
	Raymond Hurt
	BMJ  2005;330:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.794-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	William Douglas Park
	Richard Pertwee
	BMJ  2005;330:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.794-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jan Pollert
	Beryl Turner, Mary Farquharson
	BMJ  2005;330:794, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.794-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms: single centre randomised controlled trial
	Jes S Lindholt, Svend Juul, Helge Fasting, Eskild W Henneberg
	BMJ  2005;330:750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38369.620162.82, (Published 9 March 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Identifying outcome reporting bias in randomised trials on PubMed: review of publications and survey of authors
	An-Wen Chan, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2005;330:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38356.424606.8F, (Published 28 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perceptions of open access publishing: interviews with journal authors
	Sara Schroter, Leanne Tite, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2005;330:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38359.695220.82, (Published 26 January 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Fives more boxes of sample quotes and the interview schedule] FREE

	Commentary: Open access publishing: too much oxygen?
	Jeffrey K Aronson
	BMJ  2005;330:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7494.759 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Summary] FREE

	NHS smoking cessation services and smoking prevalence: observational study
	Eugene Milne
	BMJ  2005;330:760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38407.755521.F7, (Published 18 March 2005) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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