The GMC: out of its depth?
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Diagnose or rule out pulmonary embolism with confidence [Full text]

	Advice on dose adjustment in renal impairment is inconsistent [Full text]

	Availability of emergency contraception didn't change women's practice [Full text]

	Who will investigate suspected research misconduct? [Full text]

	How to detect data fabrication [Full text]

	ABC of conflict and disaster [Full text]

Editorials

	Investigating allegations of scientific misconduct
	Jane Smith, Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;331:245-246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.245 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling the political determinants of global health
	Ilona Kickbusch
	BMJ  2005;331:246-247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.246 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based prescribing
	Simon R J Maxwell
	BMJ  2005;331:247-248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.247 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Making prison health care more efficient
	Niyi Awofeso
	BMJ  2005;331:248-249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.248 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional references]

	Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy
	R William Stones, Kathleen Vits
	BMJ  2005;331:249-250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.249 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Dose adjustment in renal impairment: Response from the British National Formulary
	Dinesh K Mehta
	BMJ  2005;331:292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.292 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dose adjustment in renal impairment: Response from Martindale: the Complete Drug Reference
	Sean C Sweetman
	BMJ  2005;331:292-293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.292-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dose adjustment in renal impairment: Response from AHFS Drug Information
	Gerald K McEvoy
	BMJ  2005;331:293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.293 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dose adjustment in renal impairment: Response from Drug Prescribing in Renal Failure
	George R Aronoff
	BMJ  2005;331:293-294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.293-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Searching for papal scapegoats is pointless
	Amin Abboud
	BMJ  2005;331:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.294 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding, not wisdom, needed for capacity
	M E Jan Wise
	BMJ  2005;331:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.294-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Choose and book" does not solve any problems
	Adrian K Midgley
	BMJ  2005;331:294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.294-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	New medical contracts hamper trusts' financial performance
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2005;331:251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.251 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA holds memorial to people killed in London bombings
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;331:251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.251-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;331:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.252 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The People's Health Movement Assembly, Cuenca, Ecuador 18-23 July: Global right to health campaign launched
	Ronald Labonte
	BMJ  2005;331:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.252-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	The People's Health Movement Assembly, Cuenca, Ecuador 18-23 July: Iraq doctor tells of health crimes
	Ronald Labonte
	BMJ  2005;331:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.252-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Diagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome" still valid, appeal court rules
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.253 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Unsafe conviction rejected in Roy Meadow expert witness case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.253-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Science committee calls for better research into ageing
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.255-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Aid agencies appeal for help against famine
	Chibuzo Odigwe
	BMJ  2005;331:255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.255-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Voting set to begin at GMC following retirement of Wendy Savage
	Allison Barrett
	BMJ  2005;331:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	WHO increases pressure on China over bird flu
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2005;331:254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.254 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Health committee warns of potential dangers of soya
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2005;331:254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.254-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Image of disabled children wins award
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2005;331:254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.254-b [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	NHS errors led to more than 800 deaths
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;331:254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.254-c [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	German private medical school to reform in face of criticism
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2005;331:254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.254-d [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Foreign visitors to India are unaware of rabies risk
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2005;331:255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.255 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Stem cell bill may be stalled in US Senate
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.255-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Global university course launched on health advocacy
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2005;331:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.256-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Report argues US should not pay more than rest of world to fight HIV/AIDS
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2005;331:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.256-b [Extract] [Full text]

	US governor plans to import cheaper drugs from Australia and New Zealand
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2005;331:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.256-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Waiting times for scans to decrease, vows Department of Health
	Allison Barrett
	BMJ  2005;331:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.256-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Private hospitals to boost public service capacity in Ireland
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2005;331:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.256-e [Extract] [Full text]

	New malaria treatments may not be ideal
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2005;331:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.256-f [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;331:257-258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.257 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Impact on contraceptive practice of making emergency hormonal contraception available over the counter in Great Britain: repeated cross sectional surveys
	Cicely Marston, Howard Meltzer, Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2005;331:271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38519.440266.8F, (Published 11 July 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Best practices for safe handling of products containing concentrated potassium
	Michelle Tubman, Sumit R Majumdar, Daniel Lee, Carol Friesen, Terry P Klassen
	BMJ  2005;331:274-277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.274 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of conflict and disaster: Conflict recovery and intervening in hospitals
	James M Ryan, Peter F Mahoney, Cara Macnab
	BMJ  2005;331:278-280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.278 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Suspected research fraud: difficulties of getting at the truth
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;331:281-288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.281 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Key events and bibliography of Singh's publications]

	Investigating the previous studies of a fraudulent author
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2005;331:288-291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.288 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Art: Frida Kahlo
	Carmen Pinto
	BMJ  2005;331:297, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.297 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2005;331:298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.298 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Law and Ethics of Medical Research: International Bioethics and Human Rights
	Berna Arda
	BMJ  2005;331:298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.298-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: The ivory towers are as resilient as ever
	Martin Vaughan
	BMJ  2005;331:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.299 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: A first class service
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2005;331:299, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.299-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Calcium and vitamin D is effective for preventing first fracture
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised controlled trials for the BMJ need to be registered
	BMJ  2005;331:273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.273 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A scientist's fiancée wants to tidy his desk in 1861
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2005;331:277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.277 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Having worked for 12 unblemished years as a doctor, eight as a GP, I was erased from the GMC register in April for a mistake I made in 2000-1. What steps can I take to put me in the best position to obtain restoration in five years?
	Brian Keighley
	BMJ  2005;331:s44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s44, (Published 30 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are there any opportunities for working for an out of hours provider by doing telephone triage at a distance—that is, from Bangladesh? The hours would work; I am experienced in general practice and out of hours work, including telephone triage; and it could provide some useful income while we live there doing some voluntary work.
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2005;331:s44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s44-a, (Published 30 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a medical graduate from India and I want to join a GPVTS. Are there any exams to enter this training and, if so, when are these exams conducted? Do any institutions provide training or coaching for these exams?
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2005;331:s44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s44-b, (Published 30 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2005;331:s45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s45, (Published 30 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Careers in substance misuse psychiatry
	Rahul Rao
	BMJ  2005;331:s45-s46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s45-a, (Published 30 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Substance Misuse in Primary Care: a Multi-disciplinary Approach
	Jane H Roberts
	BMJ  2005;331:s46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s46, (Published 30 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Peer assisted learning for doctors
	Sadia Malick
	BMJ  2005;331:s47-s48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s47, (Published 30 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Study sources for GP registrars
	Emma Radcliffe, Sian Howell
	BMJ  2005;331:s48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s48, (Published 30 July 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diary of a major incident
	Kaji Sritharan, Vivian A Elwell
	BMJ  2005;331:s49-s50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s49, (Published 30 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Voluntary work after the 2004 tsunami: should experiences like this form part of medical training?
	Jamie Mckenzie
	BMJ  2005;331:s51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s51, (Published 30 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A tsunami relief doctor
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;331:s52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.s52, (Published 30 July 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Richard Doll
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2005;331:295, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.295 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Walter Vincent Anderson
	Sally Anderson
	BMJ  2005;331:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.296 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	D'Almero ("Darrell") Kok
	Nigel Gibbons
	BMJ  2005;331:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.296-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Douglas Macdonald McKean
	Peter Jones
	BMJ  2005;331:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.296-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Martin Rowan
	Mitchell Lewis
	BMJ  2005;331:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.296-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Agnes Hallimond Wilkinson (née Crozier)
	James Wilkinson
	BMJ  2005;331:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.296-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Fiona Margaret Wilson
	William Fraser, Ian Airlie, Olly Wilson
	BMJ  2005;331:296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.296-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Systematic review and meta-analysis of strategies for the diagnosis of suspected pulmonary embolism
	Pierre-Marie Roy, Isabelle Colombet, Pierre Durieux, Gilles Chatellier, Hervé Sors, Guy Meyer
	BMJ  2005;331:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.259 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	Systematic comparison of four sources of drug information regarding adjustment of dose for renal function
	Liat Vidal, Maya Shavit, Abigail Fraser, Mical Paul, Leonard Leibovici
	BMJ  2005;331:263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38476.471088.3A, (Published 19 May 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table and information] FREE

	Expression of concern
	BMJ  2005;331:266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.266 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Are these data real? Statistical methods for the detection of data fabrication in clinical trials
	Sanaa Al-Marzouki, Stephen Evans, Tom Marshall, Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2005;331:267-270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7511.267 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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