The kindness of strangers
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Treatment options for alcoholism haven't advanced [Full text]

	Chronic stress protects from breast cancer [Full text]

	Did cardiovascular prevention guidelines go over the top? [Full text]

	Extension studies need tighter ethical scrutiny [Full text]

	Women doctors are challenging entrenched attitudes in the UK [Full text]

Editorials

	Is the UN broken, and can we fix it?
	Kelley Lee
	BMJ  2005;331:525-526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.525 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Funding the public health response to terrorism
	Erica Frank
	BMJ  2005;331:526-527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.526 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables]

	British drinking: a suitable case for treatment?
	Wayne Hall
	BMJ  2005;331:527-528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.527 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regulating the drugs industry transparently
	John Abraham
	BMJ  2005;331:528-529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.528 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	SSRIs and gastrointestinal bleeding
	Carol Paton, I Nicol Ferrier
	BMJ  2005;331:529-530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.529 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Labour's "Black report" moment?
	Mary Shaw, Danny Dorling, Richard Mitchell, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2005;331:575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.575 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making prison health care more efficient: The cost may be higher than the price
	Andrew J Ashworth
	BMJ  2005;331:575-576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.575-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making prison health care more efficient: Europe's initiative and progress should be noted
	Alex Gatherer
	BMJ  2005;331:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.576 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing severe infection after splenectomy: What about old splenectomies?
	Stephen Sciberras
	BMJ  2005;331:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.576-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing severe infection after splenectomy: Risk of malaria and meningitis increases with asplenia
	Harald M Lipman
	BMJ  2005;331:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.576-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing severe infection after splenectomy: Authors' reply
	Adrian Newland, Drew Provan, Steven Myint
	BMJ  2005;331:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.576-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Embracing Cicely Saunders's concept of total pain
	Chi-Keong Ong, Duncan Forbes
	BMJ  2005;331:576-577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.576-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac impairment or heart failure?: What about "cardiovascular insufficiency syndrome"?
	J David Mitchell
	BMJ  2005;331:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.577 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac impairment or heart failure?: "Impairment" is no less alarming or confusing than "failure"
	Atef Michael
	BMJ  2005;331:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.577-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac impairment or heart failure?: Changing the name has knock-on effects
	Catie Gilbert
	BMJ  2005;331:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.577-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac impairment or heart failure?: What do patients really think?
	Kate H Field, Ann McPherson
	BMJ  2005;331:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.577-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiac impairment or heart failure?: Time for total political correctness?
	Bernard A Foëx, Simon Carley
	BMJ  2005;331:577, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.577-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	US government declares emergency after Hurricane Katrina
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;331:531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.531 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;331:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.532 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA official resigns over emergency contraception decision
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.532-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Criticism of US fetal pain study escalates
	Norra MacReady
	BMJ  2005;331:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.532-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Global Fund calls for increased AIDS funding
	Peter Mozynski
	BMJ  2005;331:533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.533 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Newer antihypertensive therapy reduces cardiovascular events
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.533-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK research funding bodies unite against bioterrorism threat
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;331:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.535-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK GP activity exceeds expectations
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;331:536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.536 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Judges support doctors' decision to stop treating dying man
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.536-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	UK government fails to tackle weaknesses in drug industry
	Liza Gibson
	BMJ  2005;331:534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.534 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Study highlights extent of medication errors in hospitals
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;331:534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.534-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Health consequences after Chernobyl disaster are less than feared
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.534-b [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Dutch government rejects tough measures on genital mutilation
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;331:534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.534-c [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Passive smoking increases children's risk of nasal cancer
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;331:534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.534-d [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	European public are unaware of heart failure symptoms
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2005;331:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.535 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Imported syringes triggered meningitis in Sri Lanka
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2005;331:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.535-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Court ruling ends Patel inquiry
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2005;331:536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.536-b [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2005;331:537-538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.537 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Dr Foster's case notes

	Variation in operation rates by primary care trust
	Paul Aylin, Susan Williams, Brian Jarman, Alex Bottle
	BMJ  2005;331:539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.539 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further datails]

BMJ family highlights

	What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2005;331:540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.540 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Estimating the high risk group for cardiovascular disease in the Norwegian HUNT 2 population according to the 2003 European guidelines: modelling study
	Linn Getz, Johann A Sigurdsson, Irene Hetlevik, Anna Luise Kirkengen, Solfrid Romundstad, Jostein Holmen
	BMJ  2005;331:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38555.648623.8F, (Published 15 August 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Learning in practice

	Intellectual aptitude tests and A levels for selecting UK school leaver entrants for medical school
	I C McManus, David A Powis, Richard Wakeford, Eamonn Ferguson, David James, Peter Richards
	BMJ  2005;331:555-559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.555 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional information] FREE

	Commentary: The benefits of aptitude testing for selecting medical students
	Sandra Nicholson
	BMJ  2005;331:559-560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.559 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What the educators are saying
	Richard Hays
	BMJ  2005;331:561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.561 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: In utero magnetic resonance imaging for brain and spinal abnormalities in fetuses
	Paul D Griffiths, Martyn N J Paley, Elysa Widjaja, Chris Taylor, Elspeth H Whitby
	BMJ  2005;331:562-565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.562 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of health informatics: What is health information?
	Jeremy C Wyatt, Frank Sullivan
	BMJ  2005;331:566-568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: A glossary of terms]

Education and debate

	Women doctors and their careers: what now?
	Isobel Allen
	BMJ  2005;331:569-572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.569 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further data]

	Open label extension studies: research or marketing?
	G J Taylor, P Wainwright
	BMJ  2005;331:572-574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.572 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Art: The Healing Touch: 500 years of Scots in sickness and health
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2005;331:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.580 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Who's Who in Orthopedics
	Andy Roche
	BMJ  2005;331:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.581 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: Asylum
	Peter Byrne
	BMJ  2005;331:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.581-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Health care in the eye of the storm
	Hector O Ventura
	BMJ  2005;331:582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.582 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Revalidation: a view from Africa
	Andrew R Potter
	BMJ  2005;331:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.583 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: The past is another country
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2005;331:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.583-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.584 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Reserve angiography and revascularisation for high risk patients with ongoing ischaemia
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Disease and fashion
	BMJ  2005;331:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.554 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transformational leadership
	Graham Neale
	BMJ  2005;331:560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: The rules
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;331:574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.574 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2005;331:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.579-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I would like to know how an MBChB degree can be used for careers other than clinical medicine. Where can I get advice on alternative career pathways for medical graduates? I only have one year of postgraduate experience.
	Adam Poole
	BMJ  2005;331:s104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s104, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is it better to do a clinical research fellow's post for one year or an LAT job (if available) for four to six months?
	Eric Lim
	BMJ  2005;331:s104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s104-a, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I start my medical degree in a few months. Will the fact that I am a nurse hinder or help me through my medical career?
	Jim Bolton
	BMJ  2005;331:s104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s104-b, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	With the current shortage of stand alone SHO posts in paediatrics, what are the career options for post-MRCPCH candidates who return back after a brief stint in a different field (for example, in general practice)?
	Raju Sureshkumar
	BMJ  2005;331:s104, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s104-c, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	THIS WEEK
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2005;331:s105, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s105, (Published 10 September 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors, drink, and drugs
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2005;331:s105-s106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s105-a, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A basic guide to patient safety (2): Risk analysis
	Andrew Hoyle
	BMJ  2005;331:s107-s108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s107, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2005;331:s108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s108, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Should doctors always admit mistakes?
	Kaji Sritharan
	BMJ  2005;331:s109-s110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s109, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Safe prescribing
	Ambreen Rana
	BMJ  2005;331:s110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s110, (Published 10 September 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Communicating with colleagues
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2005;331:s110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s110-a, (Published 10 September 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ringing about a patient
	Tom Walwyn
	BMJ  2005;331:s111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s111, (Published 10 September 2005) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NHS Direct—let the force for patients be with you
	Mike Sadler
	BMJ  2005;331:s111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s111-a, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Jobscore—the first six months
	Alexander Wood
	BMJ  2005;331:s112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.s112, (Published 10 September 2005) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John H C Ho
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;331:578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.578 [Extract] [Full text]

	Mohammed Hussain Al Saadi ("Abu Alaa")
	A Rahim Haloob
	BMJ  2005;331:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.579 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Barnett Hilary Bass
	M V J Raj
	BMJ  2005;331:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.579-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Keith Bernard Rogers
	Peter Rossiter
	BMJ  2005;331:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.579-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Norman Ronald Sales
	David Sales, Bryony Sales
	BMJ  2005;331:579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.579-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

Papers

	Effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems: findings of the randomised UK alcohol treatment trial (UKATT)
	UKATT Research Team
	BMJ  2005;331:541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.541 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full authorship details] FREE

	Cost effectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems: findings of the randomised UK alcohol treatment trial (UKATT)
	UKATT Research Team
	BMJ  2005;331:544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7516.544 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Self reported stress and risk of breast cancer: prospective cohort study
	Naja Rod Nielsen, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Tage S Kristensen, Bo Netterstrøm, Peter Schnohr, Morten Grønbæk
	BMJ  2005;331:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38547.638183.06, (Published 15 August 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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