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Bentham's head
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.0-f
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Dose of vitamin A could be halved [Full text]
Placental malaria strikes smaller women more severely [Full text]
GPs with special interests are good but costly [Full text]
Fewer drugs are being prescribed to children with depression [Full text]
When markets reform health care [Full text]

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Reaching the poor
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2005;331:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1417
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The health crisis in Russia
Rifat A Atun
BMJ  2005;331:1418-1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1418
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Long term outcome after traumatic brain injury
Simon Fleminger, Jennie Ponsford
BMJ  2005;331:1419-1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1419
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Launching BMJ Masterclasses
Cath McDermott, Kieran Walsh, Luisa Dillner
BMJ  2005;331:1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1420
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Rationing in response to NHS deficits: rural patients are likely to be affected most
Sheena Asthana, Alex Gibson
BMJ  2005;331:1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1472
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Rationing joint replacements: Trust's decision seems to be based on prejudice or attributing blame...
Nicholas Finer
BMJ  2005;331:1472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1472-a
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Rationing joint replacements: ...and is false economy resulting in overall damage
Martin W McNicol
BMJ  2005;331:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473
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District general hospitals have a future in truly rural areas
Peter J Milewski
BMJ  2005;331:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473-a
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Commissioning perhaps shouldn't follow the American way
John Hughes
BMJ  2005;331:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473-b
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US experience of smoke-free prisons
Thomas Lincoln, R Scott Chavez, Elizabeth Langmore-Avila
BMJ  2005;331:1473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473-c
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Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: Study conclusions do not reflect findings for celecoxib
Joe Feczko
BMJ  2005;331:1473-1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1473-d
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Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: How strong is the evidence?
Bernard G Bannwarth
BMJ  2005;331:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1474
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Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: Why were patients at major risk excluded?
Luca Puccetti
BMJ  2005;331:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1474-a
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Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: COX-2 inhibitors were thought of as a safe option
Michael R Lewis, Diana Kay
BMJ  2005;331:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1474-b
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Risk of gastrointestinal effects with COX-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs: What does evidence from randomised trials show about celecoxib?
Jonathan L Underhill
BMJ  2005;331:1474-1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1474-c
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Recessive disorders and consanguineous marriage
John W T Benson
BMJ  2005;331:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1475
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Giving steroids before elective caesarean section: Authors respond to editorial
P R Stutchfield, R Whitaker
BMJ  2005;331:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1475-a
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European subsidies and developing countries
Kelechi E Nnoaham
BMJ  2005;331:1475-1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1475-b
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New TB vaccine granted orphan drug status
T Lang, A V S Hill, H McShane, R Shah, A Towse, C Pritchard, M Garau
BMJ  2005;331:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1476
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EWTD has negative impact on training for surgeons
Mohiemen Anwar, Shabina Irfan, Niall Daly, Furrat Amen
BMJ  2005;331:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1476-a
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I can fly light aircraft, therefore I can anaesthetise?
Gordon Pledger
BMJ  2005;331:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1476-b
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WTO amendment on generic drugs draws mixed reaction
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2005;331:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1421
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Health should be seen as a human right, global campaign says
Sophie Arie
BMJ  2005;331:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1421-a
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In brief
BMJ  2005;331:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1422
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Severe liver disease will increase unless injecting drug users are tested and treated
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2005;331:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1422-a
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Dutch doctors are given guidance on sedation
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2005;331:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1422-b
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Journal criticises Vioxx study for omitting three heart attacks
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2005;331:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1423
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NICE guidance should consider lifestyle only if it influences effectiveness
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2005;331:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1423-a
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Smoke from cigarette tip is more toxic than main inhaled smoke
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2005;331:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1425-b
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Primary care trusts should delay treatment to cut deficits
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426
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Show captures the spirit of Nobel achievement
Christiane Rehwagen
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-a
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Government must set up mechanism to save failing trusts
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-j
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Cannabis has medical benefits but needs further investigation, says report
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424
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Government is attacked for interference over Herceptin
Claire Laurent
BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424-a
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Health spending in England rises faster than in rest of UK
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424-b
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NHS research is to focus more on care
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424-c
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Scottish health service is ordered to release data on surgeons’ performance
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2005;331:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1424-d
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North America has new outbreaks of antibiotic associated C difficile
Janice Tanne
BMJ  2005;331:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1425
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Aid often helps richer people in poor countries, World Bank says
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2005;331:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1425-a
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Appeal court rules that GMC must reconsider complaints against Southall
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-b
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Junk food advertising contributes to young Americans’ obesity
Kristina Fister
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-c
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EU aims to tackle growing problem of obesity
Rory Watson
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-d
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Internet papers show links between scientists and tobacco industry
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-e
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Funds for vaccination over next decade may fall short by $10bn
Ganapati Mudur
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-f
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Prisoner with AIDS is released to die at home
Pat Sidley
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-g
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Premature deaths from cancer are down but visits to casualty are up, report says
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2005;331:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-h
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Research and work abroad are discouraged in UK’s new training agenda
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2005;331:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1426-i
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What's new in the other general journals
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2005;331:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1427
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Evaluation of a general practitioner with special interest service for dermatology: randomised controlled trial
Chris Salisbury, Alison Noble, Sue Horrocks, Zoe Crosby, Viv Harrison, Joanna Coast, David de Berker, Tim Peters
BMJ  2005;331:1441-1446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38670.494734.7C, (Published 6 December 2005)
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Economic evaluation of a general practitioner with special interests led dermatology service in primary care
Joanna Coast, Sian Noble, Alison Noble, Sue Horrocks, Oya Asim, Tim J Peters, Chris Salisbury
BMJ  2005;331:1444-1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38676.446910.7C, (Published 8 December 2005)
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Commentary: General practitioners with special interests—not a cheap option
Martin Roland
BMJ  2005;331:1448-1449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38676.769711.7C, (Published 8 December 2005)
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Deprivation and volunteering by general practices: cross sectional analysis of a national primary care system
Daniel Mackay, Matt Sutton, Graham Watt
BMJ  2005;331:1449-1451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1449
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Overprescribing antidepressants to children: pharmacoepidemiological study in primary care
Kathleen Bennett, Mary Teeling, John Feely
BMJ  2005;331:1451-1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1451
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Frozen shoulder
Richard Dias, Steven Cutts, Samir Massoud
BMJ  2005;331:1453-1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1453
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Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Evaluation of current strategies and future priorities for improving health in developing countries
David B Evans, Stephen S Lim, Taghreed Adam, Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer, WHO Choosing Interventions that are Cost Effective (CHOICE) Millennium Development Goals Team
BMJ  2005;331:1457-1461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38658.675243.94, (Published 10 November 2005)
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The NHS revolution: health care in the market place: Medical generalists: connecting the map and the territory
Iona Heath, Kieran Sweeney
BMJ  2005;331:1462-1464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1462
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Using markets to reform health care
Nigel Edwards
BMJ  2005;331:1464-1466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1464
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Mental health legislation should respect decision making capacity
Len Doyal, Julian Sheather
BMJ  2005;331:1467-1469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1467
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Commentary: test of capacity has little practical benefit
Derek Chiswick
BMJ  2005;331:1469-1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1469
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Commentary: Who benefits from the new act?
David Crepaz-Keay
BMJ  2005;331:1470-1471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1470
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Multimedia: Darwin
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2005;331:1479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1479
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TV: The Story of God
Trevor Jackson
BMJ  2005;331:1480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1480
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Book: The Arts in Medical Education: A Practical Guide
Liam Farrell
BMJ  2005;331:1480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1480-a
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Personal views: How important are we really?
Ian Palmer
BMJ  2005;331:1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1481
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Hit parade
BMJ  2005;331:1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1481-b
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Personal views: Osler's bedside library revisited—books for the 21st century
Sanjay A Pai, Roop D Gursahani
BMJ  2005;331:1482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1482
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Personal views: Comprehensive ophthalmology at the Last Chance Saloon
Michael Clarke
BMJ  2005;331:1483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1483
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Soundings: Lanyards
Trisha Greenhalgh
BMJ  2005;331:1483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1483-a
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Minerva
BMJ  2005;331:1484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1484
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bmjupdates+: Angioplasty prolongs survival in high risk patients with confirmed heart attack
BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.0-e
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One hundred years ago: The medical student of to-day
BMJ  2005;331:1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1452
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Misunderstandings
Satheesha Nayak
BMJ  2005;331:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1456
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Invasive procedures
Victoria Thomas
BMJ  2005;331:1461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1461
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Anatomy lessons for the bird brained
Arunachalam Kumar
BMJ  2005;331:1471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1471
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Editor's Choice
BMJ  2005;331:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1430
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The parents' journey: continuing a pregnancy after a diagnosis of Patau's syndrome
BMJ  2005;331:1430, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1430-a
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Small change
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2005;331:E393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.E393
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BMJ USA is ending
Douglas Kamerow, Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2005;331:E394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.E394
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wjm western journal of medicine—back archive now live on PubMed Central
BMJ  2005;331:E394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.E394-a
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Montezuma's treasure
Richard G Roberts
BMJ  2005;331:E395-E396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.E395
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Samuel Coenen, Dominique L Monnet, Matus Ferech, Herman Goossens, the ESAC Project Group
BMJ  2005;331:E397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.E397
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Minerva
BMJ  2005;331:E398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.E398
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I have finished medical university in Mongolia and have worked as a general practitioner for a year. I would like to work and live in the UK—what are my chances?
Kay Mohanna
BMJ  2005;331:gp262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.sgp262, (Published 17 December 2005)
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I want to become a GP trainer after I've completed my GP training. Do I need to do any special courses or degrees?
Bill Irish
BMJ  2005;331:gp262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.sgp262-a, (Published 17 December 2005)
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I have recently seen in the immigration status section of a job application that there is a special clause for the doctors who were allowed to enter the UK as doctors before 1 April 1991. Is this true?
Shaaz Mahboob
BMJ  2005;331:s262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s262, (Published 17 December 2005)
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I have completed my foundation year 2 post (A&E, general practice, and public health) and I'm currently doing a stand alone A&E non-training job. How can I increase my chances of getting a training post as an SHO in anaesthesia next year?
Michael Dobson
BMJ  2005;331:s262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s262-a, (Published 17 December 2005)
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I'm a medical student and am interested in maxillofacial surgery. I understand that most people who do maxillofacial surgery initially train as dentists and then do a medical degree. Is it possible to do it the other way round?
James A McCaul
BMJ  2005;331:s262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s262-b, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Can anyone advise me on books to prepare for the MRCOG part 1 exam?
Philip Owen
BMJ  2005;331:s262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s262-c, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Clinical attachment in general practice
Sadia Qureshi
BMJ  2005;331:gp263-gp264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.sgp263-a, (Published 17 December 2005)
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this week
Graham Easton
BMJ  2005;331:s263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s263, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Internet recruitment to foundation year 1 programmes
Jonathan Howes
BMJ  2005;331:s263-s264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s263-a, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Submitting a conference abstract
Nicholas F S Watson
BMJ  2005;331:s264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s264, (Published 17 December 2005)
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There's never been a better time to e-communicate
Kieran Walsh
BMJ  2005;331:s265-s266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s265, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
BMJ  2005;331:s266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s266, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Changes in legislation surrounding pension provision
James Ward
BMJ  2005;331:s267-s268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s267, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Working as a PRHO while disabled
Simon Yau
BMJ  2005;331:s269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s269, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Fair's fair
BMJ  2005;331:s270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s270, (Published 17 December 2005)
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The price of being a specialist
BMJ  2005;331:s270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s270-a, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Oxford handbook downsizing
BMJ  2005;331:s270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s270-b, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Overseas Catch 22—a solution?
BMJ  2005;331:s270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s270-c, (Published 17 December 2005)
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Without foundation
BMJ  2005;331:s270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s270-d, (Published 17 December 2005)
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GP flexible careers and returners under threat
BMJ  2005;331:s270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.s270-e, (Published 17 December 2005)
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The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of Stanley Milgram
BMJ  2005;331:1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1481-a
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Bill Inman
BMJ  2005;331:1477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1477
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Benjamin Bernard Angel
BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478
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David Lewis Bartlett
BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-a
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Steve Hugh
BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-b
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Conrad Hilary Brian Lawfield
BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-c
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John Robert Paterson
BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-d
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Elisabeth Shoenberg
BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-e
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Hugh Philipson Watson
BMJ  2005;331:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1478-f
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Randomised study of effect of different doses of vitamin A on childhood morbidity and mortality
Christine Stabell Benn, Cesario Martins, Amabelia Rodrigues, Henrik Jensen, Ida Maria Lisse, Peter Aaby
BMJ  2005;331:1428-1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38670.639340.55, (Published 23 November 2005)
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Achieving the millennium development goals for health: Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies to combat HIV/AIDS in developing countries
Daniel R Hogan, Rob Baltussen, Chika Hayashi, Jeremy A Lauer, Joshua A Salomon
BMJ  2005;331:1431-1437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38643.368692.68, (Published 10 November 2005)
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Parental concerns about their child's emotions and behaviour and referral to specialist services: general population survey
Tamsin Ford, Kapil Sayal, Howard Meltzer, Robert Goodman
BMJ  2005;331:1435-1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1435
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Time to pregnancy and sex of offspring: cohort study
Luc J M Smits, Rob A de Bie, Gerard G Essed, Piet A van den Brandt
BMJ  2005;331:1437-1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1437
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Family history of breast cancer and cost of life assurance: a test case comparison of current UK industry practice
A Hunter, S E Humphries
BMJ  2005;331:1438-1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1438
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Severe placental malaria and maternal shortness, thinness, and small skeletal size in rural Congo: cohort study
Hermione J Lovel, Rachel M Newby, Valerie F Hillier
BMJ  2005;331:1439-1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7530.1439
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