Do not resuscitate, or fly
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Students may have a higher risk for meningococcal disease than other adolescents [Full text]

	Are you standing comfortably? [Full text]

	Use a combined strategy in prenatal chromosomal diagnostics [Full text]

	Don't plan to quit, just do it [Full text]

	Anticholinergic drugs may cause cognitive decline in elderly people [Full text]

Editorials

	Optimising prenatal diagnosis of Down's syndrome
	James P Neilson, Zarko Alfirevic
	BMJ  2006;332:433-434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.433 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome receive treatment for infertility?
	Adam H Balen, Martin Dresner, Eleanor M Scott, James O Drife
	BMJ  2006;332:434-435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.434 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lost in transition? Between paediatric and adult services
	Janet E McDonagh, Russell M Viner
	BMJ  2006;332:435-436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.435 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Behavioural medicine: changing our behaviour
	Theresa Marteau, Paul Dieppe, Robbie Foy, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Neil Schneiderman
	BMJ  2006;332:437-438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.437 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions: Case reports were dismissed too quickly
	Jan P Vandenbroucke
	BMJ  2006;332:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.488 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions: Case reports generate signals efficiently
	Stefan Russmann
	BMJ  2006;332:488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.488-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pain is an issue in renal impairment
	Colette Reid, Jane Gibbins, Geoffrey Hanks
	BMJ  2006;332:488-489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.488-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Proteinuria in chronic renal disease was not mentioned
	Charlie Tomson
	BMJ  2006;332:489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.489 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More on JAMA's policy on industry sponsored studies
	Kenneth J Rothman, Stephen Evans
	BMJ  2006;332:489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.489-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Compensation for non-negligent harm in trials remains shaky
	Desmond R Laurence
	BMJ  2006;332:489-490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.489-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Referrals between consultants: Public should rise to the defence
	David M Lewis
	BMJ  2006;332:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.490 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Referrals between consultants: System has potential for error
	Peter Gooderham
	BMJ  2006;332:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.490-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Referrals between consultants: Consultant referrals are funded
	Tim E P Davies
	BMJ  2006;332:490, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.490-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prognostic assessment will be important in flu pandemic
	Gavin D Barlow
	BMJ  2006;332:490-491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.490-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Best research: New strategy is warmly welcomed
	Robert Boyd, Mike Burrows
	BMJ  2006;332:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.491 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Best research: Research originating in primary care needs support
	Jim Sikorski, Susan Robinson, Martin Edwards
	BMJ  2006;332:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.491-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tobacco: are we all to blame?
	Jonathan H Burton
	BMJ  2006;332:491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.491-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Meadow should never have been brought before the GMC
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.439 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.440 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	England will ban smoking in enclosed public places
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.440-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Film makers should show they accepted no gifts from tobacco industry
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.440-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Doctor sues for unfair dismissal claiming Roche feared she would blow the whistle
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2006;332:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.441 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health minister is stripped of his right to veto use of abortion pill
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2006;332:441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.441-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patient is to appeal High Court ruling on breast cancer drug
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.443-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	US cancer mortality falls for the first time
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Mental Health Bill for England and Wales may be postponed
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Network is set up to champion independent sector treatment centres
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Christian supporters of science oppose fundamentalists
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors are told to ditch “disease spreading” neckties
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Congress scrutinises hospitals owned by doctors after patient’s death
	Nellie Bristol
	BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospitalisation increases partner’s risk of death
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.442-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Industry must be responsible for bird flu vaccine, says UK government
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.443 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor who was remanded for murder wins record damages
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;332:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.443-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Specialists call for legalised trade in kidneys
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.443-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	UK government says EU directive on services excludes health care
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Italian doctors defy restrictions on abortion pill
	Jane Burgermeister
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-c [Extract] [Full text]

	WHO to set up international task force on counterfeit drugs
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Wales publishes waiting times for diagnostic tests
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-e [Extract] [Full text]

	GMC orders urologist to be retrained
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Many sexual health services are “in danger of drowning”
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-g [Extract] [Full text]

	NICE recommends screening patients for malnutrition
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2006;332:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.444-h [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents: matched cohort study
	Joanna Tully, Russell M Viner, Pietro G Coen, James M Stuart, Maria Zambon, Catherine Peckham, Clare Booth, Nigel Klein, Ed Kaczmarski, Robert Booy
	BMJ  2006;332:445-450, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38725.728472.BE, (Published 10 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Physical work environment risk factors for long term sickness absence: prospective findings among a cohort of 5357 employees in Denmark
	Thomas Lund, Merete Labriola, Karl Bang Christensen, Ute Bültmann, Ebbe Villadsen
	BMJ  2006;332:449-452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38731.622975.3A, (Published 30 January 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fetal nuchal translucency scan and early prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities by rapid aneuploidy screening: observational study
	Lyn S Chitty, Karl O Kagan, Francisca S Molina, Jonathan J Waters, Kypros H Nicolaides
	BMJ  2006;332:452-455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38730.655197.AE, (Published 13 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Non-degenerative mild cognitive impairment in elderly people and use of anticholinergic drugs: longitudinal cohort study
	Marie L Ancelin, Sylvaine Artero, Florence Portet, Anne-Marie Dupuy, Jacques Touchon, Karen Ritchie
	BMJ  2006;332:455-459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38740.439664.DE, (Published 1 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"Catastrophic" pathways to smoking cessation: findings from national survey
	Robert West, Taj Sohal
	BMJ  2006;332:458-460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38723.573866.AE, (Published 27 January 2006) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Barriers to implementing a policy not to attempt resuscitation in acute medical admissions: prospective, cross sectional study of a successive cohort
	H Fidler, C Thompson, A Freeman, D Hogan, G Walker, J Weinman
	BMJ  2006;332:461-462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38740.855914.BE, (Published 10 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Management of pre-eclampsia
	Lelia Duley, Shireen Meher, Edgardo Abalos
	BMJ  2006;332:463-468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.463 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra details]

Practice

	Lesson of the week: Cushing's syndrome without excess cortisol
	D R Woods, C S Arun, P A Corris, P Perros
	BMJ  2006;332:469-470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.469 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort: case progression
	Girish Dwivedi, Sajad Ahmed Hayat, Andonis G Violaris, Roxy Senior
	BMJ  2006;332:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.471 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of wound healing: Pressure ulcers
	Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding, Stuart Enoch
	BMJ  2006;332:472-475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.472 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;332:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.476 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2006;332:477-478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.477 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Controversy: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in continuing care settings: time for a rethink?
	Simon P Conroy, Tony Luxton, Robert Dingwall, Rowan H Harwood, John R F Gladman
	BMJ  2006;332:479-482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.479 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Refernces w1 - w18]

	Health economics: Using economics to set pragmatic and ethical priorities
	Stuart Peacock, Danny Ruta, Craig Mitton, Cam Donaldson, Angela Bate, Madeleine Murtagh
	BMJ  2006;332:482-485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.482 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Child health: Overuse of institutional care for children in Europe
	Kevin Browne, Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis, Rebecca Johnson, Mikael Ostergren
	BMJ  2006;332:485-487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.485 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: Caring Physicians of the World
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2006;332:494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.494 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Suburban Shaman: Tales from Medicine's Frontline
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2006;332:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.495 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Knowledge to Action? Evidence-Based Health Care in Context
	Matt Williams
	BMJ  2006;332:495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.495-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: "That's all I got handed over"
	Myooran Sithamparanathan
	BMJ  2006;332:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.496 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hit Parade
	BMJ  2006;332:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.496-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: When doctors learned to speak carbon
	Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2006;332:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.497 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Medical intuition
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2006;332:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.497-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.498 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Smoking in late pregnancy reduces birth weight
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Fear
	Lesley Jean Morrison
	BMJ  2006;332:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.448 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Geriatric neologism
	Conor Ramsden
	BMJ  2006;332:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.451 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Learning for consultants
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2006;332:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.454 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What's in March's studentBMJ?
	BMJ  2006;332:460, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.460 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Let Ruth into palliative medicine
	Chi-Keong Ong
	BMJ  2006;332:462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.462 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A major medical decision
	F Morgan
	BMJ  2006;332:468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.468 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Medicine and men of letters
	BMJ  2006;332:475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.475 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Poacher turned gamekeeper
	BMJ  2006;332:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s72, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Going underground
	BMJ  2006;332:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s72-a, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medical students' quandary
	BMJ  2006;332:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s72-b, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The appointments mystery deepens
	BMJ  2006;332:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s72-c, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Gender bender
	BMJ  2006;332:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s72-d, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Careers advice
	BMJ  2006;332:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s72-e, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Two's company
	BMJ  2006;332:s72, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s72-f, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s73, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s73, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Refugee doctors—a valuable resource
	Emma Stewart
	BMJ  2006;332:s73-s74, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s73-a, (Published 25 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Changes to UK managed migration schemes
	Chris Fysh
	BMJ  2006;332:s75, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s75, (Published 25 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Make a difference to a charity
	Fiona McBain
	BMJ  2006;332:s76-s77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s76, (Published 25 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2006;332:s77, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s77, (Published 25 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	General practice for all
	Patrick Hutt
	BMJ  2006;332:s78-s79, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s78, (Published 25 February 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making a psychiatry referral
	Lucy Watkin
	BMJ  2006;332:s79, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s79, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Medical Job Interview: Secrets for Success
	Karen Hebert
	BMJ  2006;332:s80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s80, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Coaching and Mentoring in Health and Social Care: the essentials of practice for professionals and organisations
	Rachel Hooke
	BMJ  2006;332:s80, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.s80-a, (Published 25 February 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	David Clark
	Elizabeth Ross
	BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Michael Hague Dale
	Michael Drury
	BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Morley Davies
	Brian Beach
	BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Devine
	M Devine
	BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Brian John McDougall Duxbury
	N K Shinton
	BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Brown Wallace Galloway
	W H Duthie
	BMJ  2006;332:492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ian Ramsay Gray
	Howel Jones
	BMJ  2006;332:492-493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.492-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kathleen Murray Hadden (née Morrison)
	Hilary Hinton
	BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Andrew James Ogilvy
	Andrew J Fox
	BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Philip Horsman Rack
	Jenny Rack
	BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Frank William Sheffield
	Maurice Philpott
	BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gerald Joseph Siegler
	Todd D Wauchob
	BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Rowland James Williams
	James H S Wakelin
	BMJ  2006;332:493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7539.493-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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