A big mistake
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Oral misoprostol is safe for induction of labour at term [Full text]

	AUDIT to identify alcohol use disorders in primary care [Full text]

	Why do people die where they do? [Full text]

	Wine buyers buy healthier food than beer buyers [Full text]

	Work stress is associated with metabolic syndrome [Full text]

Editorials

	Screening for breast cancer
	J Michael Dixon
	BMJ  2006;332:499-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.499 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Where expert witnesses fear to tread
	M E Jan Wise
	BMJ  2006;332:500-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.500 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive
	Akseli Hemminki, Pirkko-Liisa Kellokumpu-Lehtinen
	BMJ  2006;332:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.501 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Mexico and the tobacco industry: Editorial lost sight of the real enemy
	Mauricio Hernandez Avila
	BMJ  2006;332:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.548 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mexico and the tobacco industry: Response from the Ministry of Health
	Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Cristóbal Ruíz-Gaytán, Luis Alfonso Caso-González
	BMJ  2006;332:548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.548-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prisoners in general hospitals: doctors' attitudes and practice
	Helen Tuite, Katherine Browne, Desmond O'Neill
	BMJ  2006;332:548-549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.548-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Time for food industry to adopt signposting model
	Alexander Macara, Noel Olsen
	BMJ  2006;332:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients need not give consent in all clinical education
	Edith ter Braak
	BMJ  2006;332:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.549-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Offering results to research participants
	Eleanor M Dinnett, Moira M B Mungall, Claire Gordon, Elizabeth S Ronald, Allan Gaw
	BMJ  2006;332:549-550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.549-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Does melatonin improve sleep?: Efficacy of melatonin
	Josephine Arendt
	BMJ  2006;332:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.550 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Does melatonin improve sleep?: Muddles with melatonin
	M E Jan Wise
	BMJ  2006;332:550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.550-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Logical debate on problem based learning
	Andrew F Mellon, Jonathan Mellon
	BMJ  2006;332:550-551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.550-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chlamydia is being managed in primary care
	Amanda C Davies, H Birley, A Chiganze
	BMJ  2006;332:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.551 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cuba: better care for stroke
	Pedro O Orduñez-García, Marcos D Iraola-Ferrer, Rubén Bembibre Taboada
	BMJ  2006;332:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.551-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A mnemonic for depression
	Paul Blenkiron
	BMJ  2006;332:551, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.551-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection
	Nick Maskell, Andrew Nunn, Robert J O Davies
	BMJ  2006;332:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.552 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary care is not evil
	Nigel D C Sturrock
	BMJ  2006;332:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.552-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	No easy solutions for frequent hospital attendances
	Peter A West
	BMJ  2006;332:552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.552-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	CMA draws criticism for sacking editors
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.503 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.504 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA says referral schemes are used to restrict access to hospitals
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2006;332:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.504-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	NICE advocates computerised CBT
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.504-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	UK government likely to miss its target to reduce childhood obesity
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.505 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	NEJM stands by its criticism of Vioxx study
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.505-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Promoter of vitamins for AIDS calls off lawsuits
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2006;332:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Coming in from the cold
	Michael Leidig
	BMJ  2006;332:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	UK will reserve bird flu vaccine for health workers
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Supreme Court to review “partial birth abortion” law
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Conceptions in England and Wales are falling in women under 18 but rising overall
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Development of “orphan drugs” in Europe is too slow
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AMA develops measures of doctors’ performance
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.506-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA shuts down human tissue company
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;332:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Quebec introduces more private care into its health system
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE advocates community services for skin cancer patients
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.507-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Health agencies must better communicate bird flu risk, UN coordinator says
	Nellie Bristol
	BMJ  2006;332:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Postal services prop up illegal drug trade
	Grainger Laffan
	BMJ  2006;332:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Call to scrap import tariffs on pharmaceuticals in global WTO talks
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;332:508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.508-c [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Oral misoprostol for induction of labour at term: randomised controlled trial
	Jodie M Dodd, Caroline A Crowther, Jeffrey S Robinson
	BMJ  2006;332:509-513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38729.513819.63, (Published 2 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Opportunistic screening for alcohol use disorders in primary care: comparative study
	Simon Coulton, Colin Drummond, Darren James, Christine Godfrey, J Martin Bland, Steve Parrott, Timothy Peters, the Stepwice Research Team
	BMJ  2006;332:511-517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38743.421574.7C, (Published 17 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Factors influencing death at home in terminally ill patients with cancer: systematic review
	Barbara Gomes, Irene J Higginson
	BMJ  2006;332:515-521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38740.614954.55, (Published 8 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Food buying habits of people who buy wine or beer: cross sectional study
	Ditte Johansen, Karina Friis, Erik Skovenborg, Morten Grønbæk
	BMJ  2006;332:519-522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38694.568981.80, (Published 20 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Chronic stress at work and the metabolic syndrome: prospective study
	Tarani Chandola, Eric Brunner, Michael Marmot
	BMJ  2006;332:521-525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38693.435301.80, (Published 20 January 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis
	T J Murray
	BMJ  2006;332:525-527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.525 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: McDonald criteria]

Practice

	Gastrointestinal capsule endoscopy: from tertiary centres to primary care
	Reena Sidhu, David S Sanders, Mark E McAlindon
	BMJ  2006;332:528-531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.528 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full list of references]

	ABC of wound healing: Traumatic and surgical wounds
	David J Leaper
	BMJ  2006;332:532-535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.532 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:536-537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.536 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Public health: Content of invitations for publicly funded screening mammography
	Karsten Juhl Jørgensen, Peter C Gøtzsche
	BMJ  2006;332:538-541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.538 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

	Health policy: Adjusting for treatment refusal in rationing decisions
	Richard Lilford, Alan Girling, Andrew Stevens, Abdullah Almasri, Mohammed A Mohammed, David Braunholtz
	BMJ  2006;332:542-544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.542 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics: One-time general consent for research on biological samples
	David Wendler
	BMJ  2006;332:544-547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.544 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendices]

Reviews

	Book: Spirituality and the Healthy Mind: Science, Therapy, and the Need for Personal Meaning
	Paul Foster
	BMJ  2006;332:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.555 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Stuart: A Life Backwards
	Angela Jones
	BMJ  2006;332:555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.555-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: On street addresses and middle names: my struggle to upload a scientific paper
	Rita Giacaman
	BMJ  2006;332:556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.556 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: A foray into unfamiliar territory
	Charles P Swainson
	BMJ  2006;332:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.557 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Axel Munthe and The Story of San Michele
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2006;332:557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.557-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.558 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Three days of antibiotics is enough for uncomplicated cystitis
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Education
	BMJ  2006;332:518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.518 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Are you a globalist or an analyst?
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2006;332:524, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.524 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort
	BMJ  2006;332:531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.531 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: The very last word
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2006;332:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.535 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hoax bomb calls and psychiatry
	Sanju George
	BMJ  2006;332:541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.541 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I am 56 years old and have been in medicine for 33 years. I have worked in the United Kingdom since 1980 and have done jobs in general medicine, chest medicine, and geriatrics. During my rotation in medicine I also worked in subspecialties such as cardiology, diabetes, and gastroenterology. I have full membership of the Royal College of Physicians, and two years ago I was awarded a fellowship. In my current job I do a diabetes clinic for the independent elderly and non-invasive cardiology. I am thinking of moving into full or part time general practice. What are my chances?
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2006;332:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s82, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I have been a senior house officer (SHO) in obstetrics and gynaecology for the past 12 months and have done part 1 membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG). I am interested in pursuing a career in genitourinary medicine. Can you help with the following queries? I cannot take MRCOG part 2 as I have to do three more years of training in obstetrics and gynaecology. I don't want to go on to second on-call posts as I am not interested in obstetrics and gynaecology. Can I work as a first on-call in obstetrics and gynaecology for the next three years, pass my part 2 MRCOG, and then move to genitourinary medicine? There is the second option of doing membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), but getting stand alone jobs in medicine is difficult and I am not sure how I can then complete the MRCP. How can I get an SHO post in genitourinary medicine? Are there any short courses, diplomas, or MSc courses which will boost my CV helping me to secure an SHO post in genitourinary medicine?
	Phillip Kell
	BMJ  2006;332:s82, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s82-a, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:gp83, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.sgp83, (Published 4 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Leadership in general practice: part 2
	Clare Mullins
	BMJ  2006;332:gp83-gp84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.sgp83-a, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s83, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s83, (Published 4 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Consultant career plan
	Abhay Vaidya, Romesh C Gupta
	BMJ  2006;332:s83-s84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s83-a, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	BMJ  2006;332:gp84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.sgp84, (Published 4 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	BMJ  2006;332:s84, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s84, (Published 4 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Launch of online career development toolkit
	Fiona Taylor, Neil Houston
	BMJ  2006;332:gp85, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.sgp85, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to pass the MRCS
	Stephen Brennan
	BMJ  2006;332:s85, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s85, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Many heads make light of membership exams
	Sabreena Malik
	BMJ  2006;332:s86-s87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s86, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Study groups
	Sabreena Malik
	BMJ  2006;332:s87, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s87, (Published 4 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career review part 1: first aid
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2006;332:s88, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s88, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
	Mark Taubert
	BMJ  2006;332:s89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s89, (Published 4 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Off the wall solutions for on the ball doctors
	BMJ  2006;332:s89, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s89-a, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A consultant ophthalmologist
	Antonella Berry-Brincat
	BMJ  2006;332:s90, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.s90, (Published 4 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Norman Shumway
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.553 [Extract] [Full text]

	Archibald Hunter Darling
	Janie Darling
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Anthony John Alexander Ferguson
	Colin Waine
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Clare Passmore Grant
	Richard F Crellin
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Margaret Melville Rae Martin
	Constance E Fozzard
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kathleen May Reid
	Peter Schutte
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Ramanlal Bhikhabhai Shah
	David Whiteford, Mayank R Shah
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Michael Frank Cumnor Walker
	D M C Walker
	BMJ  2006;332:554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.554-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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