Living dangerously
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Managing atopic eczema [Full text]

	Low molecular weight heparin preferred in palliative care [Full text]

	Does IQ explain socioeconomic inequalities in health? [Full text]

	Hip protectors may not be effective [Full text]

	Public-private collaboration improves tuberculosis control in India [Full text]

Editorials

	Hip protectors to prevent femoral fracture
	Sophia E de Rooij
	BMJ  2006;332:559-560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.559 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Guantanamo: a call for action
	Michael Wilks
	BMJ  2006;332:560-561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.560 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inverse association between appendicectomy and ulcerative colitis
	Morten Frisch
	BMJ  2006;332:561-562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.561 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating refractory epilepsy in adults
	Edward Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;332:562-563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.562 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The burden of chronic kidney disease
	Rizwan A Hamer, A Meguid El Nahas
	BMJ  2006;332:563-564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.563 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Please do not resuscitate: Solution is flawed
	Claud Regnard
	BMJ  2006;332:608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please do not resuscitate: Do we perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on living or dead people?
	John C Chambers
	BMJ  2006;332:608, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please do not resuscitate: Automatic refusal is as harmful as offering resuscitation to all
	Carmelo Aquilina, Suki Greaves, Mohammed Al-Saadi, Henk Parmentier, Catherine Tarrant, Elaine Wantoch
	BMJ  2006;332:608-609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.608-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Please do not resuscitate: Communication is key
	Gordon Lishman
	BMJ  2006;332:609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.609 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility treatment: Lifestyle modification is paramount
	Jonathan M Lord, Robert Norman
	BMJ  2006;332:609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.609-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility treatment: Asking obese women to lose weight before treatment increases stigmatisation
	Sheila E Laredo
	BMJ  2006;332:609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.609-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paying for research related injuries in the US
	Mark Hochhauser
	BMJ  2006;332:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"That's all I got handed over": Missed opportunities and opportunity for near misses in Wales
	Mathew Tokode, Breden O'Riordan, Ludger Barthelmes
	BMJ  2006;332:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"That's all I got handed over": Views from a teaching hospital
	Faiyaz Mohammed
	BMJ  2006;332:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis at all costs won't make Bentham turn in his grave
	Richard Lehman
	BMJ  2006;332:610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.610-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Nigel Crisp steps down from NHS amid financial pressures
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2006;332:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.565 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	CMAJ owner fails to guarantee editorial independence
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.565-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian study sparks debate on the use of placebo in psychiatry trials
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2006;332:566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.566-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast cancer incidence rises in contaminated areas 10 years after explosion at Chernobyl reactor
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.567 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC hears complaints about UK fertility specialist
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.567-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Force feeding at Guantanamo breaches ethics, doctors say
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sickle cell screening makes genetic counselling everybody's business
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	New consultants’ contract sees pay bill rise by 38% in Scotland
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC appeals against extending immunity for expert witnesses
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exhibition explores diversity of medical traditions
	Christiane Rehwagen
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US study finds data changes in drug companies’ brochures
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany says people in areas with bird flu should keep cats indoors
	Katy Duke
	BMJ  2006;332:568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.568-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Subsidies for malaria treatment could save 25,000 lives a month
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Malnutrition programmes are most effective before age of 2
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;332:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Radical reforms may end Canada’s public health service monopoly
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;332:569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.569-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Number of African children dying from malaria approaches a million a year
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-a [Extract] [Full text]

	People travelling abroad issued advice on bird flu
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Cholera outbreak highlights poor health services in southern Sudan
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Goal of eradicating tuberculosis is under threat from rise in HIV infection in Africa and eastern Europe
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;332:570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.570-d [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Effectiveness of hip protectors for preventing hip fractures in elderly people: systematic review
	Martyn J Parker, William J Gillespie, Lesley D Gillespie
	BMJ  2006;332:571-574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38753.375324.7C, (Published 2 March 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w15][extra: Further details] FREE

	Improving tuberculosis control through public-private collaboration in India: literature review
	Puneet K Dewan, S S Lal, Knut Lonnroth, Fraser Wares, Mukund Uplekar, Suvanand Sahu, Reuben Granich, Lakhbir Singh Chauhan
	BMJ  2006;332:574-578, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38738.473252.7C, (Published 8 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of projects] FREE

	Acceptability of low molecular weight heparin thromboprophylaxis for inpatients receiving palliative care: qualitative study
	S I R Noble, A Nelson, C Turner, I G Finlay
	BMJ  2006;332:577-580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38733.616065.802, (Published 3 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does IQ explain socioeconomic inequalities in health? Evidence from a population based cohort study in the west of Scotland
	G David Batty, Geoff Der, Sally Macintyre, Ian J Deary
	BMJ  2006;332:580-584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38723.660637.AE, (Published 1 February 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Atopic and non-atopic eczema
	Sara Brown, Nick J Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;332:584-588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.584 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

Practice

	Practice pointer: Treating erectile dysfunction when PDE5 inhibitors fail
	Chelsea N McMahon, Christopher J Smith, Ridwan Shabsigh
	BMJ  2006;332:589-592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.589 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	10-minute consultation: Erectile dysfunction
	Jonathan Rees, Biral Patel
	BMJ  2006;332:593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.593 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of wound healing: Uncommon causes of ulceration
	Girish K Patel, Joseph E Grey, Keith G Harding
	BMJ  2006;332:594-596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.594 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:597-598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.597 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Information technology: Will Connecting for Health deliver its promises?
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:599-601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.599 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV and global health: Monitoring HIV treatment in developing countries
	Serena P Koenig, Daniel R Kuritzkes, Martin S Hirsch, Fernet Léandre, Joia S Mukherjee, Paul E Farmer, Carlos del Rio
	BMJ  2006;332:602-604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.602 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	HIV and risk behaviour: Risk compensation: the Achilles' heel of innovations in HIV prevention?
	Michael M Cassell, Daniel T Halperin, James D Shelton, David Stanton
	BMJ  2006;332:605-607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.605 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w17]

Reviews

	Art: Freud's Sculpture
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2006;332:613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.613 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Independent sector treatment centres: how the NHS is left to pick up the pieces
	W Angus Wallace
	BMJ  2006;332:614, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.614 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Two decades on an ethics committee
	George Masterton
	BMJ  2006;332:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.615 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Privates on parade
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2006;332:615, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.615-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.616 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Pale sulphonated shale oil reduces the size of venous ulcers
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice that shaped my practice: Doctor who?
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2006;332:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.583 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 28 year old postpartum woman with right sided chest discomfort
	BMJ  2006;332:592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.592 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The force of truth
	A Váradi
	BMJ  2006;332:604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.604 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tinnitus, listening, and learning why telephone consultations can be useful
	Beena Raschkes
	BMJ  2006;332:607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.607 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2006;332:611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.611-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I wish to do postgraduate studies in anaesthetics or paediatrics in either the United Kingdom or Australia. Please advise me on selecting one field, taking into consideration job opportunities, risk, salary, and other aspects
	Patrick Strube
	BMJ  2006;332:s92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s92, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am approaching my third year of specialist training in endocrinology and diabetes. I feel I've made the wrong choice and want to change to gastroenterology. How feasible is this? Would the year of high intensity medicine at specialist registrar level be counted for another number?
	Rebecca Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2006;332:s92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s92-a, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I have a passion for HIV and infectious diseases and dream to be a specialist in this field. What pathways are there? I will be eligible for GMC registration soon
	Ronald McCoy
	BMJ  2006;332:s92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s92-b, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a Malaysian citizen thinking of going to the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland to study medicine. Is a UK degree recognised in the Republic of Ireland, and vice versa? Would I have to take exams before seeking jobs in the other country?
	Jim Sherifi
	BMJ  2006;332:s92, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s92-c, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;332:gp93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.sgp93, (Published 11 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;332:s93, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s93, (Published 11 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mentoring
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;332:s93-s95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s93-a, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Photography competition
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s94, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s94, (Published 11 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Helping a trainee "in difficulty"
	Nancy Redfern
	BMJ  2006;332:s95, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s95, (Published 11 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hero worship
	Patrick Hutt
	BMJ  2006;332:s96, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s96, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Allowing different providers to compete for primary care services is good news for GPs
	Mark Wills
	BMJ  2006;332:gp97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.sgp97, (Published 11 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Allowing different providers to compete for primary care services is good news for GPs
	Chris Johnstone
	BMJ  2006;332:gp97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.sgp97-a, (Published 11 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Things you're too embarrassed to ask
	Rachel Hooke, Deepali Trivedi
	BMJ  2006;332:s97, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s97, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MDAP Monday: multiple disasters and problems?
	Sarah Khan, Shivani Tanna
	BMJ  2006;332:s98-s99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s98, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The sexually transmitted infection foundation (STIF) course
	Fiona Ross
	BMJ  2006;332:s99, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s99, (Published 11 March 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Me and my mentor
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.s100, (Published 11 March 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Bradford Cannon
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;332:611, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.611 [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael James Boyle
	J F Boyle
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Marie Carrie (née Renwick)
	Donald R Carrie, Rebecca A Carrie
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Raisley Coope
	Gerald Coope
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Gerard ("Gerry") Patrick Crean
	George Misiewicz
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Horn France
	David J M Sinclair
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Sholem Glaser
	Theo L Schofield
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Iain Douglas Stewart
	Stewart Pringle
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Stanley Douglas Victor ("Sam") Weller
	Robin Weller
	BMJ  2006;332:612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7541.612-g [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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