Taking a stand
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Different methods for managing miscarriage have same infection rates [Full text]

	Identifying patients' agendas improves consultations [Full text]

	To call your patient after a suicide attempt may help [Full text]

	Alcohol drinking patterns have different CHD outcomes in men and women [Full text]

	Insecticide treated curtains and water jar covers control dengue vector [Full text]

Editorials

	Spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester
	Andrew Weeks, Kristina Gemzell Danielsson
	BMJ  2006;332:1223-1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1223 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How much and how often should we drink?
	Annie Britton
	BMJ  2006;332:1224-1225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1224 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient agendas in primary care
	William Hamilton, Nicky Britten
	BMJ  2006;332:1225-1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Information and intelligence for healthy populations
	Rosalind Raine, Sylvia Godden, Martin McKee
	BMJ  2006;332:1226-1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1226 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The palliative role of orthopaedics
	Wisam I Al-Hakim, Jacub M Jagiello, Ken Mannan, Tim W Briggs
	BMJ  2006;332:1227-1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1227 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Lipid lowering drugs in diabetes: Abstract was misleading
	Mieke L van Driel, Pierre Chevalier
	BMJ  2006;332:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1272 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lipid lowering drugs in diabetes: Absolute risk reduction is what counts
	L S Lewis
	BMJ  2006;332:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1272-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lipid lowering drugs in diabetes: Lipid lowering has ophthalmic benefits
	Hiten G Sheth, Sher Aslam, Nigel Davies
	BMJ  2006;332:1272-1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1272-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of contract for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Cost cutting, or worse?
	Michael Schachter
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of contract for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Bulletin is value for money
	Trevor Watts
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of contract for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Choices
	Piero Baglioni
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of contract for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Australian Prescriber was resurrected
	John S Dowden
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled insulin: Evidence based or industry driven medicine?
	H Alberti
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled insulin: Concerns remain
	Niamh M Martin, Karim Meeran
	BMJ  2006;332:1273-1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-e [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spain's high rate of organ donation may hinge on local use
	Graham Brack
	BMJ  2006;332:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1274 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Australian public's views on privacy and health research
	David C Whiteman, Cathy Clutton, David Hill
	BMJ  2006;332:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1274-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dame Janet's disappointments: Shipman case is a stick to beat the medical profession with
	Gerald Freshwater
	BMJ  2006;332:1274-1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1274-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dame Janet's disappointments: Dame Janet's indignation helps no one
	Peter J Mahaffey
	BMJ  2006;332:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dame Janet's disappointments: It's not that easy to keep an eye on each other
	William E Osmun
	BMJ  2006;332:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1275-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Not so fast with vacuums and maggots as firstline treatment
	Nicky Cullum
	BMJ  2006;332:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1275-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to emergency care in Palestinian West Bank: Study seems not to have been critically appraised
	Elliot Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:1275-1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1275-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to emergency care in Palestinian West Bank: Methods were incomplete
	Leonard Thaler
	BMJ  2006;332:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1276 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to emergency care in Palestinian West Bank: Interpretation of results is flawed
	Elihu D Richter, Rony Blum, Avraham Rivkind
	BMJ  2006;332:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1276-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Humanitarian crisis in Israeli occupied territories
	Derek A Summerfield
	BMJ  2006;332:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1276-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Having fewer hospital beds does not mean less health care
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1229 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Attorney general is to intervene in case of expert witness immunity
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1229-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1230 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report gives snapshot health research funding in the UK
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1230-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Amnesty says human rights have been eclipsed by "war on terror"
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Human rights group calls on Israel to save Palestinian health services
	Donald Macintyre
	BMJ  2006;332:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1231-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Derbyshire primary care trust "failed to consult" over contract
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1233-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	WHO's director general dies
	Michael Day, Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Half a million children a year die of AIDS through lack of drugs
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Consultants’ pay goes up, but productivity goes down, MPs told
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors’ faith in the GMC falls, while the public’s rises
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Science meets art in exhibition of plants and medicines
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO calls for registration of all clinical trials
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch patients are warned against stem cell treatment
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sudanese health minister’s advocacy of condoms sparks protest
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1233 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Secret report surfaces showing that Pfizer was at fault in Nigerian drug tests
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;332:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1233-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU tightens regulations on food labelling
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:1233, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1233-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Angolan cholera epidemic could have been prevented, says MSF
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Hospital use of antibiotics varies threefold across Europe
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-c [Extract] [Full text]

	German hospital doctors temporarily halt strike but vow to continue
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Trial of drug for trauma patients includes victims of Iraqi violence
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Rise in maternal age has led to increase in pregnancies affected by Down’s syndrome
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Latest reorganisation of primary care trusts could create planning blight
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors are only ones to benefit from changes in out of hours care, say MPs
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-h [Extract] [Full text]

	London complex was fatally flawed, says spending watchdog
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-i [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Management of miscarriage: expectant, medical, or surgical? Results of randomised controlled trial (miscarriage treatment (MIST) trial)
	J Trinder, P Brocklehurst, R Porter, M Read, S Vyas, L Smith
	BMJ  2006;332:1235-1240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38828.593125.55, (Published 17 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of investigators] FREE

	Effect of patient completed agenda forms and doctors' education about the agenda on the outcome of consultations: randomised controlled trial
	J F Middleton, R K McKinley, C L Gillies
	BMJ  2006;332:1238-1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38841.444861.7C, (Published 17 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Forms] FREE

	Effect of telephone contact on further suicide attempts in patients discharged from an emergency department: randomised controlled study
	Guillaume Vaiva, Guillaume Vaiva, François Ducrocq, Philippe Meyer, Daniel Mathieu, Alain Philippe, Christian Libersa, Michel Goudemand
	BMJ  2006;332:1241-1245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1241 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prospective study of alcohol drinking patterns and coronary heart disease in women and men
	Janne Tolstrup, Majken K Jensen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Kenneth J Mukamal, Morten Grønbæk
	BMJ  2006;332:1244-1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38831.503113.7C, (Published 3 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effective control of dengue vectors with curtains and water container covers treated with insecticide in Mexico and Venezuela: cluster randomised trials
	Axel Kroeger, Audrey Lenhart, Manuel Ochoa, Elci Villegas, Michael Levy, Neal Alexander, P J McCall
	BMJ  2006;332:1247-1252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1247 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
	Paolo Spirito, Camillo Autore
	BMJ  2006;332:1251-1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1251 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box]

Practice

	Statistics in practice: The simplest statistical test: how to check for a difference between treatments
	Stuart J Pocock
	BMJ  2006;332:1256-1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis after changing pen devices for insulin injection
	Vishal Rai Bhardwaj, Neil Metcalfe, Emma Innes, Esther Harrison, David Jenkins
	BMJ  2006;332:1259-1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1259 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Diagnosis
	Graeme P Currie, Joe S Legge
	BMJ  2006;332:1261-1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1261 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:1264-1265, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1264 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Review of NICE's recommendations, 1999-2005
	James Raftery
	BMJ  2006;332:1266-1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1266 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Classification of the recommendations]

	Resource allocation: NICE work
	BMJ  2006;332:1266, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1266-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How NICE may be outflanked
	R E Ferner, Sarah E McDowell
	BMJ  2006;332:1268-1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1268 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w36]

Reviews

	Theatre: NHS: The Musical!
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1279 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: HIV is changing the face of tropical medicine
	Elinor Moore
	BMJ  2006;332:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1280 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Rugby union should ban contested scrums
	James B Bourke
	BMJ  2006;332:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1281 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Advice to science writers
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2006;332:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1281-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1282 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Many people report pain for a long time after a stroke
	BMJ  2006;332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	My worst day
	Anne M Phillips
	BMJ  2006;332:1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1250 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: For surgeons
	Michelle J Thompson
	BMJ  2006;332:1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1255 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Ben
	John S N Anderson
	BMJ  2006;332:1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1258 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A cautionary tale
	James Burge, Jane Sword
	BMJ  2006;332:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1260 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Nauseated/nauseous
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2006;332:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2006;332:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1277-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	The General Practice Vocational Training Scheme (GPVTS) website clearly states that we are eligible to apply for the GPVTS programme as long as we meet the eligible criteria, and says that the new immigration rules do not apply to those applying to these schemes. On the Department of Health's website there is a section that states that we are allowed to complete our training if we are in the middle of it. I will therefore be eligible to extend my permit-free training for another six months if required, to allow me to complete my three year training. This goes against what is stated in the immigration guidelines. I do not need a work permit as I have valid permit-free training, which was approved in February 2006, for a full three years; this is different to a work permit. I feel I have been wrongly excluded from the shortlisting process, after having invested almost £5000 in returning to the UK from Australia to apply for the programme, and on living costs since February.
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2006;332:s208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s208, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	With regard to the new immigration rule changes, my current position is that I am an SHO applying for SpR rotations with an HSMP visa, Each trust and deanery has its own interpretations of this visa. What chances do I have of being shortlisted?
	Sunder Raj Gopaul
	BMJ  2006;332:s208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s208-a, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:gp209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.sgp209, (Published 27 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Great expectations
	Clare Mullins
	BMJ  2006;332:gp209-gp210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.sgp209-a, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;332:s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s209, (Published 27 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Returning home to make a difference
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2006;332:s209-s210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s209-a, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NHS Jobs website
	Rachel Hooke
	BMJ  2006;332:s211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s211, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Variety is the spice of a GP's life
	Tony Feltbower
	BMJ  2006;332:gp212-gp213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.sgp212, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Journal club: chore or golden opportunity?
	Clodagh S O'Gorman
	BMJ  2006;332:s212-s213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s212, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Oxford Handbook of Genitourinary Medicine, HIV, and AIDS
	Patrick Wills
	BMJ  2006;332:gp213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.sgp213, (Published 27 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New immigration rules—a betrayal of trust
	Umesh Prabhu
	BMJ  2006;332:s214-s215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s214, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	To do lists
	Mark Griffiths
	BMJ  2006;332:gp215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.sgp215, (Published 27 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Getting food in hospitals
	Catherine A Johnson
	BMJ  2006;332:s215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s215, (Published 27 May 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An acclaimed anaesthetist
	Aseri Salmin
	BMJ  2006;332:s216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.s216, (Published 27 May 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Roger Bryce-Smith
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1277 [Extract] [Full text]

	Cecil Cameron Ewing
	Edward Ewing
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Berta ("Betty") Gol
	Ruth Foist
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harry Hanson
	Jacky Hanson
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Khalid Karam
	David Joselin
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kumaran ("Bob") Ratnasingham
	Vicki Clark, Crawford Reid, Christine Robison, Eswaren Velaudapillai
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Howard Watson
	A E S Rainey
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Neville Frederick West
	John Burke
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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