Say no to the market
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Adherence to treatment or placebo is linked to lower mortality [Full text]

	Patients' views are not enough to judge quality of care [Full text]

	Low cholesterol may not increase risk of stroke [Full text]

	Nine million US citizens are both obese and smokers [Full text]

	How to manage hip fractures [Full text]

Editorials

	Can patients assess the quality of health care?
	Angela Coulter
	BMJ  2006;333:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soft paternalism and the ethics of shared electronic patient records
	Ole Frithjof Norheim
	BMJ  2006;333:2-3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38890.391632.68, (Published 23 June 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The NHS programme for information technology
	Justin Keen
	BMJ  2006;333:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38889.569201.DE, (Published 23 June 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antipyretic drugs for children
	Alastair D Hay, Niamh Redmond, Margaret Fletcher
	BMJ  2006;333:4-5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.4 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological interventions for treatment of adult sex offenders
	Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Charlotte Bilby
	BMJ  2006;333:5-6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.5 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Obesity association clarifies definitions of obesity and links with drug firms
	Neville Rigby
	BMJ  2006;333:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.44 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The great medicines scandal: Access is not just about cost
	Brenda J Waning
	BMJ  2006;333:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.44-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The great medicines scandal: Next steps?
	Warren A Kaplan
	BMJ  2006;333:44-45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.44-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	We still need artesunate monotherapy
	François Nosten, Elizabeth Ashley, Rose McGready, Ric Price
	BMJ  2006;333:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.45 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Censorship of medical journals
	Steve Hickey
	BMJ  2006;333:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.45-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Care is needed before single test results are combined
	G H Hall
	BMJ  2006;333:45-46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.45-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statin guidelines should give best statin
	Hisashi Moriguchi, Takamoto Uemura, Chifumi Sato
	BMJ  2006;333:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.46 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gloomy prognoses: Represent honesty, not fear of litigation
	John M Reynard
	BMJ  2006;333:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.46-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gloomy prognoses: Be neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but realistic
	Stephen R Workman
	BMJ  2006;333:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.46-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Chinese man died three years ago of avian flu, not SARS
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2006;333:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Doctors explain why they resigned from the NHS's IT programme
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.7-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.8 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE removes blockers as first line treatment for hypertension
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.8-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Publicity will highlight problem of obstetric fistula
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.8-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	BMA annual representative meeting, Belfast, 26 June to 29 June: Doctors blame untested policies for financial crisis in the NHS
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.9 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	BMA annual representative meeting, Belfast, 26 June to 29 June: Conference attacks referral centres
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.9-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	BMA annual representative meeting, Belfast, 26 June to 29 June: BMA leaders accused of weak opposition to the government
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2006;333:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.9-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Faster delivery of drugs to heart attack patients cuts mortality
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.11-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Obesity is less common in richer countries
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.12 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Direct to consumer medical tests are offered in United States
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.12-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NEJM corrects its study on rofecoxib
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.12-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Too close for comfort?
	Andrew Jack
	BMJ  2006;333:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Escalating costs and falling receipts spell trouble
	Mathias Huter
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	“Social marketing” would boost effectiveness of health campaigns, says report
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UN report calls for governments to intensify fight against drug abuse
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Condom from Cromwell’s time goes on display in Austria
	Michael Leidig
	BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European health survey ranks UK performance as “mediocre”
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors lobby for end to torture of terrorism suspects
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2006;333:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.10-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors’ incomes are falling, new survey finds
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;333:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.11 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug company chief urges faster introduction of new vaccines in poor nations
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.11-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Head of Public Library of Science defends financial security of publishing group
	Balaji Ravichandran
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-a [Extract] [Full text]

	International consumer group slates drug companies’ marketing practices
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Meeting hears of health consequences of rape and violence in war zones
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-c [Extract] [Full text]

	New WHO book outlines health systems of EU neighbours
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Israeli doctors are told what to do when medicine and religion clash
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Inhaled insulin no longer recommende as routine diabetes treatment
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Only specialists should diagnose Parkinson’s disease
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-g [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Doctors oppose plans for GPs’ surgeries in supermarkets
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-h [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA Annual Representative Meeting: BMA votes against affiliating with anti-privatisation group
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2006;333:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-i [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Allowing private companies to commission services is “a step too far”
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-j [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Tackle the government over job cuts, doctors tell BMA
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-k [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA Annual Representative Meeting: Doctors recommend a “traffic light” system to signal nutritional content of food products
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-l [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA Annual Representative Meeting: “Black hole” is opening up for 11 500 junior doctors
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2006;333:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.14-m [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	A meta-analysis of the association between adherence to drug therapy and mortality
	Scot H Simpson, Dean T Eurich, Sumit R Majumdar, Rajdeep S Padwal, Ross T Tsuyuki, Janice Varney, Jeffrey A Johnson
	BMJ  2006;333:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38875.675486.55, (Published 21 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w22] FREE

	Commentary: The healthy adherer and the placebo effect
	Betty Chewning
	BMJ  2006;333:18-19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.18 [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients' own assessments of quality of primary care compared with objective records based measures of technical quality of care: cross sectional study
	Mala Rao, Aileen Clarke, Colin Sanderson, Richard Hammersley
	BMJ  2006;333:19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38874.499167.7C, (Published 22 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Serum cholesterol, haemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke, and myocardial infarction: Korean national health system prospective cohort study
	Shah Ebrahim, Joohon Sung, Yun-Mi Song, Robert L Ferrer, Debbie A Lawlor, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38855.610324.80, (Published 6 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Smoking, obesity, and their co-occurrence in the United States: cross sectional analysis
	Cheryl G Healton, Donna Vallone, Kristen L McCausland, Haijun Xiao, Molly P Green
	BMJ  2006;333:25-26, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38840.608704.80, (Published 12 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Hip fracture
	Martyn Parker, Antony Johansen
	BMJ  2006;333:27-30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.27 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra details]

Practice

	A patient's journey: living with breast cancer
	J J Brooks
	BMJ  2006;333:31-33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.31 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Oxygen and inhalers
	Graeme P Currie, J Graham Douglas
	BMJ  2006;333:34-36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:37-38, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.37 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	For and against: Patients should have to opt out of national electronic care records: FOR
	Nigel Watson, John D Halamka
	BMJ  2006;333:39-42, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.39 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: What's all the fuss about?
	Jan Wilkinson
	BMJ  2006;333:42-43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.42 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Book: Measuring Medical Professionalism; Understanding Doctors' Performance
	Donald Irvine
	BMJ  2006;333:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.49 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Intuition
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2006;333:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.50 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	TV: Is Gordon Ramsay good for our health?
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2006;333:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.50-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: Thinking the unthinkable: selling kidneys
	Sue Rabbitt Roff
	BMJ  2006;333:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.51 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Giving up on getting better
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2006;333:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.51-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.52 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Salt enriched with potassium reduces cardiovascular mortality in older men
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A 22 year old man with persistent regurgitation and vomiting
	BMJ  2006;333:33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.33 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The penicillin teapot
	Mary N Finlay
	BMJ  2006;333:33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.33-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Scientific art for beginners
	Livia Puljak
	BMJ  2006;333:43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.30 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and suicide in adults: meta-analysis of drug company data from placebo controlled, randomised controlled trials submitted to the MHRA's safety review
	BMJ  2006;333:30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.30-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised, controlled trial of alternating pressure mattresses compared with alternating pressure overlays for the prevention of pressure ulcers: PRESSURE (pressure relieving support surfaces) trial
	BMJ  2006;333:30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.30-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I have come to the United Kingdom after finishing my residency in internal medicine in the United States to join my husband, who is a specialist registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology. I finally had my training approved by the Joint Commission on Higher Medical Training as equivalent to basic specialist training in the UK, and I am therefore eligible for General Medical Council registration provided I get a job offer in medicine. In view of the current situation for foreign doctors and Modernising Medical Careers, a senior house officer post will be hard to get as I am Pakistani. I am a dependant of my husband, who is on the highly skilled migrant programme, so I do not need a work permit. Please advise me how to get an SHO post.
	Manoj Kumar
	BMJ  2006;333:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s2, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How do I prepare for an interview for an SHO post in medical microbiology? What questions can I expect?
	Andrew Wilson
	BMJ  2006;333:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s2-a, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am interested in gastroenterology. Would doing an MSc in it be beneficial for me?
	Alan R Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s2-b, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:gp3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.sgp3, (Published 1 July 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Shipman's legacy
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2006;333:gp3-gp4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.sgp3-a, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s3, (Published 1 July 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Working as a specialist registrar with the West of Scotland Emergency Medical Retrieval Service
	Lucy Thomas, Alasdair Corfield
	BMJ  2006;333:s3-s4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s3-a, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surviving in a bottleneck specialty
	Omar Khan
	BMJ  2006;333:s5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s5, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Contact—more than just another email address?
	Katie Fletcher
	BMJ  2006;333:s6-s7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s6, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Using transactional analysis in clinical consultations
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2006;333:s8-s9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s8, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Research for beginners
	Arun Natarajan
	BMJ  2006;333:s9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s9, (Published 1 July 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The director of medical services for the England Institute of Sport
	Karen Hebert
	BMJ  2006;333:s10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.s10, (Published 1 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Fritz Klein
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.47 [Extract] [Full text]

	Bridget ("Biddy") Kathleen Attlee
	Richard Perks
	BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Derek Harvey
	Bill Harvey
	BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Peter Malone
	Catherine Parry
	BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert ("Bob") Tennant
	Leslie Bartlet
	BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Luscombe Tester
	Fred Holmes
	BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Frederick ("Fred") James Watson
	Agnes Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Henry Thomas ("Tom") Gee Williams
	Edgar W Parry
	BMJ  2006;333:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7557.48-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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