Whose research is it anyway?
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Women prefer speculum examinations without stirrups [Full text]

	Consider whooping cough even if a child has been immunised [Full text]

	Both diabetes type 1 and type 2 are risky in pregnancy [Full text]

	How to manage pyoderma gangrenosum [Full text]

	Maintaining public confidence in research [Full text]

Editorials

	Diabetes and pregnancy
	Alison Macfarlane, Derek Tuffnell
	BMJ  2006;333:157-158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.157 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vaginal speculum examinations without stirrups
	Wendy Brooks Barr
	BMJ  2006;333:158-159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.158 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Training video][extra: Training video]

	Whooping cough in general practice
	Chris Butler, Nick Francis, Geert-Jan Dinant
	BMJ  2006;333:159-160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.159 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The evidence base in child protection litigation
	David L Chadwick
	BMJ  2006;333:160-161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.160 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regulation and revalidation of doctors
	Mike Pringle
	BMJ  2006;333:161-162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.161 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Death on the roads: Article lacks logic
	John Adams
	BMJ  2006;333:199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.199 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death on the roads: No strong support for risk compensation
	Graeme D Ruxton
	BMJ  2006;333:199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.199-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death on the roads: Is unsafe behaviour due to the choice or the chooser?
	Peter L Jacobsen
	BMJ  2006;333:199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.199-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death on the roads: Perceived threat is important in road safety
	Tony H Reinhardt-Rutland
	BMJ  2006;333:199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.199-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death on the roads: Should we advocate daytime running lights?
	Richard G Henderson
	BMJ  2006;333:199-200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.199-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death on the roads: Schools obstruct road safety measures
	Peter M English
	BMJ  2006;333:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.200 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculosis and social exclusion: New approach is needed
	Graham H Bothamley
	BMJ  2006;333:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.200-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculosis and social exclusion: Do developed countries really need new strategies?
	Ulf R Dahle
	BMJ  2006;333:200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.200-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Low back pain: Think of tuberculosis
	Lavanya Diwakar, Sarah Logan, Nadia Ghaffar, Andrew Hare, William Lynn, Steve Ash
	BMJ  2006;333:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.201 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Low back pain: Risk factors for suicide should be elicited
	Keith R Linsley, Jessica Martin
	BMJ  2006;333:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.201-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Colorectal cancer and rectal bleeding in primary care: Rectal bleeding needs attention in primary care
	Christopher M Newman, Guy F Nash, Tom Armstrong, Kieren Darcy
	BMJ  2006;333:201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.201-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Colorectal cancer and rectal bleeding in primary care: Urban or rural myth?
	Sanjay Purkayastha, Ara Darzi
	BMJ  2006;333:201-202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.201-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sublingual varices are not unusual
	Michael N Pemberton
	BMJ  2006;333:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.202 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Another way to tame the monster
	Peter R Mansfield
	BMJ  2006;333:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.202-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do not be fooled by photographs
	Richard A Rosin
	BMJ  2006;333:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.202-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	England to consider shake-up of medical regulation
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.163 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	NHS charges are a mess, say MPs
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.163-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.164 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Department sets out framework for commissioning in English NHS
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2006;333:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.164-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE hears appeals over dementia drugs
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.165 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Israel looks into claims of "illegal medical experiment"
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;333:165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.165-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	WHO cannot reach displaced people in Lebanon and Gaza
	Owen Dyer, John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.167-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Doctor must pay child support after inadequate warning of disability
	Bojan Pancevski
	BMJ  2006;333:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.168 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Blue sky thinking
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2006;333:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.168-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cardiologists urge screening of asymptomatic older people
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;333:168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.168-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Roche defends buying lavish meals for doctors at Sydney's restaurants
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2006;333:169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.169 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report demands investigation into rise in preterm births
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.169-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Can NICE guidance be given more clout?
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.170 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Canadian journal accepts need for major overhaul
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;333:166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.166 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More evidence suggests that PSA testing leads to “overdiagnosis” of cancer
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.166-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Vitamins promoter goes on trial
	BMJ  2006;333:166 [Extract] [Full text]

	Over 300 million children chronically malnourished
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.166-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pentosan polysulphate prolongs survival in CJD, study indicates
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.166-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Murderer loses attempt to keep his medical records secret
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.167 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Agency reports cases of rape on mental health wards
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.167-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Prisoners challenge government over HIV/AIDS treatment
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2006;333:167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.167-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Ministers relaunch their payment by results scheme
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;333:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.170-a [Extract] [Full text]

	One in five complaints against GPs relate to removal from lists
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.170-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Clinics may not have to consider child’s “need for a father” when offering IVF
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.170-c [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Improving women's experience during speculum examinations at routine gynaecological visits: randomised clinical trial
	Dean A Seehusen, Dawn R Johnson, J Scott Earwood, Sankar N Sethuraman, Jamie Cornali, Kelly Gillespie, Maria Doria, Edwin Farnell, IV, Jason Lanham
	BMJ  2006;333:171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38888.588519.55, (Published 27 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Best practice in primary care
	Pippa Oakeshott, Phillip Hay
	BMJ  2006;333:173-174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.173 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Whooping cough in school age children with persistent cough: prospective cohort study in primary care
	Anthony Harnden, Cameron Grant, Timothy Harrison, Rafael Perera, Angela B Brueggemann, Richard Mayon-White, David Mant
	BMJ  2006;333:174-177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38870.655405.AE, (Published 7 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perinatal mortality and congenital anomalies in babies of women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland: population based study
	Mary C M Macintosh, Kate M Fleming, Jaron A Bailey, Pat Doyle, Jo Modder, Dominique Acolet, Shona Golightly, Alison Miller
	BMJ  2006;333:177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38856.692986.AE, (Published 16 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra tables] FREE

Clinical review

	Diagnosis and treatment of pyoderma gangrenosum
	Trevor Brooklyn, Giles Dunnill, Chris Probert
	BMJ  2006;333:181-184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.181 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Cases in primary care laboratory medicine: Paraprotein management
	W Stuart A Smellie, Gavin P Spickett
	BMJ  2006;333:185-187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.185 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Primary care and palliative care
	Daryl Freeman, David Price
	BMJ  2006;333:188-190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.188 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: What's new this month in BMJ Journals
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2006;333:191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.191 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:192-193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.192 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Child abuse: Royal college rewrites child protection history
	Jonathan Gornall
	BMJ  2006;333:194-196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.194 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality and consent in medical research: Confidentiality of personal health information used for research
	Dipak Kalra, Renate Gertz, Peter Singleton, Hazel M Inskip
	BMJ  2006;333:196-198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.196 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tips for managing confidentiality]

Reviews

	Book: The Science and Fiction of Autism
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2006;333:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.205 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Autism, Brain and Environment
	Michael Fitzpatrick
	BMJ  2006;333:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.205-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Four wheel drive vehicles, class war, and the BMJ
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2006;333:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.206 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: "Call for papers"
	Gwyn Samuel Williams
	BMJ  2006;333:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.207 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Watching the next generation
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2006;333:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.207-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.208 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: The children of depressed parents have a persistently high risk of mental illness
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	St John's wort, a panacea?
	Anton Sebastian
	BMJ  2006;333:187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.187 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Looking at the recent farce regarding the job application process for final year medical students, I am concerned that I, like 30 of our current final years, may graduate from medical school without a confirmed foundation year 1 placement. Could you give me some advice as to what I could be doing over the coming years to maximise my chances of getting a job on graduation?
	Sarah Burnett
	BMJ  2006;333:gp32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.sgp32, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am considering applying to join the armed forces as a medical officer. I was wondering what the career prospects are like postservice? Would I be on a par with other doctors if I chose to leave the forces?
	Ian Palmer
	BMJ  2006;333:gp32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.sgp32-a, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How do I get approval of a previous accident and emergency job in Brisbane, Australia? I have been told that I may be able to avoid doing a further rotation in emergency medicine as part of my vocational training scheme rotation if I get my Australian job accredited.
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2006;333:gp32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.sgp32-b, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am trying to get some information on general practitioner training in Jersey, Channel Islands. Do you know if there is a vocational training scheme course running there and have you got any information on it?
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2006;333:gp32, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.sgp32-c, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:gp33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.sgp33, (Published 22 July 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s33, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.s33, (Published 22 July 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Heart attack
	Cath Janes
	BMJ  2006;333:s33-s34, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.s33-a, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	BEST: a communication model
	Romesh Gupta
	BMJ  2006;333:s35, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.s35, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How to present data
	Grant Hutchison
	BMJ  2006;333:s36-s37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.s36, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Writing clinical records on a consultant ward round
	Rubeta N H Matin
	BMJ  2006;333:s37, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.s37, (Published 22 July 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A practical guide to clinical teaching
	Oliver Kayes
	BMJ  2006;333:s38-s39, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.s38, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Oral exams
	Kusum Jhamnani
	BMJ  2006;333:s39, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.s39, (Published 22 July 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pakistan earthquake: a doctor's diary
	Assad Mughal
	BMJ  2006;333:s40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.s40, (Published 22 July 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Ronald E Cranford
	Joanne Roberts
	BMJ  2006;333:203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.203 [Extract] [Full text]

	David Michael Flanagan
	Julia Flanagan
	BMJ  2006;333:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.204 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Catharine Elizabeth Hollman (née Large)
	Arthur Hollman
	BMJ  2006;333:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.204-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Muhammad Sadiq Khan
	Anthony Johnston
	BMJ  2006;333:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.204-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Brian Westgarth Lacey
	Jamie Martin
	BMJ  2006;333:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.204-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	George Strube
	Gillian Strube
	BMJ  2006;333:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.204-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Joan Sugden (née Parsons)
	Len Tuckwell
	BMJ  2006;333:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.204-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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