Character building
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.0-g [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Severe anaphylaxis due to contrast media is rare and prophylaxis unhelpful [Full text]

	Public health can't always wait for RCTs [Full text]

	Congenital malformations may be linked to infertility [Full text]

	Bullying is rife at US medical schools [Full text]

	Meningococcal disease is a paediatric emergency [Full text]

Editorials

	Adverse reactions to intravascular contrast agents
	Peter Dawson
	BMJ  2006;333:663-664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38981.652118.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Bullying and harassment in medical schools
	Diana F Wood
	BMJ  2006;333:664-665, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38954.568148.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Congenital anomalies after treatment for infertility
	Soo-Mi Park, Raj Mathur, Gordon C S Smith
	BMJ  2006;333:665-666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38982.702581.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Criminal prosecution for HIV transmission
	Ruth Lowbury, George R Kinghorn
	BMJ  2006;333:666-667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38980.470093.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commissioning health education in primary care
	Kristin McCarthy, Pamela Prentice
	BMJ  2006;333:667-668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38958.498484.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Are eligibility criteria for over the counter statins appropriate?
	D Graham Mackenzie, Sarah H Wild, Philip Rutledge
	BMJ  2006;333:704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.704 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Implications of ejection fraction value for trastuzumab
	D Schlosshan, C Dickinson, R Sapsford, D Dodwell, T Perren
	BMJ  2006;333:704, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.704-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis: Beware patients lost to follow-up
	Ulf R Dahle
	BMJ  2006;333:705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.705 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis: Problem will get worse in South Africa unless poverty is alleviated
	Solomon R Benatar
	BMJ  2006;333:705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.705-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical examination for non-cephalic presentation: Royal College of Midwives' response to research
	Sue Macdonald
	BMJ  2006;333:705, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.705-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical examination for non-cephalic presentation: External cephalic version should be a maternity service quality indicator
	Stephanie Kuku, Susan Bewley
	BMJ  2006;333:705-706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.705-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Detecting plagiarism: Current quality control systems don't work
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2006;333:706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.706 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Detecting plagiarism: Meaning of citations is important
	Gary Holden
	BMJ  2006;333:706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.706-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Detecting plagiarism: Google could be the way forward
	Andrew D Weeks
	BMJ  2006;333:706, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.706-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	US agency recommends opportunistic HIV testing
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2006;333:669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.669 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	UK chancellor proposes independent board to run NHS
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.669-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.670 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Guantanamo breaches right to health, says UN
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.670-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Better care for Michael Stone might still not have prevented the killings
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.670-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	More cancer patients in England are getting approved drugs
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.671 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Advertisements highlight MSD's inappropriate hospitality
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.671-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA warns US consumers not to eat spinach after E coli outbreak
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;333:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.673-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Combating chaos
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2006;333:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.674 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Angioplasty is cheaper than surgery and is just as effective
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Diabetes, not obesity, increases risk of death in middle age
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US gets mediocre results despite high spending on health care
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Uganda struggles to cope with rise in diabetes incidence
	Henry Wasswa
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australia is to inquire into GPs’ sale of complementary medicines
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2006;333:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.672-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Institute of Medicine calls for major changes at FDA
	Janice Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.673 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Iraqi hospitals prove unwilling to treat injured soldiers
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.673-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Guidelines on drug trials in children go out for consultation
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;333:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.673-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Two thirds of doctors in UK say the NHS could not cope with bird flu epidemic
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.674-a [Extract] [Full text]

	Junior doctors call for delay to new training programme
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;333:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.674-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Higher but “safe” level of lead in blood increases risk of death
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2006;333:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.674-c [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Pharmacological prevention of serious anaphylactic reactions due to iodinated contrast media: systematic review
	Martin R Tramèr, Erik von Elm, Pierre Loubeyre, Conrad Hauser
	BMJ  2006;333:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38905.634132.AE, (Published 31 July 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

	Infertility, infertility treatment, and congenital malformations: Danish national birth cohort
	Jin Liang Zhu, Olga Basso, Carsten Obel, Camilla Bille, Jørn Olsen
	BMJ  2006;333:679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38919.495718.AE, (Published 7 August 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

	Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey
	Erica Frank, Jennifer S Carrera, Terry Stratton, Janet Bickel, Lois Margaret Nora
	BMJ  2006;333:682, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38924.722037.7C, (Published 6 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Clinical review

	Meningococcal disease and its management in children
	C Anthony Hart, Alistair P J Thomson
	BMJ  2006;333:685-690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38968.683958.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	Interactive case report: Fever of unknown origin: case outcome
	R Sivakumar, S Pavulari, S Ellis
	BMJ  2006;333:691, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38950.395868.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Parents' view
	S Ellis
	BMJ  2006;333:692, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.459688.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Few clues to diagnosis
	Paul Emery, Jane Freeston
	BMJ  2006;333:692-693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38978.380000.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Management of uncertainty
	Dee Mangin
	BMJ  2006;333:693, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38978.491667.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Theory and practice of making difficult clinical decisions
	Ed Peile
	BMJ  2006;333:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.473889.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of obesity: Assessment of obesity and its clinical implications
	Thang S Han, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean
	BMJ  2006;333:695-698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.695 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:699-700, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.699 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Controversy: Parachute approach to evidence based medicine
	Malcolm Potts, Ndola Prata, Julia Walsh, Amy Grossman
	BMJ  2006;333:701-703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.701 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	Art: Leonardo da Vinci: Experience, Experiment and Design
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2006;333:708, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.708 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: "Did you ever suffer from any mental illness?"
	Arnob Chakraborti
	BMJ  2006;333:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.709 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Illness behaviour
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2006;333:709, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.709-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:710, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.710 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Low dose aspirin for cardiovascular prevention increases risk of bleeding, but absolute risks remain small
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Just following advice
	Hugo Wellesley
	BMJ  2006;333:684, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.684 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	To do is not to do
	Abdi Sanati
	BMJ  2006;333:694, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.694-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Legacies
	Anthony S Oberman
	BMJ  2006;333:698, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.698 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When actions speak just as loudly as words
	Gwyn Samuel Williams
	BMJ  2006;333:703, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.703 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Plagiarists should be publicly exposed
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.0-e [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	On a mission: how Cuba uses its doctors abroad
	BMJ  2006;333:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.678 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Waits for diagnostic tests threaten 18 week treatment target
	BMJ  2006;333:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.678-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Filler: bmjupdates+
	BMJ  2006;333:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.678-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Editor's choice: Whither medicine?
	BMJ  2006;333:678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.678-c [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evidence based diagnosis: does the language reflect the theory?
	BMJ  2006;333:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.690 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of discontinuing antibiotic treatment after three days versus eight days in mild to moderate-severe community acquired pneumonia: randomised, double blind study
	BMJ  2006;333:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.690-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary: Fred Mosteller
	BMJ  2006;333:690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.690-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I am a foundation year 1 trainee. I am planning a career in surgery and was thinking of taking my part 1 in January. I understand that the current system of exams is going to be scrapped for the new run-through training, however, and I wondered if it is worth sitting the current membership exams at all?
	Umar Sadat
	BMJ  2006;333:s122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s122, (Published 30 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I stupidly got three convictions as a teenager for driving a motorbike without my driving licence. They are included in my criminal record, even though the convictions have been remitted by order of the Irish minister for justice. Can these convictions affect my selection for a training post in the UK and how can I explain to examiners that I was just a 15 year old boy, fooling around with a motorbike?
	Dr Peter Schutte
	BMJ  2006;333:s122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s122-a, (Published 30 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What are the realistic implications of finding a job for somebody who has been convicted of a minor charge? If it is too difficult to find a medical job, should I give up looking for jobs in the UK?
	Rebecca Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2006;333:s122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s122-b, (Published 30 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Russell Foster
	BMJ  2006;333:s123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s123, (Published 30 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Beating the bullies
	Umesh Prabhu
	BMJ  2006;333:s123-s124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s123-a, (Published 30 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dealing with concerns about your practice
	Peter Old
	BMJ  2006;333:s124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s124, (Published 30 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Helping addicted doctors
	Ruth Mayall
	BMJ  2006;333:s125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s125, (Published 30 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Being suspended by the GMC helped me recover from cocaine addiction
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2006;333:s126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s126, (Published 30 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Shipman's legacy—good from evil
	Raj Patel
	BMJ  2006;333:s127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s127, (Published 30 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	This article was not my idea
	Ruwanee Haris
	BMJ  2006;333:s128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s128, (Published 30 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical negligence
	Fai-ZaZa Darwiche
	BMJ  2006;333:s129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s129, (Published 30 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Understanding Doctors' Performance
	Mike Roddis
	BMJ  2006;333:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s130, (Published 30 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors as Patients
	Diana Pringle
	BMJ  2006;333:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.s130-a, (Published 30 September 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Abiodun ("Abi") Akande (née Alonge)
	J O Ajala
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Betty Cowan
	Kim Mammen
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kuljit Gill (née Sidhu)
	Tina Gill, Raj Gill, Angela Bhan
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Raymond Victor Honywood Goulder
	T J Goulder
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Arthur Dudley Payne
	Helen Payne
	BMJ  2006;333:707, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7570.707-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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