Questions, questions
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Serological tests for kala-azar work well [Full text]

	Combined antithrombotic therapy is risky [Full text]

	Joint crisis plans seem cost effective in psychosis [Full text]

	Living organ donors should be paid [Full text]

	Trust depends on more than competence [Full text]

Editorials

	Serological tests for visceral leishmaniasis
	Diana N J Lockwood, Shyam Sundar
	BMJ  2006;333:711-712, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38989.567083.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Combining aspirin with antithrombotic agents
	Joseph J Y Sung
	BMJ  2006;333:712-713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38992.480544.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Morbidity and mortality after emergency surgery
	Craig Morris, Conn Russell
	BMJ  2006;333:713-714, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38922.502361.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New arrhythmias after non-cardiothoracic surgery
	Stewart R Walsh, Tjun Tang, Michael E Gaunt, Hank J Schneider
	BMJ  2006;333:715, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.715 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Two and a bit cheers for academic medicine
	John Skelton
	BMJ  2006;333:716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38986.369711.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	NHS reorganisations: who's kicking whom, who's protesting?: NHS is not short for National Health Service
	Daniel J Albert
	BMJ  2006;333:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.752 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS reorganisations: who's kicking whom, who's protesting?: Nothing surprising is happening
	Thomas Szasz
	BMJ  2006;333:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.752-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS reorganisations: who's kicking whom, who's protesting?: Will and power
	D Mark Jackson
	BMJ  2006;333:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.752-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS reorganisations: who's kicking whom, who's protesting?: Where are the medical voices raised in protest: fit for the future?
	Lui G Forni, Mark Signy, Richard M Venn
	BMJ  2006;333:752-753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.752-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NHS reorganisations: who's kicking whom, who's protesting?: More patient choice with less doctor choice is bad for everybody
	Amit Patel
	BMJ  2006;333:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.753 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Caesarean delivery in the second stage of labour: Consider the value of a functionally intact perineum
	Michelle J Thornton
	BMJ  2006;333:753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.753-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Caesarean delivery in the second stage of labour: Revisit the past
	Dermot Ryan
	BMJ  2006;333:753-754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.753-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency naloxone for heroin overdose: Over the counter availability needs careful consideration
	Andrew Byrne
	BMJ  2006;333:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.754 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency naloxone for heroin overdose: Beware of naloxone's other characteristics
	Andrew J Ashworth
	BMJ  2006;333:754, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.754-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency naloxone for heroin overdose: Naloxone is not the only opioid antagonist
	Colin Brewer
	BMJ  2006;333:754-755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.754-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recredentialling in New Zealand may inform UK recertification
	Robert L Logan
	BMJ  2006;333:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.755 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ageism in services for transient ischaemic attack and stroke: Whose ageism?
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2006;333:755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.755-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ageism in services for transient ischaemic attack and stroke: Author's reply
	Peter Rothwell
	BMJ  2006;333:755-756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.755-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chelation therapy and autism
	Yashwant Sinha, Natalie Silove, Katrina Williams
	BMJ  2006;333:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.756 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency contraception is not just for the morning after
	Richard Ma
	BMJ  2006;333:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.756-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Poor prescribing is continual
	Jeffrey K Aronson, David B Barnett, Robin E Ferner, Albert Ferro, Graeme Henderson, Simon R Maxwell, Michael D Rawlins, David J Webb
	BMJ  2006;333:756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.756-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Work on RNA interference brings Nobel triumph
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2006;333:717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.717 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Industry group suspends drug company for breaching code
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.717-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.718 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Labour leadership defeated on health reforms at party conference
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.718-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	BMA joins health unions in bid to change Labour policy
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.718-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Drug companies' lobbying of ministers has little effect on NICE
	Andrew Jack
	BMJ  2006;333:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.719 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Italy debates end of life decisions
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2006;333:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.719-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	GMC recommends scrapping medical majority on its council
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:719, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.719-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	GPs' services improve on last year
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.721-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	US judge allows class action over light cigarettes
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Coming up... The BMJ interview with Liam Donaldson: your opportunity to ask questions
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canada's obstetricians call for a national birthing strategy
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Accenture withdraws from NHS IT contract
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.720 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pulmonary artery catheterisation offers no benefit
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;333:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.720-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health reform divides German coalition government
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;333:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.720-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch paediatrician launches clinic for children with alcohol problems
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;333:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.720-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE approves docetaxel for early breast cancer
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.720-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scottish scientists hope to supply human stem cells at low cost in 2007
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;333:721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.721 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Influenza vaccine is delayed by problems in growing virus strain
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.721-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Age should not determine treatment for anaemia in kidney disease
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722-c [Extract] [Full text]

	Mental health services need more talking therapy and care after hours
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Cancer risk is higher in relatives of women with early breast cancer
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Air pollution is a major threat to health, says WHO
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Somalia is “on the precipice”
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Director of private hospital is cleared of falsely claiming NHS employment
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.722-h [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	A meta-analysis of the diagnostic performance of the direct agglutination test and rK39 dipstick for visceral leishmaniasis
	François Chappuis, Suman Rijal, Alonso Soto, Joris Menten, Marleen Boelaert
	BMJ  2006;333:723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38917.503056.7C, (Published 1 August 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional details] FREE

	Use of single and combined antithrombotic therapy and risk of serious upper gastrointestinal bleeding: population based case-control study
	Jesper Hallas, Michael Dall, Alin Andries, Birthe Søgaard Andersen, Claus Aalykke, Jane Møller Hansen, Morten Andersen, Annmarie Touborg Lassen
	BMJ  2006;333:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38947.697558.AE, (Published 19 September 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Joint crisis plans for people with psychosis: economic evaluation of a randomised controlled trial
	Chris Flood, Sarah Byford, Claire Henderson, Morven Leese, Graham Thornicroft, Kim Sutherby, George Szmukler
	BMJ  2006;333:729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38929.653704.55, (Published 16 August 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	How to measure renal function in clinical practice
	Jamie Traynor, Robert Mactier, Colin C Geddes, Jonathan G Fox
	BMJ  2006;333:733-737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.390370.7C [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	The patient's journey: glaucoma
	Christine W Hartmann, Douglas J Rhee
	BMJ  2006;333:738-739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38975.507188.7C [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

	ABC of obesity: Management: Part I—Behaviour change, diet, and activity
	Alison Avenell, Naveed Sattar, Mike Lean
	BMJ  2006;333:740-743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.740 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:744-745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.744 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Controversy: Payment for living organ donation should be legalised
	Amy L Friedman
	BMJ  2006;333:746-748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38961.475718.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical education: Trust, competence, and the supervisor's role in postgraduate training
	Olle ten Cate
	BMJ  2006;333:748-751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38938.407569.94 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	TV: In a lather: do soap operas promote teen drinking?
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;333:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.759 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results
	J A Muir Gray
	BMJ  2006;333:760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.760 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) will Reboot your Doctor
	David Woods
	BMJ  2006;333:760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.760-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view: Lasting damage from the trastuzumab storm
	Angela Raffle
	BMJ  2006;333:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.761 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Dominoes
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2006;333:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.761-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.762 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Acutely ill elderly people may benefit from nutritional supplements
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The superior doctor
	Prakash Saha
	BMJ  2006;333:728, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.728 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	You can never have too much medical kit
	Claire Davies
	BMJ  2006;333:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.732 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Consultation
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2006;333:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.737 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	After the cure
	Prakash Saha
	BMJ  2006;333:739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.739 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Several grateful patients
	Duncan I Campbell
	BMJ  2006;333:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.743 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Peer review training: BMA House, London
	BMJ  2006;333:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.751 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	August is medical staffing month
	Iain Varley
	BMJ  2006;333:751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.751-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:gp129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.sgp129, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	See, sort, or send on Skye
	Jonathan Hanson, Leo Murray
	BMJ  2006;333:gp129-gp130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.sgp129-a, (Published 7 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Using an interpreting service
	Satnam Chahal
	BMJ  2006;333:gp130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.sgp130, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Letter of the month What's in a title?
	Sophie C Weatherhead
	BMJ  2006;333:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s132, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sujatha Chinnappan
	BMJ  2006;333:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s132-a, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Jonathan Hillam
	BMJ  2006;333:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s132-b, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Maire Cooney
	BMJ  2006;333:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s132-c, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Professor Robin Eastwood
	BMJ  2006;333:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s132-d, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Latunde O Olagbemi
	BMJ  2006;333:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s132-e, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mr Gordon Haveron
	BMJ  2006;333:s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s132-f, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s133, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Careers in forensic psychiatry
	Nuwan Galappathie, Krishma Jethwa
	BMJ  2006;333:s133-s134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s133-a, (Published 7 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Foundation programme in general practice
	Salaheldin Abusin
	BMJ  2006;333:s135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s135, (Published 7 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Working as a locum senior house officer
	Anju Soni
	BMJ  2006;333:s135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s135-a, (Published 7 October 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palliative medicine
	Jill Murie
	BMJ  2006;333:s136-s137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s136, (Published 7 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	New careers in academic medicine
	Paul Dimitri, Terence Stephenson
	BMJ  2006;333:s138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s138, (Published 7 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	From frostbite to furunculosis
	Sally Staton
	BMJ  2006;333:s139, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s139, (Published 7 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The health policy guru
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:s140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.s140, (Published 7 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	James Smith
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.757 [Extract] [Full text]

	Gareth Griffith Davies
	Halina Davies
	BMJ  2006;333:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.758 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Catherine Maureen Durkin
	Catherine Durkin Green
	BMJ  2006;333:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.758-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Malcolm Hedley Hall
	Chris Cutting
	BMJ  2006;333:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.758-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Barbara Jane Howells (née Kerr)
	S Hukin Lochhead, F Hogg, J Woyka, L Corbridge
	BMJ  2006;333:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.758-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	John Graham Jones
	Jeremy Jones, Peter N G Jones, Philippa Bevan
	BMJ  2006;333:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.758-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Mortimer Francis Howlett Kelleher
	A J M Blumer
	BMJ  2006;333:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7571.758-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

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