Editor's choice: New ideas please
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.616898.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: US Highlights
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39057.387593.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Early use of oral antibiotics in severe community acquired pneumonia [Full text]

	Occupational therapy for dementia improves function [Full text]

	Should babies be left to sleep in infant car safety seats? [Full text]

	Tube feeding in advanced dementia can be harmful [Full text]

	How to achieve strict glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes [Full text]

Editorials

	Severe community acquired pneumonia
	Graham D Mills, Richard Laing
	BMJ  2006;333:1181-1182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39050.672639.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hajj and the risk of influenza
	A Rashid Gatrad, Shuja Shafi, Ziad A Memish, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2006;333:1182-1183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.628958.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Child safety in cars
	Michael Hayes
	BMJ  2006;333:1183-1184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.685787.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of dementia in the community
	Jeannette Golden, Brian Lawlor
	BMJ  2006;333:1184-1185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.484421.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The future of primary care nurses and health visitors
	Christopher Derrett, Lydia Burke
	BMJ  2006;333:1185-1186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39043.386019.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	How much will Herceptin really cost?: Balancing local and national priorities is not new
	Andrew Dillon, Peter Littlejohns
	BMJ  2006;333:1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.733715.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How much will Herceptin really cost?: The money is already there
	Rubin Minhas
	BMJ  2006;333:1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.480231.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How much will Herceptin really cost?: Summary of other responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2006;333:1219-1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.659456.FA [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Influenza vaccine uptake among British Muslims attending Hajj, 2005 and 2006
	Shuja Shafi, Harunor Rashid, Kamal Ali, Haitham El Bashir, Elizabeth Haworth, Ziad A Memish, Robert Booy
	BMJ  2006;333:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.734329.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How many whole time equivalents rather than heads in the NHS?
	Anthea J Sherwood
	BMJ  2006;333:1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.724016.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fever epidemic moves into Sri Lanka
	Suranjith L Seneviratne, Jennifer Perera
	BMJ  2006;333:1220-1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.725729.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Getting knowledge into clinical practice
	Albert Figueras, Edgar Narváez
	BMJ  2006;333:1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38989.525856.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Health Act: why not learn from devolution?
	Richard Simpson
	BMJ  2006;333:1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.722755.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO obesity charter seems more like a mantra
	Carrie H Ruxton
	BMJ  2006;333:1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.726852.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shark cartilage in the water: One size does not fit all
	Simon I R Noble
	BMJ  2006;333:1221-1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.728738.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shark cartilage in the water: Effective legislation is already in place but is not being properly used
	Charles B Shepherd
	BMJ  2006;333:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.725162.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shark cartilage in the water: Ignorance-based cancer treatment
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;333:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.727350.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Miracle hiccough cure gets the attention it deserves
	Rhys H Thomas, Naomi J P Thomas
	BMJ  2006;333:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.721632.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Blair says patients will have to travel further for specialist care
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.600475.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Closing some local services could save lives, report says
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:1187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.412755.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2006;333:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.671481.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors are failing to identify patients most at risk of killing, report says
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;333:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.372928.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients can't stop their data being put onto NHS "spine," department says
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.373935.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Science will tighten standards after retracting stem cell papers
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.363183.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High Court clears Meadow of criticism over baby's death
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.407350.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC should not have thrown out case against neurologist, Singapore council says
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.403484.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Southall denies accusing a mother of murdering her son
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.696204.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High spending intensive care doctors do not always achieve better outcomes
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.352384.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Proposals of Donaldson report are "not evidence based," says Scottish health department
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2006;333:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.531111.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European directive has doubled cost of running trials in UK
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;333:1190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.352905.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO team visits Israel to learn about adult circumcision
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;333:1191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.642847.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Anti-abortion doctor now heads US family planning service
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:1191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.474433.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS must expect more redundancies, health secretary says
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:1191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.479769.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Diabetes affects nearly 6% of the world's adults
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;333:1191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.608507.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New GP contract: modernisation or miscalculation?
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.506308.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Italians are forced to go abroad for assisted reproduction
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2006;333:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.378356.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Women and children suffer most from exposure to coal smoke
	Anne Glusker
	BMJ  2006;333:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.492639.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Emergency planners should not assume that people will panic
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.349132.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Countries have a long way to go in ensuring that health care is patient centred
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2006;333:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.436227.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charging patients for HIV drugs is a barrier to treatment
	Claire Frauenfelder
	BMJ  2006;333:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.466539.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Research

	Effectiveness of early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics in severe community acquired pneumonia: multicentre randomised trial
	Jan Jelrik Oosterheert, Marc J M Bonten, Margriet M E Schneider, Erik Buskens, Jan-Willem J Lammers, Willem M N Hustinx, Mark H H Kramer, Jan M Prins, Peter H Th J Slee, Karin Kaasjager, Andy I M Hoepelman
	BMJ  2006;333:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38993.560984.BE, (Published 7 November 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Community based occupational therapy for patients with dementia and their care givers: randomised controlled trial
	Maud J L Graff, Myrra J M Vernooij-Dassen, Marjolein Thijssen, Joost Dekker, Willibrord H L Hoefnagels, Marcel G M Olde Rikkert
	BMJ  2006;333:1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39001.688843.BE, (Published 17 November 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of the research protocol can] FREE

Clinical review

	Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes: the end of recurrent failure?
	R J Heine, M Diamant, J-C Mbanya, D M Nathan
	BMJ  2006;333:1200-1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39022.462546.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix and references]

Practice

	Apparently life threatening events in infant car safety seats
	Shirley L Tonkin, Sally A Vogel, Laura Bennet, Alistair Jan Gunn
	BMJ  2006;333:1205-1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39021.657083.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of obesity: Childhood obesity
	John J Reilly, David Wilson
	BMJ  2006;333:1207-1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.503750.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: Men with type 2 diabetes need screening for sleep apnoea
	BMJ  2006;333:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39043.442882.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: Television better than mothers as an analgesic
	BMJ  2006;333:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39043.637083.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: Steroid injections effective in trigger finger
	BMJ  2006;333:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1211-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: NHS pressures mean that marking sites before surgery is essential
	BMJ  2006;333:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39043.572211.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ family highlights: COX 2 inhibitors cause less gastric bleeding than NSAIDs
	BMJ  2006;333:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1211-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Pioglitazone may reduce cardiovascular risk in adults with type 2 diabetes
	BMJ  2006;333:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1212 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Misuse of botulinum toxin is potentially lethal
	BMJ  2006;333:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.446597.DE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Midwives and doctors' assistants can provide safe first trimester abortions
	BMJ  2006;333:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1212-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: US institutional review boards have undisclosed ties with industry
	BMJ  2006;333:1212-1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1212-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Intermittent treatment shortens survival for patients with HIV
	BMJ  2006;333:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1213 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Bisphosphonates linked to osteonecrosis of the jaw
	BMJ  2006;333:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1213-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Empowering women protects them from domestic violence
	BMJ  2006;333:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1213-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: Primiparous women are vulnerable to all kinds of mental illness postpartum
	BMJ  2006;333:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.1213-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Controversy: Tube feeding in advanced dementia: the metabolic perspective
	L John Hoffer
	BMJ  2006;333:1214-1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39021.785197.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reforming primary care: Are New Zealand's new primary health organisations fit for purpose?
	Robin Gauld, Nicholas Mays
	BMJ  2006;333:1216-1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39029.493542.94 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	9/11: Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks ; Are We Ready? Public Health since 9/11
	Daniel Barnett
	BMJ  2006;333:1225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.485498.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Time to get streetwise: why medical ethics is in need of doctors
	Daniel Sokol
	BMJ  2006;333:1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.658762.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: It's about sex, but not sexy enough
	Richard Ma
	BMJ  2006;333:1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.416725.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Pills with a doughnut hole
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2006;333:1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.534525.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.730463.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	KM Khashia, H Greenland
	BMJ  2006;333:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.730463.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: SSRIs start to relieve depression soon after the start of treatment
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.636285.DE [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Junior doctor identity crises
	Andy Potter
	BMJ  2006;333:1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39030.638414.F7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Crossed path on doomsday
	Sabin Kumar Ranabhat
	BMJ  2006;333:1204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.400822.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my life: A costly lesson
	Ranjna Garg
	BMJ  2006;333:1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39035.454850.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The Swan Lady
	Dick Ashford
	BMJ  2006;333:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.438947.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Awareness of driving while sleepy and road traffic accidents: prospective study in GAZEL cohort
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.602130.AE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Etoricoxib and diclofenac are associated with similar cardiovascular risks
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.623391.AE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	GMC strikes off expert in drug addiction
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.701227.AE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	What's so special about Sam Everington's Bromley-by-Bow health centre?
	Remi Guillochon
	BMJ  2006;333:gp218-gp219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.sgp218, (Published 9 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Unplanned workforce
	BMJ  2006;333:s218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s218, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Student compensation
	BMJ  2006;333:s218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s218-a, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mutterings, mumblings, and concerns about MMC
	BMJ  2006;333:s218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s218-b, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Let's get personal
	BMJ  2006;333:s218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s218-c, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Trust me, I'm an SAS doctor
	BMJ  2006;333:s218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s218-d, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Patients is a virtue
	BMJ  2006;333:s218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s218-e, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Demonstrating anatomy
	Joanna Lorains
	BMJ  2006;333:gp219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.sgp219, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s219, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Wellbeing at work
	Cary Cooper
	BMJ  2006;333:s219-s221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s219-a, (Published 9 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Surviving a weekend on call in general surgery
	Justin Yeung
	BMJ  2006;333:s221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s221, (Published 9 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Curse of the course
	Norma O'Leary
	BMJ  2006;333:s222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s222, (Published 9 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I'm only at the end of a video link
	Younus Saleem, Paul Stankard
	BMJ  2006;333:s223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s223, (Published 9 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An occupational psychologist and anti-stress sage
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2006;333:s224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7580.s224, (Published 9 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Hugh Alexander Fleming
	Michael Petch
	BMJ  2006;333:1223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39052.609641.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Ann Faith Barker (née Arbuthnot)
	Dominic Beer
	BMJ  2006;333:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.653519.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Graham Davies
	Stephen Davies, Simon Davies, Michael Davies
	BMJ  2006;333:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.654838.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Anthony Johnston Fairrie
	Nicholas Fairrie
	BMJ  2006;333:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.563958.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Patricia Gilbert
	Peter Brookes, Jenny Brookes, Soozy Gilbert
	BMJ  2006;333:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.636991.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Douglas Anthony Spencer
	Helen Spencer, Warwick Coulson
	BMJ  2006;333:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.613600.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	David Richard Kilvington Street
	Elizabeth Cooke
	BMJ  2006;333:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.673368.FA [Extract] [Full text]

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