Editor's choice: Get inspired, again
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.589792.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: US Highlights
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2006;333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39071.417072.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Scrooge and intellectual property rights
	Joseph E Stiglitz
	BMJ  2006;333:1279-1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.428380.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Shooting down the NHS reform track
	Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  2006;333:1280-1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.426528.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What stays constant at the heart of medicine
	Harold J Cook
	BMJ  2006;333:1281-1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39051.662130.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mistletoe as a treatment for cancer
	Edzard Ernst
	BMJ  2006;333:1282-1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.493958.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How Web 2.0 is changing medicine
	Dean Giustini
	BMJ  2006;333:1283-1284, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.555405.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research

	Sword swallowing and its side effects
	Brian Witcombe, Dan Meyer
	BMJ  2006;333:1285-1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.676690.55 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	You're not going to give me the umbrella, are you?
	C Bradbeer, S Soni, A Ekbote, T Martin
	BMJ  2006;333:1287-1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39043.717245.F7 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why Danes are smug: comparative study of life satisfaction in the European Union
	Kaare Christensen, Anne Maria Herskind, James W Vaupel
	BMJ  2006;333:1289-1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39028.665602.55 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Phenotypic differences between male physicians, surgeons, and film stars: comparative study
	Antoni Trilla, Marta Aymerich, Antonio M Lacy, Maria J Bertran
	BMJ  2006;333:1291-1293, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39015.672373.80 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Subcutaneous inflammation mimicking metastatic malignancy induced by injection of mistletoe extract
	A I Finall, S A McIntosh, W D Thompson
	BMJ  2006;333:1293-1294, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39044.460023.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Anaesthesia

	Time to stop sniffing the air: snapshot survey
	Chris Johnson, Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2006;333:1295-1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39015.726690.47 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The ideal tool for decorators: a novel use for disposable laryngoscope blades
	R J Green, J M T Pierce
	BMJ  2006;333:1297-1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39031.653160.AE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Heavy metals

	The mysterious death of Francesco I de' Medici and Bianca Cappello: an arsenic murder?
	Francesco Mari, Aldo Polettini, Donatella Lippi, Elisabetta Bertol
	BMJ  2006;333:1299-1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38996.682234.AE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: "Veterinary" diagnosis of lead poisoning in pregnancy
	Stergios K Doumouchtsis, Nigel S Martin, James B Robins
	BMJ  2006;333:1302-1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39024.611366.AE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Inspiration

	Maggie's Centres
	Edwin Heathcote
	BMJ  2006;333:1304-1305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.614132.55 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Another reason for opening access to research
	John Wilbanks
	BMJ  2006;333:1306-1308, doi: 10.1136/sbmj.39063.730660.F7 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Startling technologies promise to transform medicine
	C Donald Combs
	BMJ  2006;333:1308-1311, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.453877.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Back to the future: how good are doctors at gazing in the crystal ball?
	Rob Stepney
	BMJ  2006;333:1311-1313, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.751701.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Searching historical herbal texts for potential new drugs
	Eric J Buenz, Brent A Bauer, Holly E Johnson, Gaugau Tavana, Eric M Beekman, Kristi L Frank, Charles L Howe
	BMJ  2006;333:1314-1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39008.492361.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Getting new drugs to market: how individuals could do this without leaving their desks
	Joe Collier
	BMJ  2006;333:1315-1317, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.610764.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sir Victor Horsley—an inspiration
	Michael Powell
	BMJ  2006;333:1317-1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.527407.55 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why medicine inspires me
	BMJ  2006;333:1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39064.594190.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Better evidence, improved care
	Lee Goldman
	BMJ  2006;333:1320-1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39058.497060.BE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The joy of discovery
	Parveen Kumar
	BMJ  2006;333:1321-1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.411875.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Given the chance I'd start all over again
	Robert Souhami
	BMJ  2006;333:1322-1323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.508067.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Living conditions
	David Loxterkamp
	BMJ  2006;333:1323-1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39057.524792.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The challenging isle: a walk through Soho
	Nick Black
	BMJ  2006;333:1325-1326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.530995.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Cultural studies

	Sri Lankan sanni masks: an ancient classification of disease
	Mark S Bailey, H Janaka de Silva
	BMJ  2006;333:1327-1328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.445417.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Figures (pdf)] FREE

	From a 16th century monastery to a 21st century orthopaedic hospital
	P Tomba, A Viganò, C Menarini, P Picci
	BMJ  2006;333:1328-1330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39006.748634.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Daisy the Doctor, Dr Dose, Dr Grizzly, Dr Amelia Bedelia, and colleagues
	Monica Lalanda, Juan Antonio Alonso
	BMJ  2006;333:1330-1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.1330 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Physicians in opera—reflection of medical history and public perception
	Stefan N Willich
	BMJ  2006;333:1333-1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.464074.55 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Full version, including table of operas identified] FREE

	Faints, fits, and fatalities from emotion in Shakespeare's characters: survey of the canon
	Kenneth W Heaton
	BMJ  2006;333:1335-1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39045.690556.AE [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table (pdf)][extra: Longer version (pdf)] FREE

	The night Bernard Shaw taught us a lesson
	Michael O'Donnell
	BMJ  2006;333:1338-1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39062.728900.55 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

	A day in the life of a doctor: The teleconference
	David Isaacs, Stephen Isaacs, Dominic Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2006;333:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38994.512523.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A village medical mystery
	J Aelwyn Roberts
	BMJ  2006;333:1296, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39048.667072.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A day in the life of a doctor: Grand Rounds
	David Isaacs, Stephen Isaacs, Dominic Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2006;333:1298, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38994.464317.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A day in the life of a doctor: The scientific meeting
	David Isaacs, Stephen Isaacs, Dominic Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2006;333:1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38993.747002.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A multicolour chart for doctors
	Hanna Esser, Gerhard Esser
	BMJ  2006;333:1319, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39044.714780.68 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A day in the life of a doctor: The team building day
	David Isaacs, Stephen Isaacs, Dominic Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2006;333:1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38993.674282.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Christmases past in hospital
	George Watts
	BMJ  2006;333:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39050.652593.F7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Doctors as leaders
	Jo Leahy
	BMJ  2006;333:gp235-gp236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.sgp235, (Published 23 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:gp235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.sgp235-a, (Published 23 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction
	BMJ  2006;333:gp235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.sgp235-b, (Published 23 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What help is available to retrain (or help create jobs for) doctors with chronic disabilities who cannot continue to work as medics in the NHS?
	Ruth Chambers
	BMJ  2006;333:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s236, (Published 23 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a final year medical student married to a Bengali national. We plan to move to Bangladesh immediately after I graduate. Do you know how easy or difficult it would be for me to find work in Bangladesh and register with their medical council (provided I am fluent in the Bengali language)? Also, do you know if I could return to work in the UK in the future, and if I would need to sit PLAB exams?
	Sunder R Gopaul
	BMJ  2006;333:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s236-a, (Published 23 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am temporarily working in Australia until Autumn 2006, at which point I intend to return home and apply for a London basic surgical training. I was wondering if you knew when the last rotations will be out before the Modernising Medical Careers scheme begins, ie do you think I will be able to apply for a rotation starting in February 2007?
	Simon Eccles
	BMJ  2006;333:s236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s236-b, (Published 23 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	this week
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:s237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s237, (Published 23 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction
	BMJ  2006;333:s237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s237-a, (Published 23 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Doctors as leaders
	Jo Leahy
	BMJ  2006;333:s237-s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s237-b, (Published 23 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An MSF volunteer
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2006;333:s239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s239, (Published 23 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Christmas in the outback
	Anthony Barabas
	BMJ  2006;333:s240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s240, (Published 23 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	John Watts' clinical collective nouns
	John Watts
	BMJ  2006;333:s241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s241, (Published 23 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Christmas cards
	BMJ  2006;333:s242-s243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s242, (Published 23 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Team photos
	BMJ  2006;333:s244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7582.s244, (Published 23 December 2006) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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