Explaining suicide
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2005;330, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.0-g [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

This week in the BMJ

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

	Suicide: age and deprivation matter in Scotland [Full text]

	Suicide: intelligence matters in Sweden [Full text]

	Suicide: nationality matters in Estonia [Full text]

	Patients with direct access fix fewer outpatient appointments [Full text]

	Preventive effect of child safety equipment is debatable [Full text]

	When in trouble, doctors flee to medicine-land [Full text]

Editorials

	George W Bush's second term
	Martin McKee, Susan Foster
	BMJ  2005;330:155-156, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.155 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opioids for persistent non-cancer pain
	Eija Kalso
	BMJ  2005;330:156-157, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.156 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing the transmission of genital herpes
	Simon E Barton
	BMJ  2005;330:157-158, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.157 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Schizophrenia: a genetic disorder of the synapse?
	Michael J Owen, Michael C O'Donovan, Paul J Harrison
	BMJ  2005;330:158-159, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.158 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Would regional government have been good for your health?
	David J Hunter, John Wilkinson, Edward Coyle
	BMJ  2005;330:159-160, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.159 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Rich nations should pay more to developing countries
	Fiona Fleck
	BMJ  2005;330:161, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.161 [Full text] [PDF]

	Eli Lilly defends itself against assertions in BMJ
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2005;330:161, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.161-a [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;330:162, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.162 [Full text] [PDF]

	Royalty payments to staff researchers cause new NIH troubles
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;330:162, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.162-a [Full text] [PDF]

	Pfizer found guilty of breaching code
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2005;330:162, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.162-b [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug company chiefs accept the need for more openness
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2005;330:163, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.163 [Full text] [PDF]

	Children face same social problems as they did 100 years ago
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:163, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.163-a [Full text] [PDF]

	Generosity after tsunami could threaten neglected crises
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2005;330:165, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.165-b [Full text] [PDF]

	Complementary medicine must prove its worth
	Charles Marwick
	BMJ  2005;330:166, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.166 [Full text] [PDF]

	Delays in implementing e-booking threaten patient choice agenda
	Kathryn Godfrey
	BMJ  2005;330:166, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.166-a [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Only a few more deaths from vCJD likely in UK
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:164, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.164 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	New NHS IT system will preserve patient confidentiality
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;330:164, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.164-a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Bush pushes for limit to medical malpractice awards
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;330:164, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.164-b [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	MPs disappointed by response to report on allergy services
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;330:164, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.164-c [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	FDA rejects sale of over the counter statins
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2005;330:164, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.164-d [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US drug industry's claims of other countries "freeloading" are a myth
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2005;330:165, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.165 [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	US health agency scales down plans for free, online research results
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2005;330:165, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.165-a [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Former Czech health minister could be jailed
	Katka Krosnar
	BMJ  2005;330:166, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.166-b [Full text]

	Medical students should watch films that inspire compassion
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2005;330:166, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.166-c [Full text]

Papers

	Low intelligence test scores in 18 year old men and risk of suicide: cohort study
	D Gunnell, P K E Magnusson, F Rasmussen
	BMJ  2005;330:167, doi:10.1136/bmj.38310.473565.8F (published 22 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient initiated outpatient follow up in rheumatoid arthritis: six year randomised controlled trial
	Sarah Hewlett, John Kirwan, Jon Pollock, Kathryn Mitchell, Maggie Hehir, Peter S Blair, David Memel, Mark G Perry
	BMJ  2005;330:171, doi:10.1136/bmj.38265.493773.8F (published 16 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Two tables of extra data]

	Suicide gap among young adults in Scotland: population study
	Paul Boyle, Daniel Exeter, Zhiqiang Feng, Robin Flowerdew
	BMJ  2005;330:175-176, doi:10.1136/bmj.38328.559572.55 (published 22 December 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Suicide among Russians in Estonia: database study before and after independence
	Airi Värnik, Kairi Kõlves, Danuta Wasserman
	BMJ  2005;330:176-177, doi:10.1136/bmj.38328.454294.55 (published 15 December 2004) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Primary care

	Providing child safety equipment to prevent injuries: randomised controlled trial
	Michael Watson, Denise Kendrick, Carol Coupland, Amanda Woods, Deb Futers, Jean Robinson
	BMJ  2005;330:178, doi:10.1136/bmj.38309.664444.8F (published 16 December 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Learning in practice

	How doctors discuss major interventions with high risk patients: an observational study
	C F Corke, P J Stow, D T Green, J W Agar, M J Henry
	BMJ  2005;330:182, doi:10.1136/bmj.38293.435069.DE (published 25 November 2004) [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What the educators are saying
	Val Wass, Ed Peile, Carolyn Rodgers, Colin MacDougall
	BMJ  2005;330:185, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.185 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Do we need to treat vulvovaginitis in prepubertal girls?
	Manohara Joishy, Chetan Sandeep Ashtekar, Arpana Jain, Rohini Gonsalves
	BMJ  2005;330:186-188, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.186 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sports and exercise medicine: Activity in later life
	Archie Young, Susie Dinan
	BMJ  2005;330:189-191, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.189 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	The marketing of a disease: female sexual dysfunction
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2005;330:192-194, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.192 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Monitoring global health: Problems are primarily national
	Osman David Mansoor, Nick Wilson
	BMJ  2005;330:195, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.195 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Monitoring global health: WHO has mandate and expertise
	Christopher Dye, Mario Raviglione
	BMJ  2005;330:195, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.195-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Monitoring global health: Bottom up approach is more likely to be successful
	Ties Boerma, Carla Abou-Zahr
	BMJ  2005;330:195-196, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.195-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Monitoring global health: Cochrane Collaboration in developing world could be an answer
	Ilyas Mirza
	BMJ  2005;330:196, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.196 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Limitations and potential of country of birth as proxy for ethnic group
	Paramjit S Gill, Raj Bhopal, Sarah Wild, Joe Kai
	BMJ  2005;330:196, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.196-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Specialised care for early psychosis: Like was not compared with like
	Swaran P Singh
	BMJ  2005;330:196-197, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.196-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Specialised care for early psychosis: More detail is needed
	David H Yates
	BMJ  2005;330:197, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.197 [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references]

	Specialised care for early psychosis: Author's reply
	Tom K J Craig
	BMJ  2005;330:197, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.197-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Computer assisted knee arthroplasty is here today
	Graeme Holt, A G Gregori
	BMJ  2005;330:197, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.197-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing and treating hepatitis B infection: Immunisation is most important strategy to control hepatitis B
	Osman David Mansoor, Nick Wilson
	BMJ  2005;330:197-198, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.197-c [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	High risk groups are still not being vaccinated
	Adam R Winstock
	BMJ  2005;330:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.198 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	High risk groups are still not being vaccinated: Authors' reply
	Rakesh Aggarwal, Piyush Ranjan
	BMJ  2005;330:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.198-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A prisoner of conscience in Vietnam
	Duncan Forrest
	BMJ  2005;330:198, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.198-b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Dame Rosemary Rue
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2005;330:199, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.199 [Full text]

	James Patrick Green
	Valerie White
	BMJ  2005;330:200, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.200 [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Robert Dougan Hill
	Frances Hill
	BMJ  2005;330:200, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.200-a [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Graham Douglas McLean
	Alan Fraser
	BMJ  2005;330:200, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.200-b [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Jacqueline Muir
	E McCue
	BMJ  2005;330:200, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.200-c [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Paul Anthony Mullins
	Kieron Donovan
	BMJ  2005;330:200, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.200-d [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Olujimi Akanbi Soboyejo
	George Thorpe
	BMJ  2005;330:200, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.200-e [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	David Anthony Hilton Yates
	John A Mathews
	BMJ  2005;330:200, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.200-f [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	Book: Essential Evidence-Based Medicine
	Kristina Fister
	BMJ  2005;330:201, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.201 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Caring for the Country: Family Doctors in Small Towns
	John Gillies
	BMJ  2005;330:201, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.201-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NETLINES
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  2005;330:202, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.202 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: Hotel Rwanda
	Chloe Veltman
	BMJ  2005;330:202, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.202-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PERSONAL VIEW: Why January is a testing time for GPs
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2005;330:203, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.203 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SOUNDINGS: Titles
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2005;330:203, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.203-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;330:204, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.204 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	POEM*: Gastric acid suppression is associated with increased risk of pneumonia
	BMJ  2005;330, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.0-f [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	bmjlearning.com: Assessing your learning needs
	Kieran Walsh
	BMJ  2005;330:170, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.170 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Submitting articles to the BMJ
	BMJ  2005;330:177, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.177 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Complicity
	John Dewhurst
	BMJ  2005;330:181, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.181 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Open your eyes
	Tariq Hussain
	BMJ  2005;330:184, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.184 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Can the human eye detect an offside position during a football match?
	BMJ  2005;330:188, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.188 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	"I recognise myself in that situation..." Using photographs to encourage reflection in general practitioners
	BMJ  2005;330:188, doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7484.188-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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