Taking a stand
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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

	Different methods for managing miscarriage have same infection rates [Full text] FREE

	Identifying patients' agendas improves consultations [Full text] FREE

	To call your patient after a suicide attempt may help [Full text] FREE

	Alcohol drinking patterns have different CHD outcomes in men and women [Full text] FREE

	Insecticide treated curtains and water jar covers control dengue vector [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Spontaneous miscarriage in the first trimester
	Andrew Weeks, Kristina Gemzell Danielsson
	BMJ  2006;332:1223-1224, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1223 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How much and how often should we drink?
	Annie Britton
	BMJ  2006;332:1224-1225, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1224 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient agendas in primary care
	William Hamilton, Nicky Britten
	BMJ  2006;332:1225-1226, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Information and intelligence for healthy populations
	Rosalind Raine, Sylvia Godden, Martin McKee
	BMJ  2006;332:1226-1227, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1226 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The palliative role of orthopaedics
	Wisam I Al-Hakim, Jacub M Jagiello, Ken Mannan, Tim W Briggs
	BMJ  2006;332:1227-1228, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1227 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Having fewer hospital beds does not mean less health care
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1229, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1229 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Attorney general is to intervene in case of expert witness immunity
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1229, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1229-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;332:1230, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1230 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Report gives snapshot health research funding in the UK
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2006;332:1230, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1230-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Amnesty says human rights have been eclipsed by "war on terror"
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2006;332:1231, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Human rights group calls on Israel to save Palestinian health services
	Donald Macintyre
	BMJ  2006;332:1231, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1231-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Derbyshire primary care trust "failed to consult" over contract
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1233, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1233-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	WHO's director general dies
	Michael Day, Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Half a million children a year die of AIDS through lack of drugs
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Consultants’ pay goes up, but productivity goes down, MPs told
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors’ faith in the GMC falls, while the public’s rises
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Science meets art in exhibition of plants and medicines
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO calls for registration of all clinical trials
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch patients are warned against stem cell treatment
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2006;332:1232, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1232-d [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sudanese health minister’s advocacy of condoms sparks protest
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:1233, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1233 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Secret report surfaces showing that Pfizer was at fault in Nigerian drug tests
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2006;332:1233, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1233-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU tightens regulations on food labelling
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2006;332:1233, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1233-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Angolan cholera epidemic could have been prevented, says MSF
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-b [Extract] [Full text]

	Hospital use of antibiotics varies threefold across Europe
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-c [Extract] [Full text]

	German hospital doctors temporarily halt strike but vow to continue
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-d [Extract] [Full text]

	Trial of drug for trauma patients includes victims of Iraqi violence
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-e [Extract] [Full text]

	Rise in maternal age has led to increase in pregnancies affected by Down’s syndrome
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-f [Extract] [Full text]

	Latest reorganisation of primary care trusts could create planning blight
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-g [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors are only ones to benefit from changes in out of hours care, say MPs
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-h [Extract] [Full text]

	London complex was fatally flawed, says spending watchdog
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;332:1234, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1234-i [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Management of miscarriage: expectant, medical, or surgical? Results of randomised controlled trial (miscarriage treatment (MIST) trial)
	J Trinder, P Brocklehurst, R Porter, M Read, S Vyas, L Smith
	BMJ  2006;332:1235-1240, doi:10.1136/bmj.38828.593125.55 (published 17 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of investigators] FREE

	Effect of patient completed agenda forms and doctors' education about the agenda on the outcome of consultations: randomised controlled trial
	J F Middleton, R K McKinley, C L Gillies
	BMJ  2006;332:1238-1242, doi:10.1136/bmj.38841.444861.7C (published 17 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Forms] FREE

	Effect of telephone contact on further suicide attempts in patients discharged from an emergency department: randomised controlled study
	Guillaume Vaiva, Guillaume Vaiva, François Ducrocq, Philippe Meyer, Daniel Mathieu, Alain Philippe, Christian Libersa, Michel Goudemand
	BMJ  2006;332:1241-1245, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1241 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prospective study of alcohol drinking patterns and coronary heart disease in women and men
	Janne Tolstrup, Majken K Jensen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim Overvad, Kenneth J Mukamal, Morten Grønbæk
	BMJ  2006;332:1244-1248, doi:10.1136/bmj.38831.503113.7C (published 3 May 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effective control of dengue vectors with curtains and water container covers treated with insecticide in Mexico and Venezuela: cluster randomised trials
	Axel Kroeger, Audrey Lenhart, Manuel Ochoa, Elci Villegas, Michael Levy, Neal Alexander, P J McCall
	BMJ  2006;332:1247-1252, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1247 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
	Paolo Spirito, Camillo Autore
	BMJ  2006;332:1251-1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1251 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box]

Practice

	Statistics in practice: The simplest statistical test: how to check for a difference between treatments
	Stuart J Pocock
	BMJ  2006;332:1256-1258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis after changing pen devices for insulin injection
	Vishal Rai Bhardwaj, Neil Metcalfe, Emma Innes, Esther Harrison, David Jenkins
	BMJ  2006;332:1259-1260, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1259 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Diagnosis
	Graeme P Currie, Joe S Legge
	BMJ  2006;332:1261-1263, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1261 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;332:1264-1265, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1264 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Review of NICE's recommendations, 1999-2005
	James Raftery
	BMJ  2006;332:1266-1268, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1266 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Classification of the recommendations]

	Resource allocation: NICE work
	BMJ  2006;332:1266, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1266-a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How NICE may be outflanked
	R E Ferner, Sarah E McDowell
	BMJ  2006;332:1268-1271, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1268 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w36] FREE

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Lipid lowering drugs in diabetes: Abstract was misleading
	Mieke L van Driel, Pierre Chevalier
	BMJ  2006;332:1272, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1272 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lipid lowering drugs in diabetes: Absolute risk reduction is what counts
	L S Lewis
	BMJ  2006;332:1272, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1272-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lipid lowering drugs in diabetes: Lipid lowering has ophthalmic benefits
	Hiten G Sheth, Sher Aslam, Nigel Davies
	BMJ  2006;332:1272-1273, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1272-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of contract for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Cost cutting, or worse?
	Michael Schachter
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of contract for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Bulletin is value for money
	Trevor Watts
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of contract for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Choices
	Piero Baglioni
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	End of contract for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: Australian Prescriber was resurrected
	John S Dowden
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled insulin: Evidence based or industry driven medicine?
	H Alberti
	BMJ  2006;332:1273, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inhaled insulin: Concerns remain
	Niamh M Martin, Karim Meeran
	BMJ  2006;332:1273-1274, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1273-e [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spain's high rate of organ donation may hinge on local use
	Graham Brack
	BMJ  2006;332:1274, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1274 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Australian public's views on privacy and health research
	David C Whiteman, Cathy Clutton, David Hill
	BMJ  2006;332:1274, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1274-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dame Janet's disappointments: Shipman case is a stick to beat the medical profession with
	Gerald Freshwater
	BMJ  2006;332:1274-1275, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1274-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dame Janet's disappointments: Dame Janet's indignation helps no one
	Peter J Mahaffey
	BMJ  2006;332:1275, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dame Janet's disappointments: It's not that easy to keep an eye on each other
	William E Osmun
	BMJ  2006;332:1275, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1275-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Not so fast with vacuums and maggots as firstline treatment
	Nicky Cullum
	BMJ  2006;332:1275, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1275-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to emergency care in Palestinian West Bank: Study seems not to have been critically appraised
	Elliot Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:1275-1276, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1275-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to emergency care in Palestinian West Bank: Methods were incomplete
	Leonard Thaler
	BMJ  2006;332:1276, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1276 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to emergency care in Palestinian West Bank: Interpretation of results is flawed
	Elihu D Richter, Rony Blum, Avraham Rivkind
	BMJ  2006;332:1276, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1276-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Humanitarian crisis in Israeli occupied territories
	Derek A Summerfield
	BMJ  2006;332:1276, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1276-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Roger Bryce-Smith
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2006;332:1277, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1277 [Extract] [Full text]

	Cecil Cameron Ewing
	Edward Ewing
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Berta ("Betty") Gol
	Ruth Foist
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Harry Hanson
	Jacky Hanson
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Khalid Karam
	David Joselin
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Kumaran ("Bob") Ratnasingham
	Vicki Clark, Crawford Reid, Christine Robison, Eswaren Velaudapillai
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-d [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	Howard Watson
	A E S Rainey
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

	James Neville Frederick West
	John Burke
	BMJ  2006;332:1278, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1278-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version]

reviews

This week's reviews [PDF]

	Theatre: NHS: The Musical!
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2006;332:1279, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1279 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: HIV is changing the face of tropical medicine
	Elinor Moore
	BMJ  2006;332:1280, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1280 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Rugby union should ban contested scrums
	James B Bourke
	BMJ  2006;332:1281, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1281 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Soundings: Advice to science writers
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2006;332:1281, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1281-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;332:1282, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1282 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Many people report pain for a long time after a stroke
	BMJ  2006;332, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	My worst day
	Anne M Phillips
	BMJ  2006;332:1250, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1250 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: For surgeons
	Michelle J Thompson
	BMJ  2006;332:1255, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1255 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Ben
	John S N Anderson
	BMJ  2006;332:1258, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1258 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A cautionary tale
	James Burge, Jane Sword
	BMJ  2006;332:1260, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1260 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word: Nauseated/nauseous
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2006;332:1271, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advice
	BMJ  2006;332:1277, doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1277-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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