Rite of passage
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2006;333, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

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	Antibiotics for acute purulent rhinitis-wait and watch [Full text] FREE

	Radiotherapy patients can trigger airport radiation alarms [Full text] FREE

	Spread of MRSA increases in hospitals [Full text] FREE

	Both screened and screeners misinterpret test results [Full text] FREE

	Manage varicose veins with conventional surgery [Full text] FREE

Editorials

	Surveillance and management of all types of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
	John Paul
	BMJ  2006;333:269-270, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.269 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Further lessons from the TGN1412 tragedy
	Michael D E Goodyear
	BMJ  2006;333:270-271, doi:10.1136/bmj.38929.647662.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What to tell patients about radioiodine therapy
	Daniel J Cuthbertson, John Davidson
	BMJ  2006;333:271-272, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.271 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Classification of illegal and harmful drugs
	Michael Gossop
	BMJ  2006;333:272-273, doi:10.1136/bmj.38929.578414.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measuring disparities in health care
	Jennifer Prah Ruger
	BMJ  2006;333:274, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.274 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Tobacco and alcohol should be classed as dangerous drugs
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2006;333:275, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.275 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Changes to death certificates waste golden opportunity
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:275, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.275-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2006;333:276, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.276 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rules for drug trials should be tightened, say experts
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2006;333:276, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.276-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	Doctor struck off after vaccines scandal
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2006;333:276, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.276-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Humanitarian aid corridor fails to materialise
	Owen Dyer, Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2006;333:277, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.277 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version]

	US journal in row over sponsored supplement
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2006;333:277, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.277-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA to clarify rules on advisory committee members
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2006;333:278, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.278 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Two Albanians die from black widow spider bites
	Rudina Hoxha
	BMJ  2006;333:278, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.278-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Drug industry told to disclose details of doctors’ events
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2006;333:278, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.278-b [Extract] [Full text]

Research

	Are antibiotics effective for acute purulent rhinitis? Systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo controlled randomised trials
	B Arroll, T Kenealy
	BMJ  2006;333:279, doi:10.1136/bmj.38891.681215.AE (published 21 July 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality after Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in two hospitals in Oxfordshire, 1997-2003: cohort study
	David H Wyllie, Derrick W Crook, Tim E A Peto
	BMJ  2006;333:281, doi:10.1136/bmj.38834.421713.2F (published 23 June 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Health professionals' and service users' interpretation of screening test results: experimental study
	Ros Bramwell, Helen West, Peter Salmon
	BMJ  2006;333:284, doi:10.1136/bmj.38884.663102.AE (published 13 July 2006) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Varicose veins and their management
	Bruce Campbell
	BMJ  2006;333:287-292, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.287 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Lesson of the week: Triggering radiation alarms after radioiodine treatment
	Kalyan Kumar Gangopadhyay, Francis Sundram, Parijat De
	BMJ  2006;333:293-294, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.293 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Short cuts: What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2006;333:295-296, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.295 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Fair trade for surgical instruments
	Mahmood F Bhutta
	BMJ  2006;333:297-299, doi:10.1136/bmj.38901.619074.55 (published 28 July 2006) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality and consent in medical research: Overcoming barriers to recruitment in health research
	Jenny Hewison, Andy Haines
	BMJ  2006;333:300-302, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Regulation and revalidation of doctors: Response from the General Medical Council
	Graeme Catto
	BMJ  2006;333:303, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.303 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Regulation and revalidation of doctors: Dangers and opportunities
	Brian D Keighley
	BMJ  2006;333:303, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.303-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Regulation and revalidation of doctors: Summary of other responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2006;333:303-304, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.303-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is public health action worth while if many cases are being missed?
	Peter M English
	BMJ  2006;333:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.304 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why do poor outcomes persist in diabetic pregnancy?
	Tim Cundy
	BMJ  2006;333:304, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.304-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stirrups or no stirrups for routine speculum examinations?: Patient comfort is secondary to cervical smear quality...
	Anne Spaar, Milo A Puhan
	BMJ  2006;333:304-305, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.304-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stirrups or no stirrups for routine speculum examinations?: ... but we do not need to do a trial of smear quality
	James A Dickinson
	BMJ  2006;333:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.305 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stirrups or no stirrups for routine speculum examinations?: Patient's perspective
	Rosemary Slosek
	BMJ  2006;333:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.305-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and patients need to hunt together
	Judith H Harvey
	BMJ  2006;333:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.305-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva might help you get something published
	Eoin P O'Sullivan, Una O'Colmain
	BMJ  2006;333:305, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.305-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	June Lloyd
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2006;333:306, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.306 [Extract] [Full text]

reviews

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	Book: Lost: Illegal Abortion Stories
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2006;333:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.307 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Adrenaline and the Inner World
	Simon L Bacon
	BMJ  2006;333:307, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.307-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: We must give patients the evidence on complementary therapies
	Edzard Ernst
	BMJ  2006;333:308, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.308 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2006;333:308, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.308-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal views: Amazons go shopping
	Mary E Black
	BMJ  2006;333:309, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.309 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings: Tell Tchaikovsky the news
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2006;333:309, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.309-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2006;333:310, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.310 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Oral dexamethasone works better than oral prednisolone in children with croup
	BMJ  2006;333, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable case: Can we learn anything from Monty Python?
	Alan J Grant
	BMJ  2006;333:292, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.292 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Passing time
	Wesley Michael Hicks
	BMJ  2006;333:294, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.294 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	What social marketing can do for you
	BMJ  2006;333:299, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.299 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cover picture
	BMJ  2006;333:299, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.299-a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	BMA's claim of unemployment among junior doctors is rejected
	BMJ  2006;333:299, doi:10.1136/bmj.333.7562.299-b [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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