INDEX TO VOLUME 331 - BMJ Group

INDEX TO VOLUME 331 

Entries for editorials, news, papers, primary care, information in practice, clinical review, education and debate, learning in practice, 

letters and reviews are indicated by the use of symbols (E), (N), (P), (PC), (IP), (C), (ED), (LP), (L), and (R) respectively. Articles in 

BMJ Careers are also included in this index. From 30 April 2005 BMJ Careers has been published in two versions, one for general 

practice and one for hospital medicine, but both versions are included in this index. 

A 

Aaby P 

— see Benn CS 331:1428 

— see Hoj L 331:723 

Abbara A, The Hypochondriac (Theatre) 331:1344 (R) 

Abbott R, et al, Lesson of the week. Osmotic demyelination syndrome 

331:829 (C) 

Abboud A, Searching for papal scapegoats is pointless 331:294 

(L) 

ABC of asthma 

— Methods of delivering drugs (J Rees) 331:504 (C) 

— Prevalence (J Rees) 331:443 (C) 

ABC of conflict and disaster 

— Approaches to conflict resolution (EW Anderson) 331:344 

(C) 

— Conflict recovery and intervening in hospitals (JM Ryan, et al) 


— Displaced populations and long term humanitarian assistance 

(M Kett) 331:98 (C) 

— Psychological aspects of providing medical humanitarian aid 

(I Palmer) 331:152 (C) 

— The special needs of children and women (J Seaman, et al) 


— Weapons of mass destruction—threats and responses (C Gosden, 

et al) 331:397 (C) 

ABC of health informatics 

— Communication and navigation around the healthcare system 

(JC Wyatt, et al) 331:1325 (C) 

— eHealth and the future: promise or peril? (JC Wyatt, et al) 


— How computers can help to share understanding with patients 

(F Sullivan, et al) 331:892 (C) 

— How computers help make eYcient use of consultations (F 

Sullivan, et al) 331:1010 (C) 

— How decision support tools help define clinical problems (F 


— How informatics tools help deal with patients’ problems (F 


— Improving services with informatics tools (F Sullivan, et al) 

331:1190 (C) (correction, 332:151) 

— Is a consultation needed? (F Sullivan, et al) 331:625 (C) 

— Keeping up: learning in the workplace (JC Wyatt, et al) 


— Referral or follow-up? (F Sullivan, et al) 331:1072 (C) 

— What is health information? (JC Wyatt, et al) 331:566 (C) 

— Why is this patient here today? (F Sullivan, et al) 331:678 (C) 

abdominal aortic aneurysms 

— endovascular repair is worse than open repair (POEM*) 331 

(24 September 2005) 331:1081 (L) 

— patients deserves higher priority (Z Kmietowicz) 331:983 (N) 

Abel M-B, see Petersen L 331:602 

AbiWord, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:1345 (R) 

abnormalities see also anomalies 

— chromosome analysis in couples with two or more miscarriages 

(MTM Franssen, et al) 331:137 (P) 

Abood A, Surgical care practitioners BMJ Careers 331:227 

abortion, induced see also miscarriage 

— depression and unwanted first pregnancy: longitudinal cohort 

study (S Schmiege, et al) 331:1303 (P) 

— parental right to know advice to under 16s (C Dyer) 331:1161 

(N) 

— Romania, high rate after fall of Ceausescu (M Leidig) 

331:1043 (N) 

— UK charity did not break law in giving information about late 

abortions (C Dyer) 331:716 (N) 

— WHO puts abortifacients on essential drug list (L Gibson) 


Abraham J, Regulating the drugs industry transparently 331:528 

(E) (correction, 931) 

Abrahamowicz M, see Tamblyn R 331:1002 

academic medicine see also education, medical 

— Chadburn lectureship: flexible job (L Kroll) BMJ Careers 

331:28 

— five futures: ICRAM scenarios (J Clark, et al) 331:101 (ED), 

331:694 (L), 331:695 (L) 

— interviews, asking questions at end (MJ Thompson, et al)(Tips 

on...) BMJ Careers 331:70 

— living your life (K Sliwa-Hahnle, et al) BMJ Careers 331:19 

— NHS research programme: transformation (A Cole) 331:368 

(N), 331:1339 (L) 

— path: leaving and coming back (ME Frisse) BMJ Careers 


— scenarios: final votes 331;672 

— US, paying bills and breaking mould (GP Purcell) BMJ Careers 


accident prevention 

— children, Harry Potter’s spell (S Gwilym, et al) (On the case) 


— Europe, EU urged to reduce child injuries (R Watson) 


accidents, traYc see road traYc accidents 

Achieving the millennium development goals for health see also millennium 

development goals 

— Cost eVectiveness analysis of strategies for child health in 

developing countries (T Tan-Torres Edejer, et al) 331:1177 

(P) 

JULY-DECEMBER 2005 

— Cost eVectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal 

health in developing countries (T Adam, et al) 331:1107 

(P) 

— Cost eVectiveness analysis of strategies to combat HIV/AIDS 

in developing countries (DR Hogan, et al) 331:1431 (P) 

— Cost eVectiveness analysis of strategies to combat malaria in 

developing countries (CM Morel, et al) 331:1299 (P) (correction, 

332:151) 

— Cost eVectiveness analysis of strategies for tuberculosis control 

in developing countries (R Baltussen, et al) 331:1364 (P) 

— Evaluation of current strategies and future priorities for improving 

health in developing countries (DB Evans, et al) 

331:1457 (ED) 

— Methods to assess the costs and health eVects of interventions 

for improving health in developing countries (DB Evans, et al) 


— Time to reassess strategies for improving health in developing 

countries (DB Evans, et al) 331:1133 (ED), 331:1270 (L), 

331:1271 (L) 

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome see also antiretrovirals; 

highly active antiretroviral therapy; HIV 

— Africa 

——As They See It: The Development of the African AIDS Discourse 

(Downing) (Books) 331:783 (R) 

— — funding concentration on "big three" (K Morales) 331:866 

(N) 

——patient’s readiness to start HAART (HT Gebrekristos, et 

al) 331:772 (ED) 

— — poverty, gender inequality and (JC Kim, et al) 331:769 

(ED) 

— — randomised controlled trials (N Siegfried, et al) 331:742 

(P) 

— — Western and traditional medicine (N Andersson) (Personal 

view) 331:785 (R) 

— Botswana (P Sidley) 331:719 (N) 

— China, mother to child transmission 331:162 (L) 

— developing countries, cost-eVectiveness analysis of strategies: 

Achieving the millennium development goals for health (DR 

Hogan, et al) 331:1431 (P) 

— Disease and Democracy: The Industrialised World Faces AIDS 

(Baldwin) (Books) 331:970 (R) 

— Dispatches: Living with AIDS (J Busza) (TV) 331:56 (R) 

— drug acronyms (K Shah) 331:1071 

— Global Fund calls for increased funding (P Mozynski) 


— research, designing research in vulnerable populations (EJ 

Mills, et al) 331:1403 (ED) 

— Roman Catholicism, Benedict XVI and medical ethics 


— Tanzania, drug injection 331:778 (L) 

— 3 Needles (K Ali) (Film) 331:1150 (R) 

— Uganda 

— — maternal transmission 331:778 (L) 

— — US accused of jeopardising HIV prevention (O Tuncalp) 


— Ukraine, impact of transition on public health (D DeBell, et al) 


— US, charity challenges "anti-prostitution" restriction (B 

Roehr) 331:420 (N) 

ACTION investigators, see Clayton TC 331:869 

acupuncture see also alternative medicine 

— pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy (RW Stones, et al) 331:249 (E) 

— tension-type headache (D Melchart, et al) 331:376 (P) 

acute medicine see also emergency medical services 

— career advice (M Jones) BMJ Careers 331:95 

Adam T 

— et al, Achieving the millennium development goals for health. Cost 

eVectiveness analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal 

health in developing countries 331:1107 (P) 

— see Evans DB 331:1133, 331:1137, 331:1457 

Adams J, see Dove-Edwin I 331:1047 

Adams K, Life as a GP registrar BMJ Careers 331:163 

Addison’s disease, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:54 (R) 

Adebajo A, see Mitchell C 331:1124 

Ades AE, see Caldwell DM 331:897 

Adetunji B, see Basil B 331:1204 

adolescence see also young adults 

— Blame my Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed (Morgan) 

(Books) 331:911 (R) 

— depression, psychological therapy must accompany antidepressants 

(S Mayor) 331:714 (N) 

— sex education, not just abstinence advice (JH Tanne) 331:129 

(N) 

— sunlight, do white British children get enough? (B DiVey) 

331:3 (E) 

— travel to school: seven day accelerometry study (LM Alexander, 

et al) 331:1061 (PC) 

Adsett J 

— I am considering returning to the United Kingdom to do 

general practice. At the age of 62, am I eligible to join the 

medical pension scheme, what age can one contribute; can I 

contribute retrospectively and can I delay drawing a pension 

until I stop work, say at age 70? Also, is it anticipated that the 

reform of government pensions next year will make a material 

diVerence to the situation? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:54 

(GP edition) 

— I have been working in the NHS since 1983. I have recently 

started as a GP registrar as part of a deanery sponsored 

vocational training scheme. My present post is for 18 months 

in the same practice. I would like to know the required notice 

period...and sickness benefits as a GP registrar. Also, my 

salary was protected to staV grade...but now the primary care 

agency is insisting on paying me top of senior house oYcer 

salary... (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:134 (GP edition) 

— I will be taking the Professional and Linguistic Assessments 

Board test part 2 next summer. How should I prepare my CV 

for getting a clinical attachment? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— et al, Do senior doctors need career development? BMJ 

Careers 331:229 

Africa 

— Africa Live (L Lee) (TV) 331:783 (R) 

— aid agencies 

— — appeal for help against famine (C Odigwe) 331:255 (N) 

— — scale up relief (C Odigwe) 331:422 (N) (correction, 622) 

— AIDS 

——As They See It: The Development of the African AIDS Discourse 

(Downing) (Books) 331:783 (R) 

— — funding concentration on "big three" (K Morales) 331:866 

(N) 

— BMJ theme issue 

— — overview: cardiovascular disease (S Kadiri) 331:711 (E) 

— — overview: future of health care (L Dare, et al) 331:1 (E) 

— — overview: medical brain drain (J Johnson) 331:2 (E), 


— — addressing inequalities in research capacity (J Volmink, 

et al) 331:705 (E) 

— — AIDS in Botswana (P Sidley) 331:719 (N) 

— — child mortality and removing user fees removal: simulation 

model (C James, et al) 331:747 (P), 331:904 (L) 

— — Commission for Africa report: open letter to Tony Blair 

(C Lavy) 331:46 (ED) 

— — developed world is robbing health staV 331:48 (L), 331:49 

(L) 

——eVect of educational outreach to nurses on tuberculosis 

case detection and primary care of respiratory illness (LR 

Fairall, et al) 331:750 (PC) (correction, 1120) 

— — food security (D Cohen) 331:775 (ED) 

— — healer shopping: Ghanaian diabetes experiences (A de-G 

Aikins) 331:737 (P) 

— — health crisis: more of same will not be enough (DM Sanders, 

et al) 331:755 (ED), 331:905 (L) 

— — health systems financing: putting together the "back oYce" 

(L Dare, et al) 331:759 (ED) 

— — HIV and AIDS randomised controlled trials (N Siegfried, 

et al) 331:742 (P) 

— — malaria artemisinin combination therapy (G Malenga) 


— — misoprostol and severe postpartum haemorrhage in 

Guinea-Bissau (L Hoj, et al) 331:723 (P) 

— — nomadic health care in Kenya (D Cohen) 331:720 (N) 

— — opportunity for fair trade (I Malweyi) (Personal view) 

331:784 (R) 

— — paediatric malaria treatment during drug transition to 

artemether-lumefantrine: Zambia (D Zurovac, et al) 

331:734 (P) 

——patients’ readiness to start highly active antiretroviral treatment 

for HIV (HT Gebrekristos, et al) 331:772 (ED) 

— — poverty, gender inequality, and HIV (JC Kim, et al) 


— — removing user fees for primary care: need for careful action 

(L Gilson, et al) 331:762 (ED), 331:904 (L), 331:905 (L) 

— — road safety (M Khayesi, et al) 331:710 (E), 331:904 (L) 

— — unavailability of magnesium sulphate for the treatment of 

eclampsia and pre-eclampsia in Mozambique and Zimbabwe 

(E Sevene, et al) 331:765 (ED) 

— — US accused of jeopardising HIV prevention in Uganda (O 

Tuncalp) 331:715 (N) 

— — western and traditional African medicine: AIDS (N Andersson) 

(Personal view) 331:785 (R) 

——letters331:778 (L), 331:779 (L), 331:780 (L), 331:781 (L), 


— G8 summit increases aid (P Wintour) 331:125 (N) 

— ghosts (I Loefler) (Soundings) 331:1279 (R) 

— health in 331:904 (L) 

— human resources for health (AO Lucas) 331:1037 (E), 


— medical brain drain 331:780 (L), 331:905 (L) 

— medicines supply (JD Quick, et al) 331:709 (E) 

— out of Africa (I Loefler) (Soundings) 331:785 (R) 

— profiles of local African organisations doing research 331:758 

— revalidation: view (AR Potter) (AR Potter) 331:583 (R) 

— Richard Feachem interview (L Eaton) 331:718 (N), 331:905 

(L) 

— Trauma Africa (I Roberts) (TV) 331:114 (R) 

— water supply, overview (JK Tumwine) 331:468 (E), 331:781 

(L) 

Agalianos E, see JeVord M 331:1075 

ageing see also elderly; health services for the elderly 

— lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with life in old 

age (AJ Gow, et al) 331:141 (P) 

— Science committee calls for better research (R Dobson) 


— successful: who should define it? (A Bowling, et al) (Thoughts 

for today) 331:1548 

Agell I, see Haq SF BMJ Careers 331:75 

AAB-AGE 1

agriculture, obesity and hunger: damaging role of subsidies (LS 

Elinder) 331:1333 (ED), 331:1475 (L) 

Ahmad OB, Managing medical migration from poor countries 


Ahmed FS, see Tsai SP 331:995 

Ahmedzai S, see McNicholas J 331:1252 

Aikins A de-G, Healer shopping in Africa: new evidence from 

rural-urban qualitative study of Ghanaian diabetes experiences 


Aikins M, see Edejer TT-T 331:1177 

air pollution, European Commission, aims to reduce deaths (R 

Watson) 331:716 (N) 

airlines, safety, comparison with anaesthetists? (GR Park) 

331:1345 (R), 331:1476 (L) 

Aitken CK, see Lim E BMJ Careers 331:104 

Aka E, et al, Let the buyer beware (Personal view) 331:358 (R) 

Akerman N, Junior doctors’ shifts and sleep deprivation 331:514 

(L) 

Akhtar S, et al, Management and referral for trigger finger/thumb 


Al Saadi, Mohammed Hussain ("Abu Alaa"), Obituary (AR Haloob) 


Al-Marzouki S, et al, Are these data real? Statistical methods for 

the detection of data fabrication in clinical trials 331:267 (P) 

Al-Shahi R, et al, Bias from requiring explicit consent from all 

participants in observational research: prospective, population 

based study 331:942 (PC) 

Al-Ubaydli M 

— Software solutions (1) BMJ Careers 331:101 

— Software solutions (2) BMJ Careers 331:140 

Albania, spousal physical violence factors (G Burazeri, et al) 

331:197 (PC) 

Albert T, How not to get published BMJ Careers 331:254 

alcohol drinking 

— breast cancers, does dietary folate intake modify eVect of 

alcohol consumption on risk (L Baglietto, et al) 331:807 (P) 

— doctors, support available (G Watts) BMJ Careers 331:105 

— France 

— — cannabis intoxication and fatal road crashes (B Laumon, et 

al) 331:1371 (P) 

— — government urged to fight misuse (B Spurgeon) 331:1288 

(N) 

— hangover prevention or treatment (MH Pittler, et al) (Sex, 

drugs, and rock and roll) 331:1515 

— shape of glass and amount of alcohol poured (B Wansink, et al) 

(Sex, drugs, and rock and roll) 331:1512 

— young people: access (D Ogilvie, et al) 331:393 (C) 

alcoholism 

— osmotic demyelination syndrome (R Abbott, et al) (Lesson of 

the week) 331:829 (C) 

— treatment eVectiveness 

— — overview: suitable case (W Hall) 331:527 (E) 

— — cost-eVectiveness (UKATT Research Team) 331:544 (P) 

— — social behaviour and network therapy v. motivational enhancement 

therapy (UKATT Research Team) 331:541 (P) 

Alcolado J, Power, Sex, Suicide (Books) 331:851 (R) 

Aldred R, Challenges of private provision in the NHS 331:1338 

(L) 

Alexander H, Just lucky 331:42 

Alexander LM, et al, The broader impact of walking to school 

among adolescents: seven day accelerometry based study 


Ali K 

— 3 Needles (Film) 331:1150 (R) 

— The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Film) 331:1209 (R) 

Allen I, Women doctors and their careers: what now? 331:569 

(ED), 331:696 (L) 

Allen J, General practice and Modernising Medical Careers BMJ 


Allen RKA, Five futures for academic medicine 331:695 (L) 

allergy, EU developments in labelling foods (C Anandan, et al) 


allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome, after treatment of asymptomatic 

hyperuricaemia (A Gutiérrez-Macías, et al) (Lesson 

of the week) 331:623 (C) 

Allwright S, et al, Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and 

health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study 

331:1117 (P) (correction, 332:151) 

alopecia, psychological impact (N Hunt, et al) 331:951 (C), 


alternative medicine see also acupuncture; herbal medicine; homoeopathy 

— Africa, working with Western medicine on AIDS (N Andersson) 


— cost eVectiveness of treatments in UK: systematic review (PH 

Canter, et al) 331:880 (P) 

— GP network (K Godfrey) 331:924 (N) 

— NHS (TD Thompson, et al) 331:856 (E), 331:1024 (L) 

— The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the NHS 

(R Dobson) 331:795 (N) 

Altman DG, et al, Statistics Notes. Standard deviations and standard 

errors 331:903 (ED) 

Alvarez-Castilllo F, see Schroeder D 331:1351 

Alvarez-Rosete A, et al,EVect of diverging policy across the NHS 

331:946 (IP), 331:1081 (L) 

Alwitry A 

—I’m considering changing to a career in ophthalmology. I am 

currently an anaesthetic SHO and have MRCS part 1 and a 

BSc in neuroscience. What are the options and chances? 

(Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:206 

— Setting up a research project as an SHO, and getting it 

published: Part 1 BMJ Careers 331:258 

Alzheimer’s disease 

— cholinesterase inhibitors: systematic review (H Kaduszkiewicz, 


— research, UK spending (A Cole) 331:925 (N) 

Amateur Transplants, Adam Kay interview (J Bonner) (Fifteen 

minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:12 

Amekudzi YP, see Simwaka BN 331:708 

Amen F, see Anwar M 331:1476 

American Academy of Family Physicians, refuses exhibition space 

to group fighting drug company influence (J Lenzer) 


American Medical Association 

— pharmacists who won’t dispense contraceptives (JH Tanne) 


— proposal to ban consumer adverts for prescription medicines 

rejected (J Lenzer) 331:7 (N) 

Amor DM, Psychological impact of alopecia 331:1084 (L) 

Amos J-A, Handling Tough Interviews (Books) BMJ Careers 331:80 

Amponsa-Achiano K, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

amylasaemia, hyperamylasaemia: not usual suspects (R Srivastava, 

et al) (Lesson of the week) 331:890 (C) 

Ana JN, Africa’s medical brain drain 331:780 (L) 

anaemia, iron deficiency among toddlers (POEM*) 331 (2 July 

2005) 

anaesthesia 

— career advice (A McGlennan, et al) BMJ Careers 331:83 

— education 

— — Diploma in Anaesthesia, Trauma, and Critical Care (D 

Southern) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:85 

— — how to pass FRCA (C Beecroft, et al) BMJ Careers 331:86 

— Just say "No" wristband (J Craggs) 331:1514 

— people who influenced my practice (J Lunn) 331:33 

— visual experiences during cataract surgery under topical anaesthesia 

(K Hu, et al) (Sex, drugs, and rock and roll) 


Anandan C, et al, European developments in labelling allergenic 

foods 331:1155 (E) 

anaphylaxis, 10-minute consultation (A Sheikh, et al) 331:330 (PC) 

anatomy 

— career advice for obstetrics and gynaecology SHO (P Rae) 


— career advice on where to look for jobs (PM Rea) (Advice 

zone) BMJ Careers 331:272 

— lessons for bird brained 331:1471 

Andersen LB, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

Anderson EW, ABC of conflict and disaster. Approaches to conflict 

resolution 331:344 (C) 

Anderson, Walter Vincent, Obituary (S Anderson) 331:296 

Anderssen SA, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

Andersson N, Western and traditional African medicine— 

working together on AIDS (Personal view) 331:785 (R) 

androgen insensitivity syndrome, revealing the diagnosis in adulthood 

(J Conn, et al) (Ethics in practice) 331:628 (ED) 

Angel, Benjamin Bernard, Obituary (D Geddes) 331:1478 

angina, risk score for predicting death, myocardial infarction, and 

stroke in patients with stable angina (TC Clayton, et al) 


angiography, high risk patients with ischaemia (POEM*) 331 (10 

September 2005) 

angiotensin receptor blockers, myocardial infarction and: systematic 

review (MA McDonald, et al) 331:873 (P) 

Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT), hypertension 

treatment regimens (C McDougall, et al) 331:859 

(E), 331:1022 (L), 331:1023 (L) 

Angus B 

— Can I work as a specialist registrar in the United Kingdom 

after completing MRCP (Ireland) in general medicine? (Advice 


— Could you please tell me how I can do an MD in the United 

Kingdom? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:196 

— I have completed two years of medical school and recently did 

something very stupid. I have been cautioned for theft and was 

told this will be on my criminal record for two to three years. 

Am I still able to become a doctor and what barriers will I face? 

Whom do I need to inform? How much will this aVect my 

career? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:196, s280 

animal experimentation, surveying literature 331:110 (L) 

animal public health see veterinary public health 

Anjum SN, et al, Endpiece. Qualities of a surgeon 331:1176 

(correction, 332:87) 

Annan H, et al, A guide to clinical attachments BMJ Careers 


anomalies see also abnormalities 

— informed consent for registration survey: Europe (A Busby, et 


Anonymous, Short cuts 331:181 

Ansah E, see Malenga G 331:706 

Ansari U, A memorable patient. What a stroke 331:513 

Antenatal Steroids for Term Elective Caesarean Section 

(ASTECS) Research Team, see Stutchfield PR 331:662 

Antes G, see Maier PC 331:134 

anti-embolism stockings, after epidural anaesthesia causing erythema 

(R Gledhill, et al) (Minerva) 331:644 (R) 

antibiotic resistance 

— antiviral drugs resistance is climbing (Z Kmietowicz) 331:308 

(N) 

— prescribing in general practice and hospital admissions for 

peritonsillar abscess, mastoiditis, and rheumatic fever in children 

(M Sharland, et al) 331:328 (PC) 

antibiotics 

— Clostridium diYcile outbreaks and: north America (JH Tanne) 


— heart attacks, failure (D Taylor-Robinson, et al) 331:361 (E) 

— lower respiratory tract infection (POEM*) 331 (20-27 August 

2004) 

— upper respiratory tract infections, delayed prescription (P 

Little, et al) 331:301 (E) (correction, 622) 

— women with urinary tract infection symptoms but negative 

dipstick results (D Richards, et al) 331:143 (PC) 

anticoagulants 

— intracerebral haemorrhage, v. antiplatelets (M Wani, et al) 

(Evidence based case report) 331:439 (C) 

— self management of oral anticoagulation: randomised trial 

(DA Fitzmaurice, et al) 331:1057 (PC) (correction, 1330) 

antidepressants 

— children: pharmacoepidemiological study in primary care (K 

Bennett, et al) 331:1451 (PC) 

—eYcacy in adults (J MoncrieV, et al) 331:155 (ED) 

antimicrobial resistance, in humans and animals (Lord Soulsby of 

SwaVham Prior) 331:1219 (E) 

antiplatelets, intracerebral haemorrhage, v. anticoagulants (M 

Wani, et al) (Evidence based case report) 331:439 (C) 

antipsychotics, newest oVer few benefits over traditional drugs (F 

Charatan) 331:717 (N) 

antiretrovirals see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; 

highly active antiretroviral therapy 

— Africa, integration with palliative care 331:778 (L) 

— campaign will miss target (B Roehr) 331:10 (N) 

— exhibition shows positive eVects (A Ferriman) 331:1290 (N) 

Antonioli C 

— et al, Human and animal health: strengthening the link 


— et al, Randomised controlled trial of animal facilitated therapy 

with dolphins in the treatment of depression 331:1231 (P), 


Anttila A, see Kalliala I 331:1183 

Anwar M, et al, EWTD has negative impact on training for 

surgeons 331:1476 (L) 

aortic aneurysms, patients deserves higher priority (Z Kmietowicz) 


Appleby J, The quest for quality in the NHS: still searching? 


appointment systems 

— charge patients for missed appointments? (C Nancollas, et al) 

BMJ Careers 331:85 (GP edition) 

— grumpy old doctors (B Keighley) (The way I see it...) BMJ 

Careers 331:87 (GP edition) 

appraisals, (M GriYths) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:244 

Apsingi S, see Singh HP BMJ Careers 331:211 

Aquino P, Academic general practice BMJ Careers 331:249 

Arda B, The Law and Ethics of Medical Research (Books) 331:298 

(R) (correction, 613) 

Arie S 

— Health should be seen as a human right, global campaign says 


— Labour party will continue use of private contractors in the 

NHS 331:797 (N) 

— Older people’s care needs a major overhaul 331:655 (N) 

— Thousands face compulsory treatment in the community 

under new UK act 331:655 (N) 

— UK pushes EU to tackle health gap between rich and poor 


— WHO takes up issue of child abuse 331:129 (N) 

— Writers join experts to campaign to save NHS from privatisation 

331:713 (N), 331:907 (L) 

Ariyasena JAH, et al, The search for the perfect curriculum vitae 

BMJ Careers 331:167 

Armenia, music of the mountains (JO Drife) (Soundings) 331:167 

(R) 

Armstrong J, see Reilly JJ 331:454 

Armstrong N, see Busby A 331:140 

Arnold F, Helping survivors of torture BMJ Careers 331:31 

AronoV GR, Dose adjustment in renal impairment 331:293 (L) 

Aronson J 

— WhenIuseaword 

— — Bottled lightning 331:824 

— — Incestuous sheets 331:1378 

— — Rabid responses 331:383 

Arora RS, The cure for Spywarus CompuFreezus BMJ Careers 


Arroll B, et al, EVect of the addition of a "help" question to two 

screening questions on specificity for diagnosis of depression 

in general practice: diagnostic validity study 331:884 (PC) 

art 

— Alison Lapper, Trafalgar Square statue (J Quin) (Art) 331:849 

(R) 

— Limelight (Rushforth) (Art) 331:911 (R) 

arthritis, acute crystal arthritis mimicking infection after total 

knee arthroplasty (G Holt, et al) (Lesson of the week) 


artificial ventilation, tracheostomy, timing in adult patients 


Asaad K, Starting a research post (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:19 

Asch DA, see Casarett D 331:1537 

ASCOT see Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (AS- 

COT) 

Aseri SS, Other specialties could improve recruitment process too 

(Letters) BMJ Careers 331:280 

Ashcroft RE 

— Ethics and the structures of health care in the European 

countries in transition: hospital ethics committees in Croatia. 

Commentary: Ethics committees and countries in transition: a 

figleaf for structural violence? 331:229 (ED) 

— et al, Reforming research ethics committees 331:587 (E) 

Ashworth AJ, Making prison health care more eYcient 331:575 

(L) 

Ashworth, Henry Wilkinson, Obituary (H Ashworth) 331:355 

Asia 

— avian influenza, epidemic risk (M Day) 331:921 (N), 


— tsunami disaster (2004) 

— — aid agencies ignored special needs of elderly (G Mudur) 


— — Andrew Cavey interview (Z Kmietowicz) (Fifteen minutes 

with...) BMJ Careers 331:52 

— — mental health services 331:49 (L), 331:50 (L) 

— — voluntary psychiatric work (S Chok) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— — voluntary work: part of medical training? (J Mckenzie) 

(The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 331:51 

Asians, south see also ethnic groups 

— marriage of first cousins is health problem (O Dyer) 331:1292 


Asim O, see Coast J 331:1444 

Aslam A, Conducting your own house oYcer ward round (Tips 


Asperger’s syndrome, Dr A will see you now (C Douglas) (Soundings) 

331:1211 (R) (apology, 1340), 331:1340 (L) 

Aspinall PJ, Why the next census needs to ask about language 


aspirin 

— cancers and, new report (S Mayor) 331:69 (N) 

— coronary disease prevention and, for everyone older than 50? 


— low dose aspirin doesn’t lower women’s cancer risk (POEM*) 

331 (15 October 2005) 

— stroke prevention, but not MI (POEM*) 331 (23 July 2005) 

Assendelft WJJ, see van der Meer V 331:26 

assessment, work based (H Davies) BMJ Careers 331:88 

assisted suicide see suicide, assisted 

associate specialists see also doctors 

— discretionary pay (R Gupta) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Asthana S, et al, Rationing in response to NHS deficits: rural 

patients are likely to be aVected most 331:1472 (L) 

asthma 

— ABC of asthma 

— — Methods of delivering drugs (J Rees) 331:504 (C) 

— — Prevalence (J Rees) 331:443 (C) 

— Health Protection in the 21st Century (K Morales) 331:1044 (N) 

— incidence over 25 years based on cross sectional data 331:352 

(L) 

ataxias, patient’s journey (H Box, et al) 331:1007 (C) 

Atkins D, et al, Left behind: the legacy of hurricane Katrina 


Atkinson JJ, Junior doctors’ shifts and sleep deprivation 331:514 

(L) 

atopy, incidence over 25 years based on cross sectional data 


attachments see clinical attachments 

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 

— Thumbsucker (I McClure) (Film) 331:1088 (R) 

— US, LeFever cleared of research misconduct charges (J Lenzer) 


Atun RA 

— The health crisis in Russia 331:1418 (E) 

— et al, Is the private finance initiative dead? 331:792 (E), 


— see Balabanova Y 331:379 

2 AGR-ATU JULY-DECEMBER 2005

Au-Yeung PKK, Using mobile phones in hospitals 331:637 (L) 

Audit Commission 

— Early Lessons from Payment by Results (K Godfrey) 331:862 (N) 

— Meeting the Financial Implications of NICE Guidance (A 

O’Dowd) 331:594 (N) 

Austin D, see Burls A 331:1019 

Australia 

— breast cancers, dietary folate intake, alcohol consumption and 

(L Baglietto, et al) 331:807 (P) 

— confidentiality, software company defends sale of patients’ 

data to drug companies (B Burton) 331:128 (N) 

— disappearing teaspoons cohort study (MSC Lim, et al) (On 

the case) 331:1498 

— drug industry 

— — helping patients’ groups (B Burton) 331:1359 (N) 

— — prescribing software advertising ban recommended (B 

Burton) 331:177 (N) 

— junior registrar posts: count for UK training? (E Ong) (Advice 


— mental health care, state and federal governments attacked (M 

Sweet) 331:984 (N) 

— transitional care for elderly in hospital awaiting long term bed 

(M Crotty, et al) 331:1110 (P), 331:1271 (L) 

— work experience advice (J Josson) BMJ Careers 331:128 

— work experience in orthopaedics (T Briant-Evans) BMJ Careers 


Austria 

— town uses mirrors for lack of daylight (M Leidig) 331:1162 

(N) 

— woman sues over sterilisation without consent (M Leidig) 


autism 

— measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and 

——Horizon BBC2 "Does the MMR Jab Cause Autism?" 


——whycan’t Daily Mail eat humble pie? (M Fitzpatrick) (The 

Press) 331:1148 (R) 

Auty S, Intermediate care—how to reduce hospital admissions 


Avenell A, et al, EVect of multivitamin and multimineral supplements 

on morbidity from infections in older people (MAVIS 

trial): pragmatic, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled 

trial 331:324 (PC) 

Avery AJ, et al, Extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists 

331:1154 (E), 331:1337 (L), 331:1338 (L) 

Aveyard P, see Woodall AA 331:488 

Avezum A, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

avian influenza 

— antiviral drug in poultry (J Parry) 331:10 (N) 

— Asia, most at risk of epidemic (M Day) 331:921 (N), 331:1203 

(L) 

— China, WHO increases pressure (J Zarocostas) 331:254 (N) 

— clinical issues (D Fleming) 331:1066 (C) (correction, 1182) 

— Europe 

— — centre plays down threat (R Watson) 331:922 (N) 

— — implications (D Coulombier, et al) 331:413 (E) 

— — must prepare response (T Richards) 331:864 (N) 

— — no immediate threat (T Sheldon) 331:981 (N) 

— Indonesia, four human cases confirmed (J Parry) 331:796 (N) 

— international conference "mildly optimistic" (P Ress) 


— The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu 

(Davis) (Books) 331:1275 (R) 

— oseltamivir, Roche considers licensing companies (JH Tanne) 


— pandemic 

— — brought under control in three weeks (J Parry) 331:367 (N) 

——et al message for doctors (JT Macfarlane, et al) 331:975 (E), 


— poultry vaccination is contributing to spread (J Parry) 


—UK 

— — government collaborations (D Reynolds, et al) 331:1216 

(E) 

— — MPs accuse Medical Research Council of panic (M Day) 

331:1358 (N) (correction, 332:87) 

— — surveillance system inadequacy (A O’Dowd) 331:921 (N) 

— UN appoints oYcial to combat threat (P Ress) 331:796 (N) 

— UN calls for political lead to avoid panic (Z Kmietowicz) 


— US pandemic plans (F Charatan) 331:1103 (N) 

aviation medicine 

— career advice (I Palmer) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:226 

— Diploma (C Hunter) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:60 

Awine T, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

Awofeso N 

— Making prison health care more eYcient 331:248 (E), 


— Reassessing strategies for improving health 331:1271 (L) 

Awotona, Feyi, wins £1.6m in unfair dismissal case (C Dyer) 


Axelsson R, see Pölluste K 331:210 

Axon, Sue, parents’ right to know abortion advice to under 16s (C 

Dyer) 331:1161 (N) 

Aylin P 

— et al, Obesity and type 2 diabetes in children, 1996-7 to 2003-4 

(Dr Foster’s case notes) 331:1167 

— et al, Trends in day surgery rates (Dr Foster’s case notes) 


— et al, Variation in operation rates by primary care trust (Dr 

Foster’s case notes) 331:539 

— see Majeed A 331:1362 

— see Williams S 331:371 

Aylward RB, et al, Eradicating pathogens. The human story 


Azeez SP 

— Get through the Foundation Years (Books) BMJ Careers 331:260 

— see Khalpey Z BMJ Careers 331:276 

— see Panesar SS BMJ Careers 331:278 

B 

Baber M, Keeping a balance BMJ Careers 331:5 (correction, 

http://careerfocus.bmjjournals.com/) 

Bachmann M, see Fairall LR 331:750 

bacteraemia, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance 

(G Duckworth, et al) 331:976 (E) 

Badner NH, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Bagchee S, Private health sector in India 331:1339 (L) 

Bagchi S, Filmmaker focuses on female infanticide 331:56 (R) 

Baglietto L, et al, Does dietary folate intake modify eVect of 

alcohol consumption on breast cancer risk? Prospective cohort 

study 331:807 (P) 


Bagshaw H, et al, Human and animal health: strengthening the 

links 331:1269 (L) 

Bagshaw R, see Bagshaw H 331:1269 

Baguley D, et al, Building capacity—finding global health directions 


Baiden R, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

Bailey C, see Mort M 331:1234 

Baines CJ, Rethinking breast screening—again (Personal view) 

331:1031 (R) (correction, 1182) 

Baird J, et al, Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size 

and growth in infancy and later obesity 331:929 (P), 


Baker G, et al,AdiVerent picture of Africa (The Press) 331:782 (R) 

Bakx JC, et al, Self monitoring of high blood pressure 331:466 (E) 

Bal AM, Private health sector in India 331:1339 (L) 

Bal SK, et al, 10-minute consultation. Red eye 331:438 (PC) 

Bala MM, et al, Poland is losing its doctors 331:235 (L) 

Balabanova D 

— see Parkhurst JO 331:510 

— see Rese A 331:204 

Balabanova Y, et al, Variability in interpretation of chest radiographs 

among Russian clinicians and implications for 

screening programmes: observational study 331:379 (P) 

Baldwin P, Disease and Democracy: The Industrialised World Faces 

AIDS (Books) 331:970 (R) 

Ball D, et al, Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea 331:405 (L) 

Ball DE, Health in Africa 331:904 (L) 

Ball DJ, see Baverstock K 331:1409 

Baloch, Abdul Ghafoor, Obituary (K Baloch) 331:968 

Baltsezak S, Ten courses for GP registrars BMJ Careers 331:240 

(GP edition) 

Baltussen R 


eVectiveness analysis of strategies for tuberculosis control in 

developing countries 331:1364 (P) 

— see Hogan DR 331:1431 

Banatvala J, see Symonds EM 331:694 

Bandara I, Personal support—the ins and outs of small selfdirected 

learning groups for doctors BMJ Careers 331:182 

(GP edition) 

Banerjee A, ed, Get through the Foundation Years: A Handbook for 

Junior Doctors (Books) BMJ Careers 331:260 

Banerjee S, What are the chances of an ECG-loving surgical SHO 

making the switch to medicine and eventually cardiology? 


Bangladesh 

— Assembly meets to tackle health needs of poor (T Richards) 


— stroke mortality for Bangladeshis (R Bhopal, et al) 331:1096 

(E) 

Bannerman, Hugh, Obituary (VJ Marmion) 331:848 

Bannwarth BG, Risk of gastrointestinal eVects with COX-2 inhibitors 

and NSAIDs 331:1474 (L) 

Barber M, Keeping a balance BMJ Careers 331:5 (correction, 


Barber V, see Young JD 331:404 

Barer ML, see Morgan SG 331:815 

Barker R, New ABPI code provides more information for patients 


Barnard, Robin Osler, Obituary (T Hall) 331:355 

Barnes, Frances Mary (née Cox), Obituary (J Royle) 331:1342 

Barnes KI, see Malenga G 331:706 

Barnfather KD, et al,EVect of incorporating a 10 minute point of 

care test for salivary nicotine metabolites into a general 

practice based smoking cessation programme: randomised 

controlled trial 331:999 (PC) 

Barnor, Matthew Arnum, Obituary (E Evans) 331:1273 

Baron JH 

— Endpiece 

— — The dunghills of Glasgow in 1839: 331:1237 

— — Gluttonous friends 331:503 

— — The latest caprice in medicine, 1857: 331:991 

— — Medical people in Paris 331:1324 

— — Modern improvements in medicine 331:22 

— — The most lucrative branch of medicine 331:1386 

——Patients’ library in Leeds 1775: 331:215 

— — The pleasure of existence 331:1052 

— — Sanitas sanitatum 331:939 

— — A scientist’s fiancée wants to tidy his desk in 1861: 331:277 

— — Second opinions 331:329 

— — Tea drinking and nervous ailments 331:960 

——Wearemad331:886 

Baron S, Other than MRCP and being registered with the General 

Medical Council, what are the requirements for entering 

specialist registrar training in dermatology in the United 

Kingdom? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:272 

Barr, Gordon Todd Dryden, Obituary (A Bell, et al) 331:355 

Barraclough K 

— Dentures and deep time (Soundings) 331:1415 (R) 

— An Essential Medical Miscellany (Books) 331:641 (R) 

— The Medical Miscellany (Books) 331:641 (R) 

— The past is another country (Soundings) 331:583 (R) 

— Specialisation creep (Soundings) 331:1031 (R) 

— Who measures the Holy Dread? (Soundings) 331:57 (R) 

Barratt A, et al, Model of outcomes of screening mammography 


Barrett A 

— Drug companies face the music (CD) 331:410 (R) 

— Golden age or false dawn for GPs? BMJ Careers 331:98 (GP 

edition) 

— Humanising "an intimidating instrument" 331:66 (N) 

— Voting set to begin at GMC following retirement of Wendy 

Savage 331:256 (N) 

Barrett J, Unexpected feedback 331:664 

Barrie M, Lost in time (The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 331:172 

(GP edition) 

Bartlett, David Lewis, Obituary (B Jelfs) 331:1478 

Bartlett G, see Tamblyn R 331:1002 

Barton, Gwendolen Margaret Gwladys (née Thomas), Obituary 

(PG Wragg) 331:1342 

Basil B 

— et al, Human and animal health: strengthening the link 


— et al, India plans to audit clinical trials 331:1204 (L) 

Bass, Barnett Hilary, Obituary (MVJ Raj) 331:579 

Bass C, see Hill N 331:384 

Bassani L, see Giuliano M 331:778 

Bassett KL, see Morgan SG 331:815 

Bastable R, et al, Mandatory reporting to the police of all sexually 

active under-13s 331:918 (E), 331:1083 (L) 

Bate P, et al, Choice 331:1488 (E) 

Bateman ED, see Fairall LR 331:750 

Bates K, see Guly C 331:1338 

Baverstock K, et al, Committee on Radioactive Waste Management 

lacks medical input 331:1409 (L) 

Baxter J, see Mort M 331:1234 

Baxter M, Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:842 (L) 

beans, digestion of (G Dunea) (Soundings) 331:973 (R) 

Beard K 

— see Ferner RE 331:62 

— see Waller PC 331:4 

Beattie S, Diploma in Travel Medicine (DTM) (Diplomatosis) 


Beattie WS, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Beatty, William 

— box of instruments (MKH Crumplin, et al) (Medical history) 


— Nelson’s Surgeon:William Beatty,Naval Medicine,and the Battle 

of Trafalgar (Brockliss, et al) (Books) 331:1150 (R) 

Bebbington P, see Johnson S 331:599 

Bechir M, see Schelling E 331:1264 

Beck-Bornholdt H-P 

— see Dubben H-H 331:433 

— see Kaduszkiewicz H 331:321 

Beecroft C, et al, How to pass the FRCA BMJ Careers 331:86 

beethaemia, carpet stains from nose bleed (J Handysides, et al) 

(On the case) 331:1501 

Begg, Thomas Ballantyne, Obituary (D Ward) 331:239 

Beghi E, et al, Epilepsy and driving 331:60 (E) 

Behan MWH, Second thoughts 331:1552 

behaviour see also cognitive behaviour therapy 

— consultations about change (S Rollnick, et al) 331:961 (ED), 


Bell L, Your Own Pharmacy: The Guide for GPs—applicable in 

Scotland? (Letters) BMJ Careers 331:280 

Bell, Mervyn Stuartson, Obituary (N Bell) 331:1342 

Bell P, see Symonds EM 331:694 

bellringing, ringing vertigo (T Jackson) (On the case) 331:1502 

Ben-Tovim D, see Crotty M 331:1110 

Benedict XVI, medical ethics 331:294 (L) 

Benn CS, et al, Randomised study of eVect of diVerent doses of 

vitamin A on childhood morbidity and mortality 331:1428 (P) 

Bennett A, see Philpott C 331:404 

Bennett J, see Jones M 331:1337 

Bennett K, et al, Overprescribing antidepressants to children: 

pharmacoepidemiological study in primary care 331:1451 

(PC) 

Benson J, et al, Impact on patients of expanded, general practice 

based, student teaching: observational and qualitative study 

331:89 (LP), 331:406 (L) 

Benson JWT, Recessive disorders and consanguineous marriage 


Beran D, et al, A theme issue by, for, and about Africa 331:779 (L) 

Berger J, A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor (P Hutt) 


Berlinger N, After Harm:Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness 


Berman P, see Drummond AER 331:491 

Bernhardt JM, see Blair NA 331:1517 

Bertele’ V, see Joppi R 331:895 

Bertollini R, see Menne B 331:1283 

blockers 

— cardiac risk during non-cardiac surgery 

— — overview (S Bolsin, et al) 331:919 (E) 

— — cohort study (DA Redelmeier, et al) 331:932 (P) 

— — systematic review and meta-analysis (PJ Devereaux, et al) 


betamethasone, antenatal exposure: psychological functioning 

and health related quality of life 31 years after inclusion in 

randomised controlled trial (SR Dalziel, et al) 331:665 (P) 

Bevan G, see Alvarez-Rosete A 331:946 

Bewley S, et al, Which career first? 331:588 (E), 331:846 (L) 

Bhandari M, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Bhattacharya S, see Entwistle VA 331:351 

Bheekie A, see Fairall LR 331:750 

Bhopal R, et al, Persistent high stroke mortality in Bangladeshi 

populations 331:1096 (E) 

Bhutta ZA 

— Bridging the equity gap in maternal and child health 331:585 

(E), 331:844 (L) 

— see Adam T 331:1107 

Bianchi FB, see Zauli D 331:352 

bias see also statistical methods 

— explicit consent from all participants in observational research 

(R Al-Shahi, et al) 331:942 (PC) 

Bible, first incestuous family: origins of shifting blame on to 

female family members (I Kutz, et al) (Sex, drugs, and rock 

and roll) 331:1507 

Biecheler M-B, see Laumon B 331:1371 

Binding C, et al, Career choice: your future on the cards BMJ 


Binka F, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

biodiversity, sharing benefits (D Schroeder, et al) 331:1351 (E) 

bioethics see ethics, medical 

biological weapons see also war 

— ABC of conflict and disaster (C Gosden, et al) 331:397 (C) 

biotechnology, disappointing trends (R Joppi, et al) 331:895 (ED), 


bioterrorism see also terrorism 

— on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:522 (R) 

— UK research funding bodies unite against threat (C White) 


— use of zoonoses (G Watts) 331:1228 (N) 

bird flu see avian influenza 

Birkett AG, Using mobile phones in hospitals 331:637 (L) 

Birkmeyer JD, see Schwartz LM 331:821 

Birmingham M, see Aylward RB 331:1261 

Bishanga DR, As They See It (Books) 331:783 (R) (correction, 

332:151) 

bites 

— dog, prevention 331:1269 (L) 

— snakes, treatment (DA Warrell) 331:1244 (C) (correction, 

332:151) 

Bjegovic V, see Burazeri G 331:195, 331:197 

Bjorck S, Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart 

disease 331:159 (L) 

Blachar Y, Israeli army’s shoot to kill policy 331:699 (L) 

Black C, see Gray S 331:696 

Black CD, see Morgan SG 331:815 

black cohosh, herbal remedy for hot flushes is no better than 

placebo (R Dobson) 331:924 (N) 

Black N 

— Rise and demise of the hospital: a reappraisal of nursing 


— see Raine R 331:631 

Black R, see Edejer TT-T 331:1177 

Black SI 

AUD-BLA 3

— Ignore fairy tales when campaigning for NHS reform 331:907 

(L) 

— Omitted evidence? 331:1081 (L) 

Blackburn SC, see Wood CPJ 331:1082 

Blair AE, see Chapman RS 331:1050 

Blair NA, et al, Depictions of substance abuse in reality television: 

a content analysis of The Osbournes (Sex, drugs, and rock and 

roll) 331:1517 

Bland JM, see Altman DG 331:903 

Blane D, see Netuveli G 331:1382 

Blass T, The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and Legacy of 

Stanley Milgram (Books) 331:356 (R) (retraction, 1481) 

blast injuries, in enclosed spaces (E Chaloner) 331:119 (E) 

Blettner M, see Cardis E 331:77 

Bleyer A, see Kumar A 331:1295 

blindness, glaucoma prevention (DB Henson, et al) 331:120 (E) 

blogs 

— Christmas (T Macnair, et al) BMJ Careers 331:275 


Bloor AJ, Left handedness and breast cancer 331:1023 (L) 

BMJ 

— Information Fund 331:712 

— masterclasses (C McDermott, et al) 331:1420 (E) 

— randomised controlled trials need to be registered 331:219 

— slow tracking? (C Martyn) (Thoughts for today) 331:1551 

bmj.com 

— rapid responses, revitalisation 331:111 (L) 

— series, PowerPoint slides, and folders (T Delamothe) 331:650 

(E) 

bmjupdates 

— Angioplasty prolongs survival in high risk patients with confirmed 

heart attack 331 (17 December 2005) 

— Antihypertensive drugs help prevent headaches 331 (10 December 

2005) 

— Cholesterol lowering diet for pregnant women may help prevent 

preterm birth 331 (12 November 2005) 

— Cognitive therapy protects against relapse in patients with 

recurrent depression 331 (5 November 2005) 

— Early analgesia for children with acute abdominal pain did not 

aVect management or outcome 331 (19 November 2005) 

— Fluoxetine reduces symptoms for selected patients with irritable 

bowel syndrome 331 (29 October 2005) 

— Oestrogen does not improve quality of life for postmenopausal 

women after hysterectomy 331 (22 October 2005) 

— Walking exercise improves bowel preparation before colonoscopy 

331 (3 December 2005) 

— WHO’s clinical decision rule misses most cases of streptococcal 

sore throat in children 331 (26 November 2005) 

Bo K, see Herbert RD 331:507 

Bode-Böger SM, see Tröger U 331:613 

body size, Congo, maternal shortness and susceptibility to placental 

malaria (HJ Lovel, et al) 331:1439 (P) 

Boffard KD, see Bowley DM 331:780 

Bogle S, see Green J 331:317 

Boland B, see Cornish G BMJ Careers 331:217 

Bolsin S 

— et al, blockers for patients at risk of cardiac events during 

non-cardiac surgery 331:919 (E) 

— et al, Personal digital assistants (PDAs)—improving patients’ 

safety BMJ Careers 331:57 (correction, s191) 

Bolton S, see Cosgrove JF 331:845 

Bolton-Maggs P, et al, Drug points. Epirubicin for breast cancer 

may cause considerable venous sclerosis 331:816, 331:966 

(L) 

Boman J, see Taylor-Robinson D 331:361 

Bonnefoy X, see Ellaway A 331:611 

Bonner B, see Allwright S 331:1117 

Bonner J 

— A cult pop doc (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:12 

— A green GP (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:194 

(GP edition) 

— A people’s peer and disability campaigner (Fifteen minutes 


— Preparing to consult BMJ Careers 331:182 

Bonney H, see Box H 331:1007 

Boohene N-A, see Quick JD 331:709 

books, bedside. One hundred years ago 331:894 

Booth, Susan 

— accused of missing Shipman warning signs (O Dyer) 331:68 

(N) 

— cleared (O Dyer) 331:126 (N) 

Borovečki A, et al, Ethics and the structures of health care in the 

European countries in transition: hospital ethics committees 

in Croatia 331:227 (ED) 

Bortolotti R, see Zauli D 331:352 

Bose A, Private health sector in India 331:1338 (L) 

Bossuyt PMM, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

Botswana, AIDS, making up for lost time (P Sidley) 331:719 (N) 

Botting J, Driving round in circles BMJ Careers 331:25 

Bottle A 

— see Aylin P 331:803 

— see Williams S 331:371 

Boulton E, see Jankowski J 331:618 

Boulton J, I start my medical degree in a few months. Will the fact 

that I am a nurse hinder or help me through my medical 

career (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:104 

Bouter LM, see Jellema P 331:84 

Bowley DM, et al, A theme issue by, for, and about Africa 331:780 

(L) 

Bowley JA, Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia 


Bowling A, et al, What is successful ageing and who should define 

it? (Thoughts for today) 331:1548 

Bowman, Alexander Dennis, Obituary (G Owen) 331:355 

Box H, et al, The patient’s journey: the progressive ataxias 


Boyages J, see Coombs NJ 331:347 

Bracewell C, et al, Essential Facts in Geriatric Medicine (Books) BMJ 


Bradley MJ, see Akhtar S 331:30 

Brady AJB, see McDougall C 331:859 

Brailovsky C, see Tamblyn R 331:1002 

brain, magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses (PD GriYths, et al) 

(Science, medicine, and the future) 331:562 (C) 

brain drain, Croatia 331:1204 (L) (correction, 1390) 

brain injuries, traumatic, long term outcome (S Fleminger, et al) 


brain shivers, bottled lightning. WhenIuseaword(J Aronson) 


Braithwaite J, Invest in people, not restructuring 331:1272 (L) 

Brand, Jo, power preoccupation? (M Gaur) (Letters) BMJ Careers 


Brändle M, see Palmer AJ 331:905 

Branthwaite MA, Taking the final step: changing the law on 

euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. Time for change 

331:681 (ED) (correction, 931), 331:841 (L), 331:842 (L) 

Branzi A, see Rapezzi C 331:1491 

Braude P, see Bewley S 331:588 

Brazil K, see Loeb M 331:669 

breast cancers 

— benign breast disease and higher risk (S Gottlieb) 331:179 (N) 

— dietary folate intake: does it modify eVect of alcohol on risk (L 

Baglietto, et al) 331:807 (P) 

— ductal carcinoma in situ, adequate margin of excision (MR 

Kell, et al) 331:789 (E) 

— epirubicin may cause considerable venous sclerosis (P Bolton- 

Maggs, et al) (Drug points) 331:816, 331:966 (L) 

— genetics, family history and life assurance cost: UK industry 

practice (A Hunter, et al) 331:1438 (P) 

— hormone replacement therapy and: risk estimation (R 

Coombes) 331:347 (ED) 

— left handedness and risk (MK Ramadhani, et al) 331:882 (P), 


— mortality, screening and adjuvant therapy contribute equally 

(D Spurgeon) 331:984 (N) 

— Nigeria 331:779 (L) 

— risk factors, sweet foods increase risk (R Dobson) 331:1102 

(N) 

— screening 

— — does not save lives (JH Tanne) 331:309 (N) 

— — rethinking: again (CJ Baines) (Personal view) 331:1031 (R) 

(correction, 1182) 

— self reported stress and risk: prospective cohort study (NR 

Nielsen, et al) 331:548 (P) 

— trastuzumab 

— — adjuvant (R Dent, et al) 331:1035 (E), 331:1202 (L), 


— — treatment in early cancers (S Mayor) 331:864 (N), 


breast milk, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:522 (R) 

Breckenridge A, et al, Medicines regulation and the pharmaceutical 

industry 331:834 (ED) 

Bremner, Alan, Obituary (RGB Wood) 331:700 

Brenton CM, Shaving for head lice is unnecessary and distressing 


Brettingham M 

— Men’s life expectancy is catching up with women’s 331:656 

(N) 

— Police are being forced to act as social workers 331:1226 (N) 

— Poor countries may not benefit from GM food 331:11 (N) 

— Trusts should cut workload of senior physicians to retain them 


— UK doctors move towards general practice and flexible working 


Brewin CR, see Rubin GJ 331:606 

Brewster MF, Psychological impact of alopecia 331:1084 (L) 

Briant-Evans T, Bridging the orthopaedic gap BMJ Careers 


Bridgewater B, Why doctors’ outcomes should be published in 

the press (The Press) 331:1210 (R) 

Briggs A, A History of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 

volume four (1948-1983) (Books) 331:910 (R) 

Briggs TW, see Mannan K 331:590 

Bright-Thomas R, see Khalpey Z BMJ Careers 331:276 

Brinkhaus B, see Melchart D 331:376 

British Medical Association 

— Annual Representative Meeting 

— — NHS doctors can work in independent treatment centres 

(Z Kmietowicz) 331:9 (N) 

— — payment by results condemned (A Ferriman) 331:9 (N) 

— — scrubs to reduce infection (Z Kmietowicz) 331:9 (N) 

— assisted suicide policy (A Sommerville) 331:686 (ED), 


— BMA Cohort Study of 1995 Graduates: Tenth Report-June 2005 

(M Brettingham) 331:1163 (N) 

— BMJ Information Fund 331:712 

— Medical Book Competition awards 2005: winners 331:1084 

(opposite) 

— screening, unnecessary private tests warning (L Eaton) 

331:475 (N) (correction, 931) 

— terrorist attack of London July 2005 

— — BMA memorial service (C White) 331:251 (N) 

— — bus, purse, and limb (A Dearden) 331:127 (N) 

— — taste of metal (K Walsh) 331:127 (N) 

British Museum, foundation. One hundred years ago 331:146 

British Pharmaceutical Industry, new code criticised for lacking 

teeth (R Coombes) 331:1225 (N) 

British Pregnancy Advisory Service, did not break law in giving 

information about late abortions (C Dyer) 331:716 (N) 

Brockliss L, et al, Nelson’s Surgeon:William Beatty,Naval Medicine, 

and the Battle of Trafalgar (Books) 331:1150 (R) 

Brodie MJ, et al, Epilepsy in elderly people 331:1317 (C) 

Brooks T, Confidence—an issue for doctors? BMJ Careers 


Brouwer WBF, et al, Need for diVerential discounting of costs and 

health eVects in cost eVectiveness analyses 331:446 (ED) 

Brown D, see Palmer S 331:1256 

Brown G, see Elwood P 331:161 

Brown, Geraint 

— faces GMC over failure in Shipman patient (O Dyer) 331:865 

(N) 

— guilty of misconduct (O Dyer) 331:1042 (N) 

Brown H, (Netlines) 331:54 (R), 331:298 (R), 331:852 (R), 

331:1090 (R), 331:1345 (R) 

Brownleader S, Remote and rural medicine: Orkney SHO training 

post BMJ Careers 331:137 (GP edition) 

Bruce N, see Lockwood SM 331:351 

Bruegel, Joza ("Josephine"), Obituary (C Donovan) 331:968 

Bryan S, see McManus RJ 331:493 

Bryant J, et al, Payment to healthcare professionals for patient 

recruitment to trials: a systematic review 331:1377 (P) 

Bryar RM, see Taylor SJC 331:485 

Buch E, see Dare L 331:1 

Buchan IE, et al, Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood 


Buckley SJ, Short term outcomes lead to long term questions 


Budur K, see Basil B 331:1204 

Bundred PE, see Buchan IE 331:453 

Bunje, Henry William, Obituary (G Owen) 331:1147 

buprenorphine, for opiate addiction (J Luty, et al) 331:1352 (E) 

Burazeri G 

— et al, Factors associated with spousal physical violence in 

Albania: cross sectional study 331:197 (PC) 

— et al, Survey of attitudes and knowledge about science in 

medical students in southeast Europe 331:195 (P) 

Burgess A, see Lattimer V 331:81 

Burke FD, see Akhtar S 331:30 

Burke, Leslie 

— clinical decisions are increasingly shaped by legal judgments 

(A Samanta, et al) 331:1284 (E) 

— high court rules in favour of GMC (C Dyer) 331:309 (N) 

Burkina Faso, maternal mortality 331:779 (L) 

Burls A 

— et al, Commissioning for rare diseases: view from the frontline 


— et al, Human health and nature conservation 331:1221 (E) 

Burne J, Hunger strikers are not properly monitored at detention 

centre, doctor says 331:178 (N) 

Burnett S, Dressing the part BMJ Careers 331:67 

burnout, professional, tips (F Taylor) BMJ Careers 331:220 (GP 

edition) 

Burns A, see Matheson NJ 331:697 

Burrill PD, ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens 331:1022 

(L) 

Burscough J 

— Rules of engagement BMJ Careers 331:72 


Burton B 

— Ban advertising in Australian prescribing software, says researchers 


— Drug companies told how to benefit from helping patients’ 

groups 331:1359 (N) 

— Software company defends sale of patients’ data to drug 

companies 331:128 (N) 

—USdrugindustry’s guidelines on advertising too limited, say 

critics 331:420 (N) 

Burton, John David Keith, Obituary (DR Chambers) 331:355 

Burton P, see Seale C 331:401 

Busby A, et al, Survey of informed consent for registration of 

congenital anomalies in Europe 331:140 (P) 

Buser K, see Schwartz FW 331:234 

Busse R 

— et al, Health Care Systems in Transition: Germany (Books) 


— see Figueras J 331:170 

Busto UE, see Glass J 331:1169 

Busza J, Dispatches: Living with AIDS (TV) 331:56 (R) 

Butler CC, see Rollnick S 331:961 

Butler PEM, et al, Facial transplantation 331:1349 (E) 

Butlin A, see Hill N 331:384 

Bygren LO, see Grjibovski AM 331:236 

Byrne P, Asylum (Film) 331:581 (R) 

C 

C reactive protein, diagnostic value in lower respiratory tract 

infections: systematic review (V van der Meer, et al) 331:26 

(PC) 

Caan W, see Burls A 331:1221 

caesarean section see also pregnancy 

— betamethasone and incidence of neonatal respiratory distress 

— — overview (PJ Steer) 331:645 (E), 331:1475 (L) 

— — psychological functioning and quality of life after inclusion 

in trial (SR Dalziel, et al) 331:665 (P) 

— — trial (PR Stutchfield, et al) 331:662 (P) 

Caetano PA, see Morgan SG 331:815 

Calam B, see Martin RE 331:335 

calcium, fracture prevention in primary care 331:108 (L), 331:109 

(L) 

Caldwell DM, et al, Simultaneous comparison of multiple treatments: 

combining direct and indirect evidence 331:897 

(ED) 

Cameron MM, see Hill N 331:384 

Cameron SM, Cinderella revisited (What’s in a name?) 331:1543 

Campbell AJ, et al, Randomised controlled trial of prevention of 

falls in people aged >75 with severe visual impairment: the 

VIP trial 331:817 (PC) 

Campbell MK, see Avenell A 331:324 

Campbell SM, et al, Improvements in quality of clinical care in 

English general practice 1998-2003: longitudinal observational 

study 331:1121 (PC) 

Campion A, To serve or not to serve? (The way I see it...) BMJ 


Canada 

— breakthrough drugs and expenditure growth on prescription 

drugs (SG Morgan, et al) 331:815 (P) 

— career advice for overseas doctors (D Midmer) (Advice zone) 


— career advice on short term jobs (D Midmer) (Advice zone) 


— Clostridium diYcile outbreaks (JH Tanne) 331:1425 (N) 

— drug industry, secret book deal to counter Canadian drugs 

exposed (J Lenzer) 331:1103 (N) 

— medication errors in hospitals survey (D Spurgeon) 331:534 

(N) 

— Roche stops distributing oseltamivir (D Spurgeon) 331:1041 


— smoking law watered down (D Spurgeon) 331:474 (N) 

cancer health services, NHS must increase capacity (A O’Dowd) 


CancerBACUP, NICE takes too long to assess drugs (L Eaton) 


cancers 

— children 

— — distance from high voltage power lines in England and 

Wales 331:634 (L), 331:635 (L), 331:636 (L) 

— — experimental v. established treatments? (A Kumar, et al) 


— hypercalcaemia (S Conroy, et al) (Lesson of the week) 331:954 

— low doses of ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study (E 

Cardis, et al) 331:77 (P) 

— opioids, role in pain (C Quigley) 331:825 (C) 

— prevention 

— — aspirin or vitamin E: new report (S Mayor) 331:69 (N) 

— — (J Jankowski, et al) (10-minute consultation) 331:618 (PC) 

— risk factors, obesity increases risk of several cancers (R Dobson) 


— UK, Cancer Atlas of the United Kingdom and Ireland 1991-2000 

(A O’Dowd) 331:65 (N) 

— variable referral times: NICE guidance (Z Kmietowicz) 


— Vision of Science award (S Mayor) 331:716 (N) 

Candy B, see Taylor SJC 331:485 

cannabis see also drug abuse 

— France, intoxication and fatal road crashes (B Laumon, et al) 


— medical benefits: RCPL report (Z Kmietowicz) 331:1424 (N) 

Cannell J, see Vasquez A 331:108 

Canter PH 

4 BLA-CAN JULY-DECEMBER 2005

— et al, Cost eVectiveness of complementary treatments in the 

United Kingdom: systematic review 331:880 (P) 

— et al, Scientific evidence was ignored in CAM and the NHS 


Cantillon P, see Schuwirth L 331:977 

Capewell S, see Unal B 331:614 

cardiac impairment see heart failure 

cardiac surgery, advanced life support course (S Chaudhry, et al) 


cardiology 

— blockers for patients at risk during non-cardiac surgery (S 

Bolsin, et al) 331:919 (E) 

— Diego Rivera’s paintings (D Lomas) (Medical history) 


— education, switch for surgical SHO (S Banerjee) (Advice 



cardiopulmonary resuscitation, new international consensus (D 

Chamberlain, et al) 331:1281 (E) 

cardiovascular diseases see also coronary disease; myocardial infarction; 

stroke 

— Africa, tackling (S Kadiri) 331:711 (E) 

— ageing population (A Majeed, et al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 


— hypertension therapy reduces cardiovascular events (S Mayor) 


— mortality, risk factors in Croatia (J Kern, et al) 331:208 (ED) 

— risk group estimation: Norwegian HUNT 2 population (L 

Getz, et al) 331:551 (PC) 

— school children, school dinners and markers of cardiovascular 

health and type 2 diabetes (PH Whincup, et al) 331:1060 (PC) 

Cardis E, et al, Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising 

radiation—retrospective cohort study in 15 countries 331:77 

(P) 

Cardoso P, see Hoj L 331:723 

career advice see also job applications 

— acute medicine (M Jones) BMJ Careers 331:95 

— anaesthesia (A McGlennan, et al) BMJ Careers 331:83 

— clinical oncology (J Stebbing) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— doctor with law and finance experience (C Gray) (Advice 


— gene therapy (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:114 

— motor race track doctors (J Botting) BMJ Careers 331:25 

— paediatrics (R Durai, et al) BMJ Careers 331:3 

— research post (K Asaad) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:19 

career break 

— Australia, work experience in orthopaedics (T Briant-Evans) 


— do it yourself charity (N Koralage) BMJ Careers 331:21 

— single mother working in SHO rotation (R Chambers) (Advice 


career development 

— competition: in 2030 (SS Panesar, et al) BMJ Careers 331:278 

— consultants? (J Adsett, et al) BMJ Careers 331:229 

— Know Yourself: The Individual’s Guide to Career Development in 

Health Care (Houghton) (Books) BMJ Careers 331:234 

— Physician, know thyself: algorithm (B Veysman) 331:1529 

— your future on the cards (C Binding, et al) BMJ Careers 


career mobility 

— BMA Cohort Study of 1995 Graduates: Tenth Report-June 2005 


— women doctors, what now? (I Allen) 331:569 (ED), 331:696 

(L) 

Carley S, see Foëx BA 331:577 

Carneiro I, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

Carney S, Competences for the foundation programme—part 3: 

Evidence based medicine BMJ Careers 331:231 

Carr A, see Mitchell C 331:1124 

Carrington M, see Picozzi K 331:1238 

cars 

— environmental protection, Graham McAll interview (J Bonner) 

(Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:194 (GP edition) 

— sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians (C Simms, et al) 


Carson A, see Stone J 331:989 

Carter GL, et al, Postcards from the EDge project: randomised 

controlled trial of an intervention using postcards to reduce 

repetition of hospital treated deliberate self poisoning 

331:805 (P), 331:966 (L) 

Carter MI, et al, Audit is important part of drug safety and 

regulation 331:456 (L) 

Carter R, see DeBell D 331:216 

Carter T, Human and animal health: strengthening the link 


Casarett D, et al, Epidemiology and prognosis of coma in daytime 

television dramas (What’s in a name?) 331:1537 

case studies, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:852 (R), 


Cassels A, see Evans DB 331:1133 

cataract extraction, visual experiences under topical anaesthesia 

(K Hu, et al) (Sex, drugs, and rock and roll) 331:1511 

Cavalcanti AB, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Cave JA, ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens 331:1022 (L) 

Cavey, Andrew, (Z Kmietowicz) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ 


censuses, language, need to ask about (PJ Aspinall) 331:363 (E) 

Cercarelli R, see McEvoy SP 331:428 

Certificate in the management of drug misuse, (N Williams) 

(Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:213 (GP edition) 

cervical cancers 

— human papillomavirus, and vaccination (CM Lowndes, et al) 

331:915 (E) (correction, 1120), 331:1081 (L), 331:1204 (L) 

— risk of cervical and other cancers after treatment of cervical 

intraepithelial neoplasia (I Kalliala, et al) 331:1183 (PC) 

— vaccine jab "in a year" (S Mayor) 331:864 (N) 

cervical fractures, diagnosis. A memorable patient (W Mason) 


Chadburn lectureship, academic medicine: flexible job (L Kroll) 


Chadha-Gupta A, see Hope T 331:1384 

Chalder T, see Kennedy T 331:435 

Challoner A, Horizon: Does the MMR jab cause Autism? 331:111 

(L) 

Chalmers,, Sir Iain, (L Sanai) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ 


Chalmers I, see Kumar A 331:1295 

Chalmers, Jane, interview with GP trainer (G Easton) (Fifteen 


Chaloner E, Blast injury in enclosed spaces 331:119 (E) 

Chamberlain D, New international consensus on cardiopulmonary 

resuscitation 331:1281 (E) 


Chambers R 

— Clarification (Letters) BMJ Careers 331:122 

— I am currently half way through an SHO medical rotation, but 

am finding the demands of hospital hours and motherhood 

increasingly diYcult. I am considering taking a 2-3 year career 

break, but, as a single mother, will need to work part time to 

support my baby and myself. I would be grateful if you could 

please oVer some advice on any medically related jobs (or jobs 

I can do with a medical degree) that might be appropriate. 


— I have been a part time GP for five years and no longer wish to 

continue. I would like to cross over into psychology, but I am 

clueless how to do this as I would have to continue working 

while training and I have three young children. Any advice 

would be appreciated. (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:94 

— Interviewing a disabled doctor (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 

331:69, BMJ Careers 331:69 (clarification, s122) 

— Know Yourself (Books) BMJ Careers 331:234 

— et al, Demonstrating Your Competence 4 (Books) BMJ Careers 

331:174 (GP edition) 

Chambers S, see Richards D 331:143 

Chan C-h, see Ng DK 331:405 

Chan, Tina, Obituary (P Groves) 331:848 

Chandra P, et al, Detecting fabricated or induced illness in children 


Chandra, RK, investigating previous studies of fraudulent author 

(R Smith) 331:288 (ED) 

Chandramohan D, et al, Cluster randomised trial of intermittent 

preventive treatment for malaria in infants in area of high, 

seasonal transmission in Ghana 331:727 (P) 

Chao D, Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners 

(MRCGP) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:173 (GP 

edition) 

chaperones, children: guidelines for examination by medical students 

(T Hope, et al) 331:1384 (LP) 

Chapman C, Doctors in Berlin strike over poor pay 331:1356 (N) 

Chapman I, see Visvanathan R 331:452 

Chapman JR, see Webster AC 331:810 

Chapman, Nicky, Baroness Chapman of Leeds, (J Bonner) (Fifteen 


Chapman P, et al, Jobscore—the first six months BMJ Careers 


Chapman R, Training for out of hours work—core, or optional 

addition? BMJ Careers 331:161 

Chapman RD, see Fairall LR 331:750 

Chapman RS, et al, Improvement in household stoves and risk of 

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Xuanwei, China: 

retrospective cohort study 331:1050 (P) 

Chapman S, Business sector shuns tobacco companies (Personal 


Chapple IL, see Barnfather KD 331:999 

Chapuis F, see Decullier E 331:19 

Charatan F 

— Bush announces US plan for flu pandemic 331:1103 (N) 

— Medicare’s new prescription drug plan causes confusion 


— New antipsychotics oVer few benefits over traditional drugs 


— US government declares emergency after Hurricane Katrina 


— US panel recomends young children receive hepatitis A vaccination 


Charlett A, see Duckworth G 331:976 

Charlton BG 

— Five futures for academic medicine 331:695 (L) 

— Participants in research 331:109 (L) 

Charlton R 

— After two years of anaesthetics, I am considering a change of 

career to general practice. Will these two years count? If I take 

and pass the first part of the FRCA, could I do occasional lists 

at a local hospital once I am a GP? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— Are there any opportunities for working for an out of hours 

provider by doing telephone triage at a distance that is, from 

Bangladesh? The hours would work; I am experienced in 

general practice and out of hours work, including telephone 

triage; and it could provide some useful income while we live 

there doing some voluntary work (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— I am a medical graduate from India and I want to join a 

GPVTS. Are there any exams to enter this training and, if so, 

when are these exams conducted? Do any institutions provide 

training or coaching for these exams? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Chatellier G, see Roy P-M 331:259 

Chaudhry S, et al, Running a cardiac surgery advanced life support 

course BMJ Careers 331:200 

Chaudhuri R, et al, Epidermolysis bullosa associated with benign 

oesophageal strictures (Minerva) 331:704 (R) 

Chavez RS, see Lincoln T 331:1473 

Chawla R, EXIT—le droit de mourir (Film) 331:702 (R) 

Chemla E, I have a career gap of over two years, spent doing the 

PLAB exam after I relocated. How do I put this on my 

curriculum vitae? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:186 

Chen AWY, The London bombings: a hospital doctor’s experience 


Chen KT, et al, Mother to child transmission of HIV in China 


Cheng TO, Obesity, like atherosclerosis, starts early in life 


Chernobyl disaster, radiation consequences are less than feared (S 

Mayor) 331:534 (N) 

Cherry MJ, Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, 

and the Market (Books) 331:460 (R) 

Cheshire N, see Crane J 331:1081 

chest radiography, Russia, interpretation variability (Y Balabanova, 


child abuse see also shaken baby syndrome 

— WHO take up issue (S Arie) 331:129 (N) 

child abuse, sexual 

— guidance on reporting under age sex is confusing (R 

Coombes) 331:984 (N) 

— mandatory reporting to the police of all sexually active under- 

13s (R Bastable, et al) 331:918 (E), 331:1083 (L) 

child development, parental concerns about their child’s emotions 

and behaviour and referral to specialist services (T 

Ford, et al) 331:1435 (P) 

child mortality, Africa, removing user fees: simulation model (C 

James, et al) 331:747 (P), 331:904 (L) 

child welfare 

— cost eVectiveness analysis of child health strategies in developing 

countries: Achieving the millennium development goals for 

health (T Tan-Torres Edejer, et al) 331:1177 (P) 

— Romania, orphanage controversy (G LaVan) 331:1360 (N) 

— special needs of children and women: ABC of conflict and 

disaster (J Seaman, et al) 331:34 (C) 

childhood obstructive sleep apnoea, diagnosis and management 


China 

— AIDS, mother to child transmission 331:162 (L) 

— avian influenza, WHO increases pressure (J Zarocostas) 


— improvement in household stoves and risk of chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease (RS Chapman, et al) 331:1050 (P) 

Chisholm N, et al, The patient’s journey: Living with locked-in 

syndrome 331:94 (C) 

Chiswick D, Mental health legislation should respect decision 

making capacity. Commentary: test of capacity has little 

practical benefit 331:1469 (ED) 

Chiu W-T, see Hsu M-H 331:904 

Choi PT-L, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

choice, patients’ dilemma (P Bate, et al) 331:1488 (E) 

Chok S, I have recently passed my membership exam in psychiatry 

and plan to take a few months out before starting my 

specialist registrar jobs. How can I do voluntary work as a 

psychiatrist with tsunami victims and aid workers in Southeast 

Asia? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:134 

cholecalciferol, fracture prevention in primary care 331:108 (L), 


cholinesterase inhibitors, Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review 

of randomised clinical trials (H Kaduszkiewicz, et al) 


Chopra M, see Sanders DM 331:755 

Choudhary RK, Endpiece. Duties of a physician 331:330 

Chow P-Y, see Ng DK 331:405 

Christensen TO, see Petersen L 331:602 

Christie B 

— Data do not show if Scottish NHS is good value 331:1358 (N) 

— First NHS funded live liver transplant programme to go ahead 


— "Health coaching" is to be oVered to poor people in Scotland 


— Health spending in England rises faster than in rest of United 

Kingdom 331:1424 (N) 

— Scotland doesn’t have enough high dependency beds 331:595 

(N) 

— Scotland sets up its first forensic art unit 331:984 (N) 

— Scottish health service is ordered to release data on surgeons’ 

performance 331:1424 (N) 

— Students should spend part of training in rural hospitals 


Christmas, blogs (T Macnair, et al) BMJ Careers 331:275 

chromosome analysis, couples with 2 miscarriages (MTM Franssen, 


chronic disease 

— Europe, combating (PV Marquez, et al) 331:174 (E) 

— low back pain, surgery v. intensive rehabilitation programmes 


— low birth weight link (S Mayor) 331:180 (N) 

— mortality, WHO report (J Zarocostas) 331:798 (N) 

— pain is poorly managed (R Dobson) 331:476 (N) 

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

— China, improvement in household stoves and risk of COPD 

(RS Chapman, et al) 331:1050 (P) 

— elderly, heart failure recognition in primary care (FH Rutten, 


Ciantar M, et al, Bilateral ischaemic tongue necrosis (Minerva) 


ciclosporin, kidney transplantation, comparison with tacrolimus 

as primary immunosuppressant: meta-analysis and metaregression 

(AC Webster, et al) 331:810 (P) 

Cinà CS, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Cinderella, literary references (SM Cameron) (What’s in a 

name?) 331:1543 

circumcision see also female genital mutilation 

— issues arising from lobby of UN 331:781 (L) 

C{ ivljak M, see Burazeri G 331:195 

Claassen JAHR, Tellymedicine 331:1185 

Clark J, Five futures for academic medicine: the ICRAM scenarios 

331:101 (ED), 331:694 (L), 331:695 (L) 

Clark, Sally 

— Alan Williams removed from Home OYce pathologist list (C 


— Meadow defends his role (C Dyer) 331:66 (N) 

Clarke A, see Butler PEM 331:1349 

Clarke, Douglas James Arthur, Obituary (D Lynch) 331:113 

Clarke, Kenneth, unfit to be Tory leader? (M Daube) (Personal 


Clarke M 

— Comprehensive ophthalmology at the Last Chance Saloon 


— see Kumar A 331:1295 

— see Siegfried N 331:742 

Claxton K, see McCabe C 331:1016 

Clayton P, see Buchan IE 331:453 

Clayton TC, et al, Risk score for predicting death, myocardial 

infarction, and stroke in patients with stable angina, based 

on a large randomised trial cohort of patients 331:869 (P) 

Clemens M, see Dent R 331:1035 

CliV J, see Sevene E 331:765 

climate change 

— G8 summit: moves little (P Wintour) 331:125 (N) 

— global warming 

— — confessions of climate criminal (I Roberts) (Personal view) 


— — Montreal UN negotiations: 2°C limit (T Juniper) 331:1287 

(N) 

— health and: call for action (B Menne, et al) 331:1283 (E) 

— Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change: 

Lessons Learned and New Directions (Ebi, et al)(Books) 331:971 

(R) 

clinical attachments 

— career advice for doctor preparing for PLAB test part 2? (J 

Constable) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:82 

— comparison with electives (F Hanif) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— guide (H Annan, et al) BMJ Careers 331:125 

clinical guidelines, development: challenge to current methods (R 

Raine, et al) 331:631 (ED) 

clinical trials see also randomised controlled trials; research 

— drug trials end early (M Day) 331:1103 (N) (correction, 

1390) 

— German doctors press for a national register (A TuVs) 331:178 

CAN-CLI 5

— patient recruitment 

— — "opt-in" versus "opt-out" strategies (C Junghans, et al) 

331:940 (PC), 331:1082 (L) 

— — payment to healthcare professionals (J Bryant, et al) 


— scrutiny for industry funded trials (KJ Rothman, et al) 

331:1350 (E) (correction, 332:151) 

— statistical methods for detection of data fabrication (S Al- 

Marzouki, et al) 331:267 (P) 

cloning see also genetics, medical 

— The Island (JO Roach) (Film) 331:521 (R) 

— Korea, pushes forward (J Parry) 331:366 (N) 

Clostridium diYcile 

— diarrhoea: diagnosis and treatment (J Starr) 331:498 (C) 

— outbreaks in north America linked to antibiotics (JH Tanne) 


clothing 

— disease and. One hundred years ago 331:554 

— interviews, dressing the part (S Burnett) BMJ Careers 331:67 

— patients’ preferences for doctors’ appearance and mode of 

address (MM Lill, et al) (Professional matters) 331:1524 

Clover K, see Carter GL 331:805 

co-proxamol, withdrawal: resilient ivory towers (M Vaughan) 

(Personal view) 331:299 (R), 331:515 (L) 

coal stoves, China, improvement in household stoves and risk of 

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (RS Chapman, et al) 


Coales U, Passing oral exams (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:20 (GP 

edition) 

Coast J 

— et al, Economic evaluation of a general practitioner with special 

interest led dermatology service in primary care 331:1444 

(PC) 

— see Salisbury C 331:1441 

Cockburn, Thomas Anderson, Obituary (A GriYn, et al) 


Cody, Thomas John, Obituary (D Seaton) 331:968 

Coebergh J-WW, see de Vries E 331:698 

coffins, Crazy CoYns (C Martin) (Art) 331:850 (R) 

Coghill RW, et al, Childhood cancer and power lines 331:635 (L) 

cognition 

— lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with life in old 

age (AJ Gow, et al) 331:141 (P) 

— research fraud, RK Chandra investigation (R Smith) 331:288 

(ED) 

— in twins: Aberdeen 1950s cohort study (GA Ronalds, et al) 


cognitive behaviour therapy 

— general practice (S Singh) BMJ Careers 331:99 (GP edition) 

— irritable bowel syndrome, in addition to antispasmodic treatment 

in primary care (T Kennedy, et al) 331:435 (PC) 

Cohen, Abraham ("Abs"), Obituary (B Cohen, et al) 331:1027 

Cohen D 

— Achieving food security in vulnerable populations 331:775 

(ED) 

— Image of disabled children wins award 331:254 (N) 

— Providing nomadic people with health care 331:720 (N) 

Cohen FJ, Disappointing article, not disappointing biotech 


cohosh, herbal remedy for hot flushes is no better than placebo (R 

Dobson) 331:924 (N) 

Coker R, see Balabanova Y 331:379 

colchicine, tetraparesis probably due to inhibition by verapamil of 

the P-glycoprotein eZux pump in the blood-brain barrier (U 

Tröger, et al) 331:613 

Cole A 

— Experts question wisdom of stockpiling oseltamivir 331:1041 


— Foundation trust regulator calls for less government interference 


— GMC introduces tighter regulation for some and a lighter 

touch for others 331:654 (N) 

— Handling of complaints must improve in trusts 331:11 (N) 

— Hospitals must be more open about safety, says chief medical 

oYcer 331:1290 (N) 

— Mental health plans are not being fully implemented in England 


— NHS research programme to be transformed 331:368 (N), 


— One in three NHS trusts face cash shortfall 331:10 (N) 

— Patients are at the heart of new medical professionalism 


— Plan is devised to help doctors back to work 331:799 (N) 

— UK GP activity exceeds expectations 331:536 (N) 

— UK should spend more on research into Alzheimer’s disease 


Cole TJ, see Buchan IE 331:453 

Coleman AME, Health in Africa 331:905 (L), 331:1203 (L) 

Coleman T, Near patient tests for smoking cessation 331:979 (E) 

Colligan D, Do GPs deserve their pay rise? 331:965 (L) 

Collins S, Health in Africa 331:904 (L) 

Colombet I, see Roy P-M 331:259 

colorectal cancers 

— genetic analysis (C Laurent) 331:799 (N) 


— — colonoscopic surveillance (I Dove-Edwin, et al) 331:1047 

(P) 

— — (J Jankowski, et al) (10-minute consultation) 331:618 (PC) 

— risk factors (H-P Knaebel, et al) 331:1033 (E) 

colostomy, Dukes’s patient. A memorable patient (A Crowther) 


Colson M, see Bolsin S 331:919 

Colthart I, see McKinstry BH 331:696 

coma, epidemiology and prognosis in daytime television dramas 

(D Casarett, et al) (What’s in a name?) 331:1537 

Commission for Africa, Our Common Interest: open letter to Tony 

Blair (C Lavy) 331:46 (ED) 

commissioning 

— practice-based: research evidence: The NHS revolution: health 

care in the market place (J Smith, et al) 331:1397 (ED) 

— Thames Valley plan: conflicts of interest? (A O’Dowd) 


Common, John Dermot Ainslie, Obituary (JT Gillow) 331:1027 

communicable diseases, vitamin supplements in infection prevention 

in elderly, overview (S Gariballa) 331:304 (E) 

communication see also doctor-patient relations; language 

— colleagues (M GriYths) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:110 

— e-communication (J Sandars, et al) BMJ Careers 331:265 

community health services 

— community oriented problem based learning curriculum and 

quality of primary care delivered by graduates (R Tamblyn, et 

al) 331:1002 (LP) 

—diYculties in providing services (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 


— just listening (T Greenhalgh) (Soundings) 331:1151 (R) 

community hospitals, independence in older people needing rehabilitation 

and (J Green, et al) 331:317 (P) 

community mental health services 

— psychoses, comparison with standard treatment (L Petersen, 

et al) 331:602 (P) (correction, 1065) 

— A Question of Numbers (S Arie) 331:655 (N) 

compensation, NHS small claims to be settled without litigation 

(C Dyer) 331:923 (N) 

complaints by patients see also malpractice 

— handling must improve in trusts (A Cole) 331:11 (N) 

— trusts to handle minor complaints against doctors (Z Kmietowicz) 


complementary medicine see alternative medicine 

computers see also health informatics; information technology; 

telemedicine 

— can help to share understanding with patients (F Sullivan, et 

al) 331:892 (C) 

—eYcient use of consultations: ABC of health informatics (F 


— software solutions (1) (M Al-Ubaydli) BMJ Careers 331:101 

— spyware (RS Arora) BMJ Careers 331:202 

conferences 

— abstracts (NFS Watson) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:264 

— confessions of climate criminal (I Roberts) (Personal view) 


— research posters: tips on display (B Lowcay, et al) BMJ Careers 


confidence, issue for doctors? (T Brooks) BMJ Careers 331:117 

conflict of interest see also ethics, medical 

— declaration of competing interest (K Walsh) (Tips on...) BMJ 


conflict resolution 

— ABC of conflict and disaster (EW Anderson) 331:344 (C) 

— intervening in hospitals: ABC of conflict and disaster (JM Ryan, 


Congo, malaria, maternal shortness and susceptibility to placental 


Conn J, et al, Ethics in practice. Revealing the diagnosis of androgen 

insensitivity syndrome in adulthood 331:628 (ED) 

Connolly MJ, Transitional care for elderly people 331:1271 (L) 

Conroy S, et al, Lesson of the week. Hypercalcaemia in cancer 


Conservative Party, Kenneth Clarke, unfit to be Tory leader? (M 

Daube) (Personal view) 331:912 (R) 

Constable J 

— How can I apply for clinical attachments in the United Kingdom 

to prepare for the PLAB test part 2? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— I am a consultant in medicine in the United States. I have 

General Medical Council and Irish Medical Council registration, 

have passed the PLAB tests, and have worked in the 

United Kingdom. How do I apply for consultant posts in the 

United Kingdom or Ireland? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


consultants see also doctors 

— "Being a Consultant" course (J Bonner) BMJ Careers 331:182 

— career advice for US doctor with GMC registration and PLAB 

(J Constable) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:166 

— career development? (J Adsett, et al) BMJ Careers 331:229 

— interviews, diVerent (P Reynolds) BMJ Careers 331:73 

— new 

— — (S Young) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:99 

— — tips on dress, induction (S Young) BMJ Careers 331:98 

— sabbaticals (C Hilton) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:98 

— workload, retention and workload cuts (M Brettingham) 


consultations see also doctor-patient relations 

— ABC of health informatics (F Sullivan, et al) 331:625 (C) 

— behaviour change (S Rollnick, et al) 331:961 (ED), 331:1083 

(L) 

— computers and eYcient use of consultations: ABC of health 

informatics (F Sullivan, et al) 331:1010 (C) 

— Dr A will see you now (C Douglas) (Soundings) 331:1211 (R) 

(apology, 1340), 331:1340 (L) 

— general practice (E RadcliVe, et al) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— patient satisfaction with expanded, general practice based, 

student teaching (J Benson, et al) 331:89 (LP), 331:406 (L) 

— why is this patient here today? ABC of health informatics (F 


contact lens, wearer with corneal ulcer after chloramphenicol 

drops (AD Shaw, et al) (Minerva) 331:1416 (R) 

contraceptives, postcoital 

— impact in Great Britain (C Marston, et al) 331:271 (PC) 

—US 

— — AMA battle with pharmacists who won’t dispense (JH 

Tanne) 331:11 (N) 

— — FDA criticised for rejection (JH Tanne) 331:1223 (N), 


— — FDA ducks decision (JH Tanne) 331:596 (N) 

——FDAoYcials resign (JH Tanne) 331:532 (N), 331:861 (N) 

conversion symptoms, misdiagnosis, systematic review (J Stone) 


Convery I, see Mort M 331:1234 

Conway GS, see Conn J 331:628 

Cook DG, see Whincup PH 331:1060 

Cook JA, see Avenell A 331:324 

Cook JV, et al, Radiation from CT and perfusion scanning in 

pregnancy 331:350 (L) (correction, 613) 

Coombes R 

— Cuts in NHS waiting lists cannot be attributed to private 

sector 331:1356 (N) 

— Do vets and doctors face similar ethical challenges? 331:1227 


— Drug industry’s new code criticised for lacking teeth 331:1225 

(N) 

— Foundation trusts revel in their new powers, report says 


— Government unveils a new approach to emergency care 


— Guidance on reporting under age sex is confusing 331:984 (N) 

— NHS errors led to more than 800 deaths 331:254 (N) 

— NHS research is to focus more on care 331:1424 (N) 

— Primary care trusts should delay treatment to cut deficits 


— Rationing of joint replacements raises fears of further cuts 

331:1290 (N), 331:1472 (L), 331:1473 (L) 

— Senior doctors admit mistakes in campaign for more open 

culture 331:595 (N), 331:1272 (L) 

— UK patient safety is improving 331:1100 (N) 

— Watchdog finds that NHS is failing stroke patients 331:1161 

(N) 

Coombs, Ian Campbell, Obituary (J Young, et al) 331:52 

Coombs NJ, et al, Hormone replacement therapy and breast 

cancer: estimate of risk 331:347 (ED) 

Coon JT, see Canter PH 331:880 

Cooney M 

— Assessment of capacity (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:232 

— I have completed an MSc in transcultural mental health care, 

and I am eligible for GMC registration. But I am still struggling 

to get a job in psychiatry. Any tips? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Cooper AR, see Alexander LM 331:1061 

Cooper BS, see Pitman RJ 331:1242 

Cooper G, see McGlennan A BMJ Careers 331:83 

Cooter R, A History of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 

volume four (1948-1983) 331:910 (R) 

Cope GF, see Barnfather KD 331:999 

coping, with rejection (SF Haq, et al) BMJ Careers 331:75 

Corcoran JS, Rates of exception reporting need to be addressed 


Corfield L, et al, Treating non-competent patients 331:1353 (E) 

Coric T, see Kern J 331:208 

Corish JF, Misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms 331:1145 (L) 

corneal transplantation, centenary of first successful human transplant 

(M Terplan) 331:891 

Cornish G, et al, Crisis assessment and treatment teams BMJ 


coronary disease see also cardiovascular diseases 

— aspirin and, for everyone older than 50? 331:160 (L), 331:161 

(L) 

— mortality 

— — dietary fat changes and: Poland (WA Zatonski, et al) 


— — modelling decline in England and Wales, 1981-2000 (B 

Unal, et al) 331:614 (PC) 

— MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism and: does totality of evidence 

support causal role for homocysteine and preventive 

potential of folate? (SJ Lewis, et al) 331:1053 (P) 

— smoking, half of smokers go on smoking after coronary events 

(Z Kmietowicz, et al) 331:862 (N) 

— women (GW Mikhail) 331:467 (E) 

Corrigan JM, see Elwyn G 331:302 (E) 

Cosgrove JF, et al, Working time directive shift patterns may 

improve care 331:845 (L) 

Cosh, John, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:1026 

Coshall C, see Wolfe CDA 331:431 

cost eVectiveness 

— AIDS, analysis of strategies: Achieving the millennium development 

goals for health (DR Hogan, et al) 331:1431 (P) 

— alcohol problems: treatment (UKATT Research Team) 


— alternative medicine, UK: systematic review (PH Canter, et al) 


— drugs, should we value rarity? (C McCabe, et al) 331:1016 


— general practice special interest service in dermatology (J 

Coast, et al) 331:1444 (PC) 

— millennium development goals 

— — overview (S Wibulpolprasert, et al) 331:1093 (E) 

— — analysis of strategies for child health in developing countries: 

Achieving the millennium development goals for health (T 

Tan-Torres Edejer, et al) 331:1177 (P) 

— — analysis of strategies for maternal and neonatal health in 

developing countries: Achieving the millennium development 

goals for health (T Adam, et al) 331:1107 (P) 

— need for diVerential discounting of costs and health eVects 

(WBF Brouwer, et al) 331:446 (ED) 

— orphan drugs: should we value rarity? (C McCabe, et al) 

331:1016 (ED), 331:1144 (L) 

— tuberculosis control in developing countries: Achieving the 

millennium development goals for health (R Baltussen, et al) 


cost-benefit analysis, trastuzumab (L Eaton) 331:1287 (N) 

Cote d’Ivoire, drug industry, let the buyer beware (E Aka, et al) 


Coulombier D, et al, H5N1 influenza and the implications for 

Europe 331:413 (E) 

Coulter A, The NHS revolution:health care in the market place, What 

do patients and the public want from primary care? 


Coupland C, see Hippisley-Cox J 331:160, 331:1310 

courts, doctors for jury service: to serve or not to serve? (A 

Campion) (The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 331:97 

Cousens S, see Sombie I 331:779 

Cowden J, see Stewart C 331:1213 

COX 2 inhibitors see also rofecoxib 

— gastrointestinal outcomes: comparison with conventional 

NSAIDs (J Hippisley-Cox, et al) 331:1310 (PC), 331:1473 

(L), 331:1474 (L) 

Craggs J, Just say "No" 331:1514 

Craig JC, see Webster AC 331:810 

Cramer M-JM, see Rutten FH 331:1379 

Crane J, et al, Endovascular repair is not worse than open repair of 

abdominal aortic aneurysms 331:1081 (L) 

Crawford F, see Tappin DM 331:373 

Crawford Jane, see Locock L 331:1186 (C) (correction, 1330) 

Crawford Jon, see Locock L 331:1186 (C) (correction, 1330) 

Crawford, Lester, Food and Drug Administration, chief resigns 

without warning (JH Tanne) 331:713 (N) 

Craze J, see Hope T 331:1384 

Creamer, Brian, Obituary (R Thompson) 331:909 

Crepaz-Keay D, Mental health legislation should respect decision 

making capacity. Commentary: Who benefits from the new 

act? 331:1470 (ED) 

crime 

— career advice for someone with criminal background (R 

Viney) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:176 

— medical student caution for theft and future medical career (B 

Angus) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:196, s280 

crisis assessment, treatment teams and (G Cornish, et al) BMJ 


crisis resolution team, mental health care, north Islington study (S 

Johnson, et al) 331:599 (P) 

Critchley A, see Unal B 331:614 

Critchley, Jane Marushka, Obituary (M Critchley, et al) 331:1411 

Croatia 

— brain drain 331:1204 (L) (correction, 1390) 

— cardiovascular risk factors (J Kern, et al) 331:208 (ED) 

— general practice education (D Lazíc) BMJ Careers 331:152 

— health care structures in countries in transition, hospital ethics 

committees (A Borovečki, et al) 331:227 (ED) 

— health services, transition: user perspective (M Mastilica, et al) 


Crockard, Alan, interview (K Sritharan) BMJ Careers 331:177 

Crook D, see Wyllie DH 331:992 

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Crookes, Ruth Elizabeth (née McMullan), Obituary (J Wright) 


Crosby Z, see Salisbury C 331:1441 

Cross I, Postcards from the edge 331:966 (L) 

cross infection 

— doctors to consider scrubs: ARM (Z Kmietowicz) 331:9 (N) 

— Scotland, goodbye and hello (C Douglas) (Soundings) 331:643 

(R) 

Cross P 

— CV and interview skills (What’s on the web?) BMJ Careers 


— Handling Tough Job Interviews (Books) BMJ Careers 331:80 

— A medical day in your life some time in 2030 BMJ Careers 


Crotty M, et al, Transitional care facility for elderly people in 

hospital awaiting a long term care bed: randomised controlled 

trial 331:1110 (P), 331:1271 (L) 

Crouch P, Becoming a police surgeon BMJ Careers 331:95 (GP 

edition) 

Crowther A, A memorable patient. Dukes’s patient 331:1128 

cruise medicine, career advice (A Duby) (Advice zone) BMJ 


Crump JA, et al, Household based treatment of drinking water 

with flocculant-disinfectant for preventing diarrhoea in areas 

with turbid source water in rural western Kenya: cluster 

randomised controlled trial 331:478 (P) 

Crumplin MKH, et al, Beatty’s box (Medical history) 331:1531 

crystal arthritis, mimicking infection after total knee arthroplasty 

(G Holt, et al) (Lesson of the week) 331:1322 (C) 

Cunningham AA, A walk on the wild side—emerging wildlife 

diseases 331:1214 (E) 

Cuperus-Bosma JM, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

Curlin FA, After Harm (Books) 331:1343 (R) 

Curran J, Genetic sites (Internet) BMJ Careers 331:22 

curriculum, hidden. Endpiece (K Walsh) 331:1056 

curriculum vitae 

— clinical attachments and (J Adsett) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— on internet (P Cross) (What’s on the web?) BMJ Careers 


— perfect presentation (JAH Ariyasena) BMJ Careers 331:167 

— PLAB career gap (E Chemla) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— tips: things to avoid (K Walker) BMJ Careers 331:61 

Currie C 

— see Alexander LM 331:1061 

— see Palmer AJ 331:905 

Currie D, see Alexander LM 331:1061 

Curtis, Anthony ("Tony") Richard, Obituary (M Grainger) 


Cutts S, see 331:1453 

Cyprus, Health Care Systems in Transition: Cyprus (Golna, et al) 


D 

Dadayal G, see Yeluri S 331:514 

Dahle UR, TB in immigrants is not public health risk, but uncontrolled 

epidemics are 331:237 (L) 

Daly, Frank, Obituary (RF Daly) 331:1411 

Daly N, see Anwar M 331:1476 

Dalziel SR, et al, Antenatal exposure to betamethasone: psychological 

functioning and health related quality of life 31 years 

after inclusion in randomised controlled trial 331:665 (P) 

dancing, injuries survey (R Dobson) 331:594 (N) 

Danieli Y, et al, eds, The Trauma of Terrorism:Sharing Knowledge and 

Shared Care:An International Handbook (Books) 331:641 (R) 

Daniels K, see Sevene E 331:765 

Danischevski K, see Parkhurst JO 331:510 

Danishevski K, see Rese A 331:204 

Dare L 

— et al, The future of health care in Africa 331:1 (E) 

— et al, Health systems financing: putting together the "back 

oYce" 331:759 (ED) 

Darmstadt GL, see Adam T 331:1107 

Darnley S, see Kennedy T 331:435 

Darwin, Charles, Darwin (JH Tanne) (Art) 331:1479 (R) 

Das K, see Solomon T 331:501 

Das RN, My biggest mistake. A lesson from a death 331:1005 

Dassan P, Scaremongering rumours (Letters) BMJ Careers 


databases 

— General Practice Research Database, UK academics gain free 

access (Z Kmietowicz) 331:924 (N) 

— humanitarian relief: sharing evidence (EJ Mills) 331:1485 (E) 

— literature searches (S Dosani) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— multiple names for female prisoners in database linkage research 

(RE Martin, et al) 331:335 (IP) 

Datta A, Safe prescribing (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:110 

Daube M, Why Kenneth Clarke is unfit to be Tory leader (Personal 


Dauphinee D, see Tamblyn R 331:1002 

Davey Smith G 

— et al, Height and mortality from cancer among men: prospective 

observational study 317:1351 (correction, 331:1330) 

— see Dorling D 331:1409 

— see Lawlor DA 331:183 

— see Lewis SJ 331:1053 

— see Shaw M 331:575 

David, Ann 

— GMC hears charge that doctor ended a patient’s life prematurely 


— prosecution after GMC strikes her oV? (CDyer)331:1226 

(N) 

Davies A, Lady doctors: where are the gentleman doctors? 


Davies H, Work based assessment BMJ Careers 331:88 

Davies J, Doctors should be allowed to oVer patients a simplified 

form of consent 331:925 (N), 331:1082 (L) 

Davies M 

— see Bewley S 331:588 

— see Crane J 331:1081 

— see Khunti K 331:1153 

Davies N, see Gwilym S 331:1505 

Davies SC, Five futures for academic medicine: the ICRAM 

scenarios. Commentary: Universities have a vital role 


Davis M, The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu 


Davis RA, Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians 331:967 

(L) 

Dawes M, Combing and combating head lice 331:362 (E) 


Dawson AH, see Carter GL 331:805 

Day M 

— East Asia is most at risk of human flu epidemic, experts say 


— Foundation hospitals are not accountable to their communities 


— How the media caught Tamiflu (The Press) 331:1277 (R) 

— More drug trials end early, hiding potential problems 

331:1103 (N) (correction, 1390) 

— MPs accuse Medical Research Council of panic over bird flu 

331:1358 (N) (correction, 332:87) 

— UK doctors protest at extension to nurses’ prescribing powers 


Day N, et al, Childhood cancer and power lines 331:634 (L) 

day surgery see also surgery 

— facilities in England are underused (S Mayor) 331:130 (N) 

— trends in rates (P Aylin, et al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 331:803 

Daynes, William Guy, Obituary (R Finlay) 331:457 

de Andrade, Corino, Obituary (T Villanueva) 331:163 

de Berker D, see Salisbury C 331:1441 

de Bie RA, see Smits LJM 331:1437 

de Joncheere CP, see Walley T 331:171 

de Jong G, see Tsai SP 331:995 

De Keuster TCBM, Human and animal health: strenthening the 


De Stavola BL, see Ronalds GA 331:1306 

de Vries E, et al, Melanoma incidence has risen in Europe 331:698 

(L) 

De Walle H, see Busby A 331:140 

Dearden A, The bus, the purse, and the limb 331:127 (N) 

Deary IJ, see Gow AJ 331:141 

death see also mortality; palliative care 

— Crazy CoYns (C Martin) (Art) 331:850 (R) 

— Nepal, Hindu belief (KR Pandey) 331:207 

— relatives and: a little understanding (R Matin) 331:97 

death certificates, clinically diYcult (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 


D’Eath M, see Allwright S 331:1117 

DeBell D, et al, Impact of transition on public health in Ukraine: 

case study of the HIV/AIDS epidemic 331:216 (ED) 

Debendex, unexpected feedback (J Barrett) 331:664 

decision making see also patient participation 

— decision support tools help define clinical problems: ABC of 

health informatics (F Sullivan, et al) 331:831 (C) 

— foundation year programme competencies, part 1 (E Neville) 


Decullier E, et al, Fate of biomedical research protocols and 

publication bias in France: retrospective cohort study 


Deeming C, Keeping healthy on a minimum wage 331:857 (E) 

deep time, dentures and (K Barraclough) (Soundings) 331:1415 

(R) 

Delamothe T 

— Happiness 331:1489 (E) 

— Series, PowerPoint slides, and folders now available on bmj- 

.com 331:650 (E) 

demeclocycline, phototoxic rash (W Hussain, et al) (Minerva) 


dementia 

— obesity in middle age and future risk of 331:454 (L), 331:455 

(L) (correction, 876) 

— statins and dementia risk 331 (1 October 2005) 

Denison A, What postgraduate diplomas will help me to get a 

training post in clinical radiology? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Denmark 

— general practice training (M Rimmen) BMJ Careers 331:159 

— socioeconomic factors and insulin resistance in children (DA 

Lawlor, et al) 331:183 (P) 

Dennis C-L, Psychosocial and psychological interventions for 

prevention of postnatal depression: systematic review 331:15 

(P) 

Dent DM, Obituary of Hamilton Naki 331:517 (L) 

Dent R, et al, Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer 331:1035 

(E), 331:1202 (L), 331:1203 (L) 

Department of Health 

— league tables for health journalists (N Marks) (The Press) 


— Taking Healthcare to the Patient (R Coombes) 331:69 (N) 

depression see also postnatal depression 

— adolescence, psychological therapy must accompany antidepressants 


— Beyond Depression:A New Approach to Understanding and Management 

(Dowrick) (Books) 331:357 (R) 

— screening, "help" question diagnostic specificity in general 

practice (B Arroll, et al) 331:884 (PC) 

— treatment, animal facilitated therapy with dolphins (C Antonioli, 

et al) 331:1231 (P), 331:1407 (L) 

— unwanted first pregnancy and: longitudinal cohort study (S 

Schmiege, et al) 331:1303 (P) 

— US, teenager’s parents sue school over screening test (J Lenzer) 


deprivation see poverty 

dermatology 

— career advice, requirements for entering specialist registrar 

training (S Baron) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:272 

— education, mandatory to complete three parts of MRCP exam 

for SHO posts (J Lear) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:82 

— general practice special interest service 

— — economic evaluation (J Coast, et al) 331:1444 (PC) 

— — outcomes evaluation (C Salisbury, et al) 331:1441 (PC) 


Derom C, see Vertraelen H 331:1173 

Derom R, see Vertraelen H 331:1173 

Desapriya EBR, et al, Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians 


D’Este C, see Carter GL 331:805 

detective fiction 

— doctors, detectives, and common sense (A McCall Smith) (On 

the case) 331:1495 

— investigative methods of fictional detectives and diagnostic 

methods (C Rapezzi, et al) (On the case) 331:1491 

developing countries see also global health; globalisation; People’s 

Health Movement 

— AIDS, cost-eVectiveness analysis of strategies: Achieving the 

millennium development goals for health (DR Hogan, et al) 


— BMJ Information Fund 331:712 

— life expectancy 331:651 (N) 

— maternal health, bridging equity gap (ZA Bhutta) 331:585 


— medical migration management (OB Ahmad) 331:43 (ED) 

— millennium development goals 

——Health and the Millennium Development Goals (S Mayor) 


— — maternal health, cost eVectiveness analysis: Achieving the 

millennium development goals for health (T Adam, et al) 


— — methods to assess costs and health eVects of interventions: 

Achieving the millennium development goals for health (DB 

Evans, et al) 331:1137 (ED) 

— — strategy evaluation and future priorities: Achieving the millennium 

development goals for health (DB Evans, et al) 


— — time to reassess strategies: Achieving the millennium development 

goals for health (DB Evans, et al) 331:1133 (ED), 


— Modern Food Biotechnology,Human Health and Development (M 

Brettingham) 331:11 (N) 

— neglected diseases prioritisation (R MacDonald) 331:12 (N) 

— research 

— — capacity building is essential 331:843 (L) 

— — designing research in vulnerable populations (EJ Mills, et 


— synergy between public health and veterinary services to deliver 

human and animal health interventions in rural settings 

(E Schelling, et al) 331:1264 (ED) 

— tuberculosis control, cost eVectiveness: Achieving the millennium 

development goals for health (R Baltussen, et al) 331:1364 

(P) 

— vaccine aid fund (Z Kmietowicz) 331:593 (N) 

— water supply 

— — overview (JK Tumwine) 331:468 (E), 331:781 (L) 

— — treatment with flocculant-disinfectant in rural Kenya (JA 

Crump, et al) 331:478 (P) 

— World Development Report (O Dyer) 331:651 (N) 

Devereaux PJ, et al, How strong is the evidence for the use of 

perioperative [00e1] blockers in non-cardiac surgery? Systematic 

review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled 

trials 331:313 (P) 

Devey L, Will modernised medical careers produce a better 

surgeon? (Personal view) 331:1346 (R), 331:1476 (L) 

Dhar V, Endpiece, The least part of the work 331:1049 

Dhatariya KK, Aspirin for everyone over 50? 331:161 (L) 

Dhillon S, see Spinewine A 331:935 

Diáz CL, see Schroeder D 331:1351 

diabetes see also insulin resistance; type 2 diabetes 

— 10 commandments of the diabetic foot (N Papanas, et al) 


— Africa, challenge 331:779 (L) 

— England, undiagnosed (S Mayor) 331:656 (N) 

— Ghana, healer shopping (A de-G Aikins) 331:737 (P) 

— insulin pumps: more consultation was needed 331:905 (L) 

— pioglitazone, reduction in macrovascular events? (N Freemantle) 


— quality and outcomes framework (C Kenny) 331:1097 (E), 

331:1272 (L), 331:1340 

— treatment improves neonatal outcomes (POEM*) 331 (13 

August 2005) 

diagnosis 

— investigative methods of fictional detectives and (C Rapezzi, et 

al) (On the case) 331:1491 

— patient preference to treatment (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 


diarrhoea 

— Clostridium diYcile: diagnosis and treatment (J Starr) 331:498 

(C) 

— Kenya, water treatment with flocculant-disinfectant (JA 

Crump, et al) 331:478 (P) 

— why shouldn’t children benefit from oral rehydration solutions 

for calves? (B Michell) 331:1267 

Dias R, et al, Frozen shoulder 331:1453 (C) 

Dickson EJ, see Bowley DM 331:780 

Didion J, The Year of Magical Thinking (Books) 331:1208 (R) 

Didkowska J, et al, Lung cancer mortality at ages 35-54 in the 

European Union: ecological study of evolving tobacco epidemics 


Dieppe P, see Bowling A 331:1548 

dietary fat, coronary heart disease decline and: Poland (WA 

Zatonski, et al) 331:187 (P), 331:906 (L) 

Diffey B, Do white British children and adolescents get enough 

sunlight? 331:3 (E) 

digital mammography, accurate only for certain groups of women 


Dignitas, Switzerland, investigation for helping healthy women to 

die (M Leidig) 331:1160 (N) 

Dillner L, see McDermott C 331:1420 

Diploma in Anaesthesia, Trauma, and Critical Care, (D Southern) 

(Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:85 

Diploma in aviation medicine, (C Hunter) (Diplomatosis) BMJ 


Diploma in the History of Medicine, (A Ferguson) (Diplomatosis) 


Diploma in the medical care of catastrophes, (P Shirley) (Diplomatosis) 

BMJ Careers 

Diploma in Travel Medicine, (S Beattie) (Diplomatosis) BMJ 


Diploma/MA in Psychoanalytic Studies, (P Tate) (Diplomatosis) 


Dirckze, Jeremy 


(N) 


directory information, communication and navigation around 

healthcare system: ABC of health informatics (JC Wyatt, et al) 


disabled people 

— Baroness Chapman of Leeds (J Bonner) (Fifteen minutes 


— experience of work as PRHO (S Yau) BMJ Careers 331:269 

— image of children wins award (D Cohen) 331:254 (N) 

— interviewing disabled doctors (R Chambers) (Tips on...) BMJ 

Careers 331:69 (clarification, s122) 

disasters see also earthquakes; floods; humanitarian aid; Hurricane 

Katrina 

— ABC of conflict and disaster 

— — Approaches to conflict resolution (EW Anderson) 331:344 

(C) 

— — Conflict recovery and intervening in hospitals (JM Ryan, et 

al) 331:278 (C) 

— — Displaced populations and long term humanitarian assistance 


— — Psychological aspects of providing medical humanitarian 

aid (I Palmer) 331:152 (C) 

— — The special needs of children and women (J Seaman, et al) 


CRO-DIS 7

— — Weapons of mass destruction—threats and responses (C 

Gosden, et al) 331:397 (C) 

— career guidance for plastics SPR (M Wilson) (Advice zone) 


— damage v. ability to cope shapes need for disaster aid 331:49 

(L) 

— Diploma in the medical care of catastrophes (DMCC) (P 

Shirley) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:9 

— Tony Redmond interview (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 


discoid lupus, progressing to systemic form (S Wahie, et al) 

(Minerva) 331:464 (R) 

discretionary pay, staV grades and associate specialists (R Gupta) 


disease, Lovers and Livers: Disease Concepts in History (DuYn) 


displaced people see refugees 

dissection, misunderstandings (S Nayak) 331:1456 

district general hospitals, does it have a future? (C Ham, et al) 

331:1331 (ED), 331:1473 (L) 

Divekar P, et al, Pancreatic panniculitis (Minerva) 331:168 (R) 

Diver AJ, Adjusting to research (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:253 

diving, acanthamoeba keratitis risk for fresh water diving in soft 

contact lenses (A Lockwood, et al) (Minerva) 331:1152 (R) 

Dixon J 

— Reforming the NHS in England (Personal view) 331:852 (R) 

— see Alvarez-Rosete A 331:946 

— see Smith J 331:1397 

Dixon-Woods M, see Seale C 331:401 

Djulbegovic B, see Kumar A 331:1295 

Dobson M 

— I am interested in a full time career teaching undergraduate or 

postgraduate students. I would like teaching to be the main 

focus of my job, but with the opportunity to do some clinical 

work too. Do such jobs exist (other than research fellow posts 

and professorial jobs), and if so, how do I go about getting one? 


— I have completed my foundation year 2 post (A&E, general 

practice, and public health) and I’m currently doing a stand 

alone A&E non-training job. How can I increase my chances of 

getting a training post as an SHO in anaesthesia next year? 


Dobson R 

— Alternative therapies could save the NHS money, says report 

commissioned by Prince Charles 331:795 (N) 

— Chronic pain is poorly managed 331:476 (N) 

— Eight in 10 dancers have an injury each year, survey shows 


— England lags behind Scotland in assessing cancer drug 


— English emergency care varies widely, commission finds 


— English survey shows wide disparity in joint replacement rates 


— Giving self help books does not cut visits to doctor 331:717 

(N) 

— GPs’ diagnoses of type II diabetes rose by 50% in 10 years, 

study shows 331:474 (N) 

— Inquiry into high mortality of GPs’ patients find no wrongdoing 


— Italy’s smoking ban has led to an 8% drop in tobacco consumption 


— Obesity increases risk of several cancers in men and women 


— Passive smoking increases children’s risk of nasal cancer 


— Popular herbal remedy for hot flushes is no better than placebo, 

new study shows 331:924 (N) 

— Science committee calls for better research into ageing 


— Smoke from cigarette tip is more toxic than main inhaled 

smoke 331:1425 (N) 

— Sweet foods increase breast cancer risk 331:1102 (N) 

— Tobacco industry deliberately targets youth in Taiwan 331:10 

(N) 

— UK government responds to call for change in reproduction 

technology 331:421 (N) 

doctor assisted suicide see suicide, assisted 

doctor-patient relations see also communication; consultations; 

patient participation 

— The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Ali) (Film) 331:1209 (R) 

— endoscopy: honesty is best policy. A patient who changed my 

practice (F Mohammed) 331:1406 

— flagon...with the dragon (L Farrell) (Soundings) 331:913 (R) 

— gifts from patients: strings attached? (SA Spence) (Professional 

matters) 331:1517 

— patients are at heart of new medical professionalism (A Cole) 


— patients’ preferences for doctors’ appearance and mode of 

address (MM Lill, et al) (Professional matters) 331:1524 

doctors see also consultants; general practitioners; house oYcers; 

junior doctors; locum doctors; overseas doctors; senior 

house oYcers; specialist registrars; staV grade doctors 

— common. Endpiece (P Morrell) 331:1298 

— how important are we really? (I Palmer) (Personal view) 


— medical faculty members at diVerent professorial levels 

(Anonymous) (Professional matters) 331:1530 

— performance, assessor’s experience (M JoVe) BMJ Careers 


— quotes for work: hide the title (J Durnian) 331:1069 

— smokers’ stories, issue is really burning (SMI Hassan) (Letters) 


— wealth of distinguished doctors: retrospective survey (IC Mc- 

Manus) (Professional matters) 331:1520 

doctors’ role see also professional practice 

—diYcult question. Endpiece (S Goyal) 331:349 

— Doctors in Society: Medical Professionalism in a Changing World 

(A Cole) 331:1355 (N) 

— Endpiece. (RK Choudhary) 331:330 

— expert witnesses, roles and responsibilities (M Friston) 


— what makes a good GP (D Haslam) BMJ Careers 331:151 

doctors, women see also women 

— careers: what now? (I Allen) 331:569 (ED), 331:696 (L) 

— MWF new president (K Hebert) (Fifteen minutes with...) 


— where are gentleman doctors? 331:1205 (L) 

dog bites, prevention 331:1269 (L) 

dogs 

— ban as household pets? (T Jackson) (Personal view) 331:1278 

(R) 

— chocolate poisoning (F Finlay) 331:633 

Dolk H, see Busby A 331:140 

Doll, Sir Richard, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:295, 331:517 (L) 

dolphins, depression treatment, facilitated therapy (C Antonioli, 

et al) 331:1231 (P), 331:1407 (L) 

domestic violence, Albania, associated factors (G Burazeri, et al) 


Don-Wauchope AC, Health in Africa 331:1203 (L) 

Donaldson C, et al, The NHS revolution: health care in the market 

place, Should the NHS follow the American way? 331:1328 


Donaldson L, see Reynolds D 331:1216 

Donaldson, Malcolm, interview with Doctor GruValo (P Hutt) 

(Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:42 

Donaldson, Paddy, Obituary (S Lee) 331:457 (correction, 622) 

Donnelly RP, see Tsai SP 331:995 

Dono J-A, see McNicholas J 331:1252 

Dorling D 

— et al, Inequalities and Christmas Yet to Come 331:1409 (L) 


Dornan T, see Littlewood S 331:387 

Dosani S 

— The House of Obsessive Compulsives (TV) 331:409 (R) 

— Literature searches (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:250 

— The Real Frasiers (Radio) 331:55 (R) 

— Since the introduction of foundation programmes the number 

of freestanding posts has come down drastically. What is the 

prospect for foreign graduates with some experience in surgical 

and medical fields after their graduation? (Advice zone) 


Doshi P, Are US flu death figures more PR than science? (The 


Douglas C 

— Death and taxes (Soundings) 331:117 (R) 

— Dr A will see you now (Soundings) 331:1211 (R), 331:1211 (R) 

(apology, 1340), 331:1340 (L) 

— Give reorganisation a chance (Soundings) 331:853 (R) 

— Goodbye and hello (Soundings) 331:643 (R) 

— The Healing Touch: 500 years of Scots in sickness and health 

(Art) 331:580 (R) 

— Soundings author apologises 331:1340 (L) 

Doust J, see Lehman R 331:415 

Dove-Edwin I, et al, Prevention of colorectal cancer by colonoscopic 

surveillance in individuals with a family history of 

colorectal cancer: 16 year, prospective, follow-up study 


Downing R, As They See It: The Development of the African AIDS 

Discourse (Books) 331:783 (R) 

Dowrick C, Beyond Depression: A New Approach to Understanding 

and Management (Books) 331:357 (R) 

Doyal L, et al, Mental health legislation should respect decision 

making capacity 331:1467 (ED) 

Dr Foster’s case notes 

— The ageing population of the United Kingdom and cardiovascular 

disease (A Majeed, et al) 331:1362 

— Length of hospital stay and subsequent emergency readmission 

(S Williams, et al) 331:371 

— Obesity and type 2 diabetes in children, 1996-7 to 2003-4 (P 

Aylin, et al) 331:1167 

— Trends in day surgery rates (P Aylin, et al) 331:803 

— Variation in operation rates by primary care trust (P Aylin, et 

al) 331:539 

Dramaix-Wilmet M, see Sombie I 331:779 

Draper G, et al, Childhood cancer and power lines 331:636 (L) 

Drife, James Owen, GMC censure for conflict of interest nondisclosure 

(O Dyer) 331:1358 (N) 

Drife JO 

— Handing on the gong (Soundings) 331:1091 (R) 

— Music of the mountains (Soundings) 331:167 (R) 

— My pelvis and I (Soundings) 331:523 (R) 

driving 

— epilepsy and (E Beghi, et al) 331:60 (E) 

— medical advisers to DVLA (D Sheppard) BMJ Careers 331:27 

Drobniewski F, see Balabanova Y 331:379 

drug abuse see also cannabis; heroin 

— careers in substance misuse psychiatry (R Rao) BMJ Careers 


— certificate in management of drug misuse (N Williams) 


— hepatitis C and increase in severe liver disease (A O’Dowd) 


— Just say "No" (J Craggs) 331:1514 

— reality television: content analysis of The Osbournes (NA Blair, 

et al) (Sex, drugs, and rock and roll) 331:1517 

— Substance Misuse in Primary Care: a Multidisciplinary Approach 

(Winyard, ed) (Books) BMJ Careers 331:46 


— youth magazines (R Watson) (The Press) 331:116 (R) 

drug industry see also drugs; generic drugs; prescription, drugs 

— advertising 

— — ABPI code criticised for lacking teeth (R Coombes) 


— — new ABPI marketing code (D Spence) 331:1279 (R) 

— — US guidelines are too limited (B Burton) 331:420 (N) 

— — US professors speak out against advertising directly to 

consumers (J Lenzer) 331:1040 (N) 

— Australia 

— — advertising in prescribing software ban (B Burton) 331:177 

(N) 

— — told how to benefit from helping patients’ groups (B Burton) 


— Canada 

— — breakthrough drugs and expenditure growth on prescription 

drugs (SG Morgan, et al) 331:815 (P) 

— — secret book deal to counter Canadian drugs exposed (J 

Lenzer) 331:1103 (N) 

— The Constant Gardener (J Lenzer) (Film) 331:462 (R) 

— Cote d’Ivoire, illegal sellers (E Aka, et al) (Personal view) 


— doctors who write guidelines often have ties (JH Tanne) 


— European MPs want companies to develop drugs for children 

(R Watson) 331:595 (N), 331:1272 (L) 

— global consumption and challenge to pharmaceutical governance 

and consumption in UK (N Fox, et al) 331:40 (ED) 

— reps and grumpy old doctors (B Keighley) (The way I see it...) 

BMJ Careers 331:200 (GP edition), s280 

— Selling Sickness: How Drug Companies Are Turning Us All Into 

Patients (Moynihan, et al) (Books) 331:701 (R) 

— This World: Bad Medicine BBC2 (P Winstanley) (TV) 331:165 

(R) 

— UK government fails to tackle weaknesses (L Gibson) 


—US 

— — cheerleaders as sales reps (JH Tanne) 331:1358 (N) 

— — FDA investigates direct to consumer adverts (J Lenzer) 


— — foreign free riders and expensive US medicines? (DW 

Light, et al) 331:958 (ED) 

— — media complicity (N Marks) (The Press) 331:410 (R) 

drug interactions, ischaemic heart disease and all cause mortality 


Drug points 

— Epirubicin for breast cancer may cause considerable venous 

sclerosis (P Bolton-Maggs, et al) 331:816, 331:966 (L) 

— Tetraparesis associated with colchicine is probably due to 

inhibition by verapamil of the P-glycoprotein eZux pump in 

the blood-brain barrier (U Tröger, et al) 331:613 

drug regulation see also prescriptions, drug 

— Europe in transition (T Walley, et al) 331:171 (E) 

— global consumption and challenge to pharmaceutical governance 

and consumption in UK (N Fox, et al) 331:40 (ED) 

— herbal medicine in UK (RE Ferner, et al) 331:62 (E) 

— open label extension studies: research or marketing? (GJ Taylor, 

et al) 331:572 (ED) 

— pharmaceutical industry and (A Breckenridge, et al) 331:834 

(ED) 

— safety: new powers needed (PC Waller, et al) 331:4 (E), 


— transparency (J Abraham) 331:528 (E) (correction, 931) 

drug resistance, HIV: UK time trends (UK Group on Transmitted 

HIV Drug Resistance) 331:1368 (P) 

drugs see also drug industry; generic drugs; orphan drugs 

— Africa, medicines supply (JD Quick, et al) 331:709 (E) 

— medical paternalism and expensive unsubsidised drugs and 

(M JeVord, et al) 331:1075 (ED) 

— patient information on medicines (JM Shaw, et al) 331:1034 


Drugs for Neglected Disease Initiative, Bernard Pécoul interview 

(R MacDonald) 331:12 (N) 

Drummond AER, et al, Ten year follow-up of a randomised 

controlled trial of care in a stroke rehabilitation unit 331:491 

(P) 

Dubben H-H, et al, Systematic review of publication bias in 

studies on publication bias 331:433 (P), 331:637 (L), 


Duby A, I am interested in taking a year out of training to work as 

a cruise ship doctor for six months and then do some 

travelling. When and how should I apply for such a job? 

Three years after qualification? Please advise (Advice zone) 


Duckitt K, Postpartum eclampsia of late onset: a complicated case 


Duckworth G, et al, Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia 


ductal carcinoma in situ, adequate margin of excision (MR Kell, et 

al) 331:789 (E) 

Dudley N, Where next with revalidation? 331:353 (L) 

Duerden MG, ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens 


Duffin J, Lovers and Livers: Disease Concepts in History (Books) 


Dukes C, Media doctors—medicolegal pitfall BMJ Careers 


Dunea G 

— Beans (Soundings) 331:973 (R) 

— Looking sideways (Soundings) 331:463 (R) 

— Uncompassionate care (Soundings) 331:243 (R) 

Dunlop MG, see Hudson NPH 331:1248 

Dunnet, William Albert, Obituary (D Bond) 331:164 

Dunning J, see Chaudhry S BMJ Careers 331:200 

Durai R 

— et al, A career in paediatrics BMJ Careers 331:3 

— et al, How to plan research BMJ Careers 331:247 

Durieux P, see Roy P-M 331:259 

Durnian J, Hide the title 331:1069 

Dutkowski R, see Smith JR 331:1203 

Dye C, see Baltussen R 331:1364 

Dyer C 

— Anaesthetist could face prosecution after GMC strikes her oV 


— Blind eye to complaints allowed psychiatrists to abuse patients 


— Court rules in favour of GMC’s guidance on withholding 

treatment 331:309 (N) 

— Diagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome" still valid, appeal court 

rules 331:253 (N) 

— GMC hears charge that doctor ended a patient’s life prematurely 


— Government "has ignored" MPs’ recommendations on mental 

health law 331:178 (N) 

— GP goes on trial for killing three patients 331:985 (N) 

— GP is disciplined for willingness to help friend commit suicide 


— High Court overturns GMC’s decision to strike oV plastic 

surgeon 331:924 (N) 

— Judge over-rules earlier decision on Charlotte Wyatt 331:985 

(N) 

— Lords back bill to legalise assisted suicide 331:1160 (N) (correction, 

1390) 

— Meadow defends his role in conviction of Sally Clark 331:66 

(N) 

— NHS to settle small compensation claims without litigation 


— Professor Roy Meadow struck oV 331:177 (N) 

— Rules for human organs put out for consultation 331:129 (N) 

— Sally Clark pathologist removed from Home OYce list 


— Surgeon wins £1.6m in unfair dismissal case 331:654 (N) 

— UK charity did not break law in giving information about late 

abortions 331:716 (N) 

— Unsafe conviction rejected in Roy Meadow expert witness 

case 331:253 (N) 

— Woman fights for parents’ right to know abortion advice to 

under 16s 331:1161 (N) 

— Woman takes fight over her frozen embryos to European court 


Dyer O 

— 25 000 civilians have been killed in Iraq since invasion 331:176 

(N) 

— Battle against poverty hampered by sex discrimination 


— Consultants who misled Shipman inquiry are found guilty of 

misconduct 331:1042 (N) 

— Disparities in health widen between rich and poor in England 


— Doctors face GMC over failure in Shipman patient 331:865 

(N) 

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— Fertility agency is to investigate single embryo transfer 


— GMC censures professor for not disclosing conflict of interest 


— GMC clears doctors who signed cremation forms for Shipman 


— GMC suspends doctor for false research claims 331:1289 (N) 

— Goals to reduce poverty and infant mortality will be missed 


— GPs are accused of missing warning signs in deaths of Shipman’s 

patients 331:68 (N) 

— Inequality is barrier to global development, says World Bank 


— Judges support doctors’ decision to stop treating dying man 


— Lancet criticises its owner for hosting international arms fair 


— MP is criticised for saying that marriage of first cousins is a 

health problem 331:1292 (N), 331:1475 (L) 

— NHS trust plans to cut consultant posts to make savings 


— Parents of disabled baby lose appeal against court order 


— Pathologist faces GMC hearing over altered autopsy report 


— Surgeon suspended for "pushy Americans" comment 


— Surgery patients in Northern Ireland are still waiting too long, 

MPs say 331:799 (N) 

— Tribunal declares Gulf war syndrome an "umbrella term" 


— UK government is condemned for compromise on smoking 

ban 331:1039 (N) 

dysorganophilia, man’s best friend (L Farrell) (Soundings) 


dyspepsia, latest caprice in medicine: 1857. Endpiece (JH Baron) 


Dzakula A, Health care based on priorities is lost in decentralisation 


E 

earthquakes see also disasters 

— Pakistan 

— — global relief has so far failed its test (R Villar) (Personal 


— — uncoordinated aid eVorts (P Moszynski) 331:864 (N) 

— — worse than Asian tsunami: WHO (P Moszynski) 331:926 

(N) 

Earwicker SC, Extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists 


Easton G 

— Are there any doctors here? (Personal view) 331:167 (R) 

— A GP trainer (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:164 

— A medical mathematical modeller (Fifteen minutes with...) 


Eaton L 

— BMA warns against unnecessary screening tests in private 

sector 331:475 (N) (correction, 931) 

— Charity says NICE takes too long to assess cancer drugs 


— Doctors warn of potentially catastrophic flu pandemic in the 

UK 331:1041 (N) 

— Fertility clinics no longer need to consult patients’ GPs 


— Foundation trusts argue they really do make a diVerence 


— Global Fund pulls grants to Myanmar and Uganda 331:475 

(N) 

— Global Fund toughens stance against corruption 331:718 (N), 


— Health economist cautions against new breast cancer drug 


— NHS trusts urge caution over BMA finance survey 331:716 

(N) 

— Northern Ireland will introduce a smoking ban 331:922 (N) 

— Reading the bones 331:421 (N) 

Ebdy M, Obituary of Hamilton Naki 331:517 (L) 

Ebi KL, et al, Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate 

Change: Lessons Learned and New Directions (Books) 331:971 

(R) 

Ebola virus, once there is hope, there is life. A memorable patient (C 

Ihekweazu) 331:1251 

Ebrahim S 

— see Lewis SJ 331:1053 

— see Macleod MR 331:110 

Eccersley L, et al, Teaching medicine in a developing country BMJ 


Eccles R, Asymptomatic spread of flu is not proved 331:1145 (L) 

Eccles S 

— How long does a visiting training number (VTN) last and 

what are the diVerences between a national training number 

(NTN) and a VTN? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:114 

— I am an Italian doctor. Could you explain what positions such 

as trust doctor, staV grade, and so on actually mean? (Advice 


— I am training in London but am interested in applying for 

house jobs outside of London. I know colleagues who have 

done this in the past but I have heard that it is not possible any 

more to work outside the trust that you trained with. (Advice 


— et al, Is there a problem with NHS workforce planning? (OV 

the fence) BMJ Careers 331:92 

Eccles SJA, see Khalpey Z BMJ Careers 331:276 

eclampsia 

— Mozambique, unavailability of magnesium sulphate (E Sevene, 


— postpartum eclampsia of late onset (N Munjuluri, et al) (Lesson 

of the week) 331:1070 (C), 331:1204 (L) 

ecotherapy, human health and nature conservation (A Burls, et al) 


Ecuador, rural development charity (N Koralage) BMJ Careers 


Eden T, see Day N 331:634 

Edmonds A, see Papanas N 331:1497 

Edmonds M, see Papanas N 331:1497 

Edmunds WJ, see Pitman RJ 331:1242 

education 

— combined courses for vets and doctors 331:1269 (L) 

— Uganda, experiences as lecturers (L Eccersley, et al) BMJ 


education, medical see also academic medicine; examinations; 

learning; schools, medical; teaching 


— The Arts in Medical Education: A Practical Guide (Powley, et al) 


— career advice on distance courses (P O’Neill) (Advice zone) 


— community oriented problem based learning curriculum and 

quality of primary care delivered by graduates (R Tamblyn, et 

al) 331:1002 (LP) 

— early practical experience and social responsiveness of clinical 

education (S Littlewood, et al) 331:387 (LP) 

— Osler’s bedside library revisited: books for 21st century (SA 

Pai, et al) (Personal view) 331:1482 (R) 

— outcome measures (L Schuwirth, et al) 331:977 (E) 

— UK bodies give £100m for academic training (S Mayor) 


— What the educators are saying (KW Eva) 331:93 (LP) 

education, medical, postgraduate 

— MD in UK (B Angus) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:196 

— training changes for overseas doctors (S Mahboob) BMJ 


Edwards J, et al, The Certificate for Completion of Training 

(CCT) for general practice BMJ Careers 331:148 

Edwards M, et al, Marking a patient for surgery (Tips on...) BMJ 


Edwards N, Using markets to reform health care 331:1464 (ED) 

Edwards P, see Roberts I 331:1094 

Eenhuizen-Graham, Maria Elisabeth Johanna (Marlies), Obituary 

(A Graham) 331:639 

eHealth, future: promise or peril? ABC of health informatics (JC 

Wyatt, et al) 331:1391 (C) 

Eisler MC, see Picozzi K 331:1238 

Ekdahl K, see Coulombier D 331:413 

Ekpo E, see Abbott R 331:829 

El-Kadiki A, et al, Role of multivitamins and mineral supplements 

in preventing infections in elderly people: systematic review 

and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials 330:871 

(P) (correction, 331:142) 

elderly see also ageing; health services for the elderly; long-term 

care 

— cardiovascular disease (A Majeed, et al)(Dr Foster’s case notes) 


— clinical research, inclusion (MET McMurdo, et al) 331:1036 


— epilepsy (MJ Brodie, et al) 331:1317 (C) 

— falls 

— — secondary prevention of falls and osteoporotic fractures (D 

Oliver, et al) 331:123 (E) 

— — trial in people aged >75 with severe visual impairment: VIP 

trial (AJ Campbell, et al) 331:817 (PC) 

— heart failure, recognition in patients with stable chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease in primary care (FH Rutten, et al) 


— hip fractures, eVect of comorbidities and postoperative complications 

on mortality (JJW Roche, et al) 331:1374 (P) 

— inpatients, appropriateness of use of medicines (A Spinewise, 


— lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with life (AJ 

Gow, et al) 331:141 (P) 

— locality based community hospital care and independence (J 

Green, et al) 331:317 (P) 

— quality of life, functional limitation in long standing illness (G 

Netuveli, et al) 331:1382 (PC) 

— sedative hypnotics in older people with insomnia (J Glass, et 


— sports utility vehicles, older pedestrians and (C Simms, et al) 


— tsunami, aid agencies ignored special needs (G Mudur) 


— US, place of major surgery (LM Schwartz, et al) 331:821 (IP) 

— vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing infections 

— — overview (S Gariballa) 331:304 (E) 

— — placebo controlled trial (A Avenell, et al) 331:324 (PC) 

electives, equivalent to clinical attachments? (F Hanif) (Advice 


electroconvulsive therapy, shocking aVair (J Zorab) 331:1189 

electromagnetic fields, leukaemia in children, distance from high 

voltage power lines in England and Wales: case-control study 

331:634 (L), 331:635 (L), 331:636 (L) 

electronic medical records, Kaiser Permanente’s implementation 

experience (JT Scott, et al) 331:1313 (IP) 

Elias SG, see Ramadhani MK 331:882 

Elinder LS, Obesity, hunger, and agriculture: the damaging role of 

subsidies 331:1333 (ED), 331:1475 (L) 

Ellaway A, et al,GraYti, greenery, and obesity in adults: secondary 

analysis of European cross sectional survey 331:611 (P) 

Elliot K, see McKinstry BH 331:696 

Ellis, Robert Hayden ("Bob"), Obituary (WR Ellis) 331:968 

Elmslie, John Alexander Grant, Obituary (EJ Garden) 331:968 

Elwell VA, see Sritharan K BMJ Careers 331:50 

Elwood P, et al, Aspirin for everyone over 50? 331:161 (L) 

Elwyn G 

— et al, The patient safety story 331:302 (E) 

— see Rollnick S 331:961 

embryology, UK team hopes to create a human embryo from 

three donors (S Mayor) 331:591 (N) 

emergency contraception see contraceptives, postcoital 

emergency medical services see also acute medicine 

— career advice to get anaesthesia SHO post (M Dobson) (Advice 


— English care varies widely (R Dobson) 331:365 (N) 

— Government unveils a new approach to emergency care (R 

Coombes) 331:69 (N) 

— telephone referrals (M Roy) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:121 

Emery J, see Benson J 331:89 

Emmett P, see Reilly JJ 331:454 

Emmett TH, Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:842 (L) 

end of life decisions 

— clinical decisions are increasingly shaped by legal judgments 

(A Samanta, et al) 331:1284 (E) 

— Netherlands, regulation in severely ill neonates (T Sheldon) 


endoscopy, honesty is best policy. A patient who changed my practice 

(F Mohammed) 331:1406 

English DR, see Baglietto L 331:807 

English RG, see Fairall LR 331:750 

Entwistle VA, et al, Methods of hysterectomy: should women have 

asay?331:351 (L) 

environmental protection, Graham McAll interview (J Bonner) 

(Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:194 (GP edition) 

epidermolysis bullosa, associated with benign oesophageal strictures 

(R Chaudhuri, et al) (Minerva) 331:704 (R) 

epilepsy see also status epilepticus 

— driving and (E Beghi, et al) 331:60 (E) 

— elderly people (MJ Brodie, et al) 331:1317 (C) 

— schizophrenia risk (P Qin, et al) 331:23 (P) 

epirubicin, breast cancer, may cause considerable venous sclerosis 

(P Bolton-Maggs, et al) (Drug points) 331:816, 331:966 (L) 

Eppel, Bettina Jane ("Bee"), Obituary (W Aveling) 331:700 

Eradicating pathogens 

— The animal story (PL Roeder) 331:1262 (ED) 

— The human story (RB Aylward, et al) 331:1261 (ED) 

Ernst E 

— see Canter PH 331:880, 331:1024 

— see Pittler MH 331:1515 

Erwich JJHM, Classification of stillbirth 331:1269 (L) 

erythromelalgia, in middle aged woman (PD Ziakas, et al) (Minerva) 


Esmond G, see Taylor SJC 331:485 

Essed GG, see Smits LJM 331:1437 

Estonia 

— Health Care Systems in Transition: Estonia (Jesse, et al) (Books) 


— public health reforms impact (K Pòlluste, et al) 331:210 (ED) 

— socioeconomic factors and insulin resistance in children (DA 

Lawlor, et al) 331:183 (P) 

ethics, medical see also conflict of interest; euthanasia; human 

rights; informed consent; suicide, assisted; torture; treatment 

withdrawal 

— clinical trials, payment to healthcare professionals for patient 

recruitment (J Bryant, et al) 331:1377 (P) 

— do vets and doctors face similar challenges? (R Coombes) 


— education, distance learning courses (J McCulloch) (Advice 


— evidence-based medicine (SD Halpern) 331:901 (ED) 

— hunger striking prisoners: doctors’ dilemma (B Gregory) (Personal 


— The Law and Ethics of Medical Research: International Bioethics 

and Human Rights (Plomer) (Books) 331:298 (R) (correction, 

613) 

— paternalism and expensive unsubsidised drugs (M JeVord, et 


— research ethics committees 

— — in Croatia (A Borovečki, et al) 331:227 (ED) 

— — reform (RE Ashcroft, et al) 331:587 (E) 

— Roman Catholicism, Benedict XVI 331:294 (L) 

— student doctors: ethical aspects (DK Sokol) 331:523 (R) 

— US, National Institutes of Health issue new guidelines (JH 


Ethics in practice, Revealing the diagnosis of androgen insensitivity 

syndrome in adulthood (J Conn, et al) 331:628 (ED) 

ethnic groups see also Asians, south 

— censuses, need to ask about language (PJ Aspinall) 331:363 

(E) 

— stroke, survival diVerences in south London register (CDA 

Wolfe, et al) 331:431 (P) (correction, 1062) 

eugenics, healthism and (I Loefler) (Soundings) 331:411 (R) 

Europe 

— avian influenza 

— — centre plays down threat (R Watson) 331:922 (N) 

— — implications (D Coulombier, et al) 331:413 (E) 

— — must prepare response (T Richards) 331:864 (N) 

— BMJ special issue 

— — overview: combating non-communicable diseases (PV 

Marquez, et al) 331:174 (E) 

— — overview: health and health care (K Fister, et al) 331:169 

(E) 

— — overview: mental health in post-communist countries (R 

Jenkins, et al) 331:173 (E) 

— — overview: road to reform (J Figueras, et al) 331:170 (E) 

— — overview: supply and regulation of medicines (T Walley, et 


— — Albania, spousal physical violence factors (G Burazeri, et 

al) 331:197 (PC) 

— — attitudes and knowledge survey about science in medical 

students (G Burazeri, et al) 331:195 (P) 

— — biomedical research: from EU and US (ES Soteriades, et 

al) 331:192 (P) (correction, 876), 331:906 (L) 

— — cardiovascular risk factors in Croatia (J Kern, et al) 331:208 

(ED) 

— — changes in dietary fat and coronary disease decline, Poland 

(WA Zatonski, et al) 331:187 (P), 331:906 (L) 

— — Croatia 

———ethicsandthestructuresofhealth care, (A Borovečki, et 


— — — healthcare in transition, user perspective (M Mastilica, 


— — Denmark, Estonia, Portugal, socioeconomic factors and 

insulin resistance in children (DA Lawlor, et al) 331:183 

(P) 

— — Estonia, public health reforms impact (K Pòlluste, et al) 


— — general practice, implementation in Russia (A Rese, et al) 


— — HIV risk and transition (T Rhodes, et al) 331:220 (ED), 


— — Hungary, managing health reform (M Szócska, et al) 


— — Kosovo, family medicine development (RN Hedley, et al) 


— — lung cancer mortality and evolving tobacco epidemics (J 

Didkowska, et al) 331:189 (P) 

— — projectitis? Supporting health reform (PD Toon) (Personal 


— — Slovak republic, transition and public health (G Gulis, et al) 


— — transformation of minds and souls (VJ Simunovic) (Personal 


— — Ukraine, impact of transition on public health, HIV/AIDS 

case study (D DeBell, et al) 331:216 (ED) 

— heart failure symptoms: public unaware (D Spurgeon) 


— informed consent for registration of congenital anomalies (A 

Busby, et al) 331:140 (P) 

— obesity, graYti/greenery and obesity in adults (A Ellaway, et al) 


Europe, eastern 

— post-communist transition and health 331:235 (L) 

— — nuclear weapons are another post-communist health hazard 


European Union 

— air pollution, aims to reduce deaths (R Watson) 331:716 (N) 

— allergenic foods, developments in labelling (C Anandan, et al) 


— inequalities in health 

— — enlarged Union (I Koupil) 331:855 (E) (correction, 1062) 

— — UK pushes EU (S Arie) 331:923 (N) 

— injuries to children (R Watson) 331:1163 (N) 

DYS-EUR 9

— MPs want companies to develop drugs for children (R 


— research productivity: comparison with US (ES Soteriades, et 


— working time directive 

— — junior doctors’ shifts and sleep deprivation 331:514 (L), 


— — shift patterns may improve care 331:845 (L) 

— — trainee’s perspective (HP Singh, et al) BMJ Careers 


euthanasia see also ethics, medical; suicide, assisted 

— Israel, timer device to facilitate passive euthanasia (J Siegel- 

Itzkovich) 331:1357 (N) 

— legislation: taking final step 

— — time for change (MA Branthwaite) 331:681 (ED) (correction, 

931), 331:841 (L), 331:842 (L) 

— — vulnerable patients’ rights (RJD George, et al) 331:684 


— moral dimensions (T Tännsjö) 331:689, 331:842 (L) 

— Netherlands 

— — doctors adopt guidelines on mercy killings of newborns (T 

Sheldon) 331:126 (N) 

— — experience of monitoring (BD Onwuteaka-Philipsen, et al) 

331:691 (ED) (correction, 1065) 

— — sedation guidance for doctors (T Sheldon) 331:1422 (N) 

Eva KW, What the educators are saying 331:93 (LP), 331:1006 (LP) 

Evans DB 

— et al, Achieving the millennium development goals for health 

— — Evaluation of current strategies and future priorities for 

improving health in developing countries 331:1457 (ED) 

— — Methods to assess the costs and health eVects of interventions 

for improving health in developing countries 


— — Time to reassess strategies for improving health in developing 

countries 331:1133 (ED), 331:1270 (L), 331:1271 

(L) 

— see Edejer TT-T 331:1177 

— see Morel CM 331:1299 

Evans, Natallie, frozen embryo case taken to European court (C 


Evans RG, see Morgan SG 331:815 

Evans SJW 

— see Al-Marzouki A 331:267 

— see Rothman KJ 331:1350 

— see Waller PC 331:4 

Evans TG, see Evans DB 331:1133 

Evelina Children’s Hospital, new London hospital (Z Kmietowicz) 


Evidence based case report, Should a patient with primary intracerebral 

haemorrhage receive antiplatelet or anticoagulant 

therapy? (M Wani, et al) 331:439 (C) 

evidence-based medicine see also POEM* 

— anecdote-based medicine (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 


— bioethics (SD Halpern) 331:901 (ED) 

— foundation year programme competencies (S Carney) BMJ 


— on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:298 (R), 331:1345 (R) 

— mental health care reform (PD McGorry) 331:586 (E) 

— participants in research 331:109 (L) 331: (L)10 (L) 

— prescribing (SRJ Maxwell, et al) 331:247 (E), 331:515 (L) 

— systematic reviews, participants in research 331:110 (L) 

— who measures the Holy Dread? (K Barraclough) (Soundings) 


examination: physical. see physical examination 

examinations see also education, medical 

— oral exams (U Coales) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:20 (GP 

edition) 

— war planning (JO Drife) (Soundings) 331:523 (R) 

exercise 

— adolescence, broader impact of walking to school (LM Alexander, 


— how to be a healthy doctor without trying too hard: update (K 

Hebert) BMJ Careers 331:221 

existence, pleasure of. Endpiece (JH Baron) 331:1052 

expenses, interviews (MF Kiani) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 

331:126, interviews 

expert witnesses, roles and responsibilities (M Friston) 331:305 

(E) 

Ezekowitz JA, see McDonald MA 331:873 

F 

fabricated illness see Munchausen syndrome by proxy 

facial transplantation 

— France, surgeons pleased with patient’s progress (B Spurgeon) 


— new option (PEM Butler, et al) 331:1349 (E) 

Faculty of homeopathy primary health care examination, (N 

Williams) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:232 (GP edition), 

s280 

Fahey T, see Santer M 331:497 

Fairall LR, et al, EVect of educational outreach to nurses on 

tuberculosis case detection and primary care of respiratory 

illness: pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial 

331:750 (PC) (correction, 1120) 

Fairlamb, Alan Hutchinson, Obituary (D Fairlamb) 331:1342 

Falagas ME, see Soteriades ES 331:192 

Falck-Ytter YT, see Maier PC 331:134 

falls 

— elderly 

— — secondary prevention (D Oliver, et al) 331:123 (E) 

— — trial in people aged >75 with severe visual impairment: VIP 

trial (AJ Campbell, et al) 331:817 (PC) 

Falollahi B, see Walker HK 331:237 

familial colorectal cancers 

— prevention, colonoscopic surveillance: prospective, follow-up 

study (I Dove-Edwin, et al) 331:1047 (P) 

— risk factors (H-P Knaebel, et al) 331:1033 (E) 

family practice see general practice 

Fanshawe T, see Benson J 331:89 

Farrar, Stephen 


(N) 


Farrell L 

— The Arts in Medical Education (Books) 331:1480 (R) 

— Be alert (Soundings) 331:359 (R) 

— The flagon...with the dragon (Soundings) 331:913 (R) 

— Man’s best friend (Soundings) 331:1347 (R) 

Farrow, Richard, Obituary (G Maskell, et al) 331:848 

Faruqi A, see Newell B BMJ Careers 331:18 

Fatovic-Ferencic S, Comparison of amount of biomedical research 

originating from the European Union and the United 

States. Commentary: Bridging the gaps in biomedical research 


Faulks S, Human Traces (Books) 331:1029 (R) 

Fawkes, Guy, influence on medicine after 400 years (P McCann) 


Feachem, Richard, interview (L Eaton) 331:718 (N), 331:905 (L) 

Feczko J, Risk of gastrointestinal eVects with COX-2 inhibitors 


Feder G 

— see Junghans C 331:940 

— see Thompson TD 331:856 

Fedorin I, see Balabanova Y 331:379 

feedback, Pendleton’s rules. bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 331:574 

Feely J, see Bennett K 331:1451 

fees and charges 

— Africa 

— — child mortality and fees: simulation model (C James, et al) 


— — removing primary care fees: need for careful action (L 

Gilson, et al) 331:762 (ED), 331:904 (L), 331:905 (L) 

Feinholz D, see Schroeder D 331:1351 

Felber J, see Abbott R 331:829 

Feltbower RG, see Hepworth SJ 331:634 

Felton T, see Solomon T 331:501 

female genital mutilation see also circumcision 

— Netherlands, tough measures rejected (T Sheldon) 331:534 

(N) 

femoral fractures, hip spica (POEM*) 331 (9 July 2005) 

Ferguson A, Diploma in the History of Medicine (DHMSA), 


Ferguson E, see McManus IC 331:555 

Fernandes B, see Sevene E 331:765 

Fernell, Mark, Obituary (A Wijnberg) 331:239 

Ferner RE 

— et al, Criminal proceedings will hamper calls for open culture 


— et al, Regulating herbal medicines in the UK 331:62 (E) 

Ferrari C, see Rapezzi C 331:1491 

Ferrier IN, see Paton C 331:529 

Ferriman A 

— BMA condemns competition and payment by results in NHS 


— Exhibition shows positive eVect of antiretrovirals 331:1290 

(N) 

— The little devil that wreaks havoc with the airways 331:178 (N) 

Festa MS, Clinical leadership in hospital care 331:161 (L) 

fetal alcohol syndrome, Message in a Bottle: The Making of Fetal 

Alcohol Syndrome (Golden) (Books) 331:850 (R) 

fetal growth, cognition in twins and: Aberdeen 1950s cohort study 

(GA Ronalds, et al) 331:1306 (P) 

fetal pain, US, criticism of study escalates (N MacReady) 331:532 

(N) 

fetal screening, magnetic resonance imaging for brain and spinal 

abnormalities (PD GriYths, et al) 331:562 (C) 

Fèvre EM, see Picozzi K 331:1238 

Feychting M, see Day N 331:635 

Field, Anthony Brendan, Obituary (C Kelly) 331:458 

Field KH, et al, Cardiac impairment or heart failure? 331:577 (L) 

Field, Susan, Obituary (G Cresswell) 331:1274 

Figueras J, et al, The road to reform 331:170 (E) 

Filipaviciute R, see Jurgelenas A 331:236 

fillers see also POEM* 

— Academic medicine scenarios: final votes 331:672 

— ALIAS (a landing in an alphabet soup) (K Shah) 331:1071 

— Anatomy lessons for the bird brained (A Kumar) 331:1471 

— BMA and BMJ Information Fund 331:712 

— bmjlearning.com 

— — Can I get points for reading this? (K Walsh) 331:1336 

— — The hidden curriculum (K Walsh) 331:1056 

——Ifatfirstyoudon’t succeed...sue (K Walsh) 331:950 

— — The rules (K Walsh) 331:574 

— Case of mouth in foot disease (J Raw) 331:427 

— A case of mouth in foot disease (J Raw, et al) 331:427 

— Centenary of first successful human transplant (M Terplan) 


— Chocolate poisoning (F Finlay) 331:633 

— Crying wolf (A Kumar) 331:484 

— Don’t give up hope (KR Pandey) 331:207 

— Endpiece 

— — Advantage of excess (D Wingerchuk) 331:685 

— — All change (SK Goyal) 331:1402 

— — Common doctors (P Morrell) 331:1298 

——AdiYcult question (S Goyal) 331:349 

— — The dunghills of Glasgow in 1839 (JH Baron) 331:1237 

— — Duties of a physician (RK Choudhary) 331:330 

— — Gluttonous friends (JH Baron) 331:503 

— — The latest caprice in medicine, 1857 (JH Baron) 331:991 

— — The least part of the work (V Dhar) 331:1049 

— — Medical people in Paris (JH Baron) 331:1324 

— — Medicine’s need (T Mehrali) 331:1142 

— — Modern improvements in medicine (JH Baron) 331:22 

— — The most lucrative branch of medicine (JH Baron) 


— — Our greatest skill (I Hughes) 331:47 

——Patients’ library in Leeds 1775 (JH Baron) 331:215 

— — The pleasure of existence (JH Baron) 331:1052 

— — Preservation of the teeth (D Sarll) 331:998 

— — Qualities of a surgeon (SN Anjum, et al) 331:1176 (correction, 

332:87) 

— — Salutary lesson (D Wingerchuk) 331:840 

— — Sanitas sanitatum (JH Baron) 331:939 

— — A scientist’s fiancée wants to tidy his desk in 1861 (JH 

Baron) 331:277 

— — Second opinions (JH Baron) 331:329 

— — Tea drinking and nervous ailments (JH Baron) 331:960 

— — A timeless lesson (R Sohal) 331:624 

— — We are mad (JH Baron) 331:886 

— Europe in transition 331:104 

— Health in Africa 331:683 

— Hide the title (J Durnian) 331:1069 

— The holocaust and medicine—a learning moment (U Weinberg) 


— Invasive procedures (V Thomas) 331:1461 

— Just lucky (H Alexander) 331:42 

— Just say "No" (J Craggs) 331:1514 

— A little understanding (R Matin) 331:97 

— A memorable doctor (D Haldane) 331:434 

— A memorable patient 

— — Dukes’s patient (A Crowther) 331:1128 

— — A late diagnosis (W Mason) 331:386 

— — Once there is hope, there is life (C Ihekweazu) 331:1251 

— — A ship too far (S Mahmud) 331:1182 

— — The "sum" of my fears (AS Kashyap) 331:883 

— — The unwanted diagnosis (S Warren) 331:336 

— — What a stroke (U Ansari) 331:513 

— Misunderstandings (S Nayak) 331:1456 

— My biggest mistake. A lesson from a death (RN Das) 331:1005 

— My favourite surgical instrument (B Muddu) 331:1383 

— One hundred years ago 

— — Bedside books 331:894 

— — Disease and fashion 331:554 

— — The foundation of the British Museum 331:146 

— — The latest panacea 331:39 

— — Medical advice gratis 331:158 

— — A medical secretary for war 331:1015 

— — The medical student of to-day 331:151, 331:1452 

— — Nelson’s personal experiences of surgery 331:1302 

— — Superstitions about pregnancy and parturition 331:1074 

— A patient who changed my practice 

— — A gnashing of teeth (J Stacey) 331:88 

— — Honesty is the best policy (F Mohammed) 331:1406 

— — Speak clearly to the bogey man (ECH Lim) 331:492 

— People who influenced my practice (J Lunn) 331:33 

— Physician, know thyself: algorithm (B Veysman) 331:1529 

— Profiles of local African organisations doing research 331:758 

— Second thoughts (MWH Behan) 331:1552 

— A shocking aVair (J Zorab) 331:1189 

— Sword swallowing uncertainties (B Witcombe) 331:1080 

— Symbolism in imagery and linguistics—perception and misperception 

(DJ Sheridan) 331:1132 

— Teaching the teacher a lesson (B McCormick) 331:677 

— Tellymedicine (JAHR Claassen) 331:1185 

— The 10 commandments of the diabetic foot (N Papanas, et al) 


— Transformational leadership (G Neale) 331:560 

— Unexpected feedback (J Barrett) 331:664 

— An unusual zoonosis (J Menage) 331:1255 

— A very "patient" me (A Kumar) 331:1309 

— War wound (W Mair) 331:630 

— What colour-mari are your stools? (ECH Lim) 331:881 

— What’s in December’s studentBMJ? 331:1243 

— What’s in November’s studentBMJ? 331:934 

— WhenIuseaword 

— — Bottled lightning (J Aronson) 331:824 

— — Incestuous sheets (J Aronson) 331:1378 

— — Rabid responses (J Aronson) 331:383 

— Why shouldn’t children benefit from oral rehydration solutions 

for calves? (B Michell) 331:1267 

financial work, MBA: best way? (A Poole) (Advice zone) BMJ 


Fine P, Stopping routine vaccination for tuberculosis in schools 


Finer N, Rationing joint replacements 331:1472 (L) 

fingers, joint deformity resolved whilst waiting in casualty (MR 

Whitehouse) (Minerva) 331:524 (R) 

Finlay F, Chocolate poisoning 331:633 

Finlay I, see Gray S 331:696 

Finlay IG, see George RJD 331:684 

Finn A, Details of HPV immunisation need not delay decision 


Finnström O, see Källén B 331:382 

Firefox, software solutions (M Al-Ubaydli) BMJ Careers 331:140 

Firth J, Muddling Medical Careers—the foundation year appointment 

process BMJ Careers 331:237 

Fisˇter K, At the frontier of biomedical publication: Chicago 2005: 


Fisher D, see Baird J 331:929 

Fishman JM, see Casarett D 331:1537 

Fishman T, see Aroll B 331:884 

Fisˇter K, et al, Health and health care in transitional Europe 


Fitzmaurice DA, et al, Self management of oral anticoagulation: 

randomised trial 331:1057 (PC) (correction, 1330) 

Fitzpatrick M 

— Selling Sickness (Books) 331:701 (R) 

— Why can’t the Daily Mail eat humble pie over MMR? (The 


Flavin A, see Bolton-Maggs P 331:816 

Fleming D, Influenza pandemics and avian flu 331:1066 (C) 


Fleminger S, et al, Long term outcome after traumatic brain injury 


Fletcher, Denis Edward, Obituary (A Hobbs, et al) 331:52 

Fletcher L, see Richards D 331:143 

flexible training, way forward for medicine? (C Schofield, et al) 


flexible working, retired clinical oncologist (T Pickersgill) (Advice 


Fligelstone LJ, et al, eds, EMQs for Surgery (Books) BMJ Careers 


Flint C, Government did not suppress health inequalities report 


floods see also disasters 

— India, waterborne infections in Mumbai after (G Mudur) 


Floyd K, see Baltussen R 331:1364 

Foëx BA, et al, Cardiac impairment or heart failure? 331:577 (L) 

Fogstad H, see Adam T 331:1107 

folic acid 

— coronary disease and MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism: 

causal role for homocysteine and preventive potential of 

folate? (SJ Lewis, et al) 331:1053 (P) 

— neural tube defects and 

— — UK report recommends fortification of flour (S Mayor) 


— — US study (JH Tanne) 331:594 (N) 

food industry 

— Africa, achieving security (D Cohen) 331:775 (ED) 

— allergenic foods, EU developments in labelling (C Anandan, et 

al) 331:1155 

— obesity, hunger, and agricultural subsidies (LS Elinder) 


food poisoning, from foodborne zoonoses (SJ O’Brien) 331:1217 

(E) 

Fooks AR, see Solomon T 331:501 

foot and mouth disease, psychosocial eVects in rural population 

(M Mort, et al) 331:1234 (P) 

Forbes D, see Ong C-K 331:576 

Forbes RB, et al, Review of publication bias in studies on publication 

bias 331:638 (L) 

forceps, design award (A Barrett) 331:66 (N) 

Ford S, Challenges to implementing NPfIT 331:516 (L) 

Ford T, et al, Parental concerns about their child’s emotions and 

behaviour and referral to specialist services: general population 

survey 331:1435 (P) 

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Foreman DM, Detecting fabricated or induced illness in children 

331:978 (E), 331:1144 (L) 

formalin, histology specimen expansion (R Watkins, et al) (Minerva) 


Forster A, see Green J 331:317 

Forsythe J, see Harrison E 331:460 

Foster CA, Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:841 (L) 

Foster R, see Nancollas C BMJ Careers 331:85 (GP edition) 

Foster, Stuart Richard, Obituary (D Foster) 331:113 

foundation trusts see also trusts 

— Healthcare Commission Report 

— — overview (RQ Lewis) 331:59 (E) 

— — summary (R Coombes) 331:68 (N) 

— NHS Foundation Trusts:Making a DiVerence (L Eaton) 331:864 

(N) 

— not accountable to their communities (M Day) 331:926 (N) 

— regulator calls for less government interference (A Cole) 


foundation year programmes 

— appointment process (J Firth) BMJ Careers 331:237 

— competences 

— — part 1: clinical decision making (E Neville) BMJ Careers 


— — part 2: time management (E Neville) BMJ Careers 331:222 

— — part 3: evidence based medicine (S Carney) BMJ Careers 


— — part 4: information technology (S Oliver) BMJ Careers 


— consultants’ role (E Neville) BMJ Careers 331:239 

— eligibility of Indian doctor (R Rao) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— general practice 

— — new opportunities (J Allen) BMJ Careers 331:145 

— — step forward (S Jukaku) (The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 


— — what would I do after F2 when I finish? (A Hastie) (Advice 


— Get through the Foundation Years:A Handbook for Junior Doctors 

(Banerjee, ed) (Books) BMJ Careers 331:260 

— internet recruitment (R Palmer, et al) BMJ Careers 331:263 

— is Indian PRHO intern eligible for year 2 posts? (A Hastie) 


— newly qualified doctors (R Hays) 331:465 (E), 331:697 (L) 

— overseas student chances (P Kumar) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme (Sanders, et al) 

(Books) BMJ Careers 331:22 

— stand alone SHO posts 

— — opportunities for overseas doctors (S Dosani) (Advice 


— — specialties such as paediatrics (K Mohanna) (Advice zone) 


Fox KAA, see Clayton TC 331:869 

Fox N, et al, Global consumption and the challenge to pharmaceutical 

governance in the United Kingdom 331:40 (ED) 

fractures 

— calcium and vitamin D 331 (POEM*) (30 July 2005) 

— elderly, secondary prevention of falls and osteoporotic fractures 

(D Oliver, et al) 331:123 (E) 

— prevention in primary care and calcium and cholecalciferol 

supplementation 331:108 (L), 331:109 (L) 

— tibolone: LIFT study 331:843 (L) 

Frame K, see Senyimba C 331:778 

France 

— alcoholism, government urged to fight misuse (B Spurgeon) 


— cannabis intoxication and fatal road crashes (B Laumon, et al) 


— career advice for UK GP on working in France (J Sherifi) 


— facial transplantation, surgeons pleased with patient’s 

progress (B Spurgeon) 331:1359 (N) 

— general practice, career advice for SHO (J Sherifi) (Advice 

zone) BMJ Careers 331:216 (GP edition) 

— research, fate of protocols and publication bias (E Decullier, et 

al) 331:19 (P), 331:456 (L) 

Francis A, see Gardosi J 331:1113 

Frank E, Funding the public health response to terrorism 331:526 

(E) 

Frank J 

— Is there any chance for an overseas doctor to get the speciality 

in nuclear medicine in UK? Indeed, is there any SHO post in 

this field there? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:94 

— What does it take to become a specialist registrar in clinical 

radiology? How long will it take to become a specialist registrar 

after working in the senior house oYcer grade? (Advice zone) 


Franklin BD, see Spinewine A 331:935 

Franklin IM, The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention. Wellcome 

Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine. Volume 22 (Books) 


Franks C, see Simpson C 331:887 

Franssen MTM, et al, Selective chromosome analysis in couples 

with two or more miscarriages: case-control study 331:137 

(P) 

Fraser A, see Vidal L 331:263 

Fraser C, see Srivastava R 331:890 

Fraser, Frederick Earle, Obituary (LPJ Wright) 331:969 

Fraser WC, Assumptions are dangerous (Letters) BMJ Careers 


Frayling C, Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Scientist and the Cinema 


Freeman-Wang T, see Sharma B BMJ Careers 331:192 

Freemantle N, How well does the evidence on pioglitazone back 

up researchers’ claims for a reduction in macrovascular 

events? 331:836 (ED) 

Friesen C, see Tubman M 331:274 

Frisse ME, et al, The path to academic medicine: leaving and 

coming back BMJ Careers 331:256 

Friston M, Roles and responsibilities of medical expert witnesses 


Frith P, see Hope T 331:1384 

Froberg K, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

frozen shoulder, (R Dias, et al) 331:1453 (C) 

Fulop N, see Hendy J 331:331 

funduscopy, value in hypertension? (B-JH van den Born, et al) 


Funk J, see Maier PC 331:134 

G8 summit 

— death and taxes (C Douglas) (Soundings) 331:117 (R) 


G 

— increases aid to Africa but moves little on climate change (P 

Wintour) 331:125 (N) 

Gabbay M, see Lavender T 331:490 

Gadd, Robert Lisle, Obituary (I Robertson) 331:1207 

Gadegbeku B, see Laumon B 331:1371 

Gaffan J, Bedside teaching (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:240 

Gaffikin, Peter George Montgomery, Obituary (P Jones, et al) 


Gallo C, GP training in the USA BMJ Careers 331:162 

game theory, for doctors (R Persaud) BMJ Careers 331:35 

Ganeshalingam Y, Essential Facts in Geriatric Medicine (Books) 


Garattini S, see Joppi R 331:895 

Garau M, see Lang T 331:1476 

Gardener D, see Gosden C 331:397 

Gardosi J, et al, Classification of stillbirth by relevant condition at 

death (ReCoDe): population based cohort study 331:1113 

(P), 331:1269 (L), 331:1270 (L) 

Gariballa S, Vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing 

infections in older people 331:304 (E) 

Garrod, James Antony, Obituary (T Garrod) 331:1027 

gastrointestinal cancers, uncompassionate care (G Dunea) 

(Soundings) 331:243 (R) 

gastrointestinal diseases, horses: common ground with humans 

(NPH Hudson, et al) 331:1248 (C) 

gastrointestinal haemorrhage, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors 

and, overview (C Paton) 331:529 (E) 

gastrointestinal outcomes, COX 2 inhibitors v. conventional 

NSAIDs (J Hippisley-Cox, et al) 331:1310 (PC), 331:1473 


Gatherer A, Making prison health care more eYcient 331:576 (L) 

Gatrad AR, et al, Hajj: journey of a lifetime 330:133 (C) (correction, 

331:442) 

Gatt M, see Busby A 331:140 

Gaur M, Fifteen minutes with...Jo Brand (Letters) BMJ Careers 


Gay NJ, see Pitman RJ 331:1242 

Gazzard B, see Jones R 331:1285 

Gebrekristos HT, et al, Patients’ readiness to start highly active 

antiretroviral treatment for HIV 331:772 (ED) 

Gebski V, see Jones M 331:659 

Geisheker JV, see Hill G 331:781 

gene therapy, career advice, prospects in near future? (Advice 


General Medical Council 

— Burke, Leslie, high court rules in favour of GMC (C Dyer) 


— medical mobility and regulatory cooperation (R Marchant) 


— registration, tips for doctors with MB BS (R Rao) (Advice 


— regulation 

— — tighter for some, lighter for others (A Cole) 331:654 (N) 

— — trusts to handle minor complaints against doctors (Z Kmietowicz) 


— steps towards restoration in five years (B Keighley) (Advice 


— unaccountable to members (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 


— voting after Wendy Savage’s retirement (A Barrett) 331:256 

(N) 

general practice see also primary care trusts; primary health care 

— academic, tips (P Aquino) BMJ Careers 331:249 

— alternative medicine, GP network (K Godfrey) 331:924 (N) 

— career advice 

— — for anaesthetist (R Charlton) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— — on gastrointestinal surgery (AR Watson) (Advice zone) 


— — GP applications after SHO work (K Mohanna) (Advice 


— — South African locum doctor (A Hastie) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— cognitive behavioural therapy (S Singh) BMJ Careers 331:99 

(GP edition) 

— competition: The NHS revolution:health care in the market place 

(M Marshall, et al) 331:1196 (ED) 

— consultations (E RadcliVe, et al) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— contract, guide (R Vautrey) BMJ Careers 331:120 (GP edition) 

— Croatia, education (D Lazić) BMJ Careers 331:152 

— Demonstrating Your Competence (Books) BMJ Careers 331:174 

(GP edition) 

— Denmark, training (M Rimmen) BMJ Careers 331:159 

— depression, "help" question and screening specificity (B Arroll, 


— deprivation and volunteering by general practices (D Mackay, 


— education 

— — Certificate for Completion of Training (CCT) (J Edwards, 

et al) BMJ Careers 331:148 

— — future of higher professional (A Hibble) BMJ Careers 


— — MRCGP exam (V Wass) BMJ Careers 331:158 

— — specialty training: winds of change or breath of fresh air? (P 

Lane) BMJ Careers 331:153 

— — what makes a good GP? role of PMETB (D Haslan) BMJ 


— essential books (A Greenham) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor (P Hutt) BMJ 


— foundation year programmes, new opportunities (J Allen) 


— France 

— — career advice for doctor interested in working there (J 

Sherifi) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:272 

— — career advice for SHO (J Sherifi) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— golden age or false dawn? (A Barrett) BMJ Careers 331:98 (GP 

edition) 

— GP trainers 

— — Jane Chalmers, interview (G Easton) (Fifteen minutes 


— — making most of (E RadcliVe) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— — making tomorrow’s GPs (P Jones) BMJ Careers 331:154 

— — special courses (B Irish) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— — tips on becoming one in 2005 (K Upton) BMJ Careers 


— — tips if you have trouble with your trainer (B Irish) BMJ 


— interviews 

— — rules of engagement (J Burscough) BMJ Careers 331:72 

— — selection tips: bigger picture (B Irish) BMJ Careers 331:74 

— Kosovo, development (RN Hedley, et al) 331:201 (PC) 

— lost in time (M Barrie) (The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 


— Modernising Medical Careers (J Allen) BMJ Careers 331:145 

— mortality, inquiry finds no wrong doing (R Dobson) 331:180 

(N) 

— new standard (MK Lakhani) (The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 


— new surgeries, tips (S McCabe) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— out of hours care, training: core or optional addition? (R 

Chapman) BMJ Careers 331:161 

— partnership (D Wrigley) (The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 


— practice managers, recruitment case study (JP Hill) BMJ 


— prisons (M Williamson, et al) BMJ Careers 331:83 (GP edition) 

— quality of clinical care: improvements 1998-2003 (SM Campbell, 


— registrars 

— — life as (K Adams) BMJ Careers 331:163 

— — my year (E Hawkins) BMJ Careers 331:157 

— — notice period and sickness benefits (J Adsett) (Advice zone) 


— — study sources (E RadcliVe) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:48 

— — ten courses (S Baltsezak) BMJ Careers 331:240 (GP edition) 

— Russia, implementation (A Rese, et al) 331:204 (PC) 

— Scotland, GP appraisal recruitment (J Murie) BMJ Careers 


— singlehanded, future 331:353 (L) 

— smoking cessation, salivary test (KD Barnfather, et al) 331:999 

(PC) 

— special interest in obstetrics and gynaecology (P Owen) (Advice 


— special interest service for dermatology 

— — economic evaluation (J Coast, et al) 331:1444 (PC) 

— — outcomes evaluation (C Salisbury, et al) 331:1441 (PC) 

— staYng, BMA Cohort Study of 1995 Graduates: Tenth Report- 

June 2005 (M Brettingham) 331:1163 (N) 

— students, patient satisfaction with student teaching (J Benson, 

et al) 331:89 (LP), 331:406 (L) 

— training, deaneries not using assessment centres? (A Hastie) 

(Advice Zone) BMJ Careers 331:186 

— travel, foundation year 2 post or a medical rotation would be 

better? (F Jewkes) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:144 

— UK activity exceeds expectations (A Cole) 331:536 (N) 

—US 

— — career advice for overseas doctor (J Sherifi) (Advice zone) 


— — GP training (C Gallo) BMJ Careers 331:162 

— vocational training scheme 

— — baby break? (B Irish) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:226 

(GP edition) 

— — exams and training (R Charlton) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— — interview preparation tips (B Irish) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— — interview tips (F Jewkes) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— — training in New Zealand? (M Martin) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— — usefulness of primary care assistant work? (K Mohanna) 

(Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:134 (GP edition) 

General Practice Research Database, UK academics gain free 


general practitioners see also doctors 

— pay, deserve recent rise? (N Timmins) 331:800 (N), 331:965 


generic drugs see also drugs 

— World Trade Organization amendment draws mixed reaction 

(J Zarocostas) 331:1421 (N) 

genetic testing, Germany, plan to test civil servants stirs controversy(ATuVs) 


genetically modified food, Modern Food Biotechnology, Human 

Health and Development (M Brettingham) 331:11 (N) 

genetics, medical see also cloning 

— breast cancers, family history and life assurance cost: UK 

industry practice (A Hunter, et al) 331:1438 (P) 

— colorectal cancers analysis (C Laurent) 331:799 (N) 

— on internet (J Curran) (Internet) BMJ Careers 331:22 

— on internet (P Zack) (Internet) BMJ Careers 331:194 

— Israel, doctors want to stop European patent for test (J Siegel- 

Itzkovitch) 331:8 (N) 

— marriage of first cousins is health problem (O Dyer) 331:1292 


— pre-eclampsia, recurrence across generations (R Skjærven, et 


— research, sharing benefits (D Schroeder, et al) 331:1351 (E) 

— sex symbols ancient and modern (GD Schott) (Sex, drugs, 

and rock and roll) 331:1509 

genitourinary medicine, career advice for Indian doctor (A Mc- 

Millan) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:196 

Gentleman D, see Srivastava R 331:890 

George RJD, et al, Taking the final step: changing the law on 

euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. Legalised euthanasia 

will violate the rights of vulnerable patients 331:684 


George S, see Lattimer V 331:81 

Georges J-J, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

Gerard K, see Lattimer V 331:81 

geriatrics, Essential Facts in Geriatric Medicine (Bracewell, et al, eds) 


Germany 

— clinical trials, doctors press for a national register (A TuVs) 


— doctors strike over poor pay (C Chapman) 331:1356 (N) 

— genetic testing, plan to test civil servants stirs controversy (A 

TuVs) 331:475 (N) 

— Health Care Systems in Transition: Germany (Busse, et al) 


— health problems in East Germany 331:234 (L) 

— kidney transplantation (A TuVs) 331:798 (N) 

— private medical school to reform (A TuVs) 331:254 (N) 

— suicide, Dignitas branch (A TuVs) 331:984 (N) 

— tension headache, acupuncture (D Melchart, et al) 331:376 

(P) 

Gersons BPR, et al, Coping with the aftermath of trauma 331:50 

(L) 

Gerssen-Schoorl KBJ, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

FOR-GER 11

Gertig DM, see Baglietto L 331:807 

GESICA Investigators, Randomised trial of telephone intervention 

in chronic heart failure: DIAL trial 331:425 (P) 

gestational diabetes, treatment improves neonatal outcomes 

(POEM*) 331 (13 August 2005) 

Getz L, et al, Estimating the high risk group for cardiovascular 

disease in the Norwegian HUNT 2 population according to 

the 2003 European guidelines: modelling study 331:551 

(PC) 

Ghana 

— healer shopping: diabetes experiences (A de-G Aikins) 


— malaria, intermittent preventive treatment in infants in high 

seasonal transmission area (D Chandramohan, et al) 331:727 

(P) 

— rural development charity (N Koralage) BMJ Careers 331:21 

Ghosh, Mrinal Kanti, Obituary (T Fernando) 331:1027 

Ghosh P, see Khan SA 331:418 

Ghosh, Sajal Kumar, Obituary (G Behr) 331:1147 

Gibson A, see Asthana S 331:1472 

Gibson L 

— UK government fails to tackle weaknesses in drug industry 


— WHO puts abortifacients on essential drug list 331:68 (N) 

Giele, Henk, High Court overturns GMC’s decision to strike oV 


gifts, from patients to doctors: strings attached? (SA Spence) 

(Professional matters) 331:1517 

Gilbert C, Cardiac impairment or heart failure? 331:577 (L) 

Gilbert E, see Cardis E 331:77 

Gilbey A, see McNicholas J 331:1252 

Giles GG, see Baglietto L 331:807 

Giles JW, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Giles LC, see Crotty M 331:1110 

Gill CJ, et al, Why clinical doctors are natural bayesians: Authors’ 

reply 330:1390 (correction, 331:323) 

Gill ON 

— et al, Data are still needed for HPV immunisation programme 


— see Lowndes CM 331:915 

Gillam L, see Conn J 331:628 

Gillespie, Christopher Martin, Obituary (S McLaren) 331:355 

Gillespie ND, see McMurdo MET 331:1036 

Gillespie T, see Neish B 331:1143 

Gillett G, see Chisholm N 331:94 

Gillies J 

— Double Trouble (Books) 331:520 (R) 

— Paternity (Books) 331:520 (R) 

— Vacant Possession (Books) 331:520 (R) 

Gilmour WH, see Tappin DM 331:373 

Gilson L, et al, Removing user fees for primary care in Africa: the 

need for careful action 331:762 (ED), 331:904 (L), 331:905 

(L) 

Gilston, Alan, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:518 

Girard N, see Tamblyn R 331:1002 

Giuliano M, et al, A theme issue by, for, and about Africa 331:778 

(L) 

Giustini D, How Google is changing medicine 331:1487 (E) 

Gladman JR, Transitional care for elderly people 331:1271 (L) 

Glasgow, dunghills in 1839. Endpiece (JH Baron) 331:1237 

glass, alcohol poured and shape of glass (B Wansink, et al) (Sex, 


Glass G, Nelson’s Surgeon (Books) 331:1150 (R) 

Glass J, et al, Sedative hypnotics in older people with insomnia: 

meta-analysis of risks and benefits 331:1169 (P) 

Glasziou P 

— see Lehman R 331:415 

— see Sharland M 331:328 

glaucoma 

— blindness prevention (DB Henson, et al) 331:120 (E) 

— treatment of open-angle glaucoma: meta-analysis (PC Maier, 


Gledhill R, et al, Anti-embolism stockings after epidural anaesthesia 

causing erythema (Minerva) 331:644 (R) 

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 

— calls for increased AIDS funding (P Mozynski) 331:533 (N) 

— pulls grants to Myanmar and Uganda (L Eaton) 331:475 (N) 

— Richard Feachem interview (L Eaton) 331:718 (N), 331:905 

(L) 

global health see also developing countries; World Health Organization 

— building capacity: finding directions (D Baguley, et al) BMJ 


— campaign launched (R Labonte) 331:252 (N) 

— Making poverty history campaign issues (R MacDonald) 


— new initiatives needed which reach the poor (T Richards) 


— poverty hampered by sex discrimination (O Dyer) 331:861 

(N) 

— tackling political determinants (I Kickbusch) 331:246 (E) 

— World Summit: is it broken and can we fix it? (K Lee) 331:525 

(E) 

global warming see climate change 

globalisation see also developing countries 

— challenge to pharmaceutical governance and consumption in 

UK (N Fox, et al) 331:40 (ED) 

— child mental health and (S Timimi) 331:37 (ED) 

gluttony, gluttonous friends. Endpiece (JH Baron) 331:503 

Glymour MM, et al, Review of publication bias in studies on 

publication bias 331:638 (L) 

Glynn, Ada, Obituary (A Glynn, et al) 331:969 

Gotzsche P, et al, Model of outcomes of screening mammography 


Goble AJ, Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia 


Goddijn M, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

Godfrey K 

— Exhibition aims to encourage people to take part in living 

kidney donation under change in law 331:1042 (N) 

— New GP network will integrate conventional and complementary 

medicine 331:924 (N) 

— Payment by results could destabilise the NHS 331:862 (N) 

Godlee F, see Smith J 331:245 

Goetgeluk S, see Vertraelen H 331:1173 

Goetghebeur E, see Vertraelen H 331:1173 

Gold, Ed, Do it yourself charity (N Koralage) BMJ Careers 331:21 

Gold S, see McGlennan A BMJ Careers 331:83 

Golden J, Message in a Bottle:The Making of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 


Golna C, et al, Health Care Systems in Transition: Cyprus (Books) 


Goodman NW 

— From Shakespeare to Star Trek and beyond: a Medline search 

for literary and other allusions in biomedical titles 331:1540 

— Horizon: Does the MMR jab cause Autism? 331:111 (L) 

Goodman R, see Ford T 331:1435 

Goodson, Paul, Obituary (R Burns) 331:700 

Goodwin N, see Smith J 331:1397 

Goodyear-Smith F, see Aroll B 331:884 

Google, changing medicine (D Giustini) 331:1487 (E) 

Goosen J, see Bowley DM 331:780 

Gopalakrishnan S 

— et al, Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer 331:1202 (L) 

— et al, Mandatory reporting of all sexually active under-13s 


Gosden C, et al, ABC of conflict and disaster. Weapons of mass 

destruction—threats and responses 331:397 (C) 

Gottlieb S, Women with benign breast disease face higher cancer 

risk 331:179 (N) 

Gould M 

— Charity for homeless launches GP service 331:1226 (N) 

— London think tank warns of backlash over deadlines 331:365 

(N) 

Gow AJ, et al, Lifetime intellectual function and satisfaction with 

life in old age: longitudinal cohort study 331:141 (P) 

Goyal S, Endpiece.AdiYcult question 331:349 

Goyal SK, Endpiece. All change 331:1402 

Grams GD, see Martin RE 331:335 

Grand’Maison P, see Tamblyn R 331:1002 

Granger, Richard, interview with (G Watts) 331:310 (N) 

Granne I, see Corfield L 331:1353 

Grant E, see Murray SA 331:904 

Grassi A, see Zauli D 331:352 

Gray C 

— Fair interviewing is harder than it looks BMJ Careers 331:68 

— I studied law and worked in the city before starting medicine. 

I am now almost two years postgraduate, but know that I don’t 

want to practise clinical medicine or work in the NHS. I don’t 

want to leave medicine entirely, but I don’t know where to go 

to find out what my career options are. Can you help? (Advice 


— What is the diVerence between neuropathology and histopathology? 


Gray, Kenneth Edward, Obituary (A Barnes) 331:458 

Gray N, The future of tobacco (Personal view) 331:972 (R) 

Gray R, see Jones M 331:1337 

Gray S, et al, Women doctors and their careers: what now? 


Grayson, Michael John, Obituary (I Stewart) 331:458 

Green J 

— Lovers and Livers (Books) 331:702 (R) 

— et al, EVects of locality based community hospital care on 

independence in older people needing rehabilitation: randomised 

controlled trial 331:317 (P) 

Green S, The medicolegal side of sporting events (Tips on...) BMJ 


Greenberg D, et al, Delays in presentations of cost utility analyses 

conducted alongside clinical trials: registry analysis 

328:1536 (correction, 331:1065) 

Greenberg N, see Rubin GJ 331:606 

Greenfield J, see Box H 331:1007 

Greenhalgh T 

— Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood 331:453 (L) 

— A first class service (Soundings) 331:299 

— Just listening (Soundings) 331:1151 (R) 

— Lanyards (Soundings) 331:1483 (R) 

— Risk management for academics (Soundings) 331:703 (R) 

— et al,EVectiveness and eYciency of search methods in systematic 

reviews of complex evidence: audit of primary sources 

331:1064 (IP) 

Greenham A, Essential books for starting out in general practice 

(Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:159 

greenhouse gases, transitional countries best at reducing (G Laffan) 


Greenwood B, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

Greenwood R, et al, Diabetes and the quality and outcomes 

framework 331:1340 (L) 

Gregory B, Hunger striking prisoners: the doctors’ dilemma 


Greiner B, see Allwright S 331:1117 

Grene, James Dermott, Obituary (C Grene) 331:1411 

GriYoen A, see Sabin CA 331:997 

GriYth CJ, see Taylor SJC 331:485 

GriYth J, see Young JD 331:404 

GriYths, JeV, interview (G Easton) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ 


GriYths M 

— Appraisals (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:244 

— Communicating with colleagues (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— Video games and health 331:122 (E) 

GriYths PD, et al, Science, medicine, and the future. In utero 

magnetic resonance imaging for brain and spinal abnormalities 

in fetuses 331:562 (C) 

Grimm’s law,WhenIuseaword(J Aronson) 331:383 

Grimshaw, Clement, Obituary (L Grimshaw) 331:1274 

Grjibovski AM, et al, From the former Soviet Union 331:236 (L) 

Grønbæk M, see Nielsen NR 331:548 

Grobbee DE 

— LIFT study to continue as planned 331:843 (L) 

— see Ramadhani MK 331:882 

— see Rutten FH 331:1379 

— see Uiterwaal CSPM 331:1024 

Gross T, see Kurien BT 331:1503 

Grove ML 

— Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer 331:1202 (L) 

— Withdrawal of co-proxamol 331:515 (L) 

Gruer L, see Ogilvie D 331:393 

Grundy R, see Seale C 331:401 

Guha-Sapir D, et al, Aid after disasters 331:50 (L) 

Guinea Bissau 

— misoprostol and severe postpartum haemorrhage (L Hoj, et al) 


— vitamin A, childhood morbidity and mortality: diVerent dosage 

study (CS Benn, et al) 331:1428 (P) 

Gukas ID 

— et al, A theme issue by, for, and about Africa 331:779 (L) 

— see Sombie I 331:779 

Gulf war syndrome, UK tribunal: "umbrella term" (O Dyer) 


Gulis G, et al, Transition and public health in the Slovak republic 


Guly C, et al, Challenges of private provision in the NHS 


Gunn J, see Aroll B 331:884 

Gupta R, What are the criteria for being awarded discretionary 

pay awards for staV grades and associate specialists? (Advice 


Guruswamy V, Using mobile phones in hospitals 331:637 (L) 

Gutiérrez-Macías A, et al, Lesson of the week. Fatal allopurinol 

hypersensitivity syndrome after treatment of asymptomatic 

hyperuricaemia 331:623 (C) 

Guyatt GH, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Gwatkin DR, see Moser KA 331:1180 

Gwilym S, et al, Harry Potter casts a spell on accident prone 

children (On the case) 331:1505 

Gyenes G, see McDonald MA 331:873 

Gyte G, see Lavender T 331:490 

H 

H5N1 influenza see avian influenza 

Hach I, see Meusel D 331:234 

haematology, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:1090 (R) 

haemophilia, HIV infection in men in Britain: observational study 

(CA Sabin, et al) 331:997 (P) 

Hagan P, Routine vaccination for tuberculosis ends in the UK 


Hajj, health advice (AR Gatrad, et al) 330:133 (C) (correction, 


Hakama M, see Cardis E 331:77 

Hakin K, see Guly C 331:1338 

Haldane D, A memorable doctor 331:434 

Hale LA, see Campbell AJ 331:817 

Halima Y, see Jones R 331:1285 

Hall GH, Do GPs deserve their pay rise? 331:965 (L) 

Hall W, British drinking: a suitable case for treatment? 331:527 

(E) 

Hallas P, Choosing an interesting paper for a journal club (Tips 


Halpern SD, Towards evidence based bioethics 331:901 (ED) 

Ham C, Does the district general hospital have a future? 331:1331 


Hamer DH, see Zurovac D 331:734 

Hamlet N, see Ogilvie D 331:1545 

Hammes M, see Melchart D 331:376 

handwashing, hazards (E Wilson) (The way I see it...) BMJ 


Handysides J, et al, Stains on the carpet (On the case) 331:1501 

hangovers (alcoholic), prevention or treatment (MH Pittler, et al) 


Hanif F 

— Are student electives equivalent to clinical attachments? 

Which is better on a CV, and which helps more in finding UK 

SHO posts? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:2 

— I am an Egyptian doctor and I have passed the part 1 membership 

exam for the Royal College of Physicians. Can I work 

in England as an SHO? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:134 

— I am a third year resident in general surgery in Thessaloniki, 

Greece. After completing my six year training in general 

surgery I am interested in training in a more specialised field of 

general surgery (for example, breast or colorectal surgery). 

What route should I follow? What sort of position should I 

apply for? What are the requirements? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— What are my chances of getting a job in the United Kingdom 

after obtaining membership of the Royal College of Surgeons? 

What are the chances of getting into higher surgical training? 


Hannaford PC, see Avenell A 331:324 

Hansson KBM, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

happiness, good for you (T Delamothe) 331:1489 (E) 

Haq SF, et al, Dealing with rejection BMJ Careers 331:75 

Hardiman P, see Munjuluri N 331:1070 

Harding JE, see Dalziel SR 331:665 

Harding R, see Senyimba C 331:778 

Hardinge M, see Parker RJ 331:1063 

Hardwicke J, et al, Burns after psoralea corylifolia herbal treatment 

(Minerva) 331:786 

Hargan, Mary Helen "Molly" (née McLaren), Obituary (M 

Cleary) 331:407 

Harris LC, Which career first? 331:846 (L) 

Harris MD, Homoeopathy—where’s the evidence? (Letters) BMJ 


Harris, Walter Graham, Obituary (N G Graham) 331:519 

Harrison E 

— et al, Kidney for Sale by Owner (Books) 331:460 (R) 

— et al, Stakes and Kidneys (Books) 331:460 (R) 

Harrison M, see Reynolds P BMJ Careers 331:73 

Harrison V, see Salisbury C 331:1441 

Harro M, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

Harsum S, et al, Purtscher’s retinopathy after acute pancreatitis 


Hart A, see Lavender T 331:490 

Hart JT, Evidence not ideology 331:964 (L) 

Harvey I, see Gukas ID 331:779 

Harvey J 

— As a newly qualified GP I do not wish to turn immediately to 

partnership. A full time out of hours job is available. What are 

the pros and cons of such a career move? ? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— The patient friendly pay oV BMJ Careers 331:192 (GP edition) 

Hasan SMI, Burning issue is really burning (Letters) BMJ Careers 


Haslam D 

— Include measurement of waist circumference in GP contract 


— What makes a good GP—the role of the PMETB BMJ Careers 


Haslam, Michael, blind eye to complaints (C Dyer) 331:175 (N) 

Hassen E, Developed world is robbing Africa of health staV 


Hastie A 

— I am about to apply for general practice training. Are there any 

deaneries not using assessment centres for recruitment-the 

sheer concept frightens me! (Advice Zone) BMJ Careers 


— I am an international medical graduate and have completed 

my internship (PRHO) in India as per GMC advice before 

PLAB. Am I eligible for foundation year 2 posts? (Advice 


— I am a South African doctor, and I’ve done locums since last 

year and now want to apply for a GP post next year. I’ve done 

house oYcer and SHO posts in South Africa and have full 

GMC registration. How easy will it be for me? (Advice zone) 


— I have just been oVered a placement on a vocational training 

scheme for three years. My first post is in general practice for 

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six months. I have limited registration with the GMC and I am 

wondering if this is permitted. (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


—I’m interested in general practice and will start F2 in August 

2005. What would I do after F2 when I finish? (Advice zone) 


— The JCPTGP has accepted my one year towards GP training. 

I am currently doing locum jobs in medicine. How do I get on 

a vocational training scheme or a job such as SHO in medicine 

or an F2 post? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:114 (GP 

edition) 

— What will be the future for SHOs in new MMC programme 

after August 2007? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:104 (GP 

edition) 

Hatcher S 

—EYcacy of antidepressants in adults. Commentary: Why stop 

at antidepressants? 331:158 (ED) 

— et al, Do get in touch 331:788 (E), 331:966 (L) 

Haw S, see Ogilvie D 331:393 

Hawkins E, My GP registrar year BMJ Careers 331:157 

Haworth C, see McEvoy SP 331:428 

Hay E, see Mitchell C 331:1124 

Hay, William James, Obituary (G Turnbull, et al) 331:239 

Hayanga AJ, Aid after disasters 331:49 (L) 

Hayashi C, see Hogan DR 331:1431 

Hayes SF, Where next with revalidation? 331:352 (L) 

Hayley, William David, Obituary (MD Sanders) 331:969 

Hays R 

— Foundation programme for newly qualified doctors 331:465 


— What the educators are saying 331:561 (L) 

Hayward, Isla (Mrs McGuire née Greenlaw), Obituary (K Greenlaw) 


He X, see Chapman RS 331:1050 

head lice 

— in children, shaving is unnecessary and distressing 331:405 

(L) 


— — overview (M Dawes) 331:362 (E) 

— — Bug Buster kit v. over the counter pediculicides (N Hill, et 


Head P, see Chapman P BMJ Careers 331:112 

headache, tension-type, acupuncture (D Melchart, et al) 331:376 

(P) 

healers, shopping: Ghanaian diabetes experiences (A de-G 

Aikins) 331:737 (P) 

health 

— democracy and: eastern Europe 

— — nuclear weapons are another post-communist health hazard 


— — post-communist transition 331:235 (L) 

— triumph of our art? Endpiece (T Smyth) 331:612 

health care rationing 

— joint replacements, fears of further cuts (R Coombes, et al) 

331:1290 (N), 331:1472 (L), 331:1473 (L) 

— trastuzumab, government attacked for interference (C Laurent) 


health funding 

— Africa, putting together the "back oYce" (L Dare, et al) 


— spending in England rises faster than rest of UK (B Christie) 


health informatics see also computers 

— ABC of health informatics 

— — Communication and navigation around the healthcare system 

(JC Wyatt, et al) 331:1325 (C) 

— — eHealth and the future: promise or peril? (JC Wyatt, et al) 


— — How computers can help to share understanding with 

patients (F Sullivan, et al) 331:892 (C) 

— — How computers help make eYcient use of consultations (F 


— — How decision support tools help define clinical problems 

(F Sullivan., et al) 331:831 (C) 

— — How informatics tools help deal with patients’ problems (F 


— — Improving services with informatics tools (F Sullivan, et al) 

331:1190 (C) (correction, 332:151) 

— — Is a consultation needed? (F Sullivan, et al) 331:625 (C) 

— — Keeping up: learning in the workplace (JC Wyatt, et al) 


— — Referral or follow-up? (F Sullivan, et al) 331:1072 (C) 

— — What is health information? (JC Wyatt, et al) 331:566 (C) 

— — Why is this patient here today? (F Sullivan, et al) 331:678 

(C) 

— devolution: eVect of diverging policy across NHS (A Alvarez- 

Rosete, et al) 331:946 (IP), 331:1081 (L) 

Health Protection Agency, Health Protection in the 21st Century (K 

Morales) 331:1044 (N) 

health services for the elderly see also elderly 

— transitional care facility for elderly people in hospital awaiting 

long term care bed (M Crotty, et al) 331:1110 (P), 331:1271 

(L) 

health staYng 

— Africa 

— — developed world is robbing health staV 331:48 (L), 331:49 

(L) 

— — medical brain drain 331:780 (L), 331:905 (L) 

— — medical brain drain (J Johnson) 331:2 (E), 331:905 (L) 

— developing countries, medical migration management (OB 

Ahmad) 331:43 (ED) 

health visitors, Robin Hood solution (D TriYt) (The way I see 

it...) BMJ Careers 331:201 (GP edition) 

Healthcare Commission 

— Healthcare Commission’s Report on the Review of NHS Foundation 

Trusts 

— — overview (RQ Lewis) 331:59 (E) 

— — summary (R Coombes) 331:68 (N) 

Heard S, see Eccles S BMJ Careers 331:92 

hearing, Hearwear: The Future of Hearing (C Martin) (Art) 


heart attacks 

— antibiotics, failure (D Taylor-Robinson, et al) 331:361 (E) 

— research fraud, Ram Singh heart attack study (C White) 



heart failure 

— cardiac impairment or heart failure? (R Lehman, et al) 


— elderly, recognition in patients with stable chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease in primary care (FH Rutten, et al) 


— symptoms: European public unaware (D Spurgeon) 331:535 

(N) 

— telephone intervention in chronic heart failure: DIAL trial 

(GESICA Investigators) 331:425 (P) 

Heath I 

— Beyond Depression (Books) 331:357 (R) 

— The NHS revolution: health care in the market place. Medical 

generalists: connecting the map and the territory 331:1462 

(ED) 

Hebert K 

— How to be a healthy doctor without trying to hard—update 


— The new president of the Medical Women’s Federation (Fifteen 


— Student health doctors—shouting but not heard BMJ Careers 


Hedley RN, et al, Development of family medicine in Kosovo 


Hellard ME, see Lim E BMJ Careers 331:104 

Heller RF, see Buchan IE 331:453 

Hemingway H, see Junghans C 331:940 

Hemmingsson E, et al, Prognosis in obesity 331:452 (L) 

Henderson K, see Matheson NJ 331:697 

Henderson, Walter, Obituary (H Heggarty) 331:407 

Hendy J, et al, Challenges to implementing the national programme 

for information technology (NPfIT): a qualitative 

study 331:331 (IP), 331:516 (L) 

Heneghan C 

— see Thompson MJ BMJ Careers 331:67 

— see Thompson MJ BMJ Careers 331:70 

Henson DB, et al, Preventing blindness from glaucoma 331:120 

(E) 

hepatitis A vaccines, US, for young children (F Charatan) 


hepatitis C, severe liver disease will increase unless injecting drug 

users are tested and treated (A O’Dowd) 331:1422 (N) 

hepatology, career advice (AR Watson) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Hepworth SJ, et al, Childhood cancer and power lines 331:634 (L) 

herbal medicine see also alternative medicine 

— regulation in UK (RE Ferner, et al) 331:62 (E) 

Herbert RD, et al, Analysis of quality of interventions in systematic 

reviews 331:507 (ED) 

Herceptin see trastuzumab 

heroin see also drug abuse; methadone 

— buprenorphine: safer than methadone? (J Luty, et al) 331:1352 

(E) 

herpes zoster 

— ophthalmic, management in primary care (W Opstelten, et al) 


— vaccines, safe and eVective for older adults (POEM*) 331 (17 


Herrmann N, see Glass J 331:1169 

Hesketh T, et al, Mother to child transmission of HIV in China 


Hetlevik I, see Getz L 331:551 

Hettiaratchy S, see Butler PEM 331:1349 

Hewitt RJD, et al, Blood reaction secondary to penicillin reaction 

(Minerva) 331:244 

Hewson CJ, et al, Human and animal health: strengthening the 


Heymann TD, Which career first? 331:846 (L) 

Hibble A 

— The future of higher professional education for general practice 


— see Benson J 331:89 

Hickman, Roger Charles, Obituary (A Hickman, et al) 331:1411 

Higgins JPT, see Caldwell DM 331:897 

high voltage power lines, leukaemia in children, distance study in 

England and Wales 331:634 (L), 331:635 (L), 331:636 (L) 

highly active antiretroviral therapy see also acquired immunodeficiency 

syndrome; antiretrovirals 

— Africa, patients’ readiness (HT Gebrekristos, et al) 331:772 

(ED) 

— HIV infection prevention (R Jones, et al) 331:1285 (E) 

Higson N, Future of singlehanded general practices 331:353 (L) 

Hildon Z, see Netuveli G 331:1382 

Hill AVS, see Lang T 331:1476 

Hill C, see Cardis E 331:77 

Hill G, et al, Issues arising from lobby of UN to outlaw circumcision 


Hill JP, We needed a new practice manager BMJ Careers 331:227 

(GP edition) 

Hill N, et al, Single blind, randomised, comparative study of the 

Bug Buster kit and over the counter pediculicide treatments 

against head lice in the United Kingdom 331:384 (PC) 

Hillier VF, see Lovel HJ 331:1439 

Hillis GS, et al, Basic transthoracic echocardiography 330:1432 

(P) (correction, 331:613) 

Hillman, Samuel, Obituary (J Hillman) 331:1086 

Hilton C, Taking a sabbatical from a consultant job (Tips on...) 


hip fractures, elderly, eVect of comorbidities and postoperative 

complications on mortality (JJW Roche, et al) 331:1374 (P) 

Hippisley-Cox J 

— et al, Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart 


— et al, Risk of adverse gastrointestinal outcomes in patients 

taking cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors or conventional nonsteroidal 

anti-inflammatory drugs: population based nested 

case-control analysis 331:1310 (PC), 331:1473 (L), 331:1474 

(L) 

Hislop TG, see Martin RE 331:335 

histopathology 

—diVerence from neuropathology? (C Gray) (Advice zone) 


— submitting specimens (B Newell, et al) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


history of medicine 

— William Beatty, box of instruments (MKH Crumplin, et al) 

(Medical history) 331:1531 

— cardiology (D Lomas) (Medical history) 331:1533 

— diploma (A Ferguson) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:209 

— influenza outbreak 1918 (IH Wilson) (Medical history) 


— Islam, basis for European medicine (A Majeed) 331:1486 (E) 

— wealth of distinguished doctors: retrospective survey (IC Mc- 

Manus) (Professional matters) 331:1520 

HIV infections see also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 

— epidemiology, 40m worldwide (J Zarocostas) 331:1224 (N) 

— haemophilic men in Britain: observational study (CA Sabin, et 


— prevention (R Jones, et al) 331:1285 (E) 

— primary drug UK time trends (UK Group on Transmitted 

HIV Drug Resistance) 331:1368 (P) 

— transmission, political transition and risk (T Rhodes, et al) 


Hlatywayo LT, see Annan H BMJ Careers 331:125 

Hlavaèka S, et al, Health Care Systems in Transition: Slovakia 


Ho, John HC, Obituary (J Parry) 331:578 

Hoj L, et al,EVect of sublingual misoprostol on severe postpartum 

haemorrhage in a primary health centre in Guinea-Bissau: 

randomised double blind clinical trial 331:723 (P) 

Hoagland’s sign, in girl (R Matharu, et al) (Minerva) 331:584 (R) 

Hobbs FDR 

— see Fitzmaurice DA 331:1057 

— see McManus RJ 331:493 

Hochstenbach R, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

Hodgkin’s disease, ichthyosis as important marker (V Madan) 


Hodgson A, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

Hoedt, Vincent, interview with (T Sheldon) 331:70 (N) 

Hoekstra JBL, see van den Born B-JH 331:73 

Hoekstra RM, see Crump JA 331:478 

Hoes AW, see Rutten FH 331:1379 

Hogan DR, et al, Achieving the millennium development goals for 

health. Cost eVectiveness analysis of strategies to combat 

HIV/AIDS in developing countries 331:1431 (P) 

Holder R, see Fitzmaurice DA 331:1057 

Hollingworth GR, see Bal SK 331:438 

Holmen J, see Getz L 331:551 

Holt G, et al, Lesson of the week. Acute crystal arthritis mimicking 

infection after total knee arthroplasty 331:1322 (C) 

homelessness 

— Glasgow, safe play in unsafe places (K Milligan, et al) BMJ 


— GP service launched (M Gould) 331:1226 (N) 

homocysteine, coronary disease and MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism: 

does totality of evidence support causal role for 

homocysteine and preventive potential of folate? (SJ Lewis, 


homoeopathy see also alternative medicine 

— Faculty of homeopathy primary health care examination (N 

Williams) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:232 (GP edition), 

s280 

— Passionate Medicine: Making the transition from Conventional 

Medicine to Homeopathy (Shohet) (Books) 331:1276 (R) 

homosexuality, India (B Ravichandran) (Personal view) 331:57 (R) 

hope, greatest skill. Endpiece (I Hughes) 331:47 

Hope T, et al, Developing guidelines for medical students about 

the examination of patients under 18 years old 331:1384 

(LP) 

Hoppe A, see Melchart D 331:376 

Hopper JL, see Baglietto L 331:807 

hormone replacement therapy, breast cancer and: risk estimation 

(NJ Coombs, et al) 331:347 (ED) 

Horrocks S 

— see Coast J 331:1444 


horses, comparative gastroenterology: common ground and collaborative 

potential (NPH Hudson, et al) 331:1248 (C) 

hospital acquired infections see cross infection 

hospitals 

— clinical leadership in provision of care 331:161 (L), 331:162 

(L) 

— community, independence in elderly needing rehabilitation 

and (J Green, et al) 331:317 (P) 

—diYculties on running over Christmas (Solutions.doc) BMJ 


— district general, does it have a future? (C Ham, et al) 331:1331 


— rise and demise: reappraisal of nursing (N Black) 331:1394 

(ED) 

— rural general, career advice (A Sim) BMJ Careers 331:135 

— Venice Biennale (C Martin) (Art) 331:54 (R) 

hospitals at night 

— revisited (A-R Jenabzadeh) BMJ Careers 331:172 

— tips (A Snelling) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:172 

Hossain M, MSc in orthopaedic engineering (Diplomatosis) BMJ 


Houghton A 

— Know Yourself: The Individual’s Guide to Career Development in 

Health Care (Books) BMJ Careers 331:234 

— Passionate Medicine (Books) 331:1276 (R) 

— Personal support 3: How to help someone achieve balance in 

their working and personal lives BMJ Careers 331:7 

— Personal support 4: Helping each other deal with tricky relationships 


— Personal support 5: Stress and time management for people 

with multiple responsibilities BMJ Careers 331:30 

— Personal support 6: For leaders and medical managers BMJ 


Hoult J, see Johnson S 331:599 

Hourigan CS, Are medical schools fit for graduates? 331:1084 (L) 

house oYcers see also doctors 

— applications for jobs outside of training trust (S Eccles) (Advice 


— conducting your own ward round (A Aslam) (Tips on...) BMJ 


— new doctor diary (S Rushworth) BMJ Careers 331:100 

Houssami N, see Barratt A 331:351 

Howard DPJ, see Gwilym S 331:1505 

Howard K, see Barratt A 331:351 

Howe G, see Cardis E 331:77 

Howell S 

— I am an overseas medical graduate from India and have 

recently passed both parts of the professional and Linguistic 

Assessment Board (PLAB) test. I would like to join a UK GP 

vocational training scheme...Any advice on how to improve 

my chances? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:114 (GP edition) 

— I am a consultant psychiatrist working in the United Kingdom. 

For a number of reasons I now have plans to be a general 

practitioner. Can I change my career now? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— I am planning to take a year out after foundation year 2 to do 

some relay work with Christian Medical Fellowship as well as 

part time medical work. The plan is to start GP training the 

year after. Would it be advisable to complete the GP training 

before I take another year out, or is it possible to get the 

overseas placement accepted as part of my GP training? (Advice 


HAT-HOW 13

— see RadcliVe EBMJ Careers 331:41, s48, s138 (GP edition) 

Howells C, see Williamson M BMJ Careers 331:83 (GP edition) 

Howes J, see Palmer R BMJ Careers 331:263 

Hoyle A 

— A basic guide to patient safety (2): Risk analysis BMJ Careers 


— A basic guide to patient safety BMJ Careers 331:55 

Hoyle L, see Ong Y-L BMJ Careers 331:189 

Hozo I, see Kumar A 331:1295 

Hsu J, see Scott JT 331:1313 

Hsu M-H, et al, Health in Africa 331:904 (L) 

Hu K, et al, Seen from the other side: visual experiences during 

cataract surgery under topical anaesthesia (Sex, drugs, and 

rock and roll) 331:1511 

Hudson NPH, et al, Horses for courses. Comparative gastroenterology: 

common ground and collaborative potential 


Hugh, Steve, Obituary (A Inglis) 331:1478 

Hughes G, see Sharland M 331:328 

Hughes I, Endpiece. Our greatest skill 331:47 

Hughes J, Commissioning perhaps shouldn’t follow the American 

way 331:1473 (L) 

Hughes, Muriel Mallalieu, Obituary (H Mair) 331:52 

Hulsman CAA, see van den Born B-JH 331:73 

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority see also in vitro 

fertilisation 

— single embryo transfer (O Dyer) 331:308 (N) 

— Tomorrow’s Children (L Eaton) 331:1042 (N) 

human papillomavirus vaccination, cervical cancers and (CM 

Lowndes, et al) 331:915 (E) (correction, 1120), 331:1081 


human rights see also ethics, medical 

— health: global campaign (S Arie) 331:1421 (N) 

humanitarian aid see also disasters 

— Africa 

— — agencies scale up relief (C Odigwe) 331:422 (N) (correction, 

622) 

— — appeal for help against famine (C Odigwe) 331:255 (N) 

— after disasters, mental health 331:49 (L), 331:50 (L) 

— databases: sharing evidence (EJ Mills) 331:1485 (E) 

— displaced populations and long term aid: ABC of conflict and 

disaster (M Kett) 331:98 (C) 

— psychological aspects: ABC of conflict and disaster (I Palmer) 


— Sudan, violence is endangering aid workers (P Moszynski) 


— World Bank: often helps richer people (J Zarocostas) 331:1425 

(N) 

Hummelsberger J, see Melchart D 331:376 

Humphries SE, see Hunter A 331:1438 

Hungary, healthcare reform, challenges and opportunities (M 

Szócska, et al) 331:231 (ED) 

hunger strikes, prisoners: doctors’ dilemma (B Gregory) (Personal 


Hunt N, et al, The psychological impact of alopecia 331:951 (C), 


Hunter A, et al, Family history of breast cancer and cost of life 

assurance: a test case comparison of current UK industry 

practice 331:1438 (P) 

Hunter C 

— Diploma in aviation medicine (DAvMed) (Diplomatosis) 


— see McKinstry BH 331:696 

Hurricane Katrina see also disasters 

— government declares emergency (F Charatan) 331:531 (N) 

— health care in eye of storm (HO Ventura) (Personal view) 


— legacy (D Atkins, et al) 331:916 (E) 

Hurwood, David Sells, Obituary (RS Hurwood) 331:519 

Husaini, Murtaza 

— faces GMC over failure in Shipman patient (O Dyer) 331:865 

(N) 

— guilty of misconduct for misleading Shipman inquiry (O 

Dyer) 331:865 (N), 331:1042 (N) 

Hussain S, see Fitzmaurice DA 331:1057 

Hussain W 

— et al, Dithranol-stained nail ridges after psoriasis treatment 


— et al, Phototoxic rash caused by demeclocycline (Minerva) 


Hutchings A, see Hendy J 331:331 

Hutchison G, see Beecroft C BMJ Careers 331:87 

Hutt P 

— Demonstrating Your Competence (Books) BMJ Careers 331:174 

(GP edition) 

— Doctor GruValo (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:42 

— GPs—fortunate or unfortunate? BMJ Careers 331:121 (GP 

edition) 

Hutubessy R, see Edejer TT-T 331:1177 

Hvidman L, see Hoj L 331:723 

hyperamylasaemia, not usual suspects (R Srivastava, et al)(Lesson 

of the week) 331:890 (C) 

hypercalcaemia, in cancer (S Conroy, et al) (Lesson of the week) 


hypersensitivity, allopurinol, after treatment of asymptomatic hyperuricaemia 

(A Gutiérrez-Macías, et al)(Lesson of the week) 


hypertension 

— ASCOT: tale of two treatment regimens (C McDougall, et al) 


— drug therapy, newer therapy reduces cardiovascular events (S 



— routine funduscopy: value? (B-JH van den Born, et al) 331:73 

(P) 

— self monitoring (JC Bakx, et al) 331:466 (E) 

hyperuricaemia, fatal allopurinol hypersensitivity after treatment 

of asymptomatic hyperuricaemia (A Gutiérrez-Macías, et al) 

(Lesson of the week) 331:623 (C) 

hypochondriasis, The Hypochondriac (A Abbara) (Theatre) 


hysterectomy, methods: systematic review and meta-analysis 


I 

Ig Nobel awards, Mr Buckley’s exploding trousers and other 

scientific observations (J Lenzer) 331:865 (N) 

Ihekweazu C, A memorable patient. Once there is hope, there is life 


Ilakovac V, see Burazeri G 331:195 

immigrants see also refugees 

— medical needs (SA Khan, et al) 331:418 (E) 

impact factors see also journals 

— Chicago 2005 (K Fisˇter) 331:838 (ED) 

in vitro fertilisation see also Human Fertilisation and Embryology 

Authority 

— agency is to investigate single embryo transfer (O Dyer) 


— Double Trouble: A Story of Assisted Reproduction (McHaYe) 


— Natallie Evans, frozen embryo case taken to European court 


— fertility clinics no longer need to consult patients’ GPs (L 

Eaton) 331:1042 (N) 

— Paternity: A Story of Assisted Conception (McHaYe) (Books) 


— preterm twins after subfertility treatment (H Verstraelen, et al) 


— Sweden, multiple birth trends (B Källén, et al) 331:382 (P) 

— UK government responds to call for change in reproduction 

technology (R Dobson) 331:421 (N) 

incest 

— Biblical origins of shifting blame on to female family members 

(I Kutz, et al) (Sex, drugs, and rock and roll) 331:1507 

— etymology. WhenIuseaword(J Aronson) 331:1378 

Inchley J, see Alexander LM 331:1061 

incontinence, management is inadequate (S Mayor) 331:1226 

(N) 

independent centres, threaten juniors’ training (Z Kmietowicz) 


Independent Police Complaints Commission, Deaths During or 

Following Police Contact (M Brettingham) 331:1226 (N) 

India 

— homosexuality (B Ravichandran) (Personal view) 331:57 (R) 

— Japanese encephalitis outbreak (G Mudur) 331:1288 (N) 

— Mumbai, leptospirosis and waterborne infections after floods 

(G Mudur) 331:307 (N) 

— private health sector (A Sengupta, et al) 331:1157 (E), 


— rabies 

— — after holiday (T Solomon, et al)(Lesson of the week) 331:501 

(C) 

— — risk (G Mudur) 331:255 (N) 

— research, plans to audit clinical trials (G Mudur) 331:1044 


Indonesia, avian influenza, four human cases confirmed (J Parry) 


induced illness see Munchausen syndrome by proxy 

inequalities in health 

— Christmas Yet to Come and 331:1409 (L) 

— Croatia, users’ perspectives (M Mastilica, et al) 331:223 (ED) 

— Equitable Choices for Health (S Mayor) 331:1162 (N) 

— Europe, in enlarged EU (I Koupil) 331:855 (E) (correction, 

1062) 

— maternal health, bridging equity gap (ZA Bhutta) 331:585 


— new initiatives needed which reach the poor (T Richards) 


— smoking, total ban is best way to narrow gap (A O’Dowd) 


— Tackling Health Inequalities (O Dyer) 331:419 (N), 331:575 (L) 

—UK 

— — health on minimum wage (C Deeming) 331:857 (E) 

— — pushes EU to tackle health gap (S Arie) 331:923 (N) 

— US, legacy of hurricane Katrina (D Atkins, et al) 331:916 (E) 

infant development, growth charts 331:406 (L) 

infant growth, later obesity and: systematic review (J Baird, et al) 


infant mortality see also mortality 

— Africa, removing user fees: simulation model (C James, et al) 


— Human Development Report 2003 (O Dyer) 331:593 (N) 

— millennium development goals and inequalities between poorest 

and least poor? (KA Moser, et al) 331:1180 (P) 

— US, higher in hospitals with higher proportion of black babies 


infant, newborn, low birth weight, link to risk of chronic illness (S 


infanticide, India, Matrubhoomi (S Bagchi) 331:56 (R) 

infectious diseases see communicable diseases 

influenza 

— 1918 outbreak (IH Wilson) (Medical history) 331:1536 

— catastrophic flu pandemic in UK? (L Eaton) 331:1041 (N) 

— pandemics and avian flu (D Fleming) 331:1066 (C) (correction, 

1182) 

— US, mortality: more PR than science? (P Doshi) (The Press) 


influenza vaccine 

— Canada, Roche stops distribution of oseltamivir (D Spurgeon) 


— oseltamivir, experts question wisdom of stockpiling (A Cole) 


— UK shortage: who is at fault? (J Watkins) (Personal view) 


information overload, (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 331:218 

information technology see also computers 

— foundation year programme competencies (S Oliver) BMJ 


— Google, changing medicine (D Giustini) 331:1487 (E) 

— NHS national programme 

— — implementation challenges: qualitative study (J Hendy, et 

al) 331:331 (IP), 331:516 (L) 

— — Richard Granger interview (G Watts) 331:310 (N) 

informed consent see also ethics, medical 

— anomalies, registration survey: Europe (A Busby, et al) 


— assessment of capacity (M Cooney) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— Austria, woman sues over sterilisation (M Leidig) 331:1162 

(N) 

— bias from requiring explicit consent from all participants in 

observational research (R Al-Shahi, et al) 331:942 (PC) 

— children: guidelines for examination by medical students (T 

Hope, et al) 331:1384 (LP) 


— mammography: information to support informed choices 


— Mental Capacity Act 2005 

— — assessment (M Cooney) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:232 

— — treating non-competent patients (L Corfield, et al) 


— Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials: From Medical War 

Crimes to Informed Consent (Weindling) (Books) 331:408 (R) 

— simplified form of consent (J Davies) 331:925 (N), 331:1082 

(L) 

— what information do patients want? (D Rowbotham) (D Rowbotham) 


inhalers, ABC of asthma (J Rees) 331:504 (C) 

Inman, Bill, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:1477 

inpatients, elderly, appropriateness of use of medicines (A Spinewise, 


insomnia, elderly, sedative hypnotics: meta-analysis of risks and 

benefits (J Glass, et al) 331:1169 (P) 

Institute for Public Policy Research, Equitable Choices for Health (S 


insulin resistance see also diabetes 

— socioeconomic factors in children: Denmark, Estonia and 

Portugal (DA Lawlor, et al) 331:183 (P) 

insurance, health, UK will launch European insurance card (R 


integrated treatment, psychoses, comparison with standard treatment 

(L Petersen, et al) 331:602 (P) (correction, 1065) 

intellectual function see cognition 

intelligence, in twins: Aberdeen 1950s cohort study (GA Ronalds, 


intelligence tests, medical student selection, and A levels (IC 

McManus, et al) 331:555 (LP) 

Intelligent Career Card Sort, career exploration tool (C Binding, 

et al) BMJ Careers 331:197 

intensive care, Scotland, high dependency beds (B Christie) 


intermediate care 

— community hospitals, independence in older people needing 

rehabilitation and (J Green, et al) 331:317 (P) 

— how to reduce hospital admissions (S Auty) BMJ Careers 


International Campaign to Revitalise Academic Medicine 

— five futures: ICRAM scenarios (J Clark, et al) 331:101 (ED), 


— see Clark J 331:101 

International Committee of the Red Cross, new symbol (J Siegel- 

Itzkovich) 331:654 (N) 

internet 

— cybermedics: review of sites (R Pal) (Books) BMJ Careers 

331:234 (correction, s236), s280 

— Firefox, software solutions (M Al-Ubaydli) BMJ Careers 



— recruitment to foundation year 1 programmes (R Palmer, et 

al) BMJ Careers 331:263 

interviews 

— alternatives: presentations, group exercises (A Poole) BMJ 


— asking questions at end 

— — academic post (MJ Thompson, et al) (Tips on...) BMJ 


— — clinical post (MJ Thompson, et al)(Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— claim forms (MF Kiani) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:126 

— consultants, diVerent (P Reynolds) BMJ Careers 331:73 

— disabled doctors (R Chambers) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 

331:69, 331:122 (L) 

— dressing the part (S Burnett) BMJ Careers 331:67 

— dull, predictable, and non-discriminatory questions (Solutions.doc) 


— fair interviewing is harder than it looks (C Gray) BMJ Careers 



— — rules of engagement (J Burscough) BMJ Careers 331:72 

— — selection tips: bigger picture (B Irish) BMJ Careers 331:74 

— Handling Tough Job Interviews (Amos) (Books) BMJ Careers 


— how to be interviewed (J King) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:71 

— on internet (P Cross) (What’s on the web?) BMJ Careers 


— junior doctors, time to change? (M Walzman, et al) BMJ 


— question: why do you want to work in this hospital? (S Mahboob) 


— research fellow interviews (K Patel, et al) BMJ Careers 331:70 

— what not to do (A Poole) BMJ Careers 331:65 

intracerebral haemorrhage, antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy? 

(M Wani, et al) (Evidence based case report) 331:439 (C) 

ionising radiation, cancer risk and: retrospective cohort study (E 

Cardis, et al) 331:77 (P) 

Iraq 

— doctor tells of crimes (R Labonte) 331:252 (N) 

—war 

— — civilian deaths (O Dyer) 331:176 (N) 

— — Muslim chaplain speaks out over Guantanamo hunger 

strike (JH Tanne) 331:866 (N) 

Iredale RT, Citizen jury should consider aspirin prophylaxis 


Ireland, tobacco, legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health 

of bar workers (S Allwright, et al) 331:1117 (P) (correction, 

332:151) 

Irfan S, see Anwar M 331:1476 

Irgens LM, see Skjærven R 331:877 

Irish B 

— General practice—the bigger picture BMJ Careers 331:74 

— I am applying for a GP vocational training scheme. It is my 

understanding that most schemes take three years to complete. 

Is it possible to take a break in the three years to have a 

baby? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:226 (GP edition) 

— I have been shortlisted for a GP vocational training scheme 

post and would like some advice on preparation for the interview 


— I want to become a GP trainer after I’ve completed my GP 

training. Do I need to do any special courses or degrees? 

(Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:262 (GP edition) 

— The Osteopath’s Guide to Keeping Out of Trouble (Books) BMJ 


— Trouble with your trainer? BMJ Careers 331:156 


Irnich D, see Melchart D 331:376 

Ironside, Mary ("Molly") Jack (née Gove), Obituary (AT Edwards, 

et al) 331:1147 

irritable bowel syndrome, cognitive behaviour therapy in addition 

to antispasmodic treatment in primary care (T Kennedy, et 


Irwig L, see Barratt A 331:351 

Irwin, Michael, disciplined for willingness to help friend commit 

suicide (C Dyer) 331:717 (N) 

ischaemic heart disease, combinations of drugs and all cause 

mortality 331:159 (L), 331:160 (L) 

Islam, basis for European medicine (A Majeed) 331:1486 (E) 

Israel 

—army’s shoot to kill policy 331:699 (L) 

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— euthanasia, timer device to facilitate passive euthanasia (J 

Siegel-Itzkovich) 331:1357 (N) 

— genetics, doctors want to stop European test patent (J Siegel- 

Itzkovitch) 331:8 (N) 

IssroV J, The Trauma of Terrorism (Books) 331:641 (R) 

Italy 

— memory for famous people: Berlusconi (F Turone) 331:863 

(N) 

— smoking ban, 8% drop in consumption (R Dobson) 331:1159 

(N) 

J 

Jacka MJ, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Jackson T 

— 30 Days: Minimum Wage (TV) 331:1029 (R) 

— The emergence of ringing vertigo (On the case) 331:1502 

— Is it time to ban dogs as household pets? (Personal view) 


— The Story of God BBC1 (TV) 331:1480 (R) 

Jacobs RJ, see Campbell AJ 331:817 

Jacoby MG, The Swine Flu AVair (Books) 331:1276 (R) 

Jaffar S, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

Jain A, Treating obesity in individuals and populations 331:1387 

(C) 

Jakaba, Zsuzsanna, interview: combating free movement of microorganisms 

(R Watson) 331:986 (N) 

Jakobsen C-J, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

JAMA, scrutiny for industry funded trials (KJ Rothman, et al) 


Jamal K, Give us a straw to hang on (Letters) BMJ Careers 


James C, et al, Impact on child mortality of removing user fees: 

simulation model 331:747 (P), 331:904 (L) 

James D, see McManus IC 331:555 

James WS, Students need education fit for professional and public 

life 331:966 (L), 331:1084 (L) 

Jamieson LA, see Srivastava R 331:890 

Janković S,see Burazeri G 331:195 

Jankowski J, et al, 10-minute consultation. Cancer prevention 


Jannin JG, Sleeping sickness in Uganda: a thin line between two 

fatal diseases. Commentary: Sleeping sickness—a growing 

problem? 331:1242 (P) 

Japan, healthcare system: insurance (H Nomura, et al) 331:648 

(E) 

Japanese encephalitis, India, outbreak kills 1300 children (G 

Mudur) 331:1288 (N) 

Jarman B, see Aylin P 331:803 

Jarrett DRJ, Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians 331:967 

(L) 

Jayabalan P, Doctor No job BMJ Careers 331:180 

Jayakkar, Chinnamma, Obituary (A Jayakkar, et al) 331:1274 

Jayasinghe S, Health in Africa 331:905 (L) 

Jefferson P, see Ball DR 331:405 

Jefford M, et al, Medical paternalism and expensive unsubsidised 

drugs 331:1075 (ED) 

Jeffrey DI 

— Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:841 (L) 

— see George RJD 331:684 

Jeffries C, see Parker RJ 331:1063 

Jellema P, et al, Should treatment of (sub)acute low back pain be 

aimed at psychosocial prognostic factors? Cluster randomised 

clinical trial in general practice 331:84 (PC) 

Jenabzadeh A-R, Hospital at night revisited BMJ Careers 331:172 

Jenkins, Mair Lloyd, Obituary (BA Gwynne Jenkins) 331:1342 

Jenkins R, et al, Mental health in post-communist countries 


Jennings BA, see Gukas ID 331:779 

Jensen H, see Benn CS 331:1428 

Jeppesen P, see Petersen L 331:602 

Jesse M, et al, Health Care Systems in Transition: Estonia (Books) 


Jewesson P, see McCormack J 331:456 

Jewkes F 

— Can anybody tell me how to prepare for the general practice 

vocational training scheme (GPVTS) interview? I have already 

appeared at interview for the same scheme but I wasn’t 

selected (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:64 

— I am in my preregistration house oYcer year but applying for 

senior house oYcer jobs. I want to do general practice in the 

long term but would also like to do more medicine first, and 

would quite like to travel abroad, for example, with Voluntary 

Services Overseas after a GP vocational training scheme. Any 

advice about whether a foundation year 2 post or a medical 

rotation would be better? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:144 

Jewkes R, see Burazeri G 331:195, 331:197 

Jorgensen KJ, see Gotzsche PC 331:350 

Jorgensen P, see Petersen L 331:602 

job applications see also career advice 

— coping with rejection (SF Haq, et al) BMJ Careers 331:75 

— declining oVers after interview because diVerent to expectation 

(JA McCaul) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:226 (GP 

edition) 

— foundation year programmes, appointment process (J Firth) 


— harmonisation: alternative to centralisation (L Wood) BMJ 

Careers 331:219, s280 

Jobscore, peer reviews of UK jobs (P Chapman) BMJ Careers 


Joffe M, Assessing doctors in diYculty: the assessor’s experience 


Johnson C, Unlearning (Personal view) 331:703 (R) 

Johnson J, Stopping Africa’s medical brain drain 331:2 (E), 


Johnson S, et al, Randomised controlled trial of acute mental 

health care by a crisis resolution team: the north Islington 

crisis study 331:599 (P) 

Johnston G, et al, Scabies: diagnosis and treatment 331:619 (C) 

joint replacement, disparity in rates (R Dobson) 331:1290 (N) 

Jones G, Medieval guide warns that sex is harmful for people with 

"cold or dry breathing" 331:68 (N) 

Jones M 

— Choosing a career in acute medicine BMJ Careers 331:95 

— et al, Extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists 


— et al, Randomised controlled trial of the Lidcombe programme 

of early stuttering intervention 331:659 (P) 

— see Junghans C 331:940 

Jones P, Making tomorrow’s GPs BMJ Careers 331:154 


Jones R 

— et al, Preventing HIV infection 331:1285 (E) 

— see Kennedy T 331:435 

Jones RH, Speed networking works for postgraduate research 


Joppi R, et al, Disappointing biotech 331:895 (ED), 331:1025 (L) 

Jordan S, see Burazeri G 331:195, 331:197 

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Facing the Cost of Long-Term Care (S 

Arie) 331:655 (N) 

Josson J, The big leap down under BMJ Careers 331:128 

Joubert G, see Fairall LR 331:750 

journal clubs, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:522 (R) 

journals see also impact factors; newspapers; publishing 

— clubs, choosing interesting papers (P Hallas) (Tips on...) BMJ 


— league tables for health journalists (N Marks) (The Press) 


— reading (A Tiwari) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:162 

— slow tracking? (C Martyn) (Thoughts for today) 331:1551 

Jukaku S, The foundation programme and general practice—a 

step forward (The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 331:147 

Junghans C, et al, Recruiting patients to medical research: double 

blind randomised trial of "opt-in" versus "opt-out" strategies 

331:940 (PC), 331:1082 (L) 

junior doctors see also doctors 

— early experience of general practice (E Linos) (The way I see 

it) BMJ Careers 331:213 

— experience in rural general hospital (M Qadan) BMJ Careers 


— independent centres threaten training (Z Kmietowicz) 


— interviews, time to change? (M Walzman, et al) BMJ Careers 


— new, getting started tips (F Mohammed) (Tips on...) BMJ 


— shifts and sleep deprivation 331:514 (L), 331:515 (L) 

— tips on starting jobs (A Sandell) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Juniper T, Global warming must be limited to 2°C, scientists say 


Jurgelenas A, et al, From the former Soviet Union 331:236 (L) 

jurisprudence see also legislation, medical 

— abortion, British Pregnancy Advisory Service advice on late 

abortions (C Dyer) 331:716 (N) 

— Feyi Awotona, wins £1.6m in unfair dismissal case (C Dyer) 


— Sue Axon, parents’ right to know abortion advice to under 16s 


— Leslie Burke, high court rules in favour of GMC (C Dyer) 


— Natallie Evans, frozen embryo case taken to European court 


— Sir Roy Meadow, unsafe conviction rejected in expert witness 

case(CDyer)331:253 (N) 

— withdrawal of treatment, judges support doctors’ decision to 

stop treatment of dying man (O Dyer) 331:536 (N) 

— Charlotte Wyatt 

— — judge over-rules earlier decision (C Dyer) 331:985 (N) 

— — parents lose appeal against court order (O Dyer) 331:472 


jury service, doctors: to serve or not to serve? (A Campion) (The 

way I see it...) BMJ Careers 331:97 

K 

Kadiri S, Tackling cardiovascular disease in Africa 331:711 (E) 

Kaduszkiewicz H, et al, Cholinesterase inhibitors for patients with 

Alzheimer’s disease: systematic review of randomised clinical 

trials 331:321 (P) 

Kady SM, see Gardosi J 331:1113 

Kahlo, Frida, Tate Modern exhibition (C Pinto) (Art) 331:297 

(R) 

Kahn B, Role of vaccinating poultry against avian flu 331:1408 

(L) 

Kaiser Permanente, experience of implementing electronic medical 

record (JT Scott, et al) 331:1313 (IP) 

Kaldor J, see Cardis E 331:77 

Källén B, et al, Temporal trends in multiple births after in vitro 

fertilisation in Sweden, 1982-2001: a register study 331:382 

(P) 

Kalliala I, et al, Risk of cervical and other cancers after treatment 

of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: retrospective cohort 


Kanapathippillai SK, Working with midwives (a doctors view) 


Kanchanachitra C, see Wobulpolprasert S 331:1093 

Kaniorou-Larai MG, see Papageorgiou KI 331:1323 

Karim QA, see Gebrekristos HT 331:772 

Kashyap AS 

— A memorable patient. The "sum" of my fears 331:883 

— et al, Lepromatous leprosy (Minerva) 331:974 (R) 

Kaur J, see Singh HP BMJ Careers 331:211 

Kavalier F, Investigation of recurrent miscarriages 331:121 (E) 

Kavcova E, see Kralikova E 331:191 

Kawachi I, see Glymour MM 331:636 

Kay, Adam, (J Bonner) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 


Kay D, see Lewis MR 331:1474 

Kazadi W, see Malenga G 331:706 

Keast-Butler, John, Obituary (D Williams) 331:1274 

Keen H, Diabetes and the quality and outcomes framework 


Keighley B 

— Grumpy old doctors: Appointments (The way I see it...) BMJ 


— Grumpy old doctors and pharmaceutical representatives (The 

way I see it...) BMJ Careers 331:200 (GP edition), s280 

— Having worked for 12 unblemished years as a doctor, eight as 

a GP, I was erased from the GMC register in April for a 

mistake I made in 2000-1. What steps can I take to put me in 

the best position to obtain restoration in five years? (Advice 


— I have been trying to obtain a rural general practitioner post in 

the north of England or Scotland unsuccessfully for two years. 

I have lots of positive feed-back from interviews and practices 

with which I work as a locum. Where am I going wrong? Any 

suggestions about starting up a private practice? (Advice zone) 


— I have been trying for two years to take up general practice in 

Scotland. I have done six years of private general practice in 

India. Can you help? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:82 (GP 

edition) 

— I would like to return to work as a GP non-principal after 

taking a career break. However, one of my children has developed 

a latex allergy, no doubt due to my occupational use of 

latex in the form of gloves, etc. This makes returning to work 

more problematic...I would appreciate any advice as to how to 

go about finding an accommodating practice. (Advice zone) 


Keith R, see James C 331:747 

Kelham C, see Shaw JM 331:1034 

Kell MR 

— et al, An Adequate margin of excision in ductal carcinoma in 

situ 331:789 (E) 

— et al, Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer 331:1202 (L) 

Kelly A, see Allwright S 331:1117 

Kendall H, see Sharland M 331:328 

Kennedy, Hugh Cameron, Obituary (RNC Douglas) 331:969 

Kennedy T, et al, Cognitive behaviour therapy in addition to 

antispasmodic treatment for irritable bowel syndrome in 

primary care: randomised controlled trial 331:435 (PC) 

Kennelly S, see Senyimba C 331:778 

Kenny C, Diabetes and the quality and outcomes framework 


Kenya 

— nomadic health care (D Cohen) 331:720 (N) 

— water treatment with flocculant-disinfectant for preventing 

diarrhoea in rural Kenya (JA Crump, et al) 331:478 (P) 

Kermode-Scott B, US has most reports of medical errors 


Kern J, et al, Cardiovascular risk factors in Croatia: struggling to 

provide the evidence for developing policy recommendations 


Kerr, William, blind eye to complaints (C Dyer) 331:175 (N) 

Kerse NM 

— see Aroll B 331:884 

— see Campbell AJ 331:817 

Kersley S, Where can I train in neurolinguistic programming? I 

am confused by all the diVerent providers and would welcome 

advice that points me to a relevant course for doctors 


Keswick BH, see Crump JA 331:478 

Kett M, ABC of conflict and disaster. Displaced populations and 

long term humanitarian assistance 331:98 (C) 

Khalpey Z 

— Getting Research Published (Books) BMJ Careers 331:260 

— et al, End of term report BMJ Careers 331:276 

Khan KS, et al, Surveying the literature from animal experiments 


Khan SA, et al, Medical needs of immigrant populations 331:418 

(E) 

Khayesi M, et al, Road safety in Africa 331:710 (E), 331:904 (L) 

Kheifets L, et al, Childhood cancer and power lines 331:635 (L) 

Khunti K, et al, Metabolic syndrome 331:1153 (E) 

Kiani MF, Filling in a claim form (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:126 

Kickbusch I, Tackling the political determinants of global health 


kidney stones, lumbar trauma dislodges (MJ Lamyman, et al) 


kidney transplantation 

— BBC campaign (J Lyall) (TV) 331:461 (R) 

— exhibition to encourage donation (K Godfrey) 331:1042 (N) 

— Germany (A TuVs) 331:798 (N) 

— Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and 

the Market (Cherry) (Books) 331:460 (R) 

— South Africa, doctors arrested in sale scandal (P Sidley) 


— Stakes and Kidneys: Why Markets in Human Body Parts are 

Morally Imperative (Taylor) (Books) 331:460 (R) 

— tacrolimus v. ciclosporin as primary immunosuppressant (AC 

Webster, et al) 331:810 (P) 

Kienle P, see Knaebel H-P 331:1033 

Kilonzo GP, see McCurdy SA 331:778 

Kilonzo MM, see Avenell A 331:324 

Kim JC, et al, Gaining a foothold: tackling poverty, gender inequality, 

and HIV in Africa 331:769 (ED) 

Kimati, Valerian Pius, Obituary (PM Barnes) 331:1207 

Kimerling, Julius, Obituary (G Conn) 331:700 

King J 

— How to be interviewed (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:71 

— Tackling troubled teams BMJ Careers 331:115 

King M, Hospital medicine and primary care: spoilt for choice? 

(The way I see it) BMJ Careers 331:39 

Kingdon C, see Lavender T 331:490 

King’s Fund 

— How Should We Deal with Hospital Failure? (A O’Dowd) 



— Putting Health in Local Hands (M Day) 331:926 (N) 

— A Question of Numbers (S Arie) 331:655 (N) 

— The War on Waiting for Hospital Achievement (M Gould) 


Kinnersley P, see Rollnick S 331:961 

Kirch W, see Meusel D 331:234 

Kirk D, see Seale C 331:401 

Kirk EP, Classification of stillbirth 331:1269 (L) 

Kirkengen AL, see Getz L 331:551 

Kirsch I, see MoncrieV J 331:155 

Kirtava Z, see Walker HK 331:237 

Kirwan B-A, see Clayton TC 331:869 

Kiwanuka, Abubakar Ibrahim, Obituary (B Hancock) 331:519 

Klassen TP, see Tubman M 331:274 

Kleijnen J, see Baird J 331:929 

Klein J, see Jenkins R 331:173 

Kleinsmidt A, see Schroeder D 331:1351 

Kmietowicz Z 

— Academic staV frustrated with research assessment exercise 


— Cancer guidelines aim to cut variable referral times 331:10 

(N) 

— Cannabis has medical benefits but needs further investigation 


— Doctors to consider scrubs to reduce infection 331:9 (N) 

— Independent centres threaten training 331:797 (N) 

— More than half of smokers go on smoking after coronary 

events 331:862 (N) 

— New children’s hospital for London 331:1044 (N) 

— NHS doctors can work in independent treatment centres, UK 

health minister announces 331:9 (N) 

— Patients with aortic aneurysm deserves higher priority 


— Political lead essential to avoid panic flu strikes 331:1099 (N) 

— Resistance to antiviral drugs is climbing 331:308 (N) 

— Trusts to handle minor complaints against doctors, says GMC 


ISS-KMI 15

— A tsunami relief doctor (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 


— UK academics gain free access to database of patients 331:924 

(N) 

— UK chancellor announces new type of fund to provide $4bn 

vaccine aid 331:593 (N) 

Knaebel H-P, et al, Patients at risk of familial colorectal cancer 


knee, acute crystal arthritis mimicking infection after total knee 

arthroplasty (G Holt, et al)(Lesson of the week) 331:1322 (C) 

Knegt AC, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

Kok, D’Almero ("Darrell"), Obituary (N Gibbons) 331:296 

Kolcic I, see Polasek O 331:1204 (correction, 1390) 

Kopp A, see Redelmeier DA 331:932 

Koralage N, Ed Gold: Do it yourself charity BMJ Careers 331:21 

Korcova J, see Gulis G 331:213 

Korea 

— cloning, pushes forward (J Parry) 331:366 (N) 

— stem cell transplantation, research pioneer resigns (J Parry) 


Korevaar JC, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

Kosovo see under Serbia 

Kotagal S, Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea 331:406 (L) 

Koupil I, Tackling health inequalities in the enlarged European 

Union 331:855 (E) (correction, 1062) 

Kralikova E, et al, Lung cancer mortality at ages 35-54 in the 

European Union: ecological study of evolving tobacco epidemics. 

Commentary: Making the transition to action 


Kranke P, Review of publication bias in studies on publication bias 


Krarup G, see Petersen L 331:602 

Kristensen TS, see Nielsen NR 331:548 

Kroll L, A flexible job in academic medicine: the Chadburn 

lectureship BMJ Careers 331:28 

Kroll ME, see Draper G 331:636 

Krukov N, see Balabanova Y 331:379 

Kumar A 

— Anatomy lessons for the bird brained 331:1471 

— Aspirin for everyone over 50? 331:161 (L) 

— Crying wolf 331:484 

— A very "patient" me 331:1309 

— et al, Are experimental treatments for cancer in children 

superior to established treatments? Observational study of 

randomised controlled trials by the Children Oncology Group 


— et al, Making dirty water drinkable 331:781 (L) 

Kumar CJ, see Kumar A 331:781 

Kumar CS, see Holt G 331:1322 

Kumar M, When applying for SHO or registrar posts in the 

United Kingdom, are UK or EU nationals preferred? Thank 

you (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:64 

Kumar P, What are the chances for an overseas student to get an 

F1 placement in the foundation programme? Is the number 

of available placements restricted to the number of UK 

graduates? Or are there some places created in excess? If so, 

what percentage is it? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:236 

Kunkler IH, Time for Ofhealth 331:965 (L) 

Kurien BT, et al, Barbering in mice: a model for trichotillomania 


Kurpad A, see Mony PK 331:843 

Kusˇec S, see Mastilica M 331:223 

Kutz I, Revisiting the lot of the first incestuous family: the biblical 

origins of shifting the blame on to female family members 


Kwan J, Hospital formularies restrict evidence based practice 


Kwan P, see Brodie MJ 331:1317 

Kwok K-L, see Ng DK 331:405 

Kwong GNM, see Solomon T 331:501 

Ky-Zerbo O, see Sombie I 331:779 

Kyriou J, see Cook JV 331:350 

L 

La Grow SJ, see Campbell AJ 331:817 

Laaser U, see Burazeri G 331:195, 331:197 

Labonte R 

— Global right to health campaign launched 331:252 (N) 

— Iraq doctor tells of health crimes 331:252 (N) 

Labour Party 

— market forces for the NHS? (J Shapiro) (Personal view) 




— use of private contractors in NHS will continue (S Arie) 


Ladhani S, et al, Proposed guidelines for severe imported malaria 

in children need more evidence 331:1025 (L) 

Ladikas M, see Schroeder D 331:1351 

Laffan G 

— Romania’s policy of emptying its orphanages raises controversy 


— Transitional countries best at reducing greenhouse gases 


Lagoutte J, see Guha-Sapir D 331:50 

Lakhani MK 

— A new standard for general practice (The way I see it...) BMJ 


— Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:841 (L) 

Lalloo F, What is the prospect of gene therapy in the near future? 

How can I train in gene therapy? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Lam WL, see Patel K BMJ Careers 331:70 

Lambden P, The Osteopath’s Guide to Keeping Out of Trouble 

(Books) BMJ Careers 331:174 (GP edition) 

Lambert A, see Dalziel SR 331:665 

Lammers J-WJ, see Rutten FH 331:1379 

Lamont, Archibald Stewart McCallum, Obituary (R Lamont) 


Lamyman MJ, et al, Lumbar trauma dislodges kidney stones 


Lan Q, see Chapman RS 331:1050 

The Lancet 

— criticises its owner for hosting international arms fair (O Dyer) 


— spat with the Royal Society (G Watts) (Journals) 331:53 (R) 

Lanctôt KL, see Glass J 331:1169 

Lane N, Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life 


Lane P, Recruitment into training for general practice—the winds 

of change or a breath of fresh air? BMJ Careers 331:153 

Lane R, et al, Bevan betrayed: the demise of the NHS (Personal 


Lang T 

— et al, New TB vaccine granted orphan drug status 331:1476 

(L) 

— see Hewson CJ 331:1268 

Langmore-Avila E, see Lincoln T 331:1473 

language see also communication 

— censuses, need to ask about (PJ Aspinall) 331:363 (E) 

lanyards, fad? (T Greenhalgh) (Soundings) 331:1483 (R) 

Lapper, Alison, disabled woman wins battle of Trafalgar Square (J 

Quin) (Art) 331:849 (R) 

Lathlean J, see Lattimer V 331:81 

Lattimer V, et al,EVect of introduction of integrated out of hours 

care in England: observational study 331:81 (PC) 

Lauer JA 

— see Hogan DR 331:1431 

— see Morel CM 331:1299 

Laumon B, et al, Cannabis intoxication and fatal road crashes in 

France: population based case-control study 331:1371 (P) 

Laurence DR, Participants in research 331:110 (L) 

Laurent C 

— Government is attacked for interference over Herceptin 


— Treatment for colorectal cancer should be based on genetic 

analysis 331:799 (N) 

Laursen M, see Qin P 331:23 

Lavender T, et al, Could a randomised trial answer the controversy 

relating to elective caesarean section? National survey of 

consultant obstetricians and heads of midwifery 331:490 

(P), 331:698 (L) 

Lavy C, Open letter to Tony Blair on publication of the report of 

the Commission for Africa 331:46 (ED) 

Law C, see Baird J 331:929 

Law Society, government "has ignored" MPs’ recommendations 

on mental health law (C Dyer) 331:178 (N) 

Lawfield, Conrad Hilary Brian, Obituary (M Lawfield) 331:1478 

Lawlor DA, et al, Association of socioeconomic position with 

insulin resistance among children from Denmark, Estonia, 

and Portugal: cross sectional study 331:183 (P) 

Lazić D, GP training in Croatia BMJ Careers 331:152 

Leach AA, Consultants’ hours of work: a new perspective 


leadership 

— personal support for leaders and medical managers (A 

Houghton) BMJ Careers 331:37 

— provision of hospital care 331:161 (L), 331:162 (L) 

— transformational: hospital case (G Neale) 331:560 

Lean MEJ, Prognosis in obesity 331:453 (L) 

Lear J, Is it mandatory to complete the three parts of the MRCP 

exam in order to be able to apply for an SHO post in 

dermatology or would MRCP part 1 be enough? (Advice 


learning see also education, medical; problem based learning; 

teaching 

— can I get points for reading this? bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 


— peer assisted learning for doctors (S Malick) BMJ Careers 


— Pendleton’s rules. bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 331:574 

— self-directed groups (I Bandara) BMJ Careers 331:182 (GP 

edition) 

— unlearning (C Johnson) (Personal view) 331:703 (R) 

— in the workplace: ABC of health informatics (JC Wyatt, et al) 


Leavitt FJ 

— Neonates must sometimes be allowed to die, but err in favour 

of life 331:695 (L) 

— et al, Making dirty water drinkable 331:781 (L) 

Ledermann, Eric Kurt, Obituary (D Sturgeon, et al) 331:458 

Lee CA, see Sabin CA 331:997 

Lee D, see Tubman M 331:274 

Lee K, Is the UN broken, and can we fix it? 331:525 (E) 

Lee L, Africa Live (TV) 331:783 (R) 

Leeds General Infirmary, patients’ library. Endpiece (JH Baron) 


LeFever, Gretchen, cleared of misconduct charges (J Lenzer) 


left handedness, breast cancer risk and (MK Ramadhani, et al) 

331:882 (P), 331:1023 (L), 331:1024 (L) 

legislation, medical see also jurisprudence 

— assisted suicide, JoVe will amend role for doctors in new bill (A 


Legris C, see Aka E 331:358 

Lehman R, et al, Cardiac impairment or heart failure? 331:415 


Leibovici L, see Vidal L 331:263 

Leidig M 

— Austrian town uses mirrors to tackle lack of daylight 331:1162 

(N) 

— Austrian woman sues over sterilisation without consent 


— Dignitas is investigated for helping healthy women to die 


— Romania still faces high abortion rate 16 years after fall of 

Ceausescu 331:1043 (N) 

Leinster SJ, see Gukas ID 331:779 

Lempp H, see Simpson C 331:887 

length of hospital stay, subsequent emergency readmission and (S 

Williams, et al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 331:371 

Lennan E, et al, Epirubicin seems to cause venous sclerosis 


Lenzer J 

— American Medical Association rejects proposal to ban consumer 

adverts for prescription medicines 331:7 (N) 

— Bush unveils mental health action plan 331:592 (N) 

— The Constant Gardener (Film) 331:462 (R) 

— Doctors refuse space to group fighting drug company influence 


— FDA investigates direct to consumer adverts 331:1102 (N) 

— Mr Buckley’s exploding trousers and other scientific observations 


— Professors speak out against advertising directly to consumers 


— Researcher cleared of misconduct charges 331:865 (N) 

— Secret book deal to counter Canadian drugs exposed 


— US lawsuit challenges change to teaching on evolution 


— US teenager’s parents sue school over depression screening 

test 331:714 (N), 331:906 (L) 

Leon DA 

— see Moser KA 331:1180 

— see Ronalds GA 331:1306 

Leong AL, Five futures for academic medicine: the ICRAM 

scenarios. Commentary: Challenging the patience of patients 


leprosy, lepromatous (AS Kashyap, et al) (Minerva) 331:974 (R) 

Leschot NJ, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

Leshabari MT, see McCurdy SA 331:778 

Leslie, John, Obituary (P Roberts, et al) 331:458 

Leslie K, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Lesniak WM, see Bala MM 331:235 

Lesson of the week 

— Acute crystal arthritis mimicking infection after total knee 

arthroplasty (G Holt, et al) 331:1322 (C) 

— Fatal allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome after treatment of 

asymptomatic hyperuricaemia (A Gutiérrez-Macías, et al) 


— Hyperamylasaemia: not the usual suspects (R Srivastava, et al) 


— Hypercalcaemia in cancer (S Conroy, et al) 331:954 

— Osmotic demyelination syndrome (R Abbott, et al) 331:829 

(C) 

— Paralytic rabies after a two week holiday in India (T Solomon, 


— Postpartum eclampsia of late onset (N Munjuluri, et al) 

331:1070 (C), 331:1204 (L) 

Letanovsky P, see Gulis G 331:213 

Letlape, Kgosi, interview (P Sidley) 331:1104 (N) 

letters 

— bmj.com, rapid responses revitalisation 331:111 (L) 

— general medical journals: tips on writing (K Walsh) (Tips on...) 


— tips on writing (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 331:108 

leukaemia, children, distance from high voltage power lines in 

England and Wales: case-control study 331:634 (L), 


Leung LC, see Ng DK 331:405 

Levin M, see Maitland K 331:337 

Levine A, see Chaudhry S BMJ Careers 331:200 

Levy B, The occupational health smart card for doctors (Tips 


Levy, Ivor Saul, Obituary (K Bishai) 331:164 

Lewin S 

— Bridging the equity gap in maternal and child health 331:844 

(L) 

— see Sevene E 331:765 

Lewis LS, Evidence not ideology 331:964 (L) 

Lewis MR, et al, Risk of gastrointestinal eVects with COX-2 

inhibitors and NSAIDs 331:1474 (L) 

Lewis PJ, Vitamin D deficiency may have role in chronic low back 

pain 331:109 (L) 

Lewis RQ 

— NHS foundation trusts 331:59 (E) 

— see Smith J 331:1397 

Lewis S, see Stone J 331:989 

Lewis SJ, et al, Meta-analysis of MTHFR 677C→T polymorphism 

and coronary heart disease: does totality of evidence 

support causal role for homocysteine and preventive potentialoffolate331:1053 

(P) 

Lewis W, Detecting fabricated or induced illness in children 


Lewis-Jones S, see Santer M 331:497 

Lexchin J, see Light DW 331:958 

Lhéritier V, see Decullier E 331:19 

Li Y-C, see Hsu M-H 331:904 

Liao C, I am a Canadian orthopaedic surgeon with more than 20 

years’ experience in a busy Canadian community practice. I 

am also qualified to work in the United States. I would like to 

spend a year in the United Kingdom, either working locums 

or attached to a training facility. I do have a right of abode. Is 

it possible to do something like this? (Advice zone) BMJ 


lice see head lice 

Lichterman BL, Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials (Books) 


Liddell KG, see Neish B 331:1143 

Lie RT, see Skjærven R 331:877 

Lieske B 

— Dilemma of a surgical trainee (Personal view) 331:1347 (R) 

— Left handedness and breast cancer 331:1024 (L) 

life, past is another country (K Barraclough) (Soundings) 331:583 

(R) 

life expectancy see also mortality 

— developing countries, World Development Report (O Dyer) 


— men catching up with women (M Brettingham) 331:656 (N) 

lifestyle, NICE guidance (S Mayor) 331:1423 (N) 

Light DW, et al, Foreign free riders and the high price of US 

medicines 331:958 (ED) 

Lill MM, et al, Judging a book by its cover: descriptive survey of 

patients’ preferences for doctors’ appearance and mode of 

address (Professional matters) 331:1524 

Lim E, Is it better to do a clinical research fellow’s post for one 

year or an LAT job (if available) for four to six months? 


Lim ECH 

— A patient who changed my practice. Speak clearly to the bogey 

man 331:492 

— What colour-mari are your stools? 331:881 

Lim MSC, et al, The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal 

cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an 

Australian research institute (On the case) 331:1498 

Lim SS 

— see Adam T 331:1107 


Lim VK, see Dalziel SR 331:665 

Lim WS, see Macfarlane JT 331:975 

Limb M, PFI deals need more scrutiny after shareholders receive 

big windfalls 330:1407 (N) (correction, 331:343) 

limp, mouth in foot disease (J Raw) 331:427 

Lincoln NB, see Drummond AER 331:491 

Lincoln T, et al, US experience of smoke-free prisons 331:1473 

(L) 

Linde K, see Melchart D 331:376 

Lindenmeyer A, Which career first? 331:846 (L) 

Lindholt JS, et al, Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms: 

single centre randomised controlled trial 330:750 (P) (correction, 


Link K, The Vaccine Controversy: The History, Use, and Safety of 

Vaccinations (Books) 331:1209 (R) 

Linnane J, see Gopalakrishnan S 331:1202 

Linneberg A, Changes in atopy over 25 years 331:352 (L) 

Linos E, Early experience of general practice will keep junior 

doctors in medicine (The way I see it) BMJ Careers 331:213 

Lins H, see Tröger U 331:613 

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Lipman HM, Preventing severe infection after splenectomy 


Lipman M, see Munjuluri N 331:1070 

lips, swelling and protein deficiency (M Moghal) (Minerva) 


Lisse IM, see Benn CS 331:1428 

literature and medicine 

— Cinderella revisited (SM Cameron) (What’s in a name?) 


— Medline search for literary and other allusions in biomedical 

titles (NW Goodman) (What’s in a name?) 331:1540 

literature searches, (S Dosani) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:250 

Little P, Delayed prescribing of antibiotics for upper respiratory 

tract infection 331:301 (E) (correction, 622) 

Littlewood S, et al, Early practical experience and the social 

responsiveness of clinical education: systematic review 

331:387 (LP) 

Liu X, see Loeb M 331:669 

liver diseases, services in UK (R Williams) 331:858 (E) 

liver transplantation, NHS programme to go ahead (B Christie) 


Livesley PJ, see Ariyasena JAH BMJ Careers 331:167 

Lizarralde-Palacios E, see Gutiérrez-Macías A 331:623 

Llewelyn H, Challenges to implementing NPfIT 331:516 (L) 

Lloyd DJ, OV the fence debate: NHS Direct (Letters) BMJ 


Lock K, et al, Changes in dietary fat and declining coronary heart 

disease in Poland: population based study. Commentary: 

Will Europe’s agricultural policy damage progress on cardiovascular 

disease? 331:188 (P) 

locked-in syndrome, patient’s journey (N Chisholm, et al) 331:94 

(C) 

Lockwood A, et al, Acanthamoeba keratitis risk for fresh water 

diving in soft contact lenses (Minerva) 331:1152 (R) 

Lockwood SM, et al, Model of outcomes of screening mammography 


Locock L, et al, The parents’ journey: continuing a pregnancy 

after a diagnosis of Patau’s syndrome 331:1186 (C) (correction, 

1330, 1430) 

locum doctors see also doctors 

— (J Price, et al) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:179 

Loeb M, et al,EVect of a multifaceted intervention on number of 

antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary tract infections 

in residents of nursing homes: cluster randomised 

controlled trial 331:669 (PC) 

Loefler I 

— Ghosts (Soundings) 331:1279 (R) 

— Healthism and eugenics (Soundings) 331:411 (R) 

— Out of Africa (Soundings) 331:785 (R) 

Loewen P, see McCormack J 331:456 

Loffeld A, et al, Skin graft harvested from groin hyperpigmented 

in puberty (Minerva) 331:854 (R) 

Logan R, see Hippisley-Cox J 331:160, 331:1310 

Lohfeld L, see Loeb M 331:669 

Lomas D, Painting the history of cardiology (Medical history) 


Lombard C, see Fairall LR 331:750 

long-term care see also elderly 

— Facing the Cost of Long-Term Care (S Arie) 331:655 (N) 

— transitional care for elderly in hospital awaiting long term bed 

(M Crotty, et al) 331:1110 (P), 331:1271 (L) 

Lorant V, see Spinewine A 331:935 

Lot, Biblical origins of shifting blame on to female family members 

(I Kutz, et al) (Sex, drugs, and rock and roll) 331:1507 

Lovel HJ, et al, Severe placental malaria and maternal shortness, 

thinness, and small skeletal size in rural Congo: cohort study 


Loveland M, see Binding C BMJ Careers 331:197 

low back pain see also pain 

— should treatment of (sub)acute pain be aimed at psychosocial 

prognostic factors? (P Jellema, et al) 331:84 (PC) 

— surgery v. intensive rehabilitation programmes 331:109 (L) 

Lowcay B, et al, Research posters—the way to display BMJ Careers 


Lowndes CM 

— et al, Cervical cancer, human papillomavirus, and vaccination 

331:915 (E) (correction, 1120), 331:1081 (L), 331:1204 (L) 

— see Gill ON 331:1204 

Lowson K, see Green J 331:317 

Lubsen J, see Clayton TC 331:869 

Luby SP, see Crump JA 331:478 

Lucas AO, Human resources for health in Africa 331:1037 (E), 


Lucas B, see Jones M 331:1337 

Lucas P, see Baird J 331:929 

Luken J, see Lennan E 331:966 

Lumley J, Attempts to prevent postnatal depression 331:5 (E) 

Lumsden MA, see Tappin DM 331:373 

lung cancers, smoking prevalence in the European Union and (J 

Didkowska, et al) 331:189 

Lunn J, People who influenced my practice 331:33 

Luty J, et al, Is methadone too dangerous for opiate addiction? 


Lyall J, Press red button, donate kidney (TV) 331:461 (R) 

M 

McAll, Graham, interview (J Bonner) (Fifteen minutes with...) 


McAuliVe E,see MacLachlan M 331:48 

McCabe C, et al, Orphan drugs and the NHS: should we value 

rarity? 331:1016 (ED), 331:1144 (L) 

McCabe S, I need to know how a GP or a group of GPs can open 

a new surgery (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:104 (GP 

edition) 

McCahon D, see Fitzmaurice DA 331:1057 

McCall Smith A, Doctors, detectives, and common sense (On the 

case) 331:1495 

McCambridge J, see Rollnick S 331:961 

McCann P, Guy Fawkes’s influence on medicine after 400 years 


McCarron M, see Forbes RB 331:636 

McCarthy D, see Dalziel SR 331:665 

McCartt AT, see McEvoy SP 331:428 

McCaul JA 

— I recently declined a job oVer after an interview because the 

jobIwasoVered diVered from what I was hoping for. Can a 

hospital force a doctor to take up a job accepted verbally? 

What are the GMC guidelines on this? (Advice zone) BMJ 


—I’m a medical student and am interested in maxillofacial 

surgery. I understand that most people who do maxillofacial 


surgery initially train as dentists and then do a medical degree. 

Is it possible to do it the other way round? (Advice zone) BMJ 


McClelland S, see Smith J 331:1397 

McClure I 

— Human Traces (Books) 331:1029 (R) 

— Thumbsucker (Film) 331:1088 (R) 

McClusky J, Data need to be accurate when screening for depression 

in teenagers 331:906 (L) 

McConnell B, see Allwright S 331:1117 

McCormack J, et al, Dissemination of results needs to be tracked 

as well as the funding is 331:456 (L) 

McCormick B, Teaching the teacher a lesson 331:677 

McCracken, James Spowart, Obituary (T O’Dowd) 331:1411 

McCulloch J, The euthanasia debate has meant that I have 

become increasingly interested in ethics. Could you tell me 

what distance learning courses on medical ethics are available 

please? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:2 

McCurdy SA, et al, A theme issue by, for, and about Africa 


McDermott C, et al, Launching BMJ Masterclasses 331:1420 (E) 

MacDonald, Greville, dissector. My favourite surgical instrument 

(B Muddu) 331:1383 

McDonald MA, et al, Angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of 

myocardial infarction: systematic review 331:873 (P) 

MacDonald R 

— Making poverty history BMJ Careers 331:11 

— Prioritising neglected diseases related to poverty 331:12 (N) 

McDonnell R, see Busby A 331:140 

McDougall C, et al, ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens 


McDowell SE, see Ferner RE 331:1272 

McElhinney LM, see Solomon T 331:501 

McEvedy, Colin, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:847 

McEvoy GK, Dose adjustment in renal impairment 331:293 (L) 

McEvoy SP, et al, Role of mobile phones in motor vehicle crashes 

resulting in hospital attendance: a case-crossover study 


McEwan P, see Palmer AJ 331:905 

Macfarlane JT, et al, Bird flu and pandemic flu 331:975 (E), 


McGeer A, see Loeb M 331:669 

McGeown P, see Gardosi J 331:1113 

MacGillivray, Alastair 


(N) 


McGlennan A, et al, Anaesthesia BMJ Careers 331:83 

McGorry PD, Evidence based reform of mental health care 


McGrattan T, Making telephone referrals (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Macgregor, Janet Elizabeth, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:1410 

McGuire B, see Beecroft C BMJ Careers 331:87 

McHaYe HE 

— Double Trouble:A Story of Assisted Reproduction (Books) 331:520 

(R) 

— Paternity: A Story of Assisted Conception (Books) 331:520 (R) 

— Vacant Possession: A Story of Proxy Decision Making (Books) 


McHale S, see Hunt N 331:951 

McHenry, James, medical secretary for war. One hundred years ago 


MacIndoe S, see Tappin DM 331:373 

McIntosh K 

— Doctors campaign for ban on smoking in enclosed public 

places 331:67 (N) 

— Prison oYcers had no sign of Shipman’s suicidal tendencies 


McIntyre D 

— see Gilson L 331:762 

— see Tappin DM 331:373 

McIntyre E, see Lowcay B BMJ Careers 331:251 

Macintyre S, see Ellaway A 331:611 

Mackay D, et al, Deprivation and volunteering by general practices: 

cross sectional analysis of a national primary care 

system 331:1449 (PC) 

McKean, Douglas Macdonald, Obituary (P Jones) 331:296 

McKee M 

— see Atun RA 331:792 

— see Fister K 331:169 

— see Lock K 331:188 

— see Rese A 331:204 

Mackenzie GM, Where next with revalidation? 331:352 (L) 

Mckenzie J, Voluntary work after the 2004 tsunami: should experiences 

like this form part of medical training? (The way I see 

it...) BMJ Careers 331:51 

McKenzie N, see Johnson S 331:599 

Mackin P, et al, Prognosis in obesity 331:452 (L) 

McKinney P, see Day N 331:634 

McKinney PA, see Hepworth SJ 331:634 

McKinstry BH, et al, Women doctors and their careers: what now? 


Maclachlan, Allan Cameron, Obituary (D Maclachlan) 331:909 

MacLachlan M, et al, Developed world is robbing Africa of health 

staV 331:48 (L) 

McLaren EH, Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer 331:1203 

(L) 

McLaughlin JP, see Allwright S 331:1117 

Maclean AB, see Munjuluri N 331:1070 

McLean, Johanna Clara Joacomina Collis, Obituary (U Hogerzeil, 

et al) 331:1274 

MacLennan G, see Entwistle VA 331:351 

McLeod H, see Smith J 331:1397 

Macleod MR, et al, Surveying the literature from animal experiments 


McManus IC 

— The wealth of distinguished doctors: retrospective survey 


— et al, Intellectual aptitude tests and A levels for selecting UK 

school leaver entrants for medical school 331:555 (LP) 

McManus RJ, et al, Targets and self monitoring in hypertension: 

randomised controlled trial and cost eVectiveness analysis 


McMenamin J, see Stewart C 331:1213 

McMillan A, I am a doctor from India. I came here after finishing 

my preregistration house oYcer posts and have passed the 

PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) 

tests. I want to work in genitourinary medicine; how do I 

progress and where should I apply? (Advice zone) BMJ 


MacMoran HJ, see Casarett D 331:1537 

McMullen M, Aspirin for everyone over 50? 331:161 (L) 

McMurdo MET 

— et al, Including older people in clinical research 331:1036 (E), 


— see Oliver D 331:123 

Macnab C, see Ryan JM 331:278 

Macnair T, et al, A Christmas blog BMJ Careers 331:275 

McNally S, see Harrison E 331:460 

McNeill A, see Didkowska J 331:189 

McNeill G, see Avenell A 331:324 

McNicholas J, et al, Pet ownership and human health: a brief 

review of evidence and issues 331:1252 (ED) 

McNicol MW, Rationing joint replacements 331:1473 (L) 

McPherson A, see Field KH 331:577 

MacReady N 

— Criticism of US fetal pain study escalates 331:532 (N) 

— Stem cell foundation greeted by cautious optimism 331:982 

(N) 

macrovascular events, pioglitazone and reduction (N Freemantle) 


McShane H, see Lang T 331:1476 

Madan K, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

Madan V, et al, Ichthyosis as an important marker of Hodgkin’s 

disease (Minerva) 331:360 (R) 

Mæhlen J, see Zahl P-H 331:350 

magnetic resonance imaging, brain and spinal abnormalities in 

fetuses (PD GriYths, et al) (Science, medicine, and the future) 


Magoni M, see Giuliano M 331:778 

Maguire S, see Seaman J 331:34 

MahaVey PJ, Sarcomas and specialism 331:844 (L) 

Mahboob S 

— Changes to postgraduate medical training for overseas doctors 


— I have recently seen in the immigration status section of a job 

application that there is a special clause for the doctors who 

were allowed to enter the UK as doctors before 1 April 1991. 

Is this true? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:262 

— What is the best way to respond to this interview question: why 

do you want to work in this hospital? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Mahir, Mahir Shakir, Obituary (R Al Mufti) 331:407 

Mahmud J, see Basil B 331:1204 

Mahmud S, A memorable patient. A ship too far 331:1182 

Mahoney PF, see Ryan JM 331:278 

Maier PC, et al, Treatment of ocular hypertension and open angle 

glaucoma: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials 


Main CJ, Should treatment of (sub)acute low back pain be aimed 

at psychosocial prognostic factors? Cluster randomised 

clinical trial in general practice. Commentary: Early psychosocial 

intervention for low back pain in primary care 331:88 

(PC) 

Mair W, War wound 331:630 

Maitland K, et al, Management of severe malaria in children: 

proposed guidelines for the United Kingdom 331:337 (C), 


Majara BP, see Fairall LR 331:750 

Majeed A 

— How Islam changed medicine 331:1486 (E) 

— et al, The ageing population of the United Kingdom and 

cardiovascular disease (Dr Foster’s case notes) 331:1362 

— see Marston C 331:271 

Majica-Kovačević T,see Burazeri G 331:195 

Majumdar SR, see Tubman M 331:274 

Makasa E, Africa’s medical brain drain 331:780 (L) 

Making poverty history, campaign issues (R MacDonald) BMJ 


malaria 

— Africa 

— — artemisinin combination therapy (G Malenga) 331:706 (E) 

— — funding concentration (K Morales) 331:866 (N) 

— children, management of severe malaria: proposed UK guidelines 

(K Maitland, et al) 331:337 (C), 331:1025 (L) 

— Congo, maternal shortness and susceptibility to placental 


— Ghana, intermittent preventive treatment in infants in high 

seasonal transmission area (D Chandramohan, et al) 331:727 

(P) 

— prevention, cost eVectiveness analysis of strategies in developing 

countries: Achieving the millennium development goals for 

health (CM Morel, et al) 331:1299 (P) (correction, 332:151) 

— Zambia, paediatric treatment during transition to artemetherlumefantrine 

(D Zurovac, et al) 331:734 (P) 

Malawi, teaching the teacher a lesson (B McCormick) 331:677 

Malenga G, Antimalarial treatment with artemisinin combination 

therapy in Africa 331:706 (E) 

Malick S, Peer assisted learning for doctors BMJ Careers 331:47 

Mallewa M, see Solomon T 331:501 

Mallinder K, see Green J 331:317 

malnutrition, children, simple preventive measures (S Mayor) 


malpractice see also complaints by patients 

— Susan Booth 

— — accused of missing Shipman warning signs (O Dyer) 


— — cleared (O Dyer) 331:126 (N) 

— Geraint Brown 

— — faces GMC over failure in Shipman patient (O Dyer) 


— — guilty of misconduct for misleading Shipman inquiry (O 


— Ann David 

— — GMC hears charge that doctor ended a patient’s life prematurely 


— — prosecution after GMC strikes oV? (C Dyer) 331:1226 (N) 

— Jeremy Dirckze 



— — cleared 331:126 (N) 

— James Owen Drife, GMC censure for conflict of interest 

non-disclosure (O Dyer) 331:1358 (N) 

— Stephen Farrar 




— Henk Giele, High Court overturns GMC’s decision (C Dyer) 


— Michael Haslam, blind eye to complaints (C Dyer) 331:175 

(N) 

— Murtaza Husaini 

— — faces GMC over failure in Shipman patient (O Dyer) 


— — guilty of misconduct for misleading Shipman inquiry (O 

Dyer) 331:865 (N), 331:1042 (N) 

LIP-MAL 17

— Michael Irwin, disciplined for willingness to help friend commit 


— William Kerr, blind eye to complaints (C Dyer) 331:175 (N) 

— Alastair MacGillivray 




— Howard Martin, goes on trial for killing three patients (C 


— Roy Meadow 

— — defends his role (C Dyer) 331:66 (N) 

——struckoV (C Dyer) 331:177 (N) 

— medical mobility and regulatory cooperation (R Marchant) 


— Mexico, arbitration not litigation (C Tena-Tamayo, et al) 


— Fergus Paterson, suspended for "pushy Americans" comment 


— Harold Shipman 

— — GPs accused of missing warning signs (O Dyer) 331:68 (N) 

— — report into suicidal tendencies (K McIntosh) 331:474 (N) 

— Kenneth Shorrock, GMC hearing over altered autopsy report 


— Ranjit Sinharay, suspension for false research claims (O Dyer) 


Maltezos E, see Papanas N 331:1497 

Malweyi I, Africa does not need aid, but the opportunity for fair 

trade (Personal view) 331:784 (R) 

mammography 

— digital, accurate only for certain groups of women (D Spurgeon) 


— model of outcome: information to support informed choices 


management, guide for uninitiated clinicians (R Maude) BMJ 


Manaszewicz R, see Lockwood SM 331:351 

Manczuk M, see Didkowska J 331:189 

Mann J, Review of publication bias in studies on publication bias 


Mannan K, et al, Soft tissue tumours of the extremities 331:590 


Männik G, see Pólluste K 331:210 

Mansfield K, see Solomon T 331:501 

Mant D, see Sharland M 331:328 

Mant J, see McManus RJ 331:493 

Marchant R, You show me yours and I’ll show you mine 

—medical mobility and regulatory cooperation BMJ Careers 


Marcinkova D, see Gulis G 331:213 

Marcovitch H, Safer prescribing for children 331:646 (E) 

Margolis SA, see Littlewood S 331:387 

Mariano A, see Sevene E 331:765 

markets, health care reform and (N Edwards) 331:1464 (ED) 

Marks N 

— Front page pill pushers (The Press) 331:410 (R) 

— League tables for health journalists (The Press) 331:521 (R) 

Marlow K, see Walzman M BMJ Careers 331:76 

Marquez PV, et al, Combating non-communicable diseases 


Marrow, Joseph Towfiq Thomas, Obituary (L Zebouni, et al) 


Marshall, Barry, Nobel prize in physiology or medicine (G Watts) 


Marshall M, et al, The NHS revolution: health care in the market 

place. Competition in general practice 331:1196 (ED) 

Marshall T 

— Orphan drugs and the NHS 331:1144 (L) 


Marston C, et al, Impact on contraceptive practice of making 

emergency hormonal contraception available over the counter 

in Great Britain: repeated cross sectional surveys 331:271 

(PC) 

Marston D, see Solomon T 331:501 

Martin C 

—CoYns to die for (Art) 331:850 (R) 

— Hearwear: The Future of Hearing (Art) 331:459 (R) 

— Hospital at the Venice Biennale (Art) 331:54 (R) 

— Mad, Bad and Dangerous (Books) 331:1344 (R) 

— Touch Me (Art) 331:357 (R) 

Martin, David, Obituary (WFG Fiddes) 331:909 

Martin, Desmond, Obituary (I Martin) 331:1086 

Martin, Howard, goes on trial for killing three patients (C Dyer) 


Martin J-L, see Laumon B 331:1371 

Martin, Jules, influenza outbreak of 1918 (IH Wilson) (Medical 

history) 331:1536 

Martin M, I am on a GP vocational training scheme and want to 

become a GP and work in the NHS, but I would love to do 

part of my training in New Zealand as my partner is there on 

a surgical rotation. Is this possible? (Advice zone) BMJ 


Martin RE, et al, Beware of multiple names in database linkage 

research: prevalence of aliases in female prison population 


Martindale, John Haydn, Obituary (EA Martindale) 331:1027 

Martínez-Odriozola P, see Gutiérrez-Macías A 331:623 

Martins C, see Benn CS 331:1428 

Martyn C 

— The Drug Trial (Books) 331:115 (R) 

— Short cuts 331:369, 331:423, 331:477 (correction, 931), 


— Slow tracking for BMJ papers (Thoughts for today) 331:1551 

Marusˇić A 

— Ethics and the structures of health care in the European 

countries in transition: hospital ethics committees in Croatia. 

Commentary: Ethics in health care and research in European 

transition countries: reality and future prospects 331:230 

(ED) 

— see Burazeri G 331:195 

Marusˇić M,see Burazeri G 331:195 

Marwick C, US study of 100 000 children to start next year 


Mason W, A memorable patient. A late diagnosis 331:386 

mass media 

— doctors, medicolegal pitfalls (C Dukes) BMJ Careers 331:139 

— doctors urged to present views objectively (S Mayor) 


— portrayal of removal of children’s tissue and eVect on UK 

tumour bank (C Seale, et al) 331:401 (ED) 

Masseria C, see Hendy J 331:331 

Massoud S, see 331:1453 

Master of Business Administration (MBA), career advice to doctor 

(A Poole) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:186 

Mastilica M, Croatian healthcare system in transition, from the 

perspective of users 331:223 (ED) 

mastoiditis, antibiotic resistance in children and prescribing in 

general practice and hospital admissions (M Sharland, et al) 


maternal health 

— developing countries, cost eVectiveness analysis: Achieving the 

millennium development goals for health (T Adam, et al) 


— equity gap: bridging (ZA Bhutta) 331:585 (E), 331:844 (L) 

— international indicators and middle-income countries: Russia 

(JO Parkhurst, et al) 331:510 (ED) 

maternal mortality see also mortality 

— Burkina Faso 331:779 (L) 

— Panorama: Dead Mums Don’t Cry(JP Neilson) (TV) 331:55 

(R) 

maternal-fetal exchange see also pregnancy 

— HIV, China 331:162 (L) 

Mathai M, see Adam T 331:1107 

Matharu R, et al, Hoagland’s sign, (Minerva) 331:584 (R) 

Matheson NJ, et al, Foundation year for newly qualified doctors 


Mathew RG, see Papageorgiou KI 331:1323 

Mathews M, see Basil B 331:1204, 331:1407 

Matin R, A little understanding 331:97 

Matinhure S, see Sevene E 331:765 

Matthys JH, Teaching students in general practice can aVect 

patients’ blood pressure 331:406 (L) 

Maude R, Medical management for the uninitiated clinician BMJ 


Maudlin I, see Picozzi K 331:1238 

MAVIS trial, see Avenell A 331:324 

Maxhuni B, see Hedley RN 331:201 

maxillofacial surgery, career advice for medical student (JA Mc- 

Caul) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:262 

Maxwell, Katherine Neil (née Brittain), Obituary (IW Campbell) 


Maxwell SRJ, Evidence based prescribing 331:247 (E), 331:515 

(L) 

Mayers P, see Fairall LR 331:750 (correction, 1120) 

Mayon-White R, Pet ownership and human health: a brief review 

of evidence and issues. Commentary: Pets—pleasures and 

problems 331:1254 (ED) 

Mayor S 

— Cancer cells on the move 331:716 (N) 

— Cervical cancer jab "in a year" 331:864 (N) 

— Day surgery facilities in England are underused 331:130 (N) 

— Doctors urged to present views in an objective way to the 

media 331:1289 (N) 

— Extremely low birth weight is linked to risk of chronic illness 


— Health consequences after Chernobyl disaster are less than 

feared 331:534 (N) 

— Improving choice for disadvantaged patients should cut inequality 


— Incontinence management is inadequate, UK audit shows 


— Lack of staV and poor organisation blamed for excess deaths in 

a London hospital 331:128 (N) 

— Lack of targets leads to underperformance in NHS services 


— Merck cleared in personal injury case against Vioxx 331:1101 

(N) 

— Neither aspirin nor vitamin E prevents cancer, report says 


— New funding to make UK "a world class environment for 

medical research" 331:1359 (N) 

— Newer antihypertensive therapy reduces cardiovascular events 


— NICE guidance should consider lifestyle only if it influences 

eVectiveness 331:1423 (N) 

— NICE plans faster guidance on drugs for the NHS 331:716 

(N) 

— NICE to issue faster guidance on use of drugs by NHS 


— Poorer countries will not meet health targets, warns WHO 


— Primary care trust reverses decision not to fund trastuzumab 


— Psychological therapy must accompany antidepressants in 

young people 331:714 (N) 

— Quarter of people with diabetes in England are undiagnosed 


— Simple measures can predict death in malnourished children 


— Stroke patients prefer care in specialist units 331:130 (N) 

— Study highlights insensitivity of PSA screening 331:67 (N) 

— UK agency recommends better monitoring of multidrug resistant 

E coli 331:594 (N) 

— UK bodies give £100m for academic medical training 331:865 

(N) 

— UK report recommends fortification of flour with folate 


— UK team hopes to create a human embryo from three donors 


— Women with early breast cancer to be tested for trastuzumab 

treatment 331:864 (N), 331:1023 (L) 

Mays N 

— see Alvarez-Rosete A 331:946 

— see Smith J 331:1156, 331:1397 

Maywald U, see Meusel D 331:234 

MBA see Master of Business Administration (MBA) 

Mbwasi RJ, see Quick JD 331:709 

Meadow, Sir Roy 

— defends his role in conviction of Sally Clark (C Dyer) 331:66 

(N) 

— struck oV (C Dyer) 331:177 (N) 

— unsafe conviction rejected in expert witness case (C Dyer) 


measles, mumps and rubella vaccine 

— autism and, Horizon BBC2 "Does the MMR Jab Cause Autism?" 


— autism and why can’t Daily Mail eat humble pie? (M Fitzpatrick) 

(The Press) 331:1148 (R) 

Meda N, see Sombie I 331:779 

medical audit 

— clinical (N Naqvi) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:259 

— (S Rao) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:257 

Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, helping 

survivors (F Arnold) BMJ Careers 331:31 

medical paternalism, expensive unsubsidised drugs and (M Jefford, 


Medical Research Council see also research 

— avian influenza panic accusation (M Day) 331:1358 (N) (correction, 

332:87) 

— comparative clinical science panel 331:1268 (L) 

medical specialties, creep (K Barraclough) (Soundings) 331:1031 

(R) 

Medical Women’s Federation, new president (K Hebert) (Fifteen 


medicine 

— An Essential Medical Miscellany (Panja) (Books) 331:641 (R) 

— The Medical Miscellany (Ramachandran, et al)(Books) 331:641 

(R) 

— modern improvements. Endpiece (JH Baron) 331:22 

medicolegal medicine 

— media doctors’ pitfalls (C Dukes) BMJ Careers 331:139 

— sports medicine (S Green) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:26 

Mehrali T, Endpiece. Medicine’s need 331:1142 

Mehta DK, Dose adjustment in renal impairment 331:292 (L) 

Mehta S, see Adam T 331:1107 

melanoma, incidence and skin biopsy rates (HG Welch, et al) 


Melchart D, et al, Acupuncture in patients with tension-type 

headache: randomised controlled trial 331:376 (P) 

Meltzer H 

— see Ford T 331:1435 

— see Marston C 331:271 

Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners 

(MRCGP) see also Royal College of General Practitioners 

— (D Chao) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:173 (GP edition) 

memory, famous people over family: Berlusconi (F Turone) 


men, life expectancy, catching up with women (M Brettingham) 


Menabde N, see Figueras J 331:170 

Menage J, An unusual zoonosis 331:1255 

meningitis, Sri Lanka, imported syringes cause outbreak (G Mudur) 


meningococcal infections, medical finals and (D White) (Personal 


Menne B, et al, Health and climate change: a call for action 


Menon NK, Future of singlehanded general practices 331:353 (L) 

menopause, cohosh, herbal remedy for hot flushes is no better 

than placebo (R Dobson) 331:924 (N) 

Mensah N, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

Mental Capacity Act 2005 

— assessment (M Cooney) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:232 

— decision making capacity (L Doyal, et al) 331:1467 (ED) 

— treating non-competent patients (L Corfield, et al) 331:1353 

(E) 

mental disorders, Vacant Possession: A Story of Proxy Decision 

Making (McHaYe) (Books) 331:520 (R) 

mental health 

— Europe, post-communist countries (R Jenkins, et al) 331:173 

(E) 

— globalisation and children (S Timimi) 331:37 (ED) 

— government "has ignored" MPs’ recommendations (C Dyer) 


— humanitarian aid after disasters 331:49 (L), 331:50 (L) 

mental health services 

— crisis resolution team: north Islington crisis study (S Johnson, 


— evidence-based reform (PD McGorry) 331:586 (E) 

— plans are not being fully implemented in England (A Cole) 


— trust twins with Sierra Leone 331:904 (L) 

— US, action plan (J Lenzer) 331:592 (N) 

mentoring, overseas doctors, IMG mentors (Y-L Ong, et al) BMJ 


Merck 

— rofecoxib: cleared in personal injury case (S Mayor) 331:1101 

(N) 

— rofecoxib: ongoing claims after Texan ruling (JH Tanne) 


Merrington G, see Woodall AA 331:488 

meta-analysis see also systematic reviews 

— simultaneous comparison of multiple treatments: combining 

direct and indirect evidence (DM Caldwell, et al) 331:897 

(ED) 

metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risk (K Khunti, et al) 


methadone see also heroin 

— too dangerous for opiate addiction? (J Luty, et al) 331:1352 (E) 

methamphetamine, US, used weekly (B Roehr) 331:476 (N) 

methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus 

— arrival in hospital: cohort study in Oxfordshire 1997-2003 

(DH Wyllie, et al) 331:992 (P), 331:1143 (L) 

— infection rate assessment problems (DJ Spiegelhalter) 


— surveillance, improvement (G Duckworth, et al) 331:976 (E) 

Meusel D, et al, A tale of two Germanys 331:234 (L) 

Mexico, malpractice, arbitration not litigation (C Tena-Tamayo, et 


Meyer G, see Roy P-M 331:259 

mice, trichotillomania (BT Kurien, et al) (On the case) 331:1503 

Michael A, Cardiac impairment or heart failure? 331:577 (L) 

Michell B 

— What could Dr Finlay and Mr Herriot learn from each other? 


— Why shouldn’t children benefit from oral rehydration solutions 

for calves? 331:1267 

microbiology 

— career advice for overseas doctor (A Wilson) (Advice zone) 


— career advice for part time GP and staV grade in genitourinary 

medicine (A Wilson) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:176 

Middleton E, see Campbell SM 331:1121 

Middleton JM, see Lennan E 331:966 

Midgley AK, "Choose and book" does not solve any problems 


Midmer D 

— I want to spend six months to one year working in Canada 

after F2. Are short term jobs available? Will I have to do the 

exams? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:246 

— What is the procedure for overseas doctors wanting to work in 

Canada? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:196 

midwives 

— motivational interviewing to help pregnant smokers quit or 

cut down (DM Tappin, et al) 331:373 (P) 

— tips on working with (doctor’s view) (SK Kanapathippillai) 


— tips on working with (midwife’s view) (N Miller) (Tips on...) 


Mieliauskaite D, see Jurgelenas A 331:236 

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Mierzewski P, Croatian healthcare system in transition, from the 

perspective of users. Commentary: Patients’ empowerment: 

the East side story 331:226 (ED) 

Mignini L, see Khan KS 331:110 

Miguel-De la Villa F, see Gutiérrez-Macías A 331:623 

Mikhail GW, Coronary heart disease in women 331:467 (E) 

Mileshkin L, see JeVord M 331:1075 

Milewski PJ, District general hospitals have a future in truly rural 

areas 331:1473 (L) 

Milgram, Stanley, The Man Who Shocked the World: The Life and 

Legacy of Stanley Milgram (T Blass) (Books) 331:356 (R) 

(retraction, 1481) 

milk, evidence for benefit of milk in children is lacking (POEM*) 

331 (16 July 2005) 

millennium development goals see also Achieving the millennium 

development goals for health 

— child mortality: eVect on poorest? (KA Moser, et al) 331:1180 

(P) 

— cost eVective interventions: are they enough? (S Wibulpolprasert, 


— evaluation of current strategies and future priorities for improving 

health in developing countries (DB Evans, et al) 


— Health and the Millennium Development Goals (S Mayor) 331:7 

(N) 

— sex discrimination (BN Simwaka, et al) 331:708 (E) 

— UN: farewell to alms 331:48 (L) (correction, 343) 

Miller D, see Jones M 331:1337 

Miller N, Working with midwives (a midwife’s view) (Tips on...) 


Milligan K, et al, Safe play in unsafe places—general practice and 

homeless families in Glasgow BMJ Careers 331:19 (GP 

edition) 

Mills EJ 

— Sharing evidence on humanitarian relief 331:1485 (E) 

— et al, Designing research in vulnerable populations: lessons 

from HIV prevention trials that stopped early 331:1403 (ED) 

Millson DS, Are consenters representative of a target population? 


Milne AC, see Avenell A 331:324 

mineral supplements see vitamin supplements 

minimum wage see also poverty 

— UK, keeping healthy (C Deeming) 331:857 (E) 

— US, 30 Days: Minimum Wage (T Jackson) (TV) 331:1029 (R) 

Minns S, see Nancollas C BMJ Careers 331:85 (GP edition) 

miscarriage see also abortion, induced 

— investigation of recurrent miscarriages (F Kavalier) 331:121 

(E) 

— selective chromosome analysis: couples with 2 miscarriages 

(MTM Franssen, et al) 331:137 (P) 

misoprostol, severe postpartum haemorrhage and: Guinea Bissau 

(L Hoj, et al) 331:723 (P) 

mistakes see also performance 

— After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness (Berlinger) 


— airline pilots v. anaesthetists? (GR Park) 331:1345 (R), 


— Canada, hospital survey of medication errors (D Spurgeon) 


— looking sideways (G Dunea) (Soundings) 331:463 (R) 

— NHS deaths (R Coombes) 331:254 (N) 

— potassium, best practices for safe handling (M Tubman, et al) 


— senior doctors’ admissions in campaign for more open culture 

(R Coombes) 331:595 (N), 331:1272 (L) 

— should doctors always admit mistakes? (K Sritharan) BMJ 


— steps towards restoration to GMC register in five years (B 

Keighley) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:44 

— US, most reports (S Kermode-Scott) 331:1100 (N) 

Mitchell C, et al, Shoulder pain: diagnosis and management in 

primary care 331:1124 (C) 

Mitchell JD, Cardiac impairment or heart failure? 331:577 (L) 

Mitchell R 



mitochondria, Power,Sex,Suicide:Mitochondria and the Meaning of 

Life (Lane) (Books) 331:851 (R) 

Mlisana KP, see Gebrekristos HT 331:772 

mobile phones see also telephones 

— hospital use: evidence? 331:637 (L) 

— motor vehicle crashes resulting in hospital attendance (SP 

McEvoy, et al) 331:428 (P) 

modafinil, shift work, slight improvement in wakefulness (D Spurgeon) 


mode of address, patients’ preferences (MM Lill, et al) (Professional 


Modernising Medical Careers, interview with Alan Crockard (K 

Sritharan) BMJ Careers 331:177 

Moghal M, Lip swelling and protein deficiency (Minerva) 


Mohammed E, see Tappin DM 331:373 

Mohammed F 

— Getting started at a new hospital (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— A patient who changed my practice. Honesty is the best policy 


Mohanna K 

— How can I apply to be a GP after SHO jobs? (Advice zone) 


— I am considering a career in general practice, and intend to 

make up my own rotation with six month SHO posts. Will 

stand alone posts in specialties such as paediatrics still exist 

with the introduction of the foundation training programme? 


— I have finished medical university in Mongolia and have 

worked as a general practitioner for a year. I would like to work 

and live in the UK—what are my chances? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— Is it easier to get a general practitioner VTS post if one does six 

month as a primary care assistant? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


MoncrieV J, et al, EYcacy of antidepressants in adults 331:155 

(ED) 

Mongolia, career advice for Mongolian GP (K Mohanna) (Advice 


Montgomery SM, see Netuveli G 331:1382 

Montori VM, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Mony PK, et al, Capacity building in collaborative research is 

essential 331:843 (L) 

Moons KGM, see Rutten FH 331:1379 

Moor G, see Hill N 331:384 

Moore D, see Burls A 331:1019 


Morales K 

— Funding in Africa is concentrating too heavily on the "big 

three" 331:866 (N) 

— Prostate cancer charity wants better information for patients 


— UK must tackle road crashes, skin cancer, and asthma 


Moran CG, see Roche JJW 331:1374 

Moravan V, see Martin RE 331:335 

Morel CM, et al, Achieving the millennium development goals for 

health. Cost eVectiveness analysis of strategies to combat 

malaria in developing countries 331:1299 (P) (correction, 

332:151) 

Morgan D, see Palmer S 331:1256 

Morgan G, see Elwood P 331:161 

Morgan L, see Young JD 331:404 

Morgan M, Staphylococcus aureus, Panton-Valentine leukocidin, 

and necrotising pneumonia 331:793 (E) 

Morgan N, Blame my Brain: The Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed 


Morgan SG, et al, "Breakthrough" drugs and growth in expenditure 

on prescription drugs in Canada 331:815 (P) 

Morrell P, Endpiece. Common doctors 331:1298 

Morris, Arthur Oliver Nixon, Obituary (G Morris) 331:848 

Morris SS, see James C 331:747 

Morrison C, see Simpson C 331:887 

Morrison J, Early practical experience and the social responsiveness 

of clinical education: systematic review. Commentary: 

The challenges of systematic reviews of educational research 


Morrison L, Blame my Brain (Books) 331:911 (R) 

Morrow M, see Kell MR 331:789 

Mort M, et al, Psychosocial eVects of the 2001 UK foot and mouth 

disease epidemic in a rural population: qualitative diary 

based study 331:1234 (P) 

mortality see also death; infant mortality; life expectancy; maternal 

mortality 

— cardiovascular risk factors in Croatia (J Kern, et al) 331:208 

(ED) 

— coronary disease 

— — changes in dietary fat and, Poland (WA Zatonski, et al) 


— — ischaemic heart disease and drug interactions 331:159 (L), 


— — modelling decline in England and Wales: 1981-2000 (B 

Unal, et al) 331:614 (PC) 

— coronary disease persistent high stroke mortality in Bangladeshis 

(R Bhopal, et al) 331:1096 (E) 

— general practice, inquiry finds no wrong doing (R Dobson) 


— lung cancers, smoking prevalence in the European Union and 

(J Didkowska, et al) 331:189 

— Russia, health crisis (RA Atun) 331:1418 (E) 

— self reported health and: UK ecological analysis (D O’Reilly, et 


Mortensen PB, see Qin P 331:23 

Morton AP, Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia 


Moscrop A, Yemen embarks on its seventh round of polio immunisations 


Moser KA, et al, How does progress towards the child mortality 

millennium development goal aVect inequalities between 

the poorest and least poor? Analysis of Demographic and 

Health Survey data 331:1180 (P) 

Mossialos EA, see Walley T 331:171 

Mostofi SB, ed, Who’s Who in Orthopedics (Books) 331:581 (R) 

Moszynski P 

— "Catastrophic" violence continues unchecked in Somalia, says 

medical aid charity 331:474 (N) 

— Conference plans rebuilding of southern Sudan’s health services 


— Kashmir crisis is worse than the Asian tsunami, says WHO 


— Uncoordinated aid eVorts after earthquake could result in 

duplication, WHO warns 331:864 (N) 

— Violence in Darfur is endangering aid workers 331:925 (N) 

— Women and girls are still victims of violence in Darfur 331:654 

(N) 

Moto DD, see Schelling E 331:1264 

motor neurone disease, unwanted diagnosis in doctor’s father. A 

memorable patient (S Warren) 331:336 

motorcycle racing, track doctors: career advice (J Botting) BMJ 


Moy EM, see Atkins D 331:916 

Moynihan R, et al, Selling Sickness: How Drug Companies Are 

Turning Us All Into Patients (Books) 331:701 (R) 

Mozambique, eclampsia, unavailability of magnesium sulphate (E 

Sevene, et al) 331:765 (ED) 

Mozynski P, Global Fund calls for increased AIDS funding 


Mrazek M, see Walley T 331:171 

MSc in orthopaedic engineering, (M Hossain) (Diplomatosis) 


Muddu B, My favourite surgical instrument 331:1383 

Mudur G 

— Aid agencies ignored special needs of elderly people after 

tsunami 331:422 (N) 

— Foreign visitors to India are unaware of rabies risk 331:255 

(N) 

— Imported syringes triggered meningitis in Sri Lanka 331:535 

(N) 

— India plans to audit clinical trials 331:1044 (N), 331:1205 (L) 

— Indian government bans smoking in new films and TV serials 

330:1468 (correction, 331:323) 

— Japanese encephalitis outbreak kills 1300 children in India 


— Mumbai braces itself for leptospirosis and waterborne infections 


Muirhead CR, see Cardis E 331:77 

Mukherjee RAS, Message in a Bottle (Books) 331:850 (R) 

Mullally BJ, see Allwright S 331:1117 

Muller MT, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

Muller T, see Kralikova E 331:191 

multidrug resistant Escherichia coli, monitoring, UK agency recommendation 


multiple treatments, meta-analysis: simultaneous comparison of 

multiple treatments: combining direct and indirect evidence 

(DM Caldwell, et al) 331:897 (ED) 

multivitamin supplements see vitamin supplements 

Munchausen syndrome by proxy, detecting fabricated or induced 

illness in children (DM Foreman) 331:978 (E), 331:1144 

(L) 

Mungall, Donald Forbes, Obituary (I Mungall) 331:1086 

Munjuluri N, et al, Lesson of the week. Postpartum eclampsia of late 

onset 331:1070 (C), 331:1204 (L) 

Munks, Jane, (née Sweatman), Obituary (B Munks) 331:1086 

Murie J 

— Doc around the clock BMJ Careers 331:237 (GP edition) 

— GP appraisal recruitment in Scotland 2005 BMJ Careers 


Murkin J, see Carter MI 331:456 

Murphy MJ, see Srivastava R 331:890 

Murray ET, see Fitzmaurice DA 331:1057 

Murray SA, et al, Health in Africa 331:904 (L) 

Muslims, Hajj, health advice (AR Gatrad, et al) 330:133 (C) 

(correction, 331:442) 

Mussai F, see Hope T 331:1384 

mustard, poultice causes burn (B Rudge, et al) (Minerva) 


Mutabingwa T, see Malenga G 331:706 

Mwangi-Powell F, see Murray SA 331:904 

Mwebesa E, see Senyimba C 331:778 

Myanmar, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 

pulls grants (L Eaton) 331:475 (N) 

Myers-Briggs indicators, use for practising doctor (C Nancollas) 


Myint S, see Newland A 331:417, 331:576 (L) 

Mynors G, see Shaw JM 331:1034 

myocardial infarction see also cardiovascular diseases 

— angiotensin receptor blockers and: systematic review (MA 

McDonald, et al) 331:873 (P) 

— risk score for prediction in patients with stable angina (TC 

Clayton, et al) 331:869 (P) 

N 

Nadel S, see Maitland K 331:337 

Nair, Bala Krishna Hareendran, Obituary (H Sugunendran) 


Nakayama T, see Nomura H 331:648 

Naki, Hamilton, Obituary (C Richmond) 330:1511 (correction, 

331:519) 331:517 (L) 

Namaganda PK, see Giuliano M 331:778 

Nancollas C 

— How the MBTI can help a practising doctor BMJ Careers 


— et al, Should doctors charge patients for missed appointments? 


Naqvi N 

— Clinical audit (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:259 

— see Raw J 331:427 

Nardi AE, Psychological impact of alopecia 331:1084 (L) 

nasal cancer, children, and passive smoking (R Dobson) 331:534 

(N) 

National Audit OYce 

— Reducing Brain Damage (R Coombes) 331:1161 (N) 

— A Safer Place for Patients (R Coombes) 331:1100 (N) 

National Clinical Assessment Service, Back on Track: Restoring 

Doctors and Dentists to Safe Professional Practice (A Cole) 


National Confidential Inquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, 

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Z Kmietowicz) 331:983 (N) 

National Health Service 

— alternative medicine (TD Thompson, et al) 331:856 (E), 


— Bevan betrayed: demise (R Lane, et al) 331:853 (R) 

— cancer health services, NHS must increase capacity (A 


— choose and book: whose choice is it anyway? 331:294 (L) 

— compensation, small claims settlement without litigation (C 


— competition and payment by results condemned: ARM (A 

Ferriman) 331:9 (N) 

— doctors can work in independent treatment centres: ARM (Z 

Kmietowicz) 331:9 (N) 

— errors led to more than 800 deaths (R Coombes) 331:254 (N) 

— evidence not ideology 331:964 (L) 

— health care quality, still searching? (J Appleby, et al) 331:63 (E) 

— information technology national programme 

— — implementation challenges: qualitative study (J Hendy, et 

al) 331:331 (IP), 331:516 (L) 

— — Richard Granger interview (G Watts) 331:310 (N) 

— liver transplantation, programme to go ahead (B Christie) 


— markets to reform health care (N Edwards) 331:1464 (ED) 

— The NHS revolution: health care in the market place 

— — Challenges of private provision in the NHS (N Timmins) 


— — Competition in general practice (M Marshall, et al) 


— — Medical generalists: connecting the map and the territory 

(I Heath, et al) 331:1462 (ED) 

— — Practice based commissioning: applying the research evidence 

(J Smith, et al) 331:1397 (ED) 

— — Use of private health care (N Timmins) 331:1141 (ED) 

— — What do patients and the public want from primary care? 

(A Coulter) 331:1199 (ED) 

— payment by results could destabilise (K Godfrey) 331:862 (N) 

— performance 

— — devolution: eVect of diverging policy across NHS (A 

Alvarez-Rosete, et al) 331:946 (IP), 331:1081 (L) 

— — lack of targets (S Mayor) 331:175 (N) 

— reform in England (J Dixon) (Personal view) 331:852 (R) 

— reorganisation: give it a chance (C Douglas) (Soundings) 


— research programme to be transformed (A Cole) 331:368 (N), 


— The Role of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the NHS 

(R Dobson) 331:795 (N) 

— Scotland, Overview of the Performance of the NHS in Scotland 

2004/05 (B Christie) 331:1358 (N) 

— staYng 

— — grades and titles (S Eccles) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— — staV can be diYcult to motivate (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 


— — workforce planning problems (S Eccles, et al) (OV the 

fence) BMJ Careers 331:92 

— stealth tax on non-essential services (T Greenhalgh) (Soundings) 


— stroke, NAO report (R Coombes) 331:1161 (N) 

— writers join experts to campaign against privatisation (S Arie) 


National Institute for Clinical Excellence 

— assessments 

MIE-NAT 19

— — CancerBACUP criticism of time taken (L Eaton) 331:652 

(N) 

— — faster guidance on use of drugs by NHS (S Mayor) 


— — lags behind Scotland in cancer drugs (R Dobson) 331:652 

(N) 

— — plans faster guidance (S Mayor) 331:716 (N) 

— Depression in Children and Young People (S Mayor) 331:714 (N) 

— Meeting the Financial Implications of NICE Guidance (A 


— Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer (Z Kmietowicz) 331:10 

(N) 

— Social Value Judgments (S Mayor) 331:1423 (N) 

National Patient Safety Agency 

— background (G Elwyn, et al) 331:302 (E) 

— Building a Memory (R Coombes) 331:254 (N) 

— Medical Error (R Coombes) 331:595 (N), 331:1272 (L) 

nature, human health and nature conservation (A Burls, et al) 


naval medicine 

— William Beatty’s box of instruments (MKH Crumplin, et al) 

(Medical history) 331:1531 



Navaratnasingham R, see Wani M 331:439 

Nayak S, Misunderstandings 331:1456 

Ndhlovu M, see Zurovac D 331:734 

Neal J, Practice based commissioning: an introduction BMJ Careers 


Neale G, Transformational leadership 331:560 

near patient testing, smoking cessation (T Coleman) 331:979 (E) 

necrotising pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus, Panton-Valentine 

leukocidin and (M Morgan) 331:793 (E) 

Nedera O, see Burazeri G 331:195 

needs assessment, damage v. ability to cope shapes need for 

disaster aid 331:49 (L) 

neglected diseases 

— eclampsia, Mozambique, unavailability of magnesium sulphate 

(E Sevene, et al) 331:765 (ED) 

— prioritisation related to poverty (R MacDonald) 331:12 (N) 

Nehrlich HH 

— Anger is the weed, hate is the tree 331:111 (L) 

— et al, A tale of two Germanys 331:234 (L) 

Neilson JP 

— Panorama: Dead Mums Don’t Cry(TV) 331:55 (R) 

— see Lavender T 331:490 

Neish B, et al, Improving surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia 


Nelen V, see Busby A 331:140 

Nelson, Horatio 



— personal experiences of surgery. One hundred years ago 


neonatal respiratory distress 

— betamethasone after elective caesarean section and 

— — antenatal exposure: psychological functioning and quality 

of life after inclusion in trial (SR Dalziel, et al) 331:665 (P) 

— — trial (PR Stutchfield, et al) 331:662 (P) 

Nepal, Hindu belief on death (KR Pandey) 331:207 

Ness A, see Reilly JJ 331:454 

Netherlands 

— Big Brother’s Little Baby (T Sheldon) (TV) 331:640 (R) 

— euthanasia 

— — doctors adopt guidelines on mercy killings of newborns (T 


— — experience of monitoring (BD Onwuteaka-Philipsen, et al) 

331:691 (ED) (correction, 1065) 

— — regulation in severely ill neonates (T Sheldon) 331:1357 

(N) 

— — sedation guidance for doctors (T Sheldon) 331:1422 (N) 



— female genital mutilation, tough measures rejected (T Sheldon) 


— refugees, deportation of mentally ill asylum seeker (T Sheldon) 


— sex education, primary schools (T Sheldon) 331:654 (N) 

— time to pregnancy and sex of oVspring: cohort study (LJM 

Smits, et al) 331:1437 (P) 

Netlines, (H Brown) 331:54 (R), 331:298 (R), 331:852 (R), 

331:1090 (R), 331:1345 (R) 

Netterstrom B, see Nielsen NR 331:548 

Netuveli G, et al, Functional limitation in long standing illness and 

quality of life: evidence from a national survey 331:1382 

(PC) 

neural tube defects 

— folic acid and 

— — UK report recommends fortification of flour (S Mayor) 


— — US study (JH Tanne) 331:594 (N) 

neurocysticercosis, lesson from a death. My biggest mistake (RN 

Das) 331:1005 

neurolinguistic programming, education, relevant course for doctors 

(S Kersley) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:134 

neurology 


— neuropathology v. histopathology (C Gray) (Advice zone) 


neuropsychiatric functioning, traumatic brain injuries (S Fleminger, 


Neustadt RE, et al, The Swine Flu AVair: Decision-Making on a 

Slippery Disease (Books) 331:1276 (R) 

Neven AK, see van der Meer V 331:26 

Neville E 

— Competences for the foundation programme Part 1: Clinical 

decision making BMJ Careers 331:210 

— Competences for the foundation programme Part 2: Time 

management BMJ Careers 331:222 

— The foundation programme and consultants BMJ Careers 


New England Journal of Medicine, Vioxx study criticised for omitting 

heart attacks (JH Tanne) 331:1423 (N) 

New Orleans hurricane see Hurricane Katrina 

New Zealand, stuttering, Lidcombe early intervention programme 

(M Jones, et al) 331:659 (P) 

Newby RM, see Lovel HJ 331:1439 

Newell B, et al, Submitting specimens for histopathology (Tips 


Newland A, et al, Preventing severe infection after splenectomy 


Newson AJ, see Ashcroft RE 331:587 

newspapers see also journals 

— medical advice gratis. One hundred years ago 331:158 

Newton CRJC, see Maitland K 331:337 

Ng DK, et al, Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea 331:405 (L) 

Nga E, see Wani M 331:439 

NHS Confederation, NHS Foundation Trusts: Making a DiVerence 

(L Eaton) 331:864 (N) 

NHS Direct see also patient information 

— benefits for patients (M Sadler) (The way I see it...) BMJ 


— waste of time? (Letters) BMJ Careers 331:32 

The NHS revolution: health care in the market place 

— Medical generalists: connecting the map and the territory (I 

Heath, et al) 331:1462 (ED) 

— Practice based commissioning: applying the research evidence 

(J Smith, et al) 331:1397 (ED) 

— Should the NHS follow the American way? (C Donaldson, et 

al) 331:1328 (ED), 331:1473 (L) 

Nicholson B, see Baguley D BMJ Careers 331:243 

Nicholson P, A disaster medicine specialist (Fifteen minutes 


Nicholson S, Intellectual aptitude tests and A levels for selecting 

UK school leaver entrants for medical school. Commentary: 

The benefits of aptitude testing for selecting medical students 


Nielsen BB, see Hoj L 331:723 

Nielsen J, see Hoj L 331:723 

Nielsen NR, et al, Self reported stress and risk of breast cancer: 

prospective cohort study 331:548 (P) 

Nieminen P, see Kalliala I 331:1183 

Niessen LW, see Brouwer WBF 331:446 

Nigeria, breast cancers 331:779 (L) 

Ninis N, The role of healthcare delivery in the outcome of 

meningococcal disease in children: case control study of fatal 

and non-fatal cases 330:1475 (correction, 331:323) 

Nnoaham KE 

— Damage v ability to cope shapes need for disaster aid 331:49 

(L) 

— European subsidies and developing countries 331:1475 (L) 

No Free Lunch, American Academy of Family Physicians refuses 

exhibition space (J Lenzer) 331:653 (N) 

Nobel prize in physiology or medicine 

— British Library exhibition (C Rehwagen) 331:1426 (N) 

— doctors who discovered H pylori (G Watts) 331:795 (N) 

Noble A 



Noble D, see Hope T 331:1384 

Noble R, Which career first? 331:846 (L) 

Noble S, see Coast J 331:1444 

Nolan F, see Johnson S 331:599 

Nomura H, et al, The Japanese healthcare system 331:648 (E) 

non-communicable diseases see chronic disease 

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, gastrointestinal outcomes: 

comparison with COX-2 inhibitors (J Hippisley- 

Cox, et al) 331:1310 (PC), 331:1473 (L), 331:1474 (L) 

Nordentoft M, see Petersen L 331:602 

Normand C, see Szócska MK 331:231 

Norris J, A farewell to alms 331:48 (L) (correction, 343) 

North Stoke Primary Care Trust, reverses decision not to fund 

trastuzumab (S Mayor) 331:1162 (N) 

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, lack of staV and poor 

organisation blamed for excess deaths (S Mayor) 331:128 

(N) 

Northern Ireland 

— smoking, will introduce ban (L Eaton) 331:922 (N) 

— surgery, long waiting lists (O Dyer) 331:799 (N) 

Norway 

— cardiovascular diseases, estimating high risk group: HUNT 2 

population (L Getz, et al) 331:551 (PC) 

— mass media, doctors urged to present views objectively (S 


nose bleeds, beethaemia and carpet stains (J Handysides, et al) 


Novotny TE 

— Impact of transition on public health in Ukraine: case study of 

the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Commentary: HIV is not just a 

transitional problem 331:219 (ED) 

— The US Public Broadcasting System and Time Magazine take 

on global health (TV) 331:1149 (R) 

NSAIDs see non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs 

nuclear medicine, career advice for overseas doctors (J Frank) 


nuclear warfare, weapons are post-communist east European 

health hazard 331:237 (L) 

Nundy S, see Sengupta A 331:1157 

nursing 

— extended prescribing 

— — overview (AJ Avery, et al) 331:1154 (E), 331:1337 (L), 


— — profession’s coming of age (G Young) (Personal view) 


— — summary: UK doctors protest (M Day) 331:1159 (N) 

— Claire Rayner interview (L Sanai) (Fifteen minutes with...) 


— rise and demise of hospitals (N Black) 331:1394 (ED) 

— South Africa, eVect of educational outreach to tuberculosis 

nurses (LR Fairall, et al) 331:750 (PC) (correction, 1120) 

nursing homes 

— urinary tract infections 

— — antimicrobial prescriptions (M Loeb, et al) 331:669 (PC) 

— — antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected infections (M 

Loeb, et al) 331:669 (PC) 

Nygren KG, see Källén B 331:382 

O 

Øhlenschlæger J, see Petersen L 331:602 

Oakes RA, see McManus RJ 331:493 

obesity 

— children 331:452 (L), 331:453 (L) 

— — early life risk factors: cohort study 331:453 (L), 331:454 

(L) 

— Europe, graYti/greenery and obesity in adults (A Ellaway, et 


— hunger, and agriculture: damaging role of subsidies (LS 

Elinder) 331:1333 (ED), 331:1475 (L) 

— increases risk of several cancers (R Dobson) 331:1042 (N) 

— infant size and growth and later obesity: systematic review (J 

Baird, et al) 331:929 (P), 331:1145 (L) 

— middle age and future risk of dementia 331:454 (L), 331:455 

(L) 

— Socratic dialogue (D Ogilvie, et al) (Thoughts for today) 


— treatment, in individuals and populations (A Jain) 331:1387 

(C) 

— type 2 diabetes in children and: 1996-7 to 2003-4 (P Aylin, et 

al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 331:1167 

— US, weight reduction surgery quadruples in four years (D 

Spurgeon) 331:128 (N) 

O’Boyle D, Informed consent 331:1082 (L) 

O’Brien SJ, Foodborne zoonoses 331:1217 (E) 

obsessive-compulsive disorders, The House of Obsessive Compulsives 

C4 (S Dosani) (TV) 331:409 (R) 

obstetric forceps, design award (A Barrett) 331:66 (N) 

obstetrics 

— ABC for year one registrar in labour ward (B Sharma, et al) 


— education 

— — MRCOG part 1 books (P Owen) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— — MSc in either obstetric ultrasound or maternal medicine 

for SPR (P Owen) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:14 

occupational health see also work 

— Ireland, legislation for smoke-free workplaces (S Allwright, et 

al) 331:1117 (P) (correction, 332:151) 

— smart card for doctors (B Levy) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


occupational medicine, shoulder pain, diagnosis and management 

in primary care (C Mitchell, et al) 331:1124 (C) 

ocular hypertension, treatment: meta-analysis (PC Maier, et al) 


Odigwe C 

— Agencies scale up African relief 331:422 (N) (correction, 622) 

— Aid agencies appeal for help against famine 331:255 (N) 

Odiit M, see Picozzi K 331:1238 

O’Donovan D, see Allwright S 331:1117 

O’Dowd A 

— Chief medical oYcer considered resigning over smoking ban 


— Government must set up mechanism to save failing trusts 


—JoVe will amend role for doctors in new bill on assisted dying 


— Lifestyle contributes most to distribution of cancer, report 

says 331:65 (N) 

— New medical contracts hamper trusts’ financial performance 


— Next year’s pay rises for doctors should be 2% or less 


— NHS must increase capacity to deliver cancer treatment 


— Poor management, not drug costs, is hampering implementation 

of NICE guidance 331:594 (N) 

— Private commissioning plan raises question over conflicts of 

interest 331:1164 (N) 

— Private sector is losing interest in PFI projects 331:1042 (N) 

— Severe liver disease will increase unless injecting drug users are 

tested and treated 331:1422 (N) 

— Smoking ban also cuts smoking at home 331:129 (N) 

— Total smoking ban is the best way to narrow health gap, MPs 

told 331:985 (N), 331:1145 (L) 

— Trusts ignoring safety alerts should be named, says CMO 


— UK avian flu surveillance system is inadequate, Lords inquiry 

is told 331:921 (N) 

— UK government consults on primary care 331:8 (N) 

— UK will review partial smoking ban in 2010, MPs’ committee 

told 331:1039 (N) 

— Uncertainty over reorganisation is destabilising primary care 


OVice for National Statistics, Cancer Atlas of the United Kingdom 

and Ireland 1991-2000 (A O’Dowd) 331:65 (N) 

O’Gara C, see Luty J 331:1352 

Ogilvie D 

— Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Diplomatosis) 


— et al, Obesity: the elephant in the corner (Thoughts for today) 


— et al, Young people’s access to tobacco, alcohol, and other 

drugs 331:393 (C) 

O’Kane E, see Allwright S 331:1117 

Okong P, see Giuliano M 331:778 

Olausson PO, see Källén B 331:382 

Olff M, see Gersons BPR 331:50 

Oliver D, et al, Secondary prevention of falls and osteoporotic 

fractures in older people 331:123 (E) 

Oliver, Raymond Ernest Willis, Obituary (S Oliver) 331:1086 

Oliver S, Competences for the foundation programme—part 4: 

Information technology BMJ Careers 331:241 

Olivieri, Nancy, The Drug Trial (Shuchman) (Books) 331:115 (R) 

Olivieri, Stefano, Obituary (C Platz) 331:52 

Olsen OE, Bridging the equity gap in maternal and child health 


O’Malley B, see Conroy S 331:954 

oncology see also cancers 

— career advice (J Stebbing) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:14 

O’Neill D, see Simms C 331:787 

O’Neill P 

— Although I have not yet decided on a career specialty, I am very 

interested in medical education. Are there any resources detailing 

distance courses that I could potentially enrol in at this 

early stage? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:246 

— I have just started my AS subjects (in biology, chemistry, and 

maths) and would like to know if three subjects at AS and A2 

next year are suYcient to apply for a medical degree at 

university? How can I increase my chances of getting into 

medical school? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:176 

Ong C-K, et al, Embracing Cicely Saunders’s concept of total pain 


Ong E, Do junior registrar training posts in Australia count 

towards training in the United Kingdom? (Advice zone) 


Ong Y-L 

— et al, How to be an IMG mentor BMJ Careers 331:189 


Onslow M, see Jones M 331:659 

Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, et al, Dutch experience of monitoring 

euthanasia 331:691 (ED) (correction, 1065) 

Onyango S, see Giuliano M 331:778 

open label extension studies, research or marketing? (GJ Taylor, et 


Open University, Certificate in the Social Sciences (P Wills) 


open-angle glaucoma, treatment: meta-analysis (PC Maier, et al) 


OpenOYce, software solutions (1) (M Al-Ubaydli) BMJ Careers 


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ophthalmic herpes zoster, management in primary care (W Opstelten, 


ophthalmology 

— career advice for anaesthetic SHO (A Alwitry) (Advice zone) 



— Last Chance Saloon (M Clarke) (Personal view) 331:1483 (R) 

opioids, role in cancer pain (C Quigley) 331:825 (C) 

Opstelten W, et al, Managing ophthalmic herpes zoster in primary 

care 331:147 (C) 

Orbinski JJ, see Mills EJ 331:1403 

O’Reilly D, et al, Self reported health and mortality: ecological 

analysis based on electoral wards across the United Kingdom 


Oresˇković S,see Borovečki A 331:227 

Orford S, see Dorling D 331:1409 

organ transplantation 

— retention of children’s tissue, media portrayal and eVect on 

UK tumour bank (C Seale, et al) 331:401 (ED) 

— storage rules put out for consultation (C Dyer) 331:129 (N) 

Ormerod E, see McNicholas J 331:1252 

Ormond T, see Jones M 331:659 

orphan drugs see also drugs 

— cost eVectiveness: should we value rarity? (C McCabe, et al) 


— cost-eVectiveness: view from frontline (A Burls, et al) 


— new tuberculosis vaccine status 331:1476 (L) 

orthopaedics 

— Australia, work experience (T Briant-Evans) BMJ Careers 


— career advice for Canadian orthopaedic surgeon on working 

for a year in UK (C Liao) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:272 

— career advice for registrar working in Saudi Arabia (K Patel) 


— gap (T Briant-Evans) BMJ Careers 331:59 

— MSc in orthopaedic engineering (M Hossain) (Diplomatosis) 


— Who’s Who in Orthopedics (Mostofi, ed) (Books) 331:581 (R) 

Ortiz Z, Five futures for academic medicine: the ICRAM scenarios. 

Commentary: How far is the future? 331:106 (ED) 

Osbourn A, Russian doctors sell drugs to supplement salaries 


The Osbournes, drug abuse content analysis (NA Blair, et al) (Sex, 


oseltamivir 

— Canada, Roche stops distribution (D Spurgeon) 331:1041 

(N) 

— experts question wisdom of stockpiling (A Cole) 331:1041 


— media survey (M Day) (The Press) 331:1277 (R) 

— Roche considers licensing companies (JH Tanne) 331:981 (N) 

Osler, William, bedside library revisited: books for 21st century 

(SA Pai, et al) (Personal view) 331:1482 (R) 

Osman, Elamin Elnour ("Amin"), Obituary (K Sidahmed) 


osmotic demyelination syndrome, (R Abbott, et al) (Lesson of the 

week) 331:829 (C) 

osteopathy 

— medical career? (K Patel) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:24 

— The Osteopath’s Guide to Keeping Out of Trouble (Lambden) 

(Books) BMJ Careers 331:174 (GP edition) 

osteoporosis, elderly, secondary prevention (D Oliver, et al) 


Otieno PO, see Crump JA 331:478 

out of hours care 

— career advice for newly qualified GP (J Harvey) (Advice zone) 


—eVect of introduction of integrated care in England (V Lattimer, 


— Scotland, scheme (J Murie) BMJ Careers 331:237 (GP edition) 

— telephone triage from Bangladesh during voluntary work (R 

Charlton) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:44 

— training: core or optional addition? (R Chapman) BMJ Careers 


overseas doctors see also doctors 

— advice for Mongolian GP (K Mohanna) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— doctors allowed to enter UK before April 1991 (S Mahboob) 


— how to be IMG mentor (Y-L Ong, et al) BMJ Careers 331:189 

— nuclear medicine career advice (J Frank) (Advice zone) BMJ 


— postgraduate medical training changes (S Mahboob) BMJ 


— senior house oYcer, preference for UK or EU nationals (M 

Kumar) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:64 

— training, chances of getting into higher surgical training? (F 

Hanif) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:166 

— UK visa hurdle (A Reddy) BMJ Careers 331:127 

— visiting training numbers (S Eccles) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Owen CG, see Whincup PH 331:1060 

Owen P 

— Can anyone advise me on books to prepare for the MRCOG 

part 1 exam? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:262 

— I am a year 2 specialist registrar. How can I do an MSc in either 

obstetric ultrasound or maternal medicine for a year as an 

elective? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:14 

— What’s the scope for a GP with a special interest in obstetrics 

and gynaecology (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:144 

Owens D, see Hatcher S 331:788 

Owusu-Agyei S, see Chandramohan D 331:727 

Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare Trust, plans to cut consultant 

posts to make savings (O Dyer) 331:797 (N) 

Oxman AD, see Sevene E 331:765 

P 

Packman A, see Jones M 331:659 

paediatrics 

— career advice (R Durai, et al) BMJ Careers 331:3 


Page AS, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

Pai SA, et al, Osler’s bedside library revisited—books for the 21st 

century (Personal view) 331:1482 (R) 

pain see also low back pain 

— chronic pain is poorly managed (R Dobson) 331:476 (N) 

— medicine’s need. Endpiece (T Mehrali) 331:1142 

Pakistan 

— earthquake 


— — global relief has so far failed its test (R Villar) (Personal 


— — uncoordinated aid eVorts (P Moszynski) 331:864 (N) 

— — worse than the Asian tsunami, says WHO (P Moszynski) 


— UK, marriage of first cousins is health problem (O Dyer) 


Pal R 

— Cybermedics—a virtual reality (Books) BMJ Careers 331:234 

(correction, s236), s280 

— see Bolsin S BMJ Careers 331:57 (correction, s191) 

Palamara P, see McEvoy SP 331:428 

paleopathology, War of Roses bones (L Eaton) 331:421 (N) 

Paley MNJ, see GriYths PD 331:562 

palliative care see also death 

— Africa, integration with antiretroviral treatment 331:778 (L) 

Palmer A, see Malenga G 331:706 

Palmer AJ, et al, Insulin pumps: more consultation was needed 


Palmer I 

— ABC of conflict and disaster. Psychological aspects of providing 

medical humanitarian aid 331:152 (C) 

— How can I get a job in the Royal Air Force? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— How important are we really? (Personal view) 331:1481 (R) 

Palmer R, et al, Internet recruitment to foundation year 1 programmes 


Palmer S, et al, Early qualitative risk assessment of the emerging 

zoonotic potential of animal diseases 331:1256 (ED) 

pancreas 

— pancreatic panniculitis in woman (P Divekar, et al) (Minerva) 


— Purtscher’s retinopathy after pancreatitis (S Harsum, et al) 


Pandarakalam JP, Misdiagnosis of conversion symptoms 


Pandey KR, Don’t give up hope 331:207 

Panesar SS, et al, My medical career 2030 BMJ Careers 331:278 

Panja A, An Essential Medical Miscellany (Books) 331:641 (R) 

Panton-Valentine leukocidin, Staphylococcus aureus and (M Morgan) 


Papadopoulos R, et al, Valsalva retinopathy treated by laser vitreotomy 


Papageorgiou KI, et al, Pyoderma gangrenosum in ulcerative 

colitis: considerations for an early diagnosis 331:1323 (C) 

Papagiannis A, Publication: from rejection to rejoicing BMJ Careers 


Papanas N, et al, The 10 commandments of the diabetic foot 


Parag V, see Dalziel SR 331:665 

parent-child relations, concerns about their child’s emotions and 

behaviour and referral to specialist services (T Ford, et al) 


Park GR, Am I safe to fly? Am I safe to anaesthetise? (Personal 

view) 331:1345 (R), 331:1476 (L) 

Parker C, see Jenkins R 331:173 

Parker RJ, et al, 10-minute consultation. Snoring 331:1063 (PC) 

Parkhurst JO, et al, International maternal health indicators and 

middle-income countries: Russia 331:510 (ED) 

Parmesaran R, see Singh HP BMJ Careers 331:211 

Parr, Denis, Obituary (L Bartlet) 331:113 

Parry J 

— Antiviral drug in poultry is blamed for drug resistant avian flu 


— Avian flu pandemic could be brought under control in three 

weeks 331:367 (N) 

— Korea pushes forward on cloning front 331:366 (N) 

— Korean women rush to donate eggs after research pioneer 

resigns 331:1291 (N) 

— Vaccinating poultry against avian flu is contributing to spread 


— WHO confirms four human cases of avian flu in Indonesia 


Parslow RC, see Hepworth SJ 331:634 

passive smoking see also smoking 

— cigarette tip smoke toxicity (R Dobson) 331:1425 (N) 

— Ireland, legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of 

bar workers (S Allwright, et al) 331:1117 (P) (correction, 

332:151) 

— nasal cancer in children (R Dobson) 331:534 (N) 

Patau’s syndrome, parents’ journey: continuing a pregnancy after 

diagnosis (L Locock, et al) 331:1186 (C) (correction, 

332:1330, 1430) 

Patel K 

— I am a 40 year old registered osteopath who qualified in the 

United Kingdom in 1986. I am interested in pursuing a career 

in medicine. What courses would I be eligible to apply for, 

given my age? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:24 

— I am working as a registrar in orthopaedic surgery in Saudi 

Arabia. My total orthopaedic experience is 13 years. I would 

like to come to the UK as an orthopaedic SHO. How should I 

go about this? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:216 

— et al, The research fellow interview BMJ Careers 331:70 

Patel KJ, Postgraduate diploma in science of sports injuries 


Patel S, see Oliver D 331:123 

paternalism, expensive unsubsidised drugs and (M JeVord, et al) 


Paterson, Fergus, suspended for "pushy Americans" comment (O 


Paterson, John Robert, Obituary (R Paterson, et al) 331:1478 

pathogens 

— Eradicating pathogens 

— — The animal story (PL Roeder) 331:1262 (ED) 

— — The human story (RB Aylward, et al) 331:1261 (ED) 

patient autonomy, withholding policies from patients restricts 

their autonomy (C Williamson) 331:1078 (ED) 

patient care 

— clinical leadership in provision 331:161 (L), 331:162 (L) 

— informatics tools to help deal with patients’ problems: ABC of 

health informatics (F Sullivan, et al) 331:955 (C) 

— "patient" malaria patient (A Kumar) 331:1309 

patient compliance, prescribed medication (Solutions.doc) BMJ 


patient education, self help books do not cut doctor visits (R 

Dobson) 331:717 (N) 

patient information see also NHS Direct 

— on medicines (JM Shaw, et al) 331:1034 (E), 331:1409 (L) 

— prostate cancers, charity wants better information (K Morales) 


patient participation see also decision making; doctor-patient relations 

— choice (P Bate, et al) 331:1488 (E) 

— consultation exercise on health white paper: not inclusive (C 

White) 331:925 (N) 

— drug companies told how to benefit from helping patients’ 

groups (B Burton) 331:1359 (N) 

— Claire Rayner interview (L Sanai) (Fifteen minutes with...) 


— recruitment to trials 

— — including older people (MET McMurdo, et al) 331:1036 


— — "opt-in" v. "opt-out" strategies (C Junghans, et al) 331:940 

(PC), 331:1082 (L) 

— — payment to healthcare professionals (G Burazeri, et al) 


— rheumatoid arthritis: journey (C Simpson, et al) 331:887 (C) 

— what do patients want from primary care? The NHS revolution: 

health care in the market place (A Coulter) 331:1199 (ED) 

patient safety 

— basic guide (A Hoyle) BMJ Careers 331:55 

— hospitals must be more open, says CMO (A Cole) 331:1290 

(N) 

— National Patient Safety Agency, background (G Elwyn, et al) 


— personal digital assistants (S Bolsin) BMJ Careers 331:57 


— potassium, best practices for safe handling of products (M 

Tubman, et al) 331:274 (C) 

— Umesh Prabhu (B Rushforth) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ 


— risk analysis (A Hoyle) BMJ Careers 331:107 

— senior doctors’ admissions of mistakes in campaign for more 

open culture (R Coombes) 331:595 (N), 331:1272 (L) 

— UK, improving (R Coombes) 331:1100 (N) 

patient satisfaction 

— crisis resolution team: north Islington study (S Johnson, et al) 


— Croatia, healthcare system in transition (M Mastilica, et al) 


— student teaching in general practice: observational and qualitative 

study (J Benson, et al) 331:89 (LP), 331:406 (L) 

patients 

— falling standards of behaviour (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 


— friendly initiatives: pay oV (J Harvey) BMJ Careers 331:192 

(GP edition) 

— gifts from patients: strings attached? (SA Spence) (Professional 


—Patau’s syndrome, parents’ journey (L Locock, et al) 331:1186 

(C) (correction, 332:1330, 1430) 

— preferences for doctors’ appearance and mode of address 

(MM Lill, et al) (Professional matters) 331:1524 

— ship too far. A memorable patient (S Mahmud) 331:1182 

Paton A, see Lane R 331:853 

Paton C, et al, SSRIs and gastrointestinal bleeding 331:529 (E) 

Patrick A, see Bolsin S BMJ Careers 331:57 (correction, 331:191) 

Patterson C, see O’Reilly D 331:938 

Patterson, Jean Katherine (née Ritchie), Obituary (J Lennard- 

Jones) 331:1207 

Patterson L, Polar medicine BMJ Careers 331:273 

Pattie A, see Gow AJ 331:141 

Pattison HM, see McManus RJ 331:493 

Paul G, see Allwright S 331:1117 

Paul M, see Vidal L 331:263 

payment by results see also remuneration 

— condemned: BMA ARM (A Ferriman) 331:9 (N) 

— could destabilise NHS (K Godfrey) 331:862 (N) 

PDFs, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:852 (R) 

Peacock R, see Greenhalgh T 331:1064 

Pearse R, see Crumplin MKH 331:1531 

Pearson B, see Drummond AER 331:491 

Peckitt MG, Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:841 (L) 

Pécoul, Bernard, neglected disease prioritisation related to poverty 

(R MacDonald) 331:12 (N) 

Peden M, see Khayesi M 331:710 

pedigree, sex symbols ancient and modern (GD Schott) (Sex, 


peer assisted learning, for doctors (S Malick) BMJ Careers 331:47 

peer review 


— scrutiny for industry funded trials (KJ Rothman, et al) 


Peeters PHM, see Ramadhani MK 331:882 

pelvic girdle pain, in pregnancy (RW Stones, et al) 331:249 (E) 

Pendleton’s rules, bmjlearning.com (K Walsh) 331:574 

penicillin, blood reaction secondary to penicillin reaction (RJD 

Hewitt, et al) (Minerva) 331:244 

Penney TM, Challenges to implementing NPfIT 331:516 (L) 

pensions 

— changes in legislation surrounding provision (J Ward) BMJ 


— tips (L Sanai) BMJ Careers 331:223 

People’s Health Movement see also developing countries 

— global right to health campaign launched (R Labonte) 


— Iraq doctor tells of crimes (R Labonte) 331:252 (N) 

— meets to tackle health needs of poor (T Richards) 331:128 (N) 

Pereira LMP, Aspirin for everyone over 50? 331:160 (L) 

performance see also mistakes 

— African health services: putting together the "back oYce" (L 

Dare, et al) 331:759 (ED) 

— doctors 

——Back on Track: Restoring Doctors and Dentists to Safe Professional 

Practice (A Cole) 331:799 (N) 

— — making patients able raters (G Watts) BMJ Careers 331:15 

— — Scottish service ordered to release surgeons’ data (B Christie) 


— — should be published in the press (B Bridgewater) (The 


— NHS 

— — devolution: eVect of diverging policy across NHS (A 

Alvarez-Rosete, et al) 331:946 (IP), 331:1081 (L) 

— — lack of targets (S Mayor) 331:175 (N) 

perioperative complications see also postoperative complications 

— blockers in non-cardiac surgery, systematic review and 

meta-analysis (PJ Devereaux, et al) 331:313 (P) 

peritonsillar abscess, antibiotic resistance in children and prescribing 

in general practice and hospital admissions (M 

Sharland, et al) 331:328 (PC) 

Perlroth MG, Five futures for academic medicine 331:694 (L) 

Pernkopf, Eduard, holocaust and medicine: learning moment (U 

Weinberg) 331:668 

Perry IJ, see Allwright S 331:1117 

Persaud R 

— Game theory for doctors BMJ Careers 331:35 

OPH-PER 21

— The Man Who Shocked the World (Books) 331:356 (R) (retraction, 

1481) 

personal digital assistants, improving patients’ safety (S Bolsin) 

BMJ Careers 331:57 (correction, 191) 

personal support 

— 4: Helping each other deal with tricky relationships (A 

Houghton) BMJ Careers 331:17 

— 5: Stress and time management for people with multiple 

responsibilities (A Houghton) BMJ Careers 331:30 

— 6: For leaders and medical managers (A Houghton) BMJ 


Personal view 

— Africa does not need aid, but the opportunity for fair trade (I 

Malweyi) 331:784 (R) 

— The age of entitlement (D Spence) 331:1279 (R) 

— Am I safe to fly? Am I safe to anaesthetise? (GR Park) 


— Are public inquiries losing their independence? (K Walshe) 


— Are there any doctors here? (G Easton) 331:167 (R) 

— Bevan betrayed: the demise of the NHS (R Lane, et al) 


— Business sector shuns tobacco companies (S Chapman) 


— Calling a spade a spade (DK Sokol) 331:523 (R) 

— Can Labour take the NHS to market? (J Shapiro) 331:359 (R) 

— Comprehensive ophthalmology at the Last Chance Saloon (M 

Clarke) 331:1483 (R) 

— Confessions of a climate criminal (I Roberts) 331:643 (R) 

— Dilemma of a surgical trainee (B Lieske) 331:1347 (R) 

— Do we really know the law about students and patient consent? 

(ASJ Shaw) 331:522 (R) 

— The finger, the foot, my bone cancer (N TaYnder) 331:463 

(R), 331:637 (L) 

— Flexible training for men and women—is this the way forward 

for medicine? (C Schofield, et al) 331:1211 (R) 

— The future of tobacco (N Gray) 331:972 (R) 

— Guy Fawkes’s influence on medicine after 400 years (P Mc- 

Cann) 331:1091 (R), 331:1205 (L) 

— Health care in the eye the storm (HO Ventura) 331:582 (R) 

— How important are we really? (I Palmer) 331:1481 (R) 

— How US healthcare cuts could kill me (L Smith) 331:1030 (R) 

— Hunger striking prisoners: the doctors’ dilemma (B Gregory) 


— In Pakistan’s earthquake zone global relief has so far failed its 

test (R Villar) 331:1151 (R) 

— India: no homosexuals here (B Ravichandran) 331:57 (R) 

— Informed consent (and a flutter in Vegas) (D Rowbotham) 


— Is it time to ban dogs as household pets? (T Jackson) 331:1278 

(R) 

— The ivory towers are as resilient as ever (M Vaughan) 331:299 

(R), 331:515 (L) 

— Let the buyer beware (E Aka, et al) 331:358 (R) 

— The London bombings: a hospital doctor’s experience (AWY 

Chen) 331:166 (R) 

— Meningococcus and medical finals (D White) 331:1090 (R) 

— Moving on from Shipman (V Tanna) 331:411 (R) 

— My brush with FBI (G Yamey) 331:642 (R) 

— The nursing profession’s coming of age (G Young) 331:1415 

(R) 

— Osler’s bedside library revisited—books for the 21st century 

(SA Pai, et al) 331:1482 (R) 

— Projectitis? Supporting health reform (PD Toon) 331:243 (R) 

— Reforming the NHS in England (J Dixon) 331:852 (R) 

— Rethinking breast screening—again (CJ Baines) 331:1031 (R) 


— Revalidation: a view from Africa (AR Potter) 331:583 (R) 

— Transformation of minds and souls (VJ Simunovic) 331:242 

(R) 

— The UK flu vaccine shortage—who is at fault? (J Watkins) 


— Unlearning (C Johnson) 331:703 (R) 

— Western and traditional African medicine—working together 

on AIDS (N Andersson) 331:785 (R) 

— Why Kenneth Clarke is unfit to be Tory leader (M Daube) 


— Will modernised medical careers produce a better surgeon? (L 

Devey) 331:1346 (R), 331:1476 (L) 

Peters AC, see Fairall LR 331:750 

Peters TJ 



Petersen L, et al, A randomised multicentre trial of integrated 

versus standard treatment for patients with a first episode of 

psychotic illness 331:602 (P) (correction, 1065) 

Peto TEA, see Wyllie DH 331:992 

Petrie JR, see McDougall C 331:859 

pets 

— ban dogs? (T Jackson) (Personal view) 331:1278 (R) 

— human health and nature conservation (A Burls, et al) 


— ownership and human health (J McNicholas, et al) 331:1252 

(ED) 

PfaVenrath V, see Melchart D 331:376 

pharmacies 

— extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists 



— — summary: UK doctors protest (M Day) 331:1159 (N) 

— US, refusal to dispense emergency contraceptives (JH Tanne) 


— Your Own Pharmacy: The Guide for GPs, applicable in Scotland? 


Phillips AN, see Sabin CA 331:997 

Phillips, Hugh, Obituary (S Phillips) 331:354 

Phillips PA, see Crotty M 331:1110 

Phillips RL, Primary care in the United States: problems and 

possibilities 331:1400 (ED) (correction, 332:151) 

Philpott C, et al, Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients 331:404 

(L) 

Phizackerley DG, ASCOT: a tale of two treatment regimens 


phobias, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:1090 (R) 

physical examination, children: guidelines for medical students (T 

Hope, et al) 331:1384 (LP) 

physician assisted suicide see suicide, assisted 

Physicians for Human Rights, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 


Pickard A, see Casarett D 331:1537 

Pickering J, see Elwood P 331:161 

Pickersgill T, I am a 58 year old retired clinical oncologist. I took 

early retirement at age 55 and subsequently underwent open 

heart surgery, from which I have recovered. I am now anx- 

ious to return to some sort of patient care, although not in 

oncology. I am willing to retrain. I understand the 

DoH/NHS is trying to attract back retirees but I am finding 

it diYcult to obtain specifics. Can someone point me in the 

right direction? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:34 

Picozzi K, et al, Sleeping sickness in Uganda: a thin line between 

two fatal diseases 331:1238 (P) 

Pike I, see Desapriya EBR 331:966 

piles, war wound (W Mair) 331:630 

Pilling S, see Johnson S 331:599 

Pinto C, Frida Kahlo (Art) 331:297 (R) 

pioglitazone, reduction in macrovascular events? (N Freemantle) 


Pitman RJ, et al, Entry screening for severe acute respiratory 

syndrome (SARS) or influenza: policy evaluation 331:1242 

(P) 

Pittler MH, et al, Interventions for preventing or treating alcohol 

hangover: systematic review of randomised controlled trials 


placebos, eVect is being lost (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 331:212 

Plavinskij S, see Balabanova Y 331:379 

Pledger G, I can fly light aircraft, therefore I can anaesthetise? 


Plomer A, The Law and Ethics of Medical Research: International 

Bioethics and Human Rights (Books) 331:298 (R) (correction, 

613) 

Pocock SJ, see Clayton TC 331:869 

Poddar, Mohan Lal, Obituary (P Misra) 331:407 

Podmaniczky E, see Kralikova E 331:191 

POEM* see also evidence-based medicine; fillers 

— Anaemia doesn’t predict iron deficiency among toddlers 331 

(2 July 2005) 

— Antibiotics aren’t needed for lower respiratory tract infection 

331 (20-27 August 2004) 

— Aspirin prevents stroke, but not MI, in women 331 (23 July 

2005) 

— Calcium and vitamin D is eVective for preventing first fracture 

331 (30 July 2005) 

— Dietary supplements for erectile dysfunction may contain 

sildenafil or tadalafil 331 (8 October 2005) 

— Don’t use hip spica in kids with femoral fracture 331 (9 July 

2005) 

— Endovascular repair is worse than open repair in abdominal 

aortic aneurysms 331 (24 September 2005) 331:1081 (L) 

— Evidence for benefit of milk in children is lacking 331 (16 July 

2005) 

— Herpes zoster vaccine is safe and eVective for older adults 331 

(17 September 2005) 

— Low dose aspirin doesn’t lower women’s cancer risk 331 (15 

October 2005) 

— Negative CT scans can rule out pulmonary embolism in low 

risk patients 331 (6 August 2005) 

— Reserve angiography and revascularisation for high risk patients 

with ongoing ischaemia 331 (10 September 2005) 

— Statins are not associated with decreased risk of dementia 331 

(1 October 2005) 

— Treating gestational diabetes improves neonatal outcomes 

331 (13 August 2005) 

— Vitamin E, donepezil don’t slow progression of mild cognitive 

impairment 331 (3 September 2005) 

Poland 

— dietary fat changes and coronary heart disease decline (WA 

Zatonski, et al) 331:187 (P), 331:906 (L) 

— loss of doctors 331:235 (L) 

— perindopril registered monotherapy for stroke prevention 


Polar medicine, cold weather expedition (L Patterson) BMJ Careers 


Polasek O, et al, Croatia’s brain drain 331:1204 (L) (correction, 

1390) 

police, Deaths During or Following Police Contact (M Brettingham) 


police surgeons, career advice (P Crouch) BMJ Careers 331:95 

(GP edition) 

polio vaccination, Yemen (A Moscrop) 331:1358 (N) 

Pollard AJ, see Maitland K 331:337 

Pollock AM, Evidence not ideology 331:964 (L) 

Pòlluste K, et al, Public health reforms in Estonia: impact on the 

health of the population 331:210 (ED) 

Ponsford J, see Fleminger S 331:1419 

Poole A 

— A career in the City is becoming tempting with all the changes 

causing havoc with medical training. I have been advised that 

an MBA at a good school is a good start. Is this the best way? 


— I would like to know how an MBChB degree can be used for 

careers other than clinical medicine. Where can I get advice on 

alternative career pathways for medical graduates? I only have 

one year of postgraduate experience (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— More than an interview to land the job BMJ Careers 331:78 

— What not to do at an interview BMJ Careers 331:65 

Poole-Wilson PA, see Clayton TC 331:869 

Portugal, socioeconomic factors and insulin resistance in children 

(DA Lawlor, et al) 331:183 (P) 

post-traumatic stress disorders, The Management of Post Traumatic 

Stress Disorder in Primary and Secondary Care 331:50 (L) 

Postcards from the EDge, intervention using postcards to reduce 

repetition of self-poisoning (GL Carter, et al) 331:805 (P), 


Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, (D Ogilvie) 


Postgraduate Diploma in Science of Sports Injuries, (KJ Patel) 


Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board, what 

makes a good GP? role of PMETB (D Haslam) BMJ Careers 


Postma MJ, see Brouwer WBF 331:446 

postnatal depression see also depression 

— prevention (J Lumley) 331:5 (E) 

— psychosocial and psychological interventions: systematic review 

(C-L Dennis) 331:15 (P) 

postoperative complications see also perioperative complications; 

surgery, operative 

— cardiac events during non-cardiac surgery 

— — overview (S Bolsin, et al) 331:919 (E) 

— — cohort study of blockers (DA Redelmeier, et al) 331:932 

(P) 

— mortality after hip fractures in elderly and (JJW Roche, et al) 


postpartum eclampsia see eclampsia 

potassium, best practice for safe handling (M Tubman, et al) 


Potter AR, Revalidation: a view from Africa (Personal view) 


Potter, Harry, spell on accident prone children (S Gwilym, et al) 


poultry, vaccination against avian flu is contributing to spread (J 

Parry) 331:1223 (N), 331:1408 (L) 

Pounder D, Avoiding rabies 331:469 (E) 

poverty see also minimum wage; socioeconomic factors 

— Life in Britain: Using Millennial Census Data to Understand 

Poverty, Inequality and Place (Wheeler, et al) (Books) 331:1028 

(R) 

— Making Poverty History campaign issues (R MacDonald) 


— sex discrimination (O Dyer) 331:861 (N) 

— UK, health on minimum wage (C Deeming) 331:857 (E) 

— volunteering by general practices and: analysis of national 

primary care system (D Mackay, et al) 331:1449 (PC) 

Powell J, see Bryant J 331:1377 

Power CP, see Kell MR 331:1202 

PowerPoint slides, on bmj.com (T Delamothe) 331:650 (E) 

Powis DA, see McManus IC 331:555 

Powles J, see Didkowska J 331:189 

Powley E, et al, The Arts in Medical Education: A Practical Guide 


Prabhu, Umesh, (B Rushforth) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ 


practice based commissioning 

— introduction (J Neal) BMJ Careers 331:130 (GP edition) 

— research evidence: The NHS revolution:health care in the market 

place (J Smith, et al) 331:1397 (ED) 

practice managers, recruitment case study (JP Hill) BMJ Careers 


praise, salutary lesson. Endpiece (D Wingerchuk) 331:840 

pre-eclampsia, genetics, recurrence across generations: fetal and 

maternal genetic components (R Skjœrven, et al) 331:877 

(P) 

pregnancy see also caesarean section; maternal-fetal exchange 

— age factors: which career first? (S Bewley, et al) 331:588 (E), 


— CT and perfusion scanning 331:350 (L) (correction, 613) 

— depression and unwanted first pregnancy: longitudinal study 

(S Schmiege, et al) 331:1303 (P) 

— pelvic girdle pain (RW Stones, et al) 331:249 (E) 

— smoking, motivational interviewing by midwives with pregnant 

smokers (DM Tappin, et al) 331:373 (P) 

— time to pregnancy and sex of oVspring: cohort study (LJM 

Smits, et al) 331:1437 (P) 

Prescott R, see Stone J 331:989 

prescriptions, drug see also drug regulation 

— antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections (P Little, et al) 

331:301 (E) (correction, 622) 

— antidepressants for children: pharmacoepidemiological study 

in primary care (K Bennett, et al) 331:1451 (PC) 

— for children: safer (H Marcovitch) 331:646 (E) 

— evidence-based prescribing (SRJ Maxwell, et al) 331:247 (E), 


— extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists 



— — nursing profession’s coming of age (G Young) (Personal 


— general practice, hospital admissions for peritonsillar abscess, 

mastoiditis, and rheumatic fever in children (M Sharland, et 


— safe prescribing (A Datta) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:110 

prescriptions, drugs, consumer advert ban rejected by AMA (J 

Lenzer) 331:7 (N) 

Preston S, see Hill N 331:384 

preventive medicine 

— colorectal cancers (J Jankowski, et al) (10-minute consultation) 


— Scotland, "health coaching" for poor people (B Christie) 


Price J, et al, Working as a locum (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:179 

primary care trusts see also general practice 

— operation rates variation (P Aylin, et al) (Dr Foster’s case notes) 


— treatment delay to cut deficits (R Coombes) 331:1426 (N) 

primary health care see also general practice 

— comparison with hospital medicine: spoilt for choice? (M 

King) (The way I see it) BMJ Careers 331:39 

— coronary disease, modelling decline in England and Wales: 

1981-2000 (B Unal, et al) 331:614 (PC) 

— shoulder pain, diagnosis and management (C Mitchell, et al) 


— Substance Misuse in Primary Care: a Multidisciplinary Approach 

(R Winyard, et al) (Books) BMJ Careers 331:46 

— UK government consultation (A O’Dowd) 331:8 (N) 

— uncertainty over reorganisation is destabilising (A O’Dowd) 


— US, problems and possibilities (RL Phillips) 331:1400 (ED) 


Pringle M, see Avery AJ 331:1154 

prisons 

— general practice (M Williamson, et al) BMJ Careers 331:83 

(GP edition) 

— health care, making more eYcient (N Awofeso) 331:248 (E), 


— hunger striking prisoners: doctors’ dilemma (B Gregory) (Personal 


— multiple names in database linkage research (RE Martin, et al) 


— US, experience of smoke-free prisons 331:1473 (L) 

Pritchard C, see Lang T 331:1476 

Pritchard-Jones K, see Seale C 331:401 

private finance initiative 

— Bevan betrayed: demise of NHS (R Lane, et al) 331:853 (R) 

— is it dead? (RA Atun, et al) 331:792 (E), 331:965 (L) 

— private sector is losing interest (A O’Dowd) 331:1042 (N) 

private medicine 

— independent centres threaten juniors’ training (Z Kmietowicz) 


— India, private health sector (A Sengupta, et al) 331:1157 (E), 


— NHS, evidence not ideology 331:964 (L) 

— NHS waiting list cuts and (R Coombes) 331:1356 (N) 


— — Challenges of private provision in the NHS (N Timmins) 


— — (N Timmins) 331:1141 (ED) 

— — Should the NHS follow the American way? (C Donaldson, 

et al) 331:1328 (ED), 331:1473 (L) 

— UK NHS doctors can work in independent treatment centres: 

ARM (Z Kmietowicz) 331:9 (N) 

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problem based learning see also learning 

— community oriented curriculum and quality of primary care 

delivered by graduates (R Tamblyn, et al) 331:1002 (LP) 

Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board 

— career gap advice (E Chemla) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— CV preparation for getting clinical attachment? (J Adsett) 


— ten practical tips for PLAB 2 BMJ Careers 331:191 

professional practice see also doctors’ role 



— gifts from patients to doctors: strings attached? (SA Spence) 


progressive ataxias, patient’s journey (H Box, et al) 331:1007 (C) 

prostate cancers 

— charity wants better information for patients (K Morales) 


— screening 

— — insensitivity (S Mayor) 331:67 (N) 

— — study highlights insensitivity (S Mayor) 331:67 (N) 

Provan D, see Newland A 331:417, 331:576 

psoriasis, dithranol-stained nail ridges (W Hussain, et al) (Minerva) 


psychiatric disorders, parental concerns about their child’s emotions 

and behaviour and referral to specialist services (T 


psychiatry 

— Asylum (P Byrne) (Film) 331:581 (R) 

— career advice for doctor with MSc in transcultural mental 

health (M Cooney) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:216 

— crisis assessment and treatment teams (G Cornish, et al) BMJ 


— education, career advice (R Rao) BMJ Careers 331:45 

— Human Traces (Faulks) (Books) 331:1029 (R) 

— The Real Frasiers BBC R4 (S Dosani) (Radio) 331:55 (R) 

— voluntary work with tsunami victims in Southeast Asia (S 

Chok) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:134 

psychoanalysis, Diploma/MA in Psychoanalytic Studies (P Tate) 


psychology, education, tips for part time GP (R Chambers) (Advice 


psychoses, treatment, integrated v. standard treatment (L Petersen, 

et al) 331:602 (P) (correction, 1065) 

psychosocial eVects see stress 

psychosocial factors, low back pain, should treatment be aimed at 

psychosocial prognostic factors? (P Jellema, et al) 331:84 

(PC) 

public health see also veterinary public health 

— Estonia, impact of reforms (K Pòlluste, et al) 331:210 (ED) 

— Slovak republic, eVect of transition (G Gulis, et al) 331:213 

(ED) 

— terrorism response: funding (E Frank) 331:526 (E) 

— Ukraine, impact of transition on HIV/AIDS epidemic (D 

DeBell, et al) 331:216 (ED) 

public inquiries, losing their independence? (K Walshe) (Personal 


publication bias 

— France, fate (E Decullier, et al) 331:19 (P), 331:456 (L) 

— systematic review of bias in studies on publication bias (H-H 

Dubben, et al) 331:433 (P), 331:637 (L), 331:638 (L) 

publishing see also journals 



Puccetti L, Risk of gastrointestinal eVects with COX-2 inhibitors 


Pugh RN, see Gopalakrishnan S 331:1083 

Pui, Li Shu, Obituary (J Parry) 331:908 

Pukkala E, see Kalliala I 331:1183 

pulmonary embolism, diagnosis, systematic review and metaanalysis 

of strategies (LB Sardinha, et al) 331:259 (P) 

Purcell GP 

— The path to academic medicine: Paying the bills and breaking 

the mould BMJ Careers 331:120 

— see Frisse ME BMJ Careers 331:256 

— see Sliwa-Hahnle K BMJ Careers 331:19 

Pursell L, see Allwright S 331:1117 

pyoderma gangrenosum, in ulcerative colitis: considerations for 

early diagnosis (KI Papageorgiou, et al) 331:1323 (C) 

Q 

Qadan M, Experience of a junior doctor in a rural hospital BMJ 


Qian H-Z, see Chen KT 331:162 

Qin P, et al, Risk for schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis 

among patients with epilepsy: population based cohort 


quality of health care 

— analysis of quality of interventions in systematic reviews (RD 

Herbert, et al) 331:507 (ED) 

— general practice, improvements 1998-2003 (SM Campbell, et 


— NHS quest: still searching? (J Appleby, et al) 331:63 (E) 

quality of life 

— betamethasone after elective caesarean section and (SR 

Dalziel, et al) 331:665 (P) 

— functional limitation in long standing illness (G Netuveli, et al) 


— happiness (T Delamothe) 331:1489 (E) 

— in old age, and lifetime intellectual function (AJ Gow, et al) 


Quesenberry CP, see Whitmer R 331:455 

questionnaires, depression, "help" question and screening specificity 

(B Arroll, et al) 331:884 (PC) 

Quick JD, et al, Medicines supply in Africa 331:709 (E) 

Quigley C, The role of opioids in cancer pain 331:825 (C) 

Quin J 

— Disabled woman wins battle of Trafalgar (Art) 331:849 (R) 

— The Year of Magical Thinking (Books) 331:1208 (R) 

Quince T, see Benson J 331:89 

Quinton DN, see Akhtar S 331:30 

Qureshi S, Clinical attachment in general practice BMJ Careers 


R 

Raabe H-C, Mandatory reporting of all sexually active under-13s 


rabies 

— after holiday in India (T Solomon, et al) (Lesson of the week) 



— India, risk (G Mudur) 331:255 (N) 

— prevention (D Pounder) 331:469 (E) 

Rácz J, Europe in transition 331:907 (L) 

RadcliVe E 

— et al, GP consultations (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:138 (GP 

edition) 

— et al, Making most of your GP trainer (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— et al, Study sources for GP registrars (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Radecki TE, Calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures 


radiation exposure 

— cancer risk and: retrospective cohort study (E Cardis, et al) 


— Chernobyl disaster, consequences are less than feared (S 


— UK agency reports slight increase 331:350 (L) 

radiology 

— career advice, postgraduate diplomas (A Denison) (Advice 


— career advice (J Frank) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:226 

Rae P, I am in my first year of an SHO post in obstetrics and 

gynaecology. How can I acquire a post of anatomy demonstrator? 


Raftery JP, see Fitzmaurice DA 331:1057 

Rahemtulla T, see Bhopal R 331:1096 

rain, panacea. One hundred years ago 331:39 

Raine R, et al, Developing clinical guidelines: a challenge to 

current methods 331:631 (ED) 

Rajan TD, Private health sector in India 331:1339 (L) 

Rajapaksa, Tusevnambi Jayatissa, Obituary (R Fernando, et al) 


Ramachandran M, et al, The Medical Miscellany (Books) 331:641 

(R) 

Ramadhani MK, et al, Innate left handedness and risk of breast 

cancer: case-cohort study 331:882 (P), 331:1023 (L), 


Ramsay CR, see Avenell A 331:324 

Ramsay J, see Taylor SJC 331:485 

Randall A, see Sharland M 331:328 

randomised controlled trials see also clinical trials 

— BMJ, need to be registered 331:219 

Rankin J, see Quick JD 331:709 

Rao R 

— Careers in substance misuse psychiatry BMJ Careers 331:45 

— How long do doctors have to complete their house jobs after 

passing MB BS? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:226 

— I am a graduate from India and I finished my internship in 

2002. After that I did a house job in medicine for six months. 

I recently took my Professional and Linguistic Assessments 

Board (PLAB) test part 2. Am I eligible for a foundation 

programme year 2 post? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:54 

Rao S, Conducting an audit (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:257 

rape, Sudan, Vincent Hoedt interview (T Sheldon) 331:70 (N) 

Rapezzi C, et al, White coats and fingerprints: diagnostic reasoning 

in medicine and investigative methods of fictional detectives 


rare diseases, drug development: view from frontline (A Burls, et 


Rasanesan M, Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme 


rationing see health care rationing 

Ravichandran B, India: no homosexuals here (Personal view) 


Ravnskov U, Europe in transition 331:906 (L) 

Raw J, et al, A case of mouth in foot disease 331:427 

Ray JA, see Palmer AJ 331:905 

Rayner, Claire, (L Sanai) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 


Raza G, et al, Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia 


Rea PM, Where should I look for jobs in anatomy? (Advice zone) 


Read SL, Postcards from the edge 331:966 (L) 

Reaman G, see Kumar A 331:1295 

recruitment see job applications 

rectal cancers, digital examination out of hours (N TaYnder) 


red eye, diagnosis (SK Bal, et al) (10-minute consultation) 331:438 

(PC) 

Reddy A, Overseas doctors—the UK visa hurdle BMJ Careers 


Redelmeier DA, et al, blockers for elective surgery in elderly 

patients: population based, retrospective cohort study 


Redmond, Tony, (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:204 

Reed, Freda Susanne, Obituary (T Reed, et al) 331:458 

Reeler A, see Dare L 331:759 

Rees J 

— ABC of asthma. Methods of delivering drugs 331:504 (C) 

— ABC of asthma. Prevalence 331:443 (C) 

Rees, Lyn Thomas, Obituary (J Rees) 331:909 

Reeves BC, see Hendy J 331:331 

Reeves D, see Campbell SM 331:1121 

referrals 

— ABC of health informatics (F Sullivan) 331:1072 (C) 

— parental concerns about child’s emotions and behaviour (T 


— second opinions. Endpiece (JH Baron) 331:329 

— telephones 

— — from A&E (M Roy) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:121 

— — (T McGrattan) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:121 

refugees see also immigrants 

— Asylum (P Byrne) (Film) 331:581 (R) 

— hunger strikers are not properly monitored at detention centre 

(J Burne) 331:178 (N) 

— long term humanitarian assistance: ABC of conflict and disaster 


— Netherlands, deportation of mentally ill asylum seeker (T 


rehabilitation 

— chronic low back pain, comparison with surgery 331:109 (L) 

— locality based community hospital care and independence in 

older people needing rehabilitation (J Green, et al) 331:317 (P) 

Rehwagen C 

— Building a Healthier Britain (Radio) 331:1088 (R) 

— Panorama: Love Hurts (TV) 331:971 (R) 

— Show captures the spirit of Nobel achievement 331:1426 (N) 

Reilly B, see Stewart C 331:1213 

Reilly JJ, et al, Early life risk factors for obesity in childhood 


Reimer M, Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea 331:405 (L) 

Reinhardt-Rutland TH, Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians 


Reith B, see Edwards J BMJ Careers 331:148 

relatives, The Year of Magical Thinking (J Didion) (Books) 


religion, The Story of God (T Jackson) BBC1 (TV) 331:1480 (R) 

remuneration see also payment by results 

— doctors, chancellor suggests 2% or less (A O’Dowd) 331:1359 

(N) 

— establishing what doctors are really worth? (Solutions.doc) 


— GPs, deserve recent pay rise? (N Timmins) 331:800 (N), 


— most lucrative branch of medicine. Endpiece (JH Baron) 


renal function, dose adjustment, systematic comparison of four 

sources of drug information (L Vidal, et al) 331:263 (P), 


Rennie A, see McNicholas J 331:1252 

Rennie, Christopher Douglas, Obituary (S Payne, et al) 331:1147 

reproduction, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:54 (R) 

Rese A, et al, Implementing general practice in Russia: getting 

beyond the first steps 331:204 (PC) 

research see also clinical trials; Medical Research Council 

— academic staV frustrated with research assessment exercise (Z 

Kmietowicz) 331:983 (N) 

— adjustment (AJ Diver) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:253 

— Africa 

— — addressing inequalities in research capacity (J Volmink, et 


— — profiles of local organisations 331:758 

— developing countries 

— — capacity building is essential 331:843 (L) 

— — designing research in vulnerable populations (EJ Mills, et 


— ethics committees, reform (RE Ashcroft, et al) 331:587 (E) 

— France, protocols and publication bias (E Decullier, et al) 


— funding to make UK "world class environment" (S Mayor) 


— General Practice Research Database, UK academics gain free 


— genetics, sharing benefits (D Schroeder, et al) 331:1351 (E) 

— Getting Research Published: an A to Z of Publication Strategy 

(Wager) (Books) BMJ Careers 331:260 

— India, plans to audit clinical trials (G Mudur) 331:1044 (N), 


— interviews for fellows (K Patel, et al) BMJ Careers 331:70 

— maternal health, equity gap: bridging (ZA Bhutta) 331:585 


— NHS programme to be transformed (A Cole) 331:368 (N), 


— organising (K Sritharan) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:29 

— patient participation 

— — bias from requiring explicit consent from all participants in 

observational research (R Al-Shahi, et al) 331:942 (PC) 

— — including older people (MET McMurdo, et al) 331:1036 


— — "opt-in" v. "opt-out" strategies (C Junghans, et al) 331:940 

(PC), 331:1082 (L) 

— planning (R Durai, et al) BMJ Careers 331:247 

— posters: tips on display (B Lowcay, et al) BMJ Careers 331:251 

— productivity: EU v. US (ES Soteriades, et al) 331:192 (P) 

(correction, 876), 331:906 (L) 

— project tips for SHOs part 1 (A Alwitry) BMJ Careers 331:258 

— trauma care, large trials are needed (I Roberts, et al) 331:1094 

(E) 

research fraud 

— investigation 

— — overview (J Smith, et al) 331:245 (E) 

— — RK Chandra: previous studies of fraudulent author (R 

Smith) 331:288 (ED) 

— — Ram B Singh: diYculties of getting at truth (C White) 


— LeFever cleared of misconduct charges (J Lenzer) 331:865 

(N) 

— Ranjit Sinharay, suspension for false claims (O Dyer) 


— statistical methods for detection of data fabrication in clinical 

trials (S Al-Marzouki, et al) 331:267 (P) 

research methods, science survey of medical students in southeast 

Europe (G Burazeri, et al) 331:195 (P) 

Resnicow K, see Rollnick S 331:961 

respiratory tract infections, diagnostic value of C reactive protein: 

systematic review (V van der Meer, et al) 331:26 (PC) 

Ress P 

— International conference "mildly optimistic" about bird flu 


—StaV at WHO HQ stop work in protest at conditions 331:1360 

(N) 

— UN appoints oYcial to combat threat from avian flu 331:796 

(N) 

— UN millennium health goals will not be achieved, report 

warns 331:474 (N) 

resuscitation 

— invasive procedures (V Thomas) 331:1461 

— second thoughts about tattoo (MWH Behan) 331:1552 

Réthelyi JM, see Szócska MK 331:231 

retinopathy, laser vitreotomy treatment (R Papadopoulos, et al) 


retirement, age at retirement and long term survival of industrial 

population (SP Tsai, et al) 331:995 (P) 

revalidation, where next? 331:352 (L), 331:353 (L) 

Reveley MA, see Antonioli C 331:1231, 331:1407 

Reynolds D, et al, UK government collaborations to manage 

threats to animal and human health 331:1216 (E) 

Reynolds P, et al, Consultant interviews are diVerent BMJ Careers 


rhesus factor, The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention. Wellcome 

Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine. Volume 22 (Zallen, 

eds) (Books) 331:851 (R) 

rheumatic fever, antibiotic resistance in children and prescribing 

in general practice and hospital admissions (M Sharland, et 


rheumatoid arthritis, patient’s journey (C Simpson, et al) 331:887 

(C) 

Rhodes T, et al, Transition and the HIV risk environment 331:220 


Riańo-Galán I, see Busby A 331:140 

Rice, Donald Ingram, Obituary (B Kermode-Scott) 331:407 

Richards D, et al, Response to antibiotics of women with symptoms 

of urinary tract infection but negative dipstick urine 

test results: double blind randomised controlled trial 


PRO-RIC 23

Richards P, see McManus IC 331:555 

Richards T 

— Assembly meets to tackle health needs of the poor 331:128 

(N) 

— Europe must prepare response for avian flu 331:864 (N) 

— Reaching the poor 331:1417 (E) 

Richardson HC, Reflective writing (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Richardson, William Worsley, Obituary (R Gardham, et al) 


Richmond C 

— Obituary of Hamilton Naki 331:517 (L) 

— Richard Doll’s socialism did not please everyone 331:517 (L) 

Richmond S, Extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists 


Ridd MJ, et al, Five futures for academic medicine 331:695 (L), 


Riddoch CJ, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

Riedel, John Adolf, Obituary (M Fisher) 331:639 

Rietjens JAC, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

Rigg, Kathleen Jessie, Obituary (M Herbertson) 331:1342 

Rimmen M, GP training in Denmark BMJ Careers 331:159 

ringing vertigo, (T Jackson) (On the case) 331:1502 

Riordan FAI, see Ladhani S 331:1025 

risk assessment 

— for academics (T Greenhalgh) (Soundings) 331:703 (R) 

— emerging zoonotic potential of animal diseases (S Palmer, et 


— patient safety (A Hoyle) BMJ Careers 331:107 

risk factors 

— breast cancers 

— — benign breast disease (S Gottlieb) 331:179 (N) 

— — does dietary folate intake modify eVect of alcohol consumption? 

(L Baglietto, et al) 331:807 (P) 

— — left handedness (MK Ramadhani, et al) 331:882 (P), 


— — self reported stress (NR Nielsen, et al) 331:548 (P) 

— — sweet foods (R Dobson) 331:1102 (N) 

— cancers 

— — low doses of ionising radiation (E Cardis, et al) 331:77 (P) 

— — obesity increases risk of several cancers (R Dobson) 


— cardiovascular diseases 

— — estimation: Norwegian HUNT 2 population (L Getz, et al) 


— — mortality in Croatia (J Kern, et al) 331:208 (ED) 

— cervical cancers, after treatment of cervical intraepithelial 

neoplasia (I Kalliala, et al) 331:1183 (PC) 

— coronary disease, modelling the decline in deaths in England 

and Wales, 1981-2000 (B Unal, et al) 331:614 (PC) 

— familial colorectal cancer (H-P Knaebel, et al) 331:1033 (E) 

— nasal cancers, passive smoking (R Dobson) 331:534 (N) 

— obesity, middle age and future risk of 331:454 (L), 331:455 (L) 

— schizophrenia, in patients with epilepsy (P Qin, et al) 331:23 

(P) 

— stroke, score for prediction in patients with stable angina (TC 


Ritvanen A, see Busby A 331:140 

Rivera, Diego, cardiology paintings (D Lomas) (Medical history) 


Rønning T, see Skjærven R 331:877 

Roach J O, The Island (Film) 331:521 (R) 

road traYc accidents 

— Africa, road safety (M Khayesi, et al) 331:710 (E), 331:904 (L) 

— elderly and sports utility vehicles (C Simms, et al) 331:787 (E), 


— France, cannabis intoxication and fatal crashes (B Laumon, et 



— mobile phones and crashes resulting in hospital attendance 

(SP McEvoy, et al) 331:428 (P) 

Roalfe A, see McManus RJ 331:493 

Robert G, see Bate P 331:1488 

Roberts H 

— Life in Britain (Books) 331:1028 (R) 

— see Baird J 331:929 

Roberts I 

— Confessions of a climate criminal (Personal view) 331:643 (R) 

— Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change 


— Trauma Africa (TV) 331:114 (R) 

— et al, Trauma care research and the war on uncertainty 



— see Macleod MR 331:110 

Roberts JH, Substance Misuse in Primary Care: a Multidisciplinary 

Approach (Books) BMJ Careers 331:46 

Roberts R, The Vaccine Controversy (Books) 331:1209 (R) 

Robertson MC, see Campbell AJ 331:817 

Robin, Ian Gibson, Obituary (J Ballantyne) 331:355 

Roche, considers licensing companies to make oseltamivir (JH 


Roche A, Who’s Who in Orthopedics (Books) 331:581 (R) 

Roche JJW, et al, EVect of comorbidities and postoperative complications 

on mortality after hip fracture in elderly people: 

prospective observational cohort study 331:1374 (P) 

Roddis M, see Adsett J BMJ Careers 331:229 

Rodgers A, see Dalziel SR 331:665 

Rodrigues A, see Benn CS 331:1428 

Roeder PL, Eradicating pathogens. The animal story 331:1262 

(ED) 

Roehr B 

— AIDS campaign will miss end of year target 331:10 (N) 

— Charity challenges US "anti-prostitution" restriction 331:420 

(N) 

— Half a million Americans use methamphetamine every week 


rofecoxib see also COX 2 inhibitors 

— withdrawal by Merck 

— — cleared in personal injury case (S Mayor) 331:1101 (N) 

——NEJM study criticised for omitting heart attacks (JH 


— — ongoing claims after Texan ruling (JH Tanne) 331:471 (N) 

Rogers, Keith Bernard, Obituary (P Rossiter) 331:579 

Roland M, Economic evaluation of a general practitioner with 

special interest led dermatology service in primary care. 

Commentary: General practitioners with special interests— 

not a cheap option 331:1448 (PC) 

Roland MO, see Campbell SM 331:1121 

Rollnick S 

— Author rectifies omission: health behaviour change in the 

developing world 331:1083 (L) 

— et al, Consultations about changing behaviour 331:961 (ED), 


Roman Catholicism, new pope and medical ethics 331:294 (L) 

Roman E, see Day N 331:634 

Romania 

— abortion rate (M Leidig) 331:1043 (N) 

— orphanages, controversy (G LaVan) 331:1360 (N) 

Romanis, Robert D, Obituary (HB Wright) 331:239 

Romundstad S, see Getz L 331:551 

Ronalds GA, et al, The cognitive cost of being a twin: evidence 

from comparisons within families in the Aberdeen children 

of the 1950s cohort study 331:1306 (P) 

Rosato M, see O’Reilly D 331:938 

Rosen DH, see Crump JA 331:478 

Roshi E, see Burazeri G 331:195, 331:197 

Rosin R, Do GPs deserve their pay rise? 331:965 (L) 

Ross MW, see McCurdy SA 331:778 

Rothman KJ, et al, Extra scrutiny for industry funded trials 


Rouse A, Stockpiling oseltamivir 331:1203 (L) 

Rowan, Robert Martin, Obituary (M Lewis) 331:296 

Rowbotham D, Informed consent (and a flutter in Vegas) (Personal 


Rowe AK, see Zurovac D 331:734 

Rowe, Dermot James, Obituary (L Rudkin, et al) 331:1147 

Roy M, Telephone referrals from accident and emergency (Tips 


Roy P-M, et al, Systematic review and meta-analysis of strategies 

for the diagnosis of suspected pulmonary embolism 331:259 

(P) 

Royal Air Force, career advice (I Palmer) (Advice zone) BMJ 


Royal College of Anaesthetists, how to pass FRCA (C Beecroft, et 

al) BMJ Careers 331:86 

Royal College of General Practitioners see also Membership of the 

Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) 

— new training standard (MK Lakhani) (The way I see it...) 


Royal College of Physicians of London 

— Cannabis and Cannabis-based Medicines (Z Kmietowicz) 


— Census of Consultant Physicians in the UK 2004 (M Brettingham) 




— A History of the Royal College of Physicians of London,volume four 

(1948-1983) (Briggs) 331:910 (R) 

— National Audit of Continence Care for Older People (S Mayor) 


Royal Medical Benevolent Fund, life-work balance (M Barber) 


Royal Society, The Lancet spat (G Watts) (Journals) 331:53 (R) 

Rubin GJ, et al, Psychological and behavioural reactions to the 

bombings in London on 7 July 2005: cross sectional survey 

of a representative sample of Londoners 331:606 (P) 

Rudd AG, see Wolfe CDA 331:431 

Rudge B, et al, Mustard poultice causes burn (Minerva) 331:1348 

Ruger JP, Disease and Democracy (Books) 331:970 (R) 

Rundall TG, see Scott JT 331:1313 

rural medicine 

— foot and mouth disease, psychosocial eVects (M Mort, et al) 


— general hospitals 

— — career advice (A Sim) BMJ Careers 331:135 

— — junior doctor’s experiences (M Qadan) BMJ Careers 


— — Orkney SHO training post (S Brownleader) BMJ Careers 


— general practice, Scotland (C Siderfin) BMJ Careers 331:135 

(GP edition) 

— Personal Perspectives on the Future of Remote and Rural Medicine 

in Scotland (B Christie) 331:655 (N) 

— private practice tips (B Keighley) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— synergy between public health and veterinary services to deliver 

human and animal health interventions in low income 

settings (E Schelling, et al) 331:1264 (ED) 

Rurup M, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

Rushforth B 

— Limelight (Art) 331:911 (R) 

— A paediatrician with a passion for patient safety (Fifteen 


Rushton, David Ian, Obituary (L Jones) 331:1207 

Rushworth S 

— Diary of a new doctor BMJ Careers 331:100 

— see Macnair T BMJ Careers 331:275 

Russell I, see Stutchfield PR 331:662 

Russia 

— chest radiograph interpretation variability (Y Balabanova, et 


— doctors sell drugs to supplement salaries (A Osbourn) 


— general practice, implementation (A Rese, et al) 331:204 (PC) 

— international maternal health indicators and middle-income 

countries (JO Parkhurst, et al) 331:510 (ED) 

— mortality, health crisis (RA Atun) 331:1418 (E) 

— projectitis? supporting health reform (PD Toon) (Personal 


Russo NF, see Schmiege S 331:1303 

Ruta D, see Donaldson C 331:1328 

Rutten FFH, see Brouwer WBF 331:446 

Rutten FH, et al, Recognising heart failure in elderly patients with 

stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary 

care: cross sectional diagnostic study 331:1379 (PC) 

Ryan JM, et al, ABC of conflict and disaster. Conflict recovery and 

intervening in hospitals 331:278 (C) 

S 

sabbaticals, consultants (C Hilton) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Sabin CA, et al, Twenty five years of HIV infection in haemophilic 

men in Britain: an observational study 331:997 (P) 

Sachs M, Baby growth needs proper re-evaluation 331:406 (L) 

Sadler M 

— NHS Direct—let the force for patients be with you (The way I 

see it...) BMJ Careers 331:111 

—OV the fence debate: NHS Direct (Letters) BMJ Careers 


Sahota O, see Roche JJW 331:1374 

Sales, Norman Ronald, Obituary (D Sales, et al) 331:579 

Salisbury C 

— et al, Evaluation of a general practitioner with a special interest 

service for dermatology: randomised controlled trial 331:1441 

(PC) 


Salisbury R, Human and animal health: strengthening the links 


Salkeld G, see Barratt A 331:351 

Salomon JA, see Hogan DR 331:1431 

Salvage J, Health Care Systems in Transition (Books) 331:241 (R) 

Salz, Michael Heinz, Obituary (M Halawa) 331:239 

SAM Group, see Laumon B 331:1371 

Samanta A, et al, End of life decisions 331:1284 (E) 

Samanta J, see Samanta A 331:1284 

Sanai L 

— Doctor turned patient BMJ Careers 331:233 

— A famous nurse and agony aunt (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ 


— Pension, what pension? BMJ Careers 331:223 

— Sir Iain Chalmers (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 


Sandars J, et al, There’s never been a better time to 

e-communicate BMJ Careers 331:265 

Sandbach EJ, see Woodall AA 331:488 

Sandell A 

— As a salaried GP, what do I negotiate with regard to home 

visits? If the pay is £70 000 pa for eight sessions and home 

visits, what does it mean? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:82 

(GP edition) 

— Starting a new junior hospital job (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Sander JW, see Beghi E 331:60 

Sandercock P, see Roberts I 331:1094 

Sanders DM, et al, Confronting Africa’s health crisis: more of the 

same will not be enough 331:755 (ED), 331:905 (L) 

Sanders S, et al, Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme 


Sanderson C, see Raine R 331:631 

Sanderson GF, see Campbell AJ 331:817 

Sandhar H, see Fitzmaurice DA 331:1057 

Sandhu, Bhupinder, Medical Women’s Federation president (K 

Hebert) (Fifteen minutes with...) BMJ Careers 331:102 

Sandor A, see Johnson S 331:599 

Sangosanya GO, Health in Africa 331:905 (L) 

Santer M, et al, 10-minute consultation. Childhood eczema 331:497 

(PC) 

Sardinha LB, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

Sarll D, Endpiece. Preservation of the teeth 331:998 

SARS see severe acute respiratory syndrome 

Sasieni P, see Dove-Edwin I 331:1047 

Sassai, John, A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor (P 

Hutt) BMJ Careers 331:121 (GP edition) 

satisfaction with life see quality of life 

Sattar N, see Whincup PH 331:1060 

Saunders D, see Cosgrove JF 331:845 

Saunders, Dame Cicely, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:238, 


Sava V, see Burazeri G 331:195 

Savage, Wendy, GMC voting after retirement (A Barrett) 331:256 

(N) 

Savulescu J, see JeVord M 331:1075 

Sayal K, see Ford T 331:1435 

scabies 

— diagnosis and treatment (G Johnston, et al) 331:619 (C) 

— in guinea pigs: unusual zoonosis (J Menage) 331:1255 

Scales DC, see Redelmeier DA 331:932 

Schelling E, et al, Synergy between public health and veterinary 

services to deliver human and animal health interventions in 

rural low income settings 331:1264 (ED) 

Scherpbier A, see Littlewood S 331:387 

Scherrmann J-M, see Tröger U 331:613 

schizophrenia, risk among patients with epilepsy (P Qin, et al) 


Schlecht, Bernard, Obituary (S Ghebrehewet, et al) 331:519 

Schlingemann RO, see van den Born B-JH 331:73 

Schmiege S, et al, Depression and unwanted first pregnancy: 

longitudinal cohort study 331:1303 (P) 

Schnohr P, see Nielsen NR 331:548 

Schofield C, et al, Flexible training for men and women—is this 

the way forward for medicine? (Personal view) 331:1211 (R) 

Schofield P, see JeVord M 331:1075 

Schofield Z, see Schofield C 331:1211 

school children 

— diet, school dinners and markers of cardiovascular health and 

type 2 diabetes (PH Whincup, et al) 331:1060 (PC) 

— routine tuberculosis vaccination (P Fine) 331:647 (E) 

— travel to school: accelerometry study (LM Alexander, et al) 


schools, medical see also education, medical 

— Germany, private school to reform (A TuVs) 331:254 (N) 

— selection of students, AS entry requirement (P O’Neill) (Advice 


Schott GD, Sex symbols ancient and modern: their origins and 

iconography on the pedigree (Sex, drugs, and rock and roll) 


Schricker T, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Schroeder D, et al, Sharing the benefits of genetic research 


Schüz J, see Day N 331:635 

Schubauer-Berigan M, see Cardis E 331:77 

Schuklenk U, see Schroeder D 331:1351 

Schultz MJ, et al, Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients 


Schuwirth L 

— What the educators are saying 331:392 (P) 

— et al, The need for outcome measures in medical education 


Schwartz FW, et al, A tale of two Germanys 331:234 (L) 

Schwartz LM 

— et al, How do elderly patients decide where to go for major 

surgery? Telephone interview survey 331:821 (IP) 

— see Welch HG 331:481 

Schwarz I, see Jones M 331:659 

Schwarzer G, see Maier PC 331:134 

Schwitzer G, Revealed: the stories that broadcasters did not want 

to cover (TV) 331:1089 (R) 

Sciberras S, Preventing severe infection after splenectomy 


science 

— Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Scientist and the Cinema (Frayling) 


— medical students, attitudes and knowledge survey, southeast 

Europe (G Burazeri, et al) 331:195 (P) 

Science, medicine, and the future, In utero magnetic resonance 

imaging for brain and spinal abnormalities in fetuses (PD 

GriYths, et al) 331:562 (C) 

Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, Folate and Disease 

Prevention (S Mayor) 331:1292 (N) 

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scientific misconduct see research fraud 

scleroderma, doctor’s experiences as patient (L Sanai) BMJ Careers 


Scofield RH, see Kurien BT 331:1503 

Scotcher S, see Hu K 331:1511 

Scotland 

— cancer drug assessment: England lags behind (R Dobson) 



— — appraisal recruitment (J Murie) BMJ Careers 331:59 (GP 

edition) 

— — (C Siderfin) BMJ Careers 331:135 (GP edition) 

— — out of hours scheme (J Murie) BMJ Careers 331:237 (GP 

edition) 

— The Healing Touch: 500 years of Scots in sickness and health (C 

Douglas) (Art) 331:580 (R) 

— "health coaching" for poor people (B Christie) 331:1043 (N) 

— high dependency beds (B Christie) 331:595 (N) 

— homelessness (K Milligan, et al) BMJ Careers 331:19 (GP 

edition) 

— Overview of the Performance of the NHS in Scotland 2004/05 (B 

Christie) 331:1358 (N) 



— surgeons’ performance data (B Christie) 331:1424 (N) 

Scott, Andrew Douglas, Obituary (M Schuster-Bruce, et al) 


Scott JT, et al, Kaiser Permanente’s experience of implementing 

an electronic medical record: a qualitative study 331:1313 

(IP) 

Scottish Intracranial Vascular Malformation Study (SIVMS) 

Steering Committee, see Al-Shahi R 331:942 

screening 

— BMA warns against unnecessary tests in private sector (L 

Eaton) 331:475 (N) (correction, 931) 

— breast cancers, does not save lives (JH Tanne) 331:309 (N) 

— depression, addition of "help" question to questions on diagnostic 

specificity (B Arroll, et al) 331:884 (PC) 

— programmes are not very eVective (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 


Seaman J, et al, ABC of conflict and disaster. The special needs of 

children and women 331:34 (C) 

Sebire NJ, Classification of stillbirth 331:1269 (L) 

Seed P, see Kennedy T 331:435 

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, gastrointestinal bleeding 

and, overview (C Paton) 331:529 (E) 

self directed learning groups, personal support for doctors (I 

Bandara) BMJ Careers 331:182 (GP edition) 

self harm, postcards from hospital: do get in touch (S Hatcher, et 

al) 331:788 (E), 331:966 (L) 

self management 

— monitoring high blood pressure (JC Bakx, et al) 331:466 (E) 

— oral anticoagulation: randomised trial (DA Fitzmaurice, et al) 

331:1057 (PC) (correction, 1330) 

self poisoning, Postcards from the EDge project: intervention 

using postcards to reduce repetition (GL Carter, et al) 


self reported health, mortality and: UK ecological analysis (D 

O’Reilly, et al) 331:938 (P) 

Sengupta A, et al, The private health sector in India 331:1157 (E), 


Sengupta, Dipankar ("Dip"), Obituary (P Hughes) 331:1027 

senior house oYcers see also doctors 

— career advice, GP applications (K Mohanna) (Advice zone) 


— dual nationality doctor who hasn’t lived in UK for three years 

(EB Turya) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:124 

— Egyptian doctor with MRCP part (F Hanif) (Advice zone) 


— future in new MMC programme after August 2007? (A 

Hastie) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:104 (GP edition) 

— interview with Alan Crockard (K Sritharan) BMJ Careers 


— lost tribe? (K Sritharan) BMJ Careers 331:90, s122 

— preference for UK or EU nationals? (M Kumar) (Advice zone) 


— research project tips part 1 (A Alwitry) BMJ Careers 331:258 

— stand alone posts 

— — opportunities for overseas doctors (S Dosani) (Advice 


— — specialties such as paediatrics (K Mohanna) (Advice zone) 


— unemployment (P Jayabalan) BMJ Careers 331:180 

Senyimba C, et al, A theme issue by, for, and about Africa 331:778 

(L) 

Serbia, Kosovo family medicine development (RN Hedley, et al) 


Sessay M, see Luty J 331:1352 

Sevene E, et al, System and market failures: the unavailability of 

magnesium sulphate for the treatment of eclampsia and 

pre-eclampsia in Mozambique and Zimbabwe 331:765 

(ED) 

severe acute respiratory syndrome, entry screening: policy evaluation 

(RJ Pitman, et al) 331:1242 (P) 

sex behaviour, medieval guide warns that sex is harmful for people 

with "cold or dry breathing" (G Jones) 331:68 (N) 

sex determination, home test shows sex at five weeks of pregnancy 

(JH Tanne) 331:69 (N) 

sex discrimination 

— Africa, millennium development goals 3 and 5 (BN Simwaka, 


— poverty (O Dyer) 331:861 (N) 

sex education 

— adolescence, not just abstinence advice (JH Tanne) 331:129 

(N) 

— Netherlands, primary schools (T Sheldon) 331:654 (N) 

sex ratios, time to pregnancy and sex of oVspring: cohort study 

(LJM Smits, et al) 331:1437 (P) 

sex symbols, ancient and modern (GD Schott) (Sex, drugs, and 

rock and roll) 331:1509 

sexual child abuse see child abuse, sexual 

sexually transmitted diseases 

— Panorama: Love Hurts BBC1 (Rehwagen) (TV) 331:971 (R) 

— rate continue to rise (C White) 331:1224 (N) 

Seymour DG, see Avenell A 331:324 

Shah, Feroz, Obituary (A Yusufzai) 331:1146 

Shah K, ALIAS (a landing in an alphabet soup) 331:1071 

Shah R, see Lang T 331:1476 

shaken baby syndrome see also child abuse 

— diagnosis still valid, appeal court rules (O Dyer) 331:253 (N) 

Shakur H, see Roberts I 331:1094 

Shankar AM, see Chandra P 331:1144 

Shapiro J, Can Labour take the NHS to market? (Personal view) 



Sharland M, et al, Antibiotic prescribing in general practice and 

hospital admissions for peritonsillar abscess, mastoiditis, 

and rheumatic fever in children: time trend analysis 331:328 

(PC) 

Sharma B, et al, ABC for a year one registrar in the labour ward 


Sharp DM, see Campbell AJ 331:817 

Sharpe M, see Stone J 331:989 

Shavit M, see Vidal L 331:263 

Shaw AD, et al, Contact lens wearer with corneal ulcer after 

chloramphenicol drops (Minerva) 331:1416 (R) 

Shaw ARG, see Ridd MJ 331:695 

Shaw ASJ, Do we really know the law about students and patient 

consent? (Personal view) 331:522 (R) 

Shaw JM, et al, Information for patients on medicines 331:1034 


Shaw K, see Greenwood R 331:1340 

Shaw M 

— et al, Labour’s "Black report" moment? 331:575 (L), 331:698 

(L) 


Shaw S, see Solomon T 331:501 

SheaV R, see Rese A 331:204 

Sheather J 

— see Bastable R 331:918 

— see Doyal L 331:1467 

Sheehan M, Orphan drugs and the NHS 331:1144 (L) 

Sheikh A 

— et al, 10-minute consultation. Anaphylaxis 331:330 (PC) 

— see Anandan C 331:1155 

— see Bhopal R 331:1096 

Sheikh AR, Ten practical tips to make the PLAB 2 exam easier 


Shekar M, Reassessing strategies for improving health 331:1270 

(L) 

Sheldon T 

— Big Brother’s Little Baby (TV) 331:640 (R) 

— Bird flu poses no immediate threat to Europe, leading virologist 

claims 331:981 (N) 

— Dutch doctors adopt guidelines on mercy killings of newborns 


— Dutch doctors are given guidance on sedation 331:1422 (N) 

— Dutch government rejects tough measures on genital mutilation 


— Dutch murder case to lead talks with attorney general 331:473 

(N) 

— Dutch researchers call for sex education in primary schools 


— Holland censured for the way it deported a mentally ill asylum 

seeker 331:1163 (N) 

— The Netherlands regulates ending the lives of severely ill 

neonates 331:1357 (N) 

— Shining a light on suVering 331:70 (N) 

Sheppard D, Medical advisers at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing 

Agency BMJ Careers 331:27 

Sheridan DJ 

— Reforming research in the NHS 331:1339 (L) 

— Symbolism in imagery and linguistics—perception and misperception 


Sherifi J 

— I am due to finish my GP vocational training scheme in August 

2006. I am interested in working in France for up to six 

months. How and where can I work in France without being 

fluent in French? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:272 

— I am planning to move to Spain in two years’ time. Any advice 

on UK qualified doctors working there as general practitioners 

or in accident and emergency? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— I have just started as a senior house oYcer as part of my GP 

training. Once finished, I would like to spend some time 

working in France. Any ideas on how to go about getting work 

as a GP in France? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:216 (GP 

edition) 

— I would like to find out about doing general practice in 

California as I have family there. I’m finding it diYcult to get 

any information—can you help? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


SherriV A, see Reilly JJ 331:454 

shift work, modafinil, only helps slightly to keep shift workers 

awake at night (D Spurgeon) 331:367 (N) 

Shingadia D, see Ladhani S 331:1025 

Shipman, Harold 

— Geraint Brown 

— — faces GMC over failure (O Dyer) 331:865 (N) 

— — guilty of misconduct for misleading inquiry (O Dyer) 


— consultants who misled inquiry are found guilty of misconduct 


— GPs accused of missing warning signs (O Dyer) 331:68 (N) 

— GPs cleared (O Dyer) 331:126 (N) 

— moving on (V Tanna) (Personal view) 331:411 (R) 

— report into suicidal tendencies (K McIntosh) 331:474 (N) 

Shirley P, Diploma in the medical care of catastrophes (DMCC) 


Shoenberg, Elisabeth, Obituary (J Pippard, et al) 331:1478 

Shohet R, ed, Passionate Medicine: Making the Transition from 

Conventional Medicine to Homeopathy (Books) 331:1276 (R) 

Shorrock, Kenneth, GMC hearing over altered autopsy report (O 


Short A, Junior doctors’ shifts and sleep deprivation 331:514 (L) 

Short, Alastair, memorable doctor (D Haldane) 331:434 

Short cuts 

— (A Tonks) 331:13, 331:71, 331:129, 331:131, 331:257, 

331:311, 331:597, 331:657, 331:721 (correction, 1065), 

331:801, 331:867, 331:927, 331:987, 331:1045, 331:1105, 

331:1165, 331:1229, 331:1293, 331:1361, 331:1427 

— (Anonymous) 331:181 

— (C Martyn) 331:369, 331:423, 331:477 (correction, 931), 


shoulder, frozen (R Dias, et al) 331:1453 (C) 

shoulder pain, diagnosis and management in primary care (C 

Mitchell, et al) 331:1124 (C) 

Shuchman M, The Drug Trial: Nancy Olivieri and the Science 

Scandal that Rocked the Hospital for Sick Children (Books) 


Shukri, Aziz Mahmood, Obituary (MI Aldoori, et al) 331:1411 

sick doctors, support available (G Watts) BMJ Careers 331:105 

Sidebottom R, see Guly C 331:1338 

Siderfin C, Remote and rural general practice in Scotland BMJ 


Sidley P 

— The long road to the top 331:1104 (N) 

— Making up for lost time 331:719 (N) 

— South African doctors arrested in kidney sale scandal 331:473 

(N) 

— Typhoid outbreak prompts protests over inadequate water 

system 331:655 (N) 

Siegel-Itzkovich J 

— Health committee warns of potential dangers of soya 331:254 

(N) 

— International Committee of the Red Cross set to accept new 

symbol 331:654 (N) 

— Israeli doctors want to stop European patent for genetic test 


— Israelis turn to timer device to facilitate passive euthanasia 


Siegfried N, et al, Randomised controlled trials in Africa of HIV 

and AIDS: descriptive study and spatial distribution 


Sierra Leone, mental health trust twins with 331:904 (L) 

Sigurdsson JA, see Getz L 331:551 

Silber E, see Abbott R 331:829 

Sim A, A career in rural general hospitals BMJ Careers 331:135 

Simic M, see Rhodes T 331:220 

Simms C, et al, Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians 


Simor A, see Loeb M 331:669 

Simpson C, et al, The patient’s journey: rheumatoid arthritis 


Simpson J 

— see Day N 331:634 

— see Rubin GJ 331:606 

Simpson SH, see McDonald MA 331:873 

Simunovic VJ, Transformation of minds and souls (Personal view) 


S{imunović V,see Burazeri G 331:195 

Simwaka BN, et al, Meeting millennium development goals 3 and 

5: 331:708 (E) 

Sinclair, Douglas Neil, Obituary (ECB Keat) 331:1342 

Singh D, see Macnair T BMJ Careers 331:275 

Singh HP, et al, Enhancing training opportunities under the new 

deal—a trainee’s perspective BMJ Careers 331:211 

Singh J, see Walzman M BMJ Careers 331:76 

Singh JA, see Mills EJ 331:1403 

Singh R 

— see Blair NA 331:1517 

— see Edwards M BMJ Careers 331:56 

Singh, Ram B, research fraud, diYculties of getting at truth (C 

White) 331:281 (ED) 

Singh RB, et al, Randomised controlled trial of cardioprotective 

diet in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction 

results of one year follow up 304:1015 (expression of concern, 

/331/:266) 

Singh S 

— Cognitive behavioural therapy in general practice BMJ Careers 


— see Mills EJ 331:1403 

Singleton PD, Informed consent 331:1082 (L) 

Sinha S, Foundation year for newly qualified doctors 331:697 (L) 

Sinharay, Ranjit, suspension for false claims (O Dyer) 331:1289 

(N) 

Skea Z, see Entwistle VA 331:351 

skin biopsy, rates and incidence of melanoma (HG Welch, et al) 


skin cancers 

— adolescence, sunlight prevention still needed (B DiVey) 331:3 

(E) 


skin transplantation, groin skin hyperpigmentation at puberty (A 

LoVeld, et al) (Minerva) 331:854 (R) 

Skjærven R, et al, Recurrence of pre-eclampsia across generations: 

exploring fetal and maternal genetic components in a population 

based cohort 331:877 (P) 

Sladden M, see Johnston G 331:619 

sleep, modafinil, only helps slightly to keep shift workers awake at 

night (D Spurgeon) 331:367 (N) 

sleep disorders, junior doctors’ shifts and sleep deprivation 


sleeping sickness, Uganda, thin line between two fatal diseases (K 

Picozzi, et al) 331:1238 (P) 

Sliwa-Hahnle K, et al, The path to academic medicine: living your 

life BMJ Careers 331:19 

Sloan, Stanley Buchanan, Obituary (M Wright) 331:113 

Slovak Republic 

— Health Care Systems in Transition: Slovakia (Hlavaèka, et al) 


— transition and public health (G Gulis, et al) 331:213 (ED) 

Slutsker L, see Crump JA 331:478 

Small N, see Green J 331:317 

Smeeton NC, see Wolfe CDA 331:431 

Smerdon, GeoVrey Hugh, Obituary (P Smerdon, et al) 331:1147 

Smith, David Ward, Obituary (S Hogg) 331:969 

Smith G Davey see Davey Smith G 

Smith H 

— et al, Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:842 (L) 

— see Lattimer V 331:81 

Smith J 

— et al, Investigating allegations of scientific misconduct 331:245 

(E) 

— et al, The NHS revolution: health care in the market, Practice 

based commissioning: applying the research evidence 


— et al, Primary care trusts: do they have a future? 331:1156 (E) 

Smith JR, et al, Stockpiling oseltamivir 331:1203 (L) 

Smith L, How US healthcare cuts could kill me (Personal view) 


Smith R 

— Investigating the previous studies of a fraudulent author 


— see Smith H 331:842 

Smith S, see Loeb M 331:669 

Smits LJM, et al, Time to pregnancy and sex of oVspring: cohort 


smoking see also passive smoking; tobacco 

— Canada, law is watered down (D Spurgeon) 331:474 (N) 

— coronary events, half of smokers go on smoking after (Z 

Kmietowicz, et al) 331:862 (N) 

— Italy, 8% drop in tobacco consumption (R Dobson) 331:1159 

(N) 

— pregnancy, motivational interviewing by midwives to help 

pregnant smokers quit or cut down (DM Tappin, et al) 


— public ban 

— — best way to narrow health gap (A O’Dowd) 331:985 (N), 


— — CMO considered resignation (A O’Dowd) 331:1291 (N) 

— — cuts smoking at home (A O’Dowd) 331:129 (N) 

SCI-SMO 25

— — doctors campaign for enclosed public places ban (K McIntosh) 


— — doctors’ stories (SMI Hassan) (Letters) BMJ Careers 

331:32, et al, et al 

— — no outright ban in enclosed public places (K McIntosh) 

330:1468 (N) (correction, 331:442) 

— — Northern Ireland (L Eaton) 331:922 (N) 

— — UK government condemned for compromise (O Dyer) 


— — UK will review partial ban in 2010: 331:1039 (N) 

smoking cessation 

— general practice, test for salivary nicotine metabolites (KD 

Barnfather, et al) 331:999 (PC) 

— near patient testing (T Coleman) 331:979 (E) 

Smyth R, see Stone J 331:989 

Smyth T, Endpiece, The triumph of our art? 331:612 

snake bites, treatment of adder and exotic venomous snake bites 

(DA Warrell) 331:1244 (C) (correction, 322:154) 

Sneath, Rodney Saville, Obituary (R Sneath) 331:112 

Snelling A, Hospitals at night (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:172 

snoring, (RJ Parker, et al) (10-minute consultation) 331:1063 (PC) 

Snow RW, see Zurovac D 331:734 

Snowden C, see Cosgrove JF 331:845 

Snyder FA, Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart 


Soares H, see Kumar A 331:1295 

social sciences, Certificate in the Social Sciences of the Open 

University (P Wills) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:131 

(GP edition) 

social work, Deaths During or Following Police Contact (M Brettingham) 


societies, medical, handing on the gong (JO Drife) (Soundings) 


socioeconomic factors see also poverty 

— insulin resistance among children: Denmark, Estonia and 

Portugal (DA Lawlor, et al) 331:183 (P) 

soft tissue tumours, extremities (K Mannan, et al) 331:590 (E), 


Sohal R, Endpiece. A timeless lesson 331:624 

Sokol DK, Calling a spade a spade (Personal view) 331:523 (R) 

Solomon T, et al, Lesson of the week. Paralytic rabies after a two 

week holiday in India 331:501 (C) 

Solutions.doc 

—DiYculties keeping hospitals running over Christmas BMJ 


—DiYculties in providing services to communities BMJ Careers 


— Doctors no longer recognise diseases for which there is an 

immunisation programme BMJ Careers 331:230 

— Doctors write pompous, verbose, and patronising letters BMJ 


— Evidence based medicine is losing its influence BMJ Careers 


— Falling standards of patient behaviour BMJ Careers 331:86 

(GP edition) 

— GMC often seen as unaccountable to its members BMJ 


— How does one establish what doctors are really worth? BMJ 


— Interview questions are dull, predictable, and nondiscriminatory 


— NHS staV can be diYcult to motivate BMJ Careers 331:181 

— Patients prefer diagnosis to treatment BMJ Careers 331:266 

— The placebo eVect is being lost BMJ Careers 331:212 

— Poor compliance among patients taking prescribed medication 


— Screening programmes are not very eVective BMJ Careers 


— Students are having diYculties coping with modern teaching 

methods BMJ Careers 331:242 

—WearesuVering from medical information fatigue BMJ Careers 


— Writing death certificates can be clinically diYcult BMJ Careers 


Sombie I, et al, A theme issue by, for, and about Africa 331:779 (L) 

Somerville, Walter, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:639 

Sommerville A, Taking the final step: changing the law on euthanasia 

and physician assisted suicide. Changes in BMA policy 

on assisted dying 331:686 (ED), 331:841 (L) 

Sommerville, Jimmy, Obituary (P Jay) 331:164 

Song F, Review of publication bias in studies on publication bias 


Sors H, see Roy P-M 331:259 

Sotelo J, see Tena-Tamayo C 331:448 

Soteriades ES, et al, Comparison of amount of biomedical research 

originating from the European Union and the United 

States 331:192 (P) (correction, 876), 331:906 (L) 

Soulsby, Lord Soulsby of SwaVham Prior, Resistance to antimicrobials 

in humans and animals 331:1219 (E) 

South Africa 

— doctors arrested in kidney sale scandal (P Sidley) 331:473 (N) 

— Kgosi Letlape, interview (P Sidley) 331:1104 (N) 

— trauma 331:780 (L) 

— tuberculosis, eVect of educational outreach to nurses on detection 

(LR Fairall, et al) 331:750 (PC) (correction, 1120) 

— typhoid outbreak prompts protests over inadequate water 

system (P Sidley) 331:655 (N) 

Southern D, Diploma in Anaesthesia, Trauma, and Critical Care 

(Dip ATACC) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:85 

soya, potential dangers (J Siegel-Itzkovich) 331:254 (N) 

Spain, career advice, advice for UK qualified doctors working 

there as GPs or in A&E (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:166 

specialist registrars see also doctors 

— career advice for MRCP (Ireland) doctor (B Angus) (Advice 


Spence D, The age of entitlement (Personal view) 331:1279 (R) 

Spence SA, Patients bearing gifts: are there strings attached? 


Spencer J, see Littlewood S 331:387 

Spiegelhalter DJ, Problems in assessing rates of infection with 

methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus 331:1013 (ED), 


spinal fusion surgery, chronic low back pain: surgery v. rehabilitation 


spine, magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses (PD GriYths, et al) 

(Science, medicine, and the future) 331:562 (C) 

Spinewine A, et al, Appropriateness of use of medicines in elderly 

inpatients: qualitative study 331:935 (P) 

splenectomy, preventing severe infection after (A Newland, et al) 


sports medicine 

— medicolegal aspects (S Green) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:26 

— motor race track doctors: career advice (J Botting) BMJ 


— Postgraduate diploma in science of sports injuries (KJ Patel) 


sports utility vehicles, older pedestrians and (C Simms, et al) 


spousal violence see domestic violence 

Spronk PE, see Schultz MJ 331:404 

Sproule BA, see Glass J 331:1169 

Spurgeon B 

— French government is urged to fight alcohol misuse 331:1288 

(N) 

— Surgeons pleased with patient’s progress after face transplant 


Spurgeon D 

— Canadian antismoking law is watered down 331:474 (N) 

— Digital mammography is more accurate only for certain 

groups of women 331:653 (N) 

— Drug only helps slightly to keep shift workers awake at night 


— European public are unaware of heart failure symptoms 


— Neonatal mortality is higher in US hospitals with higher 

proportion of black babies 331:1291 (N) 

— Roche Canada stops distributing oseltamivir 331:1041 (N) 

— Screening and adjuvant therapy contribute equally to cut in 

deaths 331:984 (N) 

— Study highlights extent of medication errors in hospitals 


— Weight reduction surgery quadruples in US in four years to 

nearly 72 000 operations 331:128 (N) 

squid ink, black stools? (ECH Lim) 331:881 

Sreekanth SV, Mindfulness based stress reduction in medicine 


Sri Lanka, meningitis, imported syringes cause outbreak (G Mudur) 


Sritharan K 

— Modernising Medical Careers and the lost tribe BMJ Careers 


— Organising research (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:29 

— SHOs: the lost tribe? BMJ Careers 331:90, s122 

— Should doctors always admit mistakes? BMJ Careers 331:109 

— et al, Diary of a major incident BMJ Careers 331:49 

Srivastava R, et al, Lesson of the week. Hyperamylasaemia: not the 

usual suspects 331:890 (C) 

Stacey J, A patient who changed my practice. A gnashing of teeth 


Staedke S, see Malenga G 331:706 

staV grade doctors see also doctors 

— discretionary pay (R Gupta) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Stalker, Alexander Mitchell, Obituary (HB Goodall) 331:52 

Stalman WAB, see Jellema P 331:84 

standard deviations, and standard errors (DG Altman, et al) 

(Statistics Notes) 331:903 (ED) 

Standing JF, Extended prescribing by UK nurses and pharmacists 


Stansbie D, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

Staphylococcus aureus, Panton-Valentine leukocidin, and necrotising 

pneumonia (M Morgan) 331:793 (E) 

Starr J 

— Clostridium diYcile associated diarrhoea: diagnosis and treatment 


— see Gow AJ 331:141 

statistical methods see also bias 

— detection of data fabrication in clinical trials (S Al-Marzouki, 


Statistics Notes, Standard deviations and standard errors (DG 

Altman, et al) 331:903 (ED) 

status epilepticus see also epilepsy 

— evidence based guide (M Walker) 331:673 (C) 

Stebbing J, What is the average week for a clinical oncologist like? 


Steer PJ, Giving steroids before elective caesarean section 331:645 


stem cell transplantation 

— foundation greeted by cautious optimism (N MacReady) 


— Korea, research pioneer resigns (J Parry) 331:1291 (N) 

— new technique improves safety (JH Tanne) 331:1290 (N) 

— UK Stem Cell Initiative (S Mayor) 331:1359 (N) 

—US 

— — senate leader gives support (JH Tanne) 331:307 (N) 

— — stalled in Senate 331:255 (N) 

Stephen AI, see Avenell A 331:324 

sterilisation, sexual 

— Austria, woman sues over sterilisation without consent (M 

Leidig) 331:1162 (N) 

— young, competent, and childless adults: Ethics in practice 


steroids, caesarean section, overview (PJ Steer) 331:645 (E), 


Stevenson K, see Loeb M 331:669 

Stevenson MR, see McEvoy SP 331:428 

Stewart C, et al, Veterinary public health 331:1213 (E) 

stillbirth, classification by relevant condition at death (ReCoDe) 

(J Gardosi, et al) 331:1113 (P), 331:1269 (L), 331:1270 (L) 

Stone D, see Busby A 331:140 

Stone DH, see Tappin DM 331:373 

Stone J, et al, Systematic review of misdiagnosis of conversion 

symptoms and "hysteria" 331:989 (P), 331:1145 (L) 

Stone, Michael John, Obituary (PA Stone) 331:1207 

Stones RW, et al, Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy 331:249 (E) 

stoves, China, improvement in household stoves and risk of 

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (RS Chapman, et al) 


Streng A, see Melchart D 331:376 

stress 

— breast cancer risk and self reported stress (NR Nielsen, et al) 


— foot and mouth disease and: in rural areas (M Mort, et al) 


— game theory for doctors (R Persaud) BMJ Careers 331:35 

— mindfulness based stress reduction (SV Sreekanth) BMJ Careers 


— psychological aspects of providing humanitarian aid: ABC of 

conflict and disaster (I Palmer) 331:152 (C) 

— terrorism and, London (GJ Rubin, et al) 331:606 (P) 

Strnad M, see Kern J 331:208 

stroke see also cardiovascular diseases 

— mortality, high mortality in Bangladeshis (R Bhopal, et al) 


— National Audit OYce report (R Coombes) 331:1161 (N) 

— opiate overdose. A memorable patient (U Ansari) 331:513 

— patients prefer care in specialist units (S Mayor) 331:130 (N) 

— Poland, perindopril registered monotherapy for stroke prevention 


— risk score for prediction in patients with stable angina (TC 


— survival factors: south London 

— — overview (C Sudlow) 331:414 (E) 

— — multiethnic population: register study (CDA Wolfe, et al) 

331:431 (P) (correction, 1062) 

Student, Medical faculty members at diVerent professorial levels 


studentBMJ 

— what’s in December 331:1243 

— what’s in November 331:934 

students, medical 

— attitudes and knowledge survey, southeast Europe (G Burazeri, 


— examination of children: guidelines (T Hope, et al) 331:1384 

(LP) 

— "fit for purpose" (V Wass) 331:791 (E), 331:966 (L), 331:1084 

(L) 

— One hundred years ago 331:151, 331:1452 



— selection, intellectual aptitude tests and A levels (IC Mc- 

Manus, et al) 331:555 (LP) 

— student doctors: ethical aspects (DK Sokol) 331:523 (R) 

— student health doctors (K Hebert) BMJ Careers 331:28 (GP 

edition) 

— teaching in general practice: patient satisfaction observational 

and qualitative study (J Benson, et al) 331:89 (LP), 331:406 

(L) 

Stutchfield PR 

— et al, Antenatal betamethasone and incidence of neonatal 

respiratory distress after elective caesarean section: pragmatic 

randomised trial 331:662 (P) 

— et al, Giving steroids before elective caesarean section 


stuttering, Lidcombe early intervention programme (M Jones, et 


Stypulkowska-Misiurewicz H, see Kralikova E 331:191 

subclavian steal syndrome, exercise and (P Swales, et al) (Minerva) 


Sudan 

— health services, conference plans rebuilding (P Moszynski) 



— Vincent Hoedt interview (T Sheldon) 331:70 (N) 

— violence is endangering aid workers (P Moszynski) 331:925 

(N) 

— women and girls are still victims of violence (P Moszynski) 


Sudarshi D, see Panesar SS BMJ Careers 331:278 

Sudlow C, Survival after stroke in south London 331:414 (E) 

Suhrcke M, see Marquez PV 331:174 

suicide, assisted see also ethics, medical; euthanasia 

— Germany 

— — Dignitas branch (A TuVs) 331:984 (N) 

— — Dignitas investigation for helping healthy women to die (M 


— Michael Irwin, disciplined for willingness to help friend commit 


— legislation: taking final step 

— — BMA policy changes (A Sommerville) 331:686 (ED), 


— — time for change (MA Branthwaite) 331:681 (ED) (correction, 

931), 331:841 (L), 331:842 (L) 



— legislation, JoVe will amend role for doctors in new bill (A 


— Lords back legalisation bill (C Dyer) 331:1160 (N) (correction, 

1390) 

— Switzerland, EXIT—le droit de mourir (Film) 331:702 (R) 

Sullivan F 

— et al, ABC of health informatics 

— — How computers can help to share understanding with 

patients 331:892 (C) 

— — How computers help make eYcient use of consultations 


— — How decision support tools help define clinical problems 


— — How informatics tools help deal with patients’ problems 


— — Improving services with informatics tools 331:1190 (C) 

— — Is a consultation needed? 331:625 (C) (correction, 

332:151) 

— — Referral or follow-up? 331:1072 (C) 

— — Why is this patient here today? 331:678 (C) 

— see Wyatt JC 331:566, 331:1129, 331:1325, 331:1391 

Sullivan K, Which career first? 331:846 (L) 

Summerfield DA 

— Coping with the aftermath of trauma 331:50 (L) 

— Israeli army’s shoot to kill policy 331:699 (L) 

sunlight, adolescence, do white British children get enough? (B 

DiVey) 331:3 (E) 

support4doctors, (M Barber) BMJ Careers 331:5 

Sureshkumar R, With the current shortage of stand alone SHO 

posts in paediatrics, what are the career options for post- 

MRCPCH candidates who return back after a brief stint in a 

diVerent field (for example, in general practice)? (Advice 


surgery see also day surgery 

— education 

— — specialist training route and requirements (F Hanif) (Advice 


— — trainee’s dilemma (B Lieske) (Personal view) 331:1347 (R) 

— — will modernised medical careers produce a better surgeon? 

(L Devey) (Personal view) 331:1346 (R), 331:1476 (L) 

— overseas doctors, chances of getting into higher surgical training? 

(F Hanif) (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:166 

— qualities of a surgeon. Endpiece (SN Anjum, et al) 331:1176 


— surgical care practitioners (A Abood) BMJ Careers 331:227 

surgery, operative see also postoperative complications 

— chronic low back pain: comparison with rehabilitation 


— EMQs for Surgery (Fligelstone, et al, eds) (Books) BMJ Careers 


— hands are least part of work. Endpiece (V Dhar) 331:1049 

— marking a patient (M Edwards, et al)(Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Surridge H, see Lattimer V 331:81 

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survival factors 

— retirement age and long term survival of industrial population 

(SP Tsai, et al) 331:995 (P) 

— stroke 

— — overview (C Sudlow) 331:414 (E) 

——diVerences in multiethnic population: south London register 

(CDA Wolfe, et al) 331:431 (P) (correction, 1062) 

Sutton M, see Mackay D 331:1449 

Swales P, et al, Subclavian steal syndrome (Minerva) 331:1484 (R) 

Swanson J, see Draper G 331:636 

Sweden, multiple birth trends after in vitro fertilisation: 1982- 

2001 (B Källén, et al) 331:382 (P) 

Sweeney K, see Heath I 331:1462 

Sweet M, Australian state and federal governments are attacked 

on mental health care 331:984 (N) 

Sweetman SC, Dose adjustment in renal impairment 331:292 (L) 

Swine C, see Spinewine A 331:935 

swine flu, The Swine Flu AVair: Decision-Making on a Slippery 

Disease (Neustadt, et al) (Books) 331:1276 (R) 

Switzerland 

— assisted suicide, EXIT—le droit de mourir (Film) 331:702 (R) 

— Dignitas investigation for helping healthy women to die (M 


sword swallowing, uncertainties (B Witcombe) 331:1080 

symbolism, imagery and linguistics: perception and misperception 

(DJ Sheridan) 331:1132 

Symonds EM, et al, Five futures for academic medicine 331:694 

(L) 

Symonds R, Don’t underestimate drug reps (Letters) BMJ Careers 


systematic reviews see also meta-analysis 

— analysis of quality of interventions (RD Herbert, et al) 331:507 

(ED) 

— search methods, eVectiveness and eYciency: audit of primary 

sources (T Greenhalgh, et al) 331:1064 (IP) 

Szócska MK, et al, Managing healthcare reform in Hungary: 

challenges and opportunities 331:231 (ED) 

T 

Tabet N, Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia 


tacrolimus, kidney transplantation, comparison with ciclosporin 

as primary immunosuppressant: meta-analysis and metaregression 

(AC Webster, et al) 331:810 (P) 

Taffinder N, The finger, the foot, my bone cancer (Personal view) 


Tai N, see Bowley DM 331:780 

Taiwan, tobacco industry deliberately targets youth (R Dobson) 


Tamblyn R, et al,EVect of a community oriented problem based 

learning curriculum on quality of primary care delivered by 

graduates: historical cohort comparison study 331:1002 

(LP) 

Tan L, see Eccersley L BMJ Careers 331:130 

Tan-Torres Edejer T 


eVectiveness analysis of strategies for child health in developing 

countries 331:1177 (P) 


Tangcharoensathien V, see Wobulpolprasert S 331:1093 

Tanna V, Moving on from Shipman (Personal view) 331:411 (R) 

Tanne JH 

— American Medical Association fights pharmacists who won’t 

dispense contraceptives 331:11 (N) 

— Another FDA expert resigns over emergency contraception 

delay 331:861 (N) 

— Breast cancer screening does not save lives, study says 331:309 

(N) 

— CdiYcile outbreaks in US and Canada are linked to antibiotic 

use 331:1425 (N) 

— "Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales, " New York Times reports 


— Darwin (Art) 331:1479 (R) 

— Doctors who write guidelines often have ties to drug industry 


— FDA chief resigns without warning 331:713 (N) 

— FDA criticised for rejecting over the counter emergency contraception 


— FDA ducks decision on emergency contraceptive 331:596 (N) 

—FDAoYcial resigns over emergency contraception decision 


— Home test shows sex of fetus at five weeks of pregnancy 331:69 

(N) 

— Journal criticises Vioxx study for omitting three heart attacks 


— Lawyers gain access to Guantanamo medical records 


— Merck faces ongoing claims after Texan ruling on rofecoxib 


— Muslim chaplain speaks out over Guantanamo hunger strike 


— New technique improves safety of islet cell transplantation 


— Roche considers licensing companies to make oseltamivir 


— SAFE: Design Takes on Risk (Art) 331:1087 (R) 

— Stem cell bill may be stalled in US Senate 331:255 (N) 

— Teenagers need sex education, not just abstinence advice 


— UN global summit disappoints aid groups 331:651 (N) 

— US doctors and public favour annual check ups 331:68 (N) 

— US health system doesn’t give value for money 331:179 (N) 

— US National Institutes of Health issue new ethics guidelines 


— US Senate leader gives support to expanded stem cell research 


— US state rejects federal funding for abstinence only sex education 


— US study shows that folic acid fortification decreases neural 

tube defects 331:594 (N) 

Tännsjö T, Moral dimensions 331:689, 331:842 (L) 

Tanzania, AIDS, drug injection 331:778 (L) 

Tappin DM, et al, Randomised controlled trial of home based 

motivational interviewing by midwives to help pregnant 

smokers quit or cut down 331:373 (P) 

Tassone P, see Philpott C 331:404 

Tate P, Diploma/MA in Psychoanalytic Studies (Diplomatosis) 


tattoos, resuscitation second thoughts (MWH Behan) 331:1552 

Taylor A, see James C 331:747 

Taylor C, see GriYths PD 331:562 

Taylor F, Will you burn out? BMJ Careers 331:220 (GP edition) 


Taylor GJ, et al, Open label extension studies: research or marketing? 


Taylor JS, Stakes and Kidneys: Why Markets in Human Body Parts 

are Morally Imperative (Books) 331:460 (R) 

Taylor R, see Coombs NJ 331:347 

Taylor RS, see Webster AC 331:810 

Taylor SJC, et al,EVectiveness of innovations in nurse led chronic 

disease management for patients with chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease: systematic review of evidence 331:485 

(P) 

Taylor-Robinson D, et al, The failure of antibiotics to prevent 

heart attacks 331:361 (E) 

tea, nervous ailments and. Endpiece (JH Baron) 331:960 

teaching see also education, medical; learning 

—bedside(JGaVan) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:240 

— career advice on teaching with clinical work jobs (M Dobson) 


— Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (D Ogilvie) 


— student diYculties with modern teaching methods (Solutions.doc) 


teamwork, tackling troubled teams (J King) BMJ Careers 331:115 

Teasdale S, Kaiser Permanente’s experience of implementing an 

electronic medical record: a qualitative study. Commentary: 

Trouble in paradise—learning from Hawaii 331:1316 (IP) 

teaspoons, case of disappearing teaspoons: Australian research 

institute (MSC Lim, et al) (On the case) 331:1498 

technology, medical, SAFE:Design Takes on Risk (JH Tanne) (Art) 


Teeling M, see Bennett K 331:1451 

teeth 

— dentures during seventh nerve examination. A patient who 

changed my practice (J Stacey) 331:88 

— preservation. Endpiece (D Sarll) 331:998 

telemedicine see also computers 

— tellymedicine (JAHR Claassen) 331:1185 

telephones see also mobile phones 

— intervention in chronic heart failure: DIAL trial (GESICA 

Investigators) 331:425 (P) 

— making referrals (T McGrattan) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— referrals from A&E (M Roy) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:121 

— tips on calling another doctor about patients (T Walwyn) (Tips 


television 

— coma, epidemiology and prognosis in daytime dramas 

(D Casarett, et al) (What’s in a name?) 331:1537 

— drug abuse content analysis of The Osbournes (NA Blair, et al) 


Temmerman M, see Vertraelen H 331:1173 

tenHaveH,see Borovečki A 331:227 

10-minute consultation 

— Anaphylaxis (A Sheikh, et al) 331:330 (PC) 

— Cancer prevention (J Jankowski, et al) 331:618 (PC) 

— Childhood eczema (M Santer, et al) 331:497 (PC) 

— Red eye (SK Bal, et al) 331:438 (PC) 

— Snoring (RJ Parker, et al) 331:1063 (PC) 

Tena-Tamayo C, et al, Malpractice in Mexico: arbitration not 

litigation 331:448 (ED) 

tension headache, acupuncture (D Melchart, et al) 331:376 (P) 

Terblanche A, see Cosgrove JF 331:845 

Terkelsen CJ, et al, Risk score for predicting death, myocardial 

infarction, and stroke in patients with stable angina, based 

on a large randomised trial cohort of patients. Commentary: 

Can risk score models help in reducing serious outcome 

events in patients with stable angina? 331:872 (P) 

Terplan M, Centenary of first successful human transplant 


terrorism see also bioterrorism 

— be alert (L Farrell) (Soundings) 331:359 (R) 

— London July 2005 

— — blast injuries in enclosed spaces (E Chaloner) 331:119 (E) 

— — BMA memorial service (C White) 331:251 (N) 

— — bus, purse, and limb (A Dearden) 331:127 (N) 

— — diary of major incident (K Sritharan, et al) BMJ Careers 


— — editor’s experiences (G Easton) 331:167 (E) 

— — hospital doctor’s experience (AWY Chen) (Personal view) 


— — media reports on stoicism (P Thomas) (The Press) 331:240 

(R) 

— — psychological and behavioural reactions: representative 

sample of Londoners (GJ Rubin, et al) 331:606 (P) 

— — taste of metal (K Walsh) 331:127 (N) 

— public health response: funding (E Frank) 331:526 (E) 

— The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care: 

An International Handbook (Danieli, et al, eds)(Books) 331:641 

(R) 

— US, editor’s brush with FBI (G Yamey) (Personal view) 


Terry, Dorothy Terry (née Halstead), Obituary (A Vaux) 331:519 

Tewari N, see Ariyasena JAH BMJ Careers 331:167 

Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority, private commissioning 

plan raises question over conflicts of interest (A O’Dowd) 


Thampy R, see Henson DB 331:120 

The NHS revolution: health care in the market place, Use of private 

health care in the NHS (N Timmins) 331:1141 (ED) 

Thea DM, see Zurovac D 331:734 

theft see crime 

Theobald S, see Simwaka BN 331:708 

therapeutics, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:852 (R) 

Thomas HJW, see Dove-Edwin I 331:1047 

Thomas P, Beneath the surface of stoicism (The Press) 331:240 (R) 

Thomas V, Invasive procedures 331:1461 

Thompson M, see Johnson S 331:599 

Thompson MJ 

— et al, Asking questions at the end of an interview for an 

academic post (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:70 

— et al, Asking questions at the end of an interview for a clinical 

job (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:67 

Thompson TD 

— et al, CAM before the storm: authors’ reply 331:1205 (L) 

— et al, Complementary therapies and the NHS 331:856 (E), 


Thomson J, see JeVord M 331:1075 

Thornton H 

— Adjuvant trastuzumab for breast cancer 331:1202 (L) 

— Participants in research 331:110 (L) 

Thorup A, see Petersen L 331:602 

Tiberio D, see Zauli D 331:352 

Tilling K, see Wolfe CDA 331:431 

time factors, time to pregnancy and sex of oVspring: cohort study 

(LJM Smits, et al) 331:1437 (P) 

time management 

— foundation year programme competencies (E Neville) BMJ 


— stress and time management for people with multiple responsibilities 

(A Houghton) BMJ Careers 331:30 

Timimi S, EVect of globalisation on children’s mental health 


Timmins N 

— Do GPs deserve their recent pay rise? 331:800 (N), 331:965 



— — Challenges of private provision in the NHS 331:1193 


— — Use of private health care in the NHS 331:1141 (ED) 

Timmis A, see Junghans C 331:940 

titles, patients’ preferences for doctors’ mode of address (MM 

Lill, et al) (Professional matters) 331:1524 

Tiwari A, Reading journals (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:162 

tobacco see also smoking 

— European Union, evolving epidemics and lung cancer mortality 

(J Didkowska, et al) 331:189 (P) 

—futureof(NGray)(Personal view) 331:972 (R) 


tobacco industry 

— advertising, business sector shuns tobacco companies (S 

Chapman) (Personal view) 331:1414 (R) 

— Ireland, legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of 

bar workers (S Allwright, et al) 331:1117 (P) (correction, 

332:151) 

— Taiwan, deliberately targets youth (R Dobson) 331:10 (N) 

Tobin M, see Seale C 331:401 

Todd C, see Sanders DM 331:755 

Todd J, see Alexander LM 331:1061 

Tolhurst R, see Simwaka BN 331:708 

tongue, bilateral ischaemic necrosis (M Ciantar, et al) (Minerva) 


Tonks A 

— Short cuts 331:13, 331:71, 331:129, 331:131, 331:257, 

331:311, 331:597, 331:657, 331:721 (correction, 1065), 

331:801, 331:867, 331:927, 331:987, 331:1045, 331:1105, 

331:1165, 331:1229, 331:1361, 331:1427 

— see Gardosi J 331:1113 

Toon PD, Projectitis? Supporting health reform (Personal view) 


Toop L, see Richards D 331:143 

Toram SS, Foundation year for newly qualified doctors 331:697 

(L) 

Torgerson D, Calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures 


torture see also ethics, medical 

— helping survivors (F Arnold) BMJ Careers 331:31 

Tory Party see Conservative Party 

touch, Touch Me (C Martin) (Art) 331:357 (R) 

Townsend, Eric William ("Bill"), Obituary (D Townsend) 


Towse A, see Lang T 331:1476 

traYc accidents see road traYc accidents 

transformational leadership, hospital case (G Neale) 331:560 

trastuzumab 

— breast cancers 

— — adjuvant trastuzumab (R Dent, et al) 331:1035 (E), 


— — treatment in early cancers (S Mayor) 331:864 (N), 


— cost-benefit analysis (L Eaton) 331:1287 (N) 

— government attacked for interference (C Laurent) 331:1424 

(N) 

— North Stoke Primary Care Trust, reverses decision not to fund 


trauma care see also wounds and injuries 

— research, large trials are needed (I Roberts, et al) 331:1094 (E) 

travel, terrorism and, psychological and behavioural reactions: 

London (GJ Rubin, et al) 331:606 (P) 

travel medicine, diploma (S Beattie) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 


treatment outcome 

— diabetes, quality and outcomes framework (C Kenny) 


— should be published in the press (B Bridgewater) (The Press) 


treatment withdrawal see also ethics, medical 

— Leslie Burke, high court rules in favour of GMC (C Dyer) 


— Mr A, judges support doctors’ decision (O Dyer) 331:536 (N) 

— Charlotte Wyatt, parents lose appeal against court order (O 

Dyer) 331:472 (N), 331:695 (L) 

trichotillomania, barbering in mice (BT Kurien, et al) (On the 

case) 331:1503 

TriYt D, The Robin Hood solution to a shortage of health visitors 

(The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 331:201 (GP edition) 

trigger finger, management and referral (S Akhtar, et al) 331:30 

(C) 

Tröger U, et al, Drug points. Tetraparesis associated with colchicine 

is probably due to inhibition by verapamil of the 

P-glycoprotein eZux pump in the blood-brain barrier 


Trotter CL, see Pitman RJ 331:1242 

trusts see also foundation trusts 

— cash shortfall for one in three (A Cole) 331:10 (N) 

— complaints by patients 

— — handle minor complaints against doctors (Z Kmietowicz) 


— — handling must improve (A Cole) 331:11 (N) 

— How Should We Deal with Hospital Failure? (A O’Dowd) 


— NHS trusts urge caution over BMA finance survey (L Eaton) 


— North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, lack of staV and 

poor organisation blamed for excess deaths (S Mayor) 


— performance, new medical contracts hamper (A O’Dowd) 


— safety alerts, failure to comply should be made public (A 


trypanosomiasis, Uganda, thin line between two fatal diseases (K 


Tsai SP, et al, Age at retirement and long term survival of an 

industrial population: prospective cohort study 331:995 (P) 

Tsuchiya A, see McCabe C 331:1016 

tsunami disaster in Asia (2004) 

— aid agencies ignored special needs of elderly (G Mudur) 


— Andrew Cavey interview (Z Kmietowicz) (Fifteen minutes 


SUR-TSU 27

— mental health services 331:49 (L), 331:50 (L) 

— should voluntary work be part of medical training? (J Mckenzie) 


— voluntary psychiatric work (S Chok) (Advice zone) BMJ 


Tsuyuki RT, see McDonald MA 331:873 

tuberculosis 

— Africa, funding concentration (K Morales) 331:866 (N) 

— control, cost eVectiveness in developing countries: Achieving 

the millennium development goals for health (R Baltussen, et al) 


— immigrants: not public health risk, but uncontrolled epidemics 

are 331:237 (L) 

— Russia, chest radiography interpretation variability (Y Balabanova, 


— South Africa, eVect of educational outreach to nurses on 

detection (LR Fairall, et al) 331:750 (PC) (correction, 1120) 

tuberculosis vaccine 

— orphan drug status 331:1476 (L) 

— routine vaccination ends in UK (P Hagan) 331:128 (N) 

— stopping routine vaccination in schools (P Fine) 331:647 (E) 

Tubman M, et al, Best practices for safe handling of products 

containing concentrated potassium 331:274 (C) 

Tucker DMD, see Palmer AJ 331:905 

Tuffs A 

— Assisted suicide organisation opens German branch 331:984 

(N) 

— German doctors press for a national trial register 331:178 (N) 

— German private medical school to reform in face of criticism 


— Plan for genetic testing of German civil servants stirs controversy 


— Surgeons perform Germany’s first crossover kidney transplantation 


Tulkens PM, see Spinewine A 331:935 

Tumwine JK, Clean drinking water for homes in Africa and other 

less developed countries 331:468 (E), 331:781 (L) 

Tuncalp O, US is accused of jeopardising HIV prevention in 

Uganda 331:715 (N) 

Turnbull J, see Lattimer V 331:81 

Turone F 

— Italians fail to overturn restrictive reproduction law 330:1405 

(N) (correction, 331:343) 

— When other faces fade, Berlusconi’s lives on 331:863 (N) 

Turya EB, I have dual nationality, one British, but I haven’t lived 

in the United Kingdom for three years. How should I apply 

for an SHO position in the UK, and is there any diVerence 

compared with other overseas non-British doctors regarding 

the chances of being accepted, salary, or other aspects? 

Thank you (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:124 

twins 

— cognitive cost of being a twin: Aberdeen 1950s cohort study 

(GA Ronalds, et al) 331:1306 (P) 

— preterm birth after subfertility treatment (H Verstraelen, et al) 


Twisk JWR, see Jellema P 331:84 

Twisselmann B 

— Africa’s medical brain drain 331:780 (L), 331:905 (L) 

— Europe in transition 331:907 (L) 

— Human and animal health: strengthening the link 331:1408 

(L) 

— et al, Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:843 (L) 

— et al, Childhood cancer and power lines 331:636 (L) 

Tynan A, Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:842 (L) 

type 2 diabetes see also diabetes 

— Building a Healthier Britain BBC R4 (C Rehwagen) (Radio) 


— obesity in children and: 1996-7 to 2003-4 (P Aylin, et al) (Dr 

Foster’s case notes) 331:1167 

— school children, school dinners and markers of cardiovascular 

health and type 2 diabetes in 13-16 year olds (PH Whincup, et 


— UK, 50 

rise in 10 years (R Dobson) 331:474 (N) 

typhoid, South Africa, outbreak prompts protests over inadequate 

water system (P Sidley) 331:655 (N) 

U 

Uganda 

— AIDS 

— — maternal transmission 331:778 (L) 

— — US accused of jeopardising HIV prevention (O Tuncalp) 


— education, experiences as lecturers (L Eccersley, et al) BMJ 


— Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria pulls 

grants (L Eaton) 331:475 (N) 

— sleeping sickness, thin line between two fatal diseases (K 


Uiterwaal CSPM 

— et al, Left handedness and breast cancer 331:1024 (L) 

— see Ramadhani MK 331:882 

UK Group on Transmitted HIV Drug Resistance, Time trends in 

primary resistance to HIV drugs in the United Kingdom: 

multicentre observational study 331:1368 (P) 

UKATT Research Team 

— Cost eVectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems: findings 

of the randomised UK alcohol treatment trial (UKATT) 


—EVectiveness of treatment for alcohol problems: findings of 

the randomised UK alcohol treatment trial (UKATT) 


Ukraine, AIDS, impact of transition on public health (D DeBell, 


ulcerative colitis, pyoderma gangrenosum: considerations for 

early diagnosis (KI Papageorgiou, et al) 331:1323 (C) 

Unal B, et al, Modelling the decline in coronary heart disease 

deaths in England and Wales, 1981-2000: comparing contributions 

from primary prevention and secondary prevention 


Underhill JL, Risk of gastrointestinal eVects with COX-2 inhibitors 


United Nations 

— avian influenza, appoints oYcial to combat threat (P Ress) 


— circumcision, issues arising from lobby of UN 331:781 (L) 

— global summit disappoints aid groups (JH Tanne) 331:651 

(N) 

— Health and the Millennium Development Goals 331:474 (N) 

— Human Development Report 2003 (O Dyer) 331:593 (N) 

— millennium development goals: farewell to alms 331:48 (L) 


— Montreal climate change negotiations: 2°C limit on global 

warming (T Juniper) 331:1287 (N) 

— World Summit: is it broken and can we fix it? (K Lee) 331:525 

(E) 

United States 

— abortion, criticism of fetal pain study escalates (N MacReady) 


— AIDS, charity challenges "anti-prostitution" restriction (B 

Roehr) 331:420 (N) 

— avian influenza, Bush announces US pandemic plans (F 


— child environmental health study (c Marwick) 331:798 (N) 

— Clostridium diYcile, outbreaks linked to antibiotics (JH Tanne) 


— contraception, FDA criticised for rejecting over the counter 

emergency contraception (JH Tanne) 331:1223 (N), 


— depression, teenager’s parents sue school over screening test (J 

Lenzer) 331:714 (N), 331:906 (L) 

— drug abuse, methamphetamine used weekly (B Roehr) 


— drug industry 

— — AAFP refuses exhibition space to No Free Lunch (J Lenzer) 


— — advertising guidelines are too limited (B Burton) 331:420 

(N) 

— — Canadian imports, secret book deal to counter Canadian 

drugs exposed (J Lenzer) 331:1103 (N) 

— — cheerleaders as sales reps (JH Tanne) 331:1358 (N) 

— — doctors who write guidelines often have ties (JH Tanne) 


— — FDA investigates direct to consumer adverts (J Lenzer) 


— — foreign free riders and expensive US medicines (DW Light, 


— — professors speak out against advertising directly to consumers 

(J Lenzer) 331:1040 (N) 

— elderly, place of major surgery (LM Schwartz) 331:821 (IP) 

— emergency contraception 

— — AMA battle with pharmacists who won’t dispense (JH 


— — FDA ducks decision (JH Tanne) 331:596 (N) 

— — FDA expert resigns over delay (JH Tanne) 331:861 (N) 

——FDAoYcial resigns (JH Tanne) 331:532 (N) 

— ethics, NIH new guidelines (JH Tanne) 331:472 (N) 

— evolution, lawsuit challenges change to teaching (J Lenzer) 


— folic acid fortification (JH Tanne) 331:594 (N) 

— Food and Drug Administration, chief resigns without warning 

(JH Tanne) 331:713 (N), 331:907 (L) 


— — career advice for overseas doctor (J Sherifi) (Advice zone) 


— — problems and possibilities (RL Phillips) 331:1400 (ED) 


— — training (C Gallo) BMJ Careers 331:162 

— health policy, broadcast non-coverage (G Schwitzer) (TV) 


— health system doesn’t give value for money (JH Tanne) 


— healthcare cuts could kill me (L Smith) (Personal view) 


— hepatitis A vaccination for young children (F Charatan) 


— Hurricane Katrina 

— — emergency declared (F Charatan) 331:531 (N) 

— — health care (HO Ventura) (Personal view) 331:582 (R) 

— — legacy (D Atkins, et al) 331:916 (E) 

— influenza, mortality: more PR than science? (P Doshi) (The 


— medical mistakes (S Kermode-Scott) 331:1100 (N) 

— Medicare, new prescription drug plan causes confusion (F 


— mental health, action plan (J Lenzer) 331:592 (N) 

— prescriptions, consumer advert ban rejected by AMA (J Lenzer) 


— public health, US Public Broadcasting System and Time 

Magazine (TE Novotny) (TV) 331:1149 (R) 

— research: LeFever cleared of misconduct charges (J Lenzer) 


— research productivity: comparison with EU (ES Soteriades, et 


— rofecoxib withdrawal by Merck, ongoing claims after Texan 

ruling (JH Tanne) 331:471 (N) 

— screening, doctors and public favour annual check ups (JH 


— sex education 

— — Maine rejects federal funding for abstinence only education 

(JH Tanne) 331:715 (N) 

— — not just abstinence advice (JH Tanne) 331:129 (N) 

— smoking, experience of smoke-free prisons 331:1473 (L) 

— stem cell transplantation 

— — senate leader gives support (JH Tanne) 331:307 (N) 

— — stalled in Senate 331:255 (N) 

— terrorism, editor’s brush with FBI (G Yamey) (Personal view) 


— UK: should NHS follow? The NHS revolution:health care in the 

market (C Donaldson, et al) 331:1328 (ED), 331:1473 (L) 

—war 

— — lawyers gain access to Guantanamo medical records (JH 


— — Muslim chaplain speaks out over Guantanamo hunger 

strike (JH Tanne) 331:866 (N) 

— weight reduction surgery quadruples in four years (D Spurgeon) 


University of Oxford, guidelines for examination of children by 

medical students (T Hope, et al) 331:1384 (LP) 

upper respiratory tract infections, antibiotics, delayed prescription 

(P Little, et al) 331:301 (E) (correction, 622) 

Upshur RE, see Mills EJ 331:1403 

Upton K, Becoming a trainer in 2005 BMJ Careers 331:155 

urinary tract infections 

— antibiotics, response of women with symptoms but negative 

dipstick urine test results (D Richards, et al) 331:143 (PC) 

— antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected infections in nursing 

homes (M Loeb, et al) 331:669 (PC) 

Urquhart, Hector Maconochie, Obituary (D Urquhart) 331:909 

user fees 

— Africa 

— — child mortality and fees: simulation model (C James, et al) 


— — removing primary care fees: need for careful action (L 

Gilson, et al) 331:762 (ED), 331:904 (L), 331:905 (L) 

Usman N, Developed world is robbing Africa of health staV 


V 

vaccination 

— developing countries, aid fund (Z Kmietowicz) 331:593 (N) 

— doctors no longer recognise diseases which have no immunisation 

programme (Solutions.doc) BMJ Careers 331:230 

— tuberculosis, stopping routine vaccination in schools (P Fine) 


— The Vaccine Controversy: The History, Use, and Safety of Vaccinations 

(Link) (Books) 331:1209 (R) 

Vach W, see Terkelsen CJ 331:872 

Vågerö D, et al, Association of socioeconomic position with insulin 

resistance among children from Denmark, Estonia, and 

Portugal: cross sectional study. Commentary: Health inequalities 

and social dynamics in Europe 331:186 (P) 

Vale LD, see Avenell A 331:324 

Valentine A, see Munjuluri N 331:1070 

Valentine WJ, see Palmer AJ 331:905 

valsalva retinopathy, laser vitreotomy treatment (R Papadopoulos, 

et al) (Minerva) 331:914 (R) 

van Dantzig, Dries, Obituary (T Sheldon) 331:1341 

van den Born B-JH, et al, Value of routine funduscopy in patients 

with hypertension: systematic review 331:73 (P) 

van den Brandt PA, see Smits LJM 331:1437 

van den Broek PJ, see van der Meer V 331:26 

van den Bussche H, see Kaduszkiewicz H 331:321 

van der Heide A, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

van der Horst HE, see Jellema P 331:84 

van der Maas PJ, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

van der Meer V, et al, Diagnostic value of C reactive protein in 

infections of the lower respiratory tract: systematic review 


van der Veen F, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

van der Wal G, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

van der wel MC, see Bakx JC 331:466 

van der Windt DAWM, see Jellema P 331:84 

van Ittersum K, see Wansink B 331:1512 

van Montfrans GA, see van den Born B-JH 331:73 

van Noord PAH, see Ramadhani MK 331:882 

van Panhuis W, see Guha-Sapir D 331:50 

van Rensburg D, see Fairall LR 331:750 

van Weel C, see Bakx JC 331:466 

Vanarase M, see Leavitt FJ 331:781 

Vansteelandt S, see Vertraelen H 331:1173 

Varughese GI, Junior doctors’ shifts and sleep deprivation 


Vasquez A, et al, Calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures 


Vass C, see Holt G 331:1322 

Vatten LJ, see Skjærven R 331:877 

Vaughan M, The ivory towers are as resilient as ever (Personal 


Vautrey R, A guide to the new GMS contract BMJ Careers 


Vaz M, see Mony PK 331:843 

Veelo DP, see Schultz MJ 331:404 

vegetables, on internet (H Brown) (Netlines) 331:852 (R) 

Veiraiah A, Junior doctors’ shifts and sleep deprivation 331:515 

(L) 

Velineni R, Foundation year for newly qualified doctors 331:697 

(L) 

Venkatraman R 

— see Durai R BMJ Careers 331:3 

— see Durai R BMJ Careers 331:247 

Ventura HO, Health care in the eye the storm (Personal view) 


Verster JC, see Pittler MH 331:1515 

Verstraelen H, et al, Preterm birth in twins after subfertility 

treatment: population based cohort study 331:1173 (P) 

vertigo, ringing vertigo (T Jackson) (On the case) 331:1502 

Veryga A, see Kralikova E 331:191 

Vestergaard M, see Qin P 331:23 

veterinary public health see also public health 

— BMJ special issue 

— — overview: emerging wildlife diseases (AA Cunningham) 


— — overview: what could Dr Finlay and Mr Herriot learn from 

each other? (B Michell) 331:1220 (E) 

— — overview (C Stewart, et al) 331:1213 (E) 

— — animal facilitated therapy with dolphins in treatment of 

depression (C Antonioli, et al) 331:1231 (P), 331:1407 (L) 

— — antimicrobial resistance in humans and animals (Lord 

Soulsby of SwaVham Prior) 331:1219 (E) 

— — combined courses 331:1269 (L) 

— — do vets and doctors face similar ethical challenges? (R 

Coombes) 331:1227 (N), 331:1408 (L) 

— — dog bite prevention 331:1269 (L) 

— — early qualitative risk assessment of emerging zoonotic potential 

of animal diseases (S Palmer, et al) 331:1256 (ED) 

——Eradicating pathogens: animal story (PL Roeder, et al) 


——Eradicating pathogens: human story (RB Aylward, et al) 


— — horses: comparative gastroenterology (NPH Hudson, et al) 


— — MRC comparative panel 331:1268 (L) 

— — pet ownership and human health: brief review of evidence 

and issues (J McNicholas, et al) 331:1252 (ED) 

— — psychosocial eVects of 2001 UK foot and mouth disease 

epidemic in rural population (M Mort, et al) 331:1234 (P) 

— — public health/veterinary medicine synergy to deliver health 

interventions in rural areas (E Schelling, et al) 331:1264 

(ED) 

— — reforming food policy 331:1268 (L) 

— — SARS: entry screening: policy evaluation (RJ Pitman, et al) 


— — sleeping sickness in Uganda (K Picozzi, et al) 331:1238 (P) 

— — snake bites, treatment of adder and exotic venomous snake 

bites (DA Warrell) 331:1244 (C) (correction, 332:154) 

— — UK government collaborations (D Reynolds, et al) 


Vetter NJ, EVects of locality based community hospital care on 

independence in older people needing rehabilitation: randomised 

controlled trial. Commentary: Intermediate care: 

policy before evidence 331:320 (P) 

Veysman B, Physician, know thyself 331:1529 

Viagra, dietary supplements for erectile dysfunction may contain 

sildenafil or tadalafil (POEM*) 331 (8 October 2005) 

28 TSU-VIA JULY-DECEMBER 2005

Vidal L, et al, Systematic comparison of four sources of drug 

information regarding adjustment of dose for renal function 

331:263 (P), 331:292 (L), 331:293 (L), 331:294 (L) 

video games, health and (M GriYths) 331:122 (E) 

Villanueva T, Five futures for academic medicine: the ICRAM 

scenarios. Commentary: the future for medical education 


Villar JC, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Villar R, In Pakistan’s earthquake zone global relief has so far 

failed its test (Personal view) 331:1151 (R) 

Vincent T, see Draper G 331:636 

Viney R, Will a criminal background keep me from being a 

doctor? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 331:176 

vision disorders, falls in elderly, trial in people aged >75 with 

severe visual impairment: VIP trial (AJ Campbell, et al) 


Visions of Science 

— photography award 331:925 (N) 

— photography of cancer cells (S Mayor) 331:716 (N) 

Visvanathan R, et al, Prognosis in obesity 331:452 (L) 

vitamin A, childhood morbidity and mortality: diVerent dosage 


vitamin B-12, "sum" of my fears. A memorable patient (AS 

Kashyap) 331:883 

vitamin E 

— cancers and, new report (S Mayor) 331:69 (N) 

— donepezil and mild cognitive impairment (POEM*) 331 (3 


vitamin supplements 

— infection prevention in elderly 

— — overview (S Gariballa) 331:304 (E) 

— — placebo controlled trial (A Avenell, et al) 331:324 (PC) 

vitiligo, burns after psoralea corylifolia herbal treatment (J Hardwicke, 

et al) (Minerva) 331:786 

Vits K, see Stones RW 331:249 

Vivekanandan B, Regarding the lost SHO tribe (Letters) BMJ 


Vlassov V, Europe in transition 331:906 (L) 

Vogt TM, see Scott JT 331:1313 

Vokó Z,see Clayton TC 331:869 

Volmink J 

— et al, Addressing inequalities in research capacity in Africa 


— see Siegfried N 331:742 

volunteer work, Asian tsunami, part of medical training? (J Mckenzie) 


von Helmholtz, Herman, fiancée wants to tidy his desk in 1861. 

Endpiece (JH Baron) 331:277 

Vos E, Drug combinations and all cause mortality in heart disease 


Vousden C, see Al-Shahi R 331:942 

Vrakking AM, see Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD 331:691 

Vreugdenhil A, see Raza G 331:455 

Vrijheid M, see Cardis E 331:77 

Vrijhoef HJM, see Taylor SJC 331:485 

Vuletic S, see Kern J 331:208 

Vulule JM, see Crump JA 331:478 

W 

Wagenpfeil S, see Melchart D 331:376 

Wager E, Getting Research Published: an A to Z of Publication 

Strategy (Books) BMJ Careers 331:260 

Wahie S, et al, Discoid lupus progressing to systemic form (Minerva) 


Wainright J, see Solomon T 331:501 

Wainwright P, see Taylor GJ 331:572 

waiting lists 

— cuts cannot be attributed to private sector (R Coombes) 


— devolution: eVect of diverging policy across NHS (A Alvarez- 

Rosete, et al) 331:946 (IP), 331:1081 (L) 



Wakeford R, see McManus IC 331:555 

Wakely G, et al, Demonstrating Your Competence 5 (Books) BMJ 


Walker HK, et al, Georgia to Georgia initiative 331:237 (L) 

Walker K, Filed in the bin BMJ Careers 331:61 

Walker M, Status epilepticus: an evidence based guide 331:673 

(C) 

Walker S, see Sheikh A 331:330 

Waller PC, et al, Drug safety and regulation 331:4 (E), 331:456 (L) 

Wallesch C-W, see Tröger U 331:613 

Walley T, et al, Supply and regulation of medicines 331:171 (E) 

Walmsley J, Clinical leadership in hospital care 331:162 (L) 

Walsh K 

— bmjlearning.com 

— — Can I get points for reading this? 331:1336 

— — The hidden curriculum 331:1056 

——Ifatfirstyoudon’t succeed...sue 331:950 

— — The rules 331:574 

— Declaring a competing interest (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— A taste of metal and a smell of burning flesh 331:127 (N) 

— Writing a letter to a medical journal (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


— see McDermott C 331:1420 

— see Sandars J BMJ Careers 331:265 

Walshe K, Are public inquiries losing their independence? (Personal 


Walter SD, see Loeb M 331:669 

Walters JRF, Calcium and vitamin D in preventing fractures 


Walwyn T, Ringing about a patient (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 


Walzman M, et al, The junior doctor interview process for hospital 

posts—time to change? BMJ Careers 331:76 

Wani M, et al, Evidence based case report. Should a patient with 

primary intracerebral haemorrhage receive antiplatelet or 

anticoagulant therapy? 331:439 (C) 

Wansink B, et al, Shape of glass and amount of alcohol poured: 

comparative study of eVect of practice and concentration 


war see also biological weapons; weapons of mass destruction 

— elderly who served (H Alexander) 331:42 

— The Lancet, criticises its owner for hosting fair (O Dyer) 


— we are mad (JH Baron) 331:886 

— weapons of mass destruction: ABC of conflict and disaster (C 

Gosden, et al) 331:397 (C) 

Ward J, Changes in legislation surrounding pension provision 



Ward K, see Fox N 331:40 

Ward, Michael Phelps, Obituary (C Richmond) 331:1206 

wards, house oYcers, conducting your own round (A Aslam) 


Warlow C 

— see Al-Shahi R 331:942 

— see Stone J 331:989 

Warrell DA, Treatment of bites by adders and exotic venomous 

snakes 331:1244 (C) (correction, 332:154) 

Warren M, see Mills EJ 331:1403 

Warren, Robin, Nobel prize in physiology or medicine (G Watts) 


Warren S, A memorable patient. The unwanted diagnosis 331:336 

Wass V 

— Ensuring medical students are "fit for purpose" 331:791 (E), 


— A guide to the new MRCGP exam BMJ Careers 331:158 

water supply 

— Africa, overview (JK Tumwine) 331:468 (E), 331:781 (L) 

— South Africa, typhoid outbreak prompts protests (P Sidley) 


— treatment with flocculant-disinfectant for preventing diarrhoea 

in rural Kenya (JA Crump, et al) 331:478 (P) 

Watkins J, The UK flu vaccine shortage—who is at fault? (Personal 


Watkins R, et al, Histology specimen expansion in formalin (Minerva) 


Watson AR 

— I am interested in gastrointestinal surgery and am also becoming 

more interested in general practice. How I can combine 

general practice with general surgery? (Advice zone) BMJ 


— I wish to become a hepatologist. Is there training in the United 

Kingdom for this alone or must I also study luminal gastroenterology 

and internal medicine? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


Watson, Hugh Philipson, Obituary (E Watson, et al) 331:1478 

Watson NFS, Submitting a conference abstract (Tips on...) BMJ 


Watson R 

— Combating the free movement of micro-organisms 331:986 

(N) 

— EU is urged to reduce injuries to children 331:1163 (N) 

— European centre plays down threat from avian influenza 


— European Commission aims to reduce deaths from air pollution 


— European MPs want companies to develop drugs for children 


— The gateway to high society (The Press) 331:116 (R) 

— UK will launch European health insurance card 331:69 (N) 

Watt G, see Mackay D 331:1449 

Watts CH, see Kim JC 331:769 

Watts G 

— Doctors, drink, and drugs BMJ Careers 331:105 

— Harnessing Mother Nature against your fellow humans 


— Making patients able raters BMJ Careers 331:15 

— The man with the IT plan 331:310 (N) 

— The Monster at Our Door (Books) 331:1275 (R) 

— Nobel prize is awarded to doctors who discovered H pylori 


— A right royal spat (Journals) 331:53 (R) 

Watts JS, Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians 331:967 (L) 

weapons of mass destruction see also war 

— ABC of conflict and disaster (C Gosden, et al) 331:397 (C) 

Webber R, see Tappin DM 331:373 

Webster AC, et al, Tacrolimus versus ciclosporin as primary 

immunosuppression for kidney transplants recipients: metaanalysis 

and meta-regression of randomised trial data 


Wedderkopp N, see Lawlor DA 331:183 

Wedzicha JA, see Taylor SJC 331:485 

Weidenhammer W, see Melchart D 331:376 

Weinberg U, The holocaust and medicine—a learning moment 


Weindling PJ, Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials: From Medical 

War Crimes to Informed Consent (Books) 331:408 (R) 

Welburn SC, see Picozzi K 331:1238 

Welch HG, et al, Skin biopsy rates and incidence of melanoma: 

population based ecological study 331:481 (P), 331:698 (L) 

Wells R, see Kumar A 331:1295 

Wendt JK, see Tsai SP 331:995 

Wenn RT, see Roche JJW 331:1374 

Wennberg R, et al, Perindopril monotherapy and PROGRESS in 

Europe 331:235 (L) 

Wessely S 

— see Kennedy T 331:435 

— see Rubin GJ 331:606 

Weston P, see Price J BMJ Careers 331:179 

Whalley L, see Gow AJ 331:141 

What the educators are saying 

— (KW Eva) 331:93 (LP), 331:1006 (LP) 

— (L Schuwirth) 331:392 (LP) 

— (R Hays) 331:561 (LP) 

Wheatley G, Do GPs deserve their pay rise? 331:965 (L) 

Wheeler B, et al, Life in Britain: Using Millennial Census Data to 

Understand Poverty, Inequality and Place (Books) 331:1028 

(R) 

Whincup PH, et al, School dinners and markers of cardiovascular 

health and type 2 diabetes in 13-16 year olds: cross sectional 


whistleblowing, Olivieri, Nancy, The Drug Trial (Shuchman) 


Whitaker R, see Stutchfield PR 331:662, 331:1475 

Whitby EH, see GriYths PD 331:562 

White C 

— BMA holds memorial to people killed in London bombings 


— New consultation exercise on health white paper has not been 

inclusive enough, critics say 331:925 (N) 

— Rates of sexually transmitted infections continue to rise 


— Suspected research fraud: diYculties of getting at the truth 


— UK research funding bodies unite against bioterrorism threat 


White D, Meningococcus and medical finals (Personal view) 


White, Gordon Bentley Bruce, Obituary (PMB White, et al) 


White IR, see Johnson S 331:599 

Whitehead CH, see Crotty M 331:1110 

Whitehouse A, see Walzman M BMJ Careers 331:76 

Whitehouse MR, Finger joint deformity resolved whilst waiting in 

casualty (Minerva) 331:524 (R) 

Whiteman MC, see Gow AJ 331:141 

Whiteside J, Conflict of interest (Letters) BMJ Careers 331:280 

Whitmer R, et al, Obesity in middle age and future risk of dementia 


Whitty CJM, see Malenga G 331:706 

WHO Choosing Interventions that are Cost EVective (CHOICE) 

Millennium Development Goals Team, see Evans DB 

331:1133, 331:1137, 331:1457 

Whorwell PJ, Withdrawal of co-proxamol 331:515 (L) 

Whyte IM, see Carter GL 331:805 

Wibulpolprasert S, et al, Are cost eVective interventions enough to 

achieve the millennium development goals? 331:1093 (E) 

Widjaja E, see GriYths PD 331:562 

Wiggins RD, see Netuveli G 331:1382 

Wijesinghe M, Five futures for academic medicine 331:694 (L) 

Wilcken N, see Coombs NJ 331:347 

Wilcox AJ, see Skjærven R 331:877 

wildlife diseases see veterinary public health 

Wilkinson, Agnes Hallimond Wilkinson (née Crozier), Obituary 

(J Wilkinson) 331:296 

Wilkinson TJ, see Lill MM 331:1524 

Willett K, see Gwilym S 331:1505 

Willett W, see Zatonski WA 331:187 

Williams, Alan 

— Obituary (A Maynard) 331:51 

— Sally Clark pathologist removed from Home OYce list (C 


Williams AMH, Time to legalise assisted dying? 331:842 (L) 

Williams, Arthur, Obituary (MJ Williams) 331:1085 

Williams B, see Entwistle VA 331:351 

Williams, Brian Thomas, Obituary (M Warren, et al) 331:700 

Williams, John David, Obituary (A Geddes, et al) 331:848 

Williams ML, see McCurdy SA 331:778 

Williams N 

— Certificate in the management of drug misuse (Diplomatosis) 


— Faculty of homeopathy primary health care examination 

(Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:232 (GP edition), s280 

Williams R, Services for liver disease in the United Kingdom 


Williams, Robert Clive, Obituary (D Ackroyd) 331:1411 

Williams S 

— et al, Length of hospital stay and subsequent emergency readmission 

(Dr Foster’s case notes) 331:371 

— see Aylin P 331:803 

— see Jones M 331:659 

Williams TN, see Maitland K 331:337 

Williamson AE, see Milligan K BMJ Careers 331:19 (GP edition) 

Williamson C, Withholding policies from patients restricts their 

autonomy 331:1078 (ED) 

Williamson, Kenneth Samuel, Obituary (WR Lee) 331:1027 

Williamson M, et al, General practice in prisons BMJ Careers 


Williamson MS, see Hill N 331:384 

Willich SN, see Melchart D 331:376 

Wills P, Certificate in the Social Sciences of the Open University— 

CertSocSci (OU) (Diplomatosis) BMJ Careers 331:131 (GP 

edition) 

Wilmotte L, see Spinewine A 331:935 

Wilson A 

— I am an overseas doctor looking for jobs and finding it hard to 

get one. I managed to get limited registration and did a few 

locums, but I am now jobless. Recently, I noticed an SHO post 

in microbiology has been advertised in Manchester. I am 

interested in microbiology and would love to do it. However, I 

am not sure of future opportunities and the current level of 

competition. Please advise. (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— I work as a part time general practitioner and staV grade in 

genitourinary medicine. I have a background in microbiology 

(BSc and PhD) as well as membership of the Royal College of 

General Practitioners (MRCGP). I am considering the possibility 

of a specialist registrar position in medical microbiology 

but wonder about salary retention. Any advice? (Advice zone) 


Wilson E, Hazards of handwashing (The way I see it...) BMJ 


Wilson ECF, Trastuzumab for early breast cancer raises important 

issues 331:1023 (L) 

Wilson, Fiona Margaret, Obituary (W Fraser, et al) 331:296 

Wilson IH, Influenza, 1918 (Medical history) 331:1536 

Wilson, John Stanley, Obituary (H Jones) 331:969 

Wilson M 

— I am a final year medical student, but owing to academic 

problems my graduation is being delayed. I have secured a job 

for February 2006 but wish to use the intervening time beneficially. 

Do you have any advice on how to do this or what I 

should be thinking of doing? (Advice zone) BMJ Careers 


— I start as a plastics specialist registrar in April 2006. Meanwhile 

I want to help (as a surgeon) in an area of the world that 

has been aVected by natural disaster. Can anyone oVer advice? 


Wilson N 

— Nuclear weapons are another post-communist health hazard 


— Total smoking ban is accepted in New Zealand 331:1145 (L) 

Wilson T, see Marshall M 331:1196 

Wilson, Thomas Scott, Obituary (S Robertson, et al) 331:52 

Wingerchuk D 

— Endpiece. Advantage of excess 331:685 

— Endpiece. Salutary lesson 331:840 

Winocour P, see Greenwood R 331:1340 

Winstanley P, This World: Bad Medicine (TV) 331:165 (R) 

Winteler, John Caspar, Obituary (E Watson-Jones) 331:969 

Wintour P, G8 increases aid to Africa but moves little on climate 

change 331:125 (N) 

Winyard R, ed, Substance Misuse in Primary Care: a Multidisciplinary 

Approach (Books) BMJ Careers 331:46 

Wise, David, Obituary (P Wise) 331:113 

Wise MEJ 

— Human and animal health: strengthening the link 331:1408 

(L) 

— Understanding, not wisdom, needed for capacity 331:294 (L) 

Witcombe B, Sword swallowing uncertainties 331:1080 

Witham MD, see McMurdo MET 331:1036 

withholding policies, patient autonomy and (C Williamson) 


Witt C, see Melchart D 331:376 

Woelk G, see Sevene E 331:765 

Wolf, Stewart G, Obituary (PJ Rosch) 331:1207 

VID-WOL 29

Wolfe CDA, et al, Survival diVerences after stroke in a multiethnic 

population: follow-up study with the south London stroke 

register 331:431 (P) (correction, 1062) 

Wolfson L, see Edejer TT-T 331:1177 

Woloshin S 

— see Schwartz LM 331:821 

— see Welch HG 331:481 

women see also doctors, women 

— Africa 

— — millennium development goals 3 and 5 (BN Simwaka, et al) 


— — poverty, gender inequality and HIV (JC Kim, et al) 331:769 

(ED) 

— Biblical origins of shifting blame to female family members (I 

Kutz, et al) (Sex, drugs, and rock and roll) 331:1507 

— coronary heart disease (GW Mikhail) 331:467 (E) 

— fractures, prevention in primary care and calcium and cholecalciferol 

supplementation 331:108 (L), 331:109 (L) 

— pregnancy, age factors: which career first? (S Bewley, et al) 


— special needs: ABC of conflict and disaster (J Seaman, et al) 


— Zambia, Beauty Zambia (G Baker, et al) (The Press) 331:782 

(R) 

Wong SSY, et al, Early qualitative risk assessment of the emerging 

zoonotic potential of animal diseases. Commentary: 

Zoonotic potential of emerging animal diseases 331:1260 

(ED) 

Wood A, see Chapman P BMJ Careers 331:112 

Wood CPJ, et al, Informed consent 331:1082 (L) 

Wood L, Harmonisation of recruitment process: an alternative to 

centralisation BMJ Careers 331:219, s280 

Woodall AA, et al, The partial smoking ban in licensed establishments 

and health inequalities in England: modelling study 


WoodroVe RC, see Webster AC 331:810 

Woods K, see Breckenridge A 331:834 

Woodward CM, see Woodall AA 331:488 

Woodward M, see McEvoy SP 331:428 

work see also occupational health 

— junior doctors, shifts and sleep deprivation 331:514 (L), 


— learning in: ABC of health informatics (JC Wyatt, et al) 


work based assessment, (H Davies) BMJ Careers 331:88 

work-life balance 

— recent findings (M Baber) BMJ Careers 331:5 (correction, 


— tips (A Houghton) BMJ Careers 331:7 

workload, consultants, retention and workload cuts (M Brettingham) 


World Bank 

— Reaching the Poor with Health,Nutrition,and Population Services 

(J Zarocostas) 331:1425 (N) 

— World Development Report (O Dyer) 331:651 (N) 

World Health Organization see also global health 

— abortifacients on essential drug list (L Gibson) 331:68 (N) 

— action to stop exploitation of biodiversity (D Schroeder, et al) 


— avian influenza 

— — increases pressure on China (J Zarocostas) 331:254 (N) 

— — Indonesia, four human cases confirmed (J Parry) 331:796 

(N) 

— child abuse issue taken up (S Arie) 331:129 (N) 

— Health and the Millennium Development Goals (S Mayor) 331:7 

(N) 

— Kashmir crisis is worse than Asian tsunami, says WHO 


— millennium development goals 3 and 5 in Africa 

(BN Simwaka, et al) 331:708 (E) 

— Modern Food Biotechnology, Human Health and Development 


— Preventing Chronic Disease (J Zarocostas) 331:798 (N) 

— Progress on Global Access to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy 

(B Roehr) 331:10 (N) 

—staV protest at conditions (P Ress) 331:1360 (N) 

— vitamin A and child morbidity/mortality: diVerent dosage 


World Medical Association, Kgosi Letlape interview (P Sidley) 


World Trade Organization, generic drugs amendment draws 

mixed reaction (J Zarocostas) 331:1421 (N) 

wounds and injuries see also trauma care 

— brain, long term outcome (S Fleminger, et al) 331:1419 (E) 

— South Africa 331:780 (L) 

— The Management of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Primary 

and Secondary Care 331:50 (L) 

Wouters CH, see Franssen MTM 331:137 

Wright, Donald Easton, Obituary (P Wright) 331:1086 

Wright JM, see Morgan SG 331:815 

Wright, Paul Francis, Obituary (C Campion-Smith, et al) 


Wrigley D, Becoming a partner (The way I see it...) BMJ Careers 


writing 

—hownot to get published (T Albert) BMJ Careers 331:254 

— publication: from rejection to rejoicing (A Papagiannis) BMJ 


— reflective (HC Richardson) (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:239 

(GP edition) 

Writing Group of the MAVIS trial, see Avenell A 331:324 

Wundke R, see Crotty M 331:1110 

Wyatt, Charlotte 

— judge over-rules earlier decision (C Dyer) 331:985 (N) 

— parents lose appeal against court order (O Dyer) 331:472 (N), 


Wyatt JC 

— et al, ABC of health informatics 

— — Communication and navigation around the healthcare system 


— — eHealth and the future: promise or peril? 331:1391 (C) 

— — Keeping up: learning in the workplace 331:1129 (C) 

— — What is health information? 331:566 (C) 

— see Sullivan F 331:625, 331:678, 331:831, 331:892, 331:955, 

331:1010, 331:1072 

Wyatt JC see Sullivan F 331:1190 

Wyke S, see Smith J 331:1397 

Wyllie DH, et al, MRSA bacteraemia in patients on arrival in 

hospital: a cohort study in Oxfordshire 1997-2003: 331:992 

(P), 331:1143 (L) 

Wyss K, see Schelling E 331:1264 

Xu H, see Qin P 331:23 

X 

Y 

Yaffe K, see Whitmer R 331:455 

Yamey G, My brush with FBI (Personal view) 331:642 (R) 

Yang H, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Yates D, see Roberts I 331:1094 

Yates P, Advice on police cautions BMJ Careers 331:280 

Yau S, Working as a PRHO while disabled BMJ Careers 331:269 

year out, advice for student with delayed graduation (M Wilson) 


Yeates D, see Sharland M 331:328 

Yee TT, see Sabin CA 331:997 

Yeluri S, et al, Junior doctors’ shifts and sleep deprivation 331:514 

(L) 

Yemen, polio vaccination (A Moscrop) 331:1358 (N) 

Yeung J, EMQs for Surgery (Books) BMJ Careers 331:174 

Yiakoumetis A, see Papageorgiou KI 331:1323 

Yoshimura T, see Cardis E 331:77 

young adults see also adolescence 

— tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs: access (D Ogilvie, et al) 


Young AH, see Mackin P 331:452 

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Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP. 

Young G, The nursing profession’s coming of age (Personal view) 


Young J, see Green J 331:317 

Young JD, et al, Timing of tracheostomy in adult patients 331:404 

(L) 

Young RJ, Challenges to implementing NPfIT 331:516 (L) 

Young S 

—I’m a consultant—get me out of here BMJ Careers 331:98 

— Thriving as a new consultant (Tips on...) BMJ Careers 331:99 

Ypinazar V, see Littlewood S 331:387 

Yudkin JS, see Beran D 331:779 

Yue SK, see Blair NA 331:1517 

Yuen KY, see Wong SSY 331:1260 

Yugoslavia, health professionals’ transformation of minds and 

souls (VJ Simunovic) (Personal view) 331:242 (R) 

Yusuf S, see Devereaux PJ 331:313 

Z 

Zaal MJW, see Opstelten W 331:147 

Zack P, Genetics on the web (Books) BMJ Careers 331:194 

Zahl P-H, et al, Model of outcomes of screening mammography 


Zakharova S, see Balabanova Y 331:379 

Zalcberg J, see JeVord M 331:1075 

Zallen DT, et al, eds, The Rhesus Factor and Disease Prevention. 

Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine. Volume 22 


Zambia 

— Beauty Zambia (G Baker, et al) (The Press) 331:782 (R) 

— malaria, paediatric treatment during transition to artemetherlumefantrine 

(D Zurovac, et al) 331:734 (P) 

Zarocostas J 

— Aid often helps richer people in poor countries, World Bank 

says 331:1425 (N) 

— Number of people infected with HIV worldwide reaches 40m 


— WHO calls for 2% reduction a year in chronic disease mortality 


— WHO increases pressure on China over bird flu 331:254 (N) 

— WTO amendment on generic drugs draws mixed reaction 


Zatonski WA 

— et al, Changes in dietary fat and declining coronary heart 

disease in Poland: population based study 331:187 (P), 


— see Didkowska J 331:189 

Zauli D, et al, Changes in atopy over 25 years 331:352 (L) 

Zen, timeless lesson. Endpiece (R Sohal) 331:624 

Zermansky AG, Including care home residents in clinical research 

is fraught 331:1271 (L) 

Zhang J, see Hesketh T 331:162 

Zhang Z-F, see Nielsen NR 331:548 

Zhu WX, see Hesketh T 331:162 

Ziakas PD, et al, Erythromelalgia (Minerva) 331:58 (R) 

Zimbabwe, eclampsia, unavailability of magnesium sulphate (E 

Sevene, et al) 331:765 (ED) 

Zimmermann C, see Wennberg R 331:235 

Zimmermann T, see Kaduszkiewicz H 331:321 

Zinsstag J, see Schelling E 331:1264 

zoonoses 

— risk assessment of emerging ones (S Palmer, et al) 331:1256 

(ED) 

— UK government collaborations (D Reynolds, et al) 331:1216 

(E) 

— wildlife diseases threaten human health (AA Cunningham) 


Zorab J, A shocking aVair 331:1189 

Zoutman D, see Loeb M 331:669 

ZuithoV NPA, see Rutten FH 331:1379 

Zupan J, see Adam T 331:1107 

Zurovac D, et al, Treatment of paediatric malaria during a period 

of drug transition to artemether-lumefantrine in Zambia: 

cross sectional study 331:734 (P) 

Zwarenstein M, see Fairall LR 331:750 

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