One medicine?
	Graham Easton, Martin Alder
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.0-f [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

This week in the BMJ

This week's This week in the BMJ

	How to treat snake bites [Full text] FREE

	Dolphins help treat depression [Full text] FREE

	Sleeping sicknesses might merge in Uganda [Full text] FREE

	Foot and mouth epidemic had wide sequelae [Full text] FREE

	How pets influence owners' health [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Veterinary public health
	Cameron Stewart, John Cowden, Jim McMenamin, Bill Reilly
	BMJ  2005;331:1213-1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1213 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A walk on the wild side—emerging wildlife diseases
	Andrew A Cunningham
	BMJ  2005;331:1214-1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1214 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	UK government collaborations to manage threats to animal and human health
	Debby Reynolds, Liam Donaldson
	BMJ  2005;331:1216-1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1216 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of expert advisory group] FREE

	Foodborne zoonoses
	Sarah J O'Brien
	BMJ  2005;331:1217-1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1217 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Resistance to antimicrobials in humans and animals
	Ernest J Soulsby
	BMJ  2005;331:1219-1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1219 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What could Dr Finlay and Mr Herriot learn from each other?
	Bob Michell
	BMJ  2005;331:1220-1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1220 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Human health and nature conservation
	Ambra Burls, Woody Caan
	BMJ  2005;331:1221-1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1221 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Human and animal health: strengthening the links: Animal and human case for reforming current food policies
	Caroline J Hewson, Tim Lang
	BMJ  2005;331:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1268 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Human and animal health: strengthening the links: New foundation will help bring two disciplines together
	Robert Salisbury
	BMJ  2005;331:1268, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1268-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Human and animal health: strengthening the links: Combined courses for vets and doctors?
	Hadley Bagshaw, Roger Bagshaw
	BMJ  2005;331:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1269 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Human and animal health: strengthening the links: Preventing dog bites
	Tiny C B M De Keuster
	BMJ  2005;331:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1269-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Classification of stillbirth: Classification is not explanation
	Edwin P Kirk
	BMJ  2005;331:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1269-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Classification of stillbirth: Reclassification obscures things
	Neil J Sebire
	BMJ  2005;331:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1269-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Classification of stillbirth: Cause, condition, or mechanism?
	Jan Jaap HM Erwich
	BMJ  2005;331:1269-1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1269-d [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Classification of stillbirth: Author's reply
	Jason Gardosi
	BMJ  2005;331:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1270 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reassessing strategies for improving health: Strategies should include nutrition
	Meera Shekar
	BMJ  2005;331:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1270-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reassessing strategies for improving health: Strategies in West and Central Africa need to be revised
	Niyi Awofeso
	BMJ  2005;331:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1271 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Transitional care for elderly people: At what cost?
	Martin J Connolly
	BMJ  2005;331:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1271-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Transitional care for elderly people: Intermediate care can be safe and reduce hospital use, but is it and does it?
	John R Gladman
	BMJ  2005;331:1271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1271-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Including care home residents in clinical research is fraught
	Arnold G Zermansky
	BMJ  2005;331:1271-1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1271-c [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rates of exception reporting need to be addressed
	John S Corcoran
	BMJ  2005;331:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1272 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Invest in people, not restructuring
	Jeffrey Braithwaite
	BMJ  2005;331:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1272-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Criminal proceedings will hamper calls for open culture
	Robin E Ferner, Sarah E McDowell
	BMJ  2005;331:1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1272-b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Vaccinating poultry against avian flu is contributing to spread
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2005;331:1223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1223 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	FDA criticised for rejecting over the counter emergency contraception
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2005;331:1223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1223-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2005;331:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1224 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Number of people infected with HIV worldwide reaches 40m
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2005;331:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1224-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Rates of sexually transmitted infections continue to rise
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2005;331:1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1224-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Medicare's new prescription drug plan causes confusion
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2005;331:1225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1225 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Drug industry's new code criticised for lacking teeth
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;331:1225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1225-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Do vets and doctors face similar ethical challenges?
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2005;331:1227, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1227 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Harnessing Mother Nature against your fellow humans
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2005;331:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1228 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Transitional countries best at reducing greenhouse gases
	Grainger Laffan
	BMJ  2005;331:1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1226 [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Incontinence management is inadequate, UK audit shows
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1226-a [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Charity for homeless launches GP service for hostel residents
	Mark Gould
	BMJ  2005;331:1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1226-b [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Anaesthetist could face prosecution after GMC strikes her off
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2005;331:1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1226-c [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Police are being forced to act as social workers
	Madeleine Brettingham
	BMJ  2005;331:1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1226-d [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	UK guidelines urge improved recognition of obsessive-compulsive disorder
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1228-a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	UK's regulatory framework gives it an advantage in stem cell research
	Christiane Rehwagen
	BMJ  2005;331:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1228-b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Surgeons in England lobby prime minister on working hours
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2005;331:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1228-c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Smoking ban in prisons would lead to more assaults on staff
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2005;331:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1228-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	NHS Direct lays out plans to expand into monitoring and social care
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2005;331:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1228-e [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Pregnant women in poor countries face domestic violence
	BMJ  2005;331:1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1228-f [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Short cuts

This week's Short cuts

	What's new in the other general journals
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2005;331:1229-1230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1229 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of animal facilitated therapy with dolphins in the treatment of depression
	Christian Antonioli, Michael A Reveley
	BMJ  2005;331:1231, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1231 [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Psychosocial effects of the 2001 UK foot and mouth disease epidemic in a rural population: qualitative diary based study
	Maggie Mort, Ian Convery, Josephine Baxter, Cathy Bailey
	BMJ  2005;331:1234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38603.375856.68, (Published 7 October 2005) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Sleeping sickness in Uganda: a thin line between two fatal diseases
	Kim Picozzi, Eric M Fèvre, Martin Odiit, Mark Carrington, Mark C Eisler, Ian Maudlin, Susan C Welburn
	BMJ  2005;331:1238-1241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1238 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix] FREE

	Commentary: Sleeping sickness—a growing problem?
	Jean G Jannin
	BMJ  2005;331:1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1242 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Entry screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or influenza: policy evaluation
	R J Pitman, B S Cooper, C L Trotter, N J Gay, W J Edmunds
	BMJ  2005;331:1242-1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38573.696100.3A, (Published 21 September 2005) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Statistical methods] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Treatment of bites by adders and exotic venomous snakes
	David A Warrell
	BMJ  2005;331:1244-1247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1244 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra references] FREE

	Horses for courses. Comparative gastroenterology: common ground and collaborative potential
	Neil P H Hudson, Malcolm G Dunlop
	BMJ  2005;331:1248-1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1248 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References w1 - w23] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Pet ownership and human health: a brief review of evidence and issues
	June McNicholas, Andrew Gilbey, Ann Rennie, Sam Ahmedzai, Jo-Ann Dono, Elizabeth Ormerod
	BMJ  2005;331:1252-1254, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1252 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Commentary: Pets—pleasures and problems
	Richard Mayon-White
	BMJ  2005;331:1254-1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1254 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Early qualitative risk assessment of the emerging zoonotic potential of animal diseases
	Stephen Palmer, David Brown, Dilys Morgan
	BMJ  2005;331:1256-1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

	Commentary: Zoonotic potential of emerging animal diseases
	Samson S Y Wong, K Y Yuen
	BMJ  2005;331:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1260 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Eradicating pathogens: The human story
	R Bruce Aylward, Maureen Birmingham
	BMJ  2005;331:1261-1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1261 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Eradicating pathogens: The animal story
	Peter L Roeder
	BMJ  2005;331:1262-1264, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1262 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Synergy between public health and veterinary services to deliver human and animal health interventions in rural low income settings
	Esther Schelling, Kaspar Wyss, Mahamat Béchir, Daugla Doumagoum Moto, Jakob Zinsstag
	BMJ  2005;331:1264-1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1264 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Matthew Arnum Barnor
	E Evans
	BMJ  2005;331:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1273 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Susan Field
	Graham Cresswell
	BMJ  2005;331:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1274 [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Clement Grimshaw
	Libby Grimshaw
	BMJ  2005;331:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1274-a [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Isla Hayward (Mrs McGuire, née Greenlaw)
	Keith Greenlaw
	BMJ  2005;331:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1274-b [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Chinnamma Jayakkar
	Anoop Jayakkar, Remya Jayakkar, Angelina Jayakumar, Sethu Jayakumar
	BMJ  2005;331:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1274-c [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	John Keast-Butler
	David Williams
	BMJ  2005;331:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1274-d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Johanna Clara Joacomina Collis McLean
	Uto Hogerzeil, Bryan Scaife
	BMJ  2005;331:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1274-e [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

	Tusevnambi Jayatissa Rajapaksa
	Roland Fernando, Ranjanie Fernando
	BMJ  2005;331:1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1274-f [Extract] [Full text] [extra: Longer version] FREE

reviews

This week's reviews

	Book: The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2005;331:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease
	M G Jacoby
	BMJ  2005;331:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1276 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Passionate Medicine: Making the Transition from Conventional Medicine to Homeopathy
	Anita Houghton
	BMJ  2005;331:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1276-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Press: How the media caught Tamiflu
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2005;331:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1277 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2005;331:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1277-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: Is it time to ban dogs as household pets?
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2005;331:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1278 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	PERSONAL VIEWS: The age of entitlement
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2005;331:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1279 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	SOUNDINGS: Ghosts
	Imre Loefler
	BMJ  2005;331:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1279-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2005;331:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1280 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	bmjupdates+: WHO's clinical decision rule misses most cases of streptococcal sore throat in children
	BMJ  2005;331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.0-e [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: The dunghills of Glasgow in 1839
	Jeremy Hugh Baron
	BMJ  2005;331:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1237 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What's in December's studentBMJ?
	BMJ  2005;331:1243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1243 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A memorable patient: Once there is hope, there is life
	Chikwe Ihekweazu
	BMJ  2005;331:1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1251 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An unusual zoonosis
	Janet Menage
	BMJ  2005;331:1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1255 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Why shouldn't children benefit from oral rehydration solutions for calves?
	Bob Michell
	BMJ  2005;331:1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1267 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice
	BMJ  2005;331:1273, doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7527.1273-a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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