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82 articles published in the last seven days

Editor's Choice

Partnering with patients

BMJ 2013;346:f3153 (Published 15 May 2013)

Research

Helmet legislation and admissions to hospital for cycling related head injuries in Canadian provinces and territories: interrupted time series analysis

BMJ 2013;346:f2674 (Published 14 May 2013)

Implementation of self management support for long term conditions in routine primary care settings: cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2013;346:f2882 (Published 13 May 2013)

News

Integrated care scheme for older people and people with diabetes has not reduced emergency admissions in its first year

BMJ 2013;346:f3255 (Published 17 May 2013)

Opioids for back pain are linked to increased risk of erectile dysfunction

BMJ 2013;346:f3223 (Published 17 May 2013)

MPs told about practical difficulties of full data disclosure

BMJ 2013;346:f3200 (Published 16 May 2013)

Cochrane researchers continue to face challenges over access to data on flu drugs

BMJ 2013;346:f3190 (Published 16 May 2013)

Number of organ donations to strangers trebled last year

BMJ 2013;346:f3209 (Published 16 May 2013)

Vermont governor agrees to sign bill on physician assisted suicide

BMJ 2013;346:f3210 (Published 16 May 2013)

Americans should lower salt intake but not too much, review says

BMJ 2013;346:f3215 (Published 16 May 2013)

OFSTED style ratings for hospitals are not specific enough for patient procedures, Francis says

BMJ 2013;346:f3194 (Published 16 May 2013)

Under-5 child mortality falls by almost 40% over 20 years in countries with worst record, WHO says

BMJ 2013;346:f3198 (Published 16 May 2013)

Autopsies using MRIs in babies and infants could help improve uptake rates

BMJ 2013;346:f3205 (Published 16 May 2013)

Assisted suicide for the dying would reduce suffering, says Falconer

BMJ 2013;346:f3206 (Published 16 May 2013)

Government welfare cuts are hitting children, says BMA

BMJ 2013;346:f3129 (Published 16 May 2013)

BMA disputes government line that evidence for rolling out NHS 111 was robust

BMJ 2013;346:f3131 (Published 16 May 2013)

Government’s plan to raise dementia diagnoses gets mixed response

BMJ 2013;346:f3183 (Published 16 May 2013)

In brief

BMJ 2013;346:f3096 (Published 15 May 2013)

Philadelphia abortion doctor is convicted of murder

BMJ 2013;346:f3170 (Published 15 May 2013)

Obama vows to fully implement Affordable Care Act despite opposition

BMJ 2013;346:f3134 (Published 15 May 2013)

Challenge to research on heart disease patterns in India sparks controversy

BMJ 2013;346:f3155 (Published 15 May 2013)

Medicare fails to monitor questionable prescribing practices, investigation finds

BMJ 2013;346:f3184 (Published 15 May 2013)

NHS research authority links approval of trials to registration and publication of results

BMJ 2013;346:f3119 (Published 15 May 2013)

India tops world table for number of babies who die on day of birth

BMJ 2013;346:f3123 (Published 15 May 2013)

NICE will create standards on obesity and use of tobacco and alcohol

BMJ 2013;346:f3150 (Published 15 May 2013)

“Frailty units” would help take pressure off emergency departments, say specialists

BMJ 2013;346:f3157 (Published 15 May 2013)

News - continued

Without integrated care within five years we risk another Mid Staffs, warns government

BMJ 2013;346:f3152 (Published 14 May 2013)

Medical students perform operations in Syria’s depleted health system

BMJ 2013;346:f3107 (Published 14 May 2013)

Two cases of novel coronavirus are confirmed in France

BMJ 2013;346:f3114 (Published 14 May 2013)

NHS regulator given new powers to shut hospitals whose clinical care is poor

BMJ 2013;346:f3097 (Published 13 May 2013)

Save the Children and GSK join forces to develop drugs for children in developing countries

BMJ 2013;346:f3103 (Published 13 May 2013)

Criminal sanctions for failure to report harms would not deter disclosure, campaigners say

BMJ 2013;346:f3104 (Published 13 May 2013)

India has world’s highest number of cervical cancer deaths

BMJ 2013;346:f3108 (Published 13 May 2013)

US hospital charges vary wildly, Medicare data show

BMJ 2013;346:f3072 (Published 13 May 2013)

Only 5% of British people have made advance care plans, survey finds

BMJ 2013;346:f3073 (Published 13 May 2013)

Opportunistic screening for depression can improve carers’ health, says college

BMJ 2013;346:f3099 (Published 13 May 2013)

Observations

Misreporting of suicide after the L’Aquila earthquake

Paolo Stratta, Alessandro Rossi

BMJ 2013;346:f3179 (Published 17 May 2013)

The future of medicine lies in truly shared decision making

Ray Moynihan

BMJ 2013;346:f2789 (Published 14 May 2013)

Antibiotics for back pain: hope or hype?

Margaret McCartney

BMJ 2013;346:f3122 (Published 14 May 2013)

Clinical Review

Safeguarding adults at risk of harm

BMJ 2013;346:f2716 (Published 14 May 2013)

Views & Reviews

Introduce standard cigarette packets now

Robert West

BMJ 2013;346:f3145 (Published 15 May 2013)

War of the words

Des Spence

BMJ 2013;346:f3021 (Published 15 May 2013)

Plain cigarette packets could reduce nicotine addiction

Colin Brewer

BMJ 2013;346:f3105 (Published 15 May 2013)

Doctors’ understanding of rheumatoid disease does not align with patients’ experiences

Kelly Young

BMJ 2013;346:f2901 (Published 14 May 2013)

Piquancy

Robin Ferner

BMJ 2013;346:f2938 (Published 14 May 2013)

India must raise the status of primary care

Clare Gerada

BMJ 2013;346:f2986 (Published 14 May 2013)

Endgames

P values or confidence intervals?

BMJ 2013;346:f3212 (Published 17 May 2013)

An unusual burn

BMJ 2013;346:f2856 (Published 15 May 2013)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2013;346:f3016 (Published 15 May 2013)

Minerva

BMJ 2013;346:f3017 (Published 15 May 2013)

Feature

Influenza: marketing vaccine by marketing disease

BMJ 2013;346:f3037 (Published 16 May 2013)

Are “friends and family tests” useful: agree, disagree, neither, don’t know?

BMJ 2013;346:f2960 (Published 14 May 2013)

Feature - continued

How different are NHS systems across the UK since devolution?

BMJ 2013;346:f3066 (Published 14 May 2013)

Functional HIV cure is no pipe dream, says codiscoverer of the virus

BMJ 2013;346:f2947 (Published 13 May 2013)

Research Methods & Reporting

Diagnostic accuracy studies: how to report and analyse inconclusive test results

BMJ 2013;346:f2778 (Published 16 May 2013)

Demystifying trial networks and network meta-analysis

BMJ 2013;346:f2914 (Published 14 May 2013)

Obituary

Mikhail Izrailevich Perelman

BMJ 2013;346:f3042 (Published 16 May 2013)

Filler

Next of kin

BMJ 2013;346:f3111 (Published 16 May 2013)

Research News

The big four diarrhoeal pathogens

BMJ 2013;346:f3110 (Published 15 May 2013)

Eat out, gain weight

BMJ 2013;346:f3093 (Published 15 May 2013)

No cardiovascular benefit from fish oil for high risk adults

BMJ 2013;346:f3086 (Published 15 May 2013)

Poor long term outcomes after prolapse surgery

BMJ 2013;346:f3091 (Published 15 May 2013)

Link between relationship violence and depression works both ways

BMJ 2013;346:f3088 (Published 15 May 2013)

Antibody against RSV helps prevent wheeze in infants

BMJ 2013;346:f3089 (Published 15 May 2013)

Uninterrupted anticoagulation during pacemaker or defibrillator surgery

BMJ 2013;346:f3087 (Published 15 May 2013)

Letter

Parents worried about their newborn’s sleep need professionals to support, not patronise, them

BMJ 2013;346:f3033 (Published 15 May 2013)

Funding ignores clinical aspects of diabetes targets

BMJ 2013;346:f3046 (Published 15 May 2013)

Access to patient records on the Co-ordinate My Care service ought to be simpler

BMJ 2013;346:f3049 (Published 15 May 2013)

How to hope for the best while planning for the worst in terminal illness

BMJ 2013;346:f3062 (Published 15 May 2013)

Authors’ reply to Ninan

BMJ 2013;346:f3063 (Published 15 May 2013)

UK supply of chlortalidone for hypertension must be restored

BMJ 2013;346:f3076 (Published 15 May 2013)

The usefulness of metformin for diabetes control in older people

BMJ 2013;346:f3077 (Published 15 May 2013)

Food industry can cooperate in improving population health if government is committed

BMJ 2013;346:f3083 (Published 15 May 2013)

Why not encourage healthy eating through incentives?

BMJ 2013;346:f3085 (Published 15 May 2013)

UK antimicrobial resistance strategy must be set in a wider context

BMJ 2013;346:f2999 (Published 15 May 2013)

Roche continues to drag its feet on access to Tamiflu data

BMJ 2013;346:f3001 (Published 15 May 2013)

Time for an evidence based approach to staffing

BMJ 2013;346:f3002 (Published 15 May 2013)

Don’t assume urinary tract infection is the cause of delirium in older adults

BMJ 2013;346:f3005 (Published 15 May 2013)

Is the risk of narcolepsy also increased with non-adjuvanted flu vaccines?

BMJ 2013;346:f2769 (Published 13 May 2013)

Editorial

A call to challenge the “Selling of Sickness”

BMJ 2013;346:f2809 (Published 14 May 2013)

Let the patient revolution begin

BMJ 2013;346:f2614 (Published 14 May 2013)

Should we be reassured about sitagliptin?

BMJ 2013;346:f3051 (Published 14 May 2013)