What oncologists tell patients about survival benefits of palliative chemotherapy and implications for informed consent: qualitative study
	Suzanne Audrey, Julian Abel, Jane M Blazeby, Stephen Falk, Rona Campbell
	BMJ  2008;337:a752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a752 (Published 31 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Open access publishing, article downloads, and citations: randomised controlled trial
	Philip M Davis, Bruce V Lewenstein, Daniel H Simon, James G Booth, Mathew J L Connolly
	BMJ  2008;337:a568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a568 (Published 31 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Police violence and sexual risk among female and transvestite sex workers in Serbia: qualitative study
	Tim Rhodes, Milena Simic, Sladjana Baros, Lucy Platt, Bojan Zikic
	BMJ  2008;337:a811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a811 (Published 30 July 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

	Management of hypothyroidism in adults
	Bijay Vaidya, Simon H S Pearce
	BMJ  2008;337:a801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a801 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	A Patient's Journey: Epilepsy
	Sarah Lightbody
	BMJ  2008;337:a799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a799 (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Advanced glaucomatous visual loss and oral steroids
	Vikas Chadha, Iain Cruickshank, Robert Swingler, Roshini Sanders
	BMJ  2008;337:a670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a670 (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: The trouble with blood pressure cuffs
	J E Bellamy, H Pugh, D J Sanders
	BMJ  2008;337:a431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39577.688229.47 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Life saving treatment for a "palliative care" patient
	Jane Gibbins, Gaye Senior Smith, Karen Forbes
	BMJ  2008;337:a428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.581377.80 (Published 29 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Shortcuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;337:a1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1012 (Published 29 July 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Over 60s’ use of prescription drugs has doubled in past decade in England
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2008;337:a1132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1132 (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	One in seven people in England can’t get GP appointment within two days, survey shows
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1117 (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Number of homicides related to mental disorder has fallen since 1970s in England and Wales, study finds
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;337:a1113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1113 (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	HIV programmes reduce deaths and new infections, UNAIDS report shows
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2008;337:a1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1099 (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Public health is at risk of mainstreaming jargon, study shows
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1109 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Anticorruption measures and awareness increase in aid programmes, report finds
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;337:a1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1101 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Obesity does not limit benefits of knee replacement, study shows
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1061 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	German medical schools respond to claim they have stored Namibian skulls from colonial times
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;337:a1047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1047 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	UK inquiry finds people with learning disability receive less effective treatment
	Roger Dobson, Ann Gulland
	BMJ  2008;337:a1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1087 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors protest against surgeon held for six years at Guantanamo
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2008;337:a1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1071 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Penetrating injuries cost NHS more than £3m a year
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1070 (Published 29 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	US billionaires donate $500m to reduce smoking worldwide
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1068, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1068 (Published 29 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	NICE recommends insulin pumps for young people only if injections impractical
	Paul Dinsdale
	BMJ  2008;337:a1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1067 (Published 29 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;337:a1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1065 (Published 29 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Evidence shows higher long term risks from gestational diabetes
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2008;337:a1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1057 (Published 29 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	GP suspended for six months after prescribing drug to hasten patient’s death
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1056 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	National group asks GPs to do more to promote sexual health strategy
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2008;337:a1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1054 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Editor's Choice

	Population control and uncertainty—a doctor’s role
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1076 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Doctors’ complicity with torture
	Steven H Miles
	BMJ  2008;337:a1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1088 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Open access to research
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1051 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bariatric surgery
	David Arterburn
	BMJ  2008;337:a755, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a755 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outcomes of the European Working Time Directive
	Hugh Cairns, Bruce Hendry, Andrew Leather, John Moxham
	BMJ  2008;337:a942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39541.443611.80 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent and palliative chemotherapy
	Daniel F Munday, E Jane Maher
	BMJ  2008;337:a868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a868 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	State violence towards sex workers
	Belinda Brooks-Gordon
	BMJ  2008;337:a908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a908 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Imported malaria: Travel industry should highlight malaria prophylaxis
	Edward Green, Rohit Bazaz, Steve T Green
	BMJ  2008;337:a1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1027 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Professional conduct: Confidence in child protection practice
	Patricia Hamilton, Rosalyn Proops
	BMJ  2008;337:a1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1063 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Human papillomavirus vaccination: Paradox of vaccination in cervical cancer and screening
	Christian A Gericke
	BMJ  2008;337:a1049, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1049 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A discriminating judgment: You cannot be serious, says GMC to observation article
	Graeme Catto
	BMJ  2008;337:a1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1048 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Human papillomavirus vaccination: Glimpse into the black box of human papillomavirus vaccination
	Peter M English, Keith Neal
	BMJ  2008;337:a1046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1046 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Therapeutic ignorance: Human nature seems averse to evidence
	Arun S Nanivadekar
	BMJ  2008;337:a1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1029 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Imported malaria: Imported malaria is falling in Netherlands and Europe
	Perry J van Genderen, Dennis A Hesselink, Jacob M Bezemer
	BMJ  2008;337:a1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1026 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors.net.uk: Doctors.net.uk strikes a blow for trust and transparency
	James T S Quekett, Tim Ringrose
	BMJ  2008;337:a1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1025 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peripheral intravenous catheters: It’s who looks after the catheters that counts
	Steven J Kennish
	BMJ  2008;337:a1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1001 (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Features

	NHS Care for Overseas Patients: Free for all?
	Jane Cassidy
	BMJ  2008;337:a1111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1111 (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Ethics Man: Clarifying best interests
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2008;337:a994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a994 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Use of GRADE grid to reach decisions on clinical practice guidelines when consensus is elusive
	Roman Jaeschke, Gordon H Guyatt, Phil Dellinger, Holger Schünemann, Mitchell M Levy, Regina Kunz, Susan Norris, Julian Bion, for the GRADE working group
	BMJ  2008;337:a744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a744 (Published 31 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views and Reviews

	"Would you like to see the wound?"
	Gillian Stowell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1064 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Vive la révolution
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;337:a1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1062 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Remains of the olden days
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2008;337:a1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1038 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Starting Out: Old whines and new battles
	Kinesh Patel
	BMJ  2008;337:a1031, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1031 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Human Gastric Function
	Leonard Sinclair
	BMJ  2008;337:a999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a999 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: The pleasurable unknown
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;337:a997, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a997 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Alexander Cattanach
	Sue Jenner, Siriol Sherlock
	BMJ  2008;337:a970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a970 (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Sanmugam Mahadeva
	Salinee Kang
	BMJ  2008;337:a944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a944 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov
	Boleslav Lichterman
	BMJ  2008;337:a866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a866 (Published 29 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Minerva

	BMJ  2008;337:a996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a996 (Published 29 July 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cherg T Jong, Chris Bidder, Katina Kontos, Natalie M Stone
	BMJ  2008;337:a936, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a936 (Published 29 July 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Paradoxical medicine
	Sobia Ikram, M Arfan Ikram, M Kamran Ikram
	BMJ  2008;337:a565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39514.529375.AD (Published 1 August 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A shocking tale
	Arie Roth
	BMJ  2008;337:a271, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a271 (Published 30 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Your patient
	BMJ  2008;337:a558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39286.727685.BD (Published 28 July 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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