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17 April 2010 (Vol 340, Issue 7751)

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Editor's Choice

This week's Editor's Choice section

Moments of truth

BMJ 2010;340:c2042 (Published 15 April 2010)

News

This week's News section

Doctors may sometimes disclose a patient’s genetic information to relatives without permission

BMJ 2010;340:c2025 (Published 13 April 2010)

King’s Fund praises work on smoking and cancer but says NHS is still “not world class”

BMJ 2010;340:c2018 (Published 13 April 2010)

Limits to be put on whole body scans as part of health screening MOTs

BMJ 2010;340:c1932 (Published 8 April 2010)

Schemes that reward GPs for prescribing generics may breach EU law

BMJ 2010;340:c1945 (Published 9 April 2010)

MPs back calls for tighter checks on European doctors

BMJ 2010;340:c1939 (Published 8 April 2010)

Doctor is found guilty of exploiting “desperate” MS patients

BMJ 2010;340:c2009 (Published 12 April 2010)

Tories urge patients to complain to health secretary over cancer leaflets

BMJ 2010;340:c2024 (Published 13 April 2010)

Doctors join rally to demand that politicians protect welfare state

BMJ 2010;340:c2027 (Published 13 April 2010)

Study finds that anticancer effect of “5 a day” is less than expected

BMJ 2010;340:c1944 (Published 8 April 2010)

Department of Health agrees deal with GSK to cancel part of swine flu vaccine order

BMJ 2010;340:c1946 (Published 9 April 2010)

Doctors in shaken baby syndrome case are accused of “scientific prejudice”

BMJ 2010;340:c1989 (Published 13 April 2010)

Winning poem takes a doctor’s life as its inspiration

BMJ 2010;340:c2023 (Published 13 April 2010)

Salons face £20 000 fine for allowing under 18s to use sunbeds

BMJ 2010;340:c1973 (Published 9 April 2010)

In brief

BMJ 2010;340:40276.500324.4D (Published 9 April 2010)

Some countries cut their own spending on health when given health aid

BMJ 2010;340:c2015 (Published 13 April 2010)

Proposal to boost number of rural doctors sparks heated debate in Germany

BMJ 2010;340:c1982 (Published 12 April 2010)

Medical abortion becomes available in Italy

BMJ 2010;340:c2001 (Published 12 April 2010)

Canada bans blood donations from people with history of chronic fatigue syndrome

BMJ 2010;340:c1974 (Published 9 April 2010)

Editorials

This week's Editorials section

Does autistic enterocolitis exist?

BMJ 2010;340:c1807 (Published 15 April 2010)

Improving pharmacovigilance in Europe

BMJ 2010;340:c1694 (Published 12 April 2010)

Antimicrobials in children admitted to hospital in malaria endemic areas

BMJ 2010;340:c1818 (Published 8 April 2010)

Differences in clinic and ambulatory measurements of blood pressure

BMJ 2010;340:c1782 (Published 14 April 2010)

Short Cuts

This week's Short Cuts section

All you need to read in the other general journals

BMJ 2010;340:c1968 (Published 12 April 2010)

Research

This week's Research section

Statins, antihypertensive treatment, and blood pressure control in clinic and over 24 hours: evidence from PHYLLIS randomised double blind trial

BMJ 2010;340:c1197 (Published 25 March 2010)

The impact of advance care planning on end of life care in elderly patients: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 2010;340:c1345 (Published 23 March 2010)

WHO guidelines for antimicrobial treatment in children admitted to hospital in an area of intense Plasmodium falciparum transmission: prospective study

BMJ 2010;340:c1350 (Published 30 March 2010)

Definition of ambulatory blood pressure targets for diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in relation to clinic blood pressure: prospective cohort study

BMJ 2010;340:c1104 (Published 14 April 2010)

Feature

This week's Feature section

Wakefield’s “autistic enterocolitis” under the microscope

BMJ 2010;340:c1127 (Published 15 April 2010)

Analysis

This week's Analysis section

Europe’s opportunity to open up drug regulation

BMJ 2010;340:c1578 (Published 30 March 2010)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Exercise ECG useful in finding coronary artery disease

BMJ 2010;340:c1971 (Published 13 April 2010)

Don’t forget local epidemiology and guidance …

BMJ 2010;340:c1976 (Published 13 April 2010)

… and hepatitis B immunisation

BMJ 2010;340:c1978 (Published 13 April 2010)

Time for a culture change?

BMJ 2010;340:c1975 (Published 13 April 2010)

Reconsider the locum system

BMJ 2010;340:c1983 (Published 13 April 2010)

UK, wise up

BMJ 2010;340:c1984 (Published 13 April 2010)

No morbid anatomists remain

BMJ 2010;340:c1988 (Published 13 April 2010)

Leave Jenner in peace

BMJ 2010;340:c1980 (Published 13 April 2010)

Observations

This week's Observations section

The moment of truth

Daniel K Sokol

BMJ 2010;340:c1992 (Published 14 April 2010)

Views & Reviews

This week's Views & Reviews section

Where are the clinicians when you need them?

Emma Halls

BMJ 2010;340:c1845 (Published 14 April 2010)

Great Ormond Street: great expectations

Sophie Cook

BMJ 2010;340:c1934 (Published 14 April 2010)

How long is a life?

Theodore Dalrymple

BMJ 2010;340:c1951 (Published 14 April 2010)

On Liberty

Helmy Haja Mydin

BMJ 2010;340:c1891 (Published 14 April 2010)

Be wary of patients bearing gifts

Des Spence

BMJ 2010;340:c1996 (Published 14 April 2010)

The Black knights: Sir James and Sir Douglas

James Owen Drife

BMJ 2010;340:c2006 (Published 14 April 2010)

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries section

James Black

BMJ 2010;340:c1817 (Published 12 April 2010)

Alexander Adam

BMJ 2010;340:c1962 (Published 9 April 2010)

Ananda Lal Goswani

BMJ 2010;340:c1958 (Published 9 April 2010)

John Russell Grant Grice

BMJ 2010;340:c1963 (Published 9 April 2010)

Peter Julius Denison Heaf

BMJ 2010;340:c1941 (Published 9 April 2010)

Jean Eileen Lawrie (née Grant)

BMJ 2010;340:c1933 (Published 9 April 2010)

Alistair MacGregor Michael

BMJ 2010;340:c1942 (Published 9 April 2010)

Obituaries - continued

Geoffrey Wooler

BMJ 2010;340:c1929 (Published 9 April 2010)

Clinical Review

This week's Clinical Review section

Management of refractive errors

BMJ 2010;340:c1711 (Published 12 April 2010)

Practice

This week's Practice section

Quality Improvement Report: Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey

BMJ 2010;340:c1234 (Published 1 April 2010)

Lesson of the Week: Copper deficiency as a treatable cause of poor balance

BMJ 2010;340:c508 (Published 12 April 2010)

Endgames

This week's Endgames section

An unusual cause of myocardial infarction

BMJ 2010;340:c1038 (Published 14 April 2010)

Evaluation of breast masses in male patients

BMJ 2010;340:c1579 (Published 14 April 2010)

Primary and secondary outcome measures

BMJ 2010;340:c1938 (Published 14 April 2010)

HIV

BMJ 2010;340:c1936 (Published 14 April 2010)

Minerva

This week's Minerva section

Minerva

BMJ 2010;340:c2000 (Published 13 April 2010)

Minerva

BMJ 2010;340:c1949 (Published 13 April 2010)

Head to Head

This week's Head to Head section

Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? Yes

BMJ 2010;340:c1999 (Published 14 April 2010)

Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? No

BMJ 2010;340:c1959 (Published 14 April 2010)

Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? Yes

BMJ 2010;340:c1967 (Published 14 April 2010)

Can the NHS cut costs without substantially damaging the quality of health care? No

BMJ 2010;340:c1966 (Published 14 April 2010)

Research Methods & Reporting

This week's Research Methods & Reporting section

Is a subgroup effect believable? Updating criteria to evaluate the credibility of subgroup analyses

BMJ 2010;340:c117 (Published 30 March 2010)