Make health inequality history
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2007;335, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.555324.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Equitable access to health care
	James K Tumwine
	BMJ  2007;335:833-834, doi:10.1136/bmj.39371.586076.80 (published 22 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The role of national public health institutes in health infrastructure development
	Jeffrey P Koplan, Courtenay Dusenbury, Pekka Jousilahti, Pekka Puska
	BMJ  2007;335:834-835, doi:10.1136/bmj.39356.406377.BE (published 22 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rapid tranquillisation in emergency psychiatric settings
	Chittaranjan Andrade
	BMJ  2007;335:835-836, doi:10.1136/bmj.39359.614387.80 (published 22 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Violence and gun crime
	Gwen Adshead, Peter Fonagy, Sameer P Sarkar
	BMJ  2007;335:837, doi:10.1136/bmj.39365.683877.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Providing care closer to home
	Chris Salisbury, Sarah Purdy
	BMJ  2007;335:838, doi:10.1136/bmj.39371.523171.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Surgical mortality: Media attack
	Stephen Westaby, Nicholas Archer, Neil Wilson
	BMJ  2007;335:839, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.370463.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical mortality: Hospital episode statistics v central cardiac audit database
	Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Paul Elliott, Brian Jarman
	BMJ  2007;335:839, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.474965.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical mortality: Summary of other responses
	Sharon Davies
	BMJ  2007;335:839-840, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.627373.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fluoridation: The Department of Health's view
	Barry Cockcroft, Liam Donaldson
	BMJ  2007;335:840, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.501771.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fluoridation: Interpreting the Newcastle fluoride bioavailability study
	Stephen T Holgate, Trevor A Sheldon
	BMJ  2007;335:840-841, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.404502.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fluoridation: Addressing the arguments
	Baldwin of Bewdley
	BMJ  2007;335:841, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.421100.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing childhood obesity: Too early to ditch the campaign
	J Lennert Veerman, Jan J Barendregt
	BMJ  2007;335:841, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.433356.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Amblyopia: Occlusion studies are ambiguous
	Philip Lempert
	BMJ  2007;335:842, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.474745.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GMC and the MMC collapse: Summary of responses
	Sharon Davies
	BMJ  2007;335:842, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.024664.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academic boycotts: Royal Society of Medicine under attack by pro-Israel doctors
	Derek A Summerfield
	BMJ  2007;335:842, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.493218.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Medical workforce gap in developing countries is set to worsen
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;335:843, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.458032.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Much still needs to be done in England to tackle health inequalities, health department admits
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:843, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.430856.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU postpones threatened restriction to use of MRI
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;335:844-845, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.624398.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bush makes controversial appointment of new head of family planning office
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:844, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.465752.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors don't need second signature before agreeing abortion, MPs hear
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:844, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.628171.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Botched abortions kill more than 66 000 women each year
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2007;335:845, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.628171.DB1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Maternal mortality is a human rights issue, delegates insist
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2007;335:845, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.671690.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;335:846, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.455266.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Congress fails to override Bush veto on children's health insurance
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:846, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.519942.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government toughens its stance on NHS hygiene standards
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:846-847, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.429178.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Trusts raid public health funds to cover NHS debts
	Claire Laurent
	BMJ  2007;335:847, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.550046.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Safety agency wants to do more to engage clinicians, its head says
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2007;335:847, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.497720.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Staff rally to show they love the NHS
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2007;335:847, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.509560.13 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More effort is needed to tackle malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, says Unicef
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;335:848, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.512188.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Disabled people lobby parliament over lack of support
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2007;335:848-849, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.455150.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Many Africans stop HIV treatment because of cost and travel
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:848-849, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.533333.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Europe is lagging behind in fight against tuberculosis
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;335:849, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.495891.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More than half of NHS trusts need to perform better, says report
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2007;335:849, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.482662.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors criticise proposals to cut specialist training for non-EU graduates
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:849, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.590822.13 [Extract] [Full text]

	Use of drug treatment services in England is rising
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:849, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.534132.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Breast cancer incidence in US has fallen for first time in 20 years
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:849, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.477014.13 [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Prednisolone speeds recovery of Bell's palsy
	BMJ  2007;335:850, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7625.850 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: More work needed on HPV tests for cervical screening
	BMJ  2007;335:850, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7625.850-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: MRSA may kill more US citizens than HIV
	BMJ  2007;335:850, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7625.850-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: A week of triple therapy is enough to cure Helicobacter pylori
	BMJ  2007;335:850-851, doi:10.1136/bmj.39374.579086.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Candidate malaria vaccine looks safe and potentially effective
	BMJ  2007;335:851, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7625.851 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Multidrug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae emerges in the US
	BMJ  2007;335:851, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7625.851-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Survival looks comparable after CABG or PCI in patients fit for either
	BMJ  2007;335:851, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7625.851-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Urgent treatment after a transient ischaemic attack helps prevent stroke
	BMJ  2007;335:851, doi:10.1136/bmj.335.7625.851-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Infectious diseases: Polio: an end in sight?
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2007;335:852-854, doi:10.1136/bmj.39367.426655.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to Head: Is it all right for women to drink small amounts of alcohol in pregnancy? Yes
	Pat O'Brien
	BMJ  2007;335:856, doi:10.1136/bmj.39371.381308.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to Head: Is it all right for women to drink small amounts of alcohol in pregnancy? No
	Vivienne Nathanson, Nicky Jayesinghe, George Roycroft
	BMJ  2007;335:857, doi:10.1136/bmj.39356.489340.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Life and death: Something rotten
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2007;335:855, doi:10.1136/bmj.39367.395694.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Realist review to understand the efficacy of school feeding programmes
	Trisha Greenhalgh, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Vivian Robinson
	BMJ  2007;335:858-861, doi:10.1136/bmj.39359.525174.AD (published 22 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Measurement issues raised by the realist review] [extra: Historical context] FREE

Research

	Reduced in-hospital mortality after improved management of children under 5 years admitted to hospital with malaria: randomised trial
	Sidu Biai, Amabelia Rodrigues, Melba Gomes, Isabela Ribeiro, Morten Sodemann, Fernanda Alves, Peter Aaby
	BMJ  2007;335:862, doi:10.1136/bmj.39345.467813.80 (published 22 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rapid tranquillisation in psychiatric emergency settings in India: pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intramuscular olanzapine versus intramuscular haloperidol plus promethazine
	Nirmal S Raveendran, Prathap Tharyan, Jacob Alexander, Clive Elliot Adams, TREC-India II Collaborative Group
	BMJ  2007;335:865, doi:10.1136/bmj.39341.608519.BE (published 22 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rapid tranquillisation in psychiatric emergency settings in Brazil: pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intramuscular haloperidol versus intramuscular haloperidol plus promethazine
	Gisele Huf, E S F Coutinho, C E Adams, TREC Collaborative Group
	BMJ  2007;335:869, doi:10.1136/bmj.39339.448819.AE (published 22 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The global impact of income inequality on health by age: an observational study
	Danny Dorling, Richard Mitchell, Jamie Pearce
	BMJ  2007;335:873, doi:10.1136/bmj.39349.507315.DE (published 22 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of insurance and supply of health professionals on coverage of treatment for hypertension in Mexico: population based study
	Sara N Bleich, David M Cutler, Alyce S Adams, Rafael Lozano, Christopher J L Murray
	BMJ  2007;335:875, doi:10.1136/bmj.39350.617616.BE (published 22 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Sepsis: definition, epidemiology, and diagnosis
	Andrew Lever, Iain Mackenzie
	BMJ  2007;335:879-883, doi:10.1136/bmj.39346.495880.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Cases in Primary Care Laboratory Medicine: Macrocytosis: pitfalls in testing and summary of guidance
	Michael Galloway, Malcolm Hamilton
	BMJ  2007;335:884-886, doi:10.1136/bmj.39325.689641.471 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal view: Why I declined an invitation to a drug company seminar
	Murad Moosa Khan
	BMJ  2007;335:887, doi:10.1136/bmj.39350.454039.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Live from London: Why do posh people ignore poverty on their own doorstep?
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2007;335:888, doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.486794.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	In and out of hospital: Unfamiliar territory
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2007;335:888, doi:10.1136/bmj.39373.501192.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Freedom from information
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:889, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.564525.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: No Way Out
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2007;335:889, doi:10.1136/bmj.39304.725359.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: The art of tobacco control
	Ruth Malone
	BMJ  2007;335:890, doi:10.1136/bmj.39365.432164.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Abraham Goldberg
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2007;335:891, doi:10.1136/bmj.39372.574502.BE [Extract] [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:892, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.450972.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Ahmed A Mustafa Khalil
	BMJ  2007;335:892, doi:10.1136/bmj.39377.450972.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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