In brief
	BMJ  2009;338:b2581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2581, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text]

	Some 45 000 people die each month in Congo as result of collapsed health service, says UN official
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;338:b2652, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2652, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA meeting: NHS doctors must not be "muzzled," BMA chairman says
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2009;338:b2656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2656, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA chairman calls for end to market in health care
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2009;338:b2659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2659, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text]

	Patients’ safety must not be sacrificed to financial targets, doctors say
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2009;338:b2660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2660, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS staff are invited to see climate change film free of charge
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2009;338:b2661, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2661, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text]

	Two more people in UK die from swine flu, as swabbing policy ends in "hot spot" areas
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2009;338:b2670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2670, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text]

Observations

This week's Observations

	Body Politic: Mind the gap
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2009;338:b2604, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2604, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

This week's Views & reviews

	Between the Lines: Ancients or moderns?
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;338:b2410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2410, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: A brief history of shroud waving through the centuries
	Tom Jefferson
	BMJ  2009;338:b2610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2610, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Best Medicine: The scholar’s tale
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2009;338:b2644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2644, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Cooking the books
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;338:b2647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2647, (Published 30 June 2009) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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