25 October 2008(vol 337, issue 7676)

Editor's Choice

• Larrey’s flying hospital

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2231 (Published 21 October 2008)

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Editorials

• Depression and physician assisted dying

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1558 (Published 08 October 2008)

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• Availability of inpatient beds for psychiatric admissions in the NHS

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1561 (Published 09 October 2008)

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• Tackling global shortages in health workers

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1971 (Published 21 October 2008)

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• New MRC guidance on evaluating complex interventions

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1937 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Research methods and reporting

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2201 (Published 22 October 2008)

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Letters

• Erectile dysfunction predicts cardiovascular risk in men

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2166 (Published 21 October 2008)

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• TIA or stroke with transient overt signs?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2158 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• Wrong conclusion

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2156 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• Why is there more heat than light concerning the polypill?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2162 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• News of the polypill

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2160 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• Analytical problems associated with HCG assay

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2076 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Technology speaks louder than words

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2164 (Published 20 October 2008)

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News

• Self referral to allied health professionals will prevent medical “merry-go-round”

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2239 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Police investigate parents’ involvement in assisted suicide

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2195 (Published 21 October 2008)

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• Osteoporosis experts launch guidance to fill gaps left by NICE

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2204 (Published 21 October 2008)

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• Giant figure represents 60 years of NHS in Manchester

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1958 (Published 08 October 2008)

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• Israel denies access to doctors planning to attend conference in Gaza

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2225 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• All myocardial infarction patients in England are to be offered angioplasty

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2185 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• NICE to confer on taking greater account of patients’ views

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2211 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2233 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Growth of drug resistant HIV in China is “worrying,” says AIDS institute

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2197 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• BMA’s campaign was not irresponsible, doctors’ leader says

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2176 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• Children’s vitamin D intake should be doubled, US paediatricians say

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2133 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• Foundation trusts still have to prove their worth, say MPs

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2188 (Published 21 October 2008)

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• Thai doctors say they won’t treat police who attack demonstrators

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2132 (Published 17 October 2008)

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• Death rates from cancer in the UK are predicted to fall further

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2198 (Published 21 October 2008)

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• Atorvastatin advertising misled over benefits for women, study claims

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2209 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• US university sets up conflict of interest office after investigation into drug company payments

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2200 (Published 21 October 2008)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2177 (Published 21 October 2008)

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Feature

• Fighting the brain drain

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1496 (Published 15 September 2008)

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• International action on migration of health workers

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2065 (Published 21 October 2008)

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Observations

• NHS dentistry: a service with teeth

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2043 (Published 21 October 2008)

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Analysis

• Translating evidence into practice: a model for large scale knowledge translation

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1714 (Published 06 October 2008)

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Research

• Minimally invasive treatments for benign prostatic enlargement: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1662 (Published 09 October 2008)

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• Long term predictive values of cytology and human papillomavirus testing in cervical cancer screening: joint European cohort study

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1754 (Published 13 October 2008)

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• Prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients requesting physicians’ aid in dying: cross sectional survey

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1682 (Published 08 October 2008)

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• Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics, involuntary admissions under the Mental Health Act 1983, and number of psychiatric beds in England 1996-2006

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1837 (Published 09 October 2008)

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Research Methods and Reporting

• Developing and evaluating complex interventions: the new Medical Research Council guidance

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1655 (Published 29 September 2008)

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Clinical Review

• Obesity in children. Part 2: Prevention and management

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1848 (Published 22 October 2008)

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Practice

• Prescribing intravenous immunoglobulin: summary of Department of Health guidelines

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1831 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• Commentary: Controversies in the Department of Health’s clinical guidelines for immunoglobulin use

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1851 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• Common variable immunodeficiency

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1855 (Published 17 October 2008)

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• Acute psychosis caused by co-amoxiclav

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2117 (Published 22 October 2008)

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Obituaries

• Selma Dritz

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2192 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• John Andrew Carron Brown

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2135 (Published 17 October 2008)

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• David Wilfried Levy

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2139 (Published 17 October 2008)

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• Michael Myers

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2146 (Published 17 October 2008)

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• Roger Baron Pickford

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2137 (Published 17 October 2008)

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• Robin Trevor Pinto

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2136 (Published 17 October 2008)

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• Michael William Reece

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2075 (Published 17 October 2008)

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• Christopher Patrick Sames

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2147 (Published 17 October 2008)

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Views & Reviews

• (Not) warts and all

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2186 (Published 23 October 2008)

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• A capital idea

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2203 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Saving lives

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2202 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Victorian values

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2230 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Diseases of the Heart and Circulation

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2125 (Published 20 October 2008)

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• The safe sex messenger

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2235 (Published 22 October 2008)

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Endgames

• A man with poorly controlled asthma and exercise induced symptoms

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1963 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Depression

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1483 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Study design

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2190 (Published 22 October 2008)

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• Acute intrapartum obstetric emergency

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1940 (Published 22 October 2008)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2152 (Published 21 October 2008)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2150 (Published 21 October 2008)

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Filler

• A curious thing

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a843 (Published 18 July 2008)

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• Mysterious indeed are the principles of medicine

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a553 (Published 22 August 2008)

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