14 February 2009(vol 338, issue 7691)

Editor's Choice

• Through the patients’ eyes

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b588 (Published 12 February 2009)

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Editorials

• Promoting breast feeding in the community

  BMJ 2009; 338 :a2657 (Published 30 January 2009)

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• Use of emergency oxygen in adults

  BMJ 2009; 338 :a2790 (Published 20 January 2009)

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• Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b52 (Published 27 January 2009)

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Letters

• Preoperative integrity of skin surface predicts infection risk

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b516 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Let’s not forget AGREE

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b407 (Published 02 February 2009)

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• Checklist for guidelines

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b384 (Published 02 February 2009)

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• What the papers say

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b517 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Watch how Great Ormond Street uses WHO checklist on YouTube

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b518 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Practising on the poor?

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b519 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Saying sorry is not the same as admitting legal liability

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b520 (Published 10 February 2009)

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News

• Brazil and India clash with EU over seizure of generic drugs

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b558 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Doctors announce death of woman at centre of Italian “right to die” case

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b574 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Daschle nomination as US health tsar failed because of income tax problems and industry ties

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b551 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Obama signs health bill to insure four million more children

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b498 (Published 06 February 2009)

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• Israeli shells killed three daughters of Palestinian gynaecologist, investigation finds

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b523 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• Italian doctors can report illegal immigrants to police, under proposed law

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b548 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b556 (Published 11 February 2009)

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• NICE recommends kidney cancer drug it previously rejected on cost grounds

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b499 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• Healthcare providers have new panel to appeal to against unfair competition

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b534 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Evidence lacking for memory clinics to tackle dementia, say critics

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b550 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• GPs are urged to raise awareness of health inequalities

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b544 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• Men whose semen samples thawed can sue trust, say judges

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b501 (Published 06 February 2009)

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• BMJ readers vote for doctors who have made a difference to health care

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b567 (Published 11 February 2009)

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• Measles cases in England and Wales rise sharply in 2008

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b533 (Published 10 February 2009)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b526 (Published 10 February 2009)

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Feature

• Safety first

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b420 (Published 06 February 2009)

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Observations

• The taxing case of Tom Daschle

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b565 (Published 11 February 2009)

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• Health journalism: two clicks away from Britney Spears?

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b570 (Published 11 February 2009)

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Analysis

• New design rules for driving innovation in access to secondary care in the NHS

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a2321 (Published 15 December 2008)

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Research

• Effectiveness of policy to provide breastfeeding groups (BIG) for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2009; 338 :a3026 (Published 30 January 2009)

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• Antenatal peer support workers and initiation of breast feeding: cluster randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b131 (Published 30 January 2009)

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• Use of primary care electronic medical record database in drug efficacy research on cardiovascular outcomes: comparison of database and randomised controlled trial findings

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b81 (Published 27 January 2009)

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• Preserving professional credibility: grounded theory study of medical trainees’ requests for clinical support

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b128 (Published 09 February 2009)

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Research Methods & Reporting

• Publication guidelines for quality improvement studies in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project

  BMJ 2009; 338 :a3152 (Published 19 January 2009)

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Clinical Review

• Dementia

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b75 (Published 05 February 2009)

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Practice

• Prescribe prednisolone alone for Bell’s palsy diagnosed within 72 hours of symptom onset

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b255 (Published 06 February 2009)

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• A 38 year old woman with hypotensive shock at the onset of menstruation: case presentation

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b6 (Published 09 February 2009)

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Obituaries

• Naomi Datta

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b389 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• George Alexander Cockburn Esson

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b535 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• Charles Kickham Heffernan

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b469 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• John Lewis Herbert

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b538 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• Michael Platten

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b465 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• Zubeda Bano Rahman

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b532 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• Frank Robertson

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b471 (Published 09 February 2009)

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• Jennifer Mary Tisdall (née Vann)

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b474 (Published 09 February 2009)

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Views & Reviews

• The cowardly cyborg

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b522 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Stopping the traffic

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b493 (Published 11 February 2009)

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• Cold comfort

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b554 (Published 11 February 2009)

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• Doctor Glas

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b476 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• A penny for your thoughts

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b552 (Published 11 February 2009)

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• Ulysses

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b546 (Published 11 February 2009)

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Endgames

• Probability and prevalence

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b539 (Published 12 February 2009)

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• Community paediatrics

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b537 (Published 12 February 2009)

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• Hemiparesis in a 36 year old man

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b90 (Published 12 February 2009)

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• An unusual case of palpitations

  BMJ 2009; 338 :a3087 (Published 12 February 2009)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b504 (Published 10 February 2009)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b495 (Published 10 February 2009)

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Filler

• My first job

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b334 (Published 11 February 2009)

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• BMJ policy on trials of drugs and devices: advice to authors

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b146 (Published 11 February 2009)

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• The cost of carpal tunnel syndrome

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b444 (Published 11 February 2009)

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