09 May 2009(vol 338, issue 7703)

Editor's Choice

• The problem with ISTCs

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1863 (Published 07 May 2009)

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Editorials

• Swine flu

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1791 (Published 30 April 2009)

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• Antibiotics for acute cough in primary care

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b834 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Childhood disability and social policies

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1020 (Published 24 April 2009)

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• Diagnosis and treatment of primary hypothyroidism

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b725 (Published 27 March 2009)

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• Unemployment and health

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b829 (Published 11 March 2009)

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Letters

• Reported error rates are likely to be underestimation

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1814 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Investigations in young people

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1733 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Giant cell arteritis and transient visual loss

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1809 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Complexity: a simple approach to quality. Are we there yet?

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1812 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• The shaman and QOF

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1813 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Running out of time? Perhaps not

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1815 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Patients’ long and winding road

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1810 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Continuity of care is important

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1811 (Published 06 May 2009)

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News

• Mass information campaign starts in UK as flu cases rise to 28

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1857 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Staff shortages persist at troubled Mid Staffordshire trust

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1833 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1839 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• NICE launches portal for professionals to access clinical and non-clinical evidence

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1828 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• Global aid agencies boost support to poorer nations to fight flu threat

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1856 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Rheumatoid arthritis patients should be referred more swiftly, consensus statement urges

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1831 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• European flu toll reaches 107 confirmed cases

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1859 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Polyclinics could be focus of care for offenders with mental health problems, author of report says

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1841 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Darzi opens first of London’s polyclinics

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1836 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Health minister Ara Darzi pushes innovation in the NHS

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1825 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• Doctors pull their weight in changing NHS

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1844 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Audit shows quality of lung cancer treatment in UK lags behind other countries

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1830 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Report calls for end of drug promotion to doctors

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1852 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Hanumappa Sudarshan: the quiet reformer

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1794 (Published 30 April 2009)

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• Indian paediatrician has been two years in prison without trial

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1864 (Published 05 May 2009)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1826 (Published 05 May 2009)

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Observations

• No gifts, please, we’re doctors

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1835 (Published 07 May 2009)

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Feature

• A/H1N1 influenza: questions and answers

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1849 (Published 07 May 2009)

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• Open government?

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1798 (Published 05 May 2009)

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Analysis

• Independent sector treatment centres: learning from a Scottish case study

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1421 (Published 30 April 2009)

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Research

• Effect of point of care testing for C reactive protein and training in communication skills on antibiotic use in lower respiratory tract infections: cluster randomised trial

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1374 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Participation in life situations of 8-12 year old children with cerebral palsy: cross sectional European study

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1458 (Published 24 April 2009)

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• Sociodemographic variations in the contribution of secondary drug prevention to stroke survival at middle and older ages: cohort study

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1279 (Published 16 April 2009)

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• Meeting information needs of patients with incurable progressive disease and their families in South Africa and Uganda: multicentre qualitative study

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1326 (Published 22 April 2009)

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Research

• Effect of guideline based computerised decision support on decision making of multidisciplinary teams: cluster randomised trial in cardiac rehabilitation

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1440 (Published 27 April 2009)

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Clinical Review

• Kawasaki disease

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1514 (Published 05 May 2009)

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Practice

• How to handle stress and look after your mental health

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1368 (Published 27 April 2009)

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• Request for slimming tablets

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a1287 (Published 24 October 2008)

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Obituaries

• Spence Galbraith

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1827 (Published 07 May 2009)

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• John Michael Reid Campbell

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1771 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• Roy Austen Glover

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1687 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• George Wyllie Howie Jardine

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1793 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• Malcolm John Lewis

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1676 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• Alan James Mearns

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1677 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• Alister Macgregor Nisbet

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1790 (Published 01 May 2009)

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• Alexander John Smith

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1797 (Published 01 May 2009)

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Views & Reviews

• The flu epidemic in Mexico: the challenges for doctors

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1820 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Hospitals within hospitals

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1787 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• An impossible woman

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1808 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Clinical Examination

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1786 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Mexican standoff

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1832 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Of rabbit and humble pie

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1817 (Published 07 May 2009)

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Endgames

• Type I and type II errors

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1799 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Diabetic ketoacidosis

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1801 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• Recurrent chest infection in a 5 year old boy

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b945 (Published 06 May 2009)

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• A man with high blood pressure

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1550 (Published 06 May 2009)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1829 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1842 (Published 05 May 2009)

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Filler

• A false alarm

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1184 (Published 05 May 2009)

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• TARTS at the dinner table

  BMJ 2009; 338 :b1179 (Published 05 May 2009)

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