24 October 2009(vol 339, issue 7727)

Editor's Choice

• Effective, safe, and a good patient experience

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4346 (Published 22 October 2009)

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Editorials

• Mobilisation or immobilisation for cervical radiculopathy?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3952 (Published 07 October 2009)

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• The safety of propofol

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4024 (Published 06 October 2009)

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• Reducing variation in adverse events during the academic year

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3949 (Published 14 October 2009)

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• Using patient experience within pay for performance programmes

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4224 (Published 20 October 2009)

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• Healthcare associated infections

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3721 (Published 28 September 2009)

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Letters

• Spontaneous publishing and academic miscarriages (SPAM)

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4293 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Author’s reply

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4295 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Women should give informed consent before starting SSRIs

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4292 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• SSRIs and heart defects in neonates

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4288 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Case registers in pregnancy?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4286 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Thighs and thresholds

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4246 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Exercise, muscle mass, and insulin sensitivity

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4249 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Great Danes

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4251 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• What about independent sector treatment centres?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4255 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Prostate screening in France

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4285 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Technique has limitations

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4282 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Tom MacDonald replies to Marisa de Andrade

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4281 (Published 21 October 2009)

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News

• European Union criticised for health policies towards developing countries

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4328 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• College issues guidance on fabricated or induced illness after doctors lose confidence in its diagnosis

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4289 (Published 19 October 2009)

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• Iraqi doctors seize first training opportunity in 20 years in unique UK programme

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4329 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Doctors and scientists call for tripling in spending on mental health research

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4256 (Published 16 October 2009)

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• Doctors’ leaders question accuracy of rating general practices

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4257 (Published 15 October 2009)

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• Supermarket chains warn that minimum pricing of alcohol will not stop binge drinking

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4287 (Published 16 October 2009)

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• H1N1 vaccination begins as proportion of cases in hospital admitted to intensive care rises

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4291 (Published 19 October 2009)

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• Only 12% of Germans say they will have H1N1 vaccine after row blows up over safety of adjuvants

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4335 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Public health messages that invoke disgust work best for men, study finds

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4277 (Published 16 October 2009)

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• US inches closer towards healthcare reform as houses prepare for debate

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4306 (Published 20 October 2009)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4339 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Tobacco sponsorship of tennis tournament goes ahead because of weak Swiss legislation, says campaigning group

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4270 (Published 19 October 2009)

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• Putin criticises drug companies for paying doctors to prescribe their drugs

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4200 (Published 16 October 2009)

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• GlaxoSmithKline told to pay family $2.5m after jury finds paroxetine caused son’s heart defects

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4266 (Published 15 October 2009)

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• Bans on public smoking reduce deaths among people exposed to secondhand smoke, study shows

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4290 (Published 19 October 2009)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4279 (Published 20 October 2009)

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Feature

• Walter Merricks: in search of justice

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4162 (Published 16 October 2009)

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Observations

• All or nothing at all?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4319 (Published 20 October 2009)

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Analysis

• Should we screen low risk patients for meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4035 (Published 08 October 2009)

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Research

• Cervical collar or physiotherapy versus wait and see policy for recent onset cervical radiculopathy: randomised trial

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3883 (Published 07 October 2009)

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• Reliability of patient responses in pay for performance schemes: analysis of national General Practitioner Patient Survey data in England

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3851 (Published 29 September 2009)

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• Explaining the rise in antidepressant prescribing: a descriptive study using the general practice research database

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3999 (Published 15 October 2009)

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• Rate of undesirable events at beginning of academic year: retrospective cohort study

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3974 (Published 14 October 2009)

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Research Methods & Reporting

• Use of serial qualitative interviews to understand patients’ evolving experiences and needs

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3702 (Published 28 September 2009)

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Practice

• Analysis of continuous data from small samples

  BMJ 2009; 338 :a3166 (Published 06 April 2009)

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Clinical Review

• Cryptosporidiosis

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4168 (Published 19 October 2009)

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Practice

• Applying for ethical approval for research in the United Kingdom

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4013 (Published 16 October 2009)

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• Malignant melanoma

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b3078 (Published 04 September 2009)

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Obituaries

• John A J Macleod

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4296 (Published 20 October 2009)

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• Syed Irfan Ahmed

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4302 (Published 19 October 2009)

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• Montague Joshua Goldberg

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4151 (Published 19 October 2009)

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• Paul Francis Dorian Naylor

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4305 (Published 19 October 2009)

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• James Ramsay Philp

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4304 (Published 19 October 2009)

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• Elizabeth Tylden

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4147 (Published 19 October 2009)

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• Christopher Paul Varty

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4022 (Published 02 October 2009)

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• Shee Hung Yu

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4303 (Published 19 October 2009)

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Views & Reviews

• Withdrawal of consent by sperm donors

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4297 (Published 20 October 2009)

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• Sci-fi medicine: an odyssey

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4312 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Sanatorium blues

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4096 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Diverticular disease of the colon

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4309 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• The counsel of imperfection

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4315 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Non-doctor in the house

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4317 (Published 21 October 2009)

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Endgames

• Children’s respiratory illnesses

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4250 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Seizures in a 9 month old girl

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4133 (Published 21 October 2009)

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• Screening tests III

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4247 (Published 21 October 2009)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4267 (Published 20 October 2009)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2009; 339 :b4243 (Published 20 October 2009)

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Filler

• An alternative career?

  BMJ 2008; 337 :a562 (Published 15 September 2008)

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