12 March 2011(vol 342, issue 7797)

Editor's Choice

• Iatrogenic radiation, and unethical health reforms

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1551 (Published 09 March 2011)

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Editorials

• Ethnicity and academic performance in the UK

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d709 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Cystic fibrosis and survival in patients with advanced lung disease

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d726 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• New drugs for hyponatraemia

  BMJ 2010; 341 :c6219 (Published 15 November 2010)

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• Using bibliometrics to define the quality of primary care research

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1083 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• A new mental health strategy for England

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1346 (Published 03 March 2011)

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Letters

• Use of GLP-1 analogues needs great caution

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1478 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Are GLP-1 analogues affordable?

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1482 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Avoid 50% dextrose

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1470 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Hypoglycaemia unawareness

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1474 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Is there freedom of speech in the medical profession?

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1484 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Local authority budget cuts and health inequalities

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1487 (Published 08 March 2011)

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News

• India’s proposed pact with Europe may choke its generic drug exports, health rights activists fear

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1480 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• German doctors are told to have an open attitude to placebos

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• In brief

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• GPs are accused of using profits from commissioning to meet practice expenses

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1471 (Published 04 March 2011)

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• Doctor who injected her sister with unlicensed drug is struck off register

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1512 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• GPs could share profits from savings made through consortiums

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1439 (Published 04 March 2011)

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• Lansley writes price competition out of the health bill

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1481 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• Chief medical officer post goes to woman for first time

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1469 (Published 04 March 2011)

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• More women at low risk of problems should have midwife led care, says King’s Fund

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1495 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• NHS managers are more worried about financial squeeze than reform, survey finds

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1496 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• Guidance on intravenous fluid therapy is to be reviewed after six quoted articles are withdrawn

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1492 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• US citizens report slightly less sexual activity than in 2002

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1500 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• Norway’s plan to change placement scheme for trainee doctors proves controversial

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1475 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• Italian court edict over discharge rules causes controversy

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1494 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• UN seeks $160m to help a million people affected by Libyan crisis

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1536 (Published 08 March 2011)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1457 (Published 09 March 2011)

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Head to Head

• Should physicians routinely be involved in the care of elderly surgical patients? Yes

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1070 (Published 04 March 2011)

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• Should physicians be routinely involved in the care of elderly surgical patients? No

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1072 (Published 04 March 2011)

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Feature

• Best Improvement in Quality and Safety

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1398 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• The hunt for the mystery genes

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1463 (Published 10 March 2011)

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Observations

• Talking therapies: can the centre hold?

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1459 (Published 09 March 2011)

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Analysis

• Healthcare in Turkey: from laggard to leader

  BMJ 2011; 342 :c7456 (Published 21 January 2011)

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Research

• Ethnicity and academic performance in UK trained doctors and medical students: systematic review and meta-analysis

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d901 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Use of weekly, low dose, high frequency ultrasound for hard to heal venous leg ulcers: the VenUS III randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1092 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Improved survival at low lung function in cystic fibrosis: cohort study from 1990 to 2007

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1008 (Published 28 February 2011)

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• Quality of chronic disease care for older people in care homes and the community in a primary care pay for performance system: retrospective study

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d912 (Published 08 March 2011)

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• Research output on primary care in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States: bibliometric analysis

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1028 (Published 08 March 2011)

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Clinical Review

• The risks of radiation exposure related to diagnostic imaging and how to minimise them

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d947 (Published 25 February 2011)

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Practice

• Investigating hyponatraemia

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1118 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• Cholesteatoma

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1088 (Published 03 March 2011)

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Obituaries

• George Wadsworth

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d777 (Published 09 March 2011)

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• Angus Donald

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1409 (Published 07 March 2011)

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• John Hugh Auchinleck Jewell

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• Malcolm Mencer Martin

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• Thomas John Phillips

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• Edward Pringle

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• David Selby Strachan

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1330 (Published 28 February 2011)

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• Rupert Sykes

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Views & Reviews

• It’s unethical for general practitioners to be commissioners

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1430 (Published 10 March 2011)

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• Keeping big pharma in check?

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1103 (Published 10 March 2011)

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• Frightening memoirs

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1427 (Published 10 March 2011)

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• Wild Swans

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1411 (Published 10 March 2011)

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• Sticks and stones?

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1568 (Published 10 March 2011)

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• The prophet of nudge

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Endgames

• Atypical diabetic retinopathy

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• Total hip replacement

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1420 (Published 09 March 2011)

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• Sampling methods II

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1387 (Published 09 March 2011)

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• A young woman with rigors and abdominal pain

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d689 (Published 09 March 2011)

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Minerva

• Minerva

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• Minerva

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Filler

• Early days of anaesthesia and the BMJ

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