26 March 2011(vol 342, issue 7799)

Editor's Choice

• Tackling practice variation

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1884 (Published 23 March 2011)

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Editorials

• Reducing unwarranted variations in healthcare in the English NHS

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1849 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• What have we learnt from the rosiglitazone saga?

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1354 (Published 17 March 2011)

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• Prevention of pain from propofol injection

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1102 (Published 15 March 2011)

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• Pituitary apoplexy

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1270 (Published 17 March 2011)

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• New proposals for reorganisation of healthcare staff in England

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1839 (Published 22 March 2011)

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Letters

• Good not bad medicine

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1760 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Author’s reply

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1786 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Use of intravenous lipids in clinical toxicology

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1764 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Southeast London—the unspoken problem

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1765 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Medical records should be shared by all

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1776 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Online conferencing might be the answer

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1777 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Results can be summarised in a simple figure

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1555 (Published 23 March 2011)

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News

• Inquiry calls for greater transparency and quality of care in general practice

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1833 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Activists call for attacks on health professionals in Middle East to be fully investigated

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1807 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• Report shows low rate of cancer surgery in middle aged people

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1872 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• Cardiac surgeons call for more doctors to use outcome data to improve care

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1804 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• Value based drug pricing could increase NHS drugs bill

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1759 (Published 17 March 2011)

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• Dirty, pretty thing

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1781 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• Draft bill sets out how courts should weed out unreliable expert witnesses

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1832 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• Libya’s health system struggles after exodus of foreign medical staff

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1879 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• Death toll climbs and healthcare needs escalate in Japan

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1859 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• Human rights group accuses US psychiatrists of unethical treatment of prisoners

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1792 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• New government is to introduce universal primary care for Ireland

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1825 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• In brief

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1867 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Biomedical approach cannot deal with India’s public health problems, says health activist

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1802 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• France proposes overhaul of drug regulatory system

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1829 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Poor nutrition is increasing rates of overweight in developing countries

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1787 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• Virtual hospital for HIV patients halves consultation times

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1818 (Published 21 March 2011)

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Short Cuts

• All you need to read in the other general journals

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1788 (Published 21 March 2011)

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Feature

• Bigger is better for primary care

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1754 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Excellence in healthcare education: top picks for 2011

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1728 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• How services for long term conditions could be reborn

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1730 (Published 22 March 2011)

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Observations

• Panic about nuclear apocalypse overshadows Japan’s real plight

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1845 (Published 22 March 2011)

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Analysis

• Time to tackle unwarranted variations in practice

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1513 (Published 17 March 2011)

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Research

• Comparative cardiovascular effects of thiazolidinediones: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1309 (Published 17 March 2011)

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• Effect of statins on atrial fibrillation: collaborative meta-analysis of published and unpublished evidence from randomised controlled trials

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1250 (Published 16 March 2011)

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• Prevention of pain on injection of propofol: systematic review and meta-analysis

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1110 (Published 15 March 2011)

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• Randomised trial of glutamine, selenium, or both, to supplement parenteral nutrition for critically ill patients

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1542 (Published 17 March 2011)

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Clinical Review

• Managing adult patients who need home parenteral nutrition

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1447 (Published 18 March 2011)

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Practice

• Inpatient management of diabetic foot problems: summary of NICE guidance

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1280 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Pituitary infarction: a potentially fatal cause of postoperative hyponatraemia and ocular palsy

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1221 (Published 17 March 2011)

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• Malaria

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1149 (Published 15 March 2011)

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Obituaries

• Sean Spence

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1865 (Published 22 March 2011)

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• Solomon Adler

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1719 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• David Prydderch Davies

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1713 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• John Fyfe

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1707 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• Ronald Parfitt

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1722 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• Albert Rinsler

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1709 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• Hosie Byram Tavadia

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1721 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• Reginald Lavis Walker

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1715 (Published 21 March 2011)

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Views & Reviews

• We need a simple test for prosopagnosia

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1736 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• A roadmap for health system reform

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1757 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Filming the foundation years

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1843 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Shakespeare on alcohol

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1789 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1756 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Systematic failures and alternatives to audit

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1840 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Prescription charges: a tax on the English

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1790 (Published 23 March 2011)

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Endgames

• A man with hypophosphataemia

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d773 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Heart segments on short axis computed tomography section

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1834 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• A 42 year old man with bilateral exophthalmos and weight loss

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1105 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Observational Study Design I

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1742 (Published 23 March 2011)

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• Risk factors for stroke

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1782 (Published 23 March 2011)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1752 (Published 21 March 2011)

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• Minerva

  BMJ 2011; 342 :d1751 (Published 21 March 2011)

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