31 May 2014(vol 348, issue 7960)

Editor's Choice

• Patient outcomes at both ends of the stethoscope

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3575 (Published 28 May 2014)

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News

• Small falls in weight can improve health provided they are long term, says NICE

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• German politician and psychiatrist face manslaughter charges for their role in assisted suicide deaths

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3358 (Published 16 May 2014)

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• GPs vote against charging patients for their services

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3498 (Published 23 May 2014)

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• Australian doctors’ leader attacks plan to charge to see a GP

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3495 (Published 23 May 2014)

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• Record 5 million UK children expected to be living in poverty by 2020

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3541 (Published 27 May 2014)

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• Judge tells trust it can treat minor for paracetamol overdose against her wishes

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3534 (Published 28 May 2014)

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• Most emergency attendances at hospital are appropriate, finds study

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3479 (Published 23 May 2014)

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• In brief

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• New mothers are most likely to be depressed four years after giving birth

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3446 (Published 22 May 2014)

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• Soft drink that claims to burn 200 calories a can is referred to trading standards

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3466 (Published 23 May 2014)

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• Many double mastectomies are not clinically indicated, study finds

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3512 (Published 27 May 2014)

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• GP leader warns funding shortfalls could result in services closing

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3467 (Published 23 May 2014)

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Observations

• Terence Stephenson: Leading by example

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3465 (Published 28 May 2014)

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Editorials

• Early adrenaline for cardiac arrest

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3245 (Published 29 May 2014)

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• Can higher NHS spending in deprived areas reduce health inequalities?

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3388 (Published 29 May 2014)

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• Deprivation of liberty in healthcare

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3390 (Published 21 May 2014)

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• Why there is no legal or medical justification for the Saatchi bill

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3464 (Published 27 May 2014)

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Research

• Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: systematic review

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3253 (Published 21 May 2014)

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• Effect of intervention aimed at increasing physical activity, reducing sedentary behaviour, and increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children: Active for Life Year 5 (AFLY5) school based cluster randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3256 (Published 27 May 2014)

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• The impact of NHS resource allocation policy on health inequalities in England 2001-11: longitudinal ecological study

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3231 (Published 27 May 2014)

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• Time to administration of epinephrine and outcome after in-hospital cardiac arrest with non-shockable rhythms: retrospective analysis of large in-hospital data registry

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3028 (Published 20 May 2014)

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Feature

• Will ultrasound scanners replace the stethoscope?

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3463 (Published 29 May 2014)

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Analysis

• Power imbalance prevents shared decision making

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3178 (Published 14 May 2014)

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Letters

• All RCGP members should be balloted on assisted dying

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3274 (Published 28 May 2014)

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• Frailty related aspects of care are under-recognised in UK medical curriculums

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3325 (Published 28 May 2014)

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• Coercing women athletes with high androgen levels into medical interventions

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3447 (Published 28 May 2014)

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• Sex testing in sport can ruin lives

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3468 (Published 28 May 2014)

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• Post all press releases online, and give them named authors

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3448 (Published 28 May 2014)

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• Responsible reporting of research in the media

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3449 (Published 28 May 2014)

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• Problems with sharing clinical data in routine referral letters

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3223 (Published 19 May 2014)

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Observations

• Assisted dying is not the same as euthanasia

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3532 (Published 28 May 2014)

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• Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3491 (Published 27 May 2014)

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Views & Reviews

• Patients need support to self manage their long term conditions

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g2973 (Published 28 April 2014)

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• Complex regional pain syndrome medicalises limb pain

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g2631 (Published 28 April 2014)

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Obituaries

• Henry Rollin

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g2339 (Published 25 March 2014)

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• Patrick William Brighten

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3234 (Published 19 May 2014)

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• Kevin Andrew Flaherty

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• Victor Griffiths

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3239 (Published 19 May 2014)

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• Arthur Morgan Jones

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3241 (Published 19 May 2014)

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• Barrie Murphy

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3240 (Published 19 May 2014)

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• Colin Lunn Smith

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• Aldo Vacca

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3242 (Published 19 May 2014)

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Clinical Review

• Management of cutaneous viral warts

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3339 (Published 27 May 2014)

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Practice

• Should we advise patients with sutures not to swim?

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3171 (Published 23 May 2014)

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• Eyelid lumps and lesions

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3029 (Published 19 May 2014)

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Endgames

• Radiograph of a 3 year old child’s right foot

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g2590 (Published 09 April 2014)

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• Sudden onset double vision

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3286 (Published 19 May 2014)

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• What is an open label trial?

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3434 (Published 23 May 2014)

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Views & Reviews

• How the UK drug regulator became the herbalists’ marketeer

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3194 (Published 09 May 2014)

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Minerva

• Acoustic apoplexy: an acute complication of a common intracranial tumour

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3268 (Published 29 May 2014)

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• The dangers of long distance running and other stories . . .

  BMJ 2014; 348 :g3459 (Published 28 May 2014)

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