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Global warming

Editorial

Global warming must stay below 1.5°C

We are facing a global emergency and should organise accordingly, say Adam Law, Patrick Saunders, John Middleton, and David McCoy

Antibiotics

News

Tackling antimicrobial resistance should be “top five” priority for UK government, MPs urge

doctor and patient

Feature

Should doctors share their personal experiences of healthcare with patients?

Looking closely at data

Editorial

Open science prevents mindless science

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Observations

Is doctor-patient confidentiality dying a slow death?

The BMJ blogs

Alex Nowbar’s research reviews—22 October 2018

Samir Dawlatly: Advancing healthcare—less self-improvement, more system development

Richard Smith: Managing hypertension in low and middle income countries—the Sri Lanka story

Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . The Medicines Act 1968, Data Sheets, and Summaries of Product Characteristics

Esmée Hanna: Patient dignity must be central to appropriate disposal of body parts

Matt Morgan: Health is not the lack of disease

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Latest opinion and features

Editorial

The extricable links between health, wealth, and profits

Editorial

Alma Ata and primary healthcare: back to the future

Feature

GP recruitment: could an undergraduate apprenticeship create the generalists the NHS needs?

Analysis

Intensive care: balancing risk and benefit to facilitate informed decisions

Editor's choice

The case for calling alcohol a drug

Editorial

Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and healthy ageing

ResearchSerial circulating omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and healthy ageing among older adults

Editorial

Pre-eclampsia and the brain

ResearchPre-eclampsia and risk of dementia later in life

Observations

Karen Kirkham: Community hub pioneer

Views & reviews

David Oliver: Mixed sex wards may be inevitable

Analysis

Treatment burden should be included in clinical practice guidelines

Editor's choice

What we must learn from mesh

Editorial

Europe’s new device regulations fail to protect the public

Feature

How mesh became a four letter word

FeatureThe trial that launched millions of mesh implant procedures

FeatureVaginal mesh implants: putting the relations between UK doctors and industry in plain sight

EditorialEurope’s new device regulations fail to protect the public

EditorialSurgical mesh and patient safety

Editor's choiceWhat we must learn from mesh

Editorial

Surgical mesh and patient safety

Feature

Vaginal mesh implants: putting the relations between UK doctors and industry in plain sight

Editorial

The role of diet in serum urate concentration

ResearchEvaluation of the diet wide contribution to serum urate levels

Editorial

Reducing sedentary behaviour in the workplace

ResearchEffectiveness of the Stand More AT (SMArT) Work intervention

Feature

The trial that launched millions of mesh implant procedures: did money compromise the outcome?

Views & reviews

Illicit drug use should be decriminalised and regarded as part of the spectrum of mental health disorders

FeatureJulien Warshafsky: how this doctor died and what it tells us about the system that failed him

BMJ opinionCuts to addiction services are a false economy

Observations

Mahua Chakrabarti: Blissful operator

Views & reviews

David Oliver: Private GPs—a manufactured media scandal?

Latest news

News

Medical institute withdraws peer’s invitation over “allegations of anti-Semitic sentiment”

News

Cardiologist is struck off after making unwanted sexual advance towards student

News

Sixty seconds on . . . hospital car parking

News

GP trainees recruited in England surpass target

News

Update on STPs: Five minutes with . . . Anna Charles

News

BMJ Awards: nominations open with six new categories for 2019

Latest obituaries

Obituary

Samuel William Babington Newsom

Obituary

Gerald Malcolm Stern: neurologist who championed patients with Parkinson’s disease