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	Incidence, clinical management, and mortality risk following self harm among children and adolescents: cohort study in primary care
	Catharine Morgan, Roger T Webb, Matthew J Carr, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Jonathan Green, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Nav Kapur, Darren M Ashcroft
	BMJ  2017;359:j4351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4351 (Published 18 October 2017) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra][extra: Web extra][extra: Web extra]

	Upright versus lying down position in second stage of labour in nulliparous women with low dose epidural: BUMPES randomised controlled trial
	The Epidural and Position Trial Collaborative Group
	BMJ  2017;359:j4471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4471 (Published 18 October 2017) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

	Comparative safety of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin in venous thromboembolism: multicentre, population based, observational study
	Min Jun, Lisa M Lix, Madeleine Durand, Matt Dahl, J Michael Paterson, Colin R Dormuth, Pierre Ernst, Shenzhen Yao, Christel Renoux, Hala Tamim, Cynthia Wu, Salaheddin M Mahmud, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) Investigators
	BMJ  2017;359:j4323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4323 (Published 17 October 2017) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: HTML Page - index.htslp]

Clinical Review

	State of the Art Review: Why and how to step down chronic asthma drugs
	Michael R Gionfriddo, John B Hagan, Matthew A Rank
	BMJ  2017;359:j4438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4438 (Published 16 October 2017) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Clinical update: Management of paediatric hernia
	Kirk Bowling, Natasha Hart, Phil Cox, Gandrapu Srinivas
	BMJ  2017;359:j4484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4484 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Practice Pointer: Primary care management of postoperative shoulder, hip, and knee arthroplasty
	Nick Aresti, Jamila Kassam, Daniel Bartlett, Satish Kutty
	BMJ  2017;359:j4431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4431 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Uncertainties: Can we usefully stratify patients according to suicide risk?
	Matthew Michael Large, Christopher James Ryan, Gregory Carter, Nav Kapur
	BMJ  2017;359:j4627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4627 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	A new indemnity scheme for GPs
	Abi Rimmer
	BMJ  2017;359:j4886, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4886 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Minister blames doctors for adverse reactions to mesh implants
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2017;359:j4889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4889 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Private sector needs extensive reform to protect patients, says think tank
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2017;359:j4888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4888 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Northern Irish GPs warn patients that workforce crisis may mean turning them away
	Abi Rimmer
	BMJ  2017;359:j4885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4885 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	New primary care model expands to 200 sites across England
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2017;359:j4880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4880 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mesh campaigners are dismayed by minister’s blunder over NICE guidance
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2017;359:j4879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4879 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Most cost effective treatments for lung disease identified
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2017;359:j4870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4870 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Limits on prescribing will harm rural and poorer patients, doctors warn
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2017;359:j4867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4867 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Seven days in medicine: 11-17 October 2017
	BMJ  2017;359:j4807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4807 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Pfizer and Cipla plan to make cancer drugs affordable in Africa
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2017;359:j4848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4848 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The Big Picture: Blood lines
	Alison Shepherd
	BMJ  2017;359:j4826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4826 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Authors of US dermatology guidelines did not declare conflicts of interest
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2017;359:j4823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4823 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Department of Health issues warning over cut price GP indemnity cover
	Abi Rimmer
	BMJ  2017;359:j4842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4842 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Anaesthetist is jailed after stealing codeine from hospital where he no longer worked
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2017;359:j4841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4841 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Five minute with . . . Jeannie Watkins
	Abi Rimmer
	BMJ  2017;359:j4801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4801 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Sixty seconds on . . . runny eggs
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2017;359:j4783, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4783 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Health leaders blame addiction for US opioid crisis
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2017;359:j4814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4814 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS boss reveals loss of further 162 000 pieces of medical correspondence
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2017;359:j4822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4822 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Trump signs executive orders in bid to undermine Obamacare
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2017;359:j4805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4805 (Published 16 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Europe steps up action against vaccine hesitancy as measles outbreaks continue
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2017;359:j4803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4803 (Published 16 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	GP who had "wholly inappropriate" relations with patient is struck off
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2017;359:j4798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4798 (Published 16 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Editor's Choice

	What we must learn from the US opioid epidemic
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2017;359:j4828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4828 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	National commitment to shared decision making
	Gillian Leng, Celia Ingham Clark, Kate Brian, Gemma Partridge
	BMJ  2017;359:j4746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4746 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Overprescribing is major contributor to opioid crisis
	Martin A Makary, Heidi N Overton, Peiqi Wang
	BMJ  2017;359:j4792, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4792 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Upfront charging of overseas visitors using the NHS
	Lucinda Hiam, Martin McKee
	BMJ  2017;359:j4713, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4713 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	State of health and care in England
	Chris Ham
	BMJ  2017;359:j4799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4799 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The future of the Quality and Outcomes Framework in England
	Martin Marshall, Martin Roland
	BMJ  2017;359:j4681, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4681 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	World Bank and Financing Global Health: Will markets be master or servant to health at the World Bank?
	Suerie Moon, Gorik Ooms
	BMJ  2017;359:j4676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4676 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New cerebral findings in infants with congenital Zika syndrome
	Nadia M Biassou
	BMJ  2017;359:j4522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4522 (Published 16 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Too much medicine: How much is too much medicine?
	Louisa Polak
	BMJ  2017;359:j4863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4863 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hepatitis B vaccine shortage: Hepatitis B vaccine shortage: another symptom of chronic neglect?
	Philippa C Matthews, Eleanor Barnes
	BMJ  2017;359:j4686, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4686 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Frailty and expectations: Taking responsibility for the unrealistic expectations about frailty
	Simon Kenwright
	BMJ  2017;359:j4768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4768 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Frailty and expectations: "Progressive dwindling" or "terminal decline" and end of life care
	Rathi Ravindrarajah, Martin Gulliford
	BMJ  2017;359:j4772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4772 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Frailty and expectations: Communication and a public campaign needed for expectations in frailty to become realistic
	Andrew Thorns
	BMJ  2017;359:j4760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4760 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Frailty and expectations: Formative care is needed for "progressive dwindling"
	Clive E Bowman
	BMJ  2017;359:j4756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4756 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Suicide on TV: Why we must defend suicide in fiction
	Marco Scalvini, Flandina Rigamonti
	BMJ  2017;359:j4743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4743 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Suicide on TV: Using the power of the media to reduce the risk of suicide
	Thomas Ungar, Stephanie Knaak, Cameron Norman
	BMJ  2017;359:j4742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4742 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Substance misuse in older people: Injecting drug use continues in older drug users too
	Peter Higgs, Paul Dietze
	BMJ  2017;359:j4738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4738 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Google's online screening test for depression: Online screening test for depression is inappropriate
	Avril Danczak
	BMJ  2017;359:j4736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4736 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dental procedures, antibiotics, and infective endocarditis: Authors’ reply to Baker and Alderson
	Thomas J Cahill, Mark Dayer, Bernard Prendergast, Martin Thornhill
	BMJ  2017;359:j4734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4734 (Published 16 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dental procedures, antibiotics, and infective endocarditis: Risk of infective endocarditis after dental procedures is extremely low
	Mark Baker, Philip Alderson
	BMJ  2017;359:j4733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4733 (Published 16 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Drug Dependency: How inappropriate prescribing prompted the opioid addiction ravaging small town America
	Michael McCarthy
	BMJ  2017;359:j4730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4730 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA: A junior doctor by any other name
	Robin Baddeley
	BMJ  2017;359:j4797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4797 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	BMJ Confidential: Nazneen Rahman: In tune with genetics
	BMJ  2017;359:j4732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4732 (Published 18 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Methods & Reporting

	Handling time varying confounding in observational research
	Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Mahyar Etminan, Goodarz Danaei, Jay S Kaufman, Gary Collins
	BMJ  2017;359:j4587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4587 (Published 16 October 2017) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Focus on physical activity can help avoid unnecessary social care
	Scarlett McNally, David Nunan, Anna Dixon, Mahiben Maruthappu, Kenny Butler, Muir Gray
	BMJ  2017;359:j4609, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4609 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Henry Francis Valentine Riddle
	Pippa Riddle
	BMJ  2017;359:j4882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4882 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	David McGechie Duncan
	Roderick Duncan
	BMJ  2017;359:j4818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4818 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Linda Carol New
	David Ward, Justin Bendig
	BMJ  2017;359:j4821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4821 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	John Percival Barham
	Christopher Barham
	BMJ  2017;359:j4824, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4824 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	James William Lawson Holmes
	Tom Holmes
	BMJ  2017;359:j4820, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4820 (Published 20 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	James Paget Stanfield
	Chris Mahony
	BMJ  2017;359:j4771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4771 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Daniel Federman
	Joanna Lyall
	BMJ  2017;359:j4744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4744 (Published 17 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Endgames

	Case Review: A young man with severe acute haemolytic anaemia
	Xi Chen, Yongshu He, Yinglei Miao, Zhaoqing Yang, Liwang Cui
	BMJ  2017;359:j4263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4263 (Published 19 October 2017) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Painful groin in a young adult
	Jenn S Wong, Hasan Nizami, Priya Suresh
	BMJ  2017;359:j4488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4488 (Published 19 October 2017) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs for inflammatory arthritis . . . and other stories
	BMJ  2017;359:j4725, doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4725 (Published 19 October 2017) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

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