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	Use of population based background rates of disease to assess vaccine safety in childhood and mass immunisation in Denmark: nationwide population based cohort study
	Thomas A Rasmussen, Martin R S Jørgensen, Stephanie Bjerrum, Søren Jensen-Fangel, Henrik Støvring, Lars Østergaard, Ole S Søgaard
	BMJ  2012;345:e5823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5823 (Published 17 September 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

	Reporting and analysis of trials using stratified randomisation in leading medical journals: review and reanalysis
	Brennan C Kahan, Tim P Morris
	BMJ  2012;345:e5840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5840 (Published 14 September 2012) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra][extra: Web Extra]

News

	French government wastes 15bn a year on useless drugs, book claims
	Sophie Arie
	BMJ  2012;345:e6241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6241 (Published 17 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Family of man with Down’s syndrome takes legal action over "do not resuscitate" order
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e6246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6246 (Published 17 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Critics condemn proposals to restrict use of social media among health staff
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2012;345:e6240, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6240 (Published 17 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cochrane review says telephone follow-up of heart failure patients is effective
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2012;345:e6187, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6187 (Published 14 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	University College London issues new research standards but says it won’t investigate Wakefield
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e6220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6220 (Published 14 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Deadline approaches to claim funding in England for continuing healthcare needs
	Matthew Limb
	BMJ  2012;345:e6221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6221 (Published 14 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Child mortality falls, but 19 000 under 5s still die every day
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2012;345:e6229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6229 (Published 14 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Group advises what specialised services should be commissioned nationally
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2012;345:e6162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6162 (Published 13 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HIV positive man starts legal action in Zimbabwe to ensure prisoners receive right drugs
	Ryan Truscott
	BMJ  2012;345:e6194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6194 (Published 13 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Routine screening for ovarian cancer harms more than it helps, says US authority
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2012;345:e6203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6203 (Published 13 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Persistent health disparities in the US signal need for new thinking
	Keith Epstein
	BMJ  2012;345:e6204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6204 (Published 13 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity challenges closure of children’s heart surgery unit at Leeds
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2012;345:e6182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6182 (Published 13 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Pressure on hospitals has led to worse care for older patients
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e6137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6137 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Lives saved by breast screening outnumber cases of overdiagnosis, review says
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2012;345:e6155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6155 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	CQC says it is improving despite massive failings in the past
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2012;345:e6174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6174 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German health insurers are urged to pay rebates to members as surplus reaches record high
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2012;345:e6121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6121 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New guidance on donating organs is issued amid fears of attempts to profit from giving
	Matthew Limb
	BMJ  2012;345:e6141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6141 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Editor's Choice

	Competence in a crisis
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2012;345:e6153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6153 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Optimising the value of interventions for populations
	Muir Gray, Anas El Turabi
	BMJ  2012;345:e6192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6192 (Published 17 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Redesigning the general practice consultation to improve care for patients with multimorbidity
	Umesh Kadam
	BMJ  2012;345:e6202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6202 (Published 17 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fighting neglected tropical diseases in the southern United States
	Peter J Hotez
	BMJ  2012;345:e6112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6112 (Published 13 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug eluting stents for patients with diabetes
	Koon-Hou Mak
	BMJ  2012;345:e5828, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5828 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lansley’s legacy
	Kieran Walshe
	BMJ  2012;345:e6109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6109 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Drug Industry: "World’s pharmacy" faces new challenges from Western drug companies
	Andrew Jack
	BMJ  2012;345:e6207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6207 (Published 17 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Medicine and the Media: Cosmetic approval
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2012;345:e6046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6046 (Published 14 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reality Check: Reasons to be hopeful: streams of renewal in healthcare
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2012;345:e6042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6042 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Statins for all?
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2012;345:e6044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6044 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Methods & Reporting

	When is a further clinical trial justified?
	Manuela L Ferreira, Robert D Herbert, Michael J Crowther, Arianne Verhagen, Alex J Sutton
	BMJ  2012;345:e5913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5913 (Published 13 September 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

Analysis

	Healthcare in Prisons: Prison environment and health
	Stephen Ginn
	BMJ  2012;345:e5921, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5921 (Published 17 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

	From the Frontline: Good medicine: homeopathy
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2012;345:e6184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6184 (Published 14 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: Terminally ill people shouldn’t have to travel abroad for assisted dying
	Laura McClelland
	BMJ  2012;345:e6201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6201 (Published 14 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Authentic fiction
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2012;345:e6185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6185 (Published 13 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Little Fox Goes to the End of the World
	Klaus Martin Beckmann
	BMJ  2012;345:e6119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6119 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Martin McNicol
	Peter Davies
	BMJ  2012;345:e6247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6247 (Published 17 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Josephine Kenna
	Phil Kenna
	BMJ  2012;345:e5688, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5688 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Herbert Brian Kelly
	Helen Fraser
	BMJ  2012;345:e5690, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5690 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Paul Edward Francis Leyden
	Paul Fogarty, Robin Ashe
	BMJ  2012;345:e5695, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5695 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Sylvia Annette Meakin Hatfield
	Margaret Tompsett
	BMJ  2012;345:e5896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5896 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	David Francis Rickards
	Hugh Rickards
	BMJ  2012;345:e5901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5901 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Peter Pellew Hinds
	Alasdair Fraser
	BMJ  2012;345:e5903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5903 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Endgames

	Statistical Question: Standardisation of outcome measures (z scores)
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2012;345:e6178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6178 (Published 14 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case Report: Taught a lesson by taut skin
	Pierce Geoghegan, Donal J Sexton, Louise Giblin, Anthony O’Regan
	BMJ  2012;345:e5971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5971 (Published 13 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Picture Quiz: Neonatal seizure: what is the cause?
	Manish Prasad, Gabriel Chow
	BMJ  2012;345:e6003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6003 (Published 12 September 2012) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Are the causes of obesity primarily environmental? No
	BMJ  2012;345:e6217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6217 (Published 17 September 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bones of the hand I
	BMJ  2012;345:e6113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6113 (Published 13 September 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Kidney dialysis—the need for humanity
	BMJ  2012;345:e6171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.e6171 (Published 12 September 2012) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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