Editor's choice: The new BMJ
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39079.452280.43 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: US Highlights
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39085.624873.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Communicating with parents on the neonatal unit
	Peter W Fowlie, Allan Jackson
	BMJ  2007;334:1, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.441076.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lower urinary tract symptoms in men
	Christopher R Chapple, Anand K Patel
	BMJ  2007;334:2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.645532.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case management for elderly people in the community
	David A Black
	BMJ  2007;334:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.550324.47, (Published 15 November 2006) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why submit your research to the BMJ?
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2007;334:4-5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39057.516250.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	GPs, operations, and the community
	Roger Kneebone
	BMJ  2007;334:5-6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39049.376829.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	SIDS paper: Special report adds nothing new, say paper authors
	R G Carpenter, A Waite, R C Coombs, C Daman-Willems, A McKenzie, J Huber
	BMJ  2007;334:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.643009.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SIDS paper: Ellipsis marks an important omission
	Richard Webster
	BMJ  2007;334:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.649398.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SIDS paper: Author's reply
	Jonathan Gornall
	BMJ  2007;334:7-8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.639201.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Practice nurses: New contract reduces quality of patient-nurse relationship
	Stewart W Mercer, Wendy McGregor
	BMJ  2007;334:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.553924.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Osteoporosis: What of Asian, African, and South American patients?
	Suranjith L Seneviratne, Padmalal Gurugama, Devaka J Fernando
	BMJ  2007;334:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.651481.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Feeding in dementia: Taste in food also changes
	Pat Ansell
	BMJ  2007;334:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.564190.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Anaesthetist helps Italian patient who wanted to die
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2007;334:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39079.456400.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs to follow up patients after surgery
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39084.530405.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39079.660370.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hepatitis C morbidity is set to double in next decade
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2007;334:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39071.665116.DB1 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New MRSA strain is not at epidemic level, expert says
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39073.635613.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Outrage over death sentences in Libyan AIDS trial
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;334:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39072.485556.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dramatic drop in HIV infections halts circumcision trials
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;334:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39073.473634.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The Netherlands bans private stem cell therapy
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39072.458449.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Safety agency must simplify reporting of patient incidents
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39071.679595.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Anatomy teaching in United Kingdom is in crisis, new report says
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39080.510394.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Patients can opt out of controversial national records system
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39072.441620.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Planned changes in law on embryo research will hit researchers
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39080.500648.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	FDA proposes changes in access and charges for experimental drugs
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39084.415162.DE [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors criticise proposal for community practitioners in rural India
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39079.507639.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Government got its NHS workforce plans wrong, say experts
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39071.695544.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	High court upholds General Medical Council's rejection of case against neurologist
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39084.423657.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	GMC must disclose files on Wakefield to documentary makers
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39084.440509.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Short cuts: Herbal supplements don't relieve menopausal flushes
	BMJ  2007;334:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39071.390012.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Short cuts: We don't know the best way to treat renal artery stenosis
	BMJ  2007;334:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.13-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Short cuts: Cognitive training may improve daily functioning in elderly people
	BMJ  2007;334:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.13-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Short cuts: High serum vitamin D may protect against multiple sclerosis
	BMJ  2007;334:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.13-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Clicking for pills
	Graham Easton
	BMJ  2007;334:14-15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.418391.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should smokers be refused surgery?
	Matthew J Peters
	BMJ  2007;334:20, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.503495.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should smokers be refused surgery?
	Leonard Glantz
	BMJ  2007;334:21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39059.532095.68 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	QUOTES OF THE WEEK
	BMJ  2007;334:16, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39084.769699.B7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The week in medicine: Are medical secrets up for grabs?
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2007;334:16-17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39084.441053.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What's on the web?: Libyan HIV death sentences
	BMJ  2007;334:17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39084.500995.B7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sucked into the Herceptin maelstrom
	Jane Keidan
	BMJ  2007;334:18, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39080.481551.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	LIFE AND DEATH: In defence of a National Sickness Service
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2007;334:19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39066.541678.B7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Self management for men with lower urinary tract symptoms: randomised controlled trial
	Christian T Brown, Tet Yap, David A Cromwell, Lorna Rixon, Liz Steed, Kathleen Mulligan, Anthony Mundy, Stanton P Newman, Jan van der Meulen, Mark Emberton
	BMJ  2007;334:25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39010.551319.AE, (Published 21 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Appendix] FREE

	Provision of taped conversations with neonatologists to mothers of babies in intensive care: randomised controlled trial
	Tieh Hee Hai Guan Koh, Phyllis N Butow, Michael Coory, Donna Budge, Li-An Collie, John Whitehall, Martin H Tattersall
	BMJ  2007;334:28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39017.675648.BE, (Published 1 December 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of case management (Evercare) on frail elderly patients: controlled before and after analysis of quantitative outcome data
	Hugh Gravelle, Mark Dusheiko, Rod Sheaff, Penny Sargent, Ruth Boaden, Susan Pickard, Stuart Parker, Martin Roland
	BMJ  2007;334:31, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39020.413310.55, (Published 15 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables] FREE

Clinical review

	Acute gastroenteritis in children
	Elizabeth Jane Elliott
	BMJ  2007;334:35-40, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39036.406169.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details]

Practice

	BMJ Masterclass for GPs: Dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori
	Rupal Shah
	BMJ  2007;334:41-43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39014.468900.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis and Comment

	Health policy: A new look at NHS commissioning
	Joan Higgins
	BMJ  2007;334:22-24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39038.476435.68 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

	PERSONAL VIEW: We don't need another 400 plastic surgeons
	M Justin S Zaman
	BMJ  2007;334:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39055.393542.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical journals: past their sell by date?
	Stuart W G Derbyshire
	BMJ  2007;334:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39072.461979.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	FROM THE FRONTLINE: The generation game
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.654688.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL: Shy and retiring?
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2007;334:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39065.650150.B7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BETWEEN THE LINES: Home truths about anatomy
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39066.487106.B7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MEDICAL CLASSICS: M*A*S*H
	David Haslam
	BMJ  2007;334:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39072.633241.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39066.383750.BE1 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Suparna Dasgupta, Ula El-Kafrawy, Matthew Harries
	BMJ  2007;334:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39066.383750.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	A former colleague?
	Gordon Shepherd
	BMJ  2007;334:24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39056.501412.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term hormone replacement therapy with estradiol alone is linked to breast cancer
	BMJ  2007;334:3434, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39072.686331.DE [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I am a second year medical student. I am interested in pursuing a career in obstetrics. Please tell me what I should choose at each level during medical school and after graduation.
	Dharani Hapangama
	BMJ  2007;334:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s2, (Published 6 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am currently a fourth year medical student. I was hoping for some advice on the academic foundation placements. Do you know how many are available?
	Rebecca Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2007;334:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s2-a, (Published 6 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What are the chances of getting a dermatology training post if I have also got an MSc in dermatology in Wales?
	Susannah Baron
	BMJ  2007;334:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s2-b, (Published 6 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A new year and a new look
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;334:s3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s3, (Published 6 January 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sympathy for the doctor
	Sandy Nelson
	BMJ  2007;334:s3-s4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s3-a, (Published 6 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	...getting the most out of theatre time as a basic surgical trainee
	Catherine Walter
	BMJ  2007;334:s4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s4, (Published 6 January 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MSc in cognitive therapy
	Maged Swelam
	BMJ  2007;334:s5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s5, (Published 6 January 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is greed good?
	Bill Irish
	BMJ  2007;334:s6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s6, (Published 6 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Valuable training in South Africa
	Adam J Reid
	BMJ  2007;334:s7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s7, (Published 6 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Safety matters
	Lucy Watkin
	BMJ  2007;334:s8-s9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s8, (Published 6 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Neighbours' doctor in residence
	Philippa Ashmore
	BMJ  2007;334:s10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7583.s10, (Published 6 January 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Anthony Oakhill
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2007;334:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.681169.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Lewis Saunt Castleden
	Matthew Castleden, Andrew Castleden, William Castleden
	BMJ  2007;334:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.526586.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	James Irvine Havelock Hadfield
	John Fergus, John Watkinson
	BMJ  2007;334:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.566644.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	George Masterton
	George Masterton, Robert Masterton
	BMJ  2007;334:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.548600.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Frances Mary Mules
	Nicola Payne
	BMJ  2007;334:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.676574.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Isobel Stewart Proctor
	Carmen Coupland
	BMJ  2007;334:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.582176.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Roger Unwin
	Jonathan Unwin, Peter Livesey
	BMJ  2007;334:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39069.644826.FA [Extract] [Full text]

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