Editor's choice: Controversies revisited
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.301019.3B [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: Lack of insurance, reassurance, and safety assurance
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39127.472384.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Partner notification for the control of sexually transmitted infections
	Catherine Mathews, David Coetzee
	BMJ  2007;334:323, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.635405.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing the carbon footprint of medical conferences
	Ian Roberts, Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334:324-325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.468171.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reassuring patients about normal test results
	Donald B Penzien, Jeanetta C Rains
	BMJ  2007;334:325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.361910.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early termination of drug trials
	Gorm Boje Jensen, John Hampton
	BMJ  2007;334:326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.534919.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Suicide risk: Bipolarity is important during treatment with antidepressants
	Daniel J Smith, James T Walters
	BMJ  2007;334:327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.846667.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Suicide risk: Suicidal and self harming behaviours may be distinct
	Philip V Dutton, Andrew J Ashworth
	BMJ  2007;334:327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.857569.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	IQ and vegetarianism: Non-conformity may be hidden driver behind relation
	Kobe Millet, Siegfried Dewitte
	BMJ  2007;334:327-328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.870139.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endometriosis: Infertility set in context
	Alejandro Chavez-Badiola, Andrew J Drakeley
	BMJ  2007;334:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.866238.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Racism in the NHS: Doctors who look and speak differently may be mistrusted
	Satheesh Mathew
	BMJ  2007;334:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.849722.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Racism in the NHS: Everyone has a race card
	Nav Khera
	BMJ  2007;334:328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.851343.1F [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	NHS should strengthen links with poor countries, report urges
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2007;334:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.379479.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dying woman seeks backing for dose of morphine to hasten death
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.704074.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Looking into the soul of the sitter
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.524375.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New patients' organisations "are being set up to fail," MPs are told
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;334:330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39122.624549.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Peer review will become "the job of the many, not the select few"
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2007;334:330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.406528.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK lags behind other rich countries in terms of children's welfare
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;334:331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39122.641586.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government needs to take lead in preventing injuries in children
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2007;334:331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39122.428750.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Portugal is ready to decriminalise abortion
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2007;334:332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.352176.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Commission for Racial Equality investigates Department of Health
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.458125.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Texas governor is criticised for decision to vaccinate all girls against HPV
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:332-333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39122.403044.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	High Court rejects overseas doctors' challenge of UK work restrictions
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.369178.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.465162.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Internet doctor put patients at risk, GMC is told
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:334-335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.537025.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Breast cancer mortality in Europe is still rising, despite better screening
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;334:334-335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.349132.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor, doctor: I got the fever; you got the cure
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;334:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.453356.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Workers at UK turkey farm with symptoms of bird flu test negative for H5N1
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.368275.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Sydney medical dean apologises to relatives for misuse of body parts
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  2007;334:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.460440.94 [Extract] [Full text]

	US hospital patients with poor English have more serious adverse events than proficient speakers
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;334:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.457535.94 [Extract] [Full text]

	Gaps between UK social groups in infant mortality are widening
	Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  2007;334:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.580197.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Link between H5N1 in UK and recent outbreaks in Hungary is investigated
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.366076.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Governments unite to fund vaccine for poor countries
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2007;334:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.576690.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Intravenous immunoglobulin saves lives
	BMJ  2007;334:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Brief interventions don't work for inpatients with alcohol problems
	BMJ  2007;334:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.336-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Aprotinin linked to excess deaths after coronary artery surgery
	BMJ  2007;334:336-337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.336-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Use clomifene alone for subfertile women with polycystic ovaries
	BMJ  2007;334:337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.337 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Death by lethal injection an "abominable perversion"
	BMJ  2007;334:337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.576713.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Monoclonal antibody helps clear psoriasis
	BMJ  2007;334:337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.337-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Many doctors would keep quiet about morally controversial treatments
	BMJ  2007;334:337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.337-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Drug industry sponsorship: Who's funding WHO?
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:338-340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39119.519664.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Are we spending too much on HIV?
	Roger England
	BMJ  2007;334:344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.402361.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Are we spending too much on HIV?
	Paul de Lay, Robert Greener, Jose Antonio Izazola
	BMJ  2007;334:345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.539595.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	LIFE AND DEATH: Out of hours primary care—a shambles?
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2007;334:341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.448287.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	THE WEEK IN MEDICINE: Hunting down the H5N1 virus
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2007;334:342-343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.577488.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	WHAT'S ON BMJ.COM: How much are doctors worth: how much do doctors really earn?
	Richard Rosin
	BMJ  2007;334:343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.509861.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	WHAT'S ON THE WEB: How much are doctors worth: is doctors' self interest undermining the NHS?
	Ian Quigley
	BMJ  2007;334:343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.512836.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Uninsured in America: problems and possible solutions
	Karen Davis
	BMJ  2007;334:346-348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39091.493588.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	When are randomised trials unnecessary? Picking signal from noise
	Paul Glasziou, Iain Chalmers, Michael Rawlins, Peter McCulloch
	BMJ  2007;334:349-351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39070.527986.68 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Research

	Effect of providing information about normal test results on patients' reassurance: randomised controlled trial
	Keith J Petrie, Jan Tobias Müller, Frederike Schirmbeck, Liesje Donkin, Elizabeth Broadbent, Christopher J Ellis, Greg Gamble, Winfried Rief
	BMJ  2007;334:352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39093.464190.55, (Published 26 January 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Improved effectiveness of partner notification for patients with sexually transmitted infections: systematic review
	Sven Trelle, Aijing Shang, Linda Nartey, Jackie A Cassell, Nicola Low
	BMJ  2007;334:354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39079.460741.7C, (Published 19 January 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References] FREE

Clinical review

	Sinusitis and its management
	Kim W Ah-See, Andrew S Evans
	BMJ  2007;334:358-361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39092.679722.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Reduction of bloodstream infections associated with catheters in paediatric intensive care unit: stepwise approach
	Adnan Bhutta, Craig Gilliam, Michele Honeycutt, Stephen Schexnayder, Jerril Green, Michele Moss, K J S Anand
	BMJ  2007;334:362-365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39064.457025.DE [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postpartum splinting of ear deformities
	Andrew J Lindford, Shehan Hettiaratchy, Fabrizio Schonauer
	BMJ  2007;334:366-368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39063.501377.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: Making the prices of new drugs fairer
	Julio Sotelo
	BMJ  2007;334:369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39108.497176.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	FROM THE FRONTLINE: A gangster rap
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.486389.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	IN AND OUT OF HOSPITAL: Patients keep out
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2007;334:370, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.523241.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BETWEEN THE LINES: We shall never see his like again
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.543750.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	MEDICAL CLASSICS: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
	Fiona Subotsky
	BMJ  2007;334:371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39125.611736.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	REVIEW OF THE WEEK: A bridge over troubled waters
	Piyal Sen
	BMJ  2007;334:372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.462674.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.565729.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Lindsay Shaw, Clive Archer
	BMJ  2007;334:374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39121.565729.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	It's not about enjoyment
	Lance Sandle
	BMJ  2007;334:357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39098.559259.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The dizzy clinic and the dictionary (etymology and otology)
	Emma Stapleton
	BMJ  2007;334:361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39087.611192.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hardest job in the world
	Afrosa Ahmed
	BMJ  2007;334:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39093.481528.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MRSA: to disclose or not to disclose?
	Aran Singanayagam
	BMJ  2007;334:368, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39087.651551.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	I am a 50 year old self employed UK trained GP. I started in Nottingham then spent 13 years in New Zealand. I want to return to the UK. Are there any professional requirements apart from renewing my GMC registration?
	Judith Harvey
	BMJ  2007;334:s56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s56, (Published 17 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I would like to work on a range of non-clinical projects such as sitting on boards/panels or working for organisations in an advisory capacity. Do you have any ideas where these type of positions are advertised?
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;334:s56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s56-a, (Published 17 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I left work three years ago when I had twins. Now they are going to nursery. Could you advise me how to get back in the NHS. I finished my house job in 2003.
	Rebecca Fitzgerald
	BMJ  2007;334:s56, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s56-b, (Published 17 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making a drama out of a crisis?
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2007;334:s57, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s57, (Published 17 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Gore or glamour? A career in emergency medicine
	Rob Simpson
	BMJ  2007;334:s57-s58, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s57-a, (Published 17 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Membership of the College of Emergency Medicine
	Atika Sabharwal
	BMJ  2007;334:s59, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s59, (Published 17 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Junior doctors' welfare officer—to be recommended for all hospitals
	Richard Charity, Aeneas O'Kelly
	BMJ  2007;334:s60, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s60, (Published 17 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery (DO-HNS)
	Hiba Al-Reefy
	BMJ  2007;334:s61, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s61, (Published 17 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A career in public health: how do I know it's for me?
	Gabriela Dixon
	BMJ  2007;334:s62, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s62, (Published 17 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	One of the undoubted tsars of evidence based mental health
	Zehanah Izmeth
	BMJ  2007;334:s63, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.s63, (Published 17 February 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support (PHPLS)
	Matthew O'Meara
	BMJ  2007;334:gp66, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7589.sgp66, (Published 17 February 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Harry Macholin Ottway Brown
	William Jory
	BMJ  2007;334:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.367049.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	James Shiels Jeffrey
	Carol Smith
	BMJ  2007;334:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.592315.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Bent Einer Juel-Jensen
	David A Warrell
	BMJ  2007;334:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.679051.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Donald MacVicar
	David MacVicar
	BMJ  2007;334:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39112.603519.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	David Robert Scarfe
	Bob Adams
	BMJ  2007;334:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.736019.FA [Extract] [Full text]

	Robert Woolstencroft
	Mark Woolstencroft
	BMJ  2007;334:373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39114.723912.FA [Extract] [Full text]

Career focus

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