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14 April 2007 (Vol 334, No 7597)
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Editor's choice: Caveat emptor
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39182.602303.47
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US editor's choice: Readers beware
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39183.447338.3A
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Quality of drinking water
Stephen P Luby
BMJ  2007;334:755-756, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39168.485544.BE
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Composite and surrogate outcomes in randomised controlled trials
Nick Freemantle, Mel Calvert
BMJ  2007;334:756-757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.461227.80
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Inhaled nitric oxide for acute respiratory distress syndrome
Niall D Ferguson
BMJ  2007;334:757-758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39168.568692.BE
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Cytochrome P450 genotyping and antidepressants
Roy H Perlis
BMJ  2007;334:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39169.547512.80
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Stockpiling smallpox virus
Thomas Mack
BMJ  2007;334:760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.580729.BE
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Institutional racism: Editorial is unduly provocative
Cornelius Ani, Obeagaeli Ani
BMJ  2007;334:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.421435.3A
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Institutional racism: Article too strong? I think not
Christopher L Manning
BMJ  2007;334:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.452199.3A
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New mental health bill: Bill aims to protect people at times of high risk
Louis Appleby
BMJ  2007;334:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.424387.3A
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Global partnership: NHS chief must direct that time overseas is an asset
Ed Cooper
BMJ  2007;334:761-762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.433484.3A
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De-professionalising doctors: Academy of Royal Colleges spoke out in 2002
Denis Pereira Gray
BMJ  2007;334:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.427743.3A
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Perinatal death in twins: Author's reply on absolute risk
Gordon C S Smith
BMJ  2007;334:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.426424.3A
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History of medicine: Understanding the history of medicine
David Wootton
BMJ  2007;334:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.447188.3A
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More than 90% of mothers with HIV fail to get help to stop their babies being born HIV positive
Oona Mashta
BMJ  2007;334:763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.624051.DB
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GMC to introduce "plea bargaining" for less serious misconduct cases
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:763, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39181.577211.BE
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MPs back scientists' plea to be able to create hybrid embryos
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;334:764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.418565.DB
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UK ranks among lowest in Europe on cervical cancer survival
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;334:764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.672847.DB
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Australia lags behind in attempts to improve health of indigenous people
Stephen Pincock
BMJ  2007;334:765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.598762.DB
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Doctors form group to defend child protection professionals
Jonathan Gornall
BMJ  2007;334:765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.520336.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;334:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.629340.4E
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HFEA wants greater use of single embryo transfers in assisted reproduction
Robert Short
BMJ  2007;334:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.466701.DB
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BMA public health doctor is accused of stigmatising sex workers
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;334:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39181.578229.BE
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Investigators will review conflicts of interest at NIH
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;334:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39181.577766.BE
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Swapping scrubbing brushes for stethoscopes
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.595486.DB
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Junior doctors' interview process is revised in compromise deal
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;334:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.524850.4E
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Climate change is likely to affect the health of millions, report warns
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;334:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39181.578657.BE
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More funding for maternity services is needed if women are to get choice over place of birth
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;334:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.442986.DB
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Profiling placental function may help identify complications of pregnancy
Barbara Kermode-Scott
BMJ  2007;334:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.453102.DB
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Shortcuts from other journals: Adding exenatide to thiazolidinediones in type 2 diabetes: who will it help?
BMJ  2007;334:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.666701.80
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Shortcuts from other journals: Sumatriptan-naproxen works well for migraine
BMJ  2007;334:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.769-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: When should routine screening for breast cancer start?
BMJ  2007;334:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.769-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: False positive mammography may have long term effects
BMJ  2007;334:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.769-c
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European Working Time Directive: Battles in time
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;334:770-771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39167.513148.47
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House of cards
Michael Cross
BMJ  2007;334:772-773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39171.643368.47
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Head to head: Should the US and Russia destroy their stocks of smallpox virus?
Edward Hammond
BMJ  2007;334:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39155.695255.94
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Head to head: Should the US and Russia destroy their stocks of smallpox virus?
John O Agwunobi
BMJ  2007;334:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39156.490799.BE
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Yankee doodling: The cancer diagnosis that has gripped America
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.660637.59
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Implications of shift work for junior doctors
Yasmin Ahmed-Little
BMJ  2007;334:777-778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39154.516667.BE
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Effect of nitric oxide on oxygenation and mortality in acute lung injury: systematic review and meta-analysis
Neill K J Adhikari, Karen E A Burns, Jan O Friedrich, John T Granton, Deborah J Cook, Maureen O Meade
BMJ  2007;334:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39139.716794.55, (Published 23 March 2007)
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Interventions to improve water quality for preventing diarrhoea: systematic review and meta-analysis
Thomas Clasen, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Tamer Rabie, Ian Roberts, Sandy Cairncross
BMJ  2007;334:782, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39118.489931.BE, (Published 12 March 2007)
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Problems with use of composite end points in cardiovascular trials: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Ignacio Ferreira-González, Gaiet Permanyer-Miralda, Antònia Domingo-Salvany, Jason W Busse, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Victor M Montori, Elie A Akl, Dianne M Bryant, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Jordi Alonso, Andrew Worster, Suneel Upadhye, Roman Jaeschke, Holger J Schünemann, Valeria Pacheco-Huergo, Ping Wu, Edward J Mills, Gordon H Guyatt
BMJ  2007;334:786, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39136.682083.AE, (Published 2 April 2007)
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Post-traumatic stress disorder
Jonathan I Bisson
BMJ  2007;334:789-793, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39162.538553.80
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Rational imaging: Investigating suspected cerebral venous thrombosis
R Smith, M D Hourihan
BMJ  2007;334:794-795, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39154.636968.47
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A patient's journey: Intensive care
Emilie Perrier
BMJ  2007;334:796-797, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39157.723090.BE
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10-minute consultation: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Andrew McIvor, Paul Little
BMJ  2007;334:798, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39084.666736.94
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Personal views: Masking is better than blinding
Daniel Morris, Scott Fraser, Richard Wormald
BMJ  2007;334:799, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.503299.94
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Netlines
Harry Brown
BMJ  2007;334:800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.464861.94
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Personal views: The refresher course
Isabeau Walker
BMJ  2007;334:800, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.800-a
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Review of the week: The scars that won't heal
Robert Hunter
BMJ  2007;334:801, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.535139.59
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From the frontline: Call of the curlew
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;334:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39182.418785.59
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The best medicine: No miracles in the NHS
Liam Farrell
BMJ  2007;334:802, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39182.454537.59
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Between the lines: Life unlimited
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;334:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.474919.59
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MEDICAL CLASSICS: La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Tamzin Cuming
BMJ  2007;334:803, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.619375.94
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;334:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.430208.BD1
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Minerva
Niranjini Subramaniam, Susannah Danino, Kathir G Yoganathan
BMJ  2007;334:806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.430208.BD
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Aristotle: clinical epidemiologist?
BMJ  2007;334:785, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.625394.F7
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Correction
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39178.469144.AD
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MTAS or not MTAS, that is the question
BMJ  2007;334:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s130, (Published 14 April 2007)
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SAS contract delays continue
BMJ  2007;334:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s130-a, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Medical students on the war path
BMJ  2007;334:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s130-b, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Get 'em young
BMJ  2007;334:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s130-c, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Give us a break
BMJ  2007;334:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s130-d, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Ending on a positive note
BMJ  2007;334:s130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s130-e, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Inspirational doctors
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;334:s131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s131, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Busmen's holidays
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;334:s131-s132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s131-a, (Published 14 April 2007)
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It's not the end of the world
Chris Hunter
BMJ  2007;334:s133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s133, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Non-consultant grade career posts can be fulfilling
Taiwo Ajayi
BMJ  2007;334:s134-s135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s134, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Anaesthetics
Yasmin Akram
BMJ  2007;334:s135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s135, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Drug companies are not that bad
Rachel Hooke
BMJ  2007;334:s136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s136, (Published 14 April 2007)
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Diploma in critical care medicine
Kofi Nimako
BMJ  2007;334:s137, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s137, (Published 14 April 2007)
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A sailing shrink
Stephanie Young
BMJ  2007;334:s138, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7597.s138, (Published 14 April 2007)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Aires Agnelo Barnabé Barros D'Sa
Lisa Barros D'Sa, Paul Blair
BMJ  2007;334:804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39173.812014.BE
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James Barron Bridges
J M Bridges, W A Eakins
BMJ  2007;334:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39171.695532.FA
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Mary Louise Cameron
Julia Ronder
BMJ  2007;334:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39171.645729.FA
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Supriyo Roy
Peter Sheldon, Ash Samanta, Gwynneth Roy
BMJ  2007;334:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39171.671921.FA
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Graeme John Anthony Inglis Snodgrass
Richard Wilson
BMJ  2007;334:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39168.944838.BE
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Brian Oscar Treweek Taylor
Jennifer Boyle
BMJ  2007;334:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39168.956412.BE
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Doreen Mary Tillotson (née Robertshaw)
Peter Tillotson
BMJ  2007;334:805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39170.585498.FA
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A more independent NHS [Full text]
Can healthcare ever be safe? - Donald Berwick [Full text]
Can healthcare ever be safe? - Wim Schellekens [Full text]
What can be learnt - Richard Smith [Full text]
What can be learnt - Magne Nylenna [Full text]
When things go wrong - Lucian Leape, Linda Kenney [Full text]
When things go wrong - Domhnall Macauley [Full text]
Partnering for patient safety - John Prooi, Harry Molendijk [Full text]
Partnering for patient safety - David Stevens [Full text]

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