Editor's choice: Straight thinking
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.594178.BD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: Delirium, opioid regulation, and pathological gambling
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.656447.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Improving outcomes in pregnancy
	John P Newnham
	BMJ  2007;334:807-808, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.638623.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS walk-in centres
	Chris Salisbury
	BMJ  2007;334:808-809, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39169.475405.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Palliative care in the community
	Daniel Munday, Jeremy Dale
	BMJ  2007;334:809-810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39174.605081.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pathological gambling in Parkinson's disease
	Sui H Wong, Malcolm J Steiger
	BMJ  2007;334:810-811, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39176.363958.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Regulation of opioid prescribing
	Jane C Ballantyne
	BMJ  2007;334:811-812, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39175.458275.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Chlamydia screening: Time for action on chlamydia
	Sebastian A Kalwij
	BMJ  2007;334:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.475255.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Coronary artery disease: Case for angioplasty to treat angina
	Martyn R Thomas
	BMJ  2007;334:813, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.442731.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Coronary artery disease: Case presented does not wash
	Michael R Chester
	BMJ  2007;334:813-814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.447315.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Transparency in NICE: Construction and assumptions of models should be explicit
	Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2007;334:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.472743.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clostridium difficile: Data on alcohol hand rubs are equivocal
	Nicola Petrosillo, Alessandro Capone
	BMJ  2007;334:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.460243.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Institutional racism: What about stigma, evidence base, and consistency?
	Trevor Turner, Sue Collinson
	BMJ  2007;334:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.466817.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intimate partner violence: Gender neutrality is crucial
	Alfred P J Lake
	BMJ  2007;334:814, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.478160.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Health department considers how to make NHS more independent
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2007;334:815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.705174.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Benefits of £12bn IT programme in NHS are "unclear," MPs say
	Michael Cross
	BMJ  2007;334:815, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.376979.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New approach to surgical care aims to improve recovery and reduce length of hospital stay
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:816-817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.666111.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Aspirin reduced risk of cancer in large US study
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.688819.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Three Russian doctors face trial for vaccine tests
	Andrew Osborn
	BMJ  2007;334:817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.497824.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Zimbabwean doctors' group calls on world's health professionals to support right to treatment
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:817, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.543287.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.625394.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health secretary sets up review of Modernising Medical Careers
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;334:818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.741053.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Woman loses final round of battle to use her frozen embryos
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:818, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.593449.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug company campaign adds to pressure on Dutch doctors to vaccinate against HPV
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2007;334:819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.698495.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	People with diabetes are not given enough information on self care, survey shows
	Kirsten Patrick
	BMJ  2007;334:819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.437685.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Future of historic paintings is uncertain after closure of hospital site
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:820, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39184.573241.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US should ease its travel restrictions on HIV positive people, think tank says
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;334:820-821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.418507.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	England's new research funding system leaves some fields of psychiatry out in cold
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39182.380648.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	English patients will be able to go anywhere in England for hip operations
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.696597.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Georgian drug misusers switch to Western heroin substitute
	Hannah Cleaver
	BMJ  2007;334:821, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.649201.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Pilot your plane safely
	BMJ  2007;334:822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.456840.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Stem cell autotransplantation shows promise for type 1 diabetes
	BMJ  2007;334:822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.822-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Anakinra improves glycaemia in type 2 diabetes
	BMJ  2007;334:822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.822-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Genes that carry cardiovascular risk still elude us
	BMJ  2007;334:822-823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.822-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Radiotherapy improves survival in elderly people with malignant glioma
	BMJ  2007;334:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.823 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Preliminary results raise hope for darunavir in HIV-1
	BMJ  2007;334:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.823-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Corticosteroids prevent atrial fibrillation after heart surgery
	BMJ  2007;334:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.823-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Screening newborns for cystic fibrosis pays off
	BMJ  2007;334:823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.823-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Briefing: MTAS—where are we now?
	Colleen Shannon
	BMJ  2007;334:824-825, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.477002.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should you tell patients about beneficial treatments that they cannot have? Yes
	Robert Marcus
	BMJ  2007;334:826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39171.426690.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should you tell patients about beneficial treatments that they cannot have? No
	John Firth
	BMJ  2007;334:827, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39171.511794.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Addiction: Gambling with the nation's health
	John Middleton, Farid Latif
	BMJ  2007;334:828-829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39182.424965.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Border crossing: A better way to die
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2007;334:830, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.592940.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	When professional opinion is not enough
	Tom Treasure, Martin Utley, Ian Hunt
	BMJ  2007;334:831-832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39161.403218.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Racial variation in the association between gestational age and perinatal mortality: prospective study
	Imelda Balchin, John C Whittaker, Roshni R Patel, Ronald F Lamont, Philip J Steer
	BMJ  2007;334:833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39132.482025.80, (Published 2 March 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Fetal growth in early pregnancy and risk of delivering low birth weight infant: prospective cohort study
	Radek Bukowski, Gordon C S Smith, Fergal D Malone, Robert H Ball, David A Nyberg, Christine H Comstock, Gary D V Hankins, Richard L Berkowitz, Susan J Gross, Lorraine Dugoff, Sabrina D Craigo, Ilan E Timor-Tritsch, Stephen R Carr, Honor M Wolfe, Mary E D'Alton, for the FASTER Research Consortium
	BMJ  2007;334:836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39129.637917.AE, (Published 13 March 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of NHS walk-in centres on primary care access times: ecological study
	Ravi Maheswaran, Tim Pearson, James Munro, Moyez Jiwa, Michael J Campbell, Jon Nicholl
	BMJ  2007;334:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39122.704051.55, (Published 9 March 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Clinical review: Delirium in older people
	John Young, Sharon K Inouye
	BMJ  2007;334:842-846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39169.706574.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	BMJ Masterclass for GPs: Asthma
	Hilary Pinnock, Rupal Shah
	BMJ  2007;334:847-850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39140.634896.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Information technology cannot guarantee patient safety
	Saskia N de Wildt, Ron Verzijden, John N van den Anker, Matthijs de Hoog
	BMJ  2007;334:851-852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39104.625903.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: What would you do, doctor?
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2007;334:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.442674.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Home alone
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39188.434630.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outside the box: Doing medicine
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2007;334:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.446065.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Where are all the blighters?
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39183.666771.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: The Citadel
	Marcos Martinez Del Pero
	BMJ  2007;334:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39183.700949.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: Living in a box
	David Woods
	BMJ  2007;334:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39184.586725.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.419838.BD1 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	M Blundell, N Habib, J Collier
	BMJ  2007;334:858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.419838.BD [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	bmjupdates+: Living with a smoker increases mortality among non-smokers
	BMJ  2007;334:841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39147.603414.BE [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Don't give up
	Sally Edmonds, Bashiri Mmbare
	BMJ  2007;334:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39154.671238.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What's in a name?
	Marc Mendelson
	BMJ  2007;334:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39129.590671.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Intermittent claudication
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.449572.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	What do GP principals look for when selecting a new partner?
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2007;334:s140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.s140, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How can I get a registrar job in critical care in Australia?
	Miriam Martin
	BMJ  2007;334:s140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.s140-a, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	How should I train for a career in A&E? I did my foundation year 2 with only four months of A&E—will I be able to take any exams with that? Which college should I contact for details?
	Simon Eccles
	BMJ  2007;334:s140, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.s140-b, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	All at sea
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;334:s141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.s141, (Published 21 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Life before the mast
	Simon Williams
	BMJ  2007;334:s141-s142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.s141-a, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An Afghan hospital medical director
	Karen Hebert
	BMJ  2007;334:s143, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.s143, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Show and tell
	N Greville Farrar, Lewis D Gray
	BMJ  2007;334:s144-s145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.s144, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pathology
	Rob McGuire
	BMJ  2007;334:s145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.s145, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Homoeopathy and the church
	Patrick Hutt
	BMJ  2007;334:gp151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.sgp151, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Inter-deanery transfer
	Fiona Lindsay
	BMJ  2007;334:gp154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.sgp154, (Published 21 April 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Postgraduate Diploma in Aviation Medicine (PGDipAvMed)
	Nomy Ahmed
	BMJ  2007;334:gp155, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7598.sgp155, (Published 21 April 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Swanson Beck
	John P Arbuthnott
	BMJ  2007;334:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39183.554155.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	John Brittain
	Anthony Morris
	BMJ  2007;334:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.659398.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Benjamin Anthony Gwynne Jenkins
	Edward Hughes
	BMJ  2007;334:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39183.401308.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Harold Ian Jory
	William Jory
	BMJ  2007;334:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.637813.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Frank McLaren McGown
	John Billinghurst
	BMJ  2007;334:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39177.541956.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	John Neilson
	David Clow, Emma Clow, Laura Clow
	BMJ  2007;334:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39183.468762.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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