Editor's choice: A more independent NHS
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.699502.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: Too much of many good things?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39211.448623.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Aspirin and cognitive function
	Lawrence J Whalley, Donald H R Mowat
	BMJ  2007;334:961-962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39204.473252.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complicated grief after bereavement
	Keith Hawton
	BMJ  2007;334:962-963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.507488.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Socioeconomic inequalities in health
	Debbie A Lawlor, Jonathan A C Sterne
	BMJ  2007;334:963-964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39203.661829.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	UK preparedness for pandemic influenza
	Richard Coker
	BMJ  2007;334:965-966, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.591389.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bringing public health information together
	Alison Walker, Peter Brambleby
	BMJ  2007;334:966, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.438981.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Reduced salt intake: Sodium reduction is enticing, but what is the full recipe?
	Paul P Glasziou
	BMJ  2007;334:967, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39204.964306.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reduced salt intake: Health protection requires legislation
	M Justin S Zaman
	BMJ  2007;334:967, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39204.997616.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Local councils and health: Public health must be taken more seriously
	David J Kinshuck
	BMJ  2007;334:967, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.549618.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pneumonia from ventilation: Oral decontamination treats the symptom, not the cause
	Duncan L Wyncoll, Peter J Young
	BMJ  2007;334:967-968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.480671.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Delirium in older people: Approach is now screening, prevention, and recognition
	Mehraj Shah, Farida Jan, Akeem Sule
	BMJ  2007;334:968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39199.484942.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Delirium in older people: Delirium should be included in guidelines and curriculums
	Alasdair M J MacLullich, John M Starr, A Peter Passmore
	BMJ  2007;334:968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.543843.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug cost initiative: Link cost to clinical outcome
	Jeremiah Norris
	BMJ  2007;334:968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.514387.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Take politics out of day to day running of NHS, says BMA
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.522188.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Stroke care is improving in England but not in Wales, audit shows
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;334:969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.528958.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.586019.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Care provision in England doesn't match regional variation in heart disease, study shows
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;334:970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39209.729988.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients aren't accurate at detecting medical errors
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:970-971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.415208.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Number of sperm donors rises despite removal of anonymity in UK
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.514132.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA tells doctors to take career breaks working in world's poorest countries
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;334:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.689201.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson to be shown in London
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2007;334:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39209.729317.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian prison doctors are promised more help to fight abuse of prisoners
	Vivienne Nathanson
	BMJ  2007;334:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.622419.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israeli transplant surgeon is arrested for suspected organ trafficking
	Merav Sarig
	BMJ  2007;334:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.395370.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German ethics council demands opt-out system for transplants
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;334:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.419907.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Three into two won't go
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;334:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39209.730567.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Emergency staff must be properly trained to treat children, royal college says
	Kirsten Patrick
	BMJ  2007;334:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.690069.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	WHO launches list of nine solutions to improve patients' safety
	Kaushal Pandey
	BMJ  2007;334:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.668623.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Sharp rise in sales of untaxed cigarettes in Canada threatens public health
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2007;334:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.657060.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Europe is to legislate on cross border health care
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2007;334:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.498727.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Depression is the real killer, not antidepressants, say commentators
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2007;334:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.619606.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Infliximab doesn't work in giant cell arteritis or polymyalgia rheumatica
	BMJ  2007;334:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39204.581285.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Many drugs implicated in agranulocytosis
	BMJ  2007;334:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.975-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Treatment trends are going the right way in acute coronary syndrome
	BMJ  2007;334:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.975-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Interview: Seeing red
	David Brindle
	BMJ  2007;334:976-977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39204.639711.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Erythropoietin: Too much of a good thing
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2007;334:978-980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39198.510347.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should women be offered cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease? Yes
	Scott M Grundy
	BMJ  2007;334:982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39202.399942.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should women be offered cholesterol lowering drugs to prevent cardiovascular disease? No
	Malcolm Kendrick
	BMJ  2007;334:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39202.397488.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Life and death: Exploitation and apology
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2007;334:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.640903.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Can deceiving patients be morally acceptable?
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2007;334:984-986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39184.419826.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Low dose aspirin and cognitive function in the women's health study cognitive cohort
	Jae Hee Kang, Nancy Cook, JoAnn Manson, Julie E Buring, Francine Grodstein
	BMJ  2007;334:987, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39166.597836.BE, (Published 27 April 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Social inequalities in self reported health in early old age: follow-up of prospective cohort study
	Tarani Chandola, Jane Ferrie, Amanda Sacker, Michael Marmot
	BMJ  2007;334:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39167.439792.55, (Published 27 April 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Further details] FREE

	Cognitive behaviour therapy to prevent complicated grief among relatives and spouses bereaved by suicide: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Marieke de Groot, Jos de Keijser, Jan Neeleman, Ad Kerkhof, Willem Nolen, Huibert Burger
	BMJ  2007;334:994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39161.457431.55, (Published 20 April 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Chronic abdominal pain in children
	M Y Berger, M J Gieteling, M A Benninga
	BMJ  2007;334:997-1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.465718.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Practice

	Pregnancy Plus: Depression during pregnancy
	Veronica O'Keane, Michael S Marsh
	BMJ  2007;334:1003-1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.662581.55 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

Views & reviews

	Personal view: CT scanning: too much of a good thing
	Steven Birnbaum
	BMJ  2007;334:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.757870.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why are so many doctors politically illiterate?
	David J Hunter
	BMJ  2007;334:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39185.518264.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Emotional claptrap
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.433831.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	In and out of hospital: Going public
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2007;334:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39204.462384.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Illness as metaphor
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39204.473900.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: A Mind That Found Itself
	Robert Hierholzer
	BMJ  2007;334:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39204.690995.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.607859.BD1 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Ben R Hornung, Chris M Pring
	BMJ  2007;334:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.607859.BD [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Bitten by a mouse
	H V Wyatt
	BMJ  2007;334:986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39154.645671.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: A finding
	BMJ  2007;334:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39113.621007.F7 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	MTAS update
	BMJ  2007;334:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s166, (Published 12 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Safe in our hands
	BMJ  2007;334:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s166-a, (Published 12 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Overseas saga
	BMJ  2007;334:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s166-b, (Published 12 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Anyone for a pint?
	BMJ  2007;334:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s166-c, (Published 12 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Survival guide
	BMJ  2007;334:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s166-d, (Published 12 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Anticoagulant warning
	BMJ  2007;334:s166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s166-e, (Published 12 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Hospital car parking
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2007;334:s167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s167, (Published 12 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NHS staff parking charges
	Sabreena Malik
	BMJ  2007;334:s167-s169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s167-a, (Published 12 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Head and neck surgery
	Yasmin Akram
	BMJ  2007;334:s169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s169, (Published 12 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ultimate achievement
	Michael O'Donnell
	BMJ  2007;334:s170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s170, (Published 12 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma of Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS)
	Derfel Williams
	BMJ  2007;334:s171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s171, (Published 12 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Choosing your specialty foundation training
	Beryl De Souza
	BMJ  2007;334:s172-s173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s172, (Published 12 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Passing the MRCP written papers
	Elspeth Spencer
	BMJ  2007;334:s173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s173, (Published 12 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The pater of pills and plays
	Tonyanna Borkovi
	BMJ  2007;334:s174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7601.s174, (Published 12 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Aileen Joy Plant (née Parnell)
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2007;334:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39197.625509.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Susan Margaret Coupe
	Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2007;334:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39203.735544.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Cyril Andrew Haxton
	Ali Haxton
	BMJ  2007;334:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39203.749063.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Norah Marion Hudson
	Peter Hubner
	BMJ  2007;334:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39199.673206.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Graham Frank Joplin
	Stephen Bloom, Peter Dykes
	BMJ  2007;334:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39199.651933.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael Alexander McDonald
	Anne McDonald
	BMJ  2007;334:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39199.600764.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	William Keith Campbell Morgan
	Anthony Seaton
	BMJ  2007;334:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39203.660521.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Henry Proctor
	Henry S Proctor
	BMJ  2007;334:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39203.634259.BE [Extract] [Full text]

Career focus

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