Editor's choice: Improving patient care
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.615637.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: Alarming results
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39218.433391.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Alarm symptoms in primary care
	Robin Fox, John Fletcher
	BMJ  2007;334:1013-1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.467037.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The value of administrative databases
	Mohammed A Mohammed, Andrew Stevens
	BMJ  2007;334:1014-1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39211.453275.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Functional foods
	Tim Lang
	BMJ  2007;334:1015-1016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.592477.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Multimorbidity's many challenges
	Martin Fortin, Hassan Soubhi, Catherine Hudon, Elizabeth A Bayliss, Marjan van den Akker
	BMJ  2007;334:1016-1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39201.463819.2C [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thromboprophylaxis for adults in hospital
	David A Fitzmaurice, Ellen Murray
	BMJ  2007;334:1017-1018, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.496505.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Recurrent pharyngo-tonsillitis: Time to stop doing tonsillectomies?
	Tim J B Crayford
	BMJ  2007;334:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.445856.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recurrent pharyngo-tonsillitis: More advice to clinicians
	Alun Tomkinson, Rosemary Fox, Mark Temple
	BMJ  2007;334:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.697407.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Older people in care homes: Role of primary care in improvement
	Gillie E Evans
	BMJ  2007;334:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.702708.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Older people in care homes: How to bring about changes
	Paul Whitby
	BMJ  2007;334:1019-1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.705313.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dipyridamole with aspirin: Combination shows no advantage over aspirin alone
	Manfred Gogol
	BMJ  2007;334:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.715590.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	[beta ] blockers: Misuse of confidence intervals threatens conclusions
	Christopher J Cates
	BMJ  2007;334:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.685637.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug money for patient groups: Cancerbackup sets record straight
	Joanne Rule
	BMJ  2007;334:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.713160.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug money for patient groups: The illusion of invulnerability
	Peter R Mansfield
	BMJ  2007;334:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.696238.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	NHS has not reaped fair benefits from refinancing of PFI schemes, MPs say
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.383148.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Experts dispute claims of poor cancer survival in UK
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.609387.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Exploring ageing and bereavement
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2007;334:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39209.731192.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA calls for warnings on anaemia drugs amid reports of incentives to doctors
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;334:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.489780.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tackle cancer in Africa now to prevent catastrophe, say health activists
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:1022-1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39215.854016.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New helpline will advise those who blow whistle on research fraud
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2007;334:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.427454.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israeli surgeons are reprimanded for allowing their names to appear on a study they had not done
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2007;334:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.525359.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Are plans to introduce practice based commissioning a shambles?
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39215.853206.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Let fingerprints help the healing
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;334:1024-1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.696748.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Consumers fight to halt move towards direct to consumer advertising in Europe
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2007;334:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.645486.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MRC says it will invent, develop, and market its own drugs
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;334:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39215.852500.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;334:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.432361.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Teenager carrying anencephalic fetus is granted right to travel to UK for abortion
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:1026-1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.629653.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Clinton brokers deal to lower price of antiretrovirals
	Seye Abimbola
	BMJ  2007;334:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.596076.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government will suspend MTAS for second round of job interviews
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.598819.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Jim Johnson resigns]

	It's "wrong" to put patients' records on IT system without explicit consent, MPs are told
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.337581.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK should foster scientific collaboration outside EU
	Hannah Brown
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.621655.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Listen to children when deciding policy, says commissioner
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.398438.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	UK must learn from US's mistakes in tackling research misconduct
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.615718.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Primary care needs more management not more private sector involvement, conference hears
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.503252.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Rise in prevalence of autism in children continues to baffle researchers
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.372199.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Pfizer conducts survey of French patients on information provided by industry
	Barbara Mintzes
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.672847.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Patients give NHS vote of confidence
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;334:1027, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.434838.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Drug eluting stents are widely used "off label"
	BMJ  2007;334:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.1028 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Aspirin works best in small doses
	BMJ  2007;334:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.686528.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: HPV vaccine highly effective in uninfected young women
	BMJ  2007;334:1028, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.1028-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Banning Swedish snus makes no sense
	BMJ  2007;334:1028-1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.1028-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Folic acid and B vitamin supplements won't prevent venous thromboembolism
	BMJ  2007;334:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.1029 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: How pharmaceutical representatives change your behaviour
	BMJ  2007;334:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.1029-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Educational intervention helps inner city GPs detect tuberculosis
	BMJ  2007;334:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.1029-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Physician assisted deaths: no "slippery slope" in the Netherlands or Oregon
	BMJ  2007;334:1029, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.1029-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	NHS policy: NHS: the Blair years
	Polly Toynbee
	BMJ  2007;334:1030-1031, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.492188.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gene patents: The locked code
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2007;334:1032-1033, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39190.654132.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Medicine and the media: Cancer drugs: swallowing big pharma's line?
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2007;334:1034-1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39217.457569.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Body politic: Spend, spend, spend—hide, hide, hide
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2007;334:1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39211.438646.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Functional foods: the case for closer evaluation
	Nynke de Jong, Olaf H Klungel, Hans Verhagen, Marion C J Wolfs, Marga C Ocké, Hubert G M Leufkens
	BMJ  2007;334:1037-1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.666377.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Alarm symptoms in early diagnosis of cancer in primary care: cohort study using General Practice Research Database
	Roger Jones, Radoslav Latinovic, Judith Charlton, Martin C Gulliford
	BMJ  2007;334:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39171.637106.AE, (Published 10 May 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Use of administrative data or clinical databases as predictors of risk of death in hospital: comparison of models
	Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  2007;334:1044, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39168.496366.55, (Published 23 April 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Genital herpes and its management
	P Sen, S E Barton
	BMJ  2007;334:1048-1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39189.504306.55 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references]

Practice

	NICE guidelines: Reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in inpatients having surgery: summary of NICE guidance
	Jennifer Hill, Tom Treasure, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2007;334:1053-1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39174.678032.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: NICE—setting clinical standards
	Gillian Leng, Michael Rawlins, Mercia Page
	BMJ  2007;334:1054-1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39190.579236.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rational imaging: Minimally invasive treatment for liver and lung metastases in colorectal cancer
	Alice Gillams
	BMJ  2007;334:1056-1057, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39184.565532.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: Life, but not as I knew it
	Jed Rowe
	BMJ  2007;334:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39168.587384.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: Penicillin and a series of fortunate events
	Allen F Shaughnessy
	BMJ  2007;334:1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39211.458333.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Food for thought
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;334:1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.469502.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The bigger picture: Call me by my true name
	Mary E Black
	BMJ  2007;334:1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.569838.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: A viol prejudice
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;334:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.593356.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classic: Healing the Wounds
	James Curran
	BMJ  2007;334:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.660382.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;334:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.390243.801 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Hiva Fassihi, Robery Sarkany
	BMJ  2007;334:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.390243.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Making a difference: now it's your turn
	BMJ  2007;334:1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.420625.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Working mothers
	Rajashree Ray
	BMJ  2007;334:s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s176, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clothes maketh the new consultant
	Mruthunjayan Swamy
	BMJ  2007;334:s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s176-a, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NHS pension scheme benefits for consultants
	Richard Aspinall
	BMJ  2007;334:s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s176-b, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The reality of achieving a work-life balance
	Sarah J Llewellyn-Davies
	BMJ  2007;334:s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s176-c, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	LETTER OF THE MONTH Clothes maketh the junior doctor
	Elizabeth A Martin
	BMJ  2007;334:s176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s176-d, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Dying beyond our means
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;334:s177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s177, (Published 19 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The new consultant experience
	Biswadeep Majumdar
	BMJ  2007;334:s177-s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s177-a, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Acute general practice
	Ben Jameson
	BMJ  2007;334:s179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s179, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Breaking death
	Patrick Hutt
	BMJ  2007;334:s180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s180, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Masters degree in performance and media health
	Chris Bowen
	BMJ  2007;334:s181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s181, (Published 19 May 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Specialty study days: a necessity for MMC
	Rodney J Croft
	BMJ  2007;334:s182-s183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s182, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Geriatrics
	Yasmin Akram
	BMJ  2007;334:s183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s183, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An innovator and household name in ophthalmology
	Robin G Jones
	BMJ  2007;334:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.s184, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Tackling situational judgment tests
	Mahibur Rahman
	BMJ  2007;334:gp189-gp190, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7602.sgp189, (Published 19 May 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Ian McGregor
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2007;334:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39213.553843.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Jessie Reid Gray Buchanan
	Mike Buchanan
	BMJ  2007;334:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.716088.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Christopher Charles Draper
	Katharine Draper
	BMJ  2007;334:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39211.702188.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Otto Fleming
	R G Grainger
	BMJ  2007;334:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.601655.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael Edward Glanvill
	Peter Glanvill
	BMJ  2007;334:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.703634.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Stephen John Hadfield
	E M Armstrong
	BMJ  2007;334:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39211.588391.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	John Spencer Jones
	Nick Spencer Jones, Chris Spencer Jones
	BMJ  2007;334:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39206.676667.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Andrew Herd Muir
	Adrian Tully
	BMJ  2007;334:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39205.706701.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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