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Editor's choice: FAFfing about
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.443646.47
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US editor's choice: The side effects of "P4P"
Douglas Kamerow
BMJ  2007;334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39260.443970.3A
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Reducing the length of time between HIV infection and diagnosis
Catherine Dodds, Peter Weatherburn
BMJ  2007;334:1329-1330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39245.570093.BE
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Ethics of collecting and using healthcare data
Derick Wade
BMJ  2007;334:1330-1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39247.679329.80
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Lactose intolerance
Shinjini Bhatnagar, Rakesh Aggarwal
BMJ  2007;334:1331-1332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.524375.80
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Performance measurement and equity
Arlene S Bierman, Jocalyn P Clark
BMJ  2007;334:1333-1334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39251.660127.AD
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Involving patients in the BMJ
Peter Lapsley, Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2007;334:1334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39246.621088.80
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MTAS: Mental health of applicants seems to be deteriorating
Gregory J Lydall, Amit Malik, Dinesh Bhugra
BMJ  2007;334:1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39254.905764.1F
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Cosmetic genitoplasty: It's female genital mutilation and should be prosecuted
Marge Berer
BMJ  2007;334:1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.646042.3A
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Imaging peripheral disease: Gadolinium contrast may be risky in kidney disease
Peter C Thomson, Tara A Collidge, Patrick B Mark, Jamie P Traynor
BMJ  2007;334:1335-1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39254.924641.1F
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What about the GPs?: We help treat acute coronary syndromes
Hasnain M Dalal
BMJ  2007;334:1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39254.922350.1F
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What about the GPs?: We're still great for continuity
John Sharvill
BMJ  2007;334:1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39254.920706.1F
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NHS independence: An NHS board is the way forward
Layla Jader
BMJ  2007;334:1336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39254.931053.1F
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 29 June: Doctors call for England's chief medical officer to resign over "NHS in crisis"
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.575625.DB
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NICE's decision on dementia drugs was "irrational," High Court is told
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.403171.DB
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US health professionals demonstrate in support of Sicko
New York
BMJ  2007;334:1338-1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.421111.DB
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Tories want to free NHS of political interference
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;334:1338, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.541308.DB
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More recruitment from ethnic minority groups would improve NHS's service, report says
Seye Abimbola
BMJ  2007;334:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.431852.DB
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Class action over Abbott's pricing of antiretroviral moves forward
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;334:1339, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39257.587569.BE
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;334:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.417500.DB
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WHO launches plan to fight drug resistant tuberculosis
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2007;334:1340-1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.559653.DB
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Aid workers are compromised by "war on terror," UN official says
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2007;334:1340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.364201.DB
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Clinical trial results often overstate benefits of treatment
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;334:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.392523.DB
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Social measures may control pandemic flu better than drugs and vaccines
Richard Smith
BMJ  2007;334:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.606713.DB
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Government compromises on mental health bill
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:1342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.566655.DB
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Human rights groups plead for protection for hospital patients in Gaza
Merav Sarig
BMJ  2007;334:1342, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.592975.DB
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 29 June: Public backs the idea of an independently run NHS
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.406285.DB
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 29 June: Public should be told that rationing is inevitable, say doctors
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.662083.DB
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 29 June: Choice for patients can worsen quality of care
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.618889.DB
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 28 June: BMA calls for action on "epidemic" of alcohol related problems
Andrew Cole, Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.668565.DB
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Afghan farmers should be licensed to grow poppies for morphine, Senlis Council says
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.472396.DB
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NHS is told it must play its part in tackling climate change
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.584734.DB
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Long haul flights double the risk of thrombosis related to air travel
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.479063.DB
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 29 June: BMA rejects call for parents of obese children to be charged with neglect
Andrew Cole and Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.602245.DB
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 29 June: Raise price of alcohol in Scotland to combat disease, BMA says
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.499167.DB
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 29 June: Members say BMA's green paper is too "polite"
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;334:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.377037.DB
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BMA annual representative meeting, Torquay, 25 June to 29 June: BMA calls for end of discrimination against women in medical academia
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.436053.DB
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Drug treatment is proposed to manage child sex offenders
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39257.583310.BE
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NHS Direct could be a useful early warning system for respiratory infections
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;334:1343, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39257.585405.BE
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Shortcuts from other journals: It's not what you say but how you say it
BMJ  2007;334:1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.1344
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Shortcuts from other journals: Survival trends look worrying for women with diabetes
BMJ  2007;334:1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.386053.AD
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Shortcuts from other journals: Nephrology patients deserve better evidence
BMJ  2007;334:1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.1344-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Childhood multiple sclerosis is distinct from adult disease
BMJ  2007;334:1344-1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.1344-c
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Shortcuts from other journals: Alcohol is killing Russian working men
BMJ  2007;334:1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.1345
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Shortcuts from other journals: Oestrogen-only HRT prevents coronary artery calcification in younger women
BMJ  2007;334:1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.1345-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: The end of the line for guinea worm
BMJ  2007;334:1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.1345-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: First patients have gene therapy for Parkinson's disease
BMJ  2007;334:1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.1345-c
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HIV research: Quest for the AIDS vaccine
Alison Tonks
BMJ  2007;334:1346-1348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39240.416968.AD
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Body politic: Collision, collusion, and confusion
Nigel Hawkes
BMJ  2007;334:1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.707488.94
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Richard Granger's legacy: Computer says yes—and no
Michael Cross
BMJ  2007;334:1350-1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.445035.34
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What's on bmj.com: Protecting vulnerable populations
Birte Twisselmann
BMJ  2007;334:1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.706157.3A
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Time to move towards opt-out testing for HIV in the UK
M Hamill, K Burgoine, F Farrell, J Hemelaar, G Patel, D E Welchew, H W Jaffe
BMJ  2007;334:1352-1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39218.404201.94
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Routine testing to reduce late HIV diagnosis in France
Cyrille Delpierre, Lise Cuzin, France Lert
BMJ  2007;334:1354-1356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39225.458218.94
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Impact of financial incentives on clinical autonomy and internal motivation in primary care: ethnographic study
Ruth McDonald, Stephen Harrison, Kath Checkland, Stephen M Campbell, Martin Roland
BMJ  2007;334:1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39238.890810.BE, (Published 19 June 2007)
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Implementing the NHS information technology programme: qualitative study of progress in acute trusts
Jane Hendy, Naomi Fulop, Barnaby C Reeves, Andrew Hutchings, Simon Collin
BMJ  2007;334:1360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.598461.551, (Published 17 May 2007)
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Driving and dementia
David A Breen, David P Breen, John W Moore, Patricia A Breen, Desmond O'Neill
BMJ  2007;334:1365-1369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39233.585208.55
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NICE guidelines: Management of faecal incontinence in adults: summary of NICE guidance
Christine Norton, Louise Thomas, Jennifer Hill, Guideline Development Group
BMJ  2007;334:1370-1371, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39231.633275.AD
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Interactive case report: A patient with suspected miscarriage is found to have hypertension, renal failure, and thrombocytopenia: case presentation
Chris M Laing, Rhys Roberts, Liz Lightstone, Alison Graham, Terry H Cook, Shaun Summers, Charles D Pusey
BMJ  2007;334:1372, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39212.564745.BE
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Personal views: How to avoid an e-headache
Joan S Ash
BMJ  2007;334:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.490880.80
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Netlines
Harry Brown
BMJ  2007;334:1374, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.500255.94
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Review of the week: Sex and drugs and rock and roll
Colin Martin
BMJ  2007;334:1374-1375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.502153.59
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From the frontline: Talk the talk
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;334:1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.507002.59
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The bigger picture: Africa
Mary E Black
BMJ  2007;334:1376, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.505637.59
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Between the lines: Reality bites
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;334:1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39258.525359.59
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Medical classics: The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly
David Warriner
BMJ  2007;334:1377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39239.635463.4E
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;334:1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.502627.BE1
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Minerva
Vidhya Nagaratnam, Jeremy Howard
BMJ  2007;334:1380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.502627.BE
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Endpiece: Placebo
BMJ  2007;334:1359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39195.506921.BD
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That was the week that was
BMJ  2007;334:s234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s234, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Throwing in the towel?
BMJ  2007;334:s234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s234-a, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Time for tea and sympathy
BMJ  2007;334:s234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s234-b, (Published 30 June 2007)
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No easy Remedy
BMJ  2007;334:s234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s234-c, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Back to basics
BMJ  2007;334:s234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s234-d, (Published 30 June 2007)
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STOP PRESS...
BMJ  2007;334:s234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s234-e, (Published 30 June 2007)
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EDITOR'S CHOICE: Living with MTAS
Peter Cross
BMJ  2007;334:s235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s235, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Working for the pharmaceutical industry
Adam Poole
BMJ  2007;334:s236-s237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s236, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Voluntary service is a good idea
Mark Goldring
BMJ  2007;334:s238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s238, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Career decision making in an age of uncertainty
Joan Reid
BMJ  2007;334:s239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s239, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Pastures new
Sabina Dosani
BMJ  2007;334:s240-s241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s240, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Having the best of both worlds
Richard Fieldhouse
BMJ  2007;334:s242-s243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s242, (Published 30 June 2007)
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
BMJ  2007;334:s243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s243, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Top ten tips for a novice
Jenny Blythe
BMJ  2007;334:s244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s244, (Published 30 June 2007)
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MMC and refugee doctors
Penny Trafford
BMJ  2007;334:s245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s245, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Banking on it
Christopher J Kelly
BMJ  2007;334:s246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s246, (Published 30 June 2007)
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Houseman days revisited
Neville W Goodman
BMJ  2007;334:s247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s247, (Published 30 June 2007)
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An anatomist, TV bones expert, and trainee palaeopathologist
Karen Hebert
BMJ  2007;334:s248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.334.7608.s248, (Published 30 June 2007)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

George Douglas Pinker
Alasdair Fraser, Frank Loeffler
BMJ  2007;334:1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.292627.BE
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Russell John Boyd
Bernard A Foëx, Simon D Carley
BMJ  2007;334:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39245.810903.BE
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Glyn Ieuan Tegeryn Griffiths
Mary Anne Griffiths, Barbara Griffiths
BMJ  2007;334:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39246.667188.BE
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Lawrence Gordon Jubb
Ronald Jubb
BMJ  2007;334:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39246.651921.BE
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Thomas Edwin Moody
Thomas Laurence Moody, John Kirkpatrick
BMJ  2007;334:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39251.664051.AD
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Robert James Sanderson
Gillian MacDougall, David Sim, Paul Sanderson, Christine Tolsma
BMJ  2007;334:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39251.641875.AD
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William Todd
John Todd
BMJ  2007;334:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39244.618831.BE
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Philippa Mary Bruce White
Margaret Sillis, Helen Williams, Judith Richards
BMJ  2007;334:1379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39244.706690.BE
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