Editor's choice: Dealing in extremes
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.573056.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: New types of Paps and puffs
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39267.396667.43 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Liquid based cytology in cervical cancer screening
	Karin J Denton
	BMJ  2007;335:1-2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.506528.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The future role of the Department of Health
	Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  2007;335:2-3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.746238.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advising patients on dealing with acute chest pain
	A Khavandi, K Potts, P R Walker
	BMJ  2007;335:3-4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.691343.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of HIV by male circumcision
	Quarraisha Abdool Karim
	BMJ  2007;335:4-5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39245.491169.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS research ethics committees
	Louise Robinson, Deborah Murdoch-Eaton, Yvonne Carter
	BMJ  2007;335:6, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39201.508692.2C [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Deciding on caesarean section: Vaginal birth after a caesarean is not always beneficial
	Paul T-Y Ayuk
	BMJ  2007;335:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.430706.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug trials in general practice: Time for a quality check before recruiting patients
	Knut A Holtedahl, Eivind Meland
	BMJ  2007;335:7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.476921.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Before and after pictures: A time honoured way of oversimplifying complex problems
	Dave W H Baillie, Mark Salter
	BMJ  2007;335:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.458773.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling health inequality: Let's get tough on politicians
	Roger L Weeks
	BMJ  2007;335:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.474005.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling health inequality: Let's ask them to curb choice
	Richard Ma
	BMJ  2007;335:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.446192.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling health inequality: What are the causes?
	James N Hardy
	BMJ  2007;335:8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.449468.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Doctors held for bombing attempts, but NHS defends vetting procedures
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.539063.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New prime minister makes a clean sweep in health team
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2007;335:9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.355590.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Fertility society calls for investigation into UK regulator's action after search warrants are declared illegal
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.336493.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Most US surgeons in training get needlestick injuries, few report them
	New York
	BMJ  2007;335:10-11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.449850.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Lawyers claim "concession" over drug prescribing for Alzheimer's disease
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.593796.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Economist says NICE should approve fewer costly drugs
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:11, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.337813.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;335:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.443345.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Preimplantation genetic screening reduces successful pregnancies after IVF
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:12, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.576458.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug industry loses bid to block disclosure of doctors' gifts
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2007;335:12-13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.516806.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UN says countries must learn to cope with more urbanisation
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;335:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.457928.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dutch doctor struck off for alternative care of actor dying of cancer
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2007;335:13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.561134.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors reject call for a ban on advertisements of reformulated drugs
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.407836.DB, (Published 29 June 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Make access to early abortions easier and quicker, say doctors
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.484803.DB, (Published 29 June 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors threaten to withdraw subscriptions to GMC if they are not allowed to regulate themselves
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:14, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.495741.DB, (Published 29 June 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Contracts, pensions, and hamsters
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.363900.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Non-communicable diseases pose rising threat to poor nations
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.633738.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Care for people with dementia 50 years out of date, report says
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.545058.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Egypt tightens ban on female genital mutilation after 12 year old girl dies
	Mimet Meleigy
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.425752.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Guinea-Bissau demands extradition of doctor in Portugal
	Tiago Villanueva
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.635220.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	South African court forces government to rescind strike dismissal notices
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.491447.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Court lets BMA challenge government decision on GP pensions
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.651192.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Knowledge tool introduced for the NHS
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.562338.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Hamish Meldrum elected BMA chairman
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.570093.DB, (Published 29 June 2007) [Extract] [Full text]

	Call for resignation of junior doctors' leaders defeated at BMA meeting
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2007;335:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.611146.DB, (Published 29 June 2007) [Extract] [Full text]

	Staff and associate specialist doctors demand new contract
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.441609.DB, (Published 29 June 2007) [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Cerebral palsy falls in premature babies
	BMJ  2007;335:16, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.16 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: One in five US children chronically ill
	BMJ  2007;335:16, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.16-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: HPV vaccine stops cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
	BMJ  2007;335:16, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.16-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Childhood cancer casts long dark shadow
	BMJ  2007;335:16-17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.640660.B7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Treatment for stress incontinence passes initial trial
	BMJ  2007;335:17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.17 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Children with cerebral palsy as happy as others
	BMJ  2007;335:17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.17-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Malaria control depends on free bed nets
	BMJ  2007;335:17, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.17-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	What's next for the NHS?
	Nick Timmins
	BMJ  2007;335:18-19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.449097.AD, (Published 28 June 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should families own genetic information? Yes
	Anneke Lucassen
	BMJ  2007;335:22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.386030.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should families own genetic information? No
	Angus Clarke
	BMJ  2007;335:23, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.392940.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Yankee doodling: Retail health clinics—threat or promise?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;335:21, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.426817.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Hookah smoking
	Rashid Gatrad, Adam Gatrad, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2007;335:20, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39227.409641.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Analysis: Effectiveness of strategies for informing, educating, and involving patients
	Angela Coulter, Jo Ellins
	BMJ  2007;335:24-27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39246.581169.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Accuracy of liquid based versus conventional cytology: overall results of new technologies for cervical cancer screening: randomised controlled trial
	Guglielmo Ronco, Jack Cuzick, Paola Pierotti, Maria Paola Cariaggi, Paolo Dalla Palma, Carlo Naldoni, Bruno Ghiringhello, Paolo Giorgi-Rossi, Daria Minucci, Franca Parisio, Ada Pojer, Maria Luisa Schiboni, Catia Sintoni, Manuel Zorzi, Nereo Segnan, Massimo Confortini
	BMJ  2007;335:28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39196.740995.BE, (Published 21 May 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Accuracy of reading liquid based cytology slides using the ThinPrep Imager compared with conventional cytology: prospective study
	Elizabeth Davey, Jefferson d'Assuncao, Les Irwig, Petra Macaskill, Siew F Chan, Adele Richards, Annabelle Farnsworth
	BMJ  2007;335:31, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39219.645475.55, (Published 29 June 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Liquid automation refreshes Dr Papanicolaou
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2007;335:35-36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39260.482616.DE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Managing smoking cessation
	Paul Aveyard, Robert West
	BMJ  2007;335:37-41, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.591806.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Supplementary box]

Practice

	A patient's journey: Tethered spinal cord syndrome
	John Payne
	BMJ  2007;335:42-43, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39216.436713.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interactive case report: A patient with suspected miscarriage is found to have hypertension, renal failure, and thrombocytopenia: case progression
	Chris M Laing, Rhys Roberts, Liz Lightstone, Alison Graham, Terry H Cook, Shaun Summers, Charles D Pusey
	BMJ  2007;335:44, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39239.478495.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal views: A lesson in a dish of beans
	Melita Gordon
	BMJ  2007;335:45, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39255.551458.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: Killing you softly
	Stan Shatenstein
	BMJ  2007;335:46, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39241.709363.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: No laughing matter
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;335:47, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.638588.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Watch out for the sharks
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;335:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.408403.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The best medicine: You think too much
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2007;335:48, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.543588.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Fish out of water
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.489606.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: The Metamorphosis
	Cyrus Abbasian
	BMJ  2007;335:49, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.746100.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.466331.B71 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	H E Lotery, E M Spolton, L J Cook
	BMJ  2007;335:52, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.466331.B7 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	BMJ updates: Yearly infusion of zoledronic acid helps prevent fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
	BMJ  2007;335:36, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39234.488356.DE [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Should folic acid fortification be mandatory? Yes
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.681956.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Recollections of a researcher
	Arun Natarajan
	BMJ  2007;335:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s2, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Newshound: It's all academic to me
	Woody Caan
	BMJ  2007;335:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s2-a, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The new consultant experience
	Ashok Beckaya
	BMJ  2007;335:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s2-b, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	LETTER OF THE MONTH Teaching communication skills: should we give up?
	Stephen R Humble
	BMJ  2007;335:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s2-c, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Overheard in a corridor of power
	Jamie Wilson
	BMJ  2007;335:s2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s2-d, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Chasing dreams
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;335:s3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s3, (Published 7 July 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	There's work down under
	John Bonner
	BMJ  2007;335:s4-s5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s4, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A day in the life of a pharmaceutical physician
	Imran Shafi Kausa
	BMJ  2007;335:s6-s7, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s6, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Anaesthesia is different
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2007;335:s8, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s8, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The art of stress-free productivity
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;335:s9, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s9, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A productivity expert
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;335:s10, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7609.s10, (Published 7 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Anthony Henry
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2007;335:50, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.615382.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Ethel Barrow
	Charles Frater
	BMJ  2007;335:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39260.628981.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Robert George FitzPatrick
	David FitzPatrick, Rhona Mann
	BMJ  2007;335:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.745718.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	George Henry Heyse-Moore
	John Petri, William Notcutt
	BMJ  2007;335:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39260.464919.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Visakasuntharam Kunanandam
	P Sivakumar
	BMJ  2007;335:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.710764.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	George Frank Newbold
	Stanley R Sims
	BMJ  2007;335:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39260.588345.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Martin Joseph Roche Ryan
	Anne Allister
	BMJ  2007;335:51, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39259.729815.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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