Editor's choice: Independence and other things
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.634977.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	US editor's choice: Is everything you know wrong?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39281.508345.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Self monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes
	Simon R Heller
	BMJ  2007;335:105-106, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.549109.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Depression in adolescents
	Philip Hazell
	BMJ  2007;335:106-107, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39265.581042.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiovascular risk models
	Luc Bonneux
	BMJ  2007;335:107-108, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39262.643090.47, (Published 6 July 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health for London: showing England the way?
	Ruth Thorlby, Jennifer Dixon, Niall Dickson
	BMJ  2007;335:108-109, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.699954.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A UK global health strategy: the next steps
	Martin McKee
	BMJ  2007;335:110, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.569722.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	To stent or not to stent?: A sterile debate
	Stephen Westaby, Keith Channon, Adrian Banning
	BMJ  2007;335:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.655694.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	eGFR and chronic kidney disease: Time to move forward
	C R V Tomson, E J Lamb, K Griffith, D O'Donoghue, J Feehally
	BMJ  2007;335:111, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.574479.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using healthcare data: Security protection is needed when using USB sticks
	Matthew Daunt
	BMJ  2007;335:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.674306.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing smoking cessation: Article skips over weaknesses of nicotine replacement
	Manfred Neuberger
	BMJ  2007;335:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.964514.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sciatica: An archaic term
	Jeremy C T Fairbank
	BMJ  2007;335:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.951343.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Attending patients' funerals: We can always care
	Ros Thorburn, Martin Roland
	BMJ  2007;335:112, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.958009.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Chief medical officer names hand hygiene and organ donation as public health priorities
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.523657.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors attack Gordon Brown's plans to regulate medical profession
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:113, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.396273.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Former US surgeon general reveals extent of political pressure he was under
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.393345.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German doctors accused of boosting pay by offering "unnecessary extras"
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;335:114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.367662.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Neurosurgeons told to watch for signs of "twiddler's syndrome"
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:114-115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.395787.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Foreign health workers look set to escape Libyan death sentence
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:115, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.560995.D [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;335:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.717824.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA backs police campaign against female genital mutilation
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2007;335:116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.450185.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scotland considers screening patients on admission to hospital to cut infections
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2007;335:116-117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.461424.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospital consultants' NHS salaries top £110 000
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.347674.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs' income rose by 23% under new contract, adjusted figures show
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.470440.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospitals must standardise patients' wristbands to reduce risk of wrong care
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:118, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.348843.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Andrew Wakefield is accused of paying children for blood samples
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:118-119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.513310.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Most training posts are filled, but 2000 trainee doctors may still be jobless in October
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;335:118-119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.715336.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor ordered to pay £300 000 in libel damages
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.488032.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MPs say health department broke rules when it gave contract to Dr Foster
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.693565.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Judge will not intervene as dying woman denied life support
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.560845.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Poor countries lose 15% of their skilled staff to rich countries, UN report says
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.709144.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	GPs should do more to combat sexual infections
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.712037.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Women are still left behind in academic medicine
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.547882.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Audit finds improvements in time to treatment after heart attack
	Toby Reynolds
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.428194.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Benzodiazepine prescribing to elderly people after hospital discharge can lead to chronic use
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.489780.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Role of NICE should be expanded, MPs told
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.392847.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Breathing and relaxation technique cut asthma symptoms by one third
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.348241.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Individuals face poverty in trying to meet the high costs of health care, WHO reports
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;335:119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.376887.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Breast cancer genes don't affect prognosis in breast cancer
	BMJ  2007;335:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.120 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Neural tube defects fall by almost a half in Canada after folate added to flour
	BMJ  2007;335:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.120-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Prophylaxis doesn't prevent recurrent UTI in children
	BMJ  2007;335:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.120-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Diaphragms "disappointing" against HIV
	BMJ  2007;335:120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.120-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Genomics starts to deliver on its promises
	BMJ  2007;335:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.357130.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Hydroxychloroquine may help prevent diabetes
	BMJ  2007;335:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.121-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Pay for performance linked to better care for some primary care patients in UK
	BMJ  2007;335:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.121-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: The pros and cons of new treatments for type 2 diabetes
	BMJ  2007;335:121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.121-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Drug pricing: No cure, no cost
	Andrew Jack
	BMJ  2007;335:122-123, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39267.432153.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should we consider a boycott of Israeli academic institutions? Yes
	Tom Hickey
	BMJ  2007;335:124, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.495567.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Should we consider a boycott of Israeli academic institutions? No
	Michael Baum
	BMJ  2007;335:125, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.509016.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Medicine and the media: MMR: the scare stories are back
	Ben Goldacre
	BMJ  2007;335:126-127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.447419.59, (Published 18 July 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atlantic crossing: Getting America to take the shame
	Uwe E Reinhardt
	BMJ  2007;335:128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.711748.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Uncertainty in classification of repeat sudden unexpected infant deaths in Care of the Next Infant programme
	C J Bacon, West Yorkshire Braithwaite, E N Hey
	BMJ  2007;335:129-131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39203.430984.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Impact of self monitoring of blood glucose in the management of patients with non-insulin treated diabetes: open parallel group randomised trial
	Andrew Farmer, Alisha Wade, Elizabeth Goyder, Patricia Yudkin, David French, Anthea Craven, Rury Holman, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Andrew Neil
	BMJ  2007;335:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39247.447431.BE, (Published 25 June 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Derivation and validation of QRISK, a new cardiovascular disease risk score for the United Kingdom: prospective open cohort study
	Julia Hippisley-Cox, Carol Coupland, Yana Vinogradova, John Robson, Margaret May, Peter Brindle
	BMJ  2007;335:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.471806.55, (Published 5 July 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and routine specialist care with and without cognitive behaviour therapy in adolescents with major depression: randomised controlled trial
	Ian Goodyer, Bernadka Dubicka, Paul Wilkinson, Raphael Kelvin, Chris Roberts, Sarah Byford, Siobhan Breen, Claire Ford, Barbara Barrett, Alison Leech, Justine Rothwell, Lydia White, Richard Harrington
	BMJ  2007;335:142, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39224.494340.55, (Published 7 June 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Clinical Review: Preventing deep vein thrombosis in hospital inpatients
	William E Cayley, Jr
	BMJ  2007;335:147-151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39247.542477.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Pregnancy plus: Eczema in pregnancy
	Sophie Weatherhead, Stephen C Robson, Nick J Reynolds
	BMJ  2007;335:152-154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39227.671227.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to assess capacity to make a will
	Robin Jacoby, Peter Steer
	BMJ  2007;335:155-157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39232.706840.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal view: For patients' sake, don't boycott e-health records
	Marlene Winfield
	BMJ  2007;335:158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.658171.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: Lethal practice
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2007;335:159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.682442.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Cortina en France
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;335:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39280.400938.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs, tales, and other stories: Dunno, mate
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2007;335:160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.621065.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Ordinary people?
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.398310.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: The Closed Treatment of Common Fractures
	Munier Hossain
	BMJ  2007;335:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39279.540602.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.431053.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Nishal Patel, Genevieve Larkin, Miles Stamford
	BMJ  2007;335:164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.431053.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Interactive case report: A patient with suspected miscarriage is found to have hypertension, renal failure, and thrombocytopenia
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39252.458183.80 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	My first time on call
	Olaoluwatomi Lamikanra
	BMJ  2007;335:146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39251.470417.DE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The magnetic resonance egg timer
	Brian Witcombe
	BMJ  2007;335:151, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39199.659352.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Elephant neck
	T M Gibson
	BMJ  2007;335:157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39248.639375.AD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Killing you softly
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39272.619722.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	I have completed my MRCOG and would like to work in community gynaecology or infertility. How should I go about this?
	Alan Mathers
	BMJ  2007;335:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s22, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I completed the vocational training scheme last year and I am about to apply for partnership in my training practice. What points am I expected to raise in my application letter?
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2007;335:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s22-a, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	I am a year 4 trainee and wish to complete subspecialty training in sexual and reproductive health on a modular basis. I have completed a significant proportion of the logbook in my current post in outpatient gynaecology. Are there any precedents for this? I would be happy to complete the outstanding modules unpaid
	Alan Mathers
	BMJ  2007;335:s22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s22-b, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perfect partners
	Shera Chok
	BMJ  2007;335:gp23-gp24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.sgp23-a, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	EDITOR'S CHOICE: Sinister choices
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;335:s23, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s23, (Published 21 July 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What about respiratory medicine?
	Andrew Medford
	BMJ  2007;335:s23-s24, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s23-a, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Attention please
	Anthony Carey
	BMJ  2007;335:gp25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.sgp25, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Words on the page
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2007;335:s25, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s25, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sharps injuries
	Linda J Tucker
	BMJ  2007;335:s26-s27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s26, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diabetology
	Yasmin Akram
	BMJ  2007;335:s27, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s27, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diploma in Medical Toxicology
	David Menzies
	BMJ  2007;335:gp28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.sgp28, (Published 21 July 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A college president
	Mohamed Hussein
	BMJ  2007;335:s28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.s28, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Words on the page
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2007;335:gp29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7611.sgp29, (Published 21 July 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Christopher John ("Jack") Dewhurst
	D K Edmonds
	BMJ  2007;335:162, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39266.736748.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Ywan Anthony
	Richard Anthony
	BMJ  2007;335:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39276.473727.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	John Edward Barclay
	Emad Salib
	BMJ  2007;335:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.649016.AD [Extract] [Full text]

	Wilma Elizabeth Gemmell
	Catriona MacRae, Catriona McHugh
	BMJ  2007;335:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39267.633773.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael Gregory Price
	Jim Price
	BMJ  2007;335:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.600544.AD [Extract] [Full text]

	John William ("Jack") Strain
	Greg Strain
	BMJ  2007;335:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.677975.AD [Extract] [Full text]

	John Robert Bentley Turner
	Colin White
	BMJ  2007;335:163, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.696331.AD [Extract] [Full text]

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