When is hospital the right place to be?
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.580278.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Risk of cancer and the oral contraceptive pill
	Olav Meirik, Timothy M M Farley
	BMJ  2007;335:621-622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39336.503067.BE, (Published 12 September 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New methods of analysing cost effectiveness
	Andrew H Briggs
	BMJ  2007;335:622-623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39332.587581.BE, (Published 14 September 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of chest pain units
	Mike Clancy
	BMJ  2007;335:623-624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39339.380093.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Declaration of Helsinki
	Michael D E Goodyear, Karmela Krleza-Jeric, Trudo Lemmens
	BMJ  2007;335:624-625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39339.610000.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references]

	Physician assisted death in vulnerable populations
	Timothy E Quill
	BMJ  2007;335:625-626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39336.629271.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Adult coeliac disease: Rheumatic presentations are common
	Alastair L Hepburn
	BMJ  2007;335:627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.499005.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Value of video clips: Mobile phone videos could help treat sick children
	Andrew J Ashworth
	BMJ  2007;335:627, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.512523.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	PRP for GPs: Summary of responses
	Birte Twisselmann
	BMJ  2007;335:627-628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.699907.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Darzi review of health care: None so blind
	Martyn C Wake
	BMJ  2007;335:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.513808.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health equity for all: Ignorance isn't always bliss
	Hugh van't Hoff
	BMJ  2007;335:628, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.489583.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health equity for all: Capitalism is a force for good
	Bruce G Charlton
	BMJ  2007;335:628-629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.509699.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Gillberg affair: Profound ethical issues were smoothed over
	Aubrey Blumsohn
	BMJ  2007;335:629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39344.519201.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asylum seekers' health rights: BMA is in denial
	Peter L Hall
	BMJ  2007;335:629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.502141.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asylum seekers' health rights: BMA's reply
	Julian C Sheather
	BMJ  2007;335:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.492257.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sick doctors: Uniquely disadvantaged
	Anthony E Livesey
	BMJ  2007;335:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39339.569549.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Banning smoking: Confessions of an accordion cleaner
	John F Garvey, Paul McElwaine, Thomas S Monaghan, Walter T McNicholas
	BMJ  2007;335:630, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.507778.3A [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Prime minister promises a more personal NHS
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.363553.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Annual check-ups aren't needed, US study says
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.383194.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Ten per cent of English girls have HPV by age of 16, survey shows
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.571331.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Health service needs to engage more with patients, says Nuffield Trust
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:632-633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39348.850880.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors rank myocardial infarction as most "prestigious" disease and fibromyalgia as least
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:632, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.486493.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors get advice on rights of children and young people
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.377488.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Advice to pregnant women to avoid eating peanuts should be withdrawn, says Lords committee
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39348.851968.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	German media describe allocation of organs to Saudi patients as unfair
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;335:634, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.347801.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK hip fracture audit is launched to improve care and reduce costs
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:634-635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.405324.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK considers moving to system of presumed consent to transplantation
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:634-635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.483438.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Enter the circle, invites Nobel prize winning poet
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2007;335:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.705394.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Better access to drugs could save 10 million lives a year, says UN expert
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;335:635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.706782.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2007;335:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.473785.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors should speak out on climate change, expert says
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;335:636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.474502.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hillary Clinton unveils plan for healthcare reform
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2007;335:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.461597.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Children's health insurance in jeopardy as US Congress battles Bush
	New York
	BMJ  2007;335:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.400069.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Healthcare giant advertises to children in classrooms
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2007;335:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.412326.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Aid agencies launch appeal for Iraqi refugees, while cholera spreads in northern Iraq
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:637, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.436898.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Nightly dialysis looks a promising alternative for haemodialysis patients
	BMJ  2007;335:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.445625.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Global child mortality is falling too slowly
	BMJ  2007;335:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7621.638-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Exercise is an important treatment for type 2 diabetes
	BMJ  2007;335:638, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7621.638-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Women taking teratogenic drugs need contraceptive advice
	BMJ  2007;335:638-639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7621.638-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: US doctors must become the voice of the poor
	BMJ  2007;335:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7621.639 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Triglycerides have an independent effect on risk of heart disease
	BMJ  2007;335:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7621.639-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Mosquito nets reduce child deaths in Kenya
	BMJ  2007;335:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7621.639-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Worries remain over safety of repeated antenatal steroids
	BMJ  2007;335:639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7621.639-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Maternity services: How far is too far?
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:640-641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39344.638623.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Is there enough evidence to judge midwife led units safe? Yes
	Lesley Page
	BMJ  2007;335:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.471227.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Head to head: Do we have enough evidence to judge midwife led maternity units safe? No
	James Drife
	BMJ  2007;335:643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.461146.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Medicine and the media: Who are the doctor bloggers and what do they want?
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2007;335:644-645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.478148.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the media: Patients' blogs—do doctors have anything to fear?
	Matthew Hurley, Craig Smith
	BMJ  2007;335:645-646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.478403.68 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What's on bmj.com: The dangers of attacking disease programmes for developing countries
	Simon Collins, Brook K Baker, Gregg Gonsales, Marco Gomes
	BMJ  2007;335:646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.591296.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Yankee doodling: Wham, bam, thank you CAM
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2007;335:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.437442.43 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Use of process measures to monitor the quality of clinical practice
	Richard J Lilford, Celia A Brown, Jon Nicholl
	BMJ  2007;335:648-650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.641296.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Cancer risk among users of oral contraceptives: cohort data from the Royal College of General Practitioner's oral contraception study
	Philip C Hannaford, Sivasubramaniam Selvaraj, Alison M Elliott, Valerie Angus, Lisa Iversen, Amanda J Lee
	BMJ  2007;335:651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39289.649410.55, (Published 11 September 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventive strategies for group B streptococcal and other bacterial infections in early infancy: cost effectiveness and value of information analyses
	Tim E Colbourn, Christian Asseburg, Laura Bojke, Zoe Philips, Nicky J Welton, Karl Claxton, A E Ades, Ruth E Gilbert
	BMJ  2007;335:655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39325.681806.AD, (Published 11 September 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness and safety of chest pain assessment to prevent emergency admissions: ESCAPE cluster randomised trial
	Steve Goodacre, Elizabeth Cross, Cath Lewis, Jon Nicholl, Simon Capewell, ESCAPE Research Team
	BMJ  2007;335:659, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39325.624109.AE, (Published 18 September 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: The ESCAPE Chest Pain Unit][extra: ESCAPE Chest Pain Unit data collection form][extra: Help us by completing this survey] FREE

Clinical review

	Managing anovulatory infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome
	Adam H Balen, Anthony J Rutherford
	BMJ  2007;335:663-666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39335.462303.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Guidelines: Care of healthy women and their babies during childbirth: summary of NICE guidance
	Sara Kenyon, Roz Ullman, Rintaro Mori, Martin Whittle
	BMJ  2007;335:667-668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.703380.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Change Page: Patients with cardiac chest pain should call emergency services
	Will T Roberts, Adam D Timmis
	BMJ  2007;335:669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39342.693252.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal view: Ethicist on the ward round
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2007;335:670, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39344.636076.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the week: The alcohol industry: taking on the public health critics
	Michael Farrell
	BMJ  2007;335:671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39337.431667.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Running with the pantomime horses
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;335:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.463148.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The best medicine: A different perspective
	Liam Farell
	BMJ  2007;335:672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.471470.47 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Doctor-anarchists in class war
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39344.549931.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical classics: Cancer Ward
	Paul Crichton
	BMJ  2007;335:673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39329.524942.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39345.661794.801 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Ruth Macpherson, Lucy Hill
	BMJ  2007;335:676, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39345.661794.80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	BMJ updates: Bupropion helps primary care patients stop smoking
	BMJ  2007;335:662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39345.697917.AD [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Relative risk
	Stephen J Hanna
	BMJ  2007;335:666, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39129.623368.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	News: Number of serious adverse events doubles in seven years in US
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39351.562998.DE [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Schoolboy on work experience saw my intimate examination
	Peter J Mahaffey
	BMJ  2007;335:s114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.461806.7D, (Published 29 September 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Making the most of a part time GP registrar post
	Rashmi Malhotra
	BMJ  2007;335:s114, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.476447.7D, (Published 29 September 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sports medicine: new fangled faculty of fit
	Tonyanna Borkovi, Wisam Alwan
	BMJ  2007;335:s115-s116, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39331.654606.CE, (Published 29 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Getting what you want
	Roddy Neilson
	BMJ  2007;335:s117, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39338.810139.7D, (Published 29 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	It's good to talk
	Amy Iversen
	BMJ  2007;335:s118-s119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39338.692025.7D, (Published 29 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Learning statistics online
	Munier Hossain
	BMJ  2007;335:s119, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39273.644294.CE, (Published 29 September 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mentorship programme in psychiatry: a Canadian initiative
	Amin A Muhammad Gadit
	BMJ  2007;335:s120, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39323.806944.7D, (Published 29 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Through the keyhole: laparoscopic surgery
	Ajay Belgaumkar, Dominic Coull, RI Swift, PR Hurley
	BMJ  2007;335:s121, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39318.462292.7D, (Published 29 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An eventing doctor
	Karen Hebert
	BMJ  2007;335:s122, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39338.688252.CE, (Published 29 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Applying to a GP vocational training scheme: part 2
	Jenny Blythe
	BMJ  2007;335:gp129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39142.505451.7D, (Published 29 September 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Bjørn Ibsen
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2007;335:674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39344.561250.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Michael Gerald Askew
	Donald McNutt, Roz Reid
	BMJ  2007;335:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39337.683056.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Nina Agnes Jane Carson
	Dennis Carson
	BMJ  2007;335:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.739525.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Ian Patrick Mulligan
	Patrick Davey
	BMJ  2007;335:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39336.666030.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Anand Mohan Sur
	Poorvaali Sur
	BMJ  2007;335:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39329.694201.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	David Tidmarsh
	Henry R Rollin
	BMJ  2007;335:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.690532.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Japhet Mara Urasa
	Krishna Somers
	BMJ  2007;335:675, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39337.665868.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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