The role of the doctor
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39399.659144.47 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Preventing malaria in endemic areas
	Donald R Roberts
	BMJ  2007;335:1001-1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39370.673785.BE, (Published 24 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving adherence to drugs for hypertension
	Knut Schroeder, Tom Fahey
	BMJ  2007;335:1002-1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.489398.80, (Published 8 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Maternal and neonatal effects of caesarean section
	Allison Shorten
	BMJ  2007;335:1003-1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39372.587650.80, (Published 30 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of community acquired pneumonia
	Lise M Bjerre
	BMJ  2007;335:1004-1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.668194.80 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Timing of surgery for inflammatory bowel disease
	J D Sanderson, G C Parkes
	BMJ  2007;335:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39358.624005.BE, (Published 30 October 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Managing sepsis: Surviving sepsis campaign's recommendations
	Lindsay E M Reid
	BMJ  2007;335:1007, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39394.644560.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Familial hypercholesterolaemia: Screening needs a fresh approach
	David S Wald, Jonathan P Bestwick, Nicholas J Wald
	BMJ  2007;335:1007-1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.370278.80 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lyme wars: Let's tackle the testing
	Raphael B Stricker, Lorraine Johnson
	BMJ  2007;335:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39394.676227.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Resuscitation decisions: Yes, but who is in charge?
	James E Griffin
	BMJ  2007;335:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.385972.80 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Resistance to HIV drugs: Detainees are affected
	Edward Costar, Jillian Pritchard
	BMJ  2007;335:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.393067.80 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol confusion: What is a unit?
	Rachel Seabrook
	BMJ  2007;335:1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.435984.80 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Court upholds GMC decision over Sally Clark case pathologist
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.639525.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Foreign doctors win High Court challenge over training places
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.720012.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In Brief: News
	BMJ  2007;335:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39399.396481.4E [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Most trusts will not meet chlamydia screening target
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2007;335:1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.715324.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Danish men consult GPs less than women but attend hospital more and have greater mortality
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:1010-1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.720995.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Merck to pay $5bn in rofecoxib claims
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2007;335:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.517176.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cost of US soldiers' health care could reach $650bn
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2007;335:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.753785.BD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Conflicting guidelines on same topics cause doctors confusion, say MPs
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;335:1012, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.679641.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity warns of proposed restrictions to asylum seekers' access to primary care
	Helen Mooney
	BMJ  2007;335:1012-1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.728472.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO reports growing commercial trade in transplant organs
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.419769.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	British paediatricians help Palestinians with training in child health
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:1013, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.527778.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	University drops case against Croatian academic accused of plagiarism
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.474711.4E, (Published 9 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Land mines mostly affect civilians but medical care often inadequate
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;335:1014-1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.491678.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Website tracks progress towards UN millennium goals
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.449514.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bayer withdraws heart surgery drug
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2007;335:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.644826.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Government may leave some patients out of 18 week target
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.541539.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Tuberculosis rates stable but at greatest since 1987
	Claire Laurent
	BMJ  2007;335:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.480590.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Childhood stroke linked to iron deficiency, study shows
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2007;335:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.467928.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Shortcuts from other journals: ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers: little difference
	BMJ  2007;335:1016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39394.571481.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Rosuvastatin doesn't work for older people with ischaemic heart failure
	BMJ  2007;335:1016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7628.1016-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Immunity against some viruses would last for centuries
	BMJ  2007;335:1016, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7628.1016-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Mobilisation and paracetamol usually enough for simple acute back pain
	BMJ  2007;335:1016-1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7628.1016-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Disability is worsening in obese Americans
	BMJ  2007;335:1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7628.1017 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Fenofibrate may reduce the risk of diabetic retinopathy
	BMJ  2007;335:1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7628.1017-a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Excess risk of cervical cancer in pill users falls once pills are stopped
	BMJ  2007;335:1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7628.1017-b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Shortcuts from other journals: Mucosal treatment for ulcerative colitis passes preliminary trial
	BMJ  2007;335:1017, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7628.1017-c [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Feature

	Maternal Health: Abortion round the world
	Hannah Brown
	BMJ  2007;335:1018-1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39393.491968.94 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Atlantic Crossing: US health care stands Adam Smith on his head
	Uwe E Reinhardt
	BMJ  2007;335:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.601655.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Measuring quality through performance: Respecting the subjective: quality measurement from the patient's perspective
	Glyn Elwyn, Stephen Buetow, Judith Hibbard, Michel Wensing
	BMJ  2007;335:1021-1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39339.490301.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Plant based insect repellent and insecticide treated bed nets to protect against malaria in areas of early evening biting vectors: double blind randomised placebo controlled clinical trial in the Bolivian Amazon
	N Hill, A Lenglet, A M Arnéz, I Carneiro
	BMJ  2007;335:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39356.574641.55, (Published 16 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Maternal and neonatal individual risks and benefits associated with caesarean delivery: multicentre prospective study
	José Villar, Guillermo Carroli, Nelly Zavaleta, Allan Donner, Daniel Wojdyla, Anibal Faundes, Alejandro Velazco, Vicente Bataglia, Ana Langer, Alberto Narváez, Eliette Valladares, Archana Shah, Liana Campodónico, Mariana Romero, Sofia Reynoso, Karla Simônia de Pádua, Daniel Giordano, Marius Kublickas, Arnaldo Acosta, World Health Organization 2005 Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health Research Group
	BMJ  2007;335:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.706956.55, (Published 30 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of general practitioner education on adherence to antihypertensive drugs: cluster randomised controlled trial
	Nudrat Noor Qureshi, Juanita Hatcher, Nish Chaturvedi, Tazeen H Jafar, Hypertension Research Group
	BMJ  2007;335:1030, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39360.617986.AE, (Published 8 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Mortality in patients with and without colectomy admitted to hospital for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: record linkage studies
	Stephen E Roberts, John G Williams, David Yeates, Michael J Goldacre
	BMJ  2007;335:1033, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39345.714039.55, (Published 30 October 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Clinical Review: Acute bronchiolitis
	Andrew Bush, Anne H Thomson
	BMJ  2007;335:1037-1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.600081.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Pregnancy Plus: Valvular heart disease
	E Gelson, M Gatzoulis, M Johnson
	BMJ  2007;335:1042-1045, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39365.655833.AE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references]

Views & reviews

	Personal View: Medical researchers need to stop hamming it up
	Mark Lawson
	BMJ  2007;335:1046, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39399.443461.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: A deficit of attention to impartiality?
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2007;335:1047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.512951.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the frontline: Itchy fingers
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;335:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39317.514398.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outside the Box: George's last stand
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2007;335:1048, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.443530.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: In memoriam
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:1049, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39398.491250.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Aequanimitas
	Daniel Sokol
	BMJ  2007;335:1049, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.642315.FA [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2007;335:1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39394.482025.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	Deirdre O'Shea, Matthew Fenech, Raman Lakshman
	BMJ  2007;335:1052, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39394.482025.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Do you have a question for Ara Darzi?
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39400.594595.80 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	MTAS—Indian style
	Ajit Singh Kashyap, Kuldip Parkash Anand, Surekha Kashyap
	BMJ  2007;335:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.544583.AD [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Unemployment prospects
	BMJ  2007;335:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.614479.CE, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Crisis—what crisis?
	BMJ  2007;335:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.614479.CE1, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Back to basics
	BMJ  2007;335:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.614479.CE2, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	It's all academic
	BMJ  2007;335:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.614479.CE3, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hot topic
	BMJ  2007;335:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.614479.CE4, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Raising racial awareness
	BMJ  2007;335:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.614479.CE5, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Future perfect
	BMJ  2007;335:s178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.614479.CE6, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Is the third degree one too many?
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2007;335:s179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.586597.80, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Going for the third degree
	Anna Gao, Philip I Murray
	BMJ  2007;335:s181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39357.654039.CE, (Published 17 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Forensic medicine
	Yasmin Akram
	BMJ  2007;335:s183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39227.522743.CE, (Published 17 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Full implementation of the EuropeanWorking Time Directive in 2009
	Amod Dalvi, Anoop Patel
	BMJ  2007;335:s184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.430648.7D, (Published 17 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Care of the critically ill surgical patient (CCrISP)
	Rajesh Nair
	BMJ  2007;335:s185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39368.697882.7D, (Published 17 November 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A retired surgeon who writes
	Peter Cross
	BMJ  2007;335:s186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39388.861204.CE, (Published 17 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Anthony Ward Clare
	Muiris Houston
	BMJ  2007;335:1050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39393.543843.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Frederick Ewart Cull
	Roger E Cull
	BMJ  2007;335:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39391.682234.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Peter Harry Holmes
	Richard I Holmes
	BMJ  2007;335:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.521782.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Herbert Lumley Matthews
	Geoffrey Holmes
	BMJ  2007;335:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.720729.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Colin George Miller
	Peter McMullin
	BMJ  2007;335:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39391.586273.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	William Chisholm Scott
	Peter Scott
	BMJ  2007;335:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39391.667951.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Vaughan Pearson Smith
	Chris Smith
	BMJ  2007;335:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39379.575266.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Katherine Beryl Worley
	Anne Wiles
	BMJ  2007;335:1051, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39391.701157.BE [Extract] [Full text]

Career focus

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