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24 November 2007 (Vol 335, No 7629)
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Careful what you measure
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.590822.47
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Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and higher long term risk of cancer
Guglielmo Ronco, Mario Giovanni Sideri, Stefano Ciatto
BMJ  2007;335:1053-1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.439444.80, (Published 24 October 2007)
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Child wellbeing and inequalities in rich countries
M E Black, H E Jeffery
BMJ  2007;335:1054-1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.490984.80, (Published 16 November 2007)
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Defining a high performance healthcare organisation
Bruce D Agins, Marc M Holden
BMJ  2007;335:1055-1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.605752.80, (Published 29 October 2007)
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Rate control in permanent atrial fibrillation
Theodora Nikolaidou, Kevin S Channer
BMJ  2007;335:1057-1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39365.511076.BE
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Meningitis after cochlear implantation
Benjamin PC Wei, Graeme M Clark, Stephen J O'Leary, Robert K Shepherd, Roy M Robins-Browne
BMJ  2007;335:1058, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39380.598380.80
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What's wrong with the NHS?: Well, if you are old and frail . . .
David Oliver
BMJ  2007;335:1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.362234.BE
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Pre-eclampsia: Pre-eclampsia is an inflammatory disorder
Jecko V Thachil
BMJ  2007;335:1059, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.415046.BE
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Reducing your carbon footprint: How telemedicine helps
Anthony C Smith, Victor Patterson, Richard E Scott
BMJ  2007;335:1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.471863.BE
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Should drugs be decriminalised?: Prohibition is an ideologically driven failure
Stephen A Rolles
BMJ  2007;335:1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.477639.BE
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Should drugs be decriminalised?: Debate the balance of harm
Stephen Black
BMJ  2007;335:1060-1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.509826.BE
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Should drugs be decriminalised?: Prevention campaigns work
Mary D Brett
BMJ  2007;335:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39404.784155.BE
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Should drugs be decriminalised?: Look beyond legalisation
Christopher McAloon
BMJ  2007;335:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.528958.BE
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Should drugs be decriminalised?: Sweden's story in responses
Sharon Davies
BMJ  2007;335:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.598924.BE
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Should drugs be decriminalised?: Try a little compassion
Roger L Weeks
BMJ  2007;335:1061, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.572685.BE
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Allergy after breast feeding: Testing hypotheses: reply
Michael S Kramer
BMJ  2007;335:1061-1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.414144.80
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GMC and the MMC collapse: Role of the PLAB test
Martin Hart
BMJ  2007;335:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.597616.BE
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Poverty on the doorstep: Summary of responses
Sharon Davies
BMJ  2007;335:1062, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.736551.BE
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Consultant contract has not resulted in any increased productivity
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.469884.DB
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Practice based commissioning is delivering only "modest" results, watchdog says
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;335:1063, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.521829.4E
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;335:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.459074.4E
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Ministers veto equal access to health care for children of non-Israeli citizens
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  2007;335:1064, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.654606.DB
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Swiss hospitals admit to allowing assisted suicide on their wards
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2007;335:1064-1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.470498.94
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Threat to break patents saves Brazil $1bn in cost of HIV treatment
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;335:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.515706.DB
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US makers of joint replacements are fined for paying surgeons to use their devices
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;335:1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.383970.DB
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Return to the true path?
Nicholas Timmins
BMJ  2007;335:1066-1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.462431.94
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Government warns of tough competition for trainee posts next year after Appeal Court ruling
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;335:1066, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.341782.DB
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Donaldson defends decision not to resign over recruitment chaos
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:1066-1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.620752.DB
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Hospitals without appropriate expertise should not offer trauma care
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2007;335:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39399.466366.4E
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Papworth Hospital can resume heart transplantations, says watchdog
Caroline White
BMJ  2007;335:1068-1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.523553.4E
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Government agrees that human rights laws should cover elderly in private care homes
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;335:1068-1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.369618.DB
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Cancer incidence among young is higher in England's wealthier areas
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;335:1068-1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.626285.94
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Controversial embryo bill receives second hearing in Lords
Lynn Eaton
BMJ  2007;335:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.478241.DB
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WHO and UN slash their estimates of global HIV prevalence
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2007;335:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.611273.DB
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New US charity to foster drug research sparks fears of undue industry influence
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2007;335:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.716667.DB
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Review of child health targets shows progress, but coordination needs to improve
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2007;335:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.450162.DB
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BMA rejects Tooke proposal for a sub-consultant grade
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:1069, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.613993.DB
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Shortcuts from other journals: Antiobesity drug rimonabant linked to anxiety and depression
BMJ  2007;335:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.625544.BE
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Shortcuts from other journals: Soldiers' mental health deteriorates for months after returning from Iraq
BMJ  2007;335:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7629.1070-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Vaccine preventable diseases fall to all time low in the US
BMJ  2007;335:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7629.1070-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Disagreement over intellectual property delays health strategy for poor countries
BMJ  2007;335:1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7629.1070-c
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Shortcuts from other journals: Cituximab buys more time for some people with advanced colorectal cancer
BMJ  2007;335:1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7629.1071
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Shortcuts from other journals: US hospitals are unprepared for disaster
BMJ  2007;335:1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7629.1071-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Teriparatide better than alendronate for steroid induced osteoporosis
BMJ  2007;335:1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7629.1071-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: People walk further wearing pedometers
BMJ  2007;335:1071, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7629.1071-c
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Head to head: Should all medical students be graduates first? Yes
Ed Peile
BMJ  2007;335:1072, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39283.476725.BE
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Should all medical students be graduates first? NO
Charles George
BMJ  2007;335:1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39283.646771.BE
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Medicine and the Media: Mixed messages over breast milk and brainy babies
Mary McCartney
BMJ  2007;335:1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39401.651146.0F
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Measuring quality through performance: Measuring performance and missing the point?
Iona Heath, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Liam Smeeth
BMJ  2007;335:1075-1076, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.387373.AD
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Long term risk of invasive cancer after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3: population based cohort study
Björn Strander, Agneta Andersson-Ellström, Ian Milsom, Pär Sparén
BMJ  2007;335:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.471806.BE, (Published 24 October 2007)
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Child wellbeing and income inequality in rich societies: ecological cross sectional study
Kate E Pickett, Richard G Wilkinson
BMJ  2007;335:1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.580162.55, (Published 16 November 2007)
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Correlations among measures of quality in HIV care in the United States: cross sectional study
Ira B Wilson, Bruce E Landon, Peter V Marsden, Lisa R Hirschhorn, Keith McInnes, Lin Ding, Paul D Cleary
BMJ  2007;335:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39364.520278.55, (Published 29 October 2007)
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Treatment of bronchiectasis in adults
Nick H T ten Hacken, Peter J Wijkstra, Huib A M Kerstjens
BMJ  2007;335:1089-1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39384.657118.80
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Rational Imaging: Investigating progressive unexplained renal impairment and hypertension
L A Ratnam, S R Nelson, A M Belli
BMJ  2007;335:1094-1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39363.672743.AD
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Personal view: A few lessons about drugs and gun crime
Ademola Odunfa
BMJ  2007;335:1097, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.421701.FA
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From the Frontline: The bitterest pill
Des Spence
BMJ  2007;335:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.487002.59
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Drug Tales and Other Stories: Now and then
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2007;335:1098, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.652303.94
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Between the Lines: The God delusion
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;335:1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39405.660243.59
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Medical Classics: 12, 20 & 5: A Doctor's Year in Vietnam
Andrew McDonald Johnston
BMJ  2007;335:1099, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39401.678090.59
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Review of the Week: When Blair went to market
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2007;335:1100, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.535451.59
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Minerva
BMJ  2007;335:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.499282.471
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Minerva
Rajeev Kushwara, Pradeep Basnyat
BMJ  2007;335:1102, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.499282.47
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Call for papers: hypertension
BMJ  2007;335:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39388.419236.AD
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An all-round thumbs up
Gavin Huw Owen Brigstocke
BMJ  2007;335:1093, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.618125.DE
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Doctor only to the dead
Laxmi Vilas Ghimire
BMJ  2007;335:1096, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.655266.AD
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Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight: updated meta-analysis
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.519132.AD
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Obituary: John Edgar Morison
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.613299.AD
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Medical voluntouring
Tim Killeen, Danni Kirwan, Fred Martineau, Brian D Nicholson
BMJ  2007;335:s188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39400.817188.CE, (Published 24 November 2007)
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My surgical elective in the US
Robert A Watson
BMJ  2007;335:s188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39400.831759.CE, (Published 24 November 2007)
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My surgical elective in the US
Joanna Chikwe
BMJ  2007;335:s188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39400.853958.CE, (Published 24 November 2007)
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Career Focus
BMJ  2007;335:s188, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39400.859572.CE, (Published 24 November 2007)
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Night watch
Sabina Dosani
BMJ  2007;335:s189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.499317.80, (Published 24 November 2007)
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Hospitals at night
John Bonner
BMJ  2007;335:s189-s191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39381.438993.7D, (Published 24 November 2007)
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Rehabilitation medicine
Yasmin Akram
BMJ  2007;335:s191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39210.664120.CE, (Published 24 November 2007)
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Working in paediatric intensive care
Wangui Manguyu, Richard Paget
BMJ  2007;335:s192-s193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39351.817674.7D, (Published 24 November 2007)
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An MTAS rebel
Amy Davis
BMJ  2007;335:s194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39394.815440.CE, (Published 24 November 2007)
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Macmillan GP facilitators
Rosie Loftus, Charles Campion-Smith
BMJ  2007;335:gp204-gp205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39275.563345.7D, (Published 24 November 2007)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Hubert Campbell
Michael J Campbell
BMJ  2007;335:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.670197.BE
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Alexander Murray Farrell
Christina Ross
BMJ  2007;335:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.554954.BE
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Dilip Raje
Indrajit Phalke
BMJ  2007;335:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.619861.BE
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Basil Seltzer
Abigail Seltzer
BMJ  2007;335:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.585301.BE
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David Kermac Macmeikan Thomas
Nicholas Thomas
BMJ  2007;335:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39392.539387.BE
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David Eric Worsley
Simon D Worsley, Sylvia N Worsley
BMJ  2007;335:1101, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.689282.BE
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