Editor's Choice: Covering ourselves
	Trevor Jackson
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.416100.59 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Orlistat over the counter
	Gareth Williams
	BMJ  2007;335:1163-1164, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.347049.80, (Published 15 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality in men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention
	Katia M C Verhamme, Miriam C J M Sturkenboom
	BMJ  2007;335:1164-1165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39384.556725.80, (Published 8 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recognising and responding to acute illness in patients in hospital
	Kathryn M Rowan, David A Harrison
	BMJ  2007;335:1165-1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39395.497928.80, (Published 29 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influence of pharmaceutical funding on the conclusions of meta-analyses
	Richard A Epstein
	BMJ  2007;335:1167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39381.655845.BE, (Published 16 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Implementing practice based commissioning
	Richard Q Lewis, Nicholas Mays, Natasha Curry, Ruth Robertson
	BMJ  2007;335:1168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39414.429838.BE [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Role of the doctor: To care for patients’ wellbeing
	Richard D Colman
	BMJ  2007;335:1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.497257.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Role of the doctor: Behold the factory worker
	Jane A Calne
	BMJ  2007;335:1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.367500.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Graduate medical school entry: Bad for state school applicants
	Andrew D Beggs
	BMJ  2007;335:1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.374815.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Atrial fibrillation: Rate control and digoxin
	Gregory Y H Lip, Michael Rudolf, Guideline development group for the NICE clinical guideline for the management of atrial fibrillation
	BMJ  2007;335:1169-1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.442731.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investigating renal impairment: Angioplasty’s role is uncertain
	David Ansell
	BMJ  2007;335:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.384653.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality and outcomes framework: So what are we to do?
	Trefor J Roscoe
	BMJ  2007;335:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.396030.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality and outcomes framework: Evidence of net benefit is lacking
	Les J Toop, Dee Mangin
	BMJ  2007;335:1170, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.414688.BE [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	GPs are struggling to gauge health needs of local people
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:1171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.552164.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors are not following ethical guidelines
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2007;335:1171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.528356.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK government pledges £370m to improve cancer care
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2007;335:1172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.370046.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Blame culture is still a problem in tackling patient safety
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;335:1172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39415.492164.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US gene therapy trial is to restart, despite patient’s death
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:1172-1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.369282.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mortality from measles fell by 91% in Africa from 2000 to 2006
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2007;335:1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.393275.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2007;335:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.357500.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC strikes Southall off medical register for serious professional misconduct
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.690845.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pay settlement next year is not likely to exceed 2%, Johnson says
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:1174-1175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.525926.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More mothers are dying from causes related to obesity
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2007;335:1175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.350799.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS doctors and finance staff have a negative view of each other
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2007;335:1175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.460544.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Dignitas is forced to offer its services from a former factory
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2007;335:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.507813.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Errors in deciding fetal sex from ultrasonography can lead to domestic abuse
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2007;335:1176-1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39415.712338.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Nearly half of all patients dying in English hospitals are not aware they have only hours to live
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.391806.DB [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Most US emergency departments poorly prepared to treat children
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2007;335:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.462234.BD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Holland plans chlamydia screening in 300 000 young people
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2007;335:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.508866.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Screening for bowel cancer halves numbers of emergency admissions and deaths
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2007;335:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.364063.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	Smoking licences and cutting salt in food would reduce health inequalities
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2007;335:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.603773.DB [Extract] [Full text]

	People with learning disabilities are being let down by NHS
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.489039.4E [Extract] [Full text]

	Agency launches advice to reduce number of prescribing errors
	Helen Mooney
	BMJ  2007;335:1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39418.634491.9C [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	What’s new in the other general journals
	BMJ  2007;335:1178-1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.658079.BE [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

	Is infant male circumcision an abuse of the rights of the child? Yes
	Geoff Hinchley
	BMJ  2007;335:1180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.520498.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is infant male circumcision an abuse of the rights of the child? No
	Kirsten Patrick
	BMJ  2007;335:1181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39406.523762.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Computed tomography screening: Better safe than sorry?
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2007;335:1182-1184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39415.528623.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Life and Death: The road to hell . . .
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2007;335:1185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39414.473600.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics Man: A perforated education
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2007;335:1186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.480995.34 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Patients’ charters and health responsibilities
	Harald Schmidt
	BMJ  2007;335:1187-1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39387.393160.AD, (Published 14 November 2007) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra][extra: Web extra]

Research

	New point of care Chlamydia Rapid Test—bridging the gap between diagnosis and treatment: performance evaluation study
	Lourdes Mahilum-Tapay, Vivian Laitila, James J Wawrzyniak, Helen H Lee, Sarah Alexander, Catherine Ison, Alison Swain, Penelope Barber, Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Beng T Goh
	BMJ  2007;335:1190-1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39402.463854.AE, (Published 30 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight: updated meta-analysis
	Diana Rucker, Raj Padwal, Stephanie K Li, Cintia Curioni, David C W Lau
	BMJ  2007;335:1194-1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.413113.25, (Published 15 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references: References to studies] FREE

	Mortality in men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention: database analysis
	James N Armitage, Nokuthaba Sibanda, Paul J Cathcart, Mark Emberton, Jan H P van der Meulen
	BMJ  2007;335:1199-1202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.617269.55, (Published 8 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Financial ties and concordance between results and conclusions in meta-analyses: retrospective cohort study
	Veronica Yank, Drummond Rennie, Lisa A Bero
	BMJ  2007;335:1202-1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39376.447211.BE, (Published 16 November 2007) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra] FREE

Clinical review

	Medical aspects of male circumcision
	Padraig Malone, Henrik Steinbrecher
	BMJ  2007;335:1206-1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.382708.AD [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra figures (paraphimosis and minor hypospadias)]

Practice

	Quality Improvement Report: Six year audit of cardiac arrests and medical emergency team calls in an Australian outer metropolitan teaching hospital
	Michael Buist, Julia Harrison, Ellie Abaloz, Susan Van Dyke
	BMJ  2007;335:1210-1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39385.534236.47, (Published 29 November 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal View: Please can we have some courageous leadership
	David M Lewis
	BMJ  2007;335:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.666042.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Everything changes but you?
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2007;335:1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.443322.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	In and Out of Hospital: Christmas party games
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2007;335:1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39415.448646.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the lines: Getting tar struck
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2007;335:1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39415.460694.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classic: Tender is the Night
	Giskin Day
	BMJ  2007;335:1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39414.492153.0F [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Sleep is the best medicine
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2007;335:1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.464063.59 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	BMJ  2007;335:1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39414.698785.471 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Jessica Harvey, Robin Roop
	BMJ  2007;335:1218, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39414.698785.47 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Doctors and climate change
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.483750.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The bitterest pill
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.485417.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituary: Hubert Campbell
	BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39420.486817.AD [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

	Are there any courses or exams I should consider to enhance my application for GP training at specialty training year 1 level?
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  2007;335:s206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39399.844271.CE, (Published 8 December 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Peace in our time
	Sabina Dosani
	BMJ  2007;335:s207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39416.461505.80, (Published 8 December 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medicine is a bridge to peace
	Patrick Stafler
	BMJ  2007;335:s207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39322.434572.7D, (Published 8 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Scuba diving
	Noor Kafil-Hussain
	BMJ  2007;335:s209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39381.468796.7D, (Published 8 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Crisis what's Crisis?
	Billy Boland
	BMJ  2007;335:s210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39401.855914.CE, (Published 8 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	MD/MCh in orthopaedics
	Farokh Wadia
	BMJ  2007;335:s211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.653530.CE, (Published 8 December 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Turning a problem into an opportunity
	Clifford Mayes
	BMJ  2007;335:s212-s213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39394.695058.CE, (Published 8 December 2007) [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	England women's football team doctor
	Amy Greensill
	BMJ  2007;335:s214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39399.643634.CE, (Published 8 December 2007) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Ronald Albert Fisher
	Teresa Fisher
	BMJ  2007;335:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.590625.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Duncan Buchanan MacGregor
	Fiona B MacGregor
	BMJ  2007;335:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.676667.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Donald Melvin MacKay
	R Boersma, Andrew Mackay, William Mackay, D W L Smith
	BMJ  2007;335:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.696539.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Edmund Mervyn Rosser
	Hilary Rosser
	BMJ  2007;335:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39412.663056.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Barnett ("Barney") Shanson
	David Shanson
	BMJ  2007;335:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.679699.BE [Extract] [Full text]

	Rasiah Somasundaram Thiagarajah
	Mahen Muthiah
	BMJ  2007;335:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39413.571979.BE [Extract] [Full text]

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