A diverse profession
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39539.593252.47, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Improving uptake of MMR vaccine
	Peter McIntyre, Julie Leask
	BMJ  2008;336:729-730, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.508484.80, (Published 28 February 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chemoprophylaxis in the prevention of leprosy
	W Cairns S Smith
	BMJ  2008;336:730-731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39525.504688.80, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of gender on performance in medicine
	Jenny Firth-Cozens
	BMJ  2008;336:731-732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39526.359630.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Follow-up of children who survive cancer
	Meriel Jenney, Gill Levitt
	BMJ  2008;336:732-733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39490.692627.80, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How should health professionals take action against climate change?
	Anna Coote
	BMJ  2008;336:733-734, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.509456.80, (Published 2 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Observational evidence for determining drug safety: Too high a pedestal
	Jeffrey K Aronson
	BMJ  2008;336:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.475648.1F, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Report calls for shake up in management of sick notes: Incapacity, work, and benefits
	Miles J Stanger
	BMJ  2008;336:735, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.460289.1F, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Helicobacter pylori test and treat versus proton pump inhibitor: Role of H pylori in dyspepsia
	Michael Hobsley, Frank I Tovey
	BMJ  2008;336:735-736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.515521.1F, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A crisis of confidence: Failing to explain basics can only undermine confidence
	Michael Keegan
	BMJ  2008;336:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.454410.1F, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A crisis of confidence: Vulnerability of healthcare staff
	Richard FitzGerald
	BMJ  2008;336:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.444306.1F, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do we neglect patients with multiple health problems?: Individual doctors do their best not to
	Peter G Davies
	BMJ  2008;336:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.433993.1F, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors warn of premature move to polyclinics: Joined-up thinking?
	Chris E Nancollas
	BMJ  2008;336:736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.425139.1F, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Trial participants need to be more representative of patients
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2008;336:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39539.578507.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Vascular screening of over 40s will save 2000 lives a year, says health department
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39539.369977.4E, (Published 1 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Wakefield tells GMC he was motivated by concern for autistic children
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39539.438056.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Psychiatrist is struck off for wide ranging dishonesty and lack of insight
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.630544.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Guide to diagnosing sexual abuse of children is published
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:738, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39539.499282.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS chief executive denies BMA took health department "for a ride" over GP contract
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2008;336:739, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.548449.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UN hears demands that 10% of spending on roads should go on safety measures
	Emma Wilkinson
	BMJ  2008;336:740-741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.492604.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS should bring in measures to reduce its carbon footprint, BMA says
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.375706.DB, (Published 2 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New law puts NHS trusts at risk of charges of corporate manslaughter
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39537.847523.C2, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Academic freedom is at risk in dispute over Gardasil, lecturers say
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2008;336:741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.642025.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.482569.4E, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Australian drug industry gives details of money spent courting doctors
	Bob Burton
	BMJ  2008;336:742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.488299.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Continuing education should no longer be funded by drug industry, says CMAJ
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2008;336:742-743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.514884.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Longer, better studies of coronary stents are needed, FDA tells industry
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2008;336:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39537.837419.C2, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pfizer loses attempt to force journals to reveal peer review comments
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.486389.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Reducing inequalities in health will need a long timeframe, MPs are told
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2008;336:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39537.828032.C2, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Research into HIV vaccines needs to change direction
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2008;336:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.478322.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Government offers reassurance about funds for proposed research centre
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;336:743, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.574479.DB, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;336:744-745, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.580104.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

	Are there too many female medical graduates? Yes
	Brian McKinstry
	BMJ  2008;336:748, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.491065.94, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are there too many female medical graduates? No
	Jane Dacre
	BMJ  2008;336:749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.566701.94, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Research funding: An unlikely benefactor
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;336:746, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39506.495868.AD, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Only Connect: Don’t just blame the system
	Nicholas A Christakis
	BMJ  2008;336:747, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.461134.59, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Rethinking global access to vaccines
	Dave A Chokshi, Aaron S Kesselheim
	BMJ  2008;336:750-753, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.598044.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Factors associated with uptake of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) and use of single antigen vaccines in a contemporary UK cohort: prospective cohort study
	Anna Pearce, Catherine Law, David Elliman, Tim J Cole, Helen Bedford, the Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group
	BMJ  2008;336:754-757, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.590671.25, (Published 28 February 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cluster randomised trial of a targeted multifactorial intervention to prevent falls among older people in hospital
	Robert G Cumming, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen R Lord, Judy M Simpson, Constance Vogler, Ian D Cameron, Vasi Naganathan, for the Prevention of Older People’s Injury Falls Prevention in Hospitals Research Group
	BMJ  2008;336:758-760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39499.546030.BE, (Published 10 March 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of single dose rifampicin in preventing leprosy in close contacts of patients with newly diagnosed leprosy: cluster randomised controlled trial
	F Johannes Moet, David Pahan, Linda Oskam, Jan H Richardus, for the COLEP Study Group
	BMJ  2008;336:761-764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39500.885752.BE, (Published 10 March 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Polymyalgia rheumatica
	Clement J Michet, Eric L Matteson
	BMJ  2008;336:765-769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39514.653588.80, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Guidelines: Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: summary of NICE guidance
	Roberta Richey, David Wray, Tim Stokes, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2008;336:770-771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.423148.AD, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on infective endocarditis
	Mark Connaughton
	BMJ  2008;336:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39512.666412.AD, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Late hazards after repair of coarctation of the aorta
	Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, Amanda Griffiths, Asif Hasan, John O’Sullivan
	BMJ  2008;336:772-773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39472.693356.47, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	Personal View: Can I cremate my own leg?
	Simon Marlow
	BMJ  2008;336:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.654711.59, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Body builders
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2008;336:775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39539.432338.59, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Bend it like . . . ?
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;336:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.455891.59, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Best Medicine: Passion required
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2008;336:776, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.585579.59, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: A lesson before dying
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;336:777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.473218.59, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine
	James Curran
	BMJ  2008;336:777, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39527.472303.4E, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	BMJ  2008;336:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.662338.47, (Published 5 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	K Heathcote, T Upile, J M Theaker
	BMJ  2008;336:780, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.659410.47, (Published 5 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Getting to the bottom of evidence based medicine
	Susan Bewley
	BMJ  2008;336:764, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39486.615741.AD, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Valery Ivanovich Shumakov
	Boleslav Lichterman
	BMJ  2008;336:778, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.777083.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Bruce Eton
	Rachel Ellis
	BMJ  2008;336:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39517.698264.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Heinz Fuld
	Chris Evans
	BMJ  2008;336:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39512.766852.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Peter David Graham
	Sandy Gordon
	BMJ  2008;336:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.672870.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	David William Hill
	Rob Hill
	BMJ  2008;336:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.695775.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Paul Arthur Hooper
	Stuart Sanders
	BMJ  2008;336:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.703565.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Ghulam Hussain
	Carolyn Charlesworth, Pam Kemp
	BMJ  2008;336:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.681389.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Hanuš Weisl
	J A Fairclough
	BMJ  2008;336:779, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39512.701574.BE, (Published 5 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

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