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19 April 2008 (Vol 336, No 7649)
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Editor's Choice: All the Cs
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39553.574525.47, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Complaints against doctors
Paul Kinnersley, Adrian Edwards
BMJ  2008;336:841-842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39525.658565.80, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Surgical treatment of pilonidal disease
John Bascom
BMJ  2008;336:842-843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.397292.BE, (Published 7 April 2008)
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Intergenerational recurrence of breech delivery
Janet R Hardy
BMJ  2008;336:843-844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39527.608542.80, (Published 27 March 2008)
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Darzi’s review of quality of care in the NHS
Jennifer Dixon
BMJ  2008;336:844-845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39541.622917.80, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Deaths in custody
Alison Frater
BMJ  2008;336:845-846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39546.635729.80, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Preventing falls among older people in hospital: Interpreting the null result
Frances Healey
BMJ  2008;336:847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.430162.3A, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Preventing falls among older people in hospital: Results are not surprising
Alan Walmsley
BMJ  2008;336:847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.489896.3A, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Leprosy chemoprophylaxis: What’s the need?
Mohammad M Rahman
BMJ  2008;336:847-848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.445521.3A, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Reducing NHS carbon footprint: Time for a culture change
Mike Simpson
BMJ  2008;336:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.480671.3A, (Published 19 April 2008)
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The woman question: Why is this news?
Sacha C Haworth
BMJ  2008;336:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.485660.3A, (Published 19 April 2008)
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The woman question: Sweden is a good model
Rosalind M Duhs
BMJ  2008;336:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.487465.3A, (Published 19 April 2008)
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The woman question: Change in attitude is required
Helen Fernandes
BMJ  2008;336:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.488692.3A, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Merck used ghostwriters and selective data in Vioxx publications, JAMA says
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2008;336:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39553.344965.DB, (Published 16 April 2008)
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Health department’s denial of free health care to asylum seekers was unlawful, judge says
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.549896.DB, (Published 16 April 2008)
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Wakefield admits fabricating events when he took children’s blood samples
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39553.506597.DB, (Published 17 April 2008)
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Australian drug industry seeks to improve its image
Bob Burton
BMJ  2008;336:850-851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39551.656875.C2, (Published 19 April 2008)
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HFEA will defend challenge from Christian group on hybrid embryo research
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2008;336:850-851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.380370.C2, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Germany liberalises law on stem cell research
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2008;336:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.538356.DB, (Published 19 April 2008)
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In brief
BMJ  2008;336:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.462014.4E, (Published 19 April 2008)
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More than 10% of hospital deaths could be avoided, conference is told
Henry Creagh
BMJ  2008;336:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.618426.DB, (Published 19 April 2008)
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US hospitals pass on most of the costs of errors
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2008;336:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39551.680417.C2, (Published 19 April 2008)
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How to cheat at anatomy
Annabel Ferriman
BMJ  2008;336:852-853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.487315.DB, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Two doctors in Holland are to be prosecuted over use of complementary therapy
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2008;336:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.636586.DB, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Health authority knew its cancer testing was inaccurate two years before publicly revealing it, inquiry is told
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2008;336:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39546.410938.DB, (Published 19 April 2008)
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New combined pill to treat malaria is launched
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2008;336:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.490856.4E, (Published 19 April 2008)
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UK psychiatrists offer help to colleagues in Iraq
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:854-855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.413241.4E, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Egyptian doctors who took part in forced HIV testing "violated medical ethics"
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2008;336:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39551.667778.C2, (Published 19 April 2008)
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More than 26 000 Americans die each year because of lack of health insurance
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2008;336:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.693981.DB, (Published 19 April 2008)
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US is urged to expand its healthcare workforce to cope with surge in number of elderly people
Bob Roehr
BMJ  2008;336:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39553.682685.94, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Better delivery, not more funding, is crucial to improving health care
Hugh Ip
BMJ  2008;336:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39553.336308.DB, (Published 19 April 2008)
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2008;336:856-857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39548.662211.80, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Should we screen for abdominal aortic aneurysm? Yes
Stephen Brearley
BMJ  2008;336:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39517.443796.AD, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Should we screen for aortic aneurysm? No
James N Johnson
BMJ  2008;336:863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39514.494167.AD, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing: Knowing me, knowing you 
Jeanne Lenzer, Shannon Brownlee
BMJ  2008;336:858-860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.451458.AD, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Life and Death: A general practitioner for every person in the world
Iona Heath
BMJ  2008;336:861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39548.435023.59, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Development of palliative care and legalisation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy?
Jan L Bernheim, Reginald Deschepper, Wim Distelmans, Arsène Mullie, Johan Bilsen, Luc Deliens
BMJ  2008;336:864-867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39497.397257.AD, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Healing by primary closure versus open healing after surgery for pilonidal sinus: systematic review and meta-analysis
Iain J D McCallum, Peter M King, Julie Bruce
BMJ  2008;336:868-871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39517.808160.BE, (Published 7 April 2008)
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Maternal and paternal contribution to intergenerational recurrence of breech delivery: population based cohort study
Tone Irene Nordtveit, Kari Klungsoyr Melve, Susanne Albrechtsen, Rolv Skjaerven
BMJ  2008;336:872-876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39505.436539.BE, (Published 27 March 2008)
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Internal and external validity of cluster randomised trials: systematic review of recent trials
Sandra Eldridge, Deborah Ashby, Catherine Bennett, Melanie Wakelin, Gene Feder
BMJ  2008;336:876-880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39517.495764.25, (Published 25 March 2008)
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Breast feeding
Pat Hoddinott, David Tappin, Charlotte Wright
BMJ  2008;336:881-887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.566296.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Competent Novice: Confidentiality
Julius Bourke, Simon Wessely
BMJ  2008;336:888-891, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.357731.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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The tale of an anorexic male medical student
David Gwynfor Samuel
BMJ  2008;336:892, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39546.715347.94, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Review of the Week: Lost in translation
Pardeep Grewal
BMJ  2008;336:893, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.519167.4E, (Published 19 April 2008)
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From the Frontline: Are there too many middle class doctors?
Des Spence
BMJ  2008;336:894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.500556.94, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Drug Tales and Other Stories: You do agree, don’t you?
Ike Iheanacho
BMJ  2008;336:894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39549.633530.94, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Between the Lines: Just saying no
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2008;336:895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.629317.59, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Medical Classics: Applied Physiology
Leonard Sinclair
BMJ  2008;336:895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39546.498796.34, (Published 19 April 2008)
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B S Dhillon, M C Nuttall, N Coull, T S O’Brien
BMJ  2008;336:898, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39548.521852.47, (Published 19 April 2008)
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BMJ  2008;336:898, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39548.573727.47, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Losing our way
James Barrett
BMJ  2008;336:867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39514.464144.AD, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Dreaming diagnosis
Nageena Hussain
BMJ  2008;336:891, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.499039.25, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Mobile phone text messaging can help young people manage asthma
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.645775.AD, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Effectiveness of the diabetes education and self management for ongoing and newly diagnosed (DESMOND) programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial
BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39553.528299.AD, (Published 19 April 2008)
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Gerrit Bras
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2008;336:896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.447928.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Margaret Campbell Barnet
Tony Dale
BMJ  2008;336:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39547.542894.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Colin Mackenzie Davidson
Roy May
BMJ  2008;336:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39545.764028.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Vincent Dolan
John Neary
BMJ  2008;336:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39545.727222.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Martin Vincent Lush Foss
Caroline Tucker
BMJ  2008;336:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.633669.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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William Knott Pallister
G Westbury, D J Pearce
BMJ  2008;336:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39547.633507.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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William Harford Rutherford
John Rutherford, Jonathan Marrow
BMJ  2008;336:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39545.755637.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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Peter John Webb
Mark Webb
BMJ  2008;336:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.712002.BE, (Published 19 April 2008)
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