Editor's Choice: Reduce, reuse, recycle
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.679155.47, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	Screening for MRSA
	Mark H Wilcox
	BMJ  2008;336:899-900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.650336.BE, (Published 16 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to improve surgical outcomes
	Peter J E Holt, Jan D Poloniecki, Matt M Thompson
	BMJ  2008;336:900-901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39545.504792.80, (Published 21 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sentinel lymph node biopsy in malignant melanoma
	J Meirion Thomas
	BMJ  2008;336:902-903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39519.646424.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient and public involvement in clinical trials
	Hazel Thornton
	BMJ  2008;336:903-904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39547.586100.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Continuous deep sedation: Dutch research reflects problems with the Liverpool care pathway
	Adrian J Treloar
	BMJ  2008;336:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.400370.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Competition in the English NHS: Let’s return to representative planning for a population
	Robert Elkeles
	BMJ  2008;336:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.411100.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Suicide and the internet: Study misses internet’s greater collection of support websites
	John M Grohol
	BMJ  2008;336:905-906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.435000.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fetal RHD typing: Is fetal RHD typing in all RhD negative women cost effective?
	Ala Szczepura, Gouke Bonsel, Christian Krauth, Leeza Osipenko, Alexander Haverkamp
	BMJ  2008;336:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.499549.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Radical Muslim doctors: Sweeping misrepresentation will fuel fear and prejudice
	Jamila Sherif
	BMJ  2008;336:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.465833.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Radical Muslim doctors: Pure speculation is dangerous
	Shazad Amin
	BMJ  2008;336:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.480602.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	New thinking is needed to increase local care for patients
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.366343.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Polyclinics could close 1700 general practices, Conservatives claim
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2008;336:907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.655428.4E, (Published 23 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:908, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.700220.4E, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Low reimbursement means US doctors with many ethnic minority patients have less time for each consultation
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2008;336:908-909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.726736.BD, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Danish government turns to doctors to tackle rising absenteeism from work
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;336:908-909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.755660.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	One third of hepatitis B carriers in Hong Kong have severe liver fibrosis
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2008;336:909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.489097.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Primary care trusts provide poor information for practice based commissioning
	Robert Short
	BMJ  2008;336:910-911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.573032.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Being "humorous without being disrespectful"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:910, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.344896.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA rejects proposal that GPs should pay cost of patients’ unnecessary visits to emergency departments
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2008;336:910, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.683773.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Paediatricians "have grave concerns" about GMC procedures for child protection work
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.342859.DB, (Published 21 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS managers call for calm in debate on polyclinics
	Rob Finch
	BMJ  2008;336:911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.645162.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Food price rises will increase deaths from malnutrition, Swiss foundation warns
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2008;336:912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.599074.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Charity calls on governments to give 10% of funding to people orphaned by AIDS
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;336:912, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.617454.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pilot study shows cost effective approach to enable people to die at home
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:912-913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.456829.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Palliative care toolkit developed for staff in developing countries
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2008;336:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.505313.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA works with US health insurers to identify drug problems
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.404560.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Health minister says data showing that child health in South Africa is not improving are unreliable
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2008;336:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.698287.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Revalidation needs proper testing before adoption throughout UK
	Lisa Hitchen
	BMJ  2008;336:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.557743.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	One in five US soldiers have depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, study finds
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2008;336:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.503206.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Radiographers increase cancer detection rate, but at cost
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;336:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.708681.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Most cases of research misconduct go undetected, conference told
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2008;336:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.698646.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	UK government to spend £1bn on development research in next five years
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:913, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.664433.4E, (Published 23 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;336:914-915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.630012.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	When is a polyclinic not a polyclinic?
	Rob Finch
	BMJ  2008;336:916-918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.381053.DB, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Body Politic: They’re digging up the trees they’ve just planted
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2008;336:919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.604572.94, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	How can quality of health care be safeguarded across the European Union?
	Helena Legido-Quigley, Martin McKee, Kieran Walshe, Rosa Suñol, Ellen Nolte, Niek Klazinga
	BMJ  2008;336:920-923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39538.584190.47, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations: GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations
	Gordon H Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman, Gunn E Vist, Regina Kunz, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Pablo Alonso-Coello, Holger J Schünemann, for the GRADE Working Group
	BMJ  2008;336:924-926, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39489.470347.AD, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Impact of rapid screening tests on acquisition of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: cluster randomised crossover trial
	Dakshika Jeyaratnam, Christopher J M Whitty, Katie Phillips, Dongmei Liu, Christina Orezzi, Uchechukwu Ajoku, Gary L French
	BMJ  2008;336:927-930, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39525.579063.BE, (Published 16 April 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cumulative funnel plots for the early detection of interoperator variation: retrospective database analysis of observed versus predicted results of percutaneous coronary intervention
	Babu Kunadian, Joel Dunning, Anthony P Roberts, Robert Morley, Darragh Twomey, James A Hall, Andrew G C Sutton, Robert A Wright, Douglas F Muir, Mark A de Belder
	BMJ  2008;336:931-934, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39512.529120.BE, (Published 26 March 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Volume of procedures and risk of recurrence after repair of groin hernia: national register study
	Pär Nordin, Willem van der Linden
	BMJ  2008;336:934-937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39525.514572.25, (Published 21 April 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

	Investigation of blunt abdominal trauma
	Jan O Jansen, Steven R Yule, Malcolm A Loudon
	BMJ  2008;336:938-942, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.686192.80, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Change Page: Use graduated compression stockings postoperatively to prevent deep vein thrombosis
	Susan M Phillips, Martin Gallagher, Heather Buchan
	BMJ  2008;336:943-944, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39513.642789.AD, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Making a Difference

	Making a difference: running the gauntlet to improve health care
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;336:947, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39541.660289.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug Resistant Infections in Poor Countries: A major burden on children
	Zulfiqar A Bhutta
	BMJ  2008;336:948-949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.680718.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug Resistant Infections in Poor Countries: A shrinking window of opportunity
	Ralph Gonzales, Kitty K Corbett, Veronika Wirtz, Anahi Dreser
	BMJ  2008;336:948-949, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39534.553044.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Multiple Health Problems in Elderly People: Never had it so good?
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2008;336:950-951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39532.671319.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Multiple Health Problems in Elderly People: Adapting what is known
	John H Wasson
	BMJ  2008;336:950-951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39532.671597.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Excessive Drinking in Young Women: Not just a "lifestyle disease"
	Ian T Gilmore
	BMJ  2008;336:952-953, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.716863.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Excessive Drinking in Young Women: Reducing harm through quality improvement
	Brenda Reiss-Brennan, Lucy A Savitz, Pascal Briot, Wayne Cannon
	BMJ  2008;336:952-953, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.730370.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Management of Chronic Pain: Help and hope at the bottom of the pile
	Henry McQuay
	BMJ  2008;336:954-955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.699190.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Management of Chronic Pain: Improving shared decision making in osteoarthritis
	Dawn Stacey, Gillian Hawker, Geoff Dervin, Ivan Tomek, Nan Cochran, Peter Tugwell, Annette M O’Connor
	BMJ  2008;336:954-955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.701748.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly People: A substantial cause of preventable illness
	Jerry Avorn, William H Shrank
	BMJ  2008;336:956-957, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.671053.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Adverse Drug Reactions in Elderly People: The challenge of safer prescribing
	Anne Spinewine
	BMJ  2008;336:956-957, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39520.686458.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palliative Care Beyond Cancer: Care for all at the end of life
	Scott A Murray, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2008;336:958-959, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.491238.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Palliative Care Beyond Cancer: Reliable comfort and meaningfulness
	Joanne Lynn
	BMJ  2008;336:958-959, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.656319.94, (Published 8 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Views & reviews

	Review of the Week: Listen to the wounded healers
	Philip Thomas
	BMJ  2008;336:960, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.417106.3A, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Enough to wish you were asleep
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2008;336:961, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.483426.3A, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: X ray specs
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;336:962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39559.547118.94, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Starting Out: Why I love a free lunch
	Kinesh Patel
	BMJ  2008;336:962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.557234.94, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: No room for Plato
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;336:963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.633819.94, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Doctor at Dien-Bien-Phu
	Robert M Bruce-Chwatt, Richmond, Surrey
	BMJ  2008;336:963, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39527.518912.4E, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Furrat Amen
	BMJ  2008;336:966, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.508009.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;336:966, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.611644.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	The red mixture
	Suresh Kumar Pathak
	BMJ  2008;336:937, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39486.761794.AD, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Adverse drug reactions in elderly people
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.618044.AD, (Published 26 April 2008) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Alice Ricciardi
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;336:964, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.670660.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	John Leslie Robert Barlow
	Louise Barlow
	BMJ  2008;336:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39547.596470.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Robert Danbury
	Chris Danbury
	BMJ  2008;336:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39554.711910.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	William Peter Gover Jones
	Gareth Symons
	BMJ  2008;336:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39554.603634.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Herbert Kay
	John Canning
	BMJ  2008;336:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39554.636817.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Brian Walter Pullen
	Barbara Pullen, Sue Squire, Kate Slaven
	BMJ  2008;336:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39547.555556.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	James Howard Stiff
	Graham Stiff
	BMJ  2008;336:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39554.686505.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Robert Irvine Wilson
	James Nixon
	BMJ  2008;336:965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39552.713877.BE, (Published 26 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

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