Reclaiming the placebo effect
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39567.551181.47, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Editorials

	What is the placebo worth?
	David Spiegel, Anne Harrington
	BMJ  2008;336:967-968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39535.344201.BE, (Published 3 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of proteinuria in pregnancy
	Lucy C Chappell, Andrew H Shennan
	BMJ  2008;336:968-969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39540.657928.BE, (Published 10 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Corticosteroids for acute respiratory distress syndrome
	Neill K J Adhikari, Damon C Scales
	BMJ  2008;336:969-970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39553.408924.80, (Published 23 April 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Problem based learning
	Diana F Wood
	BMJ  2008;336:971, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39546.716053.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opium production in Afghanistan
	Mark Malloch-Brown
	BMJ  2008;336:972, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39554.402199.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	An emerging problem: Urinary tract disease associated with chronic ketamine use
	Angela M Cottrell, Rachel Athreeres, Pete Weinstock, Kate Warren, David Gillatt
	BMJ  2008;336:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39562.711713.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality: Communications with primary care trusts: another challenge
	Anthony S David
	BMJ  2008;336:973, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.425058.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for aortic aneurysm: Detection is not as harmful as it might seem
	Theresa M Marteau
	BMJ  2008;336:973-974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.455926.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for aortic aneurysm: Some of the reasons for lukewarm support are purely political
	Jonathan Beard
	BMJ  2008;336:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.432245.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for aortic aneurysm: No conclusion for men aged 65-75 who have never smoked
	John Doherty
	BMJ  2008;336:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.442407.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Global access to vaccines: Vaccine science and commerce: never the twain shall meet?
	Joseph L Mathew
	BMJ  2008;336:974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.553715.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Global access to vaccines: Poor nations are being lured into a debt trap
	Jacob M Puliyel, Ashutosh Shrivastava
	BMJ  2008;336:974-975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.529757.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Global access to vaccines: Vaccine sale is not tailored to improving India’s health
	Alexander Mathew
	BMJ  2008;336:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.536157.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Global access to vaccines: Vaccine requirements compete with basic needs of poor people
	Onkar Mittal
	BMJ  2008;336:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.588762.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Global access to vaccines: The lessons of history
	C Sathyamala
	BMJ  2008;336:975, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.574780.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery for pilonidal disease: Articles point to the creation of a cartel
	Peter J Mahaffey
	BMJ  2008;336:975-976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.485000.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reproductive liberty and deafness: Clause 14(4)(9) of embryo bill should be amended or deleted
	Steve Emery, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Anna Middleton, Rachel Belk, Graham Turner
	BMJ  2008;336:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.495741.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE on infective endocarditis: A call for national monitoring of antibiotic prophylaxis
	Neil Herring, David C Sprigings
	BMJ  2008;336:976, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.556343.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Haemoglobin based blood substitutes raise risk of myocardial infarction and death
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39567.361065.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gene therapy is in danger of being overhyped, expert says
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;336:977, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.632859.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cancer centre provides space for patients to "explore their thoughts"
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39567.391586.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	A state run healthcare system is still relevant today, debate decides
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2008;336:978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39562.639363.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Move to split role of healthcare purchaser and provider may have to be abandoned, expert says
	Nick Timmins
	BMJ  2008;336:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39562.531308.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Women in academic medicine still have to battle against macho culture
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:979, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.390498.B9, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;336:980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.422454.4E, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MEPs shun cancer advocacy group because of industry funding
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;336:980, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.553889.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Children should have electrocardiography before taking drugs for hyperactivity
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;336:980-981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.364398.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK hospitals that offer cord blood collection will need licence from July
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39567.422905.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Icons developed to cut drug errors
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;336:981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.554722.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Reliance on direct payment for health care in Asia is higher in poorer than in richer countries, new study shows
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;336:982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.499352.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canada’s drug advisory committee says emergency contraception should be available over the counter
	Barbara Kermode-Scott
	BMJ  2008;336:982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39562.549664.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeon who owned hospital faces 69 charges of flawed treatment and four of manslaughter
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;336:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.501725.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Registrar who used excessive force in forceps delivery is struck off
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2008;336:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.372731.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Arguments for lowering the upper time limit for abortion are flawed, says Lord Steel
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;336:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39567.604028.4E, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS Confederation calls for compulsory insurance to fund care of elderly people
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2008;336:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.599977.DB, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	MPs call for better safeguards on antipsychotic use in care homes
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2008;336:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.573079.4E, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Nine out of 10 GPs accept government offer on extended hours but criticise direction of policy
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2008;336:983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39513.457292.DB, (Published 6 March 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

Short cuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;336:984-985, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39562.643426.80, (Published 3 May 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

	Does it matter that medical graduates don’t get jobs as doctors? Yes
	Graham Winyard
	BMJ  2008;336:990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.457060.AD, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does it matter that medical graduates don’t get jobs as doctors? No
	Alan Maynard
	BMJ  2008;336:991, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39555.500613.AD, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Profile: Twenty first century native
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2008;336:986-988, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39548.369977.AD, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Yankee Doodling: Who wrote that article?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2008;336:989, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.567847.94, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	How scientifically valid is the knowledge base of global mental health?
	Derek Summerfield
	BMJ  2008;336:992-994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39513.441030.AD, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rating quality of evidence and strength of recommendations: What is "quality of evidence" and why is it important to clinicians?
	Gordon H Guyatt, Andrew D Oxman, Regina Kunz, Gunn E Vist, Yngve Falck-Ytter, Holger J Schünemann, for the GRADE Working Group
	BMJ  2008;336:995-998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39490.551019.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research

	Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
	Ted J Kaptchuk, John M Kelley, Lisa A Conboy, Roger B Davis, Catherine E Kerr, Eric E Jacobson, Irving Kirsch, Rosa N Schyner, Bong Hyun Nam, Long T Nguyen, Min Park, Andrea L Rivers, Claire McManus, Efi Kokkotou, Douglas A Drossman, Peter Goldman, Anthony J Lembo
	BMJ  2008;336:999-1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39524.439618.25, (Published 3 April 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Diagnostic accuracy of urinary spot protein:creatinine ratio for proteinuria in hypertensive pregnant women: systematic review
	Anne-Marie Côté, Mark A Brown, Elaine Lam, Peter von Dadelszen, Tabassum Firoz, Robert M Liston, Laura A Magee
	BMJ  2008;336:1003-1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39532.543947.BE, (Published 10 April 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references for included studies] FREE

	Corticosteroids in the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adults: meta-analysis
	John Victor Peter, Preeta John, Petra L Graham, John L Moran, Ige Abraham George, Andrew Bersten
	BMJ  2008;336:1006-1009, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39537.939039.BE, (Published 23 April 2008) [Abstract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references] FREE

Clinical review

	Management of bloody diarrhoea in children in primary care
	M Stephen Murphy
	BMJ  2008;336:1010-1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39542.440417.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice

	Quality Improvement Report: A framework for tobacco control: lessons learnt from Veterans Health Administration
	Scott E Sherman
	BMJ  2008;336:1016-1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39510.805266.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Views & reviews

	The thinking doctor’s guide to placebos
	Rudiger Pittrof, Ian Rubenstein
	BMJ  2008;336:1020, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39564.454502.C2, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Mortal thoughts
	John Quin
	BMJ  2008;336:1021, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39545.678819.34, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: What goes up must come down
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;336:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.494907.94, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Past Caring: Food, injurious food
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2008;336:1022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.517292.94, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: The value of pulp fiction
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;336:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.553229.94, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: A System of Hygienic Medicine (1886) and The Advantages of Wholemeal Bread (1889)
	John A S Beard
	BMJ  2008;336:1023, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39562.446528.59, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Kedar J Deogaonkar, James Elliott
	BMJ  2008;336:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.569132.47, (Published 3 May 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;336:1026, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.573380.47, (Published 3 May 2008) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	DNR or PEACE?
	John Crampton
	BMJ  2008;336:1015, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39514.402813.AD, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Smoke it again, Sam
	Stan Shatenstein
	BMJ  2008;336:1019, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39451.506736.DE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Minerva
	BMJ  2008;336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39566.696620.AD, (Published 3 May 2008) [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Elizabeth Mary Bryan
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2008;336:1024, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.669225.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Shanmuga Bhaskar
	Peter Moses
	BMJ  2008;336:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.737951.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Raymond Aubrey Bush
	Gillian White
	BMJ  2008;336:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39561.672106.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	James Michael Allis Critchley
	Peter Critchley, Sarah Pillai
	BMJ  2008;336:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39561.650405.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Louis Greenbaum
	Adam Greenbaum
	BMJ  2008;336:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.713252.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Arthur Lester Lawrence
	D H Jones
	BMJ  2008;336:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.773738.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Thomas Anderson McAllister
	Morag C Timbury
	BMJ  2008;336:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39560.572616.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	David James Rhodes
	Diana Siggers, George Oswald, John Rochford
	BMJ  2008;336:1025, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39540.586678.BE, (Published 3 May 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

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