Getting a patient’s consent for publication
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a1633 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Academic performance of ethnic minorities in medical school
	Phyllis Carr, Jonathon Woodson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1094 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The self controlled case series method
	Heather Whitaker
	BMJ  2008;337:a1069 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Achieving the best from care in early labour
	Helen Spiby, Mary J Renfrew
	BMJ  2008;337:a1165 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Local accountability in the NHS
	Robin Gauld
	BMJ  2008;337:a1103 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient confidentiality and consent to publication
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2008;337:a1572 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Shortage of medical isotopes: Global shortage of medical isotopes threatens nuclear medicine services
	Alan Perkins, Andrew Hilson, John Hall
	BMJ  2008;337:a1577 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Free prescriptions in Wales: Have dispensed items really risen with free prescriptions?
	Tony Jewell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1581 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug pricing scheme: European cooperation could help to lower drug prices
	Timothy D Heymann
	BMJ  2008;337:a1584 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European Working Time Directive: Junior doctors’ reaction to 48 hour limit
	Andrew R Thornley, Peter Maguire, Ram Moorthy
	BMJ  2008;337:a1585 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European Working Time Directive: Was editorial written in interests of junior doctors?
	Paul J Caldwell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1587 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European Working Time Directive: Trusts are already developing solutions to directive
	Alistair Flowerdew
	BMJ  2008;337:a1586 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	European Working Time Directive: Perplexing views on working time directive
	Stephen M F Saunders
	BMJ  2008;337:a1588 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paracetamol with ibuprofen: Combining paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever in children
	Edward Purssell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1590 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Biobanking: Opt-out from biobanks better respects patients’ autonomy
	Linus Johnsson, Mats G Hansson, Stefan Eriksson, Gert Helgesson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1580 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling malaria today: Beware resurgence of malaria where incidence has fallen
	Roly D Gosling, Daniel Chandramohan
	BMJ  2008;337:a1592 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sex education: Does education really alter adolescent sexual behaviour?
	Amar Latif, Jim Thornton
	BMJ  2008;337:a1492 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sex education: Authors’ reply
	Mark A Schuster
	BMJ  2008;337:a1595 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnic stereotypes: Teachers, look at how your prejudices affect your teaching
	Sandra R Teare
	BMJ  2008;337:a1589 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alexander technique: BMA members requested study of Alexander technique in 1937
	Jean M Fischer
	BMJ  2008;337:a1502 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Isotope shortage is limiting nuclear medicine across Europe
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2008;337:a1575 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Academics draft protocol for handling research misconduct
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2008;337:a1612 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;337:a1624 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Uganda to treat more people infected with HIV with antiretrovirals
	Henry Wasswa
	BMJ  2008;337:a1610 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deaths from lung cancer in non-smokers are higher in men than in women
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2008;337:a1597 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cluster approach improves provision of disaster aid, says WHO
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;337:a1571 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Most children with vaccine allergies can be revaccinated, US experts say
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1609 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spanish doctors say "no thank you" to drug industry gifts
	Miguel Jara
	BMJ  2008;337:a1579 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vatican newspaper reopens debate on defining death
	Michael Day
	BMJ  2008;337:a1602 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Most patients at risk of stroke fail to get adequate anticoagulation
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1529 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	African ministers adopt declaration to reduce environmental threats to health
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2008;337:a1547 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients are less satisfied with robot assisted prostatectomy, survey shows
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2008;337:a1557 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;337:a1594 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Contract Research Organisations: Truly independent research?
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2008;337:a1332 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Ethics Man: Argus and the cyclops in the clinic
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2008;337:a1562 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Ethical debate: Gaining consent for publication in difficult cases involving children
	David Isaacs, H A Kilham, S Jacobe, Monique M Ryan, Bernadette Tobin
	BMJ  2008;337:a1231 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethical debate: Commentary: Consent to publication—no absolutes
	Frank Oberklaid
	BMJ  2008;337:a1233 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Consent and confidentiality in publishing—the view of the BMJ’s ethics committee
	Ainsley J Newson, Julian Sheather
	BMJ  2008;337:a1232 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Ethnic stereotypes and the underachievement of UK medical students from ethnic minorities: qualitative study
	Katherine Woolf, Judith Cave, Trisha Greenhalgh, Jane Dacre
	BMJ  2008;337:a1220 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: An "ethnic minority" medical student
	Hugh Ip
	BMJ  2008;337:a1240 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Exposure to antipsychotics and risk of stroke: self controlled case series study
	Ian J Douglas, Liam Smeeth
	BMJ  2008;337:a1227 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect on birth outcomes of a formalised approach to care in hospital labour assessment units: international, randomised controlled trial
	Ellen D Hodnett, Robyn Stremler, Andrew R Willan, Julie A Weston, Nancy K Lowe, Kathleen R Simpson, William D Fraser, Amiram Gafni, the SELAN (Structured Early Labour Assessment and Care by Nurses) Trial Group
	BMJ  2008;337:a1021 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implementation of computerised physician order entry (CPOE) and picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) in the NHS: quantitative before and after study
	Simon Collin, Barnaby C Reeves, Jane Hendy, Naomi Fulop, Andrew Hutchings, Eugenia Priedane
	BMJ  2008;337:a939 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Management of sickle cell disease
	Mariane de Montalembert
	BMJ  2008;337:a1397 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Qualitative Research: Why use theories in qualitative research?
	Scott Reeves, Mathieu Albert, Ayelet Kuper, Brian David Hodges
	BMJ  2008;337:a949 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Julius Benjamin Richmond
	Caroline Richmond
	BMJ  2008;337:a1615 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ian Blacker
	Margaret Blacker, Carolyn Evans, Keith Budd
	BMJ  2008;337:a1480 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hugh John Adolphus Coni
	Nicholas Coni, Andrew Douglas
	BMJ  2008;337:a1475 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John Stanley Cox
	John Owen
	BMJ  2008;337:a1479 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Roger Patrick Doherty
	David Elliott
	BMJ  2008;337:a1468 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Janet Mary Marks
	Sam Shuster
	BMJ  2008;337:a1462 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Raymond John Vale
	Justin Vale
	BMJ  2008;337:a1389 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: The UK needs an Institute of Medicine
	R Minhas, K C R Patel, A S Wierzbicki
	BMJ  2008;337:a1623 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: A pet prescription
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;337:a1616 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: The new counterculture
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2008;337:a1576 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: The herd instinct
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;337:a1621 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: The Inner Consultation
	David Warriner
	BMJ  2008;337:a1574 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Of acupuncture, art, and testicles
	Sanjay Pai
	BMJ  2008;337:a1620 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Case report: Abdominal distension and low grade fever in a refugee from Sudan
	Rachel J Ali, Harry R Dalton
	BMJ  2008;337:a1252 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Simple associations
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2008;337:a197 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture Quiz: ECG leads to a quick diagnosis
	J Bhar-Amato
	BMJ  2008;337:a1030 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prize quiz: Hernias
	BMJ  2008;337:a1059 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Sarah I Sheikh, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov
	BMJ  2008;337:a1582 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;337:a1583 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	Death in the air
	Colin Chu
	BMJ  2008;337:a845 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The importance of listening
	Charlotte J Mance
	BMJ  2008;337:a272 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A tale of two families
	Colin R Paterson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1203 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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