A plea for broader perspectives on health
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a1923 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Manchester triage system in paediatric emergency care
	Ian Maconochie, Mary Dawood
	BMJ  2008;337:a1507 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Delays in accessing primary care
	Moyez Jiwa, Andrew Knight
	BMJ  2008;337:a1435 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adverse pregnancy outcomes after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
	Maija Jakobsson, Fiona Bruinsma
	BMJ  2008;337:a1350 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Economic evaluation of health interventions
	Michael Drummond, Helen Weatherly, Brian Ferguson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1204 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer
	Jeremy L Ockrim, Paul D Abel
	BMJ  2008;337:a1361 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Sickle cell disease: Beware of transfusions and hyperhaemolysis
	Amit Patel
	BMJ  2008;337:a1874 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sickle cell disease: Malarial chemoprophylaxis
	Kelsey D J Jones
	BMJ  2008;337:a1875 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sickle cell disease: Palliative care
	Cate Seton-Jones
	BMJ  2008;337:a1876 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sickle cell disease: Primary or secondary care?
	Ben Bradley
	BMJ  2008;337:a1877 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consent for publication: Simplifying consent for publication of case reports
	Robert W Aldridge
	BMJ  2008;337:a1878 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consent for publication: What happens to papers rejected by the BMJ on ethical grounds
	N A Pace, Margaret Owen, Sara Schroter
	BMJ  2008;337:a1880 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consent for publication: Editors and authors vexed and confused by consent
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2008;337:a1879 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Contract research organisations: Truly independent research is impossible
	Mohamed Sakel
	BMJ  2008;337:a1881 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Papers show how tobacco companies stopped airline’s smoking ban
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2008;337:a1887 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK strategy is "opportunity to see health as a bridge to peace," says chief medical officer
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2008;337:a1925 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Acute medical units reduce deaths and stay in hospital, studies show
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;337:a1865 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK introduces picture warnings on cigarette packets
	Harriet Adcock
	BMJ  2008;337:a1914 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of seizures in babies is hampered by lack of EEG equipment
	Colin Wright
	BMJ  2008;337:a1873 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality improvement scheme hopes to save authority £17m in first year
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2008;337:a1884 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	National research institute publishes directory of top researchers
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;337:a1911 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;337:a1915 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Short intensive radiation courses may work as well as standard ones
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2008;337:a1843 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US health groups protest against proposed government "conscience rule"
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1889 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	World leaders pledge extra $3bn to combat malaria
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1916 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Global exhibition will highlight drug resistant TB
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;337:a1901 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Milan’s appeals court is asked to rule on woman who has been in vegetative state for 16 years
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2008;337:a1893 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aboriginal children are still twice as likely to die as other young Australians
	Jane McCredie
	BMJ  2008;337:a1852 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic use in community in Northern Ireland is a third higher than in England
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1853 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient challenges trust’s right to deprive her of NHS treatment for buying drugs privately
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a1909 (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:a1854 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

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	Will screening individuals at high risk of cardiovascular events deliver large benefits? Yes
	Rod Jackson, Sue Wells, Anthony Rodgers
	BMJ  2008;337:a1371 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Will screening individuals at high risk of cardiovascular events deliver large benefits? No
	Simon Capewell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1395 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Preventive Medicine: What happened to the polypill?
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;337:a1822 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Life and Death: The emperor’s new constitution
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2008;337:a1857 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Why is the press so nasty to NICE?
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2008;337:a1906 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Communicating about screening
	Vikki A Entwistle, Stacy M Carter, Lyndal Trevena, Kathy Flitcroft, Les Irwig, Kirsten McCaffery, Glenn Salkeld
	BMJ  2008;337:a1591 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Manchester triage system in paediatric emergency care: prospective observational study
	M van Veen, Ewout W Steyerberg, Madelon Ruige, Alfred H J van Meurs, Jolt Roukema, Johan van der Lei, Henriette A Moll
	BMJ  2008;337:a1501 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influence of general practice opening hours on delay in seeking medical attention after transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and minor stroke: prospective population based study
	Daniel S Lasserson, Arvind Chandratheva, Matthew F Giles, David Mant, Peter M Rothwell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1569 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perinatal mortality and other severe adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: meta-analysis
	M Arbyn, M Kyrgiou, C Simoens, A O Raifu, G Koliopoulos, P Martin-Hirsch, W Prendiville, E Paraskevaidis
	BMJ  2008;337:a1284 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pregnancy outcome in women before and after cervical conisation: population based cohort study
	Susanne Albrechtsen, Svein Rasmussen, Steinar Thoresen, Lorentz M Irgens, Ole Erik Iversen
	BMJ  2008;337:a1343 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Preparticipation screening for cardiovascular abnormalities in young competitive athletes
	Michael Papadakis, Greg Whyte, Sanjay Sharma
	BMJ  2008;337:a1596 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Guidelines: Early identification and management of chronic kidney disease: summary of NICE guidance
	Emily Crowe, David Halpin, Paul Stevens, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2008;337:a1530 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on chronic kidney disease
	Martin J Landray, Richard J Haynes
	BMJ  2008;337:a1793 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Paul Antoine ("Tom") Voûte
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2008;337:a1907 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Raj Kumari Ahuja (née Khanna)
	S K Ahuja
	BMJ  2008;337:a1818 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Leo Joseph Dolan
	Anthony Clift
	BMJ  2008;337:a1833 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Graham Hugh Farrington
	Robin D Leach
	BMJ  2008;337:a1819 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ruth Fleminger (née Jackson)
	John Fleminger, Simon Fleminger
	BMJ  2008;337:a1839 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chi Kai Koo
	Jackie Kirk, Inaam Abdelhadi
	BMJ  2008;337:a1730 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joseph Olusola Ayodeji Omotayo
	Rob Poole, Robert Higgo
	BMJ  2008;337:a1835 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Actions speak louder than words
	Michael Paddock, Bernadette O'Neil, Andy Holwell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1882 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: The i-patient
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;337:a1919 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In and Out of Hospital: Health tectonics
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2008;337:a1918 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: A cool drink for an ardent fever
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;337:a1749 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Aphorisms from Latham
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2008;337:a1742 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Becoming Ben
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2008;337:a1856 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Case report: Tired and anxious
	Chris Gale, Oliver Davidson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1241 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Sample sizes
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2008;337:a199 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prize quiz: Lung function and physiology
	BMJ  2008;337:a1337 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture Quiz: Sleep disordered breathing in a 4 year old child with Down’s syndrome
	D S Urquhart, L Perry, A Gupta, M Rosenthal
	BMJ  2008;337:a1229 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Ajit Singh Kashyap, Kuldip Parkash Anand, Surekha Kashyap
	BMJ  2008;337:a1858 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;337:a1859 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	A memorable patient: Welcome to Mr Miracle
	Naveed Younis
	BMJ  2008;337:a1205 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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