Doctors, patients, and the drug industry
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2009;338:b463 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Does acupuncture relieve pain?
	Adrian White, Mike Cummings
	BMJ  2009;338:a2760 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Follow-up by telephone after treatment for breast cancer
	David A Montgomery
	BMJ  2009;338:a2753 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New definition of myocardial infarction
	Dan Atar
	BMJ  2008;337:a3078 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotics for spontaneous preterm birth
	Andrew H Shennan, Manju Chandiramani
	BMJ  2008;337:a3015 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors, patients, and the pharmaceutical industry
	Joe Collier
	BMJ  2009;338:b443 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Choose and book update: Patients’ attendance at clinics is worse with choose and book
	Prince Cheriyan Modayil, Rachael Hornigold, Raad John Glore, David A Bowdler
	BMJ  2009;338:b396 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do patients' preferences matter?: Patients’ preference and mental capacity
	Anita Damle
	BMJ  2009;338:b385 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GP performance website: A waste of time and money
	James Currie
	BMJ  2009;338:b394 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient reported trial outcomes: What about the cost to use the measures?
	Jens M Lauritsen
	BMJ  2009;338:b387 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fish oil and arrhythmias: Pro-arrhythmic effects of fish oils
	Palaniappan Saravanan, Neil C Davidson
	BMJ  2009;338:b393 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Into the therapeutics void: Let us protest loudly
	Tom Yates, Gordon Stewart, John S Yudkin, John Yates, Alexander Macara
	BMJ  2009;338:b397 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Into the therapeutics void: A lecturer from BSMS explains
	Martin Llewelyn
	BMJ  2009;338:b398 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Into the therapeutics void: A student from BSMS writes
	Raphael Rogans-Watson
	BMJ  2009;338:b399 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Electroconvulsive therapy: ECT’s increasing evidence base and positive profile
	Bradley Ng
	BMJ  2009;338:b390 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case of Baby P: There are no "basics" in child protection
	Lillian De Bortoli
	BMJ  2009;338:b408 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Print formats for BMJ research: BMJ pico—a window into the future?
	Tom Jefferson, Luca De Fiore
	BMJ  2009;338:b392 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Print formats for BMJ research: Different strokes may be needed for different folks
	Colin P Bradley
	BMJ  2009;338:b391 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obesity and pregnancy: Obesity is a risk factor for thromboembolism
	David J Burch, Anne-Marie O'Neill
	BMJ  2009;338:b388 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Promotion of exercise by GPs: Results not strong enough for GPs to implement BMJ study
	Robert Bunney
	BMJ  2009;338:b386 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Individual drug firms should stop paying for medical education
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;338:b442 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Every town and city in England to have a memory clinic, says health secretary
	Lynn Eaton
	BMJ  2009;338:b464 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE recommends long term campaign to encourage young people to exercise
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;338:b373 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Opposition MPs object to data sharing clause in coroners bill
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b412 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Number of breast cancer cases detected by screening has doubled in a decade in England
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;338:b414 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More spending on NHS has led to highest satisfaction rates in 25 years, report says
	Andrew Cole
	BMJ  2009;338:b374 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obama drops funding from bill, alarming family planning groups
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;338:b422 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Westminster primary care trust introduces programme to prevent heart disease
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2009;338:b377 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment target of 18 weeks is incompatible with "choice" agenda, says BMA
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;338:b346 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2009;338:b451 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UN launches humanitarian appeal for Gaza
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;338:b446 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gates foundation pledges new funds to fight neglected diseases
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;338:b454 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nine patients are killed as hospital is caught in cross fire in Sri Lankan war zone
	Ben Bland
	BMJ  2009;338:b455 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2009;338:b409 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Profile: Jeffery Taubenberger: Back to the future
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2009;338:b264 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Out of Hours: Of mondegreens, mismatches, and misunderstandings
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2009;338:b244 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Serious documentary or freak show?
	David A Koppel
	BMJ  2009;338:b71 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Relationships with the drug industry: More regulation, greater transparency
	Harlan M Krumholz, Joseph S Ross
	BMJ  2009;338:b211 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Relationships with the drug industry: Collaboration to improve care
	Gordon Coutts
	BMJ  2009;338:b232 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Relationships with the drug industry: Focus on better information
	Richard Tiner
	BMJ  2009;338:b252 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Relationships with the drug industry: Keep at arm’s length
	Marcia Angell
	BMJ  2009;338:b222 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Relationships with the drug industry: Build trust based on good science
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2009;338:b234 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Acupuncture treatment for pain: systematic review of randomised clinical trials with acupuncture, placebo acupuncture, and no acupuncture groups
	Matias Vested Madsen, Peter C Gotzsche, Asbjorn Hrobjartsson
	BMJ  2009;338:a3115 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of acute geriatric units on functional decline, living at home, and case fatality among older patients admitted to hospital for acute medical disorders: meta-analysis
	Juan J Baztan, Francisco M Suarez-Garcia, Jesus Lopez-Arrieta, Leocadio Rodriguez-Manas, Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo
	BMJ  2009;338:b50 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparing hospital and telephone follow-up after treatment for breast cancer: randomised equivalence trial
	Kinta Beaver, Debbie Tysver-Robinson, Malcolm Campbell, Mary Twomey, Susan Williamson, Andrew Hindley, Shabbir Susnerwala, Graham Dunn, Karen Luker
	BMJ  2009;338:a3147 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Long term survival after evidence based treatment of acute myocardial infarction and revascularisation: follow-up of population based Perth MONICA cohort, 1984-2005
	Tom Briffa, S Hickling, M Knuiman, M Hobbs, J Hung, F M Sanfilippo, K Jamrozik, P L Thompson
	BMJ  2009;338:b36 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Science, Medicine, and the Future: Preventing transmission of maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA diseases
	Joanna Poulton, Stephen Kennedy, Pippa Oakeshott, Dagan Wells
	BMJ  2009;338:b94 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Uncertainties Page: What is the most effective treatment of interstitial cystitis?
	Joseph L Onwude
	BMJ  2008;337:a2325 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Practice Pointer: How to webcast lectures and conferences
	Mark A Westwood, Andrew S Flett, Phil Riding, James C Moon
	BMJ  2009;338:b31 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Life saving treatment for a "palliative care" patient
	Jane Gibbins, Gaye Senior Smith, Karen Forbes
	BMJ  2008;337:a428 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Anna Donald
	Richard Smith, Muir Gray
	BMJ  2009;338:b436 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joseph Gauld Bearn
	T R E Pilkington
	BMJ  2009;338:b363 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peter McAllister Elder
	Michael Harford-Cross
	BMJ  2009;338:b427 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peter Terence Jackson
	Derek R Cullen
	BMJ  2009;338:b362 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pauline Winifred Lane-Mitchell (née Balmer)
	Lauraine M H Vivian
	BMJ  2009;338:b361 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nabil Fakry Salama (Father Mikhail Ibrahim Salama)
	Mary Salama
	BMJ  2009;338:b359 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Abdul Jawad Sheikh
	Prakash Naik, Richard Pether
	BMJ  2009;338:b269 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Kenneth Walter William Henry Walton
	Gustav Born
	BMJ  2009;338:b356 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Build bridges with the drugs industry—but keep patients in mind
	Ian Gilmore
	BMJ  2009;338:b439 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Opera made over
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2009;338:b372 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: A dish best eaten cold
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;338:b433 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds
	Kate Robertson
	BMJ  2009;338:a3133 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: The consumerist
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;338:b445 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Past Caring: The first George W
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2009;338:b434 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Picture Quiz: A case of "tearing" back pain and acute limb ischaemia
	R Allison, M G Wyatt, R Williams
	BMJ  2009;338:a3114 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Distribution
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2009;338:b370 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case report: A chicken sandwich leading to intensive care
	R Som, R Wynne-Simmons, J Islam, S Lawman
	BMJ  2009;338:b200 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quiz: Anatomy
	BMJ  2009;338:b410 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	BMJ  2009;338:b416 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Masashi Munemoto, Mana Yahiro, Hideki Kawanishi, Hiroshi Nonoguchi, Takeshi Nakanishi
	BMJ  2009;338:b430 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	Trial registration: advice to authors
	BMJ  2009;338:b149 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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