Health care’s reformation
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2009;338:b1140 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Reducing the risk of injury in young footballers
	Carolyn Broderick, Damien McKay
	BMJ  2009;338:b1050 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Standardised consultations in primary care
	Peter Croft, Mark Porcheret
	BMJ  2009;338:b152 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient information sheets in emergency care
	Melvyn Jones, David Mountain
	BMJ  2009;338:b35 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inequalities in maternal health
	Wendy Pollock, James F King
	BMJ  2009;338:b357 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of intermittent claudication
	G Karthikeyan, John W Eikelboom
	BMJ  2009;338:b46 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Nurse delivered endoscopy: Study authors respond to editorial
	John Williams, Gerry Richardson, Karen Bloor
	BMJ  2009;338:b1082 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nurse delivered endoscopy: Opportunity costs of endoscopy
	Richard J Aspinall
	BMJ  2009;338:b1071 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Coeliac disease: Don’t forget increased risk of fetal growth restriction
	Fergus P McCarthy, Ali S Khashan, Eamonn Quigley, Fergus Shanahan, Louise Kenny
	BMJ  2009;338:b1069 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Coeliac disease: Non-invasive diagnosis needed
	Pat Hoddinott
	BMJ  2009;338:b1070 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Measuring up the NHS: The story of outperforming expectations continues
	Ron Carter
	BMJ  2009;338:b1068 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alexander technique trial: A trial subject’s perspective
	Peter Lewis
	BMJ  2009;338:b1059 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Choose and book rides again: Orthopaedic attendance also worse with choose and book
	Thomas B Beckingsale, Ian W Wallace
	BMJ  2009;338:b1060 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mobile phones in hospital: Resurgence in memorial postmortem photography?
	Patrick B M Burch
	BMJ  2009;338:b1063 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE update on breast cancer: Immediate breast reconstruction should be challenged
	Zoe Ellen Winters
	BMJ  2009;338:b1067 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On criticising Israel: Response from author of original paper
	Derek A Summerfield
	BMJ  2009;338:b1076 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On criticising Israel: Commentator’s reply
	Jonathan Freedland
	BMJ  2009;338:b1077 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On criticising Israel: Stop de-legitimising Israel and politicising your journal
	Ilia Rochlin
	BMJ  2009;338:b1075 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On criticising Israel: A thick skin may not provide protection
	David E Pegg
	BMJ  2009;338:b1073 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On criticising Israel: In praise of pachydermatous truth
	Brian Robinson
	BMJ  2009;338:b1074 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Target cheap drinking as we did passive smoking, says chief medical officer
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;338:b1124 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	High court rejects challenge to NICE guidelines on chronic fatigue syndrome
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b1110 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Number of global clinical trials done in UK fell by two thirds after EU directive
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2009;338:b1052 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Strengthen clinical trials driven by investigators, Europe research councils say
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2009;338:b1111 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health service should develop expertise in child protection, review urges
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b1089 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A journey through the mental health maze
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2009;338:b1115 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK doctors’ body criticises plans for patient feedback
	Rebecca Coombes
	BMJ  2009;338:b1102 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Glasses for people who need them could result in economic gain
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2009;338:b994 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obama plans to repeal Bush’s "conscience clause" ruling
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;338:b1126 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obama to name Margaret Hamburg to head FDA
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;338:b1042 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	China tells doctors to quit smoking to set example to patients
	Ben Bland
	BMJ  2009;338:b993 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2009;338:b1130 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dutch public health experts refute claims that human papillomavirus vaccination has health risks
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2009;338:b1109 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital trust sacrificed patient care to financial matters, commission says
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2009;338:b1141 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening is effective in early detection of ovarian cancer
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2009;338:b1084 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	World drugs problem resists all attempts to curb it, says EU report
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2009;338:b1122 (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:b1078 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	International Health: Zimbabwe’s health challenges
	Ryan Truscott
	BMJ  2009;338:b930 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

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	Will doctor rating sites improve standards of care? Yes
	Neil Bacon
	BMJ  2009;338:b1030 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Will doctor rating sites improve the quality of care? No
	Margaret McCartney
	BMJ  2009;338:b1033 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Border Crossing: Wising up to Europe
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2009;338:b1090 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Tissue screening after breast reduction
	Mohammed Keshtgar, Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, Tim Davidson, Paula Escobar, Patrick Mallucci, Afshin Mosahebi, Michael Baum
	BMJ  2009;338:b630 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: The lay view
	Tessa Boase
	BMJ  2009;338:b776 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: A call for preventive ethics
	Jeremy Sugarman
	BMJ  2009;338:b753 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: The big question remains unanswered
	Tom Treasure
	BMJ  2009;338:b759 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Investigation of growth, development, and factors associated with injury in elite schoolboy footballers: prospective study
	Amanda Johnson, Patrick Joseph Doherty, Anthony Freemont
	BMJ  2009;338:b490 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ARTIST (osteoarthritis intervention standardized) study of standardised consultation versus usual care for patients with osteoarthritis of the knee in primary care in France: pragmatic randomised controlled trial
	P Ravaud, R-M Flipo, I Boutron, C Roy, A Mahmoudi, B Giraudeau, T Pham
	BMJ  2009;338:b421 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Information sheets for patients with acute chest pain: randomised controlled trial
	Jane Arnold, Steve Goodacre, Peter Bath, Jonathan Price
	BMJ  2009;338:b541 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Naftidrofuryl for intermittent claudication: meta-analysis based on individual patient data
	T De Backer, R Vander Stichele, P Lehert, L Van Bortel
	BMJ  2009;338:b603 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Inequalities in maternal health: national cohort study of ethnic variation in severe maternal morbidities
	Marian Knight, Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Patsy Spark, Peter Brocklehurst, on behalf of UKOSS
	BMJ  2009;338:b542 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Investigating the thyroid nodule
	H M Mehanna, A Jain, R P Morton, J Watkinson, A Shaha
	BMJ  2009;338:b733 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Guidelines: Management of rheumatoid arthritis: summary of NICE guidance
	Chris Deighton, Rachel O'Mahony, Jonathan Tosh, Claire Turner, Michael Rudolf, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2009;338:b702 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rational Imaging: Incidental thyroid nodule
	Chirag N Patel, Georgina Gerrard, Andrew F Scarsbrook
	BMJ  2009;338:b611 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Obituaries: Henry Molaison
	Boleslav Lichterman
	BMJ  2009;338:b968 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	David John Evans
	David Ansell
	BMJ  2009;338:b1093 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alistair John Gordon
	John Kirkham
	BMJ  2009;338:b1096 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	David Millward
	Howell Lloyd
	BMJ  2009;338:b927 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ivor Gwyndaf Pryce
	Rachel Unsworth
	BMJ  2009;338:b1101 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patrick Rawlence
	Andrew Pyper
	BMJ  2009;338:b923 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Desmond John Woods
	Rosemary Marks
	BMJ  2009;338:b1099 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Google needs better control of its advertisements and suggested links
	Marco Masoni, Maria Renza Guelfi, Gian Franco Gensini
	BMJ  2009;338:b1083 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: A Reformation for our times
	Joanne Shaw
	BMJ  2009;338:b1080 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Take this with a pinch of salt
	Robert Bud
	BMJ  2009;338:b1098 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Inside stories
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;338:b1128 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: The Faeces of Children and Adults
	Aidan M O'Donnell
	BMJ  2009;338:b984 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: The slippery slope
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;338:b1119 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Past Caring: Peninsular derring do
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2009;338:b1058 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Picture Quiz: Postural headache
	Omer Ali, Maithili Srikantha, Waseem Bhat, Chika Edward Uzoigwe
	BMJ  2009;338:b911 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	On Examination quiz: Hepatobiliary system
	BMJ  2009;338:b1027 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Screening
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2009;338:b1038 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Crossover trials
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2009;338:b1028 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	BMJ  2009;338:b1044 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	B Manzouri, S Shah-Desai
	BMJ  2009;338:b1049 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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