Education with an angle
	Jane Smith
	BMJ  2009;338:b1548 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Ratio of males to females in China
	Tao Liu, Xing-yi Zhang
	BMJ  2009;338:b483 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Care of older people in China
	Zhanlian Feng
	BMJ  2009;338:b601 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tight control of blood glucose in long standing type 2 diabetes
	Richard Lehman, Harlan M Krumholz
	BMJ  2009;338:b800 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Depression severity scores: Not all that weeps is depression
	Petre T C Jones
	BMJ  2009;338:b1503 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Depression severity scores: Questionnaires are good for rating progress
	Gnanie Panch
	BMJ  2009;338:b1504 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sharing medical research data: Whose rights and who’s right?
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2009;338:b1499 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tests for HIV infection: Current screening for HIV
	Jaime H Vera, Andrew Shaw
	BMJ  2009;338:b1500 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adverse reactions to tocolytics: Atosiban v nifedipine
	Yves Jacquemyn
	BMJ  2009;338:b1501 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adverse reactions to tocolytics: No to β agonists for tocolysis
	Souhail Alouini
	BMJ  2009;338:b1502 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Care in learning disabilities: People with disabilities are not equal from the start
	Joyce M Carter
	BMJ  2009;338:b1497 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Pope, condoms, and HIV: Why the Pope may be right
	Anthony McCarthy
	BMJ  2009;338:b1498 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Medical professionals’ role in torture in secret prisons was "gross breach" of ethics, says Red Cross
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;338:b1546 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Male circumcision helps to prevent HIV acquisition, says Cochrane review
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2009;338:b1545 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2009;338:b1520 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Disaster agencies treat wounded after Italian earthquake damages hospital
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;338:b1524 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	King’s Fund is to set up inquiry into quality of general practice
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2009;338:b1549 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Plans to introduce electronic medical cards in Germany stall as doctors refuse to buy equipment
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2009;338:b1522 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inquiry into vaccine trial in India suggests ineffective oversight
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2009;338:b1418 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bringing sight to the blind
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;338:b1521 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	China’s blueprint puts healthcare reform high on political agenda
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2009;338:b1543 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardiologists call for pan-African initiative to tackle epidemic of heart disease and stroke
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;338:b1538 (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:b1526 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Quality in primary health care: a multidimensional approach to complexity
	Iona Heath, Adolfo Rubinstein, Kurt C Stange, Mieke L van Driel
	BMJ  2009;338:b1242 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	European Working Time Directive: Running out of time
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2009;338:b1507 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and Conflict: Humanitarianism on trial in Sudan
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2009;338:b1395 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Only Connect: The anthroposphere is changing
	Nicholas A Christakis
	BMJ  2009;338:b1534 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Body Politic: Fools rush in?
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2009;338:b1533 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	China’s excess males, sex selective abortion, and one child policy: analysis of data from 2005 national intercensus survey
	Wei Xing Zhu, Li Lu, Therese Hesketh
	BMJ  2009;338:b1211 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Frailty and type of death among older adults in China: prospective cohort study
	Matthew E Dupre, Danan Gu, David F Warner, Zeng Yi
	BMJ  2009;338:b1175 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Errors in administration of parenteral drugs in intensive care units: multinational prospective study
	Andreas Valentin, Maurizia Capuzzo, Bertrand Guidet, Rui Moreno, Barbara Metnitz, Peter Bauer, Philipp Metnitz, on behalf of the Research Group on Quality Improvement of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and the Sentinel Events Evaluation (SEE) Study Investigators
	BMJ  2009;338:b814 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Methodological problems in the use of indirect comparisons for evaluating healthcare interventions: survey of published systematic reviews
	Fujian Song, Yoon K Loke, Tanya Walsh, Anne-Marie Glenny, Alison J Eastwood, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2009;338:b1147 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Total mortality after changes in leisure time physical activity in 50 year old men: 35 year follow-up of population based cohort
	Liisa Byberg, Hakan Melhus, Rolf Gedeborg, Johan Sundstrom, Anders Ahlbom, Bjorn Zethelius, Lars G Berglund, Alicja Wolk, Karl Michaelsson
	BMJ  2009;338:b688 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Emergency and early management of burns and scalds
	Stuart Enoch, Amit Roshan, Mamta Shah
	BMJ  2009;338:b1037 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	A Patient's Journey: Hyperhidrosis
	Julie Halford, Laura Hunt, George Millington
	BMJ  2009;338:b1166 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Change Page: Prescribe systemic corticosteroids in acute asthma
	Steven Doherty
	BMJ  2009;338:b1234 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Easily Missed?: Obstructive sleep apnoea in adults
	Sophie D West, Helen A McBeath, John R Stradling
	BMJ  2009;338:b1165 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Transient ischaemic attack
	Vedamurthy Adhiyaman, Sonja Adhiyaman
	BMJ  2009;338:a2343 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Outbreak of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 pneumonia in a United Kingdom school
	Atul Gupta, F-M Khaw, E L Stokle, R C George, R Pebody, R E Stansfield, C L Sheppard, M Slack, R Gorton, D A Spencer
	BMJ  2008;337:a2964 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Lenze Meinsma
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2009;338:b1519 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alexander Gordon
	Jeanne Bell
	BMJ  2009;338:b1433 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cedric John Vincent Helliwell
	Michael Helliwell
	BMJ  2009;338:b1444 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ian Macdonald
	Harry Keen
	BMJ  2009;338:b1436 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Norah Frances Metcalf (née Lambe)
	William Kenneth Metcalf
	BMJ  2009;338:b1452 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Willie Philip Mitchell
	Robert Mitchell
	BMJ  2009;338:b1449 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Theo Legate Schofield
	Theo Schofield
	BMJ  2009;338:b1445 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mary Rosamund Webster (née Thompson)
	Jane Moore
	BMJ  2009;338:b1410 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: "I want to see the consultant"
	David P Crampsey
	BMJ  2009;338:b1399 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: A place where dreams turn to dust
	Jonathan Kaplan
	BMJ  2009;338:b1489 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: The meaning of things
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;338:b1394 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: The Motorcycle Diaries
	Carmen Pinto
	BMJ  2009;338:b1557 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Doing it by the book
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;338:b1539 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Starting Out: The appointment quest
	Kinesh Patel
	BMJ  2009;338:b1535 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Statistical question: Matching the test to the problem
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2009;338:b1486 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination Quiz: Paediatric nephrology
	BMJ  2009;338:b1485 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture Quiz: Petechial rash on the extremities
	Stephanie St Pierre, Marisa Potter, Scott P Prawer, Pitiporn Suwattee
	BMJ  2009;338:b1284 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Ajit Singh Kashyap, Alok Ranjan Sinha, Kuldip Parkash Anand, Surekha Kashyap
	BMJ  2009;338:b1537 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2009;338:b1536 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	The cost of carpal tunnel syndrome
	Gareth Payne
	BMJ  2009;338:b444 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Great minds don’t always think alike
	Shelley A Sternberg
	BMJ  2009;338:b1106 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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