Effectiveness, efficiency, and leadership
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2009;338:b1781 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	How to measure success in treating chronic leg ulcers
	Joseph E Grey, David Leaper, Keith Harding
	BMJ  2009;338:b1434 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	At what age should cervical screening stop?
	Bjorn Strander
	BMJ  2009;338:b809 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Improving relatives’ consent to organ donation
	Teresa J Shafer
	BMJ  2009;338:b701 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The 2009 budget and the NHS
	Chris Ham
	BMJ  2009;338:b1760 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The new BMJ online archive
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2009;338:b1744 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Death certification: Investigation of death is set to improve at last
	Peter N Furness
	BMJ  2009;338:b1609 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Standardised mortality ratios: Authors’ reply
	Mohammed A Mohammed, Jonathan J Deeks, Alan Girling, Gavin Rudge, Martin Carmalt, Andrew J Stevens, Richard J Lilford
	BMJ  2009;338:b1750 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tea and cancer: And what of opium chewing?
	Ralph Lucas
	BMJ  2009;338:b1739 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cauda equina syndrome: Specialist rehabilitation
	Peter W New
	BMJ  2009;338:b1725 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tea and cancer: Apply the British Standard
	Charlotte A Davies
	BMJ  2009;338:b1740 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tea and cancer: Why northern Iran?
	Reza Aghamohammadzadeh
	BMJ  2009;338:b1736 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cauda equina syndrome: Examination must be thorough
	Angelos G Kolias, Saurabh Odak, Atul K Tyagi
	BMJ  2009;338:b1724 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Standardised mortality ratios: Monitoring mortality
	Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Brian Jarman
	BMJ  2009;338:b1745 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tea and cancer: Role of temperature
	Shad S Akhtar
	BMJ  2009;338:b1738 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery for breast cancer: Oncoplastic surgery is promising
	Richard M Rainsbury, Fiona MacNeill
	BMJ  2009;338:b1743 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cauda equina syndrome: Urinary retention
	Chris E Uff
	BMJ  2009;338:b1727 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nicotine replacement therapy: Nicotine replacement, effective?
	Michael Siegel
	BMJ  2009;338:b1730 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Standardised mortality ratios: Methodological bias
	Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, David Harvey, Nick Bishop, Heather Wood, Richard Hamblin, Nigel Ellis, Giovanna Maria Polato
	BMJ  2009;338:b1746 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death certification: Better system in Scotland
	Matthew S Lyall
	BMJ  2009;338:b1611 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Commissioner calls for end to detention of children being deported from UK
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b1758 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO raises level of alert on flu pandemic
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2009;338:b1777 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Budget lays bare full cost to public services of economic crisis
	Nicholas Timmins
	BMJ  2009;338:b1754 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Support team sent to reduce infant deaths in 43 deprived areas
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2009;338:b1705 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK deaths from breast cancer fall to lowest figure for 40 years
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;338:b1710 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency doctors and police debate data sharing schemes
	Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2009;338:b1769 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2009;338:b1715 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Investing in midwives is essential to reduce maternal mortality in fragile states
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2009;338:b1763 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Germany reviews its policy on HPV vaccination for 12-17 year olds
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2009;338:b1692 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New German law bans genetic tests of fetuses for adult illnesses
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2009;338:b1753 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Merck disguised "marketing publication" as medical journal to help promote Vioxx, court hears
	Ray Moynihan
	BMJ  2009;338:b1714 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rwanda launches vaccination drive against pneumococcal disease in under 5s
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2009;338:b1729 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Millennium development goals are under threat from financial crisis
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;338:b1755 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Judith Mackay: brandishing a sword for health
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2009;338:b1689 (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:b1712 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Neurology: Brain connections
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2009;338:b1317 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Open Forum: What to cut: readers’ suggestions
	BMJ  2009;338:b1765 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics Man: The death of DNR
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2009;338:b1723 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Eliminating Chagas disease: challenges and a roadmap
	Richard Reithinger, Rick L Tarleton, Julio A Urbina, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E Gurtler
	BMJ  2009;338:b1283 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Larval therapy for leg ulcers (VenUS II): randomised controlled trial
	Jo C Dumville, Gill Worthy, J Martin Bland, Nicky Cullum, Christopher Dowson, Cynthia Iglesias, Joanne L Mitchell, E Andrea Nelson, Marta O Soares, David J Torgerson, on behalf of the VenUS II team
	BMJ  2009;338:b773 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cost effectiveness analysis of larval therapy for leg ulcers
	Marta O Soares, Cynthia P Iglesias, J Martin Bland, Nicky Cullum, Jo C Dumville, E Andrea Nelson, David J Torgerson, Gill Worthy, on behalf of the VenUS II team
	BMJ  2009;338:b825 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Four layer bandage compared with short stretch bandage for venous leg ulcers: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials with data from individual patients
	Susan O'Meara, Jayne Tierney, Nicky Cullum, J Martin Bland, Peter J Franks, Trevor Mole, Mark Scriven
	BMJ  2009;338:b1344 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Incidence of cervical cancer after several negative smear results by age 50: prospective observational study
	Matejka Rebolj, Marjolein van Ballegooijen, Elsebeth Lynge, Caspar Looman, Marie-Louise Essink-Bot, Rob Boer, Dik Habbema
	BMJ  2009;338:b1354 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Modifiable factors influencing relatives’ decision to offer organ donation: systematic review
	Arabella L Simpkin, Laura C Robertson, Vicki S Barber, J Duncan Young
	BMJ  2009;338:b991 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Cardiac resynchronisation therapy for chronic heart failure and conduction delay
	Richard M Cubbon, Klaus K A Witte
	BMJ  2009;338:b1265 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Rational testing: Investigating hirsutism
	T Sathyapalan, Stephen L Atkin
	BMJ  2009;338:b912 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Practice Pointer: "I need a note, doctor": dealing with requests for medical reports about patients
	Peter D Toon
	BMJ  2009;338:b175 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Point: Topiramate can induce hypoadrenalism in patients taking oral corticosteroid replacement
	K Jacob, P J Trainer
	BMJ  2009;338:a1788 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Diabetic ketoacidosis caused by exposure of insulin pump to heat and sunlight
	R Pryce
	BMJ  2009;338:a2218 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Henk Lamberts
	Nick Booth, Maurice Wood, Chris van Weel
	BMJ  2009;338:b1747 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alan Marsh Barlow
	N G Graham
	BMJ  2009;338:b1669 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	James Arscott Raleigh Bickford
	Jane Cox, Paul Fisher
	BMJ  2009;338:b1664 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	James William Bowden
	Mitzi Nisbet
	BMJ  2009;338:b1685 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	James Glen Stewart Buchanan
	Patrick Trust, Gordon Stevenson
	BMJ  2009;338:b1675 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eva Marianne Diamond (née Bobasch)
	Mario Marrone
	BMJ  2009;338:b1588 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Kenneth Hugh Nickol
	Monty Brill
	BMJ  2009;338:b1671 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Avril Gwendoline Parry (née Clarke)
	Averil Mansfield
	BMJ  2009;338:b1674 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: A dent in our sobriety
	Debbie L Shawcross
	BMJ  2009;338:b1737 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: A capital gain for the world’s poor?
	Trish Groves
	BMJ  2009;338:b1774 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Deafening silences
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;338:b1719 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: Secret Remedies: What They Cost and What They Contain
	Michael Till
	BMJ  2009;338:b1624 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Stop! In the name of love
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;338:b1757 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In and Out of Hospital: Clearing out
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2009;338:b1717 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Statistical question: Incidence and prevalence
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2009;338:b1695 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture quiz: A 4 year old boy with recurrent wheeze and chest infections
	Atul Gupta, Donald S Urquhart, Sarah Donovan, Andrew Bush
	BMJ  2009;338:b1255 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination Quiz: Infectious diseases
	BMJ  2009;338:b1693 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case report: A taxi driver with type 2 diabetes
	Richard Brice
	BMJ  2009;338:b1369 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Bita Manzouri, Malavika Subash, Mark Wilkins
	BMJ  2009;338:b1694 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2009;338:b1696 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	Towards earlier diagnosis of dementia
	Sarah R Thomson
	BMJ  2009;338:b1188 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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