Career trajectories and black holes
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2009;338:b2374 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	The future of female doctors
	Graham Winyard
	BMJ  2009;338:b2223 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis of dementia
	Claire Nicholl
	BMJ  2009;338:b1176 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Genetic discrimination in Huntington’s disease
	Aad Tibben
	BMJ  2009;338:b1281 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Interaction of malaria and HIV in Africa
	Richard Reithinger, Moses R Kamya, Christopher JM Whitty, Grant Dorsey, Sten H Vermund
	BMJ  2009;338:b2141 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A model for NICE in the US
	R E Ferner, Sarah E McDowell
	BMJ  2009;338:b2221 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Screening at breast reduction: More than a little extra work
	Anthony G Douglas-Jones, Murali Varma
	BMJ  2009;338:b2342 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safeguarding NHS standards: Bring back the SAC
	Denis Wilkins
	BMJ  2009;338:b2328 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safeguarding NHS standards: Medical responsibility is key
	Christoph Lees
	BMJ  2009;338:b2329 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safeguarding NHS standards: Staff satisfaction surveys
	Rod A Storring
	BMJ  2009;338:b2324 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	NICE on osteoporosis: Women over 75 with fragility fractures should have DEXA
	Stuart H Ralston, Gina de'Lara, Donald J Farquhar, Stephen J Gallacher, Jim Hannan, Alastair R McLellan
	BMJ  2009;338:b2340 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Homoeopathic product licence: Back to square one
	Stephen J Evans
	BMJ  2009;338:b2332 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Homoeopathic product licence: MHRA label seems to be illegal
	David Colquhoun
	BMJ  2009;338:b2333 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Homoeopathic product licence: Being useless may be useful
	Nicholas Moore
	BMJ  2009;338:b2334 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening at your parish church: Is "efficient" and "painless" screening worth the candle?
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2009;338:b2336 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospices and CPR guidelines: Sudden and unexpected death in a palliative care unit
	Andrew Wilcock, Vincent Crosby
	BMJ  2009;338:b2343 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hospices and CPR guidelines: CPR in a hospice in perspective
	John C Chambers
	BMJ  2009;338:b2344 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Assessing cardiovascular risk: Correction and transparency of BNF risk charts
	Rupert A Payne, David J Webb, Simon R J Maxwell
	BMJ  2009;338:b2330 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sample size calculations: Must do better
	Jonathan D Mayer
	BMJ  2009;338:b2323 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	UK report into acute kidney injury deaths recommends electrolyte checks in all emergency admissions
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2009;338:b2370 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Policies to increase patient throughput have led to more infections, says BMA
	Anne Gulland
	BMJ  2009;338:b2364 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Staff concerns at Mid Staffordshire trust were "lost in a black hole"
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2009;338:b2297 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors’ group files legal charges against nine French doctors
	Jeanne Lenzer
	BMJ  2009;338:b2347 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Australian research council reviews conflict of interest requirements
	Melissa Sweet
	BMJ  2009;338:b2338 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Top 10 scientific innovations showcase museum’s centenary celebrations
	Wendy Moore
	BMJ  2009;338:b2352 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients and staff not fully engaged with commissioning
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;338:b2388 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2009;338:b2361 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Debbie Purdy lodges appeal with House of Lords to prevent husband’s prosecution in assisted suicide case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b2298 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Only doctors can carry out euthanasia in the Netherlands, ruling confirms
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2009;338:b2319 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Conference calls for sanctions and penalties to stamp out "institutional racism" in NHS
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2009;338:b2349 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical isotope company urges Canadian government to fulfil its promise to build plant
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2009;338:b2346 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GP faces GMC hearing over 12 deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b2187 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Measles outbreak in Wales will get worse, officials have warned
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2009;338:b2317 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peter Rubin: Getting the regulation balance right
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b2360 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All doctors practising in the UK will need licence by 16 November
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;338:b2363 (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:b2310 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Patient Safety: Standing up for safety
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2009;338:b2286 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Ethics Man: The slipperiness of futility
	Daniel K Sokol
	BMJ  2009;338:b2222 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Getting the priorities right for stroke care
	Cathie Sudlow, Charles Warlow
	BMJ  2009;338:b2083 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Waiting times for carotid endarterectomy in UK: observational study
	Alison W Halliday, Tim Lees, Dora Kamugasha, Robert Grant, Alex Hoffman, Peter M Rothwell, John F Potter, Michael Horrocks, Ross Naylor, Anthony G Rudd, on behalf of Carotid Endarterectomy Steering Group; Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit, Royal College of Physicians; Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
	BMJ  2009;338:b1847 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Self administered cognitive screening test (TYM) for detection of Alzheimer’s disease: cross sectional study
	Jeremy Brown, George Pengas, Kate Dawson, Lucy A Brown, Philip Clatworthy
	BMJ  2009;338:b2030 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Career progression and destinations, comparing men and women in the NHS: postal questionnaire surveys
	Kathryn S Taylor, Trevor W Lambert, Michael J Goldacre
	BMJ  2009;338:b1735 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Retention in the British National Health Service of medical graduates trained in Britain: cohort studies
	Michael J Goldacre, Jean M Davidson, Trevor W Lambert
	BMJ  2009;338:b1977 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Perceptions of genetic discrimination among people at risk for Huntington’s disease: a cross sectional survey
	Yvonne Bombard, Gerry Veenstra, Jan M Friedman, Susan Creighton, Lauren Currie, Jane S Paulsen, Joan L Bottorff, Michael R Hayden, the Canadian Respond-HD Collaborative Research Group
	BMJ  2009;338:b2175 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research Methods & Reporting

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	Prognosis and prognostic research: validating a prognostic model
	Douglas G Altman, Yvonne Vergouwe, Patrick Royston, Karel G M Moons
	BMJ  2009;338:b605 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

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	Damage control resuscitation for patients with major trauma
	Jan O Jansen, Rhys Thomas, Malcolm A Loudon, Adam Brooks
	BMJ  2009;338:b1778 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Guidelines: Early management of persistent non-specific low back pain: summary of NICE guidance
	Pauline Savigny, Paul Watson, Martin Underwood, on behalf of the Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  2009;338:b1805 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Easily Missed?: Whooping cough
	Anthony Harnden
	BMJ  2009;338:b1772 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Haematuria
	Martijn Bakker, Diederik Boon
	BMJ  2009;338:b1324 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Abdel Halim Mohammed Abdel Halim
	Farouk Fadl
	BMJ  2009;338:b2311 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Albert Harold Davies
	Edith Waldmann
	BMJ  2009;338:b2277 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	James Russell Dickson
	John Toynton
	BMJ  2009;338:b2281 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Peter Forrester
	Geoff Pollock
	BMJ  2009;338:b2280 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Miriam Grace Hackman
	Ian Williams
	BMJ  2009;338:b2312 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	David Hunsley
	Iain Cameron
	BMJ  2009;338:b2278 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Philip Paton-Philip
	Charles Paton-Philip
	BMJ  2009;338:b2292 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	John Francis Webb
	A Kevin Webb
	BMJ  2009;338:b2288 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Sri Lanka: health as a weapon of war?
	Shiamala Suntharalingam
	BMJ  2009;338:b2304 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Double trouble
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;338:b2301 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: A Woman Under the Influence
	James Curran
	BMJ  2009;338:b2211 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Cut to the chase
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;338:b2369 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Bigger Picture: Now Irish eyes are open
	Mary E Black
	BMJ  2009;338:b2356 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Case report: The management of accidental hypothermia
	W G Headdon, P M Wilson, Harry R Dalton
	BMJ  2009;338:b2085 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Sampling distributions
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2009;338:b2290 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture quiz: A 2 year old girl with fever, cough, and tachypnoea
	Marc Tebruegge, Nicole Ritz, Tom Connell, Nigel Curtis
	BMJ  2009;338:b1210 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination quiz: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
	BMJ  2009;338:b2291 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Sharmila Madhogaria, Alena Salim
	BMJ  2009;338:b2300 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2009;338:b2296 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	From our archive: Onwards and upwards (1870)
	BMJ  2009;338:b2244 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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