When necessity becomes opportunity
	Fiona Godlee
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Editorials

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	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and congenital malformations
	Christina Chambers
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	Thigh circumference and risk of heart disease and premature death
	Ian A Scott
	BMJ  2009;339:b3302 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Can financial incentives improve health equity?
	Adam Oliver
	BMJ  2009;339:b3847 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for intracranial aneurysms in ADPKD
	Albert C M Ong
	BMJ  2009;339:b3763 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The future of social care in England
	Christina R Victor
	BMJ  2009;339:b3384 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Helicobacter pylori and ulcers: Against reductionism
	Susan Levenstein
	BMJ  2009;339:b3855 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rosiglitazone and pioglitazone: Beware macular oedema
	Rosemary G Lambley, Kave Vahdani, Aris Konstantinidis, Adam Booth
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	Payment by results: Has payment by results affected how care is recorded?
	John P Watson
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	Payment by results: Market failure
	Rudiger Pittrof
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	Promoting social mobility: Not just down to individuals
	Mel Bartley
	BMJ  2009;339:b3857 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Contraception for women: Evidence based counselling
	Richard Lyus
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	Contraception for women: Intrauterine devices and ectopic pregnancy
	Martin P Vessey
	BMJ  2009;339:b3864 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ottawa rules, OK?: Noctors, doctors, and rules
	Trefor J Roscoe, Sarah J Roscoe
	BMJ  2009;339:b3872 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Consultation opens on guidance for prosecuting in cases of assisted dying
	Clare Dyer
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	Hundreds of US health experts tell Congress it’s time to enact reform
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
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	Doctor accused of covering up faked rugby injury is suspended by GMC
	Clare Dyer
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	Health secretary announces end to GP catchment areas
	Sophie Cook
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	Framework for NHS "quality accounts" is launched
	Jacqui Wise
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	Exhibition pays tribute to St George’s heritage
	Wendy Moore
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	More clinical audits are key to improving quality of care, says NHS audit chief
	Helen Mooney
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	In brief
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	India makes little progress on child malnutrition despite steady economic growth
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  2009;339:b3886 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Immigrants with HIV may face death if deported from UK
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2009;339:b3893 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lack of health insurance leads to 45 000 excess deaths in US
	Jeanne Lenzer
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	UN mission finds evidence of war crimes on both sides of Gaza conflict
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2009;339:b3837 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	German politicians want a commissioner to investigate bribery of doctors
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2009;339:b3906 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chasing the worm
	Michelle Lodge
	BMJ  2009;339:b3892 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health effects of toxic waste dumped in Côte d’Ivoire need urgent examination, UN expert says
	John Zarocostas
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Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
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Feature

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	Pandemic Flu: Flu’s unexpected bonus
	Andrew Jack
	BMJ  2009;339:b3811 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health Policy: Europe’s knowledge broker
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2009;339:b3871 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Body Politic: Hard labour
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2009;339:b3880 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	What can we learn from German health incentive schemes?
	Harald Schmidt, Andreas Gerber, Stephanie Stock
	BMJ  2009;339:b3504 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Radial extracorporeal shockwave treatment compared with supervised exercises in patients with subacromial pain syndrome: single blind randomised study
	Kaia Engebretsen, Margreth Grotle, Erik Bautz-Holter, Leiv Sandvik, Niels G Juel, Ole Marius Ekeberg, Jens Ivar Brox
	BMJ  2009;339:b3360 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Use of qualitative methods alongside randomised controlled trials of complex healthcare interventions: methodological study
	Simon Lewin, Claire Glenton, Andrew D Oxman
	BMJ  2009;339:b3496 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in pregnancy and congenital malformations: population based cohort study
	Lars Henning Pedersen, Tine Brink Henriksen, Mogens Vestergaard, Jorn Olsen, Bodil Hammer Bech
	BMJ  2009;339:b3569 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Thigh circumference and risk of heart disease and premature death: prospective cohort study
	Berit L Heitmann, Peder Frederiksen
	BMJ  2009;339:b3292 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research Methods & Reporting

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	Critical reflections on the rise of qualitative research
	Catherine Pope, Nicholas Mays
	BMJ  2009;339:b3425 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

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	Surgery for obesity in adulthood
	Daniel Richard Leff, Dugal Heath
	BMJ  2009;339:b3402 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Diagnosis in General Practice: Iterative diagnosis
	Geoff Norman, Kevin Barraclough, Lisa Dolovich, David Price
	BMJ  2009;339:b3490 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis in General Practice: Vertigo
	Kevin Barraclough, Adolfo Bronstein
	BMJ  2009;339:b3493 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Patricia Flora Allington-Smith (née Frisby)
	Pru Allington-Smith
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	Lindsay Henderson
	Peter Grant
	BMJ  2009;339:b3817 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	David Askey Lammiman
	Campbell Mackenzie
	BMJ  2009;339:b3821 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ian Murray Lawson
	Neil Mackenzie
	BMJ  2009;339:b3818 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Jeremy Robert Sides
	Peter A Rowan
	BMJ  2009;339:b3822 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Myer Tobias
	Oskar Dover
	BMJ  2009;339:b3713 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Do gyms have responsibilities for people with eating disorders?
	Rony E Duncan
	BMJ  2009;339:b3467 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: A life at stake
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;339:b3509 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: The Book of Household Management
	Gavin C K W Koh
	BMJ  2009;339:b3866 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Wielding the axe
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;339:b3910 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In and Out of Hospital: The NHS film unit
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2009;339:b3828 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	OnExamination quiz: Dementia
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	Statistical question: Positive predictive value
	Siva K Talluri
	BMJ  2009;339:b3835 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture quiz: An elderly woman with obstruction
	Anna Tilley, Adib Khanafer, Abhijoy Chakrabarty, Ravivarma Balasubramaniam, Peter Waterland, Tony Fox
	BMJ  2009;339:b3641 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Bettina Lieske, Jeffrey Lim, Michael Booth
	BMJ  2009;339:b3843 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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