Effective, safe, and a good patient experience
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2009;339:b4346 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Mobilisation or immobilisation for cervical radiculopathy?
	J David Cassidy
	BMJ  2009;339:b3952 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The safety of propofol
	Andrew Hartle, Surbhi Malhotra
	BMJ  2009;339:b4024 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing variation in adverse events during the academic year
	Paul Barach, Julie K Johnson
	BMJ  2009;339:b3949 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using patient experience within pay for performance programmes
	Chris Salisbury
	BMJ  2009;339:b4224 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Healthcare associated infections
	Andreas Voss
	BMJ  2009;339:b3721 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	SSRIs and congenital defects: Spontaneous publishing and academic miscarriages (SPAM)
	David Healy
	BMJ  2009;339:b4293 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SSRIs and congenital defects: Author’s reply
	Christina Chambers
	BMJ  2009;339:b4295 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SSRIs and congenital defects: Women should give informed consent before starting SSRIs
	Derelie Mangin
	BMJ  2009;339:b4292 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SSRIs and congenital defects: SSRIs and heart defects in neonates
	Gil Klinger, Paul Merlob
	BMJ  2009;339:b4288 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SSRIs and congenital defects: Case registers in pregnancy?
	Devender Singh Yadav
	BMJ  2009;339:b4286 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thighs and heart disease: Thighs and thresholds
	Roger M Harbord, Jonathan A C Sterne
	BMJ  2009;339:b4246 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thighs and heart disease: Exercise, muscle mass, and insulin sensitivity
	George P Nassis, Labros S Sidossis
	BMJ  2009;339:b4249 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thighs and heart disease: Great Danes
	Ted Willis
	BMJ  2009;339:b4251 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Equity and NHS reforms: What about independent sector treatment centres?
	Allyson M Pollock, Sylvia Godden, Graham Kirkwood
	BMJ  2009;339:b4255 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prostate specific antigen: Prostate screening in France
	Alain Braillon
	BMJ  2009;339:b4285 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Capsule endoscopy: Technique has limitations
	Andy Li
	BMJ  2009;339:b4282 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Response: Tom MacDonald: Tom MacDonald replies to Marisa de Andrade
	Tom MacDonald
	BMJ  2009;339:b4281 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	European Union criticised for health policies towards developing countries
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2009;339:b4328 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	College issues guidance on fabricated or induced illness after doctors lose confidence in its diagnosis
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;339:b4289 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Iraqi doctors seize first training opportunity in 20 years in unique UK programme
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;339:b4329 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and scientists call for tripling in spending on mental health research
	Ann McGauran
	BMJ  2009;339:b4256 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors’ leaders question accuracy of rating general practices
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2009;339:b4257 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Supermarket chains warn that minimum pricing of alcohol will not stop binge drinking
	Adrian O'Dowd
	BMJ  2009;339:b4287 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	H1N1 vaccination begins as proportion of cases in hospital admitted to intensive care rises
	Sophie Cook
	BMJ  2009;339:b4291 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Only 12% of Germans say they will have H1N1 vaccine after row blows up over safety of adjuvants
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2009;339:b4335 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Public health messages that invoke disgust work best for men, study finds
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;339:b4277 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	US inches closer towards healthcare reform as houses prepare for debate
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;339:b4306 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2009;339:b4339 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tobacco sponsorship of tennis tournament goes ahead because of weak Swiss legislation, says campaigning group
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2009;339:b4270 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Putin criticises drug companies for paying doctors to prescribe their drugs
	Lilia E Ziganshina
	BMJ  2009;339:b4200 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GlaxoSmithKline told to pay family $2.5m after jury finds paroxetine caused son’s heart defects
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2009;339:b4266 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bans on public smoking reduce deaths among people exposed to secondhand smoke, study shows
	Bob Roehr
	BMJ  2009;339:b4290 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2009;339:b4279 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Profile: Walter Merricks: in search of justice
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2009;339:b4162 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	Yankee Doodling: All or nothing at all?
	Douglas Kamerow
	BMJ  2009;339:b4319 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Should we screen low risk patients for meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus?
	Michael Millar
	BMJ  2009;339:b4035 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Cervical collar or physiotherapy versus wait and see policy for recent onset cervical radiculopathy: randomised trial
	Barbara Kuijper, Jos Th J Tans, Anita Beelen, Frans Nollet, Marianne de Visser
	BMJ  2009;339:b3883 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reliability of patient responses in pay for performance schemes: analysis of national General Practitioner Patient Survey data in England
	Martin Roland, Marc Elliott, Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Josephine Barbiere, Richard A Parker, Patten Smith, Peter Bower, John Campbell
	BMJ  2009;339:b3851 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Explaining the rise in antidepressant prescribing: a descriptive study using the general practice research database
	Michael Moore, Ho Ming Yuen, Nick Dunn, Mark A Mullee, Joe Maskell, Tony Kendrick
	BMJ  2009;339:b3999 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rate of undesirable events at beginning of academic year: retrospective cohort study
	Guy Haller, Paul S Myles, Patrick Taffe, Thomas V Perneger, Christopher L Wu
	BMJ  2009;339:b3974 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Research Methods & Reporting

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	Use of serial qualitative interviews to understand patients’ evolving experiences and needs
	Scott A Murray, Marilyn Kendall, Emma Carduff, Allison Worth, Fiona M Harris, Anna Lloyd, Debbie Cavers, Liz Grant, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2009;339:b3702 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Statistics Notes: Analysis of continuous data from small samples
	J Martin Bland, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2009;338:a3166 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Review

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	Cryptosporidiosis
	A P Davies, R M Chalmers
	BMJ  2009;339:b4168 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Practice Pointer: Applying for ethical approval for research in the United Kingdom
	A Smajdor, M R Sydes, L Gelling, M Wilkinson
	BMJ  2009;339:b4013 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Malignant melanoma
	Stella Ivaz, Hawys Lloyd-Hughes, Pippa Oakeshott, Saima Shah
	BMJ  2009;339:b3078 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	John A J Macleod
	James D M Douglas
	BMJ  2009;339:b4296 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Syed Irfan Ahmed
	Shahab Ullah Qureshi, Srinivasan Ravi
	BMJ  2009;339:b4302 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Montague Joshua Goldberg
	Peter Hubner
	BMJ  2009;339:b4151 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paul Francis Dorian Naylor
	Charles P E Naylor
	BMJ  2009;339:b4305 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	James Ramsay Philp
	Elizabeth Philp, Alison Dillon
	BMJ  2009;339:b4304 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Elizabeth Tylden
	Guy Dawkins
	BMJ  2009;339:b4147 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Christopher Paul Varty
	Jackie Varty
	BMJ  2009;339:b4022 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Shee Hung Yu
	M H Yu
	BMJ  2009;339:b4303 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Withdrawal of consent by sperm donors
	Peter D Sozou, Sally Sheldon, Geraldine M Hartshorne
	BMJ  2009;339:b4297 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Sci-fi medicine: an odyssey
	Ara Darzi
	BMJ  2009;339:b4312 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: Sanatorium blues
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2009;339:b4096 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classic: Diverticular disease of the colon
	Martin Eastwood
	BMJ  2009;339:b4309 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: The counsel of imperfection
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2009;339:b4315 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: Non-doctor in the house
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2009;339:b4317 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	OnExamination Quiz: Children’s respiratory illnesses
	BMJ  2009;339:b4250 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Picture Quiz: Seizures in a 9 month old girl
	Lawrence Armstrong, Valerie Orr
	BMJ  2009;339:b4133 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical Question: Screening tests III
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2009;339:b4247 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	Bharat Kumar
	BMJ  2009;339:b4267 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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Filler

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	Endpiece: An alternative career?
	BMJ  2008;337:a562 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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