CME, GMC, and Florence Nightingale
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2010;340:c2699 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

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	Tackling antibiotic resistance
	Anthony D So, Neha Gupta, Otto Cars
	BMJ  2010;340:c2071 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Umbilical cord blood gas analysis
	James P Neilson
	BMJ  2010;340:c1720 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Continuing medical education for BMJ readers
	Steven Kawczak, Kirsten Patrick
	BMJ  2010;340:c2410 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Removing industrial trans fat from foods
	Dariush Mozaffarian, Meir J Stampfer
	BMJ  2010;340:c1826 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
	A P Banning, F Cuculi, C C S Lim
	BMJ  2010;340:c1272 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

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	Sutures v staples: More research needed
	Malcolm John Dickson
	BMJ  2010;340:c2625 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sutures v staples: Let’s add three other studies
	Anne J H Vochteloo, Bart G Pijls, Huub J L van der Heide
	BMJ  2010;340:c2627 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sutures versus staples: Conclusions are uncertain
	Thomas A Ball
	BMJ  2010;340:c2628 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sutures v staples: More methodological concerns
	Matthew Ockendon, Jonathan Gregory, Gillian Cribb, Paul Cool
	BMJ  2010;340:c2630 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sutures v staples: What about the NICE guidelines?
	Thomas D Pinkney, Steve Pandey, Simon Radley, Tariq Ismail
	BMJ  2010;340:c2631 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Suture v staples: Authors’ reply
	Toby O Smith, Debbie Sexton, Charles Mann, Simon Donell
	BMJ  2010;340:c2632 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sutures v staples: Some troubles with staples
	Robert Kirby
	BMJ  2010;340:c2633 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sutures v staples: BMJ’s suturing technique
	Michael Burke
	BMJ  2010;340:c2634 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pulmonary embolism: Unsuspected pulmonary embolism
	Jecko Thachil
	BMJ  2010;340:c2640 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Making audit sexy: Consultants do sexy audit
	Chris M Turner, Terri M Bentley, James A Crampton, Shewli Rahman
	BMJ  2010;340:c2642 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spinal injury: NHS spinal units
	John Cowley
	BMJ  2010;340:c2511 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical Trials Directive: Age of autonomy
	Karla Hemming
	BMJ  2010;340:c2648 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spanish transplantation model: Don’t forget economics
	Fernando Verdu, Francesc Frances, Ana Castello
	BMJ  2010;340:c2520 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Two tier health systems: ISTCs are not on the radar
	Gareth L Greenslade
	BMJ  2010;340:c2644 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GMC fitness to practise panels: Justice for all
	Oliver Dearlove
	BMJ  2010;340:c2651 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

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	Doctors should avoid making assumptions about patients’ choices at the end of life
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2010;340:c2609 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Indian president signs ordinance to dissolve medical council
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;340:c2685 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Concentration of insulin-like growth factor is linked with breast cancer
	Rebecca Wilkins
	BMJ  2010;340:c2653 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New health secretary warns further NHS efficiency savings may be needed
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;340:c2600 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors need to embrace leadership roles for good of health service, says royal college
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;340:c2684 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetes consensus panel calls for action on obesity, diet, and exercise
	Colin Wright
	BMJ  2010;340:c2670 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK colleges criticise "compromise" in US guidance on female genital mutilation
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2010;340:c2586 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In brief
	BMJ  2010;340:c2635 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	FDA enlists doctors to help spot misleading drug advertisements
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2010;340:c2594 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	WHO’s head calls on donors to do more to protect poor countries’ health systems
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2010;340:c2698 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mobile phones do not raise risk of brain tumours in adults, but harms among highest users need investigating
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2010;340:c2688 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scottish doctors call for better protection when speaking out about concerns
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  2010;340:c2591 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer are on cusp of major change, conference hears
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2010;340:c2652 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Disappearance of drugs undermines Uganda’s fight against malaria
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2010;340:c2611 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Brazil and India file complaint against EU over seizure of generic drugs
	John Zarocostas
	BMJ  2010;340:c2672 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cambodia cracks down on illegal drug vendors in bid to counter antimalarial resistance
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2010;340:c2622 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Short Cuts

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	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2010;340:c2614 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Feature

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	Whistleblowing: Whistle while you work: an analysis of NHS foundation trust policies
	Adrian O'Dowd, Josephine Hayes, Deborah Cohen
	BMJ  2010;340:c2350 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

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	On the Contrary: Don’t take me to your leader
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2010;340:c2675 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

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	Health Systems Perspectives: Stoking the antibiotic pipeline
	Chantal M Morel, Elias Mossialos
	BMJ  2010;340:c2115 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Research

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	Effect of antibiotic prescribing in primary care on antimicrobial resistance in individual patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Ceire Costelloe, Chris Metcalfe, Andrew Lovering, David Mant, Alastair D Hay
	BMJ  2010;340:c2096 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Strength of association between umbilical cord pH and perinatal and long term outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis
	Gemma L Malin, Rachel K Morris, Khalid S Khan
	BMJ  2010;340:c1471 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of accelerated rehabilitation on function after ankle sprain: randomised controlled trial
	Chris M Bleakley, Sean R O'Connor, Mark A Tully, Laurence G Rocke, Domhnall C MacAuley, Ian Bradbury, Stephen Keegan, Suzanne M McDonough
	BMJ  2010;340:c1964 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Early waning of maternal measles antibodies in era of measles elimination: longitudinal study
	E Leuridan, N Hens, V Hutse, M Ieven, M Aerts, P Van Damme
	BMJ  2010;340:c1626 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Low maternal exposure to ultraviolet radiation in pregnancy, month of birth, and risk of multiple sclerosis in offspring: longitudinal analysis
	Judith Staples, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Lynette Lim
	BMJ  2010;340:c1640 (Published ) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical Review

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	Diagnosis and management of the antiphospholipid syndrome
	Danielle Cohen, Stefan P Berger, Gerda M Steup-Beekman, Kitty W M Bloemenkamp, Ingeborg M Bajema
	BMJ  2010;340:c2541 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Practice

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	Rational Imaging: Imaging transient ischaemic attack with diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging
	Adam Wallis, Tim Saunders
	BMJ  2010;340:c2215 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	10-Minute Consultation: Stridor in children
	Laura J L Halpin, Claire L Anderson, Nicole Corriette
	BMJ  2010;340:c2193 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Sexual precocity in a 4 year old boy
	A Mason, E McNeill, A M Wallace, J M Connell, M D C Donaldson
	BMJ  2010;340:c2319 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

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	Mortimer Sackler
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2010;340:c2671 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gordon Easton
	C Valenta, S MacPherson
	BMJ  2010;340:c2588 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Abraham Stone Freedberg
	Ned Stafford
	BMJ  2010;340:c2575 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sally Masheder (née Backhouse)
	Stefan Cembrowicz
	BMJ  2010;340:c2579 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Robert Malcolm Moffitt
	John Chippendale
	BMJ  2010;340:c2610 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Joyce Mary Owen (née Scholefield)
	Robert Owen
	BMJ  2010;340:c2580 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ratnasabapathy Sashidharan
	K Wark
	BMJ  2010;340:c2616 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Richard John West
	David Hall
	BMJ  2010;340:c2618 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views & Reviews

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	Personal View: Lethal injections: no healthcare professionals should be involved
	Mike Weaver
	BMJ  2010;340:c2643 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Florence and the war machine
	Colin Martin
	BMJ  2010;340:c2595 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: The cost of reading
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2010;340:c2665 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical Classics: 4.48 Psychosis
	Richard Hurley
	BMJ  2010;340:c2605 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: Pain revisited: evidence for opioids
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2010;340:c2659 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug Tales and Other Stories: Drug regulation: a sometimes unhealthy coalition
	Ike Iheanacho
	BMJ  2010;340:c2613 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Endgames

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	Picture Quiz: An infant with respiratory distress
	Johnny Canlas, Anwar Ayubi, Fatima Kagalwala, Raghavan Prasad, Jeewan Rawal
	BMJ  2010;340:c2155 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case report: An elderly woman with recurrent episodes of confusion
	Augustin Brooks, Bijay Vaidya
	BMJ  2010;340:c1998 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical Question: Nested case-control studies
	Philip Sedgwick
	BMJ  2010;340:c2582 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	OnExamination Quiz: Airways
	BMJ  2010;340:c2593 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

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	S J Winceslaus, C Wijesurendra
	BMJ  2010;340:c2607 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2010;340:c2606 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Filler

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	Guinea pigs for the "developed" countries
	Rashmi R Singh
	BMJ  2010;340:c868 (Published ) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

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