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21 June 2008 (Vol 336, No 7658)
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Key opinion leaders, your time is up
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2008;336, doi:10.1136/bmj.a413
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Vitamin A supplements in newborns and child survival
James M Tielsch
BMJ  2008;336:1385-1386, doi:10.1136/bmj.39575.486609.80 (published 16 June 2008)
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Risk factors for gastroschisis
Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo
BMJ  2008;336:1386-1387, doi:10.1136/bmj.39577.589699.BE (published 16 June 2008)
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Wheeze in preschool children
George Russell
BMJ  2008;336:1387-1388, doi:10.1136/bmj.39559.608356.BE (published 16 June 2008)
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Preventing injury in childhood
Graham Kirkwood, Allyson Pollock
BMJ  2008;336:1388-1389, doi:10.1136/bmj.a298
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Health and wealth in Europe
David J Hunter, Tessa Richards
BMJ  2008;336:1390, doi:10.1136/bmj.a344
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Patient consent: The mole remains the same
Jeffrey C McIlwain
BMJ  2008;336:1391, doi:10.1136/bmj.a349
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Polyclinics: Darzi’s five pledges for polyclinics are being ignored
Anne Holmes
BMJ  2008;336:1391, doi:10.1136/bmj.a352
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State of general practice: Interdisciplinary team approach to general practice in Canada
Lee Mantini
BMJ  2008;336:1391-1392, doi:10.1136/bmj.a350
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Hypocalcaemia: More causes of hypocalcaemia
Federico Marchetti, Nagua Giurici, Alessandro Ventura
BMJ  2008;336:1392, doi:10.1136/bmj.a354
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Hypocalcaemia: Use of oral calcium to treat hypocalcaemia
Olivier Steichen
BMJ  2008;336:1392, doi:10.1136/bmj.a355
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Carers of people with dementia: Service provision for carers and wellbeing
Margaret A Loudon
BMJ  2008;336:1392, doi:10.1136/bmj.a356
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Neonatal service reorganisation fails to iron out regional variation in death rates
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:1393, doi:10.1136/bmj.a395 (published 18 June 2008)
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One in four NHS trusts in England fail hygiene standards
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2008;336:1393, doi:10.1136/bmj.a380
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British woman is given go ahead to clarify law on assisted suicide
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:1394, doi:10.1136/bmj.a374
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EU launches plan to tackle mental illness and reduce number of suicides
Rory Watson
BMJ  2008;336:1394, doi:10.1136/bmj.a381
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Dutch doctors publish guide to "careful suicide"
Tony Sheldon
BMJ  2008;336:1394-1395, doi:10.1136/bmj.a362
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Psychiatrist admits plagiarism but denies dishonesty
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:1394-1395, doi:10.1136/bmj.a398
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Government insists on second public consultation before regulating complementary medicine
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2008;336:1395, doi:10.1136/bmj.a401 (published 18 June 2008)
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Europe’s drug companies are better than those in US in making drugs accessible to poor countries
Andrew Jack
BMJ  2008;336:1396, doi:10.1136/bmj.a397
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Research organisations join forces to develop treatments for neglected infectious diseases
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2008;336:1396-1397, doi:10.1136/bmj.a389
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More than 100 000 children in Ethiopia need therapeutic feeding
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2008;336:1397, doi:10.1136/bmj.a387
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High prices drive down flow of food aid
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2008;336:1397, doi:10.1136/bmj.a372
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In brief
BMJ  2008;336:1398, doi:10.1136/bmj.a393
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Survival of women treated for early breast cancer detected by screening is same as in general population, audit shows
Susan Mayor
BMJ  2008;336:1398-1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a373
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Health department and BMA may reach compromise on records system
Michael Cross
BMJ  2008;336:1398-1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a410
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NHS will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2050, minister says
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2008;336:1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a382
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More than a million people signed petition against polyclinics
Adrian O’Dowd
BMJ  2008;336:1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a415
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Olympic Games will bring health gains to the non-sporting public, says Princess Anne
Domhnall Macauley
BMJ  2008;336:1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a411
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Agency finds it harder to monitor infections after surgery as length of hospital stay falls
Lisa Hitchen
BMJ  2008;336:1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a418
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Welsh agency for specialist healthcare services should be wound up, report says
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2008;336:1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a394
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Underinsurance threatens physical and financial wellbeing of US families
Jeanne Lenzer
BMJ  2008;336:1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a419
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Singaporean medical team reports back from Burma
David Brill
BMJ  2008;336:1399, doi:10.1136/bmj.a417
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All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ  2008;336:1400-1401, doi:10.1136/bmj.a328
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Should the drug industry work with key opinion leaders? Yes
Charlie Buckwell
BMJ  2008;336:1404, doi:10.1136/bmj.39541.702870.59
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Should the drug industry work with key opinion leaders? No
Giovanni A Fava
BMJ  2008;336:1405, doi:10.1136/bmj.39541.731493.59
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Drug marketing: Key opinion leaders: independent experts or drug representatives in disguise?
Ray Moynihan
BMJ  2008;336:1402-1403, doi:10.1136/bmj.39575.675787.651
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Primary care: Private practice
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2008;336:1406-1407, doi:10.1136/bmj.a330
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Border Crossing: Manners in medicine
Tessa Richards
BMJ  2008;336:1408, doi:10.1136/bmj.a340
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NHS at 60: A centrally funded health service, free at the point of delivery
Tony Delamothe
BMJ  2008;336:1410-1412, doi:10.1136/bmj.a292
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Research methodology: Reasons or excuses for avoiding meta-analysis in forest plots
John P A Ioannidis, Nikolaos A Patsopoulos, Hannah R Rothstein
BMJ  2008;336:1413-1415, doi:10.1136/bmj.a117
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Christine Stabell Benn, Birgitte Rode Diness, Adam Roth, Ernesto Nante, Ane Bærent Fisker, Ida Maria Lisse, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Hilton Whittle, Amabelia Rodrigues, Peter Aaby
BMJ  2008;336:1416-1420, doi:10.1136/bmj.39542.509444.AE (published 16 June 2008)
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Marcia L Feldkamp, Jennita Reefhuis, James Kucik, Sergey Krikov, Andy Wilson, Cynthia A Moore, John C Carey, Lorenzo D Botto
BMJ  2008;336:1420-1423, doi:10.1136/bmj.39567.509074.25 (published 16 June 2008)
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Peter I Frank, Julie A Morris, Michelle L Hazell, Mary F Linehan, Timothy L Frank
BMJ  2008;336:1423-1426, doi:10.1136/bmj.39568.623750.BE (published 16 June 2008)
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Angie Bone, Fortune Ncube, Tom Nichols, Norman D Noah
BMJ  2008;336:1426-1428, doi:10.1136/bmj.39580.497176.25 (published 12 June 2008)
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Recent changes in the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults
Hannah J Durrington, Charlotte Summers
BMJ  2008;336:1429-1433, doi:10.1136/bmj.a285
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Rational Imaging: Endovascular stenting to treat obstruction of the superior vena cava
Anthony F Watkinson, Tow Non Yeow, Clementine Fraser
BMJ  2008;336:1434-1437, doi:10.1136/bmj.39562.512789.80
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Personal View: Is it about the patients?
BMJ  2008;336:1438, doi:10.1136/bmj.39602.460498.3A
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Review of the Week: Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
Richard Hurley
BMJ  2008;336:1439, doi:10.1136/bmj.39610.667222.59
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From the Frontline: Delay, shame, and blame
Des Spence
BMJ  2008;336:1440, doi:10.1136/bmj.a384
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In and Out of Hospital: The last appraisal
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2008;336:1440, doi:10.1136/bmj.39610.714942.59
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Between the Lines: A man of wit and clinical wisdom
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2008;336:1441, doi:10.1136/bmj.39610.608368.59
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Medical Classic: When the air hits your brain
Chris Barrett
BMJ  2008;336:1441, doi:10.1136/bmj.39611.510127.4E
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Murray Elias Jarvik
Ned Stafford
BMJ  2008;336:1442, doi:10.1136/bmj.a348
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Robert Alexander Blair
Julia Welchman
BMJ  2008;336:1443, doi:10.1136/bmj.39560.784537.BE
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Charles Gavin Elliott
John Hayward, Susan Elliott
BMJ  2008;336:1443, doi:10.1136/bmj.a228
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James Gordon Latimer
Celia Mather
BMJ  2008;336:1443, doi:10.1136/bmj.a263
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Caroline Jane Lewis (née Bucknall)
Sarah Steward
BMJ  2008;336:1443, doi:10.1136/bmj.a224
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David Wreford Ranken Lyle
Peter Lyle
BMJ  2008;336:1443, doi:10.1136/bmj.a266
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Maev O’Connell
Kevin O’Connell
BMJ  2008;336:1443, doi:10.1136/bmj.a227
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Abulfatah Akram Sayeed
Reza Sayeed
BMJ  2008;336:1443, doi:10.1136/bmj.a278
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Kanchana Seneviratne, Gurjeet Pamma, Majed Ali
BMJ  2008;336:1444, doi:10.1136/bmj.a357
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BMJ  2008;336:1444, doi:10.1136/bmj.a359
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Obstetricians seek recognition for Chinese pioneers of safe abortion
BMJ  2008;336, doi:10.1136/bmj.a400
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Going from evidence to recommendations
BMJ  2008;336, doi:10.1136/bmj.a402
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Incorporating considerations of resources use into grading recommendations
BMJ  2008;336, doi:10.1136/bmj.a403
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Inequity of access to investigation and effect on clinical outcomes: prognostic study of coronary angiography for suspected stable angina pectoris
BMJ  2008;336, doi:10.1136/bmj.a405
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BMJ  2008;336, doi:10.1136/bmj.a407
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