Overuse of tympanostomy tubes in New York metropolitan area: evidence from five hospital cohort
	Salomeh Keyhani, Lawrence C Kleinman, Michael Rothschild, Joseph M Bernstein, Rebecca Anderson, Mark Chassin
	BMJ  2008;337:a1607, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1607 (Published 3 October 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of mortality: the Whitehall II prospective cohort study
	Jenny Head, Jane E Ferrie, Kristina Alexanderson, Hugo Westerlund, Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki
	BMJ  2008;337:a1469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1469 (Published 2 October 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Making a difference: Improving generalist end of life care: national consultation with practitioners, commissioners, academics, and service user groups
	Cathy Shipman, Marjolein Gysels, Patrick White, Allison Worth, Scott A Murray, Stephen Barclay, Sarah Forrest, Jonathan Shepherd, Jeremy Dale, Steve Dewar, Marilyn Peters, Suzanne White, Alison Richardson, Karl Lorenz, Jonathan Koffman, Irene J Higginson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1720 (Published 1 October 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Retrospective determination of whether famine existed in Niger, 2005: two stage cluster survey
	Avid Reza, Basia Tomczyk, Victor M Aguayo, Noel M Zagré, Kadadé Goumbi, Curtis Blanton, Leisel Talley
	BMJ  2008;337:a1622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1622 (Published 2 October 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patterns of skeletal fractures in child abuse: systematic review
	Alison M Kemp, Frank Dunstan, Sara Harrison, Susan Morris, Mala Mann, Kim Rolfe, Shalini Datta, D Phillip Thomas, Jonathan R Sibert, Sabine Maguire
	BMJ  2008;337:a1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1518 (Published 2 October 2008) [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web references][extra: Web tables]

Shortcuts

	All you need to read in the other general journals
	BMJ  2008;337:a1854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1854 (Published 30 September 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Global exhibition will highlight drug resistant TB
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  2008;337:a1901, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1901 (Published 2 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Acute medical units reduce deaths and stay in hospital, studies show
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2008;337:a1865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1865 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Treatment of seizures in babies is hampered by lack of EEG equipment
	Colin Wright
	BMJ  2008;337:a1873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1873 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Papers show how tobacco companies stopped airline’s smoking ban
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2008;337:a1887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1887 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	China’s tainted milk scandal spreads around world
	Jane Parry
	BMJ  2008;337:a1890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1890 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Milan’s appeals court is asked to rule on woman who has been in vegetative state for 16 years
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  2008;337:a1893, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1893 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	National research institute publishes directory of top researchers
	Geoff Watts
	BMJ  2008;337:a1911, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1911 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	UK introduces picture warnings on cigarette packets
	Harriet Adcock
	BMJ  2008;337:a1914, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1914 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	UK strategy is "opportunity to see health as a bridge to peace," says chief medical officer
	Caroline White
	BMJ  2008;337:a1925, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1925 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Antibiotic use in community in Northern Ireland is a third higher than in England
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1853 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	World leaders pledge extra $3bn to combat malaria
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1916, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1916 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Patient challenges trust’s right to deprive her of NHS treatment for buying drugs privately
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2008;337:a1909, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1909 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	US health groups protest against proposed government "conscience rule"
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1889 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2008;337:a1915, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1915 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Editor's Choice

	A plea for broader perspectives on health
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  2008;337:a1923, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1923 (Published 2 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Editorials

	Insertion of ventilation (tympanostomy) tubes for otitis media with effusion
	Mark Haggard
	BMJ  2008;337:a1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1535 (Published 3 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medically certified sickness absence
	Johannes R Anema, Allard J van der Beek
	BMJ  2008;337:a1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1174 (Published 2 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing child abuse
	Naomi F Sugar
	BMJ  2008;337:a1398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1398 (Published 2 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Identifying famines
	Craig Gundersen
	BMJ  2008;337:a1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1178 (Published 2 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Contract research organisations: Truly independent research is impossible
	Mohamed Sakel
	BMJ  2008;337:a1881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1881 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consent for publication: What happens to papers rejected by the BMJ on ethical grounds
	N A Pace, Margaret Owen, Sara Schroter
	BMJ  2008;337:a1880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1880 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consent for publication: Editors and authors vexed and confused by consent
	Harvey Marcovitch
	BMJ  2008;337:a1879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1879 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consent for publication: Simplifying consent for publication of case reports
	Robert W Aldridge
	BMJ  2008;337:a1878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1878 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sickle cell disease: Primary or secondary care?
	Ben Bradley
	BMJ  2008;337:a1877, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1877 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sickle cell disease: Palliative care
	Cate Seton-Jones
	BMJ  2008;337:a1876, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1876 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sickle cell disease: Malarial chemoprophylaxis
	Kelsey D J Jones
	BMJ  2008;337:a1875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1875 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sickle cell disease: Beware of transfusions and hyperhaemolysis
	Amit Patel
	BMJ  2008;337:a1874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1874 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Features

	How patients rate doctors
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2008;337:a1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1408 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Observations

	Medicine and the Media: Why is the press so nasty to NICE?
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2008;337:a1906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1906 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Life and Death: The emperor’s new constitution
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2008;337:a1857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1857 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Head to Head

	Should we use regulation to demand improved public health outcomes from industry? No
	Stig Pramming
	BMJ  2008;337:a1761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1761 (Published 2 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Should we use regulation to demand improved public health outcomes from industry? Yes
	Stephen D Sugarman
	BMJ  2008;337:a1750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1750 (Published 2 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Analysis

	Early detection of chronic kidney disease
	J Feehally, K E Griffith, E J Lamb, D J O’Donoghue, C R V Tomson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1618 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Meeting the challenge of antibiotic resistance
	Otto Cars, Liselotte Diaz Högberg, Mary Murray, Olle Nordberg, Satya Sivaraman, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Anthony D So, Göran Tomson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1438 (Published 18 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Views and Reviews

	Medical Classics: Aphorisms from Latham
	George Dunea
	BMJ  2008;337:a1742, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1742 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	In and Out of Hospital: Health tectonics
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2008;337:a1918, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1918 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the Frontline: The i-patient
	Des Spence
	BMJ  2008;337:a1919, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1919 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Review of the Week: Becoming Ben
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2008;337:a1856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1856 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Between the Lines: A cool drink for an ardent fever
	Theodore Dalrymple
	BMJ  2008;337:a1749, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1749 (Published 1 October 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View: Actions speak louder than words
	Michael Paddock, Bernadette O’Neil, Andy Holwell
	BMJ  2008;337:a1882, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1882 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	Patrick Adrian Hopkins
	M J Egginton
	BMJ  2008;337:a1860, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1860 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	David Christopher Bruce Bissett
	Peter Slimmings
	BMJ  2008;337:a1861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1861 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Hugh Owen Hughes
	John Hughes
	BMJ  2008;337:a1862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1862 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	James Hamilton Fairley
	Patrick Anderson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1863, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1863 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	David Christison
	Alistair Rennie, John Christison
	BMJ  2008;337:a1883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1883 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Matthew Kenyon Alexander
	Matthew Alexander
	BMJ  2008;337:a1905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1905 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text]

	Paul Antoine ("Tom") Voûte
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2008;337:a1907, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1907 (Published 30 September 2008) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

Endgames

	Picture Quiz: Sleep disordered breathing in a 4 year old child with Down’s syndrome
	D S Urquhart, L Perry, A Gupta, M Rosenthal
	BMJ  2008;337:a1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1229 (Published 1 October 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Case report: Tired and anxious
	Chris Gale, Oliver Davidson
	BMJ  2008;337:a1241, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1241 (Published 1 October 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prize quiz: Lung function and physiology
	BMJ  2008;337:a1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1337 (Published 1 October 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical question: Sample sizes
	John Fletcher
	BMJ  2008;337:a199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a199 (Published 1 October 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Ajit Singh Kashyap, Kuldip Parkash Anand, Surekha Kashyap
	BMJ  2008;337:a1858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1858 (Published 30 September 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ  2008;337:a1859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1859 (Published 30 September 2008) [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

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