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27 October 2007 (Vol 335, No 7625)
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This week's Editor's choice

Make health inequality history
Trish Groves
BMJ  2007;335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.555324.47
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This week's Editorials

Equitable access to health care
James K Tumwine
BMJ  2007;335:833-834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.586076.80, (Published 22 October 2007)
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The role of national public health institutes in health infrastructure development
Jeffrey P Koplan, Courtenay Dusenbury, Pekka Jousilahti, Pekka Puska
BMJ  2007;335:834-835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39356.406377.BE, (Published 22 October 2007)
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Rapid tranquillisation in emergency psychiatric settings
Chittaranjan Andrade
BMJ  2007;335:835-836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.614387.80, (Published 22 October 2007)
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Violence and gun crime
Gwen Adshead, Peter Fonagy, Sameer P Sarkar
BMJ  2007;335:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39365.683877.BE
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Providing care closer to home
Chris Salisbury, Sarah Purdy
BMJ  2007;335:838, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.523171.80
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This week's Letters

Surgical mortality: Media attack
Stephen Westaby, Nicholas Archer, Neil Wilson
BMJ  2007;335:839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.370463.BE
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Surgical mortality: Hospital episode statistics v central cardiac audit database
Paul Aylin, Alex Bottle, Paul Elliott, Brian Jarman
BMJ  2007;335:839, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.474965.BE
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Surgical mortality: Summary of other responses
Sharon Davies
BMJ  2007;335:839-840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.627373.BE
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Fluoridation: The Department of Health's view
Barry Cockcroft, Liam Donaldson
BMJ  2007;335:840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.501771.BE
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Fluoridation: Interpreting the Newcastle fluoride bioavailability study
Stephen T Holgate, Trevor A Sheldon
BMJ  2007;335:840-841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.404502.BE
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Fluoridation: Addressing the arguments
Baldwin of Bewdley
BMJ  2007;335:841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.421100.BE
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Preventing childhood obesity: Too early to ditch the campaign
J Lennert Veerman, Jan J Barendregt
BMJ  2007;335:841, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.433356.BE
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Amblyopia: Occlusion studies are ambiguous
Philip Lempert
BMJ  2007;335:842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.474745.BE
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GMC and the MMC collapse: Summary of responses
Sharon Davies
BMJ  2007;335:842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.024664.BE
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Academic boycotts: Royal Society of Medicine under attack by pro-Israel doctors
Derek A Summerfield
BMJ  2007;335:842, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.493218.BE
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This week's News

Medical workforce gap in developing countries is set to worsen
Fiona Godlee
BMJ  2007;335:843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.458032.DB
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Much still needs to be done in England to tackle health inequalities, health department admits
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;335:843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.430856.DB
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EU postpones threatened restriction to use of MRI
Rory Watson
BMJ  2007;335:844-845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.624398.DB
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Bush makes controversial appointment of new head of family planning office
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;335:844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.465752.DB
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Doctors don't need second signature before agreeing abortion, MPs hear
Adrian O'Dowd
BMJ  2007;335:844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.628171.DB
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Botched abortions kill more than 66 000 women each year
Andrew Cole
BMJ  2007;335:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.628171.DB1
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Maternal mortality is a human rights issue, delegates insist
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2007;335:845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.671690.DB
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In Brief: News
BMJ  2007;335:846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.455266.13
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US Congress fails to override Bush veto on children's health insurance
Janice Hopkins Tanne
BMJ  2007;335:846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.519942.13
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Government toughens its stance on NHS hygiene standards
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;335:846-847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.429178.13
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Trusts raid public health funds to cover NHS debts
Claire Laurent
BMJ  2007;335:847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.550046.13
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Safety agency wants to do more to engage clinicians, its head says
Caroline White
BMJ  2007;335:847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.497720.DB
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Staff rally to show they love the NHS
Caroline White
BMJ  2007;335:847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.509560.13
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More effort is needed to tackle malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, says Unicef
John Zarocostas
BMJ  2007;335:848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.512188.DB
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Disabled people lobby parliament over lack of support
Caroline White
BMJ  2007;335:848-849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.455150.94
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Many Africans stop HIV treatment because of cost and travel
Michael Day
BMJ  2007;335:848-849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.533333.DB
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Europe is lagging behind in fight against tuberculosis
Peter Moszynski
BMJ  2007;335:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.495891.DB
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More than half of NHS trusts need to perform better, says report
Rebecca Coombes
BMJ  2007;335:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.482662.DB
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Doctors criticise proposals to cut specialist training for non-EU graduates
Owen Dyer
BMJ  2007;335:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.590822.13
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Use of drug treatment services in England is rising
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;335:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.534132.DB
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Breast cancer incidence in US has fallen for first time in 20 years
Roger Dobson
BMJ  2007;335:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.477014.13
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Shortcuts from other journals: Prednisolone speeds recovery of Bell's palsy
BMJ  2007;335:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7625.850
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Shortcuts from other journals: More work needed on HPV tests for cervical screening
BMJ  2007;335:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7625.850-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: MRSA may kill more US citizens than HIV
BMJ  2007;335:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7625.850-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: A week of triple therapy is enough to cure Helicobacter pylori
BMJ  2007;335:850-851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.579086.BE
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Shortcuts from other journals: Candidate malaria vaccine looks safe and potentially effective
BMJ  2007;335:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7625.851
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Shortcuts from other journals: Multidrug resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae emerges in the US
BMJ  2007;335:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7625.851-a
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Shortcuts from other journals: Survival looks comparable after CABG or PCI in patients fit for either
BMJ  2007;335:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7625.851-b
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Shortcuts from other journals: Urgent treatment after a transient ischaemic attack helps prevent stroke
BMJ  2007;335:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.335.7625.851-c
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This week's Feature

Infectious diseases: Polio: an end in sight?
Toby Reynolds
BMJ  2007;335:852-854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.426655.AD
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Head to Head: Is it all right for women to drink small amounts of alcohol in pregnancy? Yes
Pat O'Brien
BMJ  2007;335:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39371.381308.AD
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Head to Head: Is it all right for women to drink small amounts of alcohol in pregnancy? No
Vivienne Nathanson, Nicky Jayesinghe, George Roycroft
BMJ  2007;335:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39356.489340.AD
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This week's Observations

Life and death: Something rotten
Iona Heath
BMJ  2007;335:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39367.395694.4E
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This week's Analysis

Realist review to understand the efficacy of school feeding programmes
Trisha Greenhalgh, Elizabeth Kristjansson, Vivian Robinson
BMJ  2007;335:858-861, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39359.525174.AD, (Published 22 October 2007)
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This week's Research

Reduced in-hospital mortality after improved management of children under 5 years admitted to hospital with malaria: randomised trial
Sidu Biai, Amabelia Rodrigues, Melba Gomes, Isabela Ribeiro, Morten Sodemann, Fernanda Alves, Peter Aaby
BMJ  2007;335:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39345.467813.80, (Published 22 October 2007)
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Rapid tranquillisation in psychiatric emergency settings in India: pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intramuscular olanzapine versus intramuscular haloperidol plus promethazine
Nirmal S Raveendran, Prathap Tharyan, Jacob Alexander, Clive Elliot Adams, TREC-India II Collaborative Group
BMJ  2007;335:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39341.608519.BE, (Published 22 October 2007)
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Rapid tranquillisation in psychiatric emergency settings in Brazil: pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intramuscular haloperidol versus intramuscular haloperidol plus promethazine
Gisele Huf, E S F Coutinho, C E Adams, TREC Collaborative Group
BMJ  2007;335:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39339.448819.AE, (Published 22 October 2007)
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The global impact of income inequality on health by age: an observational study
Danny Dorling, Richard Mitchell, Jamie Pearce
BMJ  2007;335:873, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39349.507315.DE, (Published 22 October 2007)
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Impact of insurance and supply of health professionals on coverage of treatment for hypertension in Mexico: population based study
Sara N Bleich, David M Cutler, Alyce S Adams, Rafael Lozano, Christopher J L Murray
BMJ  2007;335:875, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.617616.BE, (Published 22 October 2007)
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This week's Clinical review

Sepsis: definition, epidemiology, and diagnosis
Andrew Lever, Iain Mackenzie
BMJ  2007;335:879-883, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39346.495880.AE
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This week's Practice

Cases in Primary Care Laboratory Medicine: Macrocytosis: pitfalls in testing and summary of guidance
Michael Galloway, Malcolm Hamilton
BMJ  2007;335:884-886, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39325.689641.471
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This week's Views & reviews

Personal view: Why I declined an invitation to a drug company seminar
Murad Moosa Khan
BMJ  2007;335:887, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39350.454039.68
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Live from London: Why do posh people ignore poverty on their own doorstep?
Deborah Cohen
BMJ  2007;335:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39378.486794.94
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In and out of hospital: Unfamiliar territory
James Owen Drife
BMJ  2007;335:888, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39373.501192.59
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Between the Lines: Freedom from information
Theodore Dalrymple
BMJ  2007;335:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.564525.94
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Medical Classics: No Way Out
Toby Reynolds
BMJ  2007;335:889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.725359.59
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Review of the week: The art of tobacco control
Ruth Malone
BMJ  2007;335:890, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39365.432164.59
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  2007;335:892, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.450972.471
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Minerva
Ahmed A Mustafa Khalil
BMJ  2007;335:892, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39377.450972.47
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This week's Obituaries

Abraham Goldberg
Caroline Richmond
BMJ  2007;335:891, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39372.574502.BE
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