October 2007
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Editor's choice
Facing the facts
News
Newsbites
Congo’s Ebola outbreak, Peru's contaminated bloodbanks, NHS jobs
Health care in politics
Dodging the rationing debate
Editorials
Mesothelioma
Incidence is rising in the UK
Living with rationing
How to distribute health care
Mental health in developing countries
The need for action
Life
Head to head
Should eponyms be abandoned?
Silver syndrome
Discovering a genetic disorder
Yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir?
Indian doctors and hierarchy
Communicating with colleagues
More important than you think
Good medicine in bad places
Training doctors for the battlefield
Hope for Burma
Health care for Burmese refugees
Out of the frying pan, into the fire?
Leaving investment banking for medicine
People
In charge of a nation's health
Meet Frank Dobson
From disc jockey to breast surgeon
Mike Dixon shares his thoughts
Careers
Becoming a breast surgeon
What it takes and how to go about it
Essential teaching skills
Medical students need them too
Applying for your first job
How to fill in the personal statement
Education
Postoperative emergencies
Eight common presentations
Community intensive therapy
Treating psychiatric illness
Community health workers
Meeting the shortage of doctors and nurses
Prescribing for older people
Part six in the prescribing series
Robotics in urology
Surgical innovations make their mark
A hairy problem in gynaecology
Take the picture quiz
Paper+
Antibiotic prescribing and resistance in children
What can we learn from this prospective cohort study?
Frontiers
The month in research
Urinary catheters, a height gene, and patients' complaints
Reviews
On the front line
Learning through teaching
Hunger in the midst of plenty
Forensic medicine
Eyespy
Facial diagnosis, internet addiction, and the danger of popcorn
