June 2008
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Contents page (PDF)
Cover Image
Editor's choice
The M word
News
Newsbites
Food shortages, bird flu drill, and malaria campaign
The drink detectives
Doctors will detect problem drinking
Letters
Complementary medicine and UKCAT
Editorials
Complaints against doctors
Due to poor communication skills
Delivering global health
A new approach to training medics
Life
Quality improvement
How can we improve patient care?
Meeting my first patient
She had cancer of the rectum
Part time nursing
A better medical student for it
Dual identity
A nurse becomes a doctor
Careers
When should I sit the MRCP?
It's worth taking postgraduate exams early
Turning to the dark side
Will all doctors become managers?
Should I do an intercalated BSc?
Pros, cons, and practical advice
People
A brilliant benefactor
Larry Brilliant is executive director of Google's philanthropic arm
Students unite for sight
Medical student Jennifer Staple leads an international initiative
Education
A swollen eye
Take the picture quiz
Practising venous cannulation
An alternative method
Non-surgical causes of abdominal pain
Do you know them all?
Child labour
Obstacle to health and development
Head injury and left sided weakness
Take the picture quiz
Paper+
Drug errors among depressed doctors
Get to grips with this prospective cohort study
Frontiers
The month in research
Heparin contaminant, intestinal worms, and anti-HIV antibodies
Reviews
Incorporating health promotion into history taking
Heart sounds and murmurs
Eyespy
Broken hearts, folate for healthy sperm, and miscarriage risk for vets
