From the editor

Kamran Abbasi

Mentoring and the meaning of soul
J R Soc Med 101(11): 523; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008/08k029 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial

Peter Wilmshurst

Procedure for investigation of research misconduct – active treatment or sham intervention?
J R Soc Med 101(11): 524-525; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.08k024 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letter

D W Wheeler and M Patten

Air and oxygen flowmeter confusion
J R Soc Med 101(11): 526-527; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.080198 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Simon Lammy

Competition ratios for different specialties and the effect of gender and immigration status
J R Soc Med 101(11): 526-527; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.08k026 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Barrie

Confusion in equal measure
J R Soc Med 101(11): 527; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.08k027 [Full Text] [PDF]  

J Mark Aitken

Prognosis: medical magic
J R Soc Med 101(11): 527; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.08k028 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum

Erratum
J R Soc Med 101(11): 527; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2007.08k025 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Essay

Edzard Ernst

How the public is being misled about complementary/alternative medicine
J R Soc Med 101(11): 528-530; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.080233 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irvine Loudon

General practitioners and obstetrics: a brief history
J R Soc Med 101(11): 531-535; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.080264 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Series

Sadia Malick, Kausik Das, and Khalid S Khan

Tips for teaching evidence-based medicine in a clinical setting: lessons from adult learning theory. Part two
J R Soc Med 101(11): 536-543; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.080713 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Research

Veena S Raleigh, Giovanna M Polato, Stephen A Bremner, Sunderjit Dhillon, and Anthony Deery

Inpatient mental healthcare in England and Wales: patterns in NHS and independent healthcare providers
J R Soc Med 101(11): 544-551; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.080223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Steven, J Oxley, and WG Fleming

Mentoring for NHS doctors: perceived benefits across the personal–professional interface
J R Soc Med 101(11): 552-557; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.080153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Colin R Simpson, John Newton, Julia Hippisley-Cox, and Aziz Sheikh

Incidence and prevalence of multiple allergic disorders recorded in a national primary care database
J R Soc Med 101(11): 558-563; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.080196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Media

Jeffrey K Aronson and Manoj Ramachandran

The diagnosis of art: Millais' Blind Girl
J R Soc Med 101(11): 564-565; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.08k021 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

From the James Lind Library

Alfredo Morabia

Joseph Goldberger's research on the prevention of pellagra
J R Soc Med 101(11): 566-568; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.08k010 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Middleton

Pellagra and the blues song ‘Cornbread, meat and black molasses’
J R Soc Med 101(11): 569-570; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2008.08k007 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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