From the Editor

Kamran Abbasi

Three deadly sins: hierarchy, etiquette and conformity
J R Soc Med 102(11): 455; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k061 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial

RJF Melis, EJ Meeuwsen, SG Parker, and MGM Olde Rikkert

Are memory clinics effective? The odds are in favour of their benefit, but conclusive evidence is not yet available
J R Soc Med 102(11): 456—457; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090259 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letter

William G Notcutt

Surgeons and safety
J R Soc Med 102(11): 458; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k059 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fahmy Hanna

Competitive culture does not guarantee improved quality
J R Soc Med 102(11): 458; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090322 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nick Ross

Cure or cocoa?
J R Soc Med 102(11): 458; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k060 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Essay

Neeraj Bhala and M Justin S Zaman

Preventing premature mortality in chronic diseases for South Asians in the UK and beyond
J R Soc Med 102(11): 459—463; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090112 [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Fox, Vivek Patkar, Ioannis Chronakis, and Richard Begent

From practice guidelines to clinical decision support: closing the loop
J R Soc Med 102(11): 464—473; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090010 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Review

Frank P Ryan

An alternative approach to medical genetics based on modern evolutionary biology. Part 4: HERVs in cancer
J R Soc Med 102(11): 474—480; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090289 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Research

Penny J Lewis and Mary P Tully

Uncomfortable prescribing decisions in hospitals: the impact of teamwork
J R Soc Med 102(11): 481—488; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Grand round

Margaret G Keane, Mohamed Shariff, Ayesha Akbhar, Paul Trembling, Patrizia Cohen, and Geoff Smith

Asymptomatic pericardial calcification in Whipple's disease
J R Soc Med 102(11): 489—490; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090174 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Kavitha Masilamani and Anjum Gandhi

Cricoarytenoid arthritis presenting as croup
J R Soc Med 102(11): 491—492; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.090125 [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the James Lind Library

Susanne Stoll

Paul Martini's Methodology of Therapeutic Investigation, 1932
J R Soc Med 102(11): 493—495; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k039 [Full Text] [PDF]  

21st century medicine

My working day: Clare Marx
J R Soc Med 102(11): 496—497; doi:10.1258/jrsm.2009.09k056 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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