From the Editor

Kamran Abbasi

From powerpoint to papyrus
J R Soc Med 98(11): 481; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.481 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials

John Grimley Evans

Scientific aspects of ageing: a lordly report
J R Soc Med 98(11): 482-483; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.482 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kyle Perrin, Philip Robinson, and Richard Beasley

Venous thromboembolism in medical inpatients—the silent epidemic of neglect
J R Soc Med 98(11): 484-485; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.484 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters

Daniel Candelario Lopez and Eric Scott Sills

Embryonic stem cells—sources and destinations
J R Soc Med 98(11): 486; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.486 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jane Hanley

Possession and Jinn
J R Soc Med 98(11): 486; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.486-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Essays

Sunita Dodani and Ronald E LaPorte

Brain drain from developing countries: how can brain drain be converted into wisdom gain?
J R Soc Med 98(11): 487-491; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.487 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Saad Shafqat and Anita K M Zaidi

Unwanted foreign doctors: what is not being said about the brain drain
J R Soc Med 98(11): 492-493; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.492 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Series

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli and Chris Paton

The Doctor’s PDA and Smartphone Handbook Personal digital assistant
J R Soc Med 98(11): 494-495; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.494 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sara Shaw, Petra M Boynton, and Trisha Greenhalgh

Research governance: where did it come from, what does it mean?
J R Soc Med 98(11): 496-502; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.496 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review

D C Traue and J R Ross

Palliative care in non-malignant diseases
J R Soc Med 98(11): 503-506; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.503 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research

S T Rashid, M R Thursz, N A Razvi, R Voller, T Orchard, S T Rashid, and A A Shlebak

Venous thromboprophylaxis in UK medical inpatients
J R Soc Med 98(11): 507-512; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.507 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Grand Round

D H Nawabi, L Ffolkes, and A O’Bichere

Cryptococcal small-bowel obstruction in an HIV-positive patient
J R Soc Med 98(11): 513-514; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.513 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M K Baig, J Padmanabhan, and T Liston

Pyosalpinx in a man
J R Soc Med 98(11): 514; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.514 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda Shavit and Tal Grenader

Delayed diagnosis of HIV-associated thrombocytopenia in a man of 70
J R Soc Med 98(11): 515; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.515 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eugenia B Tirovola and James S Malpas

Treatment with octreotide to suppress corticotropin secretion by a carcinoid tumour
J R Soc Med 98(11): 516; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.516 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Media

Martin R Howard

A Surgical Artist at War: the Paintings and Sketches of Sir Charles Bell 1809–1815
J R Soc Med 98(11): 517; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.517 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry Connor

Drug Discovery—A History
J R Soc Med 98(11): 517-518; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.517-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sean A Spence

Doctors as Patients
J R Soc Med 98(11): 518; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.518 [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the James Lind Library

U Tröhler

Lind and scurvy: 1747 to 1795
J R Soc Med 98(11): 519-522; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.519 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Podium

Dame Stephanie Shirley

Challenges to Autism Research
J R Soc Med 98(11): 523-525; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.523 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neville Goodman

Now do it our way
J R Soc Med 98(11): 526; doi:10.1258/jrsm.98.11.526 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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