From the Editor

Kamran Abbasi

Unconvincing Pfizer and uncertain crucifixions
J R Soc Med 99(4): 163; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.163 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials

Tom Treasure and Carol Tan

Miss, Mister, Doctor: how we are titled is of little consequence
J R Soc Med 99(4): 164-165; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.164 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan Craft

Modernizing medical careers: a response from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
J R Soc Med 99(4): 165-167; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.165 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters

Frank Lockyer

Futures uncertain
J R Soc Med 99(4): 168; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.168 [Full Text] [PDF]  

George I Varughese and Abd A Tahrani

Changing perspectives of general medicine on general practice
J R Soc Med 99(4): 168-169; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.168-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Black

Eliot Slater
J R Soc Med 99(4): 169; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.169 [Full Text] [PDF]  

W M S Russell

Plague, rats and the Bible again: a postscript
J R Soc Med 99(4): 169; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.169-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip Carter

The doctor's PDA and Smartphone handbook
J R Soc Med 99(4): 169; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.169-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Gill

Cannabis, pneumothorax and lung bullae
J R Soc Med 99(4): 169-170; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.169-c [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Treasure and Carol Tan

Cannabis, pneumothorax and lung bullae: Author's reply
J R Soc Med 99(4): 170; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.170 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Essays

Jennifer M Litzow and Howard Bauchner

The grand challenges of the Gates Foundation: what impact on global child health?
J R Soc Med 99(4): 171-174; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.171 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allan Gaw

Beyond consent: the potential for atrocity
J R Soc Med 99(4): 175-177; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.175 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Series

Richard Smith

Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals
J R Soc Med 99(4): 178-182; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.178 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chris Paton and Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

The doctor's PDA and Smartphone handbook: medical records
J R Soc Med 99(4): 183-184; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.183 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reviews

Matthew W Maslen and Piers D Mitchell

Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion
J R Soc Med 99(4): 185-188; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.185 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Peter J Francis

Genetics of inherited retinal disease
J R Soc Med 99(4): 189-191; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.189 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Research

E Ernst and P H Canter

A systematic review of systematic reviews of spinal manipulation
J R Soc Med 99(4): 192-196; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N Ibery, P M Patel, and P J Robb

Do surgeons wish to become doctors?
J R Soc Med 99(4): 197-199; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Grand round

K K Gangopadhyay and R E J Ryder

Nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis: an unusual complication of diabetic hyperosmolar nonketotic (HONK) state
J R Soc Med 99(4): 200; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.200 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philip J Allan and Hasan I S Tahir

How easily malaria can be missed
J R Soc Med 99(4): 201-202; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.201 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anita Dutta, Toni Tonkin, and Wolf Gelman

Postpartum convulsions—a diagnostic enigma
J R Soc Med 99(4): 203-204; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.203 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Media

Ross Kessel

How Doctors Think: Clinical Judgement and the Practice of Medicine
J R Soc Med 99(4): 205; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.205 [Full Text] [PDF]  

P John Rees

Clinicians' Guide to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
J R Soc Med 99(4): 205; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.205-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the James Lind Library

Selma Tibi

Al-Razi and Islamic medicine in the 9th century
J R Soc Med 99(4): 206-207; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.206 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Podium

Roger Worthington

Standards of healthcare and respecting children's rights
J R Soc Med 99(4): 208-210; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.208 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Competition solutions

Medical Su Doku Solutions
J R Soc Med 99(4): 211; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.211 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Surgical and Medical Treatment in Art
J R Soc Med 99(4): 212; doi:10.1258/jrsm.99.4.212 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

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