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Clinical Medicine is published six times a year and circulated to 20,000 Fellows and Members of the Royal College of Physicians. The journal is read by physicians both established and in training in hospitals across the world. It features a wide range of articles including original papers, professional issues, clinical guidance, medical humanities, ethics and clinical governance. The journal publishes the key features from the College lectures and conferences. Each issue has a CME section which reviews the latest advances in a chosen specialty.

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Volume 8, Number 1, February 2008

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Editorials

Open Access Musical links to medicine
pp. 6-6(1)
Author: Allan, Robert

Open Access Medicine, music and the mind
pp. 7-8(2)
Author: Warren, Jason

Open Access A historical perspective on placebo
pp. 9-10(2)
Author: Ernst, Edzard

Open Access Medical deaths in pregnancy
pp. 11-12(2)
Authors: Nelson-Piercy, Catherine; de Swiet, Michael; Lewis, Gwyneth

Spheres of medical influence

Open Access Academic Vice President, Royal College of Physicians
pp. 13-15(3)
Author: Dacre, Jane

Medicine at the sharp end

Open Access Evaluation of a dedicated short-stay unit for acute medical admissions
pp. 18-20(3)
Authors: Downing, Heather; Scott, Christopher; Kelly, Clive

Open Access The acute medical take: an outpatient specialty
pp. 21-24(4)
Authors: Connolly, Vincent; Hamad, Mahir

Career lifetime advances and current key developments

Open Access Hepatology: a personal story
pp. 25-28(4)
Author: Williams, Roger

Open Access Current key developments
pp. 28-31(4)
Authors: Adams, David H.; Iredale, John

Medicine, music and the mind

Open Access How does the brain process music?
pp. 32-36(5)
Author: Warren, Jason

Original papers

Open Access Self-poisoning: current trends and practice in a UK teaching hospital
pp. 37-40(4)
Authors: Cook, Ronald; Allcock, Rebecca; Johnston, Michael

Open Access Recent developments in acute coronary syndromes
pp. 42-48(7)
Authors: Iqbal, M Bilal; Westwood, Mark A.; Swanton, R Howard

Professional issues

Open Access Ethical planning for an influenza pandemic
pp. 49-52(4)
Authors: Barr, H.L.; Macfarlane, J.T.; Macgregor, O.; Foxwell, R.; Buswell, V.; Lim, W.S.

Open Access The contribution of a pharmacy admissions service to patient care
pp. 53-57(5)
Authors: Bracey, Gemma; Miller, Gavin; Franklin, Bryony Dean; Jacklin, Ann; Gaskin, Gill

Open Access The impact of patenting on DNA diagnostic practice
pp. 58-60(3)
Authors: Matthijs, Gert; Hodgson, Shirley

Open Access Practice-based commissioning: implications for secondary care
pp. 61-64(4)
Author: Charlton, Rodger

Open Access The Mental Capacity Act 2007 and capacity assessments: a guide for the non-psychiatrist
pp. 65-69(5)
Authors: Mukherjee, Elora; Foster, Russell

Concise guidelines

Open Access Chronic spinal cord injury: management of patients in acute hospital settings
pp. 70-74(5)
Authors: Gall, Angela; Turner-Stokes, Lynne; The Guideline Development Group,

College lectures

Open Access The mystery and the paradox of scientific medicine
pp. 75-78(4)
Author: Tallis, Raymond

Conference reports

Open Access Developing concepts in allodynic pain
pp. 79-82(4)
Authors: Shenker, N.G.; Cohen, H.C.; Blake, D.R.

Open Access Complementary and alternative medicine
pp. 83-85(3)
Author: Thompson, Sir Richard

CME Section: Poisons

Open Access Epidemiology and clinical presentation
pp. 86-88(3)
Authors: Bradberry, Sally; Vale, Allister

Open Access Investigation and management of the poisoned patient
pp. 89-91(3)
Authors: Coulson, James Michael; Thompson, John Paul

Open Access Toxins that affect the cardiovascular system
pp. 92-95(4)
Authors: Thanacoody, HK Ruben; Waring, W Stephen

Open Access Analgesics
pp. 96-99(4)
Authors: Sandilands, Euan; Bateman, D Nick

Open Access Recreational drug toxicity
pp. 99-103(5)
Authors: Hill, Simon; Thomas, Simon H.L.

Self-assessment questionnaire

Open Access Self-assessment questionnaire
pp. 104-105(2)

Answers to the CME HAEMATOLOGY self-assessment questionnaire

Open Access Answers to the CME HAEMATOLOGY self-assessment questionnaire
pp. 105-105(1)

Forum

Open Access Never say die?
pp. 106-107(2)
Author: Paton, Alex

Lesson of the month

Open Access Lesson of the month
pp. 107-108(2)

Literature and medicine

Open Access Introducing a new column
pp. 109-110(2)
Authors: Hurwitz, Brian; Vickers, Neil

Book reviews

Open Access Book reviews
pp. 111-112(2)

Letters to the Editor

Open Access Letters to the Editor
pp. 113-118(6)

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