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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 5, October 2008

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Editorials

Open Access From the Editor
pp. 477-477(1)
Author: Allan, Robert

Open Access Antituberculosis drug resistance: new global data on an emerging global emergency
pp. 478-479(2)
Author: Chapman, Ann L.N.

Open Access Clinical education: a routine activity of extraordinary importance
pp. 480-481(2)
Authors: Brice, Julie; Bligh, John

Open Access Challenges in commissioning dermatology services
pp. 482-483(2)
Author: Shuttleworth, David

Professional Issues

Open Access Feedback from educational supervisors and trainees on the implementation of curricula and the assessment system for core medical training
pp. 484-489(6)
Authors: Johnson, Gavin; Barrett, James; Jones, Mike; Parry, David; Wade, Winnie

Open Access How do doctors choose their specialty: first love, arranged marriage or second time around? And how may an affair with MMC change this?
pp. 490-492(3)
Author: Thomas, Rhys

Open Access Cultural diversity training for UK healthcare professionals: a comprehensive nationwide cross-sectional survey
pp. 493-497(5)
Authors: Bentley, Paul; Jovanovic, Ana; Sharma, Pankaj

Original papers

Open Access Polymyalgia rheumatica and its links with giant cell arteritis
pp. 498-501(4)
Author: Charlton, Rodger

Open Access Neuroimaging activation studies in the vegetative state: predictors of recovery?
pp. 502-507(6)
Authors: Di, Haibo; Boly, Melanie; Weng, Xuchu; Ledoux, Didier; Laureys, Steven

Spheres of Medical Influence

Open Access Chair, Committee for Ethical Issues in Medicine, Royal College of Physicians
pp. 508-511(4)
Author: Saunders, John

Medical Education

Open Access Achieving independence: a decision-making framework for doctors in training
pp. 512-514(3)
Author: Berry, Philip

Occasional Papers

Open Access A life in the day of Mrs W
pp. 515-516(2)
Author: Kerr, David

Concise Guidelines

Open Access Non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: management of acute type 2 respiratory failure
pp. 517-521(5)
Authors: Roberts, C.M.; Brown, J.L.; Reinhardt, A.K.; Kaul, S.; Scales, K.; Mikelsons, C.; Reid, K.; Winter, R.; Young, K.; Restrick, L.; Plant, P.K.

Conference Reports

Open Access Reducing the harm caused by alcohol: a coordinated European response
pp. 522-524(3)
Authors: Kendrick, Stuart F.W.; Stewart, Stephen F.

CME Infectious Diseases

Open Access Fever of unknown origin
pp. 526-530(5)
Authors: Williams, John; Bellamy, Richard

Open Access Tuberculosis
pp. 531-534(4)
Authors: Goodman, Anna; Lipman, Marc

Open Access Serious staphylococcal infections
pp. 535-538(4)
Authors: Backx, Matthijs; Healy, Brendan

Open Access Common AIDS-associated opportunistic infections
pp. 539-543(5)
Author: Ong, ELC

Open Access Clostridium difficile infection
pp. 544-547(4)
Authors: Clark, Tristan; Wiselka, Martin

CME Infectious Diseases SAQs

Open Access Self-assessment questionnaire
pp. 548-549(2)

Open Access Answers to the CME SAQs published in Clinical Medicine August 2008
pp. 549-549(1)

Lesson of the month

Open Access Lesson of the Month (1)

The significance of early HIV testing
pp. 550-551(2)
Authors: Menezes, Brian F.; Williams, Penelope; Ramtahal, Jason; Boggild, Mike

Open Access Lesson of the Month (2)

Latent autoimmune diabetes in the young
pp. 552-553(2)
Authors: Zachariah, S.; Sharfi, M.O.; Nussey, S.S.; Bano, G.

Book Reviews

Open Access Book Reviews
pp. 554-556(3)

Letters to the Editor

Open Access Letters to the Editor
pp. 556-557(2)

Conversations with Charles

Open Access Screen for malignant arrhythmias in all young (and elderly) athletes?
pp. 557-558(2)

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