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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.

Publisher: Royal College of Physicians

Volume 9, Number 4, August 2009
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EDITORIALS

From the Editor
pp. 303-304(2)
Author: ALLAN, ROBERT

Are you taking the lead?
pp. 305-306(2)
Author: Friedland, Jon S

Women and medicine: the future
pp. 307-308(2)
Authors: Dacre, Jane; Shepherd, Susan

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change: how grave the threat?
pp. 309-310(2)
Author: Montgomery, Hugh

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Timely discharge of older patients from hospital: improving the process
pp. 311-314(4)
Authors: Dainty, Philip; Elizabeth, Jimmy

Doctors with disabilities: licensed to practise?
pp. 315-319(5)
Author: Snashall, David

Should we implement `opt-out' HIV testing for patients with lymphoma?
pp. 320-322(3)
Authors: Cave, J; Edwards, SG; Miller, RF; Ardeshna, KM; Lee, SM

The value of the post-take ward round: are new working patterns compromising junior doctor education?
pp. 323-326(4)
Authors: Chaponda, M; Borra, M; Beeching, NJ; Almond, DS; Williams, PS; Hammond, MA; Price, VA; Tarry, L; Taegtmeyer, M

ORIGINAL PAPERS

A postal survey of doctors' attitudes to becoming mentally ill
pp. 327-332(6)
Authors: Hassan, Tariq M; Ahmed, Syed O; White, Alfred C; Galbraith, Niall

HIV-related admissions to a district general hospital in the UK: a single centre study
pp. 333-337(5)
Authors: Udayaraj, Udaya P; Tang, Alan; Vaux, Emma; Barker, Lindsey; Naik, Ramesh

Opium, tobacco and alcohol: the evolving legitimacy of international action
pp. 338-341(4)
Author: McKee, Martin

Human umbilical cord blood stem cells, myocardial infarction and stroke
pp. 342-345(4)
Authors: Copeland, Nathan; Harris, David; Gaballa, Mohamed A

Discrepancies between histology and serology for the diagnosis of coeliac disease in a district general hospital: is this an unrecognised problem in other hospitals?
pp. 346-348(3)
Authors: Sweis, Rami; Pee, Leon; Smith-Laing, Gray

SPHERES OF MEDICAL INFLUENCE

Chairman of the Joint Formulary Committee, British National Formulary
pp. 349-352(4)
Author: Kendall, Martin

CONFERENCE REPORTS

Management of type 2 diabetes: NICE guidelines
pp. 353-357(5)
Authors: Sibal, Latika; Home, Philip D

CAREER LIFETIME ADVANCES AND CURRENT KEY DEVELOPMENTS

Advances in endocrinology
pp. 358-360(3)
Author: Monson, John P

CURRENT KEY DEVELOPMENTS

Recent advances in the imaging of adrenal and neuroendocrine tumours
pp. 361-362(2)
Authors: Narayanan, Priya; Reznek, Rodney

Use of mutation analysis in endocrine neoplasia syndromes
pp. 362-363(2)
Author: Chew, Shern L

Giant leaps forward
pp. 363-364(2)
Author: Trainer, Peter

Endoscopic transphenoidal hypophysectomy - personal experience of the development of a new surgical technique
pp. 365-365(1)
Author: Sabin, H Ian

CME: CLINICAL PRACTICE AND ITS BASIS

The cutaneous manifestations of haematological malignancy
pp. 366-370(5)
Authors: Fogo, Abigail; du Vivier, Anthony

CME DERMATOLOGY

Pemphigus: a brief review
pp. 371-375(5)
Author: Groves, Richard W

Cutaneous manifestations of cancer and chemotherapy
pp. 375-379(5)
Author: Topham, Emma

The skin in general medicine
pp. 379-384(6)
Authors: Dhoat, Sasha; Rustin, Malcolm

Infantile haemangioma: harmless `strawberry' or life-threatening vascular anomaly?
pp. 385-389(5)
Author: Roberts, Nerys

LESSON OF THE MONTH (1)

Blackout? cause: misdiagnosis of cardiac arrest
pp. 392-393(2)
Authors: Pemberton, James; McComb, Janet M

LESSON OF THE MONTH (2)

An unusual case of Cushing's syndrome: the importance of a stepwise approach to diagnosis
pp. 394-395(2)
Authors: Fernando, H; Sriraman, R; Coppini, DV

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviews
pp. 396-396(1)
Author: WILLIAMS, ADRIAN

Book reviews
pp. 396-397(2)
Author: PETERS, TIMOTHY

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letters to the editor
pp. 398-402(5)

CONVERSATIONS WITH CHARLES

`Swine flu', to do or not to do?
pp. 403-404(2)
Author: Coemgenus,

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