21 March 1998 (Vol 316, Issue 7135)

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Editor's Choice

Medical journals and the media

BMJ 1998;316:0.1 (Published 21 March 1998)

News

Smoking in public should be restricted

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In brief

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Secrecy still surrounds contraception in Ireland

BMJ 1998;316:881.3 (Published 21 March 1998)

Teen pregnancies rise in England and Wales

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Purchase of Read codes heavily criticised by National Audit Office

BMJ 1998;316:881.5 (Published 21 March 1998)

MRC issues guidelines for clinical trials

BMJ 1998;316:881.6 (Published 21 March 1998)

Call for national body to ensure blood transfusion safety

BMJ 1998;316:881.7 (Published 21 March 1998)

Irish face flood of compensation claims

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Studies reject aspirin for prevention of pre-eclampsia

BMJ 1998;316:881.9 (Published 21 March 1998)

Catalonia tries to tackle growing waiting lists

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Turnaround in cancer trends seen in the US

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Sponge baths for premature babies may harm

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Anaesthesiologists in battle against nurse anaesthetists in the US

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Editorials

Effects of 15% oxygen on breathing patterns and oxygenation in infants

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Children in the mountains

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Why doesn't audit work?

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Collapse reactions after whole cell pertussis vaccination

BMJ 1998;316:876 (Published 21 March 1998)

Simian virus 40 and human malignancy

BMJ 1998;316:877 (Published 21 March 1998)

Training in advanced trauma life support

BMJ 1998;316:878 (Published 21 March 1998)

Tackling violence

BMJ 1998;316:879 (Published 21 March 1998)

Cancer in parents: telling children

BMJ 1998;316:880 (Published 21 March 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Fast track admission for children with sickle cell crises

BMJ 1998;316:934 (Published 21 March 1998)

Management of sickle cell disease

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Management of aseptic meningitis secondary to intravenous immunoglobulin

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Letters - continued

Coordinated neonatal screening programme for haemoglobin disorders is needed

BMJ 1998;316:937.1 (Published 21 March 1998)

Future of preschool vision screening

BMJ 1998;316:937.2 (Published 21 March 1998)

Doctors are not pressured into giving prescriptions

BMJ 1998;316:938 (Published 21 March 1998)

Article showed how not to read economic evaluations

BMJ 1998;316:939.1 (Published 21 March 1998)

Use of lasers can cause visual impairment

BMJ 1998;316:939.2 (Published 21 March 1998)

Separate R&D budget is needed for monitoring effects of new drugs

BMJ 1998;316:939.3 (Published 21 March 1998)

Resource allocation to health authorities

BMJ 1998;316:939.4 (Published 21 March 1998)

New biomolecular assays must be tested by direct study in the developing world

BMJ 1998;316:940.1 (Published 21 March 1998)

BMA cannot bring proceedings arising out of incidents in other countries

BMJ 1998;316:940.2 (Published 21 March 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

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Fillers

Endpiece: What's a network?

BMJ 1998;316:904.2 (Published 21 March 1998)

A shaggy dog story: Caffeine and canine

BMJ 1998;316:916 (Published 21 March 1998)

An initiation: Unequal encounter

BMJ 1998;316:920 (Published 21 March 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Phantom limb pain is not a sign of grief

BMJ 1998;316:0.6 (Published 21 March 1998)

Folic acid and vitamin B-12 and B-6 supplements reduce blood homocysteine concentrations

BMJ 1998;316:0.3 (Published 21 March 1998)

“Collapse” after pertussis vaccination does not recur after subsequent doses

BMJ 1998;316:0.5 (Published 21 March 1998)

Some infants develop hypoxaemia when breathing 15% oxygen

BMJ 1998;316:0.2 (Published 21 March 1998)

Antibiotics are unlikely to alter clinical course of acute cough

BMJ 1998;316:0.7 (Published 21 March 1998)

Psychosocial problems continue in homeless families after rehousing

BMJ 1998;316:0.4 (Published 21 March 1998)

Clinical Reviews

Recent advances: Cardiology

BMJ 1998;316:911 (Published 21 March 1998)

Lesson of the week: Haemochromatosis as an endocrine cause of subfertility

BMJ 1998;316:915 (Published 21 March 1998)

ABC of allergies: Perennial rhinitis

BMJ 1998;316:917 (Published 21 March 1998)

Papers

Effect of exposure to 15% oxygen on breathing patterns and oxygen saturation in infants: interventional study

BMJ 1998;316:887 (Published 21 March 1998)

Lowering blood homocysteine with folic acid based supplements: meta-analysis of randomised trials

BMJ 1998;316:894 (Published 21 March 1998)

Mental health problems of homeless children and families: longitudinal study

BMJ 1998;316:899 (Published 21 March 1998)

Papers - continued

Rate of recurrent collapse after vaccination with whole cell pertussis vaccine: follow up study

BMJ 1998;316:902 (Published 21 March 1998)

Phantom pain, anxiety, depression, and their relation in consecutive patients with amputated limbs: case reports

BMJ 1998;316:903 (Published 21 March 1998)

Influence of travel patterns on mortality from injury among teenagers in England and Wales, 1985-95: trend analysis

BMJ 1998;316:904.1 (Published 21 March 1998)

General practice

Quantitative systematic review of randomised controlled trials comparing antibiotic with placebo for acute cough in adults

BMJ 1998;316:906 (Published 21 March 1998)

Education and debate

Ethical debate: Sex, drugs, and the invasion of privacyRespect for privacy and the case of Mr KCommentary: Hospital can never be homeCommentary: Silence may be the best advocacyCommentary: Nurses should recognise patients' rights to autonomyCommentary: P…

BMJ 1998;316:921 (Published 21 March 1998)

Urgency and priority for cardiac surgery: a clinical judgment analysis

BMJ 1998;316:925 (Published 21 March 1998)

Supermarket cigarettes: the brands that dare not speak their name

BMJ 1998;316:929 (Published 21 March 1998)

Coping with loss: Bereavement in childhood

BMJ 1998;316:931 (Published 21 March 1998)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Health secretary wants to work with cliniciansScotland needs different models of health careBUPA sets up “doctors' scheme”BMA spouse membership widened

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Soundings

Selling out

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Personal View

Just another Sunday

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MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

The hot air on passive smoking

BMJ 1998;316:945.1 (Published 21 March 1998)

GMC under the cosh

BMJ 1998;316:945.2 (Published 21 March 1998)

Medicine and books

Developing Professional Judgement in Health Care

BMJ 1998;316:947.1 (Published 21 March 1998)

Mass Listeria: The Meaning of Health Scares

BMJ 1998;316:947.2 (Published 21 March 1998)

Career focus

Career development centres for doctors

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Correction

Mother knows best

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Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Isidor (“Okkie”) GordonJohn Simpson NobleHarry PandovStanley RivlinJudith Sarah Thomas (née Avery)Clifford Grant TullohRichard George (“Dickie”) VineWilliam WalkerArthur Watts

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