10 October 1998 (Vol 317, Issue 7164)

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This Week In the BMJ

Priority setting reaches its second phase

BMJ 1998;317:0.8 (Published 10 October 1998)

Inhaled budesonide may be less potent than beclomethasone in primary care

BMJ 1998;317:0.7 (Published 10 October 1998)

People who decline psychiatric assessment are more likely to repeat self harm

BMJ 1998;317:0.6 (Published 10 October 1998)

Multiple doses of anticholinergics are beneficial in severe, acute childhood asthma

BMJ 1998;317:0.3 (Published 10 October 1998)

White matter lesions predict outcome in late depression

BMJ 1998;317:0.5 (Published 10 October 1998)

Warm clothing and housing prevent excess winter mortality

BMJ 1998;317:0.4 (Published 10 October 1998)

Editorials

Puzzling out priorities

BMJ 1998;317:959 (Published 10 October 1998)

The teenager with epilepsy

BMJ 1998;317:960 (Published 10 October 1998)

Dying from heart failure: lessons from palliative care

BMJ 1998;317:961 (Published 10 October 1998)

Smoking and stroke: a causative role

BMJ 1998;317:962 (Published 10 October 1998)

Psychiatry, stigma, and resistance

BMJ 1998;317:963 (Published 10 October 1998)

Repositioning self regulation

BMJ 1998;317:964 (Published 10 October 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

The Swiss heroin trials

BMJ 1998;317:1011 (Published 10 October 1998)

Recovered memories of childhood abuse

BMJ 1998;317:1012 (Published 10 October 1998)

Mouth care and skin care in palliative medicine

BMJ 1998;317:1013 (Published 10 October 1998)

Number needed to harm should be measured for treatments

BMJ 1998;317:1014.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Systematic review of trials comparing antibiotic with placebo for acute cough in adults

BMJ 1998;317:1014.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Celebrity's death from cancer resulted in increased calls to CancerBACUP

BMJ 1998;317:1016.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Sumatriptan is not the only analgesic used inappropriately

BMJ 1998;317:1016.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Suicide in patients with stroke

BMJ 1998;317:1016.3 (Published 10 October 1998)

Early diagnosis of cystic fibrosis can improve children's growth

BMJ 1998;317:1017.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Letters - continued

Smoking and risk of myocardial infarction

BMJ 1998;317:1017.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

News

Gynaecologist showed “lack of care and judgment”

BMJ 1998;317:965.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Canadian inquest into paediatric cardiac surgery deaths ends

BMJ 1998;317:965.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;317:966.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

NHS bed cuts to be reviewed

BMJ 1998;317:966.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Better services needed for “ME”

BMJ 1998;317:966.3 (Published 10 October 1998)

Gateshead dispute was due to antipathy between consultants

BMJ 1998;317:967.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Hypothermia improves with skin to skin care

BMJ 1998;317:967.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Israeli health insurer files lawsuit against tobacco companies

BMJ 1998;317:968.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Clash in US over methadone treatment

BMJ 1998;317:968.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Australian euthanasia law throws up many difficulties

BMJ 1998;317:969.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Genotype linked to long QT syndrome

BMJ 1998;317:969.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Correction

BMJ 1998;317:969.3 (Published 10 October 1998)

Suspended consultant surgeon challenges official inquiry

BMJ 1998;317:970.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Commission set up to deal with HIV infected doctors in Spain

BMJ 1998;317:970.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Public campaigns do not always work

BMJ 1998;317:970.3 (Published 10 October 1998)

Clinical Reviews

The muscular dystrophies

BMJ 1998;317:991 (Published 10 October 1998)

ABC of oxygen

BMJ 1998;317:996 (Published 10 October 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;317:1024 (Published 10 October 1998)

Editor's Choice [GP]

Healthcare rationing: no desistance, no completion

BMJ 1998;317:0.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Editor's Choice

Healthcare rationing: no desistance, no completion

BMJ 1998;317:0.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Papers

Should inhaled anticholinergics be added to β2 agonists for treating acute childhood and adolescent asthma? A systematic review

BMJ 1998;317:971 (Published 10 October 1998)

Cold related mortalities and protection against cold in Yakutsk, eastern Siberia: observation and interview study

BMJ 1998;317:978 (Published 10 October 1998)

Severe deep white matter lesions and outcome in elderly patients with major depressive disorder: follow up study

BMJ 1998;317:982 (Published 10 October 1998)

Does initial management affect the rate of repetition of deliberate self harm? Cohort study

BMJ 1998;317:985.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Filler

Clouding of Surgeons' Spectacles

BMJ 1998;317:985.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Genereal Practice

Comparison of potency of inhaled beclomethasone and budesonide in New Zealand: retrospective study of computerised general practice records

BMJ 1998;317:986.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Education and debate

The second phase of priority settingGoodbye to the simple solutions: the second phase of priority setting in health careFairness as a problem of love and the heart: a clinician's perspective on priority settingIsrael's basic basket of health services: th…

BMJ 1998;317:1000 (Published 10 October 1998)

The importance of theories in health care

BMJ 1998;317:1007.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Junior doctors advised on self regulationN Ireland's GPs propose “third way”Juniors repeat calls for study leave improvementsRoyal college calls for NICE to have a broader role

BMJ 1998;317:1021 (Published 10 October 1998)

Soundings

Retraction

BMJ 1998;317:1022.1 (Published 10 October 1998)

Personal View

German medical editors' uphill struggle

BMJ 1998;317:1022.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Did MONICA really say that?

BMJ 1998;317:1023 (Published 10 October 1998)

Career focus

Pathology

BMJ 1998;317:S2-7164 (Published 10 October 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3-7164 (Published 10 October 1998)

Fillers

The Collins case

BMJ 1998;317:986.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

The chair sign

BMJ 1998;317:995 (Published 10 October 1998)

Academic dress

BMJ 1998;317:1007.2 (Published 10 October 1998)

Correction

Corrections

BMJ 1998;317:1004 (Published 10 October 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

James Alexander (“Hamish”) ChalmersNorman CreightonThomas Hugh EnglishRoger Philip GoldingJohn Richard HewettArthur Richard (“Dick”) KittermasterAnthony Robert LyonsDominic William Andrew McCreadieRosalie Ada Helen PaulAnthony Ferrier Stallard

BMJ 1998;317:1019 (Published 10 October 1998)