19 December 1998 (Vol 317, Issue 7174)

Editor's Choice

Prepare to be unsettled

BMJ 1998;317:0.1 (Published 19 December 1998)

Editorials

Can medicine prevent war?

BMJ 1998;317:1669 (Published 19 December 1998)

Reinventing doctors

BMJ 1998;317:1670 (Published 19 December 1998)

Socioeconomic differentials in the mortality of pets

BMJ 1998;317:1671 (Published 19 December 1998)

Snapshots from the decade of the brain

BMJ 1998;317:1673.1 (Published 19 December 1998)

“No longer Gage”: an iron bar through the head

BMJ 1998;317:1673.2 (Published 19 December 1998)

BMJ bans anniversaries

BMJ 1998;317:1674 (Published 19 December 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Grandmothers prevent unnecessary hospital attendance

BMJ 1998;317:0.6 (Published 19 December 1998)

A Cinnamon Sedge is better than a Black Gnat

BMJ 1998;317:0.3 (Published 19 December 1998)

Superstition increases Japanese health costs

BMJ 1998;317:0.4 (Published 19 December 1998)

Socioeconomic status affects the health of pets

BMJ 1998;317:0.7 (Published 19 December 1998)

Sweets in moderation may be good for you

BMJ 1998;317:0.5 (Published 19 December 1998)

It's all right to get up late

BMJ 1998;317:0.2 (Published 19 December 1998)

Clinical Reviews

1755 and all that: a historical primer of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

BMJ 1998;317:1688 (Published 19 December 1998)

Brainy mind

BMJ 1998;317:1693 (Published 19 December 1998)

The consciousness of sight

BMJ 1998;317:1696 (Published 19 December 1998)

Brain drugs of the future

BMJ 1998;317:1698 (Published 19 December 1998)

Differences in mental abilities

BMJ 1998;317:1701 (Published 19 December 1998)

The brain, circadian rhythms, and clock genes

BMJ 1998;317:1704 (Published 19 December 1998)

Clinical Reviews - continued

Neurogenetic determinism and the new euphenics

BMJ 1998;317:1707.1 (Published 19 December 1998)

Fillers

The physician's prayer

BMJ 1998;317:1687.2 (Published 19 December 1998)

Filler

Favourite prayers

BMJ 1998;317:1707.2 (Published 19 December 1998)

Favourite prayers

BMJ 1998;317:1707.3 (Published 19 December 1998)

Favourite prayers

BMJ 1998;317:1731.2 (Published 19 December 1998)

The ship

BMJ 1998;317:1731.3 (Published 19 December 1998)

What's in a name?

BMJ 1998;317:1731.4 (Published 19 December 1998)

A Christmas carol

BMJ 1998;317:1732 (Published 19 December 1998)

Education and debate

An international work exchange: better than a midlife crisis

BMJ 1998;317:1709 (Published 19 December 1998)

Only if she has a fishing rod!

BMJ 1998;317:1711 (Published 19 December 1998)

Apgar scores for dads

BMJ 1998;317:1712 (Published 19 December 1998)

De futuro urbanorum

BMJ 1998;317:1713 (Published 19 December 1998)

Alastair MacIntosh MacLachlainn (1892-1959): an unusual career

BMJ 1998;317:1714 (Published 19 December 1998)

Get your book published

BMJ 1998;317:1715 (Published 19 December 1998)

Lessons from Whitehall

BMJ 1998;317:1718 (Published 19 December 1998)

Sacred cows

Sacred cows: to the abattoir!

BMJ 1998;317:1720.1 (Published 19 December 1998)

Down with EBM!

BMJ 1998;317:1720.2 (Published 19 December 1998)

The need for political correctness in scientific writing

BMJ 1998;317:1721 (Published 19 December 1998)

Double bandaging of sprained ankles

BMJ 1998;317:1722 (Published 19 December 1998)

Sacred cows - continued

A seamless service

BMJ 1998;317:1723 (Published 19 December 1998)

The primacy of primary health care

BMJ 1998;317:1724 (Published 19 December 1998)

Clinical governance

BMJ 1998;317:1725 (Published 19 December 1998)

The promise of the neurosciences

BMJ 1998;317:1728 (Published 19 December 1998)

Sacred cows: to the abattoir!

BMJ 1998;317:1729 (Published 19 December 1998)

Sacred cows: to the abattoir!

BMJ 1998;317:1730 (Published 19 December 1998)

SACRED COWS

The accelerating pace of change

BMJ 1998;317:1731.1 (Published 19 December 1998)

XMAS

Personal Views

The new Victorians: community care in the 1990s

BMJ 1998;317:1738 (Published 19 December 1998)

Will you present the prizes?

BMJ 1998;317:1739.1 (Published 19 December 1998)

My cancer and the magic bullet

BMJ 1998;317:1739.2 (Published 19 December 1998)

From the other side

BMJ 1998;317:1741 (Published 19 December 1998)

Boom ditty boom ditty boom ditty boom (goodness gracious me)

BMJ 1998;317:1742 (Published 19 December 1998)

Career focus

Establishing educational needs in a new organisation

BMJ 1998;317:S2-7174 (Published 19 December 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3-7174 (Published 19 December 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3a-7174 (Published 19 December 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3b-7174 (Published 19 December 1998)