08 January 1994 (Vol 308, Issue 6921)

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News

AMA fights for improvements in Aborigines' health

BMJ 1994;308:75.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Compensation urged for US radiation victims

BMJ 1994;308:75.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Brazil fights to save biodiversity

BMJ 1994;308:75.4 (Published 8 January 1994)

US sets standards for mammography

BMJ 1994;308:75.5 (Published 8 January 1994)

Improve clinical effectiveness, says DoH

BMJ 1994;308:75.6 (Published 8 January 1994)

Government sets targets for Scottish diet

BMJ 1994;308:75.7 (Published 8 January 1994)

Focus: London: The year that manpower controls finally crumble

BMJ 1994;308:76 (Published 8 January 1994)

Editorials

The aspirin papers

BMJ 1994;308:71 (Published 8 January 1994)

Who benefits from medical interventions?

BMJ 1994;308:72 (Published 8 January 1994)

IgA nephropathy

BMJ 1994;308:74 (Published 8 January 1994)

Sunburn and melanoma: how strong is the evidence?

BMJ 1994;308:75.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Letters

Long term management after splenectomy: National guidelines, please

BMJ 1994;308:131.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Widen criteria for vaccination

BMJ 1994;308:131.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Lifelong penicillin unproved in trials..

BMJ 1994;308:131.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

...and may be ineffective

BMJ 1994;308:132.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Fact sheets, posters, and protocol cards available

BMJ 1994;308:132.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Americans recommend additional immunisation

BMJ 1994;308:132.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Hyposplenic patients need prophylactic penicillin

BMJ 1994;308:132.4 (Published 8 January 1994)

Consider HIV infection in thrombocytopenia

BMJ 1994;308:133.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Datasheet at odds with government guidelines..

BMJ 1994;308:133.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

...has been amended

BMJ 1994;308:133.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Consider prophylaxis in systemic lupus erythematosus

BMJ 1994;308:133.4 (Published 8 January 1994)

Caesarean section rates: Evaluate the reasons for surgery

BMJ 1994;308:133.5 (Published 8 January 1994)

Letters - continued

Patients unaware of anaesthetic risks

BMJ 1994;308:134.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Diabetes registers in general practice College reports higher prevalence

BMJ 1994;308:134.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Hungarian registers new and improved

BMJ 1994;308:134.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Deregulating emergency contraception: The alternative may be unwanted pregnancies

BMJ 1994;308:135.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Family planning nurses have useful skills

BMJ 1994;308:135.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Non-redemption of prescriptions: Linked to poor consultations

BMJ 1994;308:135.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Homeless people miss out on prescribed treatment

BMJ 1994;308:135.4 (Published 8 January 1994)

Lp (a) lipoprotein and impaired glucose tolerance: Association poorly investigated

BMJ 1994;308:136.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1994;308:136.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Potassium depletion and rhabdomyolysis

BMJ 1994;308:136.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Imaging methods used in aortic dissection

BMJ 1994;308:136.4 (Published 8 January 1994)

Training for house officers

BMJ 1994;308:136.5 (Published 8 January 1994)

Standards of care should not depend on the patient's status

BMJ 1994;308:137.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Health in Israeli occupied territories

BMJ 1994;308:137.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Somatoform pain disorder after road traffic accidents

BMJ 1994;308:137.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Schistosomiasis in Lake Malawi

BMJ 1994;308:138.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Health concerns in Kosovo

BMJ 1994;308:138.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Overestimation of cost savings: in prevention of osteoporosis

BMJ 1994;308:138.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Resource implications of cancelled operations

BMJ 1994;308:138.4 (Published 8 January 1994)

Women consultants

BMJ 1994;308:139.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Information management and patient privacy

BMJ 1994;308:139.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

No deception in symposium supplement

BMJ 1994;308:139.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Views & Reviews

Medicopolitical Digest CCSC sets up working party on the new NHS

L Beecham

BMJ 1994;308:140 (Published 8 January 1994)

Soundings on Soundings

T Greenhalgh

BMJ 1994;308:142.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Words that obscure meaning

B Dixon

BMJ 1994;308:142.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Through uncharted waters

T Greenway

BMJ 1994;308:143 (Published 8 January 1994)

How to Break Bad News

P J Toghill

BMJ 1994;308:144.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

The International Classification of Primary Care in the European Community

M Pringle

BMJ 1994;308:144.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Best books on neurology: a personal choice

J Greene

BMJ 1994;308:145 (Published 8 January 1994)

Papers

Collaborative overview of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy Prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke by prolonged antiplatelet therapy in various categories of patients

BMJ 1994;308:81 (Published 8 January 1994)

Indications for operation in suspected appendicitis and incidence of perforation

BMJ 1994;308:107 (Published 8 January 1994)

Renal disease and use of topical non-steroidal: anti-inflammatory drugs

BMJ 1994;308:110 (Published 8 January 1994)

Formal measurement of clinical uncertainty: prelude to a trial in perinatal medicine

BMJ 1994;308:111.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Correction: A randomised controlled trial to test equivalence between retinyl palmitate and B carotene for vitamin A deficiency

BMJ 1994;308:111.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Drug points: Fever, vasculitic rash, arthritis, pericarditis, and pericardial effusion after mesalazine

BMJ 1994;308:113.1 (Published 8 January 1994)

Drug points: Is there a problem with long term use of sumatriptan in acute migraine?

BMJ 1994;308:113.2 (Published 8 January 1994)

Drug points: Myoclonus associated with propafenone

BMJ 1994;308:113.3 (Published 8 January 1994)

Drug points: Allopurinol interaction with cyclosporin

BMJ 1994;308:113.4 (Published 8 January 1994)

General practice

Enriching Careers in General Practice: Building morale through personal development

BMJ 1994;308:114 (Published 8 January 1994)

Education and debate

An economic view of high compliance as a screening objective

BMJ 1994;308:117 (Published 8 January 1994)

Hypoxia in childhood pneumonia: better detection and more oxygen needed in developing countries

BMJ 1994;308:119 (Published 8 January 1994)

ABC of Emergency Radiology: THE KNEE

BMJ 1994;308:121 (Published 8 January 1994)

Minimally Invasive Surgery: Neurosurgery

BMJ 1994;308:126 (Published 8 January 1994)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1994;308:146 (Published 8 January 1994)