20 January 1996 (Vol 312, Issue 7024)

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Editor's Choice

Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;312:7024 (Published 20 January 1996)

News

Nursing shortfall hits Britain

BMJ 1996;312:139.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

BMA warns of bed crisis in the NHS

BMJ 1996;312:139.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Headlines

BMJ 1996;312:140.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Inadequate care linked to homicides and suicides

BMJ 1996;312:140.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Prison doctor faces misconduct charge after speaking out

BMJ 1996;312:141.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Britain creates watchdog for genetic tests

BMJ 1996;312:141.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Meat commission cautioned after anaemia advert

BMJ 1996;312:142.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Australia improves access to records

BMJ 1996;312:142.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Dutch doctors fight law on sick pay

BMJ 1996;312:142.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

MPs predict gloomy future for NHS dentistry

BMJ 1996;312:143.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Doctors in Britain urged to practise effectively

BMJ 1996;312:143.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Elderly in US have rising suicide risk

BMJ 1996;312:144.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Merging hospitals can benefit everybody

BMJ 1996;312:144.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Editorials

Publishing research supported by the tobacco industry

BMJ 1996;312:133 (Published 20 January 1996)

Nursing shortages

BMJ 1996;312:134 (Published 20 January 1996)

Homicides and suicides by mentally ill people

BMJ 1996;312:135 (Published 20 January 1996)

Neonatal prevention ofiron deficiency

BMJ 1996;312:136 (Published 20 January 1996)

The melanoma epidemic: reality and artefact

BMJ 1996;312:137 (Published 20 January 1996)

Minocycline for acne

BMJ 1996;312:138 (Published 20 January 1996)

Letters

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy

BMJ 1996;312:180.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Aetiology of scrapie in certain circumstances is not evidence against another aetiology in different circumstances

BMJ 1996;312:180.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is being maintained by vertical and horizontal transmission

BMJ 1996;312:180.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

Scrapie can be transmitted to mice by instillation of inoculum into the conjunctiva

BMJ 1996;312:181.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Meat and Livestock Commission's advertising campaign

BMJ 1996;312:181.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Author may not be impartial

BMJ 1996;312:181.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

Letters - continued

Commission emphasises nutritional value of meat in booklet for new mothers

BMJ 1996;312:181.4 (Published 20 January 1996)

Treating anorexia nervosa

BMJ 1996;312:182.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Patients' beliefs hinder treatment

BMJ 1996;312:182.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Neonatal screening

BMJ 1996;312:182.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

Pretest counselling and informed consent should be prerequisites

BMJ 1996;312:182.4 (Published 20 January 1996)

Pitfalls in the interpretation of tumour markers

BMJ 1996;312:183.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Risk factors for acanthamoeba keratitis

BMJ 1996;312:183.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Placebo controlled trials of ondansetron for postoperative nausea and vomiting

BMJ 1996;312:183.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

Deprivation payments should be based on enumeration districts

BMJ 1996;312:183.4 (Published 20 January 1996)

Public discussion of rationing decisions is essential

BMJ 1996;312:184.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Community care and general practice

BMJ 1996;312:184.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Multidisciplinary, proactive care is needed

BMJ 1996;312:184.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

Emergency contraception

BMJ 1996;312:184.4 (Published 20 January 1996)

Use of the term is erroneous

BMJ 1996;312:184.5 (Published 20 January 1996)

Contract minimum dataset includes confidential data

BMJ 1996;312:185.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Assessing the quality of care

BMJ 1996;312:185.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Systematic methods must be used to develop review criteria

BMJ 1996;312:185.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

How to get patients' consent to enter clinical trials

BMJ 1996;312:185.4 (Published 20 January 1996)

Information and consent forms should use short words and sentences

BMJ 1996;312:186.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Participants should be given feedback about the trial

BMJ 1996;312:186.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Nurses could halve GP workload

BMJ 1996;312:186.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

Training in substance abuse is lacking for GPs

BMJ 1996;312:186.4 (Published 20 January 1996)

Junior doctors' hours

BMJ 1996;312:187.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Don't blame the Junior Doctors Committee

BMJ 1996;312:187.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Committee agrees that pay for additional duty hours is derisory

BMJ 1996;312:187.3 (Published 20 January 1996)

Committee is split on whether to reduce senior trainees' hours

BMJ 1996;312:187.4 (Published 20 January 1996)

Reporting poorly performing doctors may seem an expensive waste of time

BMJ 1996;312:187.5 (Published 20 January 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;312:194 (Published 20 January 1996)

Fillers

A MEMORABLE PATIENT

BMJ 1996;312:172 (Published 20 January 1996)

WHEN I USE A WORD

BMJ 1996;312:178 (Published 20 January 1996)

Papers

Survival outcome of care by specialist surgeons in breast cancer: a study of 3786 patients in the west of Scotland

BMJ 1996;312:145 (Published 20 January 1996)

Prevention of respiratory complications after abdominal surgery: a randomised clinical trial

BMJ 1996;312:148 (Published 20 January 1996)

Depression and other psychiatric morbidity in carers of elderly people living at home

BMJ 1996;312:153 (Published 20 January 1996)

Fetal growth and cardiovascular risk factors in Jamaican schoolchildren

BMJ 1996;312:156 (Published 20 January 1996)

Changing patterns of invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in England and Wales after introduction of the Hib vaccination programme

BMJ 1996;312:160 (Published 20 January 1996)

Congenital rubella in south India: diagnosis using saliva from infants with cataract

BMJ 1996;312:161 (Published 20 January 1996)

General practice

Alternatives to hospital care: what are they and who should decide?

BMJ 1996;312:162 (Published 20 January 1996)

Education and debate

Lessons for health care rationing from the case of child B

BMJ 1996;312:167 (Published 20 January 1996)

Minocycline induced autoimmune hepatitis and systemic lupus erythematosus-like syndrome

BMJ 1996;312:169 (Published 20 January 1996)

Lesson of the Week: Allopurinol, erythema multiforme, and renal insufficiency

BMJ 1996;312:173 (Published 20 January 1996)

ABC of Atrial Fibrillation: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN GENERAL AND HOSPITAL PRACTICE

BMJ 1996;312:175 (Published 20 January 1996)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Accident departments can appoint more staffHelping GPs to provide better out of hours servicesHuman rights will be emphasised at Istanbul meetingMaintaining Medical Excellence will impose new costsIn brief

BMJ 1996;312:188 (Published 20 January 1996)

Soundings

To see ourselves

BMJ 1996;312:189.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Researching the market

BMJ 1996;312:189.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

The patient's dilemma

BMJ 1996;312:190.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Milken buys immunity

BMJ 1996;312:190.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

Personal View

How did your brother die?

BMJ 1996;312:191 (Published 20 January 1996)

Medicine and books

Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Services, Treatments, and Outcomes

BMJ 1996;312:192.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Handling Aggression and Violence in Health Services: A Training Programme

BMJ 1996;312:192.2 (Published 20 January 1996)

The Cognitive Neurosciences

BMJ 1996;312:193.1 (Published 20 January 1996)

Selection

BMJ 1996;312:193.2 (Published 20 January 1996)