03 February 1996 (Vol 312, Issue 7026)

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Editor's Choice

Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;312:7026 (Published 3 February 1996)

News

Renal services in UK are underfunded, says report

BMJ 1996;312:267.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Tobacco executive goes public over company lies

BMJ 1996;312:267.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Headlines

BMJ 1996;312:268.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Australia targets men's health

BMJ 1996;312:268.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Religion should not put a child's health at risk

BMJ 1996;312:268.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

US has oversupply of doctors

BMJ 1996;312:269.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Broadcasters breach confidentiality

BMJ 1996;312:269.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Environment and genetic link found

BMJ 1996;312:270.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Fat substitute gets FDA approval

BMJ 1996;312:270.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Irish transfusion service accused of criminal negligence

BMJ 1996;312:270.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Saudi Arabia curbs tranquilliser prescribing

BMJ 1996;312:271.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

New protein could help male subfertility

BMJ 1996;312:271.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Directors strive to save French cancer charity

BMJ 1996;312:272.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Product information in BMJ wrappers: a mistake

BMJ 1996;312:272.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Health repercussions of the Harman case

BMJ 1996;312:272.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Editorials

Small bowel transplantation

BMJ 1996;312:261 (Published 3 February 1996)

Housing reform: getting tough on poor people

BMJ 1996;312:262 (Published 3 February 1996)

Near patient testing in primary care

BMJ 1996;312:263 (Published 3 February 1996)

Impaired glucose tolerance

BMJ 1996;312:264 (Published 3 February 1996)

Chronic coronary artery disease: drugs, angioplasty, or surgery?

BMJ 1996;312:265 (Published 3 February 1996)

Letters

Laparoscopic versus open repair of inguinal hernia

BMJ 1996;312:309.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Long term recurrence may be lower with laparoscopic repair

BMJ 1996;312:309.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Surgeons in study were inexperienced at laparoscopic repair

BMJ 1996;312:309.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Letters - continued

Lichtenstein technique should be used

BMJ 1996;312:310.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Hernia repair should be individualised to the patient

BMJ 1996;312:310.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Provision of palliative care is suboptimal

BMJ 1996;312:310.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Fc(epsilon)RI-(beta) polymorphisms unlikely to contribute substantially to genetic risk of allergic disease

BMJ 1996;312:311.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Training of overseas qualified doctors in Britain

BMJ 1996;312:311.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Training programmes in countries overseas should be supported

BMJ 1996;312:311.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Publicity about certain aspects of meningococcal disease is still needed

BMJ 1996;312:311.4 (Published 3 February 1996)

Neonatal screening in New Zealand

BMJ 1996;312:312.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Breast feeding should be promoted as a public health measure

BMJ 1996;312:312.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Treatment of toenail tinea infection

BMJ 1996;312:312.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;312:312.4 (Published 3 February 1996)

Surgical bleeding and calcium antagonists

BMJ 1996;312:313.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in twins

BMJ 1996;312:313.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;312:313.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Use of predeposit autologous blood transfusion varies greatly

BMJ 1996;312:314.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Inquiry is needed into difficulties of developing academic careers

BMJ 1996;312:314.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Career choices of trainees in general practice

BMJ 1996;312:314.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Concerns about “lookback” exercise for hepatitis C

BMJ 1996;312:314.4 (Published 3 February 1996)

Hospital patients in Bosnia are nutritionally vulnerable

BMJ 1996;312:315.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Moving house unlikely to pose substantial risk of childhood asthma

BMJ 1996;312:315.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Does the patient prefer Asti Spumanti or Chateau Lafitte?

BMJ 1996;312:315.3 (Published 3 February 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;312:322 (Published 3 February 1996)

Papers

Neglected aspects of false positive findings of mammography in breast cancer screening: analysis of false positive cases from the Stockholm trial

BMJ 1996;312:273 (Published 3 February 1996)

Asymptomatic gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection in rural Tanzanian men

BMJ 1996;312:277 (Published 3 February 1996)

Papers - continued

Randomised trial comparing hysterectomy with endometrial ablation for dysfunctional uterine bleeding: psychiatric and psychosocial aspects

BMJ 1996;312:280 (Published 3 February 1996)

Seasonal variation in deep vein thrombosis

BMJ 1996;312:284 (Published 3 February 1996)

Concerns about AIDS in general practice

BMJ 1996;312:285 (Published 3 February 1996)

Methods for managing the increased workload in anticoagulant clinics

BMJ 1996;312:286 (Published 3 February 1996)

General practice

Deprivation and cause specific morbidity: evidence from the Somerset and Avon survey of health

BMJ 1996;312:287 (Published 3 February 1996)

Education and debate

Effects on asylum seekers of ill treatment in Zaire

BMJ 1996;312:293 (Published 3 February 1996)

Lesson of the Week: Acute laryngeal obstruction in rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 1996;312:295 (Published 3 February 1996)

Controversies in Management: Department of Health shoots itself in the hip Why the report of the Advisory Group on Osteoporosis undermines evidence based purchasing

BMJ 1996;312:296 (Published 3 February 1996)

Department of Health is fair to patients with osteoporosis

BMJ 1996;312:297 (Published 3 February 1996)

ABC of General Surgery in Children: PROBLEMS WITH THE PENIS AND PREPUCE

BMJ 1996;312:299 (Published 3 February 1996)

Who should be doing what in international health: a confusion of mandates in the United Nations?

BMJ 1996;312:302 (Published 3 February 1996)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

BMA writes to NHS trusts about confidentialitySupraregional services have new advisersBMA is worried about reserve forces' trainingGPs to have guidance on care in the communityBMA updates its briefing on private finance initiative

BMJ 1996;312:316 (Published 3 February 1996)

Soundings

We are one

BMJ 1996;312:317.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

The secret diary of James Drife, aged 48 1/4

BMJ 1996;312:317.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

On welfare in a state

BMJ 1996;312:318.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

No touch technique

BMJ 1996;312:318.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Personal View

Inside the oven

BMJ 1996;312:319 (Published 3 February 1996)

Medicine and books

Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Counselling in Health Care

BMJ 1996;312:320.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

Challenging Behaviour: Analysis and Intervention in People with Learning Difficulties

BMJ 1996;312:320.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Making Use of Clinical Audit: A Guide to Practice in the Health Professions

BMJ 1996;312:321.1 (Published 3 February 1996)

The Patient in the Family: An Ethics of Medicine and Families

BMJ 1996;312:321.2 (Published 3 February 1996)

Correction

Correction

BMJ 1996;312:298 (Published 3 February 1996)