30 March 1996(vol 312, issue 7034)

Editorials

• Time to face up to research misconduct

  BMJ 1996; 312 :789 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Bovine spongiform encephalopahy and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  BMJ 1996; 312 :790 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Bovine Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?

  BMJ 1996; 312 :791 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Cognitive function and low blood pressure in elderly people

  BMJ 1996; 312 :793 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Making decisions with children

  BMJ 1996; 312 :794 (Published 30 March 1996)

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Letters

• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy

  BMJ 1996; 312 :843 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Cohort study of cows is in progress

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• Incidence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy is higher in cows born after feed ban

  BMJ 1996; 312 :843 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Magnetic resonance imaging is not a sensitive test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  BMJ 1996; 312 :844 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• GPs decide not to countersign applications for gun licences

  BMJ 1996; 312 :844 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Acute sports injuries

  BMJ 1996; 312 :844 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Data on leisure accidents and injuries should be collated centrally

  BMJ 1996; 312 :844 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Adverse life events and breast cancer

  BMJ 1996; 312 :845 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Association may be due to imbalance in ratio of adrenal androgens to glucocorticoid

  BMJ 1996; 312 :845 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Reservations about conservative surgery for early breast cancer

  BMJ 1996; 312 :845 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Use of aspirin in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease is rising

  BMJ 1996; 312 :846 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Misoprostol in patients taking non-steroidalanti-inflammatory drugs

  BMJ 1996; 312 :846 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• This reduction in risk is deemed worth while in other circumstances

  BMJ 1996; 312 :846 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Authors' reply

  BMJ 1996; 312 :847 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Patients' understanding of consent form should be checked before participation in trial

  BMJ 1996; 312 :847 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• AIDS associated with blood transfusion and haemophilia in Europe

  BMJ 1996; 312 :847 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Effects of fundholding on prescribing habits

  BMJ 1996; 312 :848 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Generic prescriptions are defined differently for dispensing practices

  BMJ 1996; 312 :848 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Authors' reply

  BMJ 1996; 312 :848 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Prescribing by general practitioner fundholders

  BMJ 1996; 312 :848 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Other factors probably explain differences in prescribing

  BMJ 1996; 312 :849 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Direct access magnetic resonance imaging of the knee for GPs

  BMJ 1996; 312 :849 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Patients should be seen by an experienced orthopaedic surgeon

  BMJ 1996; 312 :849 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Paper highlights shortage of orthopaedic skill

  BMJ 1996; 312 :850 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Authors' reply

  BMJ 1996; 312 :850 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Cochlear implantation is controversial among deaf people

  BMJ 1996; 312 :850 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• BMA division disagrees with association's stance over advance directives

  BMJ 1996; 312 :850 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Doctors and medical politics

  BMJ 1996; 312 :851 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• BMA is meeting change with outraged reaction rather than adaptation

  BMJ 1996; 312 :851 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Long term care can be provided by NHS at low cost

  BMJ 1996; 312 :851 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Policies for humanitarian service should be less ageist

  BMJ 1996; 312 :851 (Published 30 March 1996)

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News

• BSE linked to new variant of CJD in humans

  BMJ 1996; 312 :795 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Headlines

  BMJ 1996; 312 :796 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• WHO steps up fight against TB

  BMJ 1996; 312 :796 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• AIDS now more chronic than fatal

  BMJ 1996; 312 :796 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Gulf war veterans show nerve damage

  BMJ 1996; 312 :797 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Baby's doctors to ask for right to die

  BMJ 1996; 312 :797 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Scottish judges say court can decide in PVS cases

  BMJ 1996; 312 :797 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Census shows that employment is healthier

  BMJ 1996; 312 :798 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• GP struck off for fraud in drug trials

  BMJ 1996; 312 :798 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• NHS urged to rethink children's rights

  BMJ 1996; 312 :798 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Russian life expectancy rises

  BMJ 1996; 312 :799 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Campaign aims to make the English more active

  BMJ 1996; 312 :799 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Locum's errors prompt review

  BMJ 1996; 312 :799 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• US graduates opt for primary care

  BMJ 1996; 312 :800 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Another task for harrassed doctors

  BMJ 1996; 312 :800 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Is the cognitive function of older patients affected by antihypertensive treatment? Results from 54 months of the Medical Research Council's treatment trial of hypertension in older adults

  BMJ 1996; 312 :801 (Published 30 March 1996)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 1996; 312 :858 (Published 30 March 1996)

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Editor's Choice

• Editor's choice

  BMJ 1996; 312 :0 (Published 30 March 1996)

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Papers

• Low blood pressure and dementia in elderly people: the Kungsholmen project

  BMJ 1996; 312 :805 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Mammography screening: an incremental cost effectiveness analysis of double versus single reading of mammograms

  BMJ 1996; 312 :809 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Psychological support for patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: a randomised study

  BMJ 1996; 312 :813 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Interchangeability of conjugated Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines during primary immunisation of infants

  BMJ 1996; 312 :817 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Commentary: ethics of clinical research without patients' consent

  BMJ 1996; 312 :818 (Published 30 March 1996)

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General practice

• Evidence based general practice: a retrospective study of interventions in one training practice

  BMJ 1996; 312 :819 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Survey of general practitioners' views of consultants' non-urgent referral of outpatients to other consultants

  BMJ 1996; 312 :821 (Published 30 March 1996)

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Education and debate

• Fortnightly Review: Morphine in cancer pain: modes of administration

  BMJ 1996; 312 :823 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• North of England evidence based guidelines development project: summary version of evidence based guideline for the primary care management of stable angina

  BMJ 1996; 312 :827 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Are tobacco subsidies a misuse of public funds?

  BMJ 1996; 312 :832 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Over the Counter Drugs: The future for self medication

  BMJ 1996; 312 :835 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• ABC of Urology: UROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES IN GENERAL PRACTICE

  BMJ 1996; 312 :838 (Published 30 March 1996)

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MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

• GPs' leader to meet review body on out of hoursGPs' committee will be elected by wider franchiseHealth secretary agrees to revise deputising circularNew group will look at public health manpowerConsultation document launched on data protection

  BMJ 1996; 312 :852 (Published 30 March 1996)

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Soundings

• Complaints made easy

  BMJ 1996; 312 :853 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Life must go on

  BMJ 1996; 312 :853 (Published 30 March 1996)

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MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

• Meltdown: the media and mad cows

  BMJ 1996; 312 :854 (Published 30 March 1996)

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Personal View

• The legal system is an ass

  BMJ 1996; 312 :855 (Published 30 March 1996)

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Medicine and books

• Current Diagnosis and Treatment

  BMJ 1996; 312 :856 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Exotic Viral Infections (Kass Handbook of Infectious Diseases)

  BMJ 1996; 312 :856 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Research and Development for the NHS: Evidence, Evaluation, and Effectiveness

  BMJ 1996; 312 :857 (Published 30 March 1996)

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• Successful Scientific Writing: A Step-By-Step Guide for the Biological and Medical Sciences

  BMJ 1996; 312 :857 (Published 30 March 1996)

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  • Responses

Fillers

• PAST PRESCRIBING

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Correction

• Correction

  BMJ 1996; 312 :822 (Published 30 March 1996)

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