01 June 1996 (Vol 312, Issue 7043)

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Editor's Choice

Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;312:7043 (Published 1 June 1996)

News

Aid agencies need more self regulation

BMJ 1996;312:1377.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Amnesty highlights doctors' duty to report torture

BMJ 1996;312:1377.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Amnesty highlights doctors' duty to report torture

BMJ 1996;312:1377.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Headlines

BMJ 1996;312:1378.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Australian doctors put in firing line

BMJ 1996;312:1378.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

US gene discovery leads to patent war

BMJ 1996;312:1378.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Herbal stimulant causes US deaths

BMJ 1996;312:1378.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Cocaine blamed for infants' emotional problems

BMJ 1996;312:1379.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

New BUPA scheme hits NHS patients

BMJ 1996;312:1379.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

US welfare safety net slackens

BMJ 1996;312:1380.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

NHS reviews treatment packages

BMJ 1996;312:1380.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Bigger tobacco companies offer a deal on adolescent smokers

BMJ 1996;312:1380.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Bigger tobacco companies offer a deal on adolescent smokers

BMJ 1996;312:1380.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Editorials

From black bag to black box: will computers improve the NHS?

BMJ 1996;312:1371.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

From black bag to black box: will computers improve the NHS?

BMJ 1996;312:1371.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Going home

BMJ 1996;312:1372 (Published 1 June 1996)

Mortality among second generation Irish in England and Wales

BMJ 1996;312:1373 (Published 1 June 1996)

Does Britain need an academy of medicine?

BMJ 1996;312:1374 (Published 1 June 1996)

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the other side of the coin

BMJ 1996;312:1375.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the other side of the coin

BMJ 1996;312:1375.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

New hope for WHO?

BMJ 1996;312:1376 (Published 1 June 1996)

Letters

Adjuvant treatment for colorectal cancer

BMJ 1996;312:1417.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Concerns about chemotherapy are legitimate

BMJ 1996;312:1417.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Author's reply

BMJ 1996;312:1417.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Author's reply

BMJ 1996;312:1417.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Getting urgent information to doctors

BMJ 1996;312:1418.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Health link between countries should be global

BMJ 1996;312:1418.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

One stop shopping for global health information

BMJ 1996;312:1418.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Monitoring the frequency of side effects of drugs

BMJ 1996;312:1418.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Monitoring the frequency of side effects of drugs

BMJ 1996;312:1418.5 (Published 1 June 1996)

Data from several sources are needed to show numbers taking drugs

BMJ 1996;312:1419.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Teenage sex

BMJ 1996;312:1419.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Image of various providers of sexual health care varies

BMJ 1996;312:1419.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Image of various providers of sexual health care varies

BMJ 1996;312:1419.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Teenagers can be helped to behave responsibly

BMJ 1996;312:1420.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Letters - continued

Screening to prevent renal failure in diabetic patients

BMJ 1996;312:1420.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;312:1421.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Doctors should check datasheets

BMJ 1996;312:1421.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Treat patients with kindness during magnetic resonance imaging

BMJ 1996;312:1421.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

The nature of general practice

BMJ 1996;312:1421.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Treat patients with kindness during magnetic resonance imaging

BMJ 1996;312:1421.5 (Published 1 June 1996)

The nature of general practice

BMJ 1996;312:1421.6 (Published 1 June 1996)

Favouring a mythological traditional orthodoxy is absurd

BMJ 1996;312:1422.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

General practitioners are not as beleaguered as they were

BMJ 1996;312:1422.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Service is abused because it is perceived as being free

BMJ 1996;312:1422.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Nostalgia doesn't help recruitment

BMJ 1996;312:1422.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Service is abused because it is perceived as being free

BMJ 1996;312:1422.5 (Published 1 June 1996)

Nostalgia doesn't help recruitment

BMJ 1996;312:1422.6 (Published 1 June 1996)

Patient centred model of practice is unsuited to reforms

BMJ 1996;312:1423.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Myocardial infarction at work cannot be regarded as an accident

BMJ 1996;312:1423.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Redefining authorship

BMJ 1996;312:1423.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Relative contribution should be given after each author's name

BMJ 1996;312:1423.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Redefining authorship

BMJ 1996;312:1423.5 (Published 1 June 1996)

Relative contribution should be given after each author's name

BMJ 1996;312:1423.6 (Published 1 June 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;312:1430 (Published 1 June 1996)

Fillers

A PATIENT WHO CHANGED MY PRACTICE

BMJ 1996;312:1410.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

A PATIENT WHO CHANGED MY PRACTICE

BMJ 1996;312:1410.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

But for the grace ..

BMJ 1996;312:1413.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

But for the grace ..

BMJ 1996;312:1413.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Papers

Seasonality and the sudden infant death syndrome during 1987-9 and 1991-3 in Australia and Britain

BMJ 1996;312:1381.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Seasonality and the sudden infant death syndrome during 1987-9 and 1991-3 in Australia and Britain

BMJ 1996;312:1381.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Long term backache after childbirth: prospective search for causative factors

BMJ 1996;312:1384.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Long term backache after childbirth: prospective search for causative factors

BMJ 1996;312:1384.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Do you know anyone with Refsums disease?

BMJ 1996;312:1388 (Published 1 June 1996)

Patterns of mortality in second generation Irish living in England and Wales: longitudinal study

BMJ 1996;312:1389 (Published 1 June 1996)

Growth in utero and cognitive function in adult life: follow up study of people born between 1920 and 1943

BMJ 1996;312:1393.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Growth in utero and cognitive function in adult life: follow up study of people born between 1920 and 1943

BMJ 1996;312:1393.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Perioperative myocardial infarction in peripheral vascular surgery

BMJ 1996;312:1396 (Published 1 June 1996)

Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome: further change in 1992-3

BMJ 1996;312:1397.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome: further change in 1992-3

BMJ 1996;312:1397.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

General practice

The extent of the two tier service for fundholders

BMJ 1996;312:1399.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

The extent of the two tier service for fundholders

BMJ 1996;312:1399.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Responding to out of hours requests for visits: a survey of general practitioner opinion

BMJ 1996;312:1401.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Responding to out of hours requests for visits: a survey of general practitioner opinion

BMJ 1996;312:1401.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Commentary: Changing the culture of out of hours care

BMJ 1996;312:1402.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Commentary: Changing the culture of out of hours care

BMJ 1996;312:1402.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Education and debate

Fortnightly Review: Callosities, corns, and calluses

BMJ 1996;312:1403.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Fortnightly Review: Callosities, corns, and calluses

BMJ 1996;312:1403.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Correction

BMJ 1996;312:1406.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Correction

BMJ 1996;312:1406.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

What value do computers provide to NHS hospitals?

BMJ 1996;312:1407.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

What value do computers provide to NHS hospitals?

BMJ 1996;312:1407.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Prison rights: mandatory drugs tests and performance indicators for prisons

BMJ 1996;312:1411.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Prison rights: mandatory drugs tests and performance indicators for prisons

BMJ 1996;312:1411.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

GPs should not have routine role in authorising handgunsJuniors issue guidance on “English clause”Minister says there are recruitment problems in general practiceBritish doctors returning from abroad and specialist trainingBradford GPs win out of hou…

BMJ 1996;312:1424 (Published 1 June 1996)

Soundings

To all doctors in Britain

BMJ 1996;312:1425.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Ever been had?

BMJ 1996;312:1425.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

To all doctors in Britain

BMJ 1996;312:1425.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Ever been had?

BMJ 1996;312:1425.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

Personal Views

On hanging up my stethoscope

BMJ 1996;312:1426.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Becoming a grandmother—Has childbirth really changed?

BMJ 1996;312:1426.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

On hanging up my stethoscope

BMJ 1996;312:1426.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Becoming a grandmother—Has childbirth really changed?

BMJ 1996;312:1426.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Performing rights

BMJ 1996;312:1427.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Performing rights

BMJ 1996;312:1427.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

Medicine and books

Advancing Quality: Total Quality Management in the National Health Service; The Practice of Quality

BMJ 1996;312:1428.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessity

BMJ 1996;312:1428.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

The Practice of Quality

BMJ 1996;312:1428.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Advancing Quality: Total Quality Management in the National Health Service; The Practice of Quality

BMJ 1996;312:1428.4 (Published 1 June 1996)

The Practice of Quality

BMJ 1996;312:1428.5 (Published 1 June 1996)

Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessity

BMJ 1996;312:1428.6 (Published 1 June 1996)

Skin Disease in Childhood and Adolescence

BMJ 1996;312:1429.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

The Health of Prisoners

BMJ 1996;312:1429.2 (Published 1 June 1996)

The Health of Prisoners

BMJ 1996;312:1429.3 (Published 1 June 1996)

Corrections

Corrections

BMJ 1996;312:1392.1 (Published 1 June 1996)

Ranitidine and aseptic meningitis

BMJ 1996;312:1392.2 (Published 1 June 1996)