08 June 1996 (Vol 312, Issue 7044)

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Editorials

Monitoring oral anticoagulation in primary care

BMJ 1996;312:1431 (Published 8 June 1996)

Financial meltdown for the NHS?

BMJ 1996;312:1432 (Published 8 June 1996)

Caesarean section or vaginal birth for breech presentation at term

BMJ 1996;312:1433 (Published 8 June 1996)

Jack Kevorkian: a medical hero

BMJ 1996;312:1434 (Published 8 June 1996)

Heroin overdose: the case for take-home naloxone

BMJ 1996;312:1435 (Published 8 June 1996)

Veterinary and industrial high pressure injection injuries

BMJ 1996;312:1436 (Published 8 June 1996)

Letters

Government secrecy

BMJ 1996;312:1475.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Safety of air travellers is not protected

BMJ 1996;312:1475.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Ombudsman is available when codes of practice fail

BMJ 1996;312:1475.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Vaccines and Guillain-Barre syndrome

BMJ 1996;312:1475.4 (Published 8 June 1996)

Vaccines and Guillain-Barre syndrome

BMJ 1996;312:1475.5 (Published 8 June 1996)

Providing intensive care

BMJ 1996;312:1476.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Service can't cope with troughs in demand, let alone peaks

BMJ 1996;312:1476.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Centralised paediatric intensive care beds are blocked

BMJ 1996;312:1476.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Disodium pamidronate has beneficial effect in Paget's disease of bone

BMJ 1996;312:1476.4 (Published 8 June 1996)

Retention of drugs in venous access port chamber

BMJ 1996;312:1477.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Drug did not cause collapse of patient

BMJ 1996;312:1477.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Port systems can safely be used for anaesthesia

BMJ 1996;312:1477.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;312:1477.4 (Published 8 June 1996)

British urologists provide a cost effective service

BMJ 1996;312:1478.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Using condoms to prevent transmission of HIV

BMJ 1996;312:1478.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Abstinence and fidelity are only fully effective means of prevention

BMJ 1996;312:1478.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Poor diet in pregnancy may be a proxy for some other hostile influence on fetal growth

BMJ 1996;312:1478.4 (Published 8 June 1996)

Raised adult blood pressure linked to failure to achieve growth potential in utero

BMJ 1996;312:1479.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Not gaining patients' consent in trials is deceitful

BMJ 1996;312:1479.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Flavonoid intake and coronary mortality

BMJ 1996;312:1479.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Objective data trials are needed

BMJ 1996;312:1479.4 (Published 8 June 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;312:1480.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

GPs' management of acute back pain

BMJ 1996;312:1480.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Letters - continued

Referral letters are inadequate

BMJ 1996;312:1481.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Research on which to base guidelines is possible in primary care

BMJ 1996;312:1481.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Routine feedback to GPs who request microbiological tests is effective

BMJ 1996;312:1481.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Research priorities in complementary medicine

BMJ 1996;312:1481.4 (Published 8 June 1996)

Jumping through hoops to buy equipment

BMJ 1996;312:1482.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

British health insurers fail to learn lessons from the US

BMJ 1996;312:1482.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Orphanages in China require more funding

BMJ 1996;312:1482.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Albanian orphans

BMJ 1996;312:1482.4 (Published 8 June 1996)

News

Australian doctors renew battle over euthanasia

BMJ 1996;312:1437.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

HIV in plasma is best predictor of progression to AIDS

BMJ 1996;312:1437.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Headlines

BMJ 1996;312:1438.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

No cause for alarm over baby milk, says EU

BMJ 1996;312:1438.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

MDU exposes drug errors

BMJ 1996;312:1439.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Paediatric intensive care expands with 37 new beds

BMJ 1996;312:1439.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

NHS Handbook criticises evidence based medicine

BMJ 1996;312:1439.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Netherlands proposes tougher antismoking laws

BMJ 1996;312:1440.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Britain is failing to meet targets on reducing obesity

BMJ 1996;312:1440.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Herbal stimulant causes US deaths

BMJ 1996;312:1441.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

New York seeks to make chiropractic more available

BMJ 1996;312:1441.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

NHS trusts criticised for staff strategies

BMJ 1996;312:1441.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Australian doctors' push for gun controls

BMJ 1996;312:1442.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Organ thieving is urban myth

BMJ 1996;312:1442.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Correction

BMJ 1996;312:1442.3 (Published 8 June 1996)

Europe's aging population

BMJ 1996;312:1442.4 (Published 8 June 1996)

Cost effectiveness of lowering cholesterol concentration with statins in patients with and without pre-existing coronary heart disease: life table method applied to health authority population

BMJ 1996;312:1443 (Published 8 June 1996)

Correction

BMJ 1996;312:1473.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;312:1490 (Published 8 June 1996)

Editor's Choice

Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;312:7044 (Published 8 June 1996)

Papers

Relation of indoor heating with asthma, allergic sensitisation, and bronchial responsiveness: survey of children in South Bavaria

BMJ 1996;312:1448 (Published 8 June 1996)

Long term outcome by method of delivery of fetuses in breech presentation at term: population based follow up

BMJ 1996;312:1451 (Published 8 June 1996)

Prevalence of antibiotic resistance and serotypes in pneumococci in England and Wales: results of observational surveys in 1990 and 1995

BMJ 1996;312:1454 (Published 8 June 1996)

Seasonality of birth of patients with childhood diabetes in Britain

BMJ 1996;312:1456 (Published 8 June 1996)

Rate of bone loss from lumbar spine in women with distal forearm fracture

BMJ 1996;312:1457 (Published 8 June 1996)

Health of cohort of heroin addicts from London clinics: 22 year follow up

BMJ 1996;312:1458 (Published 8 June 1996)

General practice

Treatment of urinary incontinence in women in general practice: observational study

BMJ 1996;312:1459 (Published 8 June 1996)

Knowledge of emergency compulsory detention procedures among general practitioners in Edinburgh: sample survey

BMJ 1996;312:1462 (Published 8 June 1996)

Survey of HIV patients' views on confidentiality and non-discrimination policies in general practice

BMJ 1996;312:1463 (Published 8 June 1996)

Education and debate

Recent Advances: Clinical immunology

BMJ 1996;312:1465 (Published 8 June 1996)

Lessons from international experience in controlling pharmaceutical expenditure. I: influencing patients

BMJ 1996;312:1469 (Published 8 June 1996)

Lesson of the Week: Delayed diagnosis of Kawasaki disease presenting with massive lymphadenopathy and airway obstruction

BMJ 1996;312:1471 (Published 8 June 1996)

Statistics Notes: Comparing several groups using analysis of variance

BMJ 1996;312:1472 (Published 8 June 1996)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Funding for AIDS treatment critisisedGP trends show more women, fewer registrars, and smaller listsDoctors must have the right to whistleblowingBMA seeks amendments to housing billFirst report on drug pricing

BMJ 1996;312:1483 (Published 8 June 1996)

Soundings

Funny business

BMJ 1996;312:1484.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Green couch

BMJ 1996;312:1484.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Personal Views

Moving forward: to surgery by taxi, or a home visit?

BMJ 1996;312:1485.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Desert brainstorm

BMJ 1996;312:1485.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Pitching it low

BMJ 1996;312:1486 (Published 8 June 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Obsessional art

BMJ 1996;312:1487.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Debating points

BMJ 1996;312:1487.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Medicine and books

The Infectious Diseases Manual

BMJ 1996;312:1488.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

Improving the Health of the Nation: The Failure of the Government's Health Reforms

BMJ 1996;312:1488.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Inquiries after Homicide

BMJ 1996;312:1489.1 (Published 8 June 1996)

The Friendly Professional: Selected Writings of Thurstan Brewin

BMJ 1996;312:1489.2 (Published 8 June 1996)

Fillers

Payment by results

BMJ 1996;312:1453 (Published 8 June 1996)

THE COLLEAGUE WHO CHANGED MY LIFE

BMJ 1996;312:1464 (Published 8 June 1996)

A MEMORABLE PATIENT

BMJ 1996;312:1473.2 (Published 8 June 1996)