15 June 1996 (Vol 312, Issue 7045)

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Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;312:7045 (Published 15 June 1996)

News

BMA leaders call for efficiency savings to be halted

BMJ 1996;312:1497 (Published 15 June 1996)

Headlines

BMJ 1996;312:1498.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Common pollutants may harm fetuses

BMJ 1996;312:1498.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

US pesticide use reaches new record

BMJ 1996;312:1498.3 (Published 15 June 1996)

High levels of substandard care in maternal deaths

BMJ 1996;312:1499.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Sports injuries are badly managed in Britain

BMJ 1996;312:1499.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Germany fears more deaths from E coli outbreak

BMJ 1996;312:1500.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

UK government proposes changes to primary care

BMJ 1996;312:1500.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Teenage smokers fail to recognise health risks

BMJ 1996;312:1501.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Definition of “authorship” may be changed

BMJ 1996;312:1501.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

French test threatens foreign doctors

BMJ 1996;312:1502.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

When MPs chicken out over beef

BMJ 1996;312:1502.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Editorials

Promoting clinical effectiveness

BMJ 1996;312:1491 (Published 15 June 1996)

Regulating complementary medicine

BMJ 1996;312:1492 (Published 15 June 1996)

Ecstasy and neurodegeneration

BMJ 1996;312:1493 (Published 15 June 1996)

Pharmaceutical representatives

BMJ 1996;312:1494 (Published 15 June 1996)

Designing a vaccine for tuberculosis

BMJ 1996;312:1495 (Published 15 June 1996)

Childhood bereavement

BMJ 1996;312:1496 (Published 15 June 1996)

Letters

Secondary prevention of meningococcal disease

BMJ 1996;312:1536.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Ceftriaxone or ciprofloxacin should be considered as first line prophylaxis

BMJ 1996;312:1536.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

No evidence exists to support use of penicillin

BMJ 1996;312:1536.3 (Published 15 June 1996)

Cases are “unavoidably unpredictable”

BMJ 1996;312:1537.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

British guidelines should have been considered

BMJ 1996;312:1537.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Letters - continued

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;312:1537.3 (Published 15 June 1996)

GPs often fail to give early parenteral benzylpenicillin in suspected meningococcal infection

BMJ 1996;312:1538.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Admissions due to overdoses of aromatic analgesics have increased in Scotland

BMJ 1996;312:1538.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Children with an avulsed tooth may need antibiotic prophylaxis against bacterial endocarditis

BMJ 1996;312:1538.3 (Published 15 June 1996)

Advance directives are compatible with good medical practice

BMJ 1996;312:1538.4 (Published 15 June 1996)

Coffee intake and death from coronary heart disease

BMJ 1996;312:1539.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Coffee drinking was compared with tea drinking in monozygotic twins in 18th century

BMJ 1996;312:1539.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Care management

BMJ 1996;312:1539.3 (Published 15 June 1996)

Case management confers substantial benefits

BMJ 1996;312:1540.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Administrative demands of care programme approach

BMJ 1996;312:1540.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Continuing transmission of sexually transmitted diseases among patients infected with HIV

BMJ 1996;312:1540.3 (Published 15 June 1996)

Several reasons exist for failure of health education message

BMJ 1996;312:1541.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

HIV infection must be destigmatised

BMJ 1996;312:1541.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Sexual behaviour of homosexual men with and without HIV infection differs

BMJ 1996;312:1541.3 (Published 15 June 1996)

Different diseases indicate different risks of transmission of HIV

BMJ 1996;312:1542.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Non-sexual transmission of human papillomavirus

BMJ 1996;312:1542.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Managing HIV disease without Delta

BMJ 1996;312:1542.3 (Published 15 June 1996)

Junior doctors should get “additional duty miles”

BMJ 1996;312:1542.4 (Published 15 June 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;312:1552 (Published 15 June 1996)

Fillers

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO

BMJ 1996;312:1511 (Published 15 June 1996)

Topical treatment of erectile dysfunction: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of cream containing aminophylline, isosorbide dinitrate, and co-dergocrine mesylate

BMJ 1996;312:1512 (Published 15 June 1996)

A MEMORABLE PATIENT

BMJ 1996;312:1527 (Published 15 June 1996)

MY MOST REWARDING CASE

BMJ 1996;312:1533.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Papers

Effect of correcting outcome data for case mix: an example from stroke medicine

BMJ 1996;312:1503 (Published 15 June 1996)

Psychological complications after stillbirth—influence of memories and immediate management: population based study

BMJ 1996;312:1505 (Published 15 June 1996)

Does suppressing luteinising hormone secretion reduce the miscarriage rate? Results of a randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1996;312:1508 (Published 15 June 1996)

Certification of cause of death in patients dying soon after proximal femoral fracture

BMJ 1996;312:1515 (Published 15 June 1996)

Audit study of next of kin's satisfaction with clinical necropsy service

BMJ 1996;312:1516 (Published 15 June 1996)

General practice

Collecting morbidity data in general practice: the Somerset morbidity project

BMJ 1996;312:1517 (Published 15 June 1996)

Education and debate

Fortnightly Review: The pneumococcal problem

BMJ 1996;312:1521 (Published 15 June 1996)

Fortnightly Review: Lessons from international experience in controlling pharmaceutical expenditure II: influencing doctors

BMJ 1996;312:1525 (Published 15 June 1996)

Rationing in general practice: The Asbury draft policy on ethical use of resources

BMJ 1996;312:1528 (Published 15 June 1996)

Rationing in general practice: Commentary: Guidelines for rationing resemble process of family decision making

BMJ 1996;312:1531 (Published 15 June 1996)

Rationing in general practice: Commentary: Courageous attempt, but needs clarification

BMJ 1996;312:1532 (Published 15 June 1996)

Rationing in general practice: Commentary: Commendable but confused

BMJ 1996;312:1533.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

From the medical academic conferenceSpecialist registrar grade is causing problemsDisincentives to an academic career spelt outLabour party's plans for student financeThe conference ..From the public health conferenceYoung people need a better dealPosses…

BMJ 1996;312:1543 (Published 15 June 1996)

Soundings

Big boys don't cry

BMJ 1996;312:1547.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Trial by television

BMJ 1996;312:1547.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

Personal Views

Sins of youth

BMJ 1996;312:1548.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

The view from the queue

BMJ 1996;312:1548.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

The tragedy of errors

BMJ 1996;312:1549 (Published 15 June 1996)

Medicine and books

The Cigarette Papers

BMJ 1996;312:1550.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Brain Injury and After: Towards Improved Outcome

BMJ 1996;312:1550.2 (Published 15 June 1996)

A Guide to Care of the Elderly

BMJ 1996;312:1551.1 (Published 15 June 1996)

Selection

BMJ 1996;312:1551.2 (Published 15 June 1996)