29 June 1996 (Vol 312, Issue 7047)

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Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;312:7047 (Published 29 June 1996)

News

Outrage in Japan over euthanasia without consent

BMJ 1996;312:1627.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

India's women get poor deal on health care, says World Bank

BMJ 1996;312:1627.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Headlines

BMJ 1996;312:1628.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Scientists discover how HIV enters cells

BMJ 1996;312:1628.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

US responds to new suggestion of Gulf war syndrome

BMJ 1996;312:1629.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Survey finds NHS budgets pushed to the limit

BMJ 1996;312:1629.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

US court rules on confidentiality

BMJ 1996;312:1629.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Cockroaches linked with asthma

BMJ 1996;312:1630.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Canadian junior doctors fight fees

BMJ 1996;312:1630.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

US grants asylum to woman fleeing clitoridectomy

BMJ 1996;312:1630.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Non-transplanted organs can be used for research

BMJ 1996;312:1631.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

US is short of contraception choices

BMJ 1996;312:1631.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Britain's over-60s are still getting around

BMJ 1996;312:1632.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Why Tony Blair didn't go to Brighton

BMJ 1996;312:1632.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Editorials

Sunscreens, suntans, and skin cancer

BMJ 1996;312:1621 (Published 29 June 1996)

European health policy: must redefine its raison d'etre

BMJ 1996;312:1622 (Published 29 June 1996)

Specialist rehabilitation after stroke

BMJ 1996;312:1623 (Published 29 June 1996)

Primary care: restoring the jewel in the crown

BMJ 1996;312:1624 (Published 29 June 1996)

The rights of HIV infected healthcare workers

BMJ 1996;312:1625 (Published 29 June 1996)

Preparing the BMJ for the electronic revolution

BMJ 1996;312:1626 (Published 29 June 1996)

Letters

Neuroleptic prescribing in residents of nursing homes

BMJ 1996;312:1667.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Dangerous to extrapolate local audit findings

BMJ 1996;312:1667.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Access to psychiatrists should be improved

BMJ 1996;312:1667.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Substantial study is imminent

BMJ 1996;312:1668.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Behaviour problems are underdocumented

BMJ 1996;312:1668.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Letters - continued

Use may be justified if other factors have been considered

BMJ 1996;312:1668.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;312:1669.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Costs and getting ethical approval deter doctors from participating in multicentre trials

BMJ 1996;312:1669.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Diazepam is more useful than magnesium for immediate control of eclampsia

BMJ 1996;312:1669.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Screening for diabetic retinopathy

BMJ 1996;312:1670.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

True costs are different from those given in paper

BMJ 1996;312:1670.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;312:1670.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Drug testing has been used in schools for several years

BMJ 1996;312:1671.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Drug users and people with HIV infection need better care in prison

BMJ 1996;312:1671.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Providing intensive care

BMJ 1996;312:1671.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

For neurosciences, proposals are “too little too late”

BMJ 1996;312:1671.4 (Published 29 June 1996)

Severe problems with interhospital transfer of critically ill children will continue

BMJ 1996;312:1672.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Surgeons will not want jobs in hospitals that do not do emergency surgery

BMJ 1996;312:1672.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Television and radio should be used to disseminate important information

BMJ 1996;312:1672.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Gynaecological problems should continue to be treated in primary care initially

BMJ 1996;312:1672.4 (Published 29 June 1996)

Home versus hospital delivery

BMJ 1996;312:1673.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Author's reply

BMJ 1996;312:1673.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Good quality evidence is lacking

BMJ 1996;312:1673.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Making British blood supply safer

BMJ 1996;312:1674.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Wrong comparison quoted for breast screening

BMJ 1996;312:1674.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Study of breast feeding and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis does not conflict with others

BMJ 1996;312:1674.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Global commissioning by GPs could be detrimental to rehabilitation services

BMJ 1996;312:1674.4 (Published 29 June 1996)

Guidelines on managing stable angina omit important point

BMJ 1996;312:1675.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Helping sick doctors

BMJ 1996;312:1675.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Confidential voluntary scheme has been set up in Britain

BMJ 1996;312:1675.3 (Published 29 June 1996)

Torture continues in Algeria

BMJ 1996;312:1675.4 (Published 29 June 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;312:1682 (Published 29 June 1996)

Papers

Survival of 1476 patients initially resuscitated from out of hospital cardiac arrest

BMJ 1996;312:1633 (Published 29 June 1996)

Prospective evaluation of eligibility for thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction

BMJ 1996;312:1637 (Published 29 June 1996)

Specialist nurse support for patients with stroke in the community: a randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1996;312:1642 (Published 29 June 1996)

Hormone replacement therapy and tumour grade in breast cancer: prospective study in screening unit

BMJ 1996;312:1646 (Published 29 June 1996)

General practice

Community leg ulcer clinics: a comparative study in two health authorities

BMJ 1996;312:1648 (Published 29 June 1996)

Improving vaccine storage in general practice refrigerators

BMJ 1996;312:1651 (Published 29 June 1996)

High ambient temperature: a spurious cause of hypokalaemia

BMJ 1996;312:1652 (Published 29 June 1996)

Commentary: Replication of results

BMJ 1996;312:1653 (Published 29 June 1996)

Statistics notes: Measurement error

BMJ 1996;312:1654 (Published 29 June 1996)

Education and debate

Speech and language therapy: does it work?

BMJ 1996;312:1655 (Published 29 June 1996)

Inflation in epidemiology: “The proof and measurement of association between two things” revisited

BMJ 1996;312:1659 (Published 29 June 1996)

Commentary: Strength and importance of the relation of dietary salt to blood pressure

BMJ 1996;312:1661 (Published 29 June 1996)

The Ljubljana Charter on Reforming Health Care

BMJ 1996;312:1664 (Published 29 June 1996)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

BMA chairman warns against quick fixesBMA responds to Commission on Social JusticeLabour party will not rule out private finance for health

BMJ 1996;312:1676 (Published 29 June 1996)

Soundings

Different standards

BMJ 1996;312:1677.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Unusual suspects

BMJ 1996;312:1677.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Complementary medicine and the cure for credulity

BMJ 1996;312:1678.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Hollywood goes up in smoke

BMJ 1996;312:1678.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Personal View

“Coming out”—a personal dilemma

BMJ 1996;312:1679 (Published 29 June 1996)

Medicine and books

American Cardiology: The History of a Specialty and its College

BMJ 1996;312:1680.1 (Published 29 June 1996)

Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries

BMJ 1996;312:1680.2 (Published 29 June 1996)

Best books on endocrinology: a personal choice

BMJ 1996;312:1681 (Published 29 June 1996)

Correction

Correction

BMJ 1996;312:1647 (Published 29 June 1996)