30 November 1996 (Vol 313, Issue 7069)

Prev issue
Next issue

Editor's Choice

Editor's choice

BMJ 1996;313:7069 (Published 30 November 1996)

News

Dutch anti-alcohol campaign is under attack

BMJ 1996;313:1349.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Joe Camel beware as doctors strike back

BMJ 1996;313:1349.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

In Brief

BMJ 1996;313:1350.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

US sets new priorities for liver transplants

BMJ 1996;313:1350.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Fears over Ebola spread as nurse dies

BMJ 1996;313:1351.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Widow's case raises issues of informed consent

BMJ 1996;313:1351.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Hospitals are accident hotspots

BMJ 1996;313:1351.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Restrictions on paracetamol planned

BMJ 1996;313:1352.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Minister assures GPs over voluntary pilot studies

BMJ 1996;313:1352.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Mentally ill people face discrimination

BMJ 1996;313:1352.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Gene may code for anxiety

BMJ 1996;313:1353.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Unemployment quadruples among German doctors

BMJ 1996;313:1353.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Fetal retinal cells restore sight

BMJ 1996;313:1353.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Doctors and patients support right to die

BMJ 1996;313:1354.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Controversy surrounds home monitoring and diagnosis

BMJ 1996;313:1354.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Editorials

Acute low back pain: a new paradigm for management

BMJ 1996;313:1343 (Published 30 November 1996)

Funding research in the NHS

BMJ 1996;313:1344 (Published 30 November 1996)

Treating breast cancer before surgery

BMJ 1996;313:1345 (Published 30 November 1996)

Avoiding discrimination against disabled people

BMJ 1996;313:1346 (Published 30 November 1996)

Age, ethnicity, and mental illness: a triple whammy

BMJ 1996;313:1347 (Published 30 November 1996)

The global cigarette

BMJ 1996;313:1348 (Published 30 November 1996)

Letters

Designer drinks and drunkenness among schoolchildren

BMJ 1996;313:1397.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

More “alcopops” have come on market since study was done

BMJ 1996;313:1397.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;313:1397.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Algorithm to predict radiological erosions in early rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 1996;313:1398.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Authors' reply

BMJ 1996;313:1398.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Health workers and the baby food industry

BMJ 1996;313:1398.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Author's reply

BMJ 1996;313:1399.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

New developments in Nestle court case in India

BMJ 1996;313:1399.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Costs that would be incurred in establishing “difficult airway register” could be better spent

BMJ 1996;313:1399.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Letters - continued

Intravenous immunoglobulin in the Guillain-Barre syndrome

BMJ 1996;313:1399.4 (Published 30 November 1996)

Products with low IgA content may be used in patients with total IgA deficiency

BMJ 1996;313:1400.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Impact factors need to be improved

BMJ 1996;313:1400.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Non-fatal overdosing is related to polydrug use in Glasgow

BMJ 1996;313:1400.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Private practice

BMJ 1996;313:1401.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Same standards of staffing and equipment should apply in NHS and private sector

BMJ 1996;313:1401.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Author is lucky that his waiting list can be managed quickly

BMJ 1996;313:1401.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Many reasons exist for choosing private treatment

BMJ 1996;313:1401.4 (Published 30 November 1996)

Insurers, doctors, and patients do not need to be apologetic about private treatment

BMJ 1996;313:1402.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Jury is still out on National Blood Service

BMJ 1996;313:1402.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Caring for older people

BMJ 1996;313:1402.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Carers need financial assistance to buy help

BMJ 1996;313:1402.4 (Published 30 November 1996)

Article omitted to mention Princess Royal Trust for Carers ..

BMJ 1996;313:1403.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

…and Crossroads Association

BMJ 1996;313:1403.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Infants in Sandwell are screened for haemoglobinopathy gene

BMJ 1996;313:1403.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Proportion of BMJ's editorials on medical subjects is decreasing

BMJ 1996;313:1403.4 (Published 30 November 1996)

Standardising crash call numbers

BMJ 1996;313:1404.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

A recommendation already exists

BMJ 1996;313:1404.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Goals and methods of audit should be reappraised

BMJ 1996;313:1404.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Evidence of effectiveness of audit in improving care is growing

BMJ 1996;313:1405.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Blood donated after vaccination with rabies vaccine derived from sheep brain cells might transmit CJD

BMJ 1996;313:1405.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Royal Medical Benevolent Fund's Christmas appeal

BMJ 1996;313:1405.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Race may be hard to define

BMJ 1996;313:1405.4 (Published 30 November 1996)

Correction

BMJ 1996;313:1405.5 (Published 30 November 1996)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1996;313:1412 (Published 30 November 1996)

Fillers

Fooled again

BMJ 1996;313:1395 (Published 30 November 1996)

Papers

Risk of diagnosis of ovarian cancer after raised serum CA 125 concentration: a prospective cohort study

BMJ 1996;313:1355 (Published 30 November 1996)

Relation of caffeine intake and blood caffeine concentrations during pregnancy to fetal growth: prospective population based study

BMJ 1996;313:1358 (Published 30 November 1996)

Comparison of effect of cafetiere and filtered coffee on serum concentrations of liver aminotransferases and lipids: six month randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1996;313:1362 (Published 30 November 1996)

Ownership and uses of human tissue: Does the Nuffield bioethics report accord with opinion of surgical inpatients?

BMJ 1996;313:1366 (Published 30 November 1996)

Variation in local policies and guidelines for cholesterol management: national survey

BMJ 1996;313:1368 (Published 30 November 1996)

Papers - continued

NHS breast screening programme: is the high incidence of interval cancers inevitable?

BMJ 1996;313:1369 (Published 30 November 1996)

Increased incidence of primary total hip replacement in rural communities

BMJ 1996;313:1370 (Published 30 November 1996)

General practice

Prevalence of potentially inappropriate long term prescribing in general practice in the United Kingdom, 1980–95: systematic literature review

BMJ 1996;313:1371 (Published 30 November 1996)

Information in practice

Telemedicine: a cautious welcome

BMJ 1996;313:1375 (Published 30 November 1996)

Can telemedicine be used to improve communication between primary and secondary care?

BMJ 1996;313:1377 (Published 30 November 1996)

Commentary: Telemedicine trials—clinical pull or technology push?

BMJ 1996;313:1380 (Published 30 November 1996)

Sentiweb: French communicable disease surveillance on the world wide web

BMJ 1996;313:1381 (Published 30 November 1996)

Commentary: How good are the epidemiological data?

BMJ 1996;313:1382 (Published 30 November 1996)

Commentary: Public access to surveillance data

BMJ 1996;313:1383.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Commentary: Telepreventive medicine—the autobahn to health

BMJ 1996;313:1383.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Netlines

BMJ 1996;313:1384 (Published 30 November 1996)

Education and debate

Fortnightly Review: Insulin resistance

BMJ 1996;313:1385 (Published 30 November 1996)

Are research ethics committees behaving unethically? Some suggestions for improving performance and accountability

BMJ 1996;313:1390 (Published 30 November 1996)

Contraceptive implants: long acting and provider dependent contraception raises concerns about freedom of choice

BMJ 1996;313:1393 (Published 30 November 1996)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Hospital waiting lists increaseGPs quiz their leaders on core servicesMedical students are worse off than other studentsConsultation begins on genetic testing codeMedical managers call for better clinical audit training

BMJ 1996;313:1406 (Published 30 November 1996)

Soundings

“Sorry, you won't be able to see this…”

BMJ 1996;313:1407.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Skylisia Zoe

BMJ 1996;313:1407.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Looking living death in the face

BMJ 1996;313:1408.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Personal Views

How to control the misuse of health services

BMJ 1996;313:1408.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

The degradation of Josip Broz

BMJ 1996;313:1409 (Published 30 November 1996)

Medicine and books

Evidence Based Medicine—How to Practice and Teach EBM

BMJ 1996;313:1410.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Skin Lesions

BMJ 1996;313:1410.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Medical Information on the Internet

BMJ 1996;313:1411.1 (Published 30 November 1996)

Health on the Internet

BMJ 1996;313:1411.2 (Published 30 November 1996)

Selection

BMJ 1996;313:1411.3 (Published 30 November 1996)

Career focus

Career focus

BMJ 1996;313:S2-7069 (Published 30 November 1996)

Briefing

BMJ 1996;313:S3-7069 (Published 30 November 1996)

Briefing

BMJ 1996;313:S3a-7069 (Published 30 November 1996)

Briefing

BMJ 1996;313:S3b-7069 (Published 30 November 1996)