15 February 1997 (Vol 314, Issue 7079)

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Editor's Choice

Applying imperfect treatments better, debating rationing, and abusing impact factors

BMJ 1997;314:0.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

News

Rationing is now accepted as inevitable by all sides

BMJ 1997;314:461.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Widow can be inseminated with husband's sperm

BMJ 1997;314:461.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

In brief

BMJ 1997;314:461.3 (Published 15 February 1997)

UK government phases doctors' pay award

BMJ 1997;314:461.4 (Published 15 February 1997)

Journal accused of manipulating impact factor

BMJ 1997;314:461.5 (Published 15 February 1997)

Europe does well in science research league

BMJ 1997;314:461.6 (Published 15 February 1997)

Scotland considers radical reform of hospital services

BMJ 1997;314:461.7 (Published 15 February 1997)

Nurse prescribing is a success

BMJ 1997;314:461.8 (Published 15 February 1997)

Day surgery guidance is not being followed

BMJ 1997;314:461.9 (Published 15 February 1997)

US changes polio vaccination programme

BMJ 1997;314:461.10 (Published 15 February 1997)

Staff suspended at Ashworth secure hospital

BMJ 1997;314:461.11 (Published 15 February 1997)

Meningitis outbreak prompts review

BMJ 1997;314:461.12 (Published 15 February 1997)

Research and development programme begins to bite

BMJ 1997;314:461.13 (Published 15 February 1997)

Editorials

Surgical management of heart failure

BMJ 1997;314:453 (Published 15 February 1997)

Dietary treatment of active Crohn's disease

BMJ 1997;314:454 (Published 15 February 1997)

Detaining asylum seekers

BMJ 1997;314:456 (Published 15 February 1997)

Primary managed care in Europe

BMJ 1997;314:457 (Published 15 February 1997)

The community's response to mentally ill people

BMJ 1997;314:458 (Published 15 February 1997)

Food for independence

BMJ 1997;314:459 (Published 15 February 1997)

Europe matters

BMJ 1997;314:460.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Letters

Doctors should work towards elimination of all firearms and knives

BMJ 1997;314:510 (Published 15 February 1997)

Rationing health care

BMJ 1997;314:514 (Published 15 February 1997)

Angioplasty has been shown to have benefits over thrombolytic treatment

BMJ 1997;314:515 (Published 15 February 1997)

Fall in cholesterol after changes in composition of cooking oil in Mauritius

BMJ 1997;314:516.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Controlling genital chlamydial infection

BMJ 1997;314:516.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Letters - continued

Allergic patients do not comply with doctors' advice to stop owning pets

BMJ 1997;314:517.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Doctors maintain patients' dependence, whereas counsellors give them control

BMJ 1997;314:517.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Reduced risk of wheezing in children using feather pillows is confirmed

BMJ 1997;314:518.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Problems with guidelines

BMJ 1997;314:518.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Old, frail people are marginalised in Japan

BMJ 1997;314:519.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Treatment for trigeminal neuralgia

BMJ 1997;314:519.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Telemedicine

BMJ 1997;314:520 (Published 15 February 1997)

Value of magnetic resonance imaging of the breast as a screening tool remains uncertain

BMJ 1997;314:521.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Doctors who are dependent on alcohol can recover

BMJ 1997;314:521.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1997;314:528 (Published 15 February 1997)

Fillers

One hundred years ago: A flannel shirt club

BMJ 1997;314:0.9 (Published 15 February 1997)

One hundred years: The prevention of hereditary diseases

BMJ 1997;314:0.8 (Published 15 February 1997)

A memorable patient: Protective pipe smoking

BMJ 1997;314:0.10 (Published 15 February 1997)

One hundred years ago: Samson's riddle

BMJ 1997;314:0.11 (Published 15 February 1997)

This Week In the BMJ

Small practices have high rates of hospital admission for asthma

BMJ 1997;314:0.5 (Published 15 February 1997)

Misuse of sulphonylureas, rather than an insulinoma, may be the cause of spontaneous hypoglycaemia

BMJ 1997;314:0.6 (Published 15 February 1997)

Long delays exist in diagnosing gastric cancer in Britain

BMJ 1997;314:0.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Earlier diagnosis currently improves survival in breast cancer

BMJ 1997;314:0.3 (Published 15 February 1997)

Impact factors should not be used for evaluating research

BMJ 1997;314:0.7 (Published 15 February 1997)

Childhood blood pressure is not affected by fetal “programming”

BMJ 1997;314:0.4 (Published 15 February 1997)

Clinical Reviews

Recent advances: hiv infection—I

BMJ 1997;314:487 (Published 15 February 1997)

ABC of clinical haematology: The hereditary anaemias

BMJ 1997;314:492 (Published 15 February 1997)

Lesson of the week: Are spontaneous hypoglycaemia, raised plasma insulin and c peptide concentrations, and abnormal pancreatic images enough to diagnose insulinoma?

BMJ 1997;314:496 (Published 15 February 1997)

Papers

Delays in the diagnosis of oesophagogastric cancer: a consecutive case series

BMJ 1997;314:467 (Published 15 February 1997)

Commentary: Japanese point of view

BMJ 1997;314:470 (Published 15 February 1997)

Papers - continued

Commentary: Britain does better than germany before patients reach hospital

BMJ 1997;314:471 (Published 15 February 1997)

Retrospective study of reasons for improved survival in patients with breast cancer in East Anglia: earlier diagnosis or better treatment?

BMJ 1997;314:472 (Published 15 February 1997)

Size at birth and blood pressure: cross sectional study in 8-11 year old children

BMJ 1997;314:475 (Published 15 February 1997)

Alopecia and breast disease

BMJ 1997;314:481.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Drug points: Lethargy with omeprazole

BMJ 1997;314:481.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

General practice

Hospital admissions for asthma in east london: associations with characteristics of local general practices, prescribing, and population

BMJ 1997;314:482 (Published 15 February 1997)

Education and debate

Why the impact factor of journals should not be used for evaluating research

BMJ 1997;314:497.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

The rationing debate: Defining a package of healthcare services the NHS is responsible for The case for

BMJ 1997;314:498 (Published 15 February 1997)

The case against

BMJ 1997;314:503 (Published 15 February 1997)

Primary care: opportunities and threats Deregulating primary care

BMJ 1997;314:506 (Published 15 February 1997)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Consultants warn of continuing NHS crisisLabour proposes hospital trouble shootersReview body report 1997

BMJ 1997;314:523 (Published 15 February 1997)

Personal Views

The most precious gift

BMJ 1997;314:524.1 (Published 15 February 1997)

Turning off the lights in Northern Ireland

BMJ 1997;314:524.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Evidence based general practice

BMJ 1997;314:525 (Published 15 February 1997)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Let the media work for you, not against you

BMJ 1997;314:526 (Published 15 February 1997)

Medicine and books

Who Owns Our Bodies? Making Moral Choices in Health Care

BMJ 1997;314:527 (Published 15 February 1997)

Career focus

Dealing with difficult bosses

BMJ 1997;314:S2-7079 (Published 15 February 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3-7079 (Published 15 February 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3a-7079 (Published 15 February 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3b-7079 (Published 15 February 1997)

Corrections

Hangovers

BMJ 1997;314:460.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Fortnightly review: Screening for asymptomatic colorectal cancer

BMJ 1997;314:497.2 (Published 15 February 1997)

Obituary

William (“Bill”) WhimsterRichard (“Dick”) AdamsonElizabeth ArkleJames (“J J”) Murray

BMJ 1997;314:522 (Published 15 February 1997)