15 February 1997 (Vol 314, Issue 7079)

Editor's Choice

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

Clinical Reviews

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

General practice

Education and debate

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

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