12 April 1997 (Vol 314, Issue 7087)

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Editor's Choice

Patients' consent and questions, and a statistical howler

BMJ 1997;314:0.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

News

Indian study of women with cervical lesions called unethical

BMJ 1997;314:1065.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

In brief

BMJ 1997;314:1065.2 (Published 12 April 1997)

European bioethics convention signed

BMJ 1997;314:1065.3 (Published 12 April 1997)

Parties respond to BMA challenges

BMJ 1997;314:1065.4 (Published 12 April 1997)

Pay claim will cost NHS £30m

BMJ 1997;314:1065.5 (Published 12 April 1997)

Labour fudge on fundholding

BMJ 1997;314:1065.6 (Published 12 April 1997)

Spot the difference?

BMJ 1997;314:1065.7 (Published 12 April 1997)

Artificial human chromosomes created for the first time

BMJ 1997;314:1065.8 (Published 12 April 1997)

Corneal tissue grown in laboratory

BMJ 1997;314:1065.9 (Published 12 April 1997)

New guidelines on hepatitis C

BMJ 1997;314:1065.10 (Published 12 April 1997)

Editorials

Informed consent: the intricacies

BMJ 1997;314:1059 (Published 12 April 1997)

Spacer devices in the treatment of asthma

BMJ 1997;314:1061 (Published 12 April 1997)

Back pain, pregnancy, and childbirth

BMJ 1997;314:1062 (Published 12 April 1997)

Runaway children: whose problem?

BMJ 1997;314:1064 (Published 12 April 1997)

Letters

CONSORT statement on the reporting standards of clinical trials

BMJ 1997;314:1126 (Published 12 April 1997)

Details of patients' consent in studies should be reported

BMJ 1997;314:1127 (Published 12 April 1997)

The BMJ's Nuremberg issue

BMJ 1997;314:1128.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

Arabs were skilled in anaesthesia

BMJ 1997;314:1128.2 (Published 12 April 1997)

Promoting health in prisons

BMJ 1997;314:1128.3 (Published 12 April 1997)

Medicosocial aspects of depopulation in Belarus

BMJ 1997;314:1129.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

Routine follow up of breast cancer in primary care

BMJ 1997;314:1129.2 (Published 12 April 1997)

Letters - continued

Second study supports results of Whitehall study after retirement

BMJ 1997;314:1130.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

New Zealand priority criteria project

BMJ 1997;314:1130.2 (Published 12 April 1997)

In Scotland, Mental Welfare Commission inquires into homicides by psychiatric patients

BMJ 1997;314:1131 (Published 12 April 1997)

Which doctors die first?

BMJ 1997;314:1132.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1997;314:1138 (Published 12 April 1997)

Fillers

When i use a word …: Sloe gin

BMJ 1997;314:0.10 (Published 12 April 1997)

The benefits of foward planning

BMJ 1997;314:0.11 (Published 12 April 1997)

A memorable patient: An air male delivery

BMJ 1997;314:0.8 (Published 12 April 1997)

Original contributions by medical students: Increased fees may discourage research

BMJ 1997;314:0.9 (Published 12 April 1997)

Clinical Reviews

Recent advances in paediatrics: II–childhood and adolescence

BMJ 1997;314:1099 (Published 12 April 1997)

ABC of clinical haematology: Malignant lymphomas and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

BMJ 1997;314:1103 (Published 12 April 1997)

Medicine and books

March bestsellers: BMJ Bookshop

BMJ 1997;314:0.12 (Published 12 April 1997)

The Health Services since the War: Volume II. Government and Health Care: British National Health Service 1958-1979

BMJ 1997;314:1136 (Published 12 April 1997)

DNA and Destiny: Nature and Nurture in Human Behavior

BMJ 1997;314:1137 (Published 12 April 1997)

Papers

Evaluation of a stroke family care worker: results of a randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1997;314:1071 (Published 12 April 1997)

Commentary: No consent means not treating the patient with respect

BMJ 1997;314:1076 (Published 12 April 1997)

Commentary: Why we didn't ask patients for their consent

BMJ 1997;314:1077.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

Does HIV status influence the outcome of patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit? A prospective double blind study

BMJ 1997;314:1077.2 (Published 12 April 1997)

Commentary: Failing to seek patients' consent to research is always wrong

BMJ 1997;314:1081 (Published 12 April 1997)

Commentary: Why we did not seek informed consent before testing patients for HIV

BMJ 1997;314:1082 (Published 12 April 1997)

Commentary: No simple and absolute ethical rule exists for every conceivable situation

BMJ 1997;314:1083 (Published 12 April 1997)

Randomised, double blind, crossover challenge study of allergenicity of peanut oils in subjects allergic to peanuts

BMJ 1997;314:1084 (Published 12 April 1997)

Papers - continued

A quantitative systematic review of ondansetron in treatment of established postoperative nausea and vomiting

BMJ 1997;314:1088 (Published 12 April 1997)

Comparison of first degree relatives and spouses of people with chronic tension headache

BMJ 1997;314:1092 (Published 12 April 1997)

General practice

Pneumococcal vaccine campaign based in general practice

BMJ 1997;314:1094 (Published 12 April 1997)

Education and debate

Informed consent in medical research: Journals should not publish research to which patients have not given fully informed consent–with three exceptions

BMJ 1997;314:1107 (Published 12 April 1997)

BMJ's present policy (sometimes approving research in which patients have not given fully informed consent) is wholly correct

BMJ 1997;314:1111 (Published 12 April 1997)

The rationing debate: Rationing within the NHS should be explicit: The case for

BMJ 1997;314:1114 (Published 12 April 1997)

The case against

BMJ 1997;314:1118 (Published 12 April 1997)

Socioeconomic determinants of health: Children, inequalities, and health

BMJ 1997;314:1122 (Published 12 April 1997)

Personal Views

Age of innocence

BMJ 1997;314:1134.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

All treatment and trials must have informed consent

BMJ 1997;314:1134.2 (Published 12 April 1997)

Ethnic issues in breast cancer treatment

BMJ 1997;314:1135 (Published 12 April 1997)

Career focus

Learning to lead

BMJ 1997;314:S2-7087 (Published 12 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3-7087 (Published 12 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3a-7087 (Published 12 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3b-7087 (Published 12 April 1997)

Corrections

Telling patients they have Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 1997;314:1063.1 (Published 12 April 1997)

The medical health emergency card

BMJ 1997;314:1063.2 (Published 12 April 1997)

Disease modifying drugs in rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 1997;314:1063.3 (Published 12 April 1997)

Prescribing antidepressants in general practice

BMJ 1997;314:1132.2 (Published 12 April 1997)

Obituary

Anthony Philip HopkinsKathryn Rhian JamesJames (“Jim”) KeavneyHarry ReesVincent Andover (“Andy”) Wills

BMJ 1997;314:1133 (Published 12 April 1997)