19 April 1997 (Vol 314, Issue 7088)

This Week In the BMJ

Editor's Choice

Tweaking the BMJ redesign and fretting about alcohol

BMJ 1997;314:0.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Editorials

Endovascular aneurysm repair

BMJ 1997;314:1139 (Published 19 April 1997)

Allocating donor livers

BMJ 1997;314:1140 (Published 19 April 1997)

Safe tissue grafts

BMJ 1997;314:1141 (Published 19 April 1997)

Alcohol policy in the Nordic countries

BMJ 1997;314:1142 (Published 19 April 1997)

Women's autonomy in childbirth

BMJ 1997;314:1143 (Published 19 April 1997)

Letters

Out of hours primary care

BMJ 1997;314:1197 (Published 19 April 1997)

Exhibition of doctors' photographs

BMJ 1997;314:1199.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Managing a fish induced injury

BMJ 1997;314:1199.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Childhood leukaemia in US may have risen due to fallout from Chernobyl

BMJ 1997;314:1200.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

How to minimise factitious hyperkalaemia in blood samples from general practice

BMJ 1997;314:1200.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Do fetuses feel pain?

BMJ 1997;314:1201.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Some patients may want to retain ownership of tissue removed from them

BMJ 1997;314:1201.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Social deprivation increases workload in palliative care of terminally ill patients

BMJ 1997;314:1202.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Bayesian statistics may inform public policy better than significant odds ratios

BMJ 1997;314:1202.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Benefits Agency always holds consent before approaching healthcare professionals for information

BMJ 1997;314:1202.3 (Published 19 April 1997)

Interpersonal skills are being taught better, but more work is needed

BMJ 1997;314:1203.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

MeSH terms must be used in Medline searches

BMJ 1997;314:1203.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Letters - continued

News

Research suppressed for seven years by drug company

BMJ 1997;314:1145.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

In brief

BMJ 1997;314:1145.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Doctors fight US company patent on umbilical cord blood

BMJ 1997;314:1145.3 (Published 19 April 1997)

Sweden is healthiest place to live in world

BMJ 1997;314:1145.4 (Published 19 April 1997)

E coli report calls for better food safety

BMJ 1997;314:1145.5 (Published 19 April 1997)

Malnutrition grips North Korea

BMJ 1997;314:1145.6 (Published 19 April 1997)

On call rota system best for doctors' health

BMJ 1997;314:1145.7 (Published 19 April 1997)

UN condemns female circumcision

BMJ 1997;314:1145.8 (Published 19 April 1997)

Dutch GP in euthanasia case will not go to prison

BMJ 1997;314:1145.9 (Published 19 April 1997)

Health gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals widening

BMJ 1997;314:1145.10 (Published 19 April 1997)

Leading scientists call for action against malaria

BMJ 1997;314:1145.11 (Published 19 April 1997)

Gene therapy hope for motor neurone disease

BMJ 1997;314:1145.12 (Published 19 April 1997)

Chemokines show potential against HIV

BMJ 1997;314:1145.13 (Published 19 April 1997)

Boycott threat forces French company to abandon RU486

BMJ 1997;314:1145.14 (Published 19 April 1997)

Focus: Westminster – NHS on election back burner

BMJ 1997;314:1145.15 (Published 19 April 1997)

Clinical Reviews

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1997;314:1210 (Published 19 April 1997)

Papers

General practice

Education and debate

Caesarean section: a treatment for mental disorder? Tameside&Glossop Acute Services Unit v CH (a patient) [1996] 1 FLR 762

BMJ 1997;314:1183 (Published 19 April 1997)

Commentary: Bad medicine and bad law

BMJ 1997;314:1184 (Published 19 April 1997)

Commentary: A decision that stretches the law too far

BMJ 1997;314:1185 (Published 19 April 1997)

Commentary: Is caesarean section a treatment for medical paranoia?

BMJ 1997;314:1187.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Equity, poverty and health for all

BMJ 1997;314:1187.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Are placebo run ins justified?

BMJ 1997;314:1191 (Published 19 April 1997)

Commentary: Placebo run ins have some value

BMJ 1997;314:1193 (Published 19 April 1997)

Socioeconomic determinants of health: Health and the life course: why safety nets matter

BMJ 1997;314:1194 (Published 19 April 1997)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Soundings

Let's learn more in lectures

BMJ 1997;314:1207.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Personal View

American domestic violence: will a helpline reduce it?

BMJ 1997;314:1207.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Medicine and the media

Doctors portrayed as heroes

BMJ 1997;314:1208 (Published 19 April 1997)

Medicine and books

The Aftermath of Road Accidents

BMJ 1997;314:1209.1 (Published 19 April 1997)

Bayesian Methods and Ethics in a Clinical Trial Design

BMJ 1997;314:1209.2 (Published 19 April 1997)

Career focus

Personal financial hygiene for junior doctors

BMJ 1997;314:S2-7088 (Published 19 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3-7088 (Published 19 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3a-7088 (Published 19 April 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;314:S3b-7088 (Published 19 April 1997)

Fillers

One hundred years ago

BMJ 1997;314:0.8 (Published 19 April 1997)

Obituary