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13 September 1997 (Vol 315, Issue 7109)

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Editor's Choice

Doctors' information: excessive, crummy, and bent

BMJ 1997;315:0.1 (Published 13 September 1997)

News

Plague case shows signs of multidrug resistance

BMJ 1997;315:623.1 (Published 13 September 1997)

In brief

BMJ 1997;315:623.2 (Published 13 September 1997)

Manual workers more likely to be chronically ill

BMJ 1997;315:623.3 (Published 13 September 1997)

The beginning of the end of the internal market

BMJ 1997;315:623.4 (Published 13 September 1997)

“Quackery” outlawed in registered pharmacy

BMJ 1997;315:623.5 (Published 13 September 1997)

FDA to have greater food regulation powers

BMJ 1997;315:623.6 (Published 13 September 1997)

WHO criticised for ignoring drug dumping

BMJ 1997;315:623.7 (Published 13 September 1997)

Israel to set up genetic database after adoption scandal

BMJ 1997;315:623.8 (Published 13 September 1997)

US to ban sale of many laxatives over the counter

BMJ 1997;315:623.9 (Published 13 September 1997)

HIV home test kit banned in Germany

BMJ 1997;315:623.10 (Published 13 September 1997)

Chemotherapy better tolerated when matched to body's rhythm

BMJ 1997;315:623.11 (Published 13 September 1997)

Meet Ms Managed Care

BMJ 1997;315:623.12 (Published 13 September 1997)

Editorials

Meta-analysis and the meta-epidemiology of clinical research

BMJ 1997;315:617 (Published 13 September 1997)

Food safety: from plough to plate

BMJ 1997;315:619 (Published 13 September 1997)

Is human papillomavirus an infectious cause of non-cervical anogenital tract cancers?

BMJ 1997;315:620 (Published 13 September 1997)

An amnesty for unpublished trials

BMJ 1997;315:622 (Published 13 September 1997)

Letters

Impact of postmenopausal hormone therapy on cardiovascular events and cancer

BMJ 1997;315:676 (Published 13 September 1997)

It is right to publicise recent advances in the media

BMJ 1997;315:679.1 (Published 13 September 1997)

Finding of relation between epidural anaesthesia and long term backache remains valid

BMJ 1997;315:679.2 (Published 13 September 1997)

Lowered risk of dying of heart attack with third generation pill may offset risk of dying of thromboembolism

BMJ 1997;315:679.3 (Published 13 September 1997)

Treating shoulder complaints in general practice

BMJ 1997;315:680 (Published 13 September 1997)

Letters - continued

GPs and health authority believe that locality commissioning will improve services

BMJ 1997;315:681 (Published 13 September 1997)

Rapid opiate detoxification

BMJ 1997;315:682 (Published 13 September 1997)

Ecchymoses may have been due to extracapsular haemorrhage from parathyroid adenoma

BMJ 1997;315:683.1 (Published 13 September 1997)

Inaccuracies in obituaries should not be ignored

BMJ 1997;315:683.2 (Published 13 September 1997)

Pharmaceutical industry is invited to respond to amnesty for unreported trials

BMJ 1997;315:683.3 (Published 13 September 1997)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1997;315:690 (Published 13 September 1997)

Fillers

Endpiece: Truth, reason, and error

BMJ 1997;315:0.8 (Published 13 September 1997)

Consultants who changed my practice: Learning from my mistakes

BMJ 1997;315:0.9 (Published 13 September 1997)

This Week In the BMJ

Delayed publication of negative results may bias reviews

BMJ 1997;315:0.4 (Published 13 September 1997)

Total purchasing is not yet total

BMJ 1997;315:0.5 (Published 13 September 1997)

Covert duplicate publication leads to overestimation of drug efficacy

BMJ 1997;315:0.3 (Published 13 September 1997)

Genital cancers are linked to human papillomavirus infection

BMJ 1997;315:0.6 (Published 13 September 1997)

Fast track admission in sickle cell crises produces faster pain relief

BMJ 1997;315:0.7 (Published 13 September 1997)

A graphical test detects bias in meta-analysis

BMJ 1997;315:0.2 (Published 13 September 1997)

Clinical Reviews

Fortnightly review: Management of patients with sickle cell disease

BMJ 1997;315:656 (Published 13 September 1997)

ABC of mental health: Psychotropic drug treatment

BMJ 1997;315:661 (Published 13 September 1997)

Medicine and books

August bestsellers: BMJ Bookshop

BMJ 1997;315:0.10 (Published 13 September 1997)

Evaluation Methods in Medical Informatics

BMJ 1997;315:689.1 (Published 13 September 1997)

Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine

BMJ 1997;315:689.2 (Published 13 September 1997)

Papers

Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

BMJ 1997;315:629 (Published 13 September 1997)

Impact of covert duplicate publication on meta-analysis: a case study

BMJ 1997;315:635 (Published 13 September 1997)

Papers - continued

Publication bias: evidence of delayed publication in a cohort study of clinical research projects

BMJ 1997;315:640 (Published 13 September 1997)

Prospective seroepidemiological study of role of human papillomavirus in non-cervical anogenital cancers

BMJ 1997;315:646 (Published 13 September 1997)

Evaluation of fast track admission policy for children with sickle cell crises: questionnaire survey of parents' preferences

BMJ 1997;315:650 (Published 13 September 1997)

Usefulness of screening large numbers of contacts for tuberculosis: questionnaire based review

BMJ 1997;315:651 (Published 13 September 1997)

General practice

What is total purchasing?

BMJ 1997;315:652 (Published 13 September 1997)

Education and debate

Detecting the effects of thromboprophylaxis: the case of the rogue reviews

BMJ 1997;315:665 (Published 13 September 1997)

Evaluating healthcare policies: the case of clinical audit

BMJ 1997;315:668 (Published 13 September 1997)

How to read a paper: Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)

BMJ 1997;315:672 (Published 13 September 1997)

Soundings

An encounter with Reynard

BMJ 1997;315:686.1 (Published 13 September 1997)

Personal Views

The private life of systematic reviews

BMJ 1997;315:686.2 (Published 13 September 1997)

The caring doctor is an oxymoron

BMJ 1997;315:687 (Published 13 September 1997)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Who can we blame?

BMJ 1997;315:688 (Published 13 September 1997)

Career focus

Mature entrants to medicine

BMJ 1997;315:S2-7109 (Published 13 September 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;315:S3-7109 (Published 13 September 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;315:S3a-7109 (Published 13 September 1997)

Briefing

BMJ 1997;315:S3b-7109 (Published 13 September 1997)

Correction

Statistics for the non-statistician. I: Different types of data need different tests

BMJ 1997;315:675 (Published 13 September 1997)

Obituary

Ian Severn BaileyPalecanda Ponappa Belliappa (“Belli”)Richard Thomas BevanDavid Roger DadgeLakshmi Manchapura KrishnaWilliam John (“Willie”) PattersonChelliah (“Rabi”) RabindranLeslie Joseph SamuelsVilliers Owen Greville (“Butch”) SmythFr…

BMJ 1997;315:684 (Published 13 September 1997)