03 January 1998 (Vol 316, Issue 7124)

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Editor's Choice

A year of anniversaries and happenings

BMJ 1998;316:0.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

News

Kyoto agreement on greenhouse gases receives mixed response

BMJ 1998;316:7.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;316:7.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Doctors facing misconduct charges accuse GMC committee of bias

BMJ 1998;316:7.3 (Published 3 January 1998)

Obstetricians must ask about domestic violence

BMJ 1998;316:7.4 (Published 3 January 1998)

Passive smoking is major threat

BMJ 1998;316:7.5 (Published 3 January 1998)

Living wills put on statutory footing

BMJ 1998;316:7.6 (Published 3 January 1998)

Scottish GPs will not manage budgets for secondary services

BMJ 1998;316:7.7 (Published 3 January 1998)

Broad welcome given to NHS white paper

BMJ 1998;316:7.8 (Published 3 January 1998)

NHS urged to appoint nurse anaesthetists

BMJ 1998;316:7.9 (Published 3 January 1998)

WHO leadership race reaches final stages

BMJ 1998;316:7.10 (Published 3 January 1998)

Dr Aref Batayneh is the Jordanian minister of health and a clinical professor in obstetrics and gynaecology

BMJ 1998;316:7.11 (Published 3 January 1998)

Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland is a former prime minister of Norway and has been a leading voice on the environment

BMJ 1998;316:7.12 (Published 3 January 1998)

Dr Uton Muchtar Rafei was born in Bandung, Indonesia, and has been the regional director of the WHO's South East Asia region since 1994

BMJ 1998;316:7.13 (Published 3 January 1998)

Dr Nafis Sadik, from Pakistan, is the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund

BMJ 1998;316:7.14 (Published 3 January 1998)

Dr Ebrahim Samba, from Gambia, has been the World Health Organisation's regional director for Africa since 1995

BMJ 1998;316:7.15 (Published 3 January 1998)

Editorials

Effective screening in child health

BMJ 1998;316:1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Ultrasound for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis: where to now?

BMJ 1998;316:2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Audit Commission tackles anaesthetic services

BMJ 1998;316:3 (Published 3 January 1998)

Who should be the next head of the WHO?

BMJ 1998;316:4 (Published 3 January 1998)

The effect of speed cameras on injuries from road accidents

BMJ 1998;316:5 (Published 3 January 1998)

1948: a turbulent gestation for the NHS

BMJ 1998;316:6 (Published 3 January 1998)

Can primary prevention or selective screening for melanoma be more precisely targeted through general practice? A prospective study to validate a self administered risk score

BMJ 1998;316:34 (Published 3 January 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Omepraxole and ocular damage

BMJ 1998;316:67 (Published 3 January 1998)

Reducing morbidity from insertion of chest drains

BMJ 1998;316:68 (Published 3 January 1998)

Sensitivity and specificity can both improve as more investigations are used

BMJ 1998;316:69.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Voluntary agreement for tobacco advertising at retail premises not being adhered to

BMJ 1998;316:69.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Letters - continued

Epidural anaesthesia does not cause long term backache

BMJ 1998;316:69.3 (Published 3 January 1998)

Over half of proposed indicators for hospitals' performance relate to surgery

BMJ 1998;316:70.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

User fees would both yield money and encourage more responsible use of NHS

BMJ 1998;316:70.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Mental health and the law

BMJ 1998;316:70.3 (Published 3 January 1998)

All women with abnormal genital tract bleeding should have gynaecological examination

BMJ 1998;316:71.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, and withdrawal of treatment

BMJ 1998;316:71.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Epidemiological data can be gathered with world wide web

BMJ 1998;316:72.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Paper in BMJ influenced prescribing of minocycline

BMJ 1998;316:72.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Experience of clinical risk management in obstetrics in Oxford

BMJ 1998;316:73.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Compensation for victims of medical accidents

BMJ 1998;316:73.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Benefits of an honest admission

BMJ 1998;316:74 (Published 3 January 1998)

Career guidance for doctors

BMJ 1998;316:75.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Payment of financial incentives to GPs may invalidate informed consent process

BMJ 1998;316:75.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Humanitarian issues

BMJ 1998;316:76 (Published 3 January 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;316:84 (Published 3 January 1998)

Fillers

A memorable patient: The compliment

BMJ 1998;316:0.9 (Published 3 January 1998)

Lessons from history: Be cautious when choosing your specialty

BMJ 1998;316:0.11 (Published 3 January 1998)

Fifty years ago: The new NHS: Consultants and the Act See editorial by Macpherson

BMJ 1998;316:0.8 (Published 3 January 1998)

Endpiece: Asher on treatment

BMJ 1998;316:0.10 (Published 3 January 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Preventing illness does not save money

BMJ 1998;316:0.4 (Published 3 January 1998)

Patients at high risk of melanoma can be identified in primary care

BMJ 1998;316:0.6 (Published 3 January 1998)

Having both financial and clinical equity is impossible while variations in practice remain

BMJ 1998;316:0.7 (Published 3 January 1998)

Adherence to infant feeding guidelines improves childhood health

BMJ 1998;316:0.3 (Published 3 January 1998)

Treatment decisions can be based on results of ultrasonography in suspected venous thrombosis

BMJ 1998;316:0.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Women often regret having sex at a young age

BMJ 1998;316:0.5 (Published 3 January 1998)

Clinical Reviews

Fortnightly review : Acute pancreatitis

BMJ 1998;316:44 (Published 3 January 1998)

ABC of palliative care: Special problems of children

BMJ 1998;316:49 (Published 3 January 1998)

Clinical Reviews - continued

Lesson of the week: Early diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum is important to prevent disfigurement

BMJ 1998;316:52 (Published 3 January 1998)

Papers

Compression ultrasonography for diagnostic management of patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis: prospective cohort study

BMJ 1998;316:17 (Published 3 January 1998)

Relation of infant diet to childhood health: seven year follow up of cohort of children in Dundee infant feeding study

BMJ 1998;316:21 (Published 3 January 1998)

Preventing fatal diseases increases healthcare costs: cause elimination life table approach

BMJ 1998;316:26 (Published 3 January 1998)

First sexual intercourse: age, coercion, and later regrets reported by a birth cohort

BMJ 1998;316:29 (Published 3 January 1998)

General practice

Commentary: Start with the KISS principle

BMJ 1998;316:38 (Published 3 January 1998)

Taking equity seriously: A dilemma for government from allocating resources to primary care groups

BMJ 1998;316:39 (Published 3 January 1998)

Commentary: Equity in the allocation of resources to general practices will be difficult to achieve

BMJ 1998;316:43 (Published 3 January 1998)

Education and debate

Analysis of a trial randomised in clusters

BMJ 1998;316:54 (Published 3 January 1998)

Ethical debate: child sexual abuse: when a doctor's duty to report abuse conflicts with a duty of confidentiality to the victim

BMJ 1998;316:55 (Published 3 January 1998)

Social services can act on anonymous information about abuse

BMJ 1998;316:56.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Confidentiality may be overvalued

BMJ 1998;316:56.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Wider public interest may come before issues of confidentiality

BMJ 1998;316:57 (Published 3 January 1998)

Meeting the challenges facing research ethics committees: some practical suggestions

BMJ 1998;316:58 (Published 3 January 1998)

meta-analysis bias in location and selection of studies

BMJ 1998;316:61 (Published 3 January 1998)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

GPs highlight inconsistencies in the white paperConsultants find winter pressures have startedCampbell report should be implementedBMA pushes forward its public health policyMPs are concerned about safety in acute trustsBMA calls for more research into n…

BMJ 1998;316:78 (Published 3 January 1998)

Soundings

A date with the doctor

BMJ 1998;316:80.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Personal Views

Conflict

BMJ 1998;316:80.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Mount Everest: a deadly playground

BMJ 1998;316:81 (Published 3 January 1998)

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Headlines: more perilous than pills?

BMJ 1998;316:82 (Published 3 January 1998)

Medicine and books

From Cradle to Grave: Fifty Years of the NHS

BMJ 1998;316:83.1 (Published 3 January 1998)

Britain on the Couch: Treating a Low Serotonin Society

BMJ 1998;316:83.2 (Published 3 January 1998)

Career focus

Biomedical translation

BMJ 1998;316:S2a-7124 (Published 3 January 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;316:S3a-7124 (Published 3 January 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Gavin BoydAlastair Malcolm Reid CannBrian DevlinAlma Christina Dickie (née Ritchie)Christian Koo-Seen-LinMarjorie Watson

BMJ 1998;316:77 (Published 3 January 1998)