28 March 1998 (Vol 316, Issue 7136)

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Editor's Choice

Practical papers on clinical practice

BMJ 1998;316:0.1 (Published 28 March 1998)

News

Consultant suspended for not getting consent for cardiac procedure

BMJ 1998;316:955.1 (Published 28 March 1998)

MMR vaccine policy is backed

BMJ 1998;316:955.2 (Published 28 March 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;316:955.3 (Published 28 March 1998)

Labour talks tough on waiting lists

BMJ 1998;316:955.4 (Published 28 March 1998)

Correction

BMJ 1998;316:955.5 (Published 28 March 1998)

WHO identifies 16 countries struggling to control tuberculosis

BMJ 1998;316:955.6 (Published 28 March 1998)

Plan proposed for healthier NHS workforce

BMJ 1998;316:955.7 (Published 28 March 1998)

India to ban female sterilisation with malaria drug

BMJ 1998;316:955.8 (Published 28 March 1998)

NHS Executive stands by Read codes

BMJ 1998;316:955.9 (Published 28 March 1998)

Canada faces more strikes

BMJ 1998;316:955.10 (Published 28 March 1998)

China moves to change policy on child quotas

BMJ 1998;316:955.11 (Published 28 March 1998)

Dutch coalition tackles waiting lists

BMJ 1998;316:955.12 (Published 28 March 1998)

UK public calls for legislation over living wills

BMJ 1998;316:955.13 (Published 28 March 1998)

The children's advocate

BMJ 1998;316:955.14 (Published 28 March 1998)

Editorials

Informed consent: edging forwards (and backwards)

BMJ 1998;316:949 (Published 28 March 1998)

Improving the health of NHS workers

BMJ 1998;316:951 (Published 28 March 1998)

Chernobyl and public health

BMJ 1998;316:952 (Published 28 March 1998)

Inflammatory responses and coronary heart disease

BMJ 1998;316:953 (Published 28 March 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Clinical management of meningococcal disease

BMJ 1998;316:1015 (Published 28 March 1998)

Meta-analysis of cigarette smoking, bone mineral density, and risk of hip fracture

BMJ 1998;316:1017.1 (Published 28 March 1998)

Blood products produced from plasma from donors in UK are still being made

BMJ 1998;316:1017.2 (Published 28 March 1998)

Lumbar puncture and headache

BMJ 1998;316:1018 (Published 28 March 1998)

Letters - continued

Smoking, alcohol and coffee consumption, and H pylori infection

BMJ 1998;316:1019 (Published 28 March 1998)

UN Declaration of Human Rights

BMJ 1998;316:1020 (Published 28 March 1998)

Medical Devices Agency wants to see prospective clinical study of contraceptive device

BMJ 1998;316:1021.1 (Published 28 March 1998)

Patients offered treatment for CHD need full information to make decision

BMJ 1998;316:1021.2 (Published 28 March 1998)

Decline in cognitive function in Parkinson's disease may be due to dementia with Lewy bodies

BMJ 1998;316:1022.1 (Published 28 March 1998)

Publication of pictures of patient on BMJ's website was mistake

BMJ 1998;316:1022.2 (Published 28 March 1998)

Views & Reviews

Good engineering is not good medicine

Stephen Ong

BMJ 1998;316:1014 (Published 28 March 1998)

Mistakes

George Dunea

BMJ 1998;316:1026.1 (Published 28 March 1998)

Most patients don't read the BMJ Editorial by Smith and Education and debate pp 1000-11

James J Rankine

BMJ 1998;316:1026.2 (Published 28 March 1998)

Nuchal translucency—screening without consent

Josephine Venn-Treloar

BMJ 1998;316:1026.3 (Published 28 March 1998)

What Are Doctors For?; Do We Still Need Doctors?

Peter Herbert

BMJ 1998;316:1028.1 (Published 28 March 1998)

Specialist Outreach Clinics in General Practice

Roland Petchey

BMJ 1998;316:1028.2 (Published 28 March 1998)

The Pocket Guide to Grant Applications

Nick Black

BMJ 1998;316:1028.3 (Published 28 March 1998)

The Mad Cow Crisis: Health and the Public Good

Tom Wilkie

BMJ 1998;316:1028.4 (Published 28 March 1998)

Minerva

BMJ 1998;316:1030 (Published 28 March 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Heparin (1 U/ml) flushes of peripheral venous catheters prolongs their potency

BMJ 1998;316:0.4 (Published 28 March 1998)

Understanding patients' cultural beliefs helps health providers serve them better

BMJ 1998;316:0.6 (Published 28 March 1998)

Colloids no better than crystalloids for fluid replacement in hypovolaemic patients

BMJ 1998;316:0.2 (Published 28 March 1998)

Use of magnesium in pre-eclampsia is growing

BMJ 1998;316:0.5 (Published 28 March 1998)

Inpatient and day care are equally good in acute rheumatoid arthritis

BMJ 1998;316:0.3 (Published 28 March 1998)

Epidemiological data are of little use in guiding clinical practice

BMJ 1998;316:0.7 (Published 28 March 1998)

Clinical Reviews

Periodontitis for medical practitioners

BMJ 1998;316:993 (Published 28 March 1998)

Asthma and allergy

BMJ 1998;316:997 (Published 28 March 1998)

Papers

Fluid resuscitation with colloid or crystalloid solutions in critically ill patients: a systematic review of randomised trials

BMJ 1998;316:961 (Published 28 March 1998)

Is day care equivalent to inpatient care for active rheumatoid arthritis? Randomised controlled clinical and economic evaluation

BMJ 1998;316:965 (Published 28 March 1998)

Benefit of heparin in peripheral venous and arterial catheters: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

BMJ 1998;316:969 (Published 28 March 1998)

Use of anticonvulsants in eclampsia and pre-eclampsia: survey of obstetricians in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

BMJ 1998;316:975 (Published 28 March 1998)

Satisfaction with clinical nurse specialists in a breast care clinic: questionnaire survey

BMJ 1998;316:976 (Published 28 March 1998)

General Practice

Health beliefs and folk models of diabetes in British Bangladeshis: a qualitative study

BMJ 1998;316:978 (Published 28 March 1998)

Information in practice

Using epidemiological data to guide clinical practice: review of studies on cardiovascular disease and use of combined oral contraceptives

BMJ 1998;316:984 (Published 28 March 1998)

Transferring medical images on the world wide web for emergency clinical management: a case report

BMJ 1998;316:988 (Published 28 March 1998)

When can odds ratios mislead?

BMJ 1998;316:989 (Published 28 March 1998)

Lest we forget …

BMJ 1998;316:992 (Published 28 March 1998)

Education and debate

Informed consent in medical researchInformed consent—a response to recent correspondenceChanging the BMJ's position on informed consent would be counterproductiveInformed consent—a publisher's dutyTrial subjects must be fully involved in design and a…

BMJ 1998;316:1000 (Published 28 March 1998)

Thrombolytic treatment for acute ischaemic stroke: consent can be ethical

BMJ 1998;316:1005 (Published 28 March 1998)

Informed consent and research

BMJ 1998;316:1008 (Published 28 March 1998)

Videos, photographs, and patient consent

BMJ 1998;316:1009 (Published 28 March 1998)

Separation and other problems that threaten relationships

BMJ 1998;316:1011 (Published 28 March 1998)

Economic evaluation: an introduction

BMJ 1998;316:1013.1 (Published 28 March 1998)

Filler

Good engineering is not good medicine

BMJ 1998;316:1013.2 (Published 28 March 1998)

Medicopolitical digest

Task force will involve NHS staffHealth minister reassures GPs on primary care groupsCollege wants GPs and social workers to have closer links

BMJ 1998;316:1025 (Published 28 March 1998)

Career focus

Returning doctors to medicine

BMJ 1998;316:S2-7136 (Published 28 March 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Flora BridgeBarrie Alfred Ernest ChapmanAmiya Kumar ChatterjeeHugh Wordsworth CornfordCecil Francis CunniffeEdward Casburn DaviesJohn Harvey GreenJoseph Donovan HamlettRobert (“Bob”) HighRaymond Lowe KingFrederick LanceleyEdmond Rene LecutierAlastair…

BMJ 1998;316:1023 (Published 28 March 1998)