03 October 1998 (Vol 317, Issue 7163)

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Editor's Choice

Ageing populations and the environment

BMJ 1998;317:0.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

News

NHS information strategy launched

BMJ 1998;317:901 (Published 3 October 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;317:902.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

NHS trusts must tackle violence against staff

BMJ 1998;317:902.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

Meningitis becomes resistant to drugs

BMJ 1998;317:902.3 (Published 3 October 1998)

Mentally ill patients need protection from inappropriate genetic testing

BMJ 1998;317:903.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

Passive smoking may harm babies in utero

BMJ 1998;317:903.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

Lifting of UK quarantine recommended

BMJ 1998;317:903.3 (Published 3 October 1998)

Private doctors in India prescribe wrong tuberculosis drugs

BMJ 1998;317:904.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

Guidelines on assisted deaths criticised

BMJ 1998;317:904.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

Diagnostic equipment misused in India

BMJ 1998;317:904.3 (Published 3 October 1998)

Editorials

Clustering of anophthalmia and microphthalmia

BMJ 1998;317:895 (Published 3 October 1998)

Ageing costs

BMJ 1998;317:896 (Published 3 October 1998)

Paediatric transplantation comes of age

BMJ 1998;317:897 (Published 3 October 1998)

The European Medicines Evaluation Agency: open to criticism

BMJ 1998;317:898 (Published 3 October 1998)

Is the FDA approving drugs too fast?

BMJ 1998;317:899 (Published 3 October 1998)

The NHS's new information strategy

BMJ 1998;317:900 (Published 3 October 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

New drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 1998;317:945 (Published 3 October 1998)

Age is not only criterion for flu vaccine

BMJ 1998;317:946 (Published 3 October 1998)

Discrepancy remains in pharmaceutical prescriptions in four European countries

BMJ 1998;317:947.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

Informed consent

BMJ 1998;317:947.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

WHO haemoglobin colour scale is modern version of what was used previously

BMJ 1998;317:949.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

Protecting breast feeding from breast milk substitutes

BMJ 1998;317:949.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

Doctors and patients should sign prescriptions

BMJ 1998;317:951.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

Letters - continued

Planning the United Kingdom's medical workforce

BMJ 1998;317:951.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

New Labour's new maths is hype

BMJ 1998;317:951.3 (Published 3 October 1998)

Standardisation for age certainly changes proportions of doctors holding merit awards

BMJ 1998;317:951.4 (Published 3 October 1998)

Views & Reviews

Going slowly

Colin Douglas

BMJ 1998;317:955.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;317:958 (Published 3 October 1998)

Fillers

An effective reproof

BMJ 1998;317:930 (Published 3 October 1998)

Car health

BMJ 1998;317:934 (Published 3 October 1998)

The new NHS: A medical reply to the minister

BMJ 1998;317:942.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

Sending the right message

BMJ 1998;317:944 (Published 3 October 1998)

School can be hell

BMJ 1998;317:956 (Published 3 October 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Inhalers are just as safe without chlorofluorocarbons

BMJ 1998;317:0.8 (Published 3 October 1998)

Increased parity does not increase the risk of Down's syndrome

BMJ 1998;317:0.6 (Published 3 October 1998)

No clustering of anophthalmia occurs in England, but prevalence is higher in rural areas

BMJ 1998;317:0.3 (Published 3 October 1998)

Bullied children are more anxious than their peers

BMJ 1998;317:0.7 (Published 3 October 1998)

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can be cost effective

BMJ 1998;317:0.4 (Published 3 October 1998)

Health is poorer in US states with larger income inequalities

BMJ 1998;317:0.5 (Published 3 October 1998)

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

BMJ 1998;317:916 (Published 3 October 1998)

Clinical Reviews

Xenotransplantation

BMJ 1998;317:931 (Published 3 October 1998)

Provision of oxygen at home

BMJ 1998;317:935 (Published 3 October 1998)

Editor's Choice [GP]

Caring for ageing populations

BMJ 1998;317:0.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

One in 10 Irish GPs work every weekend

BMJ 1998;317:904.4 (Published 3 October 1998)

Papers

Geographical variation in anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England, 1988-94Commentary: Clustering of anophthalmia and microphthalmia is not supported by the data

BMJ 1998;317:905 (Published 3 October 1998)

Economic evaluation and randomised controlled trial of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: UK collaborative trialCommentary: Concurrent economic evaluations are rare but should be standard practice

BMJ 1998;317:911 (Published 3 October 1998)

Papers - continued

Income distribution, socioeconomic status, and self rated health in the United States: multilevel analysis

BMJ 1998;317:917 (Published 3 October 1998)

Trends in prenatal screening for and diagnosis of Down's syndrome: England and Wales, 1989-97

BMJ 1998;317:922 (Published 3 October 1998)

Effect of parity, gravidity, previous miscarriage, and age on risk of Down's syndrome: population based study

BMJ 1998;317:923 (Published 3 October 1998)

Bullying in schools: self reported anxiety, depression, and self esteem in secondary school children

BMJ 1998;317:924 (Published 3 October 1998)

Filler

The hazards of self management

BMJ 1998;317:910.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

Diagnostic trends

BMJ 1998;317:910.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

Serendipidity

BMJ 1998;317:910.3 (Published 3 October 1998)

Harvard's swimming test

BMJ 1998;317:938 (Published 3 October 1998)

General Practice

Postmarketing surveillance study of a non-chlorofluorocarbon inhaler according to the safety assessment of marketed medicines guidelines

BMJ 1998;317:926 (Published 3 October 1998)

Education and debate

Certifying fitness for corporal punishmentCertifying fitness for corporal punishmentWhite liesInnocents abroadDeception demands compelling argumentsIndividuals need clear policy guidanceResponse

BMJ 1998;317:939 (Published 3 October 1998)

Long stay care and the NHS: discontinuities between policy and practice

BMJ 1998;317:942.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

BMA and health minister will discuss review body remitJunior doctors criticise workforce planningFringe meeting supports “full time” NHS consultants

BMJ 1998;317:954 (Published 3 October 1998)

Personal View

A bump on the head

BMJ 1998;317:955.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

Medicine and books

The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words

BMJ 1998;317:957.1 (Published 3 October 1998)

Chemical Sensitivity: the Truth About Environmental Illness

BMJ 1998;317:957.2 (Published 3 October 1998)

Career focus

Harassment at work

BMJ 1998;317:S2-7163 (Published 3 October 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3-7163 (Published 3 October 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3a-7163 (Published 3 October 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3b-7163 (Published 3 October 1998)

Corrections

Short stature and Helicobacter pylori infection in Italian children: prospective multicentre hospital based case-control study

BMJ 1998;317:909 (Published 3 October 1998)

The hot air on passive smoking

BMJ 1998;317:951.5 (Published 3 October 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

David James Mearns AndersonJohn Malcolm BarnesDeb Kumar BoseWilliam (“Bill”) Kerr Noble BrownBidhan Chandra ChatterjeeMarion Angela CrawfordMargaret Anne DickinsonSir John Rogers EllisDavid Idris HarriesJames Henderson LevackJohn Sumner SteadDavid St…

BMJ 1998;317:952 (Published 3 October 1998)