07 November 1998 (Vol 317, Issue 7168)

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Editor's Choice

The pleasure of ignorance

BMJ 1998;317:0.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

The pleasure of ignorance

BMJ 1998;317:0.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

News

Surgeons carry out too many operations on dying patients

BMJ 1998;317:1269.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Doctors contributed to poor health of black South Africans

BMJ 1998;317:1269.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

In brief

BMJ 1998;317:1270.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Psychiatrists hit back at home secretary

BMJ 1998;317:1270.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

EC calls for more testing of alternative remedies

BMJ 1998;317:1270.3 (Published 7 November 1998)

Doctors call for nicotine in cigarettes to be reduced

BMJ 1998;317:1271.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

One giant leap for NASA's public relations

BMJ 1998;317:1271.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

Brain cells can regenerate

BMJ 1998;317:1272.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Bavaria forced to lift abortion restrictions

BMJ 1998;317:1272.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

Is EU health policy fit for the next millennium?

BMJ 1998;317:1272.3 (Published 7 November 1998)

Patients with cancer denied best treatment

BMJ 1998;317:1273.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Beef was not “perfectly safe”

BMJ 1998;317:1273.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

Surgeon accused of letting nurse operate

BMJ 1998;317:1273.3 (Published 7 November 1998)

Food plan needed to reduce deaths from heart disease in Britain

BMJ 1998;317:1274.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

FDA approves drug for women at cancer risk

BMJ 1998;317:1274.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

Studies end hopes of reducing complex regimen of AIDS drugs

BMJ 1998;317:1274.3 (Published 7 November 1998)

Editorials

Diagnosing multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Britain

BMJ 1998;317:1263 (Published 7 November 1998)

Early discharge after surgery for breast cancer

BMJ 1998;317:1264 (Published 7 November 1998)

The costs of computing for primary care groups

BMJ 1998;317:1265 (Published 7 November 1998)

Nicotine replacement therapy for a healthier nation

BMJ 1998;317:1266 (Published 7 November 1998)

Time for organisational development in healthcare organisations

BMJ 1998;317:1267 (Published 7 November 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Satisfaction with nurse specialists in breast care clinics

BMJ 1998;317:1316 (Published 7 November 1998)

Resolution of peanut allergy

BMJ 1998;317:1317 (Published 7 November 1998)

Letters - continued

Odds ratios should be avoided when events are common

BMJ 1998;317:1318.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Aspirin prophylaxis for vascular disease

BMJ 1998;317:1318.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

Internet can be accessed from NHSnet

BMJ 1998;317:1319.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Visual impairment is not enough to assess need for treatment

BMJ 1998;317:1319.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

Provision of intensive care for children

BMJ 1998;317:1320 (Published 7 November 1998)

Knowledge of cardiothoracic ratio adds to cardiovascular risk stratification

BMJ 1998;317:1321 (Published 7 November 1998)

Guideline may help in prescribing vigabatrin

BMJ 1998;317:1322 (Published 7 November 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;317:1330 (Published 7 November 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Many patients with coeliac disease are overweight

BMJ 1998;317:0.7 (Published 7 November 1998)

Heavy metals may cause carcinoma of the gall bladder in India

BMJ 1998;317:0.8 (Published 7 November 1998)

Unemployment independently increases risk of suicide

BMJ 1998;317:0.6 (Published 7 November 1998)

Early discharge after surgery for breast cancer is safe

BMJ 1998;317:0.3 (Published 7 November 1998)

Acute psychiatric care is under increasing pressure

BMJ 1998;317:0.4 (Published 7 November 1998)

Steroid injections are more effective than physiotherapy in treating shoulder pain

BMJ 1998;317:0.5 (Published 7 November 1998)

Clinical Reviews

Infection with HIV-1

BMJ 1998;317:1297 (Published 7 November 1998)

Randomisation methods in controlled trials

BMJ 1998;317:1301 (Published 7 November 1998)

Oxygen transport—1. Basic principles

BMJ 1998;317:1302.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

US unveils new DNA database

BMJ 1998;317:1274.4 (Published 7 November 1998)

Papers

Randomised controlled trial of effects of early discharge after surgery for breast cancer

BMJ 1998;317:1275 (Published 7 November 1998)

One day survey by the Mental Health Act Commission of acute adult psychiatric inpatient wards in England and Wales

BMJ 1998;317:1279 (Published 7 November 1998)

Suicide, deprivation, and unemployment: record linkage study

BMJ 1998;317:1283 (Published 7 November 1998)

Association of rheumatic fever with serum albumin concentration and body iron stores in Bangladeshi children: case-control study

BMJ 1998;317:1287 (Published 7 November 1998)

Biliary heavy metal concentrations in carcinoma of the gall bladder: case-control study

BMJ 1998;317:1288 (Published 7 November 1998)

Prospective study of body mass index in patients with coeliac disease

BMJ 1998;317:1290 (Published 7 November 1998)

Facial vasculitic rash associated with intravenous immunoglobulin

BMJ 1998;317:1291.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Papers - continued

Fever associated with cyclosporin for treating atopic dermatitis

BMJ 1998;317:1291.3 (Published 7 November 1998)

Filler

Licensed to kill

BMJ 1998;317:1291.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

Long words … wrong words

BMJ 1998;317:1302.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

General Practice

Effectiveness of corticosteroid injections versus physiotherapy for treatment of painful stiff shoulder in primary care: randomised trial

BMJ 1998;317:1292 (Published 7 November 1998)

Education and debate

Putting the risk of breast cancer in perspective

BMJ 1998;317:1307 (Published 7 November 1998)

Confidence intervals for the number needed to treat

BMJ 1998;317:1309 (Published 7 November 1998)

Theories of consent

BMJ 1998;317:1313.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Suspension procedures for doctors to be reviewedDoctor Patient Partnership tackles men's healthBMA chairman speaks out on clinical governance

BMJ 1998;317:1325 (Published 7 November 1998)

MEDICINE AND MULTIMEDIA

Evidence Based Cardiology

BMJ 1998;317:1326.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Moral Panics

BMJ 1998;317:1326.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

In arduis fidelis: Centenary History of The Royal Army Medical Corps 1898-1998

BMJ 1998;317:1326.3 (Published 7 November 1998)

Surgeon hits back at bullies in the press

BMJ 1998;317:1326.4 (Published 7 November 1998)

Website of the week

BMJ 1998;317:1328 (Published 7 November 1998)

Personal View

The structured exam has taken over

BMJ 1998;317:1329.1 (Published 7 November 1998)

Soundings

Remember them?

BMJ 1998;317:1329.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

Career focus

Working in the air

BMJ 1998;317:S2-7168 (Published 7 November 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3-7168 (Published 7 November 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3a-7168 (Published 7 November 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3b-7168 (Published 7 November 1998)

FILLERS

Exercise and over-exercise

BMJ 1998;317:1313.2 (Published 7 November 1998)

There is a limit

BMJ 1998;317:1313.3 (Published 7 November 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Martin WareSabiha Al-DabbaghFrancis William BlacklayJohn Antony BoucherJohn Halliday GarsonKenneth Michael HayRonald Sherrington OgbornSusan Marion Wood

BMJ 1998;317:1323 (Published 7 November 1998)