14 November 1998 (Vol 317, Issue 7169)

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Editor's Choice

Three linked editorials

BMJ 1998;317:0.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Three linked editorials

BMJ 1998;317:0.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

News

Scientists cultivate stem cells in the laboratory

BMJ 1998;317:1337.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

UK report recommends medical trials of cannabis

BMJ 1998;317:1337.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Government gives NHS £250m for UK winter health pressures

BMJ 1998;317:1338.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

Israel to increase fluoridated drinking water Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, Jerusalem

BMJ 1998;317:1338.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

UK to limit legal aid for medical negligence cases to specialist lawyers

BMJ 1998;317:1338.3 (Published 14 November 1998)

UK Human Rights Act will allow challenges to treatment refusals

BMJ 1998;317:1339.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

Californian voters increase cigarette tax

BMJ 1998;317:1339.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Sheep dip patients deserve better care

BMJ 1998;317:1339.3 (Published 14 November 1998)

Indian women's groups question contraceptive vaccine research

BMJ 1998;317:1340.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

New UK hospital care plan for elderly

BMJ 1998;317:1340.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Role of UK chief medical officer has been eroded

BMJ 1998;317:1340.3 (Published 14 November 1998)

Editorials

Height, early energy intake, and cancer

BMJ 1998;317:1331 (Published 14 November 1998)

Nuts to you (… and you, and you)

BMJ 1998;317:1332 (Published 14 November 1998)

Violent suicide and obstetric complications

BMJ 1998;317:1333 (Published 14 November 1998)

Age related outcome in acute myocardial infarction

BMJ 1998;317:1334 (Published 14 November 1998)

Hours, sleep, teamwork, and stress

BMJ 1998;317:1335 (Published 14 November 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Breast feeding: the baby friendly initiative

BMJ 1998;317:1385 (Published 14 November 1998)

Fentanyl is not best anaesthetic induction agent in rapid sequence intubation

BMJ 1998;317:1386.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

Relative's consent to treatment of patient is not needed

BMJ 1998;317:1386.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Evidence based case reports

BMJ 1998;317:1386.3 (Published 14 November 1998)

Statistics on misuse of drugs have been misused

BMJ 1998;317:1388.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

Screening for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy

BMJ 1998;317:1388.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Letters - continued

Routine episiotomy should be abandoned

BMJ 1998;317:1389.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

Elimination of elder abuse would be fitting way to mark millennium

BMJ 1998;317:1389.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Fever from the tropics

BMJ 1998;317:1389.3 (Published 14 November 1998)

Single parents need home visits by health visitors

BMJ 1998;317:1390 (Published 14 November 1998)

Views & Reviews

October bestsellers

BMJ 1998;317:1394.5 (Published 14 November 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;317:1398 (Published 14 November 1998)

Fillers

The new NHS: NHS

BMJ 1998;317:1353.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

The philosopher and the chicken

BMJ 1998;317:1361.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Patient heal thyself

BMJ 1998;317:1377 (Published 14 November 1998)

Saved by the chaplain

BMJ 1998;317:1384 (Published 14 November 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Doctors need an answer on the duty to prescribe

BMJ 1998;317:0.8 (Published 14 November 1998)

Evidence based indicators are needed for primary care groups

BMJ 1998;317:0.7 (Published 14 November 1998)

Childhood energy intake might explain the link between height and cancer risk

BMJ 1998;317:0.5 (Published 14 November 1998)

Starting angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in primary care is safe

BMJ 1998;317:0.6 (Published 14 November 1998)

Obstetric care may be associated with subsequent suicides

BMJ 1998;317:0.4 (Published 14 November 1998)

Nut consumption may protect against heart disease

BMJ 1998;317:0.3 (Published 14 November 1998)

Clinical Reviews

Bladder cancer

BMJ 1998;317:1366 (Published 14 November 1998)

Oxygen transport2. Tissue hypoxia

BMJ 1998;317:1370 (Published 14 November 1998)

Papers

Frequent nut consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women: prospective cohort study

BMJ 1998;317:1341 (Published 14 November 1998)

Obstetric care and proneness of offspring to suicide as adults: case-control study

BMJ 1998;317:1346 (Published 14 November 1998)

Leg length and risk of cancer in the Boyd Orr cohort

BMJ 1998;317:1350 (Published 14 November 1998)

Height and mortality from cancer among men: prospective observational study

BMJ 1998;317:1351 (Published 14 November 1998)

Initiating angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in mild to moderate heart failure in general practice: randomised, placebo controlled trial

BMJ 1998;317:1352 (Published 14 November 1998)

General practice

Performance indicators for primary care groups: an evidence based approach

BMJ 1998;317:1354 (Published 14 November 1998)

General Practice

Primary care groups and the right to prescribeCommentary: Bevan's covenant continues intact

BMJ 1998;317:1361.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

Filler

A doctor's family

BMJ 1998;317:1369 (Published 14 November 1998)

Education and debate

The rise of doctor-patient working groups

BMJ 1998;317:1374 (Published 14 November 1998)

Systems and strategies for managing the drugs budget in Glasgow

BMJ 1998;317:1378 (Published 14 November 1998)

Theories of race, ethnicity and culture

BMJ 1998;317:1381 (Published 14 November 1998)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Cost of NHS operations varies widelyGovernment advises on food borne infectionsWMA aims to improve children's rights to health careGMC wants to limit scope of order making power

BMJ 1998;317:1393 (Published 14 November 1998)

Review

The Third Way: New Politics for the New Century

BMJ 1998;317:1394.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

MEDICINE AND MULTIMEDIA

Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning

BMJ 1998;317:1394.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

RCOG Dialog CD ROM: Vol 1: Issue 1: January 1998

BMJ 1998;317:1394.3 (Published 14 November 1998)

Core Values in Primary Care

BMJ 1998;317:1394.4 (Published 14 November 1998)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

BMJ 1998;317:1394.6 (Published 14 November 1998)

Shell shock patients: from cowards to victims

BMJ 1998;317:1394.7 (Published 14 November 1998)

Soundings

Getting about

BMJ 1998;317:1397.1 (Published 14 November 1998)

Personal View

Britain needs a national cancer institute

BMJ 1998;317:1397.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Career focus

Rehabilitation medicine

BMJ 1998;317:S2-7169 (Published 14 November 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3-7169 (Published 14 November 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3a-7169 (Published 14 November 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3b-7169 (Published 14 November 1998)

Correction

Reporting on quality of life in randomised controlled trials: bibliographic study

BMJ 1998;317:1353.2 (Published 14 November 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Sir John David Nunes NabarroEdoardo ParmaMary Veronica Porter (n£e Burdett-Smith)Anthony Watson PurdieRory SadlerNorah Patricia SherlockMichael Edward SkinnerMark SticklandJohn WallaceWilliam Derek WylieStuart Young

BMJ 1998;317:1391 (Published 14 November 1998)