23 January 1999 (Vol 318, Issue 7178)

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This Week In the BMJ

Doctors in theatre do not mange defibrillation well

BMJ 1999;318:0.7 (Published 23 January 1999)

Bullying is common in NHS trust

BMJ 1999;318:0.5 (Published 23 January 1999)

Doctors are more wary than lay people of letting medicine invade everyday life

BMJ 1999;318:0.8 (Published 23 January 1999)

Rationing dialysis on age alone is unjustified

BMJ 1999;318:0.3 (Published 23 January 1999)

Better guidelines are needed for monitoring of renal function during ACE inhibitor treatment

BMJ 1999;318:0.6 (Published 23 January 1999)

Di Bella multitherapy does not reduce tumour size

BMJ 1999;318:0.4 (Published 23 January 1999)

Editorials

Preventing osteoporosis, falls, and fractures among elderly people

BMJ 1999;318:205 (Published 23 January 1999)

Who should take responsibility for antisocial personality disorder?

BMJ 1999;318:206 (Published 23 January 1999)

Microalbuminuria as predictor of outcome

BMJ 1999;318:207 (Published 23 January 1999)

Di Bella's therapy: the last word?

BMJ 1999;318:208 (Published 23 January 1999)

The NHS: possibilities for the endgame

BMJ 1999;318:209 (Published 23 January 1999)

The firing of Brother George

BMJ 1999;318:210 (Published 23 January 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Taking precautions with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors

BMJ 1999;318:257 (Published 23 January 1999)

Clinicians should be proactive in testing for asthma

BMJ 1999;318:258 (Published 23 January 1999)

Methods used for suicide vary between regions in the developing world

BMJ 1999;318:259.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Association between birth weight and death from heart disease

BMJ 1999;318:259.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Should industry sponsor research?

BMJ 1999;318:260 (Published 23 January 1999)

Rescue thrombolysis for failure of primary thrombolysis cannot be justified

BMJ 1999;318:261.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Chiropractic for low back pain

BMJ 1999;318:261.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Randomised block design is more powerful than minimisation

BMJ 1999;318:263 (Published 23 January 1999)

Identification of patients with atrial fibrillation in general practice

BMJ 1999;318:264.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Potential collaborators saw various problems with study of detoxification under anaesthesia

BMJ 1999;318:264.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Doctors don't see enough peaceful deaths

BMJ 1999;318:264.3 (Published 23 January 1999)

News

Ashworth report confirms problems with special hospitals

BMJ 1999;318:211 (Published 23 January 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;318:212.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

WHO budget set to reflect new priorities

BMJ 1999;318:212.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Ritalin may influence serotonin balance in hyperactive children

BMJ 1999;318:212.3 (Published 23 January 1999)

JAMA's editor fired over sex article

BMJ 1999;318:213.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

UK study reveals double the risk of ill health in Gulf war veterans

BMJ 1999;318:213.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Intestinal worms impair child health in the Philippines

BMJ 1999;318:214.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

US doctors file lawsuit against antiabortionists

BMJ 1999;318:214.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Scottish doctors launch their manifesto

BMJ 1999;318:214.3 (Published 23 January 1999)

New variantCJD found in tonsils

BMJ 1999;318:215.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Wales to reform psychiatric care for children

BMJ 1999;318:215.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

US Congress debates stemcell research

BMJ 1999;318:215.3 (Published 23 January 1999)

Endocrine disorders remain undetected and untreated in India

BMJ 1999;318:216.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Prophylactic mastectomy cuts breast cancer risk

BMJ 1999;318:216.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Conservatives blame rationing for winter crisis

BMJ 1999;318:216.3 (Published 23 January 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Anticoagulation in heart disease

BMJ 1999;318:238.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Male sexual problems

BMJ 1999;318:245 (Published 23 January 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;318:272 (Published 23 January 1999)

Editor's Choice

Four difficult questions

BMJ 1999;318:0.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Editor's Choice [GP]

Four difficult questions

BMJ 1999;318:0.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Papers

Is there a rationale for rationing chronic dialysis? A hospital based cohort study of factors affecting survival and morbidity

BMJ 1999;318:217 (Published 23 January 1999)

Evaluation of an unconventional cancer treatment (the Di Bella multitherapy): results of phase II trials in Italy

BMJ 1999;318:224 (Published 23 January 1999)

Workplace bullying in NHS community trust: staff questionnaire survey

BMJ 1999;318:228 (Published 23 January 1999)

Papers - continued

Observational study of defibrillation in theatre

BMJ 1999;318:232 (Published 23 January 1999)

General practice

Questionnaire study and audit of use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor and monitoring in general practice: the need for guidelines to prevent renal failure

BMJ 1999;318:234 (Published 23 January 1999)

Education and debate

Education and debateShared ethical principles for everybody in health care: a working draft from the Tavistock GroupIntroductionA shared statement of ethical principles for those who shape and give health care

BMJ 1999;318:248 (Published 23 January 1999)

Professional and public attitudes towards unsolicited medical intervention

BMJ 1999;318:251 (Published 23 January 1999)

Narrative in medical ethics

BMJ 1999;318:253 (Published 23 January 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Medicopolitical digestSuspension unfair to doctors, say peersHealth Alert 2000 launchedNHS crisis caused by gradual attrition

BMJ 1999;318:267 (Published 23 January 1999)

MULTIMEDIA

Too Much Medicine?

BMJ 1999;318:268.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Di Bella: the Man, the Cure, a Hope for All

BMJ 1999;318:268.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Trial by video

BMJ 1999;318:269.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

BMJ 1999;318:269.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Crisis, what crisis?

BMJ 1999;318:270 (Published 23 January 1999)

Personal View

Ashworth revisited

BMJ 1999;318:271.1 (Published 23 January 1999)

Soundings

Good news is no news

BMJ 1999;318:271.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

Career focus

Opportunities for doctors in the prison serviceThe director of health care in prisons, Mike Longfield, explains the range and scope of the service for those who serve at Her Majesty's pleasureWorking in prison

BMJ 1999;318:S2-7178 (Published 23 January 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3-7178 (Published 23 January 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3a-7178 (Published 23 January 1999)

Fillers

Long term follow up

BMJ 1999;318:233 (Published 23 January 1999)

Not what he wanted

BMJ 1999;318:237 (Published 23 January 1999)

The country matters

BMJ 1999;318:238.2 (Published 23 January 1999)

When is a spade not a spade

BMJ 1999;318:256 (Published 23 January 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

ObituariesVernon Frederick (“Sam”) HallDavid Marsden FletcherJames Edward HiltonLancelot Craig MontgomeryLeslie Gordon MorrisonHelen Duncanson Tennent SmithJohn Edward UttingAlan Richardson Wilson

BMJ 1999;318:265 (Published 23 January 1999)