From black bag to black box: will computers improve the NHS?
	Liam J Donaldson
	BMJ  1996;312:1371-1372 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	From black bag to black box: will computers improve the NHS?
	Liam J Donaldson
	BMJ  1996;312:1371-1372 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Going home
	H J N Bethell
	BMJ  1996;312:1372-1973 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Mortality among second generation Irish in England and Wales
	John Haskey
	BMJ  1996;312:1373-1374 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Does Britain need an academy of medicine?
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  1996;312:1374-1375 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the other side of the coin
	Onno T Terpstra
	BMJ  1996;312:1375-1376 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the other side of the coin
	Onno T Terpstra
	BMJ  1996;312:1375-1376 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New hope for WHO?
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1996;312:1376 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Adjuvant treatment for colorectal cancer
	Guru Aithal, Andrew Tanner
	BMJ  1996;312:1417 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Concerns about chemotherapy are legitimate
	Richard Gray, John Northover
	BMJ  1996;312:1417 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Author's reply
	Maurice L Slevin
	BMJ  1996;312:1417-1418 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Author's reply
	Maurice L Slevin
	BMJ  1996;312:1417-1418 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Getting urgent information to doctors
	Mary E Black
	BMJ  1996;312:1418 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Health link between countries should be global
	N A Mafojane
	BMJ  1996;312:1418 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	One stop shopping for global health information
	Ronald Laporte
	BMJ  1996;312:1418 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Monitoring the frequency of side effects of drugs
	Richard Martin, Sean Hilton, Nicky Richards
	BMJ  1996;312:1418-1419 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Monitoring the frequency of side effects of drugs
	Richard Martin, Sean Hilton, Nicky Richards
	BMJ  1996;312:1418-1419 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Data from several sources are needed to show numbers taking drugs
	David A B St George
	BMJ  1996;312:1419 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Teenage sex
	T C Dann
	BMJ  1996;312:1419 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Image of various providers of sexual health care varies
	Anna Pallecaros, Angela Robinson, J Greenaway, D Holland
	BMJ  1996;312:1419-1420 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Image of various providers of sexual health care varies
	Anna Pallecaros, Angela Robinson, J Greenaway, D Holland
	BMJ  1996;312:1419-1420 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Teenagers can be helped to behave responsibly
	Philip Graham
	BMJ  1996;312:1420 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Screening to prevent renal failure in diabetic patients
	Knut Borch-Johnsen, Carl Erik Mogensen, Eva Ebbehoj, Helmut Wenzel, Giancarlo Viberti
	BMJ  1996;312:1420 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Authors' reply
	Bryce A Kiberd, Kailash K Jindal
	BMJ  1996;312:1421 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Doctors should check datasheets
	J Michael Dixon
	BMJ  1996;312:1421 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Treat patients with kindness during magnetic resonance imaging
	Keith Duncan, Philip N Baker, Ian R Johnson, Penny Gowland
	BMJ  1996;312:1421 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	The nature of general practice
	Andy Moore
	BMJ  1996;312:1421-1422 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Treat patients with kindness during magnetic resonance imaging
	Keith Duncan, Philip N Baker, Ian R Johnson, Penny Gowland
	BMJ  1996;312:1421 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	The nature of general practice
	Andy Moore
	BMJ  1996;312:1421-1422 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Favouring a mythological traditional orthodoxy is absurd
	J Hopkins
	BMJ  1996;312:1422 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	General practitioners are not as beleaguered as they were
	J Hopkins
	BMJ  1996;312:1422 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Service is abused because it is perceived as being free
	Jon Tuppen
	BMJ  1996;312:1422 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Nostalgia doesn't help recruitment
	Nina Leech
	BMJ  1996;312:1422-1423 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Service is abused because it is perceived as being free
	Jon Tuppen
	BMJ  1996;312:1422 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Nostalgia doesn't help recruitment
	Nina Leech
	BMJ  1996;312:1422-1423 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Patient centred model of practice is unsuited to reforms
	Chris Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:1423 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Myocardial infarction at work cannot be regarded as an accident
	U J Kirkpatrick, C N Mccollum
	BMJ  1996;312:1423 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Redefining authorship
	Elizabeth Wager
	BMJ  1996;312:1423 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Relative contribution should be given after each author's name
	William Foulkes, Norah Neylon
	BMJ  1996;312:1423 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Redefining authorship
	Elizabeth Wager
	BMJ  1996;312:1423 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Relative contribution should be given after each author's name
	William Foulkes, Norah Neylon
	BMJ  1996;312:1423 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

News

This week's News

	Aid agencies need more self regulation
	Caroline White
	BMJ  1996;312:1377 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Amnesty highlights doctors' duty to report torture
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  1996;312:1377 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Amnesty highlights doctors' duty to report torture
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  1996;312:1377 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Headlines
	BMJ  1996;312:1378 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Australian doctors put in firing line
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  1996;312:1378 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US gene discovery leads to patent war
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:1378 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Herbal stimulant causes US deaths
	Deb Josefson
	BMJ  1996;312:1378-1379 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Cocaine blamed for infants' emotional problems
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:1379 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New BUPA scheme hits NHS patients
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  1996;312:1379 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US welfare safety net slackens
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:1380 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	NHS reviews treatment packages
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;312:1380 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Bigger tobacco companies offer a deal on adolescent smokers
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:1380 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Bigger tobacco companies offer a deal on adolescent smokers
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:1380 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Seasonality and the sudden infant death syndrome during 1987-9 and 1991-3 in Australia and Britain
	A S Douglas, T M Allan, P J Helms
	BMJ  1996;312:1381-1383 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Seasonality and the sudden infant death syndrome during 1987-9 and 1991-3 in Australia and Britain
	A S Douglas, T M Allan, P J Helms
	BMJ  1996;312:1381-1383 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Long term backache after childbirth: prospective search for causative factors
	Robin Russell, Ruth Dundas, Felicity Reynolds
	BMJ  1996;312:1384-1388 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Long term backache after childbirth: prospective search for causative factors
	Robin Russell, Ruth Dundas, Felicity Reynolds
	BMJ  1996;312:1384-1388 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Do you know anyone with Refsums disease?
	BMJ  1996;312:1388 [Full text] FREE

	Patterns of mortality in second generation Irish living in England and Wales: longitudinal study
	S Harding, R Balarajan, R Balarajan
	BMJ  1996;312:1389-1392 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Growth in utero and cognitive function in adult life: follow up study of people born between 1920 and 1943
	Christopher N Martyn, Catharine R Gale, Avan Aihie Sayer, Caroline Fall
	BMJ  1996;312:1393-1396 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Growth in utero and cognitive function in adult life: follow up study of people born between 1920 and 1943
	Christopher N Martyn, Catharine R Gale, Avan Aihie Sayer, Caroline Fall
	BMJ  1996;312:1393-1396 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Perioperative myocardial infarction in peripheral vascular surgery
	N Mamode, R N Scott, S C McLaughlin, A McLelland, J G Pollock
	BMJ  1996;312:1396-1397 [Full text] FREE

	Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome: further change in 1992-3
	Christine M H Hiley, Colin J Morley
	BMJ  1996;312:1397-1398 [Full text] FREE

	Risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome: further change in 1992-3
	Christine M H Hiley, Colin J Morley
	BMJ  1996;312:1397-1398 [Full text] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	The extent of the two tier service for fundholders
	Robert M Kammerling, Andrew Kinnear
	BMJ  1996;312:1399-1401 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	The extent of the two tier service for fundholders
	Robert M Kammerling, Andrew Kinnear
	BMJ  1996;312:1399-1401 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Responding to out of hours requests for visits: a survey of general practitioner opinion
	B V Court, C P Bradley, K K Cheng, R J Lancashire, R J Lancashire
	BMJ  1996;312:1401-1402 [Full text] FREE

	Responding to out of hours requests for visits: a survey of general practitioner opinion
	B V Court, C P Bradley, K K Cheng, R J Lancashire, R J Lancashire
	BMJ  1996;312:1401-1402 [Full text] FREE

	Commentary: Changing the culture of out of hours care
	Lesley Hallam
	BMJ  1996;312:1402 [Full text] FREE

	Commentary: Changing the culture of out of hours care
	Lesley Hallam
	BMJ  1996;312:1402 [Full text] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	To all doctors in Britain
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  1996;312:1425 [Full text] FREE

	Ever been had?
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1996;312:1425 [Full text] FREE

	To all doctors in Britain
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  1996;312:1425 [Full text] FREE

	Ever been had?
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1996;312:1425 [Full text] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	On hanging up my stethoscope
	Oliver Samuel
	BMJ  1996;312:1426 [Full text] FREE

	Becoming a grandmother--Has childbirth really changed?
	Ann Oakley
	BMJ  1996;312:1426-1427 [Full text] FREE

	On hanging up my stethoscope
	Oliver Samuel
	BMJ  1996;312:1426 [Full text] FREE

	Becoming a grandmother--Has childbirth really changed?
	Ann Oakley
	BMJ  1996;312:1426-1427 [Full text] FREE

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	Advancing Quality: Total Quality Management in the National Health Service * The Practice of Quality
	Peter Wilcock
	BMJ  1996;312:1428 [Full text] FREE

	Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessity
	Wendy Savage
	BMJ  1996;312:1428-1429 [Full text] FREE

	The Practice of Quality
	BMJ  1996;312:1428 [Full text] FREE

	Advancing Quality: Total Quality Management in the National Health Service * The Practice of Quality
	Peter Wilcock
	BMJ  1996;312:1428 [Full text] FREE

	The Practice of Quality
	Peter Wilcock
	BMJ  1996;312:1428 [Full text] FREE

	Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessity
	Wendy Savage
	BMJ  1996;312:1428-1429 [Full text] FREE

	Skin Disease in Childhood and Adolescence
	Martin Keefe
	BMJ  1996;312:1429 [Full text] FREE

	The Health of Prisoners
	Anthony Daniels
	BMJ  1996;312:1429 [Full text] FREE

	The Health of Prisoners
	Anthony Daniels
	BMJ  1996;312:1429 [Full text] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Fortnightly Review: Callosities, corns, and calluses
	Dishan Singh, George Bentley, Saul G Trevino
	BMJ  1996;312:1403-1406 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Fortnightly Review: Callosities, corns, and calluses
	Dishan Singh, George Bentley, Saul G Trevino
	BMJ  1996;312:1403-1406 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Correction
	BMJ  1996;312:1406 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Correction
	BMJ  1996;312:1406 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	What value do computers provide to NHS hospitals?
	Chris Lock
	BMJ  1996;312:1407-1410 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	What value do computers provide to NHS hospitals?
	Chris Lock
	BMJ  1996;312:1407-1410 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Prison rights: mandatory drugs tests and performance indicators for prisons
	Sheila M Gore, A Graham Bird, Amanda J Ross
	BMJ  1996;312:1411-1413 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Prison rights: mandatory drugs tests and performance indicators for prisons
	Sheila M Gore, A Graham Bird, Amanda J Ross
	BMJ  1996;312:1411-1413 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1996;312:1430 [Full text] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A PATIENT WHO CHANGED MY PRACTICE
	Andrew Thorns
	BMJ  1996;312:1410 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	A PATIENT WHO CHANGED MY PRACTICE
	Andrew Thorns
	BMJ  1996;312:1410 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	But for the grace ..
	Patrick Sames
	BMJ  1996;312:1413 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	But for the grace ..
	Patrick Sames
	BMJ  1996;312:1413 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Corrections
	BMJ  1996;312:1392 [Full text] FREE

	Ranitidine and aseptic meningitis
	BMJ  1996;312:1392 [Full text] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Editor's choice
	BMJ  1996;312 [Full text] FREE

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	Performing rights
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1996;312:1427 [Full text] FREE

	Performing rights
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1996;312:1427 [Full text] FREE

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GPs should not have routine role in authorising handguns • Juniors issue guidance on "English clause" • Minister says there are recruitment problems in general practice • British doctors returning from abroad and specialist training • Bradford GPs win out of hours award • Senior hospital doctors complain about manpower "black hole" • GPs' staff should have NHS pensions
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;312:1424 [Full text] FREE

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