Monitoring oral anticoagulation in primary care
	D A Fitzmaurice, F D R Hobbs, J A Murray
	BMJ  1996;312:1431-1432 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Financial meltdown for the NHS?
	Jennifer Dixon, Sean Boyle, Anthony Harrison
	BMJ  1996;312:1432-1433 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Caesarean section or vaginal birth for breech presentation at term
	M Hannah, W Hannah
	BMJ  1996;312:1433-1434 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Jack Kevorkian: a medical hero
	John Roberts, Carl Kjellstrand
	BMJ  1996;312:1434 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Heroin overdose: the case for take-home naloxone
	John Strang, Shane Darke, Wayne Hall, Michael Farrell, Robert Ali
	BMJ  1996;312:1435-1436 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Veterinary and industrial high pressure injection injuries
	Frank Burke, Owen Brady
	BMJ  1996;312:1436 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Government secrecy
	Nicholas Banatvala, Patti Rundall
	BMJ  1996;312:1475 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Safety of air travellers is not protected
	H Swire
	BMJ  1996;312:1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7044.1475/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Ombudsman is available when codes of practice fail
	William Reid
	BMJ  1996;312:1475 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Vaccines and Guillain-Barre syndrome
	Richard Hughes, Jeremy Rees, Nigel Smeeton, John Winer
	BMJ  1996;312:1475-1476 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Vaccines and Guillain-Barre syndrome
	Richard Hughes, Jeremy Rees, Nigel Smeeton, John Winer
	BMJ  1996;312:1475-1476 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Providing intensive care
	D F Bowden, D P Burke
	BMJ  1996;312:1476 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Service can't cope with troughs in demand, let alone peaks
	Roop Kishen
	BMJ  1996;312:1476 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Centralised paediatric intensive care beds are blocked
	Ian James
	BMJ  1996;312:1476 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Disodium pamidronate has beneficial effect in Paget's disease of bone
	Kuntal Chakravarty, Peter Merry, David G I Scott
	BMJ  1996;312:1476-1477 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Retention of drugs in venous access port chamber
	J M Fielden, T Cook, C J E Day
	BMJ  1996;312:1477 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Drug did not cause collapse of patient
	David C Crawford
	BMJ  1996;312:1477 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Port systems can safely be used for anaesthesia
	Mark Tidmarsh, Naresh Nandwani, John Wandless
	BMJ  1996;312:1477 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Authors' reply
	Myriam Ben-Arush, Moshe Berant
	BMJ  1996;312:1477 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	British urologists provide a cost effective service
	G Michael Flannigan
	BMJ  1996;312:1478 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Using condoms to prevent transmission of HIV
	John Kelly
	BMJ  1996;312:1478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7044.1478/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Abstinence and fidelity are only fully effective means of prevention
	A Grazioli
	BMJ  1996;312:1478 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Poor diet in pregnancy may be a proxy for some other hostile influence on fetal growth
	M Cosgrove, D P Davies
	BMJ  1996;312:1478-1479 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Raised adult blood pressure linked to failure to achieve growth potential in utero
	Catherine M Law, Caroline H D Fall, Christopher N Martyn, Clive Osmond
	BMJ  1996;312:1479 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Not gaining patients' consent in trials is deceitful
	Charlotte Williamson
	BMJ  1996;312:1479 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Flavonoid intake and coronary mortality
	Gema Fruhbeck
	BMJ  1996;312:1479 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Objective data trials are needed
	George Davey Smith, Yoav Ben-Shlomo
	BMJ  1996;312:1479-1480 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Authors' reply
	Paul Knekt, Antti Reunanen, Ritva Jarvinen, Jouni Maatela
	BMJ  1996;312:1480 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	GPs' management of acute back pain
	Nicholas Summerton
	BMJ  1996;312:1480 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Referral letters are inadequate
	Peter Ward, John Carvell
	BMJ  1996;312:1481 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Research on which to base guidelines is possible in primary care
	Paul Elliston
	BMJ  1996;312:1481 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Routine feedback to GPs who request microbiological tests is effective
	Alasdair P Macgowan, Raymond Feeney, Ingrid Brown, Sue Mcculloch, David Reeves, Andrew Lovering
	BMJ  1996;312:1481 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Research priorities in complementary medicine
	E Ernst, N C Abbot
	BMJ  1996;312:1481-1482 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Jumping through hoops to buy equipment
	A Hughes
	BMJ  1996;312:1482 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	British health insurers fail to learn lessons from the US
	Anthony Hopkins
	BMJ  1996;312:1482 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Orphanages in China require more funding
	Therese Hesketh
	BMJ  1996;312:1482 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Albanian orphans
	Anthony J Pelosi
	BMJ  1996;312:1482 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

News

This week's News

	Australian doctors renew battle over euthanasia
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  1996;312:1437 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	HIV in plasma is best predictor of progression to AIDS
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:1437-1438 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Headlines
	BMJ  1996;312:1438 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	No cause for alarm over baby milk, says EU
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  1996;312:1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7044.1438/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	MDU exposes drug errors
	Sandra Goldbeck-Wood
	BMJ  1996;312:1439 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Paediatric intensive care expands with 37 new beds
	S J Louise Smith
	BMJ  1996;312:1439 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	NHS Handbook criticises evidence based medicine
	Claudia Court
	BMJ  1996;312:1439-1440 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Netherlands proposes tougher antismoking laws
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  1996;312:1440 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Britain is failing to meet targets on reducing obesity
	S J Louise Smith
	BMJ  1996;312:1440 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Herbal stimulant causes US deaths
	Deb Josefson
	BMJ  1996;312:1441 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New York seeks to make chiropractic more available
	Fred B Charatan
	BMJ  1996;312:1441 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	NHS trusts criticised for staff strategies
	Alison Boulton
	BMJ  1996;312:1441 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Australian doctors' push for gun controls
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  1996;312:1442 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Organ thieving is urban myth
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  1996;312:1442 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Correction
	BMJ  1996;312:1442 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Europe's aging population
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1996;312:1442 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Cost effectiveness of lowering cholesterol concentration with statins in patients with and without pre-existing coronary heart disease: life table method applied to health authority population
	P D P Pharoah, W Hollingworth
	BMJ  1996;312:1443-1448 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Relation of indoor heating with asthma, allergic sensitisation, and bronchial responsiveness: survey of children in South Bavaria
	Erika von Mutius, Sabina Illi, Thomas Nicolai, Fernando D Martinez
	BMJ  1996;312:1448-1450 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Long term outcome by method of delivery of fetuses in breech presentation at term: population based follow up
	P J Danielian, J Wang, M H Hall
	BMJ  1996;312:1451-1453 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Prevalence of antibiotic resistance and serotypes in pneumococci in England and Wales: results of observational surveys in 1990 and 1995
	Alan P Johnson, David C E Speller, Robert C George, Marina Warner, Gil Domingue, Androulla Efstratiou
	BMJ  1996;312:1454-1456 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Seasonality of birth of patients with childhood diabetes in Britain
	P M Rothwell, A Staines, P Smail, E Wadsworth, P McKinney
	BMJ  1996;312:1456-1457 [Full text] FREE

	Rate of bone loss from lumbar spine in women with distal forearm fracture
	N F A Peel, A G Smith, R A Hannon, R Eastell, Eastell
	BMJ  1996;312:1457 [Full text] FREE

	Health of cohort of heroin addicts from London clinics: 22 year follow up
	Clive Tobutt, Edna Oppenheimer, Ronaldo Laranjeira
	BMJ  1996;312:1458 [Full text] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	Treatment of urinary incontinence in women in general practice: observational study
	Arnfinn Seim, Bjorg Sivertsen, Bjarne C Eriksen, Steinar Hunskaar
	BMJ  1996;312:1459-1462 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Knowledge of emergency compulsory detention procedures among general practitioners in Edinburgh: sample survey
	Martin Humphreys, Ann Ryman
	BMJ  1996;312:1462-1463 [Full text] FREE

	Survey of HIV patients' views on confidentiality and non-discrimination policies in general practice
	M Shaw, D Tomlinson, I Higginson
	BMJ  1996;312:1463-1464 [Full text] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Funny business
	Bernard Dixon
	BMJ  1996;312:1484 [Full text] FREE

	Green couch
	George Dunea
	BMJ  1996;312:1484 [Full text] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Moving forward: to surgery by taxi, or a home visit?
	Stephen J Parkes
	BMJ  1996;312:1485 [Full text] FREE

	Desert brainstorm
	BMJ  1996;312:1485-1486 [Full text] FREE

	Pitching it low
	Richard Orme
	BMJ  1996;312:1486 [Full text] FREE

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	The Infectious Diseases Manual
	David W Denning
	BMJ  1996;312:1488 [Full text] FREE

	Improving the Health of the Nation: The Failure of the Government's Health Reforms
	Stephen Gillam
	BMJ  1996;312:1488 [Full text] FREE

	Inquiries after Homicide
	A M P Kellam
	BMJ  1996;312:1489 [Full text] FREE

	The Friendly Professional: Selected Writings of Thurstan Brewin
	Lesley Fallowfield
	BMJ  1996;312:1489 [Full text] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Recent Advances: Clinical immunology
	Tom Eirik Mollnes, Morten Harboe
	BMJ  1996;312:1465-1469 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Lessons from international experience in controlling pharmaceutical expenditure. I: influencing patients
	Nick Freemantle, Karen Bloor
	BMJ  1996;312:1469-1471 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Lesson of the Week: Delayed diagnosis of Kawasaki disease presenting with massive lymphadenopathy and airway obstruction
	David Burgner, Marino Festa, David Isaacs
	BMJ  1996;312:1471-1472 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Statistics Notes: Comparing several groups using analysis of variance
	Douglas G Altman, J Martin Bland
	BMJ  1996;312:1472-1473 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1996;312:1490 [Full text] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Payment by results
	Robt Norden Charles Savage, Mich Feild, Walter Gatland William Anscomb, George Mace
	BMJ  1996;312:1453 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	THE COLLEAGUE WHO CHANGED MY LIFE
	Neville Conway
	BMJ  1996;312:1464 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	A MEMORABLE PATIENT
	H Klonin, C Vickery
	BMJ  1996;312:1473 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction
	BMJ  1996;312:1473 [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

	Obsessional art
	Ronan McIvor
	BMJ  1996;312:1487 [Full text] FREE

	Debating points
	Sandra Goldbeck-Wood
	BMJ  1996;312:1487 [Full text] FREE

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Funding for AIDS treatment critisised • GP trends show more women, fewer registrars, and smaller lists • Doctors must have the right to whistleblowing • BMA seeks amendments to housing bill • First report on drug pricing
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;312:1483 [Full text] FREE

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