This week's This week in the BMJ

	Alcohol may protect against active H pylori infection [Full text] FREE

	Surgery is not as effective in stress incontinence as textbooks suggest [Full text] FREE

	Falling social status increases risk of having low birth weight infant [Full text] FREE

	Risk of thromboembolic stroke increases marginally with modern oral contraceptives [Full text] FREE

	GPs' perceptions of patients' expectations determine prescribing decisions [Full text] FREE

	RhD haemolytic disease is underreported in official statistics [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Profiting from closure: the private finance initiative and the NHS
	David Price
	BMJ  1997;315:1479-1480 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing RhD haemolytic disease of the newborn
	Bob van Dijk
	BMJ  1997;315:1480-1481 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Helicobacter pylori and its interaction with risk factors for chronic disease
	David J A Jenkins
	BMJ  1997;315:1481-1482 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pressure to prescribe
	Trisha Greenhalgh, Paramjit Gill
	BMJ  1997;315:1482-1483 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based practice in mental health
	John Geddes, Shirley Reynolds, David Streiner, Peter Szatmari
	BMJ  1997;315:1483-1484 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and coronary heart disease
	David Taylor-Robinson, Kei Numazaki, Shunzo Chiba, S M Tauzeeh
	BMJ  1997;315:1538 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Changes in PLAB examination will have implications for overseas doctors
	Anita Berlin, Paramjit Gill, Richard Stone
	BMJ  1997;315:1539 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic disease in institutionalised patients
	Stephen Moore, A J Sinclair, A J Bayer, David Molyneux, J Paul Milnes, Sue Cochrane, Janet Henderson
	BMJ  1997;315:1539 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Advice on long term corticosteroid treatment will be clarified
	P Arlett, M Rawlins
	BMJ  1997;315:1540 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for genital chlamydial infection in women in general practice
	Miriam Santer, Tim Stokes, Rashmi Shukla, Paul Schober
	BMJ  1997;315:1540-1541 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Junior doctors need to work more than 48 hours a week
	A M Hamade, A K AlDabbagh
	BMJ  1997;315:1541 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening remand prisoners for drug misuse would be improved by training doctors better
	Rosemary J Wool
	BMJ  1997;315:1541-1542 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Factors influencing relative weights of placenta and newborn infant
	Philip Steer, Sharon Evans, John Newnham, Lucy Williams
	BMJ  1997;315:1542 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Exercise is beneficial adjunctive treatment in depression
	Sarah Beesley, Nanette Mutrie
	BMJ  1997;315:1542-1543 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postgraduate education for general practitioners
	Jamie Bahrami, W F Cunningham, James Barbour, Phil Taylor
	BMJ  1997;315:1543 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence is needed that ß blockade alone reduces mortality in hypertension
	L H Opie
	BMJ  1997;315:1544 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fees for opinions and information are not always justified
	Martyn J F Davidson, Abigail M Sargent, Iain A McCoubrey
	BMJ  1997;315:1544 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMA remains impartial on professional issues in dispute between two consultants
	E M Armstrong
	BMJ  1997;315:1544 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Inquiry ordered after organ donor found to have CJD
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	El Niño causes diarrhoea outbreaks
	Adam Easton
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	HIV epidemic is far worse than thought
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	Researchers' offices raided over banned AIDS drug
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	UK needs an extra 1000 doctors
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	EU approves rights to genetic material
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	Mothers should breast feed for at least a year
	Charles-Gene McDaniel
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS aims to improve care for colorectal cancer
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	US state rules that a viable fetus is a person
	Norra Macready
	BMJ  1997;315:1485-1488 [Extract] [Full text]

	Antiretroviral combinations do not eliminate HIV entirely
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1997;315:i- [Extract] [Full text]

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Questioning behaviour in general practice: a pragmatic study
	A Richard Barrie, Alison M Ward
	BMJ  1997;315:1512-1515 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	What can PACT tell us about prescribing in general practice?
	Azeem Majeed, Norman Evans, Paula Head
	BMJ  1997;315:1515-1519 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Netlines
	Mark Pallen
	BMJ  1997;315:1519 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Aetiology, diagnosis, investigation, and management of the cardiomyopathies
	Celia Oakley
	BMJ  1997;315:1520-1524 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of palliative care: Emergencies
	Stephen Falk, Marie Fallon
	BMJ  1997;315:1525-1528 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: long term sequelae of missed tendon injuries at the ankle
	N S Thompson, S A Henderson
	BMJ  1997;315:1528-1529 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	The influence of patients' hopes of receiving a prescription on doctors' perceptions and the decision to prescribe: a questionnaire survey
	Nicky Britten, Obioha Ukoumunne
	BMJ  1997;315:1506-1510 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Use of general practitioner computerised records to create a population based twin sample: pilot study based on Parkinson's disease
	C H Hawkes, A M Macdonald, A H V Schapira
	BMJ  1997;315:1510-1511 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Fear God and work hard
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  1997;315:1548 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Treating lung cancer in the NHS market
	Hilary Pickles
	BMJ  1997;315:1548-1549 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Are we promoting stress and anxiety?
	Peter Whelan
	BMJ  1997;315:1549-1550 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Men v women v animals in drug advertisements
	Lars Breimer
	BMJ  1997;315:1550 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	21st Century Miracle Medicine, by Alexandra Wyke
	Bryan Jennett
	BMJ  1997;315:1551 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Ethical debate: The dilemma of the incapacitated patient who has previously refused consent for surgery (The case history)
	J McFadzean, J P Monson, J D Watson, J H Coakley
	BMJ  1997;315:1530-1531 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consent may not be needed to save life
	Patrick Hoyte
	BMJ  1997;315:1531-1532 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Previous refusal of consent may not be relevant
	Arthur L Caplan, John Hansen-Flaschen
	BMJ  1997;315:1532 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Meta-analysis: Principles and procedures
	Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith, Andrew N Phillips
	BMJ  1997;315:1533-1537 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1997;315:1552 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: "A list of complaints or..."
	Surinder Singh
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A case I will never forget: The wrong diagnosis
	David Haslam
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Any questions: Treating resistant otitis externa
	A Richard Maw
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Alternative definitions
	Ambrose Bierce
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Unavoidable
	Ambrose Bierce
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Words to the wise:
	Grant Hutchison
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	What do medical students think of flexible training?
	Aparna Sinha, Alison Cook
	BMJ  1997;315:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	The hierarchy of organs and political incorrectness
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

SELECTION

This week's SELECTION

	Selection
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Taxation is fairest way to fund NHS • Primary care will get more R&D • NHS salaried doctors given go ahead • GMSC will represent "part 1" doctors • Dealing with violent patients
	BMJ  1997;315:1547 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	William Robert Burkitt
	BMJ  1997;315:1545 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Relation of smoking and alcohol and coffee consumption to active Helicobacter pylori infection: cross sectional study
	Hermann Brenner, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Günter Bode, Guido Adler
	BMJ  1997;315:1489-1492 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of surgery for stress incontinence on morbidity: cohort study
	Nick Black, Joanne Griffiths, Catherine Pope, Ann Bowling, Paul Abel
	BMJ  1997;315:1493-1498 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Change in social status and risk of low birth weight in Denmark: population based cohort study
	Olga Basso, Jørn Olsen, Anne Mette T Johansen, Kaare Christensen
	BMJ  1997;315:1498-1502 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Case-control study of oral contraceptives and risk of thromboembolic stroke: results from international study on oral contraceptives and health of young women
	Lothar A J Heinemann, Michael A Lewis, Margaret Thorogood, Walter O Spitzer, Irene Guggenmoos-Holzmann, Rudolf Bruppacher
	BMJ  1997;315:1502-1504 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Underreporting of mortality from RhD haemolytic disease in Scotland and its implications: retrospective review
	Charles R Whitfield, Alaeddin Raafat, Stanislaw J Urbaniak
	BMJ  1997;315:1504-1505 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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