Editor's Choice Editor's choice BMJ 1996; 313 :0; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission News Kidney donation rules expanded in Israel BMJ 1996; 313 :1282; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Ontario doctors stand firm against government BMJ 1996; 313 :1284; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Low triglyceride concentrations may be cardiac risk factor BMJ 1996; 313 :1281; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission HIV positive surgeon allowed to operate BMJ 1996; 313 :1279; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Britain fails to stop 48 hour week limit BMJ 1996; 313 :1283; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Counselling has grown haphazardly BMJ 1996; 313 :1279; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Gene locus for Parkinson's found BMJ 1996; 313 :1281; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Alternatives to “999” emergency service sought BMJ 1996; 313 :1283; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission In Brief BMJ 1996; 313 :1280; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Health gains status in European Union BMJ 1996; 313 :1282; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Legal rights for patients demanded BMJ 1996; 313 :1284; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission High Court to rule on patient in near vegetative state BMJ 1996; 313 :1280; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission German doctors protest against “organ tourism” BMJ 1996; 313 :1282; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Australia puts curbs on foreign doctors BMJ 1996; 313 :1284; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission No need to keep taking the medicine BMJ 1996; 313 :1281; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Minerva Minerva BMJ 1996; 313 :1342; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Corrections Correction BMJ 1996; 313 :1322; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Correction BMJ 1996; 313 :1335; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Editorials A gene for Parkinson's disease? BMJ 1996; 313 :1278; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Lipids and secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease BMJ 1996; 313 :1273; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Allocating budgets for fundholding and prescribing BMJ 1996; 313 :1274; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Cervical sampling devices BMJ 1996; 313 :1275; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Home birth BMJ 1996; 313 :1276; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission The future of the NHS BMJ 1996; 313 :1277; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Letters Use of “population served” distorted findings BMJ 1996; 313 :1329; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Intracytoplasmic sperm injection BMJ 1996; 313 :1334; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Authors' reply BMJ 1996; 313 :1329; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Smoking is part of a causal chain BMJ 1996; 313 :1332; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Patients should be given more information about drugs during consultations BMJ 1996; 313 :1330; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Illustration of sperm may show attachment of potentially pathogenic micro-organisms BMJ 1996; 313 :1334; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Cardiac troponin T in unstable angina BMJ 1996; 313 :1330; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Does measurement of troponin T add to ability to stratify risk? BMJ 1996; 313 :1330; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Many infants move from position in which they are put to sleep BMJ 1996; 313 :1333; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Post-exposure prophylaxis after needlestick injuries would require change in management BMJ 1996; 313 :1335; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Authors' reply BMJ 1996; 313 :1330; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Health for all by the year 2000 BMJ 1996; 313 :1331; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Authors' reply BMJ 1996; 313 :1333; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Pulmonary artery catheterisation BMJ 1996; 313 :1328; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Liberal Democrats' health policy merited more detail BMJ 1996; 313 :1335; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Much can still be done BMJ 1996; 313 :1331; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Proposed moratorium on use of pulmonary artery catheters is premature BMJ 1996; 313 :1328; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Recorded consultations for children under 5 have increased considerably in general practice BMJ 1996; 313 :1334; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Pulmonary artery catheters should be banned from intensive care units BMJ 1996; 313 :1328; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Code of practice on managing tuberculosis is satisfactory BMJ 1996; 313 :1331; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure should be restricted to scientific research BMJ 1996; 313 :1334; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Tertiary cancer services BMJ 1996; 313 :1329; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Sudden infant death syndrome BMJ 1996; 313 :1332; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Career focus Briefing BMJ 1996; 313 :S3a-7068; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Certify a specialist BMJ 1996; 313 :S2-7068; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Briefing BMJ 1996; 313 :S3-7068; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Education and debate Promoting efficiency in the NHS: problems with the labour productivity index BMJ 1996; 313 :1319; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Confine yourself to forms of English that are easily understood BMJ 1996; 313 :1321; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Commentary: Freedom of expression should be preserved BMJ 1996; 313 :1323; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Grand Rounds—Nottingham City Hospital: A rare cause of superior vena cava obstruction BMJ 1996; 313 :1324; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Fillers A MOST MEMORABLE PATIENT BMJ 1996; 313 :1323; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission WHEN I USE A WORD BMJ 1996; 313 :1326; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission General practice Prospective regional study of planned home births BMJ 1996; 313 :1302; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Collaborative survey of perinatal loss in planned and unplanned home births BMJ 1996; 313 :1306; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Outcome of planned home and planned hospital births in low risk pregnancies: prospective study in midwifery practices in the Netherlands BMJ 1996; 313 :1309; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Home versus hospital deliveries: follow up study of matched pairs for procedures and outcome BMJ 1996; 313 :1313; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA The enemy and the experiment BMJ 1996; 313 :1339; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST Rules on extracontractual referrals relaxedNHS white paper proposes three projectsOmbudsman now has a role in clinical complaintsTrusts should have flexibility over manpower BMJ 1996; 313 :1336; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Medicine and books Health Interview Surveys. Towards international harmonisation of methods and instruments BMJ 1996; 313 :1341; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Measuring the Quality of Life: From Theory to Practice BMJ 1996; 313 :1341; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Microbe Hunters—Then and Now BMJ 1996; 313 :1340; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case BMJ 1996; 313 :1340; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Papers Relation between sampling device and detection of abnormality in cervical smears: a meta-analysis of randomised and quasi-randomised studies BMJ 1996; 313 :1285; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Conservative management of mechanical neck pain: systematic overview and meta-analysis BMJ 1996; 313 :1291; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Effect of population mixing and socioeconomic status in England and Wales, 1979–85, on lymphoblastic leukaemia in children BMJ 1996; 313 :1297; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Absence of oats toxicity in adult coeliac disease BMJ 1996; 313 :1300; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Responses Personal Views Symptomatic prescribing reappraised BMJ 1996; 313 :1338; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission Soundings Every package needs a government health warning BMJ 1996; 313 :1337; (Published 23 November 1996) Permission A professional opinion? 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