23 May 1998(vol 316, issue 7144)

This Week In the BMJ

• District-wide initiatives to improve immunisation uptake don't work

  BMJ 1998; 316 :d (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Conjugate Hib vaccines given in infancy without booster doses may produce long term protection

  BMJ 1998; 316 :c (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Children of single parents have more accidents, more home visits, and less immunisation

  BMJ 1998; 316 :e (Published 23 May 1998)

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• GPs giving advice on child safety is effective

  BMJ 1998; 316 :f (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Avoidance of cows' milk is effective in infantile colic

  BMJ 1998; 316 :b (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Cognitive behaviour therapy is promising in childhood depressive disorder

  BMJ 1998; 316 :a (Published 23 May 1998)

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Editorials

• The importance of parenting in child health

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1545 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Diagnosing and treating chesty infants

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1546 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Provision of intensive care for children

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1547 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Breast feeding: the baby friendly initiative

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1548 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Protecting children from armed conflict

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1549 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Violence begins at home

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1551 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Pain relief in children

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1552 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Letters

• Smoking should be mentioned as cause of death on death certificates

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1606 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Intermittent low dose prednisolone is safe in rheumatoid arthritis

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1606 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Octreotide for cirrhosis after variceal bleeding

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1607 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Are the media manipulating the GMC?

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1607 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Consent may be hard to obtain for incompetent patients when relatives object

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1608 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Foot morbidity and exposure to chiropody

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1608 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• General practitioners' self assessment of knowledge

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1609 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Preventing RhD haemolytic disease of the newborn

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1611 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Mortality and distribution of income

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1611 (Published 23 May 1998)

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News

• Brundtland says she means business

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• In brief

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Links to tobacco industry influences review conclusions

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Mattress link to cot death ruled out

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Tobacco company set up network of sympathetic scientists

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Skrabanek revelled in debunking conventional thinking

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Inquiry found surgeon had high death rate for operation

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• GMC approves new ethical guidance

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Study backs tamoxifen for young women

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Radon may account for one in 20 cases of lung cancer

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Europe approves patenting of biotechnological inventions

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Private company to sequence human genome

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Doctors join human chain at G8 summit

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1553 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Toronto doctor convicted of assisting suicide

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1558 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Indian doctors call for protection against patients' complaints

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1558 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Israeli doctors call for police protection

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1558 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• All policies should be assessed for effect on health

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1558 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Scientists debate whether sperm counts are really falling

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1558 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Clinical Reviews

• Fetal medicine

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1580 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Allergy in general practice

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1584 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1618 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Editor's Choice

• Children's health starts at home

  BMJ 1998; 316 :0 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Papers

• Systematic review of efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapies in childhood and adolescent depressive disorder

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1559 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Effectiveness of treatments for infantile colic: systematic review

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1563 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Immunological response to conjugate vaccines in infants: follow up study

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1569 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Initiatives to improve childhood immunisation uptake: a randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1570 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Science commentary: Why conjugate vaccines protect longer

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1571 (Published 23 May 1998)

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General practice

• Morbidity and healthcare utilisation of children in households with one adult: comparative observational study

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1572 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• A randomised controlled trial of general practitioner safety advice for families with children under 5 years

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1576 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Education and debate

• Children and the inverse care law

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1588 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Administration of medicines in school: who is responsible?

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1591 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Personal paper: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is underdiagnosed and undertreated in BritainCommentary: Diagnosis needs tightening

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1594 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Street children in Latin America

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1596 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Children as consumers

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1600 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Concerns about using and interpreting covert video surveillanceCommentary: Covert video surveillance is acceptable— but only with a rigorous protocol

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1603 (Published 23 May 1998)

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MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

• BMA council agrees structure for devolutionDoctors welcome public health green paperNHS needs occupational health serviceNHS complaints must be speeded upBMA annual report

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1615 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Soundings

• The other side

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1616 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Children have feelings too

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1616 (Published 23 May 1998)

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MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

• Di Bella's miracle method

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1617 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Career focus

• Flexible training? What are the opportunities?

  BMJ 1998; 316 :S2-7144 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Briefing

  BMJ 1998; 316 :S3-7144 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Briefing

  BMJ 1998; 316 :S3a-7144 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Briefing

  BMJ 1998; 316 :S3b-7144 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Corrections

• Effect of doctors' ethnicity and country of qualification on prescribing patterns in single handed general practices: linkage of information collected by questionnaire and from routine data

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1576 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• ABC of allergies

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1584 (Published 23 May 1998)

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• Miscellaneous

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1603 (Published 23 May 1998)

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Obituary

• William Lees PriceSir Douglas RangerKeith William ReynoldsAlastair Irvine Gordon RobertsonBasil RoebuckNigel Richard SaundersHarold SchniedenEdward Theodore ShennanAlan Sopwith SimpsonKenneth Swire SouthamJames Maryons (“Jim”) StansfeldEdmund Louis WardHenry Robin Watson-BakerAnthony John White

  BMJ 1998; 316 :1613 (Published 23 May 1998)

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