This Week In the BMJ Cost effectiveness should count in choosing a strategy for eradicating Helicobacter pylori BMJ 1998; 316 :d (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Clinical information system based on the individual patient BMJ 1998; 316 :e (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Untreated visual impairment is common in elderly people BMJ 1998; 316 :c (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Effect of lifetime socioeconomic position on mortality varies with cause of death BMJ 1998; 316 :a (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Socioeconomic inequalities for specific diseases show north-south gradient in Europe BMJ 1998; 316 :b (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Editorials Professional and practice development plans for primary care teams BMJ 1998; 316 :1619 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Responses The health of adult Europe BMJ 1998; 316 :1620 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Applying research evidence to individual patients BMJ 1998; 316 :1621 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Renegotiating medicine's contract with patients BMJ 1998; 316 :1622 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Medical ethics and law as a core subject in medical education BMJ 1998; 316 :1623 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF Data support extended use of levonorgestrel intrauterine systems BMJ 1998; 316 :1671 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Are sex and death related? BMJ 1998; 316 :1671 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Cancer in the offspring of radiation workers BMJ 1998; 316 :1672 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Cognitive impairment and survival in very elderly people BMJ 1998; 316 :1673 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Medical students may not like statistics, but as doctors they will BMJ 1998; 316 :1674 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Effect of moderate alcohol consumption on Lp(a) lipoprotein concentrations BMJ 1998; 316 :1675 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Information “Nuggets” are not easy to find quickly BMJ 1998; 316 :1676 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Interventions to treat shoulder pain BMJ 1998; 316 :1676 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Suspension of consultant raises serious issues BMJ 1998; 316 :1677 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses News Israel bans import of sildenafil citrate after six deaths in the US BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Responses Sildenafil citrate contraindicated with organic nitrates BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission In brief BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Prostate cancer screening reduces deaths BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Spanish anaesthetist infects patients with hepatitis C BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission UK waiting lists grow longer BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission GPs may be balloted over NHS reforms BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission MRC cleared of unethical research practices BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Gene variation linked to cervical cancer BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Families win right to compensation over CJD BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission British nurse loses passive smoking case BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission New York's junior doctors work illegally long hours BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses London to have single NHS region BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Hospital used to house healthy children BMJ 1998; 316 :1625 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Clinical Reviews Evidence based case report: Twenty year cough in a non-smoker BMJ 1998; 316 :1660 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Responses Lesson of the week: Scurvy in patients with cancer BMJ 1998; 316 :1661 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Views & Reviews Minerva BMJ 1998; 316 :1684 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Editor's Choice Betraying clinicians? BMJ 1998; 316 :0 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Papers Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood and cause specific adult mortality: prospective observational study BMJ 1998; 316 :1631 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Occupational class and cause specific mortality in middle aged men in 11 European countries: comparison of population based studiesCommentary: Unequal inequalities across Europe BMJ 1998; 316 :1636 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Prevalence of serious eye disease and visual impairment in a north London population: population based, cross sectional study BMJ 1998; 316 :1643 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Responses Following up outpatients by telephone: pilot study BMJ 1998; 316 :1647 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Responses General practice Varying efficacy of Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens: cost effectiveness study using a decision analysis modelCommentary: Helicobacter pylori eradication in primary care BMJ 1998; 316 :1648 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Information in practice The anatomy of a clinical information system BMJ 1998; 316 :1655 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Responses Netlines BMJ 1998; 316 :1659 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Education and debate Economic evaluation in health: a thumb nail sketch BMJ 1998; 316 :1663 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Managing demand: Matching demand and supply fairly and efficiently BMJ 1998; 316 :1665 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Health needs assessment: Whose priorities? Listening to users and the public BMJ 1998; 316 :1668 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST GMC starts consultation on SHO trainingImprovements agreed in GP retainer schemeNew moves on mental healthBMA council supports Scottish action on PFI hospitalBMA council election 1998-2000 BMJ 1998; 316 :1680 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Soundings What kind of memory? BMJ 1998; 316 :1681 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Personal View Papa, Nicole, and the guideline industry BMJ 1998; 316 :1681 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Medicine and books Dispelling the Myths About Addiction: Strategies to Increase Understanding and Strengthen Research; Care of Drug Users in General Practice: a Harm Minimisation Approach BMJ 1998; 316 :1683 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Shell-Shock: A History of the Changing Attitude to War Neurosis BMJ 1998; 316 :1683 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Career focus Working in Spain BMJ 1998; 316 :S2-7145 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Briefing BMJ 1998; 316 :S3-7145 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Briefing BMJ 1998; 316 :S3a-7145 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Briefing BMJ 1998; 316 :S3b-7145 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Fillers Alternative definitions BMJ 1998; 316 :1648 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Responses Doing as they are told BMJ 1998; 316 :1658 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Fifty years ago: The new NHS: Safeguards secured BMJ 1998; 316 :1661 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission A memorable patient: Fear of tuberculosis BMJ 1998; 316 :1682 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Corrections Punishment of doctors must fit their crime BMJ 1998; 316 :p (Published 30 May 1998) Permission Evaluation of reagent strips in detecting asymptomatic bacteriuria in early pregnancy: prospective case series BMJ 1998; 316 :1642 (Published 30 May 1998) Permission ObituaryDownload PDF Sir Francis Avery JonesArthur Milton BowlerArthur Moreland BrownRichard Morris ButlerAlistair Hugh CameronPeter Bruno D'SouzaJames William FawcettLionel Travers (“Leo”) MartinElspeth Marguerita Whittaker StokesVerna WrightPhilip Metcalfe Yeoman BMJ 1998; 316 :1678 (Published 30 May 1998) PDF Permission Back to top PreviousNext