17 October 1998(vol 317, issue 7165)

This Week In the BMJ

• Testing for D-dimer is useful in diagnosing venous thrombosis

  BMJ 1998; 317 :b (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Younger HIV positive men have higher risk of acquiring gonorrhoea

  BMJ 1998; 317 :f (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Nurses can safely manage half of out of hours calls in primary care

  BMJ 1998; 317 :g (Published 17 October 1998)

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• A third of women would prefer a female breast surgeon

  BMJ 1998; 317 :e (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Ethnicity is more important than social class in young people's use of health services

  BMJ 1998; 317 :d (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Getting clinicians to use evidence from systematic reviews is difficult

  BMJ 1998; 317 :c (Published 17 October 1998)

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Editorials

• Severe mental illness in prisoners

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1025 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• NHS Direct

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1026 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Changing practice in maternity care

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1027 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Sticks and stones

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1028 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Fluoroquinolone resistance

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1029 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Letters

• Practicalities of warfare required service personnel to be vaccinated against anthrax

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1077 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• European Medicines Evaluation Agency is ahead of national licensing authorities

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1078 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Identifying asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with persistent cough

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1078 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• NSAIDs need not usually be withheld after orthopaedic surgery

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1079 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Cost effectiveness of community leg ulcer clinics

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1079 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Terminology for early pregnancy loss must be changed

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1081 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Medical and psychological effects of early discharge after surgery for breast cancer

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1081 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Outcome of low back pain in general practice

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1083 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Successful treatment of toenail mycosis with terbinafine and itraconazole gives long term benefits

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1084 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Post-exposure prophylaxis against HIV infection is hard to supply for expatriate staff

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1084 (Published 17 October 1998)

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News

• Beef safety compromised, says former CMO

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1031 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Nobel prize for medicine awarded for work on nitric oxide

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1031 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• In brief

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1032 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• AIDS deaths fall by nearly one half

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1032 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• South African AIDS plan criticised

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1032 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• British GP may face further murder charges

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1033 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Cancer diagnosis is often missed

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1033 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Environmental policy must take into account public opinion

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1033 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Health of the Nation deemed a failure

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1034 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Suspension of hepatitis B vaccinationcondemned

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1034 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Oral treatment for hepatitis B gets approval in United States

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1034 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Tories urge private cash for NHS

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1035 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• “Liquid ecstasy” trading to be investigated

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1035 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• GP cooperatives in Scotland benefit patients and doctors

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1035 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Chiropractic treatment is of limited benefit

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1036 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Ireland's waiting list initiative is failing

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1036 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Clinical Reviews

• Medical microbiology

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1060 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Oxygen at high altitude

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1063 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Views & Reviews

• September Bestsellers

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1090 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Soundbites

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1090 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Minerva

• Minerva

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1092 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Editor's Choice

• Such things as values

  BMJ 1998; 317 :a (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Such things as values

  BMJ 1998; 317 :0 (Published 17 October 1998)

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News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

• Doctors win South African registration battle

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1036 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Papers

• D-dimer testing as an adjunct to ultrasonography in patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis: prospective cohort study

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1037 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Randomised trial of educational visits to enhance use of systematic reviews in 25 obstetric units

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1041 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Use of health services by children and young people according to ethnicity and social class: secondary analysis of a national survey

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1047 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Patients' preference for male or female breast surgeons: questionnaire study

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1051 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Factors associated with gonorrhoea in men aware of being positive for HIV infection: case-control study

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1052 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Science Commentary

• Vaginal viricides—another way to tackle HIV transmission

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1053 (Published 17 October 1998)

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General Practice

• Safety and effectiveness of nurse telephone consultation in out of hours primary care: randomised controlled trial

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1054 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Education and debate

• Rationing and the health authority

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1067 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Validity of advertising claims for multivitamin preparation Vitacor 20/90 on the internet

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1069 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Theories of masculinity

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1072 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• What outcomes should be measured?

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1075 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Letter

• Use of calcium channel blockers and risk of suicide

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1076 (Published 17 October 1998)

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MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

• Medicopolitical digestHealth department shows lack of understandingBMA council supports action over review body remitBMA calls for urgent decision on ViagraConsultants are wary of revalidation proposalDoctors oppose regulation changesGetting consultant advice to PCGs

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1086 (Published 17 October 1998)

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MEDICINE AND MULTIMEDIA

• The Woman in the Surgeon's Body

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1088 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Regulating How We Die: The Ethical, Medical and Legal Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicide

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1088 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• How Science Takes Stock: the Story of Meta-analysis

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1088 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1088 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• The National Research Register

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1088 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Personal View

• Virtual politics in the new NHS

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1091 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Soundings

• We won't forget you, Bill

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1091 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Career focus

• Starting a new consultant post

  BMJ 1998; 317 :S2-7165 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Briefing

  BMJ 1998; 317 :S3-7165 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Briefing

  BMJ 1998; 317 :S3a-7165 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Briefing

  BMJ 1998; 317 :S3b-7165 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Fillers

• Prescribing pressures

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1053 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• Medicine in Holland

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1053 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• An oldfashioned miracle

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1053 (Published 17 October 1998)

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• The Roumanian soldier and the spirit ration

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1060 (Published 17 October 1998)

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Obituary

• ObituariesJohn Bruce BittinerAmélie BoydDavid Christy DunnJudith Anne HardyLeonard Shenfield

  BMJ 1998; 317 :1085 (Published 17 October 1998)

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