06 February 1999(vol 318, issue 7180)

This Week In the BMJ

• Patients with somatisation disorders need considered explanations

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• UK screening for congenital cataracts needs improving

  BMJ 1999; 318 :d (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Left ventricular dysfunction is common but difficult to detect

  BMJ 1999; 318 :e (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Leg symptoms do not correlate with varicose veins

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• Community Care Act has targeted care better

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This Week In the BMJ

• >Modelling is useful in evaluating early withdrawal of women from smear test programmes

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Editorials

• The genomic challenge

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• Emergency contraception: is it time to change method?

  BMJ 1999; 318 :342 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Benign prostatic hyperplasia

  BMJ 1999; 318 :343 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Changing practice in growth monitoring

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• Evidence based mergers?

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• The impact of new technologies in medicine

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Letters

• JAMA's editor sacked

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• Teachers should aim to be stimulating rather than entertaining

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• Clinicians and epidemiologists view crude death rates differently

  BMJ 1999; 318 :395 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Misusers may receive methadone from drug centres and GPs simultaneously

  BMJ 1999; 318 :395 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• BMA's gold medal award to the president of the South African Medical Association

  BMJ 1999; 318 :396 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• More extensive analysis is needed when assessing facial structure in SIDS

  BMJ 1999; 318 :396 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Alcohol consumption is not related to fertility in Italian women

  BMJ 1999; 318 :397 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• NHS breast screening programme

  BMJ 1999; 318 :397 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Some American driving licences double as organ donor cards

  BMJ 1999; 318 :399 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Opt out registers for organ donation have existed in Belgium since 1987

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• Rate of carotid endarterectomy in Wessex might already be higher than necessary

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• Link between breast cancer and ATM gene is strong

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• Minerva should not review retrospective audits

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News

• Bill paves way for new round of NHS changes

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• UK nurses awarded large pay rise

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• Bristol doctor refused accessto confidential GMC notes

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• Senegal outlaws female genital mutilation

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• Netherlands sets up euthanasia advisory body

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• Heart attack patients do better in America's “best” hospitals

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• UK doctors' revalidation should be linked to registration

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• Inquiry says surgeons should stop operating if patient dies

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• UN assesses aid needed for Colombian earthquake zone

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• More doctors and donors needed for transplantation in the UK

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• Researchers implant tissue engineered bladders

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• Waiting times in British casualty departments remain too long

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• UK plan for Food Standards Agency

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• Toronto research funding dispute

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• European observatory will promote better health policy 165

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Clinical Reviews

• Modern drug treatment of chronic asthma

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• Treatment for head lice

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• Erectile dysfunction

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Minerva

• Minerva

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Editor's Choice

• Knowing when not to operate

  BMJ 1999; 318 :0 (Published 06 February 1999)

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Editor's Choice [GP]

• Knowing when not to operate

  BMJ 1999; 318 :a (Published 06 February 1999)

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Papers

• What are the symptoms of varicose veins? Edinburgh vein study cross sectional population survey

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• Withdrawing low risk women from cervical screening programmes: mathematical modelling studyCommentary: trials versus models in appraising screening programmes

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• National cross sectional study of detection of congenital and infantile cataract in the United Kingdom: role of childhood screening and surveillance

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• Comparison of residential and nursing home care before and after the 1993 community care policy

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• Laterality of lower limb amputation in diabetic patients: retrospective audit

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General Practice

• Prevalence and clinical characteristics of left ventricular dysfunction among elderly patients in general practice setting: cross sectional survey

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• Patients' perceptions of medical explanations for somatisation disorders: qualitative analysis

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Information in practice

• NHSnet—learning from academia

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Education and debate

• Clinical guidelines—the hidden costs

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MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

• BMA ends link with HealthcallNHS staff planning to be integratedScottish GPs will be consulted on NHS white paperBMA gives evidence on private health care

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MULTIMEDIA

• Addicted

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• Evaluating Health Promotion

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• The Spine and Medical Negligence

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• On-the-Job Training for Physicians

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• Elsie Inglis

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• George falls for Bill

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• WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

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Personal View

• Should we accept all comers?

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Soundings

• In which we served

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Career focus

• “Longlisting” from application forms

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• Briefing

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Fillers

• An annoying sound

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• Mind over matter

  BMJ 1999; 318 :367 (Published 06 February 1999)

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• Homogenous/homogeneous

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• Spoken words losing their identity

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• Edward Jenner's Inquiry after 200 years

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• Postmortem movements

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Corrections

• Resistance to antibiotics

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• Elective caesarean on request

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Obituary

• John Norman AgateHenry Dundas CockburnEdgar Colin Colin-JonesWilfrid Henry Russell CookKenneth HazellFrank Marr MilneJames Joseph MurrayJohn Richard RoseDerek Seymour-JonesJohn Emerson (“Jack”) SimpsonAlice Eleanora TownsleyCatrin Williams

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