An alternative for the NHS
	C Ham
	BMJ  1994;308:485-486 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Generalists in medicine
	D P Gray, R Steele, K Sweeney, P Evans
	BMJ  1994;308:486-487 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Community hospitals in the new NHS
	S Ramaiah
	BMJ  1994;308:487-488 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Rabies in endemic countries
	J K Dutta, T K Dutta
	BMJ  1994;308:488-489 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Traditional Chinese medicine for eczema
	J Harper
	BMJ  1994;308:489-490 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	European directive on confidential data: a threat to epidemiology
	E Lynge
	BMJ  1994;308:490 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Capture-recapture techniques Quick and cheap
	W Gutteridge, C Collin, W E Waters, J F P Black, D G McLarty, D Mtasiwa
	BMJ  1994;308:531 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Birth weight and blood pressure No evidence for a U shaped relation
	P M Fayer, M De Swiet, L J Launer, A Hofman, D E Grobbee
	BMJ  1994;308:532 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Intrauterine growth and serum cholesterol Link may be spurious
	M Mongelli, J Gardosi, D J P Barker, C H D Fall, C N Martyn, C Osmond, C N Hales
	BMJ  1994;308:532 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Minimally invasive surgery More invasive than it looks
	A C Skinner, W H Turner, J C Smith
	BMJ  1994;308:532-533 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Renal failure after topical use of NSAIDs
	A H N Fernando, R M Temple, S Thomas, H A Lee
	BMJ  1994;308:533 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Long term use of sumatriptan
	D K Lloyd, W S G Arnold
	BMJ  1994;308:533 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Mesalazine toxicity
	D Honeybourne
	BMJ  1994;308:533-534 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Safety of tamoxifen
	G M Williams
	BMJ  1994;308:534 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Genetic susceptibility to non-insulin dependent diabetes
	L Groop, G F Bottazzo
	BMJ  1994;308:534 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Breast feeding and diabetes mellitus
	M R Kiln, D Henschel, L Kiln
	BMJ  1994;308:534-535 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Genetic prediction of adult onset disease
	S A Simpson, J C S Dean, N E Haites
	BMJ  1994;308:535 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Clusters of anophthalmia
	I Leck
	BMJ  1994;308:535 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Tuberculous pericarditis
	A Wijesundere, S H Siribaddana
	BMJ  1994;308:535 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Imaging methods used in acute aortic dissection
	J H Reid, I N Gillespie
	BMJ  1994;308:535-536 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Sharing journals and reference books
	D C Banks
	BMJ  1994;308:536 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Radiological assessment of the knee in children
	S R Harries, E A Jenkins, R G Hull
	BMJ  1994;308:536 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Medical ethics and human reproduction: Scientists predict unbalanced future with sex selection
	K N Laland, J Kumm, M W Feldman, S R Brennan
	BMJ  1994;308:536 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Human rights in Iraq and Iran
	D Summerfield
	BMJ  1994;308:536-537 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Salt and asthma
	P Kotanko, F Skrabal
	BMJ  1994;308:537 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Incentives in the internal market
	R Eban
	BMJ  1994;308:537 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Use of a telephone advice line in an A and E department
	L Hodgson, R Hardern
	BMJ  1994;308:537 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Bed sharing and sudden infant death syndrome
	A J Bourne, S M Beal, R W Byard
	BMJ  1994;308:537-538 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Prostitution: would legislation help?
	S V Carr, D Goldberg, S T Green
	BMJ  1994;308:538 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	GP facilitators and HIV infection: Heterosexual infection less common than other routes
	B Davis, L Grun, E Murray, B Guthrie, F Stinton, G Reilly, S Barton, H Lempp, E Rink, S Singh, M King, K Bashir
	BMJ  1994;308:538 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Allergy testing in supermarkets: Misleads susceptible people
	A B Kay, J C Ashley, M J Nelson
	BMJ  1994;308:539 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

News

This week's News

	Inquiry into serial killer criticises hospital's response
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:491 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Labour promises to shake up NHS
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;308:492 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	British government bans BMA's private fees guide
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;308:492-493 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US takes Gulf war illnesses seriously
	G McBride
	BMJ  1994;308:493-494 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Clinton's plan will cost more, not less, says Congress
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:494 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US panel asks for sea change in peptic ulcer therapy
	F B Charatan
	BMJ  1994;308:494 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US milk cannot be labelled hormone free, says FDA
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:495 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Australian doctors attack health reforms
	C Zinn
	BMJ  1994;308:495 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Doctors face manslaughter charges
	O Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:495-496 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Guy's Hospital will stop acute care
	J Smith
	BMJ  1994;308:496 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	The pattern of London's health services is still shadowy
	J Smith
	BMJ  1994;308:496 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring
	K Mahomed, R Nyoni, T Mulambo, J Kasule, E Jacobus
	BMJ  1994;308:497-500 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Effect of oral gamolenic acid from evening primrose oil on menopausal flushing
	R Chenoy, S Hussain, Y Tayob, P M S O'Brien, M Y Moss, P F Morse
	BMJ  1994;308:501-503 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Risk of gynaecomastia associated with cimetidine, omeprazole, and other antiulcer drugs
	L A Garcia Rodriguez, H Jick
	BMJ  1994;308:503-506 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Use of antidepressants among people committing suicide in Sweden
	G Isaccsson, P Holmgren, D Wasserman, U Bergman
	BMJ  1994;308:506-509 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Provision of consumer health information in general practice
	B J Elliott, J S Polkinhorn
	BMJ  1994;308:509-510 [Full text] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	Short term effect of withdrawal of diuretic drugs prescribed for ankle oedema
	J W de Jonge, J A Knottnerus, W M van Zutphen, G A de Bruijne, H A J Struijker-Boudier
	BMJ  1994;308:511-513 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Enriching Careers in General Practice New roles for general practitioners
	S Handysides
	BMJ  1994;308:513-516 [Full text] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	A Difficult Case Should an elderly diabetic woman with a right below knee amputation and an infected sore on her left heel be operated on for a fractured hip
	M Heim, Y Zievner, H Nadorvna, M Azaria, C V Ruckley, L Klenerman, P Laing, R B Duthie, J Scott
	BMJ  1994;308:517 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Grand Rounds - Hammersmith Hospital Late presentation of Kartagener's syndrome Consequences of ciliary dysfunction
	M Perraudeau
	BMJ  1994;308:519 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	The ethics of data utilisation: a comparison between epidemiology and journalism
	C-G Westrin, T Nilstun
	BMJ  1994;308:522-523 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	ABC of Emergency Radiology THE HIP
	P Sanville, D A Nicholson, P A Driscoll
	BMJ  1994;308:524-528 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	Medicopolitical digest
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;308:540 [Full text] FREE

	Consultants don't cry
	C Douglas
	BMJ  1994;308:541 [Full text] FREE

	Fears about exercise
	T Smith
	BMJ  1994;308:541 [Full text] FREE

	Once a dark secret
	Anonymous
	BMJ  1994;308:542 [Full text] FREE

	Riding the storm
	Anonymous
	BMJ  1994;308:542-543 [Full text] FREE

	Charlatans and sharks
	C Sonnex
	BMJ  1994;308:543 [Full text] FREE

	Managing Children with Psychiatric Problems
	D Black
	BMJ  1994;308:544 [Full text] FREE

	Community Mental Health Care: International Perspectives on Making it Happen
	S Sussman
	BMJ  1994;308:544-545 [Full text] FREE

	Toxic Terror: The Truth Behind the Cancer Scares
	D J J Heederik
	BMJ  1994;308:545 [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1994;308:546 [Full text] FREE

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