Small bowel transplantation
	Nicole Brousse, Olivier Goulet
	BMJ  1996;312:261-262 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Housing reform: getting tough on poor people
	Jim Connelly
	BMJ  1996;312:262-263 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Near patient testing in primary care
	Richard Hobbs
	BMJ  1996;312:263-264 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Impaired glucose tolerance
	Melanie J Davies, I Peter Gray
	BMJ  1996;312:264-265 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Chronic coronary artery disease: drugs, angioplasty, or surgery?
	Charanjit S Rihal, Salim Yusuf
	BMJ  1996;312:265-266 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Laparoscopic versus open repair of inguinal hernia
	M H Ornstein
	BMJ  1996;312:309 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Long term recurrence may be lower with laparoscopic repair
	James Wellwood, David Stoker
	BMJ  1996;312:309 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Surgeons in study were inexperienced at laparoscopic repair
	Roger W Motson
	BMJ  1996;312:309-310 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Lichtenstein technique should be used
	David Pelta, Philip Lafferty
	BMJ  1996;312:310 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Hernia repair should be individualised to the patient
	A N Kingsnorth
	BMJ  1996;312:310 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Provision of palliative care is suboptimal
	Michael Cushen
	BMJ  1996;312:310 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Fc(epsilon)RI-(beta) polymorphisms unlikely to contribute substantially to genetic risk of allergic disease
	I P Hall, A Wheatley, J Dewar, J Wilkinson, J Morrison
	BMJ  1996;312:311 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Training of overseas qualified doctors in Britain
	Matt J Carty
	BMJ  1996;312:311 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Training programmes in countries overseas should be supported
	J Brian Coulter, John Cox, Tim Goodacre, Neville Harrison, Angela Hilton, George Griffin, John Guy, Anthony Jefferies, Nigel Leigh, Adrian Marston, Chris Milford, Eldryd Parry, Peter Poore, John Rennie, Bernard Ribeiro, Terance Ryan, Patrick Sissons, Richard Southwell, Ian Todd
	BMJ  1996;312:311 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Publicity about certain aspects of meningococcal disease is still needed
	A Corke, M Davda, V Franklin, J Taylor, R Anderson, J Bhachu, S Chen, N Choudbury, T Christmas
	BMJ  1996;312:311-312 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Neonatal screening in New Zealand
	Dianne Webster, Charles Essex
	BMJ  1996;312:312 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Breast feeding should be promoted as a public health measure
	Angus Nicoll
	BMJ  1996;312:312 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Treatment of toenail tinea infection
	David S Buck
	BMJ  1996;312:312 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Authors' reply
	M Brautigam, G Weidinger, S Nolting, R E Schopf
	BMJ  1996;312:312-313 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Surgical bleeding and calcium antagonists
	Markelu Hynynen, Anne Kuitunen, Markku Salmenpera
	BMJ  1996;312:313 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in twins
	John A Davis
	BMJ  1996;312:313 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Authors' reply
	Kirsten Ohm Kyvik, Anders Green, Henning Beck-Nielsen
	BMJ  1996;312:313-314 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Use of predeposit autologous blood transfusion varies greatly
	F G Rushambuza, V J Martlew
	BMJ  1996;312:314 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Inquiry is needed into difficulties of developing academic careers
	Bridget M Ogilvie
	BMJ  1996;312:314 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Career choices of trainees in general practice
	Rosemarie Webb, David Hannay
	BMJ  1996;312:314 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Concerns about "lookback" exercise for hepatitis C
	Peter Scheuer, Alison Rogers
	BMJ  1996;312:314-315 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Hospital patients in Bosnia are nutritionally vulnerable
	John P Beavis, C Lavy, Sally Harper, Philip Garvin, Andi Arnautovic
	BMJ  1996;312:315 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Moving house unlikely to pose substantial risk of childhood asthma
	David P Strachan, Barbara K Butland, Iain M Carey, H Ross Anderson
	BMJ  1996;312:315 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Does the patient prefer Asti Spumanti or Chateau Lafitte?
	James Hickman
	BMJ  1996;312:315 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

News

This week's News

	Renal services in UK are underfunded, says report
	Sharon Kingman
	BMJ  1996;312:267 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Tobacco executive goes public over company lies
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:267 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Headlines
	BMJ  1996;312:268 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Australia targets men's health
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  1996;312:268 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Religion should not put a child's health at risk
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:268-269 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	US has oversupply of doctors
	Fred B Charatan
	BMJ  1996;312:269 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Broadcasters breach confidentiality
	Alison Boulton
	BMJ  1996;312:269 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Environment and genetic link found
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  1996;312:270 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Fat substitute gets FDA approval
	Terri L Rutter
	BMJ  1996;312:270 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Irish transfusion service accused of criminal negligence
	Alan Murdoch
	BMJ  1996;312:270-271 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Saudi Arabia curbs tranquilliser prescribing
	Peter Kandela
	BMJ  1996;312:271 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	New protein could help male subfertility
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1996;312:271-272 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Directors strive to save French cancer charity
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  1996;312:272 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Product information in BMJ wrappers: a mistake
	BMJ  1996;312:272 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Health repercussions of the Harman case
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;312:272 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Neglected aspects of false positive findings of mammography in breast cancer screening: analysis of false positive cases from the Stockholm trial
	E Lidbrink, J Elfving, J Frisell, E Jonsson
	BMJ  1996;312:273-276 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Asymptomatic gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection in rural Tanzanian men
	H Grosskurth, P Mayaud, F Mosha, J Todd, K Senkoro, J Newell, R Gabone, J Changalucha, B West, R Hayes, D Mabey
	BMJ  1996;312:277-280 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Randomised trial comparing hysterectomy with endometrial ablation for dysfunctional uterine bleeding: psychiatric and psychosocial aspects
	David A Alexander, Audrey Atherton Naji, Sheena B Pinion, Jill Mollison, Henry C Kitchener, David E Parkin, David R Abramovich, Ian T Russell
	BMJ  1996;312:280-284 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

	Seasonal variation in deep vein thrombosis
	Henri Bounameaux, Luc Hicklin, Sylvie Desmarais
	BMJ  1996;312:284-285 [Full text] FREE

	Concerns about AIDS in general practice
	Marian A W Moons, Loe Peters, Aad I M Bartelds, Jan J Kerssens
	BMJ  1996;312:285-286 [Full text] FREE

	Methods for managing the increased workload in anticoagulant clinics
	F C Taylor, M E Ramsay, A Renton, H Cohen
	BMJ  1996;312:286 [Full text] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	Deprivation and cause specific morbidity: evidence from the Somerset and Avon survey of health
	Jenny Eachus, Mark Williams, Philip Chan, George Davey Smith, Matthew Grainge, Jenny Donovan, Stephen Frankel
	BMJ  1996;312:287-292 [Abstract] [Full text] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	We are one
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1996;312:317 [Full text] FREE

	The secret diary of James Drife, aged 48 1/4
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  1996;312:317 [Full text] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Inside the oven
	Helen Rosenthal
	BMJ  1996;312:319 [Full text] FREE

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Counselling in Health Care
	Tom Sensky
	BMJ  1996;312:320 [Full text] FREE

	Challenging Behaviour: Analysis and Intervention in People with Learning Difficulties
	Andrew H Reid
	BMJ  1996;312:320 [Full text] FREE

	Making Use of Clinical Audit: A Guide to Practice in the Health Professions
	Richard Baker
	BMJ  1996;312:321 [Full text] FREE

	The Patient in the Family: An Ethics of Medicine and Families
	Michael Modell
	BMJ  1996;312:321 [Full text] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Effects on asylum seekers of ill treatment in Zaire
	M R Peel
	BMJ  1996;312:293-294 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Lesson of the Week: Acute laryngeal obstruction in rheumatoid arthritis
	D H Bossingham, F G Simpson
	BMJ  1996;312:295-296 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Controversies in Management: Department of Health shoots itself in the hip Why the report of the Advisory Group on Osteoporosis undermines evidence based purchasing
	Trevor A Sheldon, Angela Raffle, Iain Watt
	BMJ  1996;312:296-297 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Department of Health is fair to patients with osteoporosis
	David Barlow, Cyrus Cooper, Jonathan Reeve, David Reid
	BMJ  1996;312:297-298 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	ABC of General Surgery in Children: PROBLEMS WITH THE PENIS AND PREPUCE
	Mark Davenport
	BMJ  1996;312:299-301 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Who should be doing what in international health: a confusion of mandates in the United Nations?
	Kelley Lee, Sue Collinson, Gill Walt, Lucy Gilson
	BMJ  1996;312:302-307 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	None Given
	BMJ  1996;312:322 [Full text] FREE

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction
	BMJ  1996;312:298 [Full text] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Editor's choice
	BMJ  1996;312 [Full text] FREE

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	On welfare in a state
	Martin Mckee
	BMJ  1996;312:318 [Full text] FREE

	No touch technique
	Naomi Craft
	BMJ  1996;312:318-319 [Full text] FREE

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	BMA writes to NHS trusts about confidentiality • Supraregional services have new advisers • BMA is worried about reserve forces' training • GPs to have guidance on care in the community • BMA updates its briefing on private finance initiative
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;312:316 [Full text] FREE

Career focus

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