Birth asphyxia and no-fault compensation.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1555-1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1555 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genetics of Alzheimer's disease.
	L J Whalley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1556 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Auscultatory percussion of the head.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1556-1557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1556-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Captopril in renovascular hypertension: long-term use in predicting surgical outcome.
	A B Atkinson, A M Cumming, A F Lever, J J Morton, J J Brown, R Fraser, B Leckie, J I Robertson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1557 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychological sequelae to elective sterilisation: a prospective study.
	M Thiery, A Goethals
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1557, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1557-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advances in respiratory distress syndrome.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1557-1558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1557-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What has happened to charity?
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1558-1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1558-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measles eradication policies.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1559-1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1559-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Heartburn in pregnancy.
	G W Cochrane, J R Swinhoe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1560-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pharmacological treatment for intractable sneezing.
	J H Gervis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1560-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pregnancy complicated by psittacosis acquired from sheep.
	D Hobson, E Rees
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1560-1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1560-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of computed tomography of the abdomen and chest in investigation of Cushing's syndrome.
	M W Davie, A Dornhorst, V Wynn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1561-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are all born equal? Incidence of febrile convulsions by season of birth.
	E Elomaa, K Aho
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1561-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Ophthalmic medical practitioners
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1584-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1564-1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1564 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1567-1569, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1567 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1549-1552, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1549 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Birth asphyxia and no-fault compensation
	Niall O'Brien
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1555-1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1555-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Auscultatory percussion of the head
	Allan Corder
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1556, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1556-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advances in respiratory distress syndrome
	R R Gordon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1557-1558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1557-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Advances in respiratory distress syndrome
	N R C Roberton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1558 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What has happened to charity?
	David J Hill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1558-1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1558-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Poisoning
	Paul Turner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1559 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Poisoning
	Bernard Valman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1559-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Febrile convulsions
	David Thrush
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1559-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of 1 to 7: poisoning and febrile convulsions
	John Dymond
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1559-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measles eradication policies
	D Gill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1559-1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1559-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics and in-vitro fertilisation
	J H Scotson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1560 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics and in-vitro fertilisation
	A P Cole
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1560-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accuracy of early estimation of maturity
	Michael J Brindle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1561 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sad day for preventive medicine
	A P D Westhead
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1561-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A career for child health doctors
	P Harker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1562 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A career for child health doctors
	Kathleen Dalzeli
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1562-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical manpower mismanagement: mirage or miracle?
	Neville Rowell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1562-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinicians and management teams
	Warren Kinston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1562-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The legal threat to medicine
	W J Trowell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1562-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: You may die from "old age," but if you do you may not be cremated
	D Lynch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: A plain man's guide to the management of migraine
	J J Bradley, P F Plouin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Cardiac catheterisation: here today, where tomorrow?
	Stuart Sanders
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Dog bites man
	W H James
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The murder of Rudolf Hess
	J F Curr
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Smoking
	J C Vallé-Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Polemic on ancient taboo
	W Sniper
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Registration of unemployed doctors
	E N Wardle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Homicidal histories
	J G Fairer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1563-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1553 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	A R Morley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1554 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Falling mortality in coronary heart disease.
	J R Hampton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1505-1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1505 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lead in petrol: again.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1506 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis in Britain today and tomorrow.
	A Seaton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1507 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Carotid body tumours.
	N L Browse
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1507-1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1507-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vancomycin: a reappraisal.
	R Brown, R Wise
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1508-1509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1508 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The way ahead for rehabilitation.
	D Gloag
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1509-1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1509 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	More industrial action in the NHS.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1510 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	High-density lipoprotein concentrations increase after stopping smoking.
	I Stubbe, J Eskilsson, P Nilsson-Ehle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1511-1513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1511 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Atenolol and metoprolol once daily in hypertension.
	A K Scott, J W Rigby, J Webster, G M Hawksworth, J C Petrie, H G Lovell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1514-1516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1514 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Blood carboxyhaemoglobin, plasma thiocyanate, and cigarette consumption: implications for epidemiological studies in smokers.
	C J Vesey, Y Saloojee, P V Cole, M A Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1516-1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1516 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Normality and reliability in the clinical assessment of backache.
	G Waddell, C J Main, E W Morris, R M Venner, P S Rae, S H Sharmy, H Galloway
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1519-1523, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1519 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypertension: comparison of drug and non-drug treatments.
	G Andrews, S W MacMahon, A Austin, D G Byrne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1523-1526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1523 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluation of digitalis in cardiac failure.
	R G Murray, A C Tweddel, W Martin, D Pearson, I Hutton, T D Lawrie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1526-1528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1526 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Peritonitis associated with vaginal leakage of dialysis fluid in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
	R A Coward, R Gokal, M Wise, N P Mallick, D Warrell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1529 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recurrent trimethoprim-associated fixed skin eruption.
	J R Gibson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1529-1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1529-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Meningitis and recurrent septicaemia secondary to unsuspected pacemaker infection.
	E Southall, R D Thomas, P R Wilkinson, E W Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1530 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Organising a practice. Changes in home visiting and night and weekend cover: the patient's view.
	L Sawyer, S Arber
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1531-1534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1531 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Practising prevention. Contraception.
	M J Bull
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1535-1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1535 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How I would organise a day-release course for trainees.
	M D Jewell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1537-1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1537 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A new method of auditing surgical mortality rates: application to a group of elderly general surgical patients.
	D G Seymour, R Pringle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1539-1542, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1539 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Financial burden of childhood cancer.
	C M Bodkin, T J Pigott, J R Mann
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1542-1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1542 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bodily perceptions in surgical patients.
	J Pearson, H A Dudley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1545-1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1545 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal falciparum malaria and the availability of parenteral antimalarial drugs in hospitals.
	M Kapila, S H Lee, W Gray, A Robson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1547-1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1547 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The distinction awards system in England and Wales 1980.
	P Bruggen, S Bourne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1577-1580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1577 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1570, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1570 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why pay comparisons do not always help
	William Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1571 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Government's cut in doctors' pay awards: Secretary of State explains why
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1572 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS strikes on pay: Secretary of State's views; CCHMS's advice to consultants
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1573 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Academic staff salaries
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1573, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1573-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the CCHMS: Counterproposals on career structure
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1574-1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1574 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical unemployment
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1574-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine, surgery, and obstetrics and gynaecology: CCHMS's proposed career structure
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1575 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Criteria for distinction awards
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1576-1580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1576 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the CCCM: Review Body award discussed
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1581 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health Departments' evidence to Review Body
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1582-1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1582 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Supplementary Annual Report of Council
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1982;284:1584, doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6328.1584 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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