Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1269 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The fertility debate and the media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283-h [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1284-1287, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1284 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1288, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1288 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Euthanasia
	Mary Bliss, Muriel Brayshay, Colin Brewer, M R A Chance, David Clark, A C Dalzell, M R Davies, W H B Ellis, D Gairdner, T Glanvill, Marjorie Hare, S L Henderson Smith, P L Lewis, M L Millard, K Norcross, S N Ray, A Roberts, S C Truelove, S T Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1276 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consensus on preventing osteoporosis
	B E C Nordin, A G Need, H A Morris, M Horowitz
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1276-1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1276-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consensus on preventing osteoporosis
	Hans Kopera
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1277 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding the causes of diseases
	Charles Fletcher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1277-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding the causes of diseases
	T L P Watts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1277, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1277-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding the causes of diseases:: Author's reply
	Klim McPherson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1277-1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1277-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Low back pain and cancer
	Penella J Woll, Elaine M Rankin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1278 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tobacco and end stage diabetic nephropathy
	C S Cockram
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1278-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tobacco and end stage diabetic nephropathy:: Authors' reply
	Bernd Stegmayr, Folke Lithner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1278-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	RAWP revisited
	A D Collings
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1279-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	RAWP revisited
	R P H Thompson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1279-1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1279-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to take a sabbatical
	Margaret Legum
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1280-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Benefits of effective hospital services for the elderly
	Peter Crome
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1280-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Computer based system for assessing dietary intake
	James A Levine, Angela M Madden, Marsha Y Morgan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1280-1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1280-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injections in the Indian subcontinent
	G Gopal Rao, M Shahi
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1281 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A test for manpower planning
	Cynthia M Marvin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1281-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bacterial contamination of home nebulisers
	C M B Higgs, Patricia Jones, A R Tanser
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1281-1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1281-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bacterial contamination of home nebulisers
	Maeve G L Keaney, L A Ganguli
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1282 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Potassium citrate: soothing but not harmless?
	A L Fawdry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1282-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Financial incentives of subregional RAWP
	L J Opit
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Undescended testes in low birthweight infants
	H H Nixon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Radiological diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis
	I M Al-Khawaja
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: AIDS and tuberculosis
	Ivan A D'Cruz
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Breast cancer
	Patricia Moore
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Growing up with chronic renal failure
	S Singh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Alcohol and accidents
	M A Hocking
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Intellectual performance of children after whooping cough
	R W Porter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1283-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Risk assessment: its role in the prevention of coronary heart disease: recommendations of the scientific and medical advisory committee of the Coronary Prevention Group
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1246 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1268-1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1268 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1270-1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1270 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What your patients may be reading
	Robert Gann
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1273-1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1273 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Peter Roseveare
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1275, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1275 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Living wills and treatment refusal.
	R Higgs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1221-1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1221 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Looking beyond oral rehydration therapy.
	G J Ebrahim
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1222-1223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1222 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A little space in Sheffield.
	F J Mills
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1223, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1223 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Degenerative ataxic disorders: still perplexing.
	A Harding
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1223-1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1223-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Important new treatments for acute ischaemic stroke?
	P Sandercock
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1224-1225, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1224 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality in congestive heart failure: effects of vasodilator therapy.
	A D Timmis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1225-1226, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1225 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal peptic ulcer complications and the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin, and corticosteroids.
	D A Henry, A Johnston, A Dobson, J Duggan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1227-1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1227 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cytopathogenic protein in filtrates from cultures of Propionibacterium acnes isolated from patients with Kawasaki disease.
	S Tomita, H Kato, T Fujimoto, O Inoue, Y Koga, N Kuriya
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1229-1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1229 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deaths in children with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis in England and Wales 1980-4.
	H G Pledger, L T Fahy, G A van Mourik, G H Bush
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1233-1235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1233 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cryptorchidism in Scotland.
	D M Campbell, J A Webb, T B Hargreave
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1235-1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1235 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal renal and hepatic toxicity after treatment with diltiazem.
	H Shallcross, S P Padley, M J Glynn, D D Gibbs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1236-1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1236 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Role of maternal age in assessment of risk of abortion after prenatal diagnosis during first trimester.
	M G Jahoda, L Pijpers, R P Vosters, J W Wladimiroff, A Reuss, E S Sachs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1237 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of diabetes on porphyric attacks.
	A G Yalouris, S A Raptis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1237-1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1237-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Steroids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and serious septic complications of diverticular disease.
	A Corder
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1238, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1238 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Restriction endonuclease analysis of DNA from two isolates of Chlamydia psittaci obtained from human abortions.
	A J Herring, I E Anderson, M McClenaghan, N F Inglis, H Williams, B A Matheson, C P West, M Rodger, P P Brettle
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1239 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	District programme to reduce smoking: effect of clinic supported brief intervention by general practitioners.
	M A Russell, J A Stapleton, P H Jackson, P Hajek, M Belcher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1240-1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1240 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surveillance of body weight in general practice.
	M Weingarten
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1244, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1244 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Strategies for reducing coronary heart disease and desirable limits for blood lipid concentrations: guidelines of the British Hyperlipidaemia Association.
	J Shepherd, D J Betteridge, P Durrington, M Laker, B Lewis, J Mann, J P Miller, J P Reckless, G R Thompson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1245-1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1245 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Waiting list statistics. III. Comparison of two measures of waiting times.
	B Don, A Lee, M J Goldacre
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1247-1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1247 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why do research and which research to do?
	R Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1248-1252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1248 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of dermatology. Rashes with epidermal changes--II.
	P K Buxton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1253-1256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1253 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deal with a complaint by a patient.
	K M Allsopp
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1257-1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1257 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sorting signals and cellular membranes.
	G Warren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1259-1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1259 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An outline of formal logic and its applications in medicine--II.
	J K Slaney
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1261-1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1261 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Swedish experience of two dose vaccination programme aiming at eliminating measles, mumps, and rubella.
	M Böttiger, B Christenson, V Romanus, J Taranger, A Strandell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1264-1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1264 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is schizophrenia a neurodevelopmental disorders.
	M T Abou-Saleh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1278, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1278-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol consumption in England and Wales.
	P H Whincup, D G Cook, A G Shaper
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1278-1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1278-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risks and benefits in radiology.
	I Matthews, C Roberts, K T Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1279 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Impotence: treatment by autoinjection of vasoactive drugs.
	G Williams
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1279, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1279-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	AIDS related consultations in a general practice.
	M Gallagher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1280, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1280 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Use of ultrasound in general practice for the management of threatened miscarriages.
	C B Everett, F E Preece
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1281, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1281-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The blood transfusion service and the National Health Service.
	D B McClelland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1282, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1282-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soviet health care at first hand.
	D J Trott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1282-1283, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1282-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1289, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1289 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Big spending before big bang
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1290, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1290 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Annual scientific meeting: Jersey, 27 to 29 April 1988
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1291, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1291 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GMC considers further advice on treating patients with AIDS
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1292, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6608.1292 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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