Medicine and the Media
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	Dr L E L Ridge
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Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1569-1571, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1569 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1572-1574, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1572 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Gender reassignment today
	F C Rutter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1560-1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1560-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gender reassignment today
	A P Rubin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1561 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gender reassignment today
	R P Snaith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1561-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adult epiglottitis
	M Chester, M A Woodhead, F J C Millard, D A Jonathan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1561-1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1561-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adult epiglottitis
	Linda V Booth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1562 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hormonochemotherapy in advanced breast cancer
	R W Blamey
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1563-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hormonochemotherapy in advanced breast cancer
	Helen J Stewart
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1563-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hormonochemotherapy in advanced breast cancer:: Authors' reply
	M W Ghilchik, N A Shaikh, P A Beranek, M J Reed
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1563-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hormonochemotherapy in advanced breast cancer
	M R Williams, M P Mohajer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1563-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severe rombergism due to gentamicin toxicity
	David G Swain
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1565 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Severe rombergism due to gentamicin toxicity:: Authors' reply
	Roderick Duncan, Ian D Melville
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	Waiting for Godot
	Ian McKinlay
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1565-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Waiting list statistics
	R Tilston Austin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1565-1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1565-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Spending more on turning patients into people
	R N Baldwin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1566-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Physiotherapists and rehabilitation
	Toby Simon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1566-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soviet health care at first hand
	P J Carter
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1567 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality and AIDS
	Charles Shepherd
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1567-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical research and training
	Christopher Booth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1567-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Death of Oscar Wilde
	J B Lyons
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1567-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Butter and government food policy
	Alastair McInnes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1567-1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1567-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Prognosis in asthma
	C K Connolly
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Familial adenomatous polyposis
	James P S Thompson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Alzheimer's disease: ignoring achievements
	Raymond Levy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Access to personal health data held on computers
	F V Flynn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Walking through labour
	Sheila Kitzinger
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis
	John Martin, Erik Cameron
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Medicine and the media
	S Dickens
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Obstetricians on the labour ward
	D J Houghton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The Isle of Wight's new hospital
	Peter Brand
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1568-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Crisis in the National Health Service
	Raymond Hoffenberg, Ian P Todd, George Pinker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1505 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Medicine and the Media
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1555, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1555 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1556-1558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1556 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	John Hulbert
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1559, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1559 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Why a ban on embryo research would be a tragedy.
	R M Winston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1501-1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1501 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Plastic surgery: a specialty on its knees.
	D M Davies
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1502 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sensitive thyrotrophin assays: excellent when properly used.
	A D Toft, J Seth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1503 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	AIDS: the need for data.
	D G Altman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1503-1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1503-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seasonal affective disorder: the miseries of long dark nights?
	M Abas, D Murphy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1504-1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1504 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community care. I: Problems.
	E Murphy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1505-1508, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1505-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effective chelation of iron in beta thalassaemia with the oral chelator 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypyrid-4-one.
	G J Kontoghiorghes, M A Aldouri, A V Hoffbrand, J Barr, B Wonke, T Kourouclaris, L Sheppard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1509-1512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1509 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of sleep disruption on cognitive performance and mood in medical house officers.
	I J Deary, R Tait
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1513-1516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1513 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Respiratory effects of non-tobacco cigarettes.
	J W Bloom, W T Kaltenborn, P Paoletti, A Camilli, M D Lebowitz
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1516-1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1516 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alfa-2a recombinant interferon in HIV associated thrombocytopenia.
	M E Ellis, K R Neal, C L Leen, A C Newland
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1519, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1519 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of thrombocytopenia with alfa interferon.
	A M Lever, M G Brook, I Yap, H C Thomas
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1519-1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1519-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Concentrations of free serum digoxin after treatment with antibody fragments.
	M Lemon, D J Andrews, A M Binks, G A Georgiou
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1520-1521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1520 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A controlled study of two psychotropic agents for the relief of pain in osteoarthrosis.
	H A Bird, V Wright, P Le Gallez, R Bojar, J S Dixon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1521-1522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1521 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Major abdominal operations on patients aged 80 and over: an audit.
	A V Pollock, M Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1522, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1522 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interim discharge summaries: how are they best delivered to general practitioners?
	D A Sandler, J R Mitchell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1523-1525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1523 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Thirty five years of the William Budd Health Centre.
	S Lock
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1526 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Study of 100 patients injured by London underground trains 1981-6.
	R A Cocks
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1527-1529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1527 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of the 1983 Mental Health Act on the management of psychiatric patients.
	L Webster, C Dean, N Kessel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1529-1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1529 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicolegal audit in the West Midlands region: analysis of 100 cases.
	C Hawkins, I Paterson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1533-1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1533 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Logic in medicine: an economic perspective.
	A Maynard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1537-1541, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1537 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Dermatology. Leg ulcers.
	P K Buxton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1542-1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1542 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Report from the PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1545-1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1545 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The legless dual support system and the new dawn.
	R Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1547-1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1547 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	King's Fund forum consensus statement: screening for fetal and genetic abnormality.
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1551-1553, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1551 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Going to law to get treatment.
	C Dyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1554 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Motorcycle messenger mania.
	A R Cope, P R Driscoll, D V Skinner, C A McLaughlan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1560, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1560 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Child abuse and osteogenesis imperfecta.
	C R Paterson, S J McAllion
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1561, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1561-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psoriatic science.
	B S Baker, A V Powles, L Fry, J P McFadden, L Brent, H Valdimarsson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1562-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Compulsory treatment in the community for the mentally ill?
	G Thornicroft
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1562-1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1562-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Secretor state of patients with insulin dependent or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
	P J Lamey, L P Samaranayake, T W MacFarlane
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1563, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1563 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Euthanasia in The Netherlands.
	E Borst-Eilers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1563-1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1563-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors with AIDS.
	L A Kay
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1564 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Testing for HIV.
	P Noble
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1564, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1564-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Control of HIV infection with confidentiality.
	M Barnham, M McEvoy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1564-1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1564-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gonadotrophin hormone releasing analogues open new doors in cancer treatment.
	A J Arnold, A D Desmond
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1565, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1565-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hospital and community health service costs: England and Scotland compared.
	A C Glen, J K Hulbert
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1566 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obstetrics on the labour ward.
	J S Samra, M S Obhrai, D M Luesley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1566-1567, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1566-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1575 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Too simple by half, says minister
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1576 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the CCHMS: Further legal opinion on HIV testing to be sought
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1577-1579, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1577 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA advises doctors on new pension arrangements
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1987;295:1580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6612.1580 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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