NEWS AND NOTES
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	OBITUARY
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Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:492-493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.492 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Percutaneous cholecystolithotomy
	M J Kellett, J E A Wickham, R C G Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:453-455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.453 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reduced concentrations of potassium, magnesium, and sodium-potassium pumps in human skeletal muscle during treatment with diuretics
	I Dørup, K Skajaa, T Clausen, K Kjeldsen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:455-458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.455 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Testing for HIV: the non-medicolegal view
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.497 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgeons and others and HIV
	Mark B Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:497-498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.497-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatrists in the 1990s
	Adrianne Reveley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.498 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatrists in the 1990s
	Ken Checinski
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	Cocktail stick injury: a fatal outcome
	Nithya Kasthuri, Ann Savage
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.498-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The need to make rugby safer
	Donald A D Macleod, P H Pattisson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:498-499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.498-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The need to make rugby safer: Authors' reply
	H C Burry, C J Calcinai
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.499 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gas exocrine "failure" in the critically ill
	Timothy J J Inglis, Brian L S Gallagher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.499-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cost of prophylaxis in joint replacement
	N I L Wilson, C R Dreghorn
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	False negative colposcopic cervical biopsy
	M Jarmulowicz, D Jenkins, S E Barton, A Singer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:499-500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.499-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Providing donor organs for transplantation
	Eric Sherwood Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.500 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Communication of drug treatment to general practitioners
	T R G Howard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.500-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New year message
	Alex Paton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.500-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hyperbaric oxygen, carbon monoxide, and cerebral oedema
	P B James
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:500-501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.500-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Neonatal morbidity: an audit with medicolegal implications
	J S Samra, D M Luesley, J B Weaver, G M Durbin, T Mitchell, M S Obhrai
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	Merit awards
	Roger Gabriel
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	Points: Dehiscence of the infraorbital nerve as a cause of facial pain
	Graham Flint
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	Points: Low vision aids and the elderly
	Andrew J Elliott
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	Points: Hearing aids
	T L Pilkington
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:501-502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.501-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Hearing aids
	J W Stephenson
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	Points: Collars and corsets
	Paul Michaelson
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	Points: The NHS debate
	Michael Modell
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	Points: The NHS debate
	W Norman-Taylor
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	Points: Impact of new ice rinks on accident departments
	D M Williamson, I M R Lowdon, P J Radford
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	Points: Impact of new ice rinks on accident departments
	David M Evans
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	Points: Motorcycle messengers
	E T Lummis
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	Points: Sexism and ageism
	Jack Collin
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	Points: Sexism and ageism
	Kay Dickersin
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Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Pancreatic cancer: the greatest oncological challenge
	R C N Williamson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:445-446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.445 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Late abortions and the law
	Tony Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:446-447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.446 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should the pill be stopped preoperatively?
	H Sue-Ling, L E Hughes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:447-448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.447 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management response to childhood accidents
	R H Jackson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:448-449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.448 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Nurses: where do they go from here?
	Tony Delamothe
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	Regular Review: Dietary management of gastroenteritis in Britain
	B A Wharton, R E Pugh, L S Taitz, J A Walker-Smith, I W Booth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:450-452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.450 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Human immunodeficiency virus infection, hepatitis B virus infection, and sexual behaviour of women attending a genitourinary medicine clinice
	Brian A Evans, Sheena M McCormack, Robert A Bond, Kenneth D MacRae, Robert W Thorp
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:473-475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.473 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Everyday Aids and Appliances: Walking sticks
	Graham P Mulley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:475-476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.475 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New Drugs: Controlling symptoms in advanced cancer
	T D Walsh, T S West
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:477-481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.477 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Conversations with Consultants: Dr G the neurologist
	Tony Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:481-483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.481 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Research Policy: Peering into the bowels of the MRC I: setting priorities
	Richard Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:484-488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.484 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Dermatology: Insect bites and infestations
	P K Buxton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:489-491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.489 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What your patients may be reading
	Robert Gann
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:493-495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.493 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Robert J Maxwell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.496 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Resection for colorectal cancer in the very old: are the risks too high?
	A A M Lewis, G A Khoury
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:459-461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.459 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Microalbuminuria in non-insulin-dependent diabetes: its prevalence in Indian compared with Europid patients
	J Allawi, P V Rao, R Gilbert, G Scott, R J Jarrett, H Keen, G C Viberti, H M Mather
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:462-464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.462 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Corticosteroids in treatment of disseminated tuberculosis in patient with HIV infection
	T Masud, E Kemp
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:464-465, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.464 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transvaginal ultrasound in suspected ectopic pregnancy
	D Rennie Urquhart, Nicholas M Fisk
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:465-466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.465 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Shoe manufacture and possible hazards to reproduction
	Michael Clarke, Elizabeth S Mason
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	Anaerobes and carcinoma of the prostate
	P N Cooper, M R Millar, P G R Godwin
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	Does infection with HIV affect the outcome of pregnancy?
	Frank D Johnstone, Linda Maccallum, Ray Brettle, J M Inglis, John Peutherer
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Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Nifedipine and atenolol singly and combined for treatment of essential hypertension: comparative multicentre study in general practice in the United Kingdom
	Nifedipine-Atenolol Study Review Committee
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:468-472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.468 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:509, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.509 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The think tanks roll
	John Warden
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	From the CCHMS: Consultants urged to take part in resource management
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:511-512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.511 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NAHA's warning on alternative NHS funding
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:513, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.513 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Scottish survey into acute sector funding
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:514, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6620.514 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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