NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1007-1008, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1007 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1009-1010, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1009 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:995-996, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.995 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Acute appendicitis, bathrooms, and diet in Britain and Ireland
	D J P Barker, Julie Morris
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:953-955, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.953 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute appendicitis and bathrooms in three samples of British children
	D J P Barker, C Osmond, J Golding, M E J Wadsworth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:956-958, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.956 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Financing health care
	John Black
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1000, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1000 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private nursing home care
	C E Bowman, Elaine Bynon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1000-1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1000-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private nursing home care
	J B Lynch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1001 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private nursing home care
	Prakash Ariya-Nayagam
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1001-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private nursing home care
	Ian Philp, W J Mutch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1001, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1001-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of prostatic cancer
	H Parmar, R H Phillips, L Edwards, S E Partridge, S L Lightman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1001-1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1001-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The elderly in residential care
	Roger G Smith, J Williamson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1002 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Late abortions and the law
	Patrick Walker
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1002-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who needs pulse oximetry?
	W A Seed
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1002-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who needs pulse oximetry?
	G H Lear, S Levene, S A McKenzie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1002, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1002-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transporting critically ill patients by ambulance
	T M Craft, P H Chambers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1002-1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1002-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aspirin all round?
	Peter Henriksson, Krister Green, Ole Vesterqvist, Olof Edhag, Gundars Rasmanis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1003 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Home visiting by consultants
	Peter Wilkinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1003-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Home visiting by consultants
	J M Grimshaw, R M Francis, D M Beaumont
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1003, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1003-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health care in a deprived community
	G N Marsh, D M Channing
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1003-1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1003-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tardive dyskinesia
	Thomas R E Barnes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1004 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tardive dyskinesia
	John L Waddington
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1004, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1004-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Microvascular fragility at high altitude
	P J G Forster
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1004-1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1004-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Crohn's disease presenting as anorexia
	Sidney Benjamin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1005 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The need to make rugby safer
	Neil W Valentine, Mark A Delargy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1005-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetes and pancreatic cancer
	A Schattner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1005, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1005-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Early growth delay in diabetic pregnancy
	M A Harper, R J Morrow
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1005-1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1005-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Achieving a Balance—a time for action
	Harold Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1006 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Achieving a Balance—a time for action
	M T McKiddie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1006-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Shaw report
	Gavin Shaw
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1006-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: How are head lice transmitted?
	Aidan Macfarlane
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1006-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: How are head lice transmitted?
	E R M Saunders
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1006-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: How are head lice transmitted?
	P K Buxton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1006-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Postviral fatigue syndrome and mobility allowances
	Stephen T Green
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1006-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Aspirin and prostacyclin
	Geoffrey P Walsh
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1006, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1006-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Myocardial infarction: the first 24 hours
	David P Lipkin, Colin J Reid
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:947-948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.947 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Delayed effects of head injuries in children
	O G Brooke
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:948, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.948 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sulphonylureas and hypoglycaemia
	R E Ferner, H A W Neil
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:949-950, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.949 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric illness among British Afro-Caribbeans
	Roland Littlewood, Maurice Lipsedge
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:950-951, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.950 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ready, steady, go: making doctors compete
	John Havard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:951-952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.951 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Death despite malaria prophylaxis
	C J Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:952, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.952 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Organisation and results of the cervical cytology screening programme in British Columbia, 1955-85
	George H Anderson, David A Boyes, John L Benedet, Jean C Le Riche, Jasenka P Matisic, Kenneth C Suen, Ann J Worth, Amelia Millner, Owen M Bennett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:975-978, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.975 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Changes in maternal age distribution and their possible impact on demand for prenatal diagnostic services
	Susan Holloway, David J H Brock
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:978-981, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.978 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Portraits from Memory: 25—Professor Robert Cruickshank, CBE (1899-1974)
	James Howie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:981-982, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.981 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Everyday Aids and Appliances: Equipment for bathing
	J George, A A J Kerr
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:982-983, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.982 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New Drugs: Prescribing for infants and children
	George W Rylance
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:984-986, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.984 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Research Policy: How fast flows the brain drain?
	Richard Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:987-990, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.987 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Scottish attitudes to AIDS
	G B Hastings, D S Leathar, A C Scott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:991-992, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.991 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Focus on performance indicators
	Stella Lowry
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:992-994, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.992 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What your patients may be reading
	Robert Gann
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:997-998, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.997 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	R M Kirk
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:999, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.999 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Sexual dysfunction among middle aged women in the community
	Madeline Osborn, Keith Hawton, Dennis Gath
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:959-962, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.959 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outcome of pregnancy in underweight women after spontaneous and induced ovulation
	Z M van der Spuy, P J Steer, M McCusker, S J Steele, H S Jacobs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:962-965, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.962 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prostatism: how useful is routine imaging of the urinary tract?
	Gerald de Lacey, Stephen Johnson, David Mee
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:965-967, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.965 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Aflatoxins in breast milk, neonatal cord blood, and serum of pregnant women
	S M Lamplugh, R G Hendrickse, F Apeagyei, D D Mwanmut
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:968, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.968 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Plastic material from a syringe causing fatal bowel necrosis in a neonate
	A J Cant, W Lenney, N Kirkham
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:968-969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.968-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cranial diabetes insipidus after upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage
	L S P Wickramasinghe, B I Chazan, A R Mandal, P H Baylis, Iain Russell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:969, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.969 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Increasing doses of naloxone hydrochloride by infusion to treat pain due to the thalamic syndrome
	D A A Ray, Y M A Tai
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:969-970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.969-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Toxic epidermal necrolysis occurring during treatment with trimethoprim alone
	C N Wokolo, L Byrne, K J Misch
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:970, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.970 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Long term management of duodenal ulcer in general practice: How best to use cimetidine?
	A G Wade, D Rowley-Jones
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:971-974, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.971 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1011, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1011 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Metaphysics from Mr Moore
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1012-1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1012 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA Notice: cooption of junior members to the armed forces committee
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1014, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6627.1014 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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