NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1264-1267, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1264 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1268-1269, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1268 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1253-1255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1253 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Weight loss in obese subjects on a restricted diet given BRL 26830A, a new atypical β adrenoceptor agonist
	A A Connacher, R T Jung, P E G Mitchell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1217-1220, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Heroin addicts, AIDS, and aflatoxins
	R G Hendrickse, S M Maxwell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1257 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	β Blockers, lipids, and coronary atherosclerosis
	Ananthakrishnan Ramani, Sudhakar Nayak, G N Kundaje, A R Aroor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1257-1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1257-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical aspects of drug smuggling
	E Clifford, J Bell, John H Wyllie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1258 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urinary catheters
	Stuart L Stanton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1258-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urinary catheters
	D J Waghorn, G L Griffiths, T W J Kelly
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1258-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Urinary catheters
	C M Castleden, P Ekelund, H M Duffin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1258-1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1258-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual dysfunction among middle aged women
	Ruth Skrine
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1259 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sexual dysfunction among middle aged women
	Brian Goss
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1259-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Death despite malaria prophylaxis
	E L C Ong, E M Dunbar
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1259-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical carpal scaphoid injuries
	J J Langham-Brown
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1259-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Wheelchairs
	M A Tudor
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1259-1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1259-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Wheelchairs: Author's reply
	J B Young
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1260 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric illness among British Afro-Caribbeans
	John Merrill, John Owens
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1260-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The need to make rugby safer
	J Piggot
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1260-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hypoglycaemia in patients with insulin dependent diabetes
	I Sturgess, P Fenwick, P H Sönksen, C S Cockram
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1260-1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1260-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Körner, nomenclature, and SNOMED
	B W Ellis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1261 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interview for medical student selection
	W F M Wallace
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1261-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Interview for medical student selection: Authors' reply
	David A Powis, Roderick L B Neame, Tracey Bristow, L Brooke Murphy
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1261-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Achieving a balance
	Peter McDonald, Andrew McIrvine
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1261, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1261-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Generalised chorea due to digoxin toxicity
	L J M M Mulder, R C van der Mast, J D Meerwaldt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1262 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Neutropenia caused by intravenous immunoglobulin
	R V Majer, P J Green
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1262-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Purpuric rash associated with slow release morphine
	R J Whiston, C D M Griffith, B R Hopkinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1262, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1262-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drug points: Gynaecomastia associated with captopril
	H M Markusse, R H B Meyboom
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1262-1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1262-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Griffiths on community care
	B R W Lodge
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Griffiths on community care
	Michael D Warren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Transporting critically ill patients
	P Meyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Late life depression: undertreated?
	H P Rosenvinge
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Late life depression: undertreated?
	Som D Soni
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: How informed is signed consent?
	Diane E Wallis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Home visiting by consultants
	Dallas Brodie
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Osteoporosis in elderly Chinese
	Edith M C Lau
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: A slip of the knife
	Charles Illingworth
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1263, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Ammonia burns of the eye
	Oliver Wrong
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1263-i [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Eclampsia still kills
	C W G Redman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1209-1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1209 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Estimating with confidence
	Martin J Gardner, Douglas G Altman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1210-1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1210 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adrenal and nigral transplants for Parkinson's disease
	J M S Pearce
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1211-1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1211 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics of fetal brain cell transplants
	Raanan Gillon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1212-1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1212 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penicillin allergy: how to diagnose and when to treat
	Stephen T Holgate
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1213-1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1213 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tumour necrosis factor
	Saleem Malik, Frances R Balkwill
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1214 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transatlantic warning bells sound on rheumatic fever
	J G Bissenden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1215 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling the bad driver
	John Havard
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1215-1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1215-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Mistakes in diagnosing non-accidental injury: 10 years' experience
	David M Wheeler, Christopher J Hobbs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1233-1236, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1233 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gas gangrene: a cautionary tale
	C R Kirk, J C Dorgan, C A Hart
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1236-1237, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1236 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics in Medicine: Calculating confidence intervals for regression and correlation
	Douglas G Altman, Martin J Gardner
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1238-1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1238 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prospective study of aetiological factors in burning mouth syndrome
	P-J Lamey, A B Lamb
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1243-1246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1243 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Outpatients: can we save time and reduce waiting lists?
	M Duncan, K Beale, J Parry, R A Miller
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1247-1248, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1247 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Everyday Aids and Appliances: Stomas and appliances
	Paul Finan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1249-1251, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1249 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Letter from Chicago: Distrust
	George Dunea
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1251-1252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1251 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	J D Hamlett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1256 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Inequalities in women's health: looking at mortality differentials using an alternative approach
	Kath A Moser, Helena S Pugh, Peter O Goldblatt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1221-1224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1221 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Decline in measles mortality: nutrition, age at infection, or exposure?
	Peter Aaby, Jette Bukh, Ida Maria Lisse, Maria Clotilde da Silva
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1225-1228, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1225 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Delays in diagnosing and treating bladder cancer
	M J Stower
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1228-1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1228 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Response to D-Trp-6-luteinising hormone releasing hormone (Decapeptyl) microcapsules in advanced ovarian cancer
	H Parmar, G Rustin, S L Lightman, R H Phillips, I W Hanham, A V Schally
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1229, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1229 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Antidepressant drugs in the elderly: Are the indications as long term as the treatment?
	Anthony J Duncan, A John Campbell
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1230-1232, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1230 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1270 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Government funds doctors' and nurses' awards in full
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1271-1272, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1271 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the JCC: Pressures to tighten up disciplinary procedures
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1273-1274, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1273 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From the GMSC: Pressures of caring for drug misusers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1275-1276, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6631.1275 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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