Correction: Disciplining doctors: the need for better methods
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Articles

This week's Articles

	NEWS AND NOTES
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1541-1544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1541 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	OBITUARY
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1545, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1545 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1528-1531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1528 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical Research

This week's Clinical Research

	Antibody that blocks stimulation of cortisol secretion by adrenocorticotrophic hormone in Addison's disease
	Pat Kendall-Taylor, Ann Lambert, Robert Mitchell, William R Robertson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1489-1491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1489 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paranormal healing and hypertension
	Jaap J Beutler, Johannes T M Attevelt, Sybo A Schouten, Joop A J Faber, Evert J Dorhout Mees, Gijsbert G Geijskes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1491-1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1491 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Accuracy of cervical cytology screening
	John R Hughes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1534 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vocational training in general practice
	Dorothy M B Ward
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1534-1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1534-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vocational training in general practice
	Caz Sayer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1535 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vocational training in general practice
	J Morris, J Godlee, C Donovan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1535-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vocational training in general practice
	John D Sinson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1535-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Vocational training in general practice
	D G Wilson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1535-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rheumatic fever
	Hugh McIntyre, S Crooks, Stephen S Nussey, P M Greenfield
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1535-1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1535-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rheumatic fever
	P G Weaving
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1536 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rheumatic fever
	John Pitts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1536-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Acute appendicitis and social class
	Neil Andersson, Anne Cockcroft
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1536-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Malaria prophylaxis
	Lars Rombo
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1536-1537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1536-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Malaria prophylaxis
	Peter Fletcher
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1537 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complications of nasogastric feeding
	C L M H Gibbons, C B D Lavy, S Bacon
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1537-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Controlling symptoms in advanced cancer
	Jennifer Bulman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1537-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of Gardnerella vaginalis
	K G Kerr, M R Millar, P Hawkey, P G R Godwin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1537, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1537-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of Gardnerella vaginalis: Authors' Reply
	T C O'Dowd, R R West
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1537-1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1537-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fetal intracardiac transfusions
	Louis Heyse-Moore
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1538 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fetal intracardiac transfusions: Author's reply
	Magnus Westgren
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1538-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The sickening of medical research
	A P Hemingway, D J Allison
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1538-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Penicillamine nephropathy
	Paul Emery, Gabriel Panayi
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1538, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1538-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric illness among British
	Gyles Glover
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1538-1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1538-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Delays in treating bladder cancer
	Mel Jones, Robert Cox, Karen Davies, Michael Rose
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1539 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving outpatient clinics
	E Moonman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1539-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Iron and infection
	J J Bullen, C Gillon Ward
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1539-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Körner, nomenclature, and SNOMED
	W Dodd
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1539, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1539-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Pre-employment chest radiographs
	John M Grange
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Pre-employment chest radiographs
	Freda Festenstein
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Measles mortality
	A O H Tellegen
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Performance indicators
	W A Wallace
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Alcohol and road safety
	Barry Sheerman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: New drugs
	K Summers
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Insulin for the non-insulin dependent?
	J S Garrow
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Home visiting by consultants
	R N Baldwin
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Cervical biopsy
	M B Gillett
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Letter from Fiji
	T G Hawley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1540-i [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Leading Articles

This week's Leading Articles

	Treating claudication in five words
	E Housley
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1483-1484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1483 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health hazards from British beaches?
	S J Eykyn
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1484 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anogenital papillomavirus infection in children
	J D Oriel
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1484-1485, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1484-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self help groups and professionals — what is the relationship?
	Mary E Black
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1485-1486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1485 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Three hundred and fifty years of the Peruvian fever bark
	L J Bruce-Chwatt
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1486-1487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1486 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Seizing the initiative on compensation
	Richard Smith
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1487-1488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1487 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New lessons from the atomic bomb survivors
	J Stewart Orr
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1488, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1488 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Medical Practice

This week's Medical Practice

	Who undertakes the consultations in the outpatient department?
	R S Kiff, P A Sykes
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1511-1512, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1511 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Life expectancy and mortality data from the Soviet Union
	Michael Ryan
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1513-1515, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1513 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A cautionary tale
	Stanley Alstead
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1515-1516, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1515 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Obstructive uropathy without dilatation: a potential diagnostic pitfall
	Kathleen Lyons, Philip Matthews, Colin Evans
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1517-1518, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1517 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Green College Lectures: The National Health Service: reflections on a changing service
	Patrick Nairne
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1518-1520, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1518 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reliability of interviewing in medical student selection
	P Richards, I C McManus, S A Maitlis
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1520-1521, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1520 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Macrovascular disease in diabetics in Central Africa
	M Rolfe
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1522-1525, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1522 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media: Effect of a public campaign about malignant melanoma on general practitioner workload in Southampton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1526-1527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1526 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicolegal: General practitioners block closure of cottage hospital
	Clare Dyer
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1531-1532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1531 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	Tim Johnson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1533 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers and Short Reports

This week's Papers and Short Reports

	Maternal fatness and viability of preterm infants
	A Lucas, R Morley, T J Cole, M F Bamford, A Boon, P Crowle, J F B Dossetor, R Pearse
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1495-1497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1495 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Low birth weight and risk of high blood pressure in adulthood
	Gerhard Gennser, Per Rymark, Per Erik Isberg
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1498-1500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1498 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol consumption in Dundee primigravidas and its effects on outcome of pregnancy
	Nabeel D Sulaiman, C Du V Florey, D J Taylor, S A Ogston
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1500-1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1500 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sarcoidosis presenting as gingivitis
	J P Hayter, J M Robertson
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1504 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Long term follow-up of factitious anaemia
	Martin F Fey, Andreas Radvila
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1504-1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1504-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fatal cardiac failure due to myocardial microthrombi in systemic lupus erythematosus
	J H Brown, C C Doherty, D C Allen, P Morton
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1505, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1505 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of low dose heparin on blood loss at caesarean section
	Nicholas C W Hill, J Gordon Hill, Jean M Sargent, Colin G Taylor, Peter V Bush
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1505-1506, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1505-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A nursing career for people with diabetes
	Nicola Robinson, John Lister, Susan Knibbs
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1506-1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1506 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Activated charcoal, emesis, and gastric lavage in aspirin overdose
	V Danel, J A Henry, E Glucksman
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1507, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1507 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Practice Observed

This week's Practice Observed

	Certificated sickness absence in industrial employees threatened with redundancy
	Norman Beale, Susan Nethercott
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1508-1510, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1508 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Supplement

This week's Supplement

	The Week
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1546, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1546 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient power on the march
	John Warden
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1547, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1547 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	GPs' concern at differential pay award
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1548 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Strains in the constitutional fabric of the BMA?
	J David Watts
	Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)  1988;296:1549-1550, doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6635.1549 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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