Holding back the tide of cesareans.
	BMJ  1988;297:852-853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.852 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Brain abscess complicating cervical traction.
	BMJ  1988;297:853-854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.853-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chemotherapy related pulmonary embolus recognized.
	S. R. Isles, T. Hickish, D. Cunningham
	BMJ  1988;297:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.854 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Renal transplantation from HBsAg positive donors to HBsAg negative recipients.
	A. A. al-Khader, J. M. Dhar, M. al-Sulaiman, M. K. al-Hasani
	BMJ  1988;297:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.854-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dyslexia.
	J. Stein
	BMJ  1988;297:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.854-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Salt saga continued.
	T. C. Beard, T. Dwyer
	BMJ  1988;297:854-855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.854-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Daytime urinary frequency in children.
	P. Crowther, P. J. Pead, L. Pead, R. Maskell
	BMJ  1988;297:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.855 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
	D. O. Ho-Len, J. M. Chatterton, A. W. Joss
	BMJ  1988;297:855, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.855-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Consensus on HIV testing.
	P. Morgan-Capner, D. N. Hutchinson
	BMJ  1988;297:855-856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.855-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Referral to hospital: can we do better?
	F. P. Howarth, J. M. Maitland
	BMJ  1988;297:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.856-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community care: Italian style.
	S. Oke
	BMJ  1988;297:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.856-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Articles

This week's Articles

	News
	BMJ  1988;297:811-816, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.811 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1988;297:850-851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.850 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA Affairs
	BMJ  1988;297:859-862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.859 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Notes
	BMJ  1988;297:862, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.862 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	BMJ  1988;297:865-867, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.865 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opinion
	BMJ  1988;297:868, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.868 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	John Black
	BMJ  1988;297:869, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.869 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1988;297:870, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.870 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1988;297:863-864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.863 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Holding back the tide of caesareans
	Mahmood Shafi, Paul Byrne, G Constantine, D M Luesley
	BMJ  1988;297:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.852-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Holding back the tide of caesareans
	D D Mathews
	BMJ  1988;297:852-853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.852-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Holding back the tide of caesareans
	Lorraine Lighton
	BMJ  1988;297:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.853 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Brain abscess complicating cervical traction
	T T King, P Hamlyn
	BMJ  1988;297:853-854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.853-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Specialisms in general practice
	K Jones
	BMJ  1988;297:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.856 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	DNA fingerprinting
	F E Cotter, S Nasipuri
	BMJ  1988;297:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.856-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does wearing two pairs of gloves protect against skin contamination?
	Nigel Fieldman
	BMJ  1988;297:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.856-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Battle of the bottle
	Tony Waterston, David Morley
	BMJ  1988;297:856, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.856-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Ultrasonography for diagnosing appendicitis
	Derek Crichton
	BMJ  1988;297:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.857 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Decision making for routine immunisation
	W J Noonan
	BMJ  1988;297:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.857-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Non-operative management of perianeurysmal fibrosis
	J F Thompson, A D B Chant
	BMJ  1988;297:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.857-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Heartsink patients
	D G Wilson
	BMJ  1988;297:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.857-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Hospital referrals
	Paul A Reilly
	BMJ  1988;297:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.857-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Hospital referrals
	D J Price
	BMJ  1988;297:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.857-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Asian mothers' risk factors for perinatal death
	Alfredo Pisacane, Gianfranco Mazzarella
	BMJ  1988;297:857, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.857-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: What went wrong at Exeter?
	Henry Weatherburn
	BMJ  1988;297:857-858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.857-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Preoperative biochemical screening.
	I. T. Campbell, P. Gosling
	BMJ  1988;297:803-804, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.803 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Living under pylons.
	A. W. Tar-Ching
	BMJ  1988;297:804-805, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.804 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A national health research policy.
	R. Smith
	BMJ  1988;297:805-806, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.805 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disciplining midwives.
	J. O. Drife
	BMJ  1988;297:806-807, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.806 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Recent research on the causes of Alzheimer's disease.
	I. J. Deary, L. J. Whalley
	BMJ  1988;297:807-810, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.807 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inaccuracy and delay in decision making in paediatric resuscitation, and a proposed reference chart to reduce error.
	P. A. Oakley
	BMJ  1988;297:817-819, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.817 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric morbidity of a long stay hospital population with chronic schizophrenia and implications for future community care.
	D. A. Curson, M. Patel, P. F. Liddle, T. R. Barnes
	BMJ  1988;297:819-822, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.819 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transabdominal chorionic villus biopsy in second and third trimesters of pregnancy to determine fetal karyotype.
	L. Pijpers, M. G. Jahoda, A. Reuss, J. W. Wladimiroff, E. S. Sachs
	BMJ  1988;297:822-823, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.822 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Excess mortality associated with alcohol consumption.
	P. Anderson
	BMJ  1988;297:824-826, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.824 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postmarketing surveillance of enalapril. I: Results of prescription-event monitoring.
	W. H. Inman, N. S. Rawson, L. V. Wilton, G. L. Pearce, C. J. Speirs
	BMJ  1988;297:826-829, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.826 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postmarketing surveillance of enalapril. II: Investigation of the potential role of enalapril in deaths with renal failure.
	C. J. Speirs, C. T. Dollery, W. H. Inman, N. S. Rawson, L. V. Wilton
	BMJ  1988;297:830-832, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.830 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fertility and legal abortion in England and Wales: performance indicators for family planning services.
	M. Clarke
	BMJ  1988;297:832-833, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.832 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and pain free peptic ulceration in the elderly.
	M. P. Skander, F. P. Ryan
	BMJ  1988;297:833-834, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.833 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Increased bacterial binding to respiratory epithelial cells in vitamin A deficiency.
	R. K. Chandra
	BMJ  1988;297:834-835, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.834 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk to Metropolitan police officers from exposure to hepatitis B.
	J. Welch, A. J. Tilzey, J. Bertrand, E. C. Bott, J. E. Banatvala
	BMJ  1988;297:835-836, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.835 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Menstrual and ovulatory disturbance in bulimia.
	T. Cantopher, C. Evans, J. H. Lacey, J. M. Pearce
	BMJ  1988;297:836-837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.836 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The closed eyes sign: an aid to diagnosing non-specific abdominal pain.
	D. W. Gray, J. M. Dixon, J. Collin
	BMJ  1988;297:837, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.837 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How to choose a general practice computing system: comparison of commercial packages.
	A. Daniels, A. Coulter
	BMJ  1988;297:838-840, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.838 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sympmed I: computer program for primary health care.
	M. W. Uplekar, N. H. Antia, P. S. Dhumale
	BMJ  1988;297:841-843, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.841 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Molecular genetics in clinical practice: evolution of a DNA diagnostic service.
	A. L. Meredith, M. Upadhyaya, P. S. Harper
	BMJ  1988;297:843-846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.843 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improve the counselling skills of doctors and nurses in cancer care.
	P. Maguire, A. Faulkner
	BMJ  1988;297:847-849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.847 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ceftriaxone and reversible cholelithiasis.
	R. H. Meyboom, H. Kuiper, A. Jansen
	BMJ  1988;297:858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.858 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hallucinations in association with ceftazidime.
	M. F. al-Zahawi, M. S. Sprott, D. J. Hendrick
	BMJ  1988;297:858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.858-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone associated with lorazepam.
	W. R. Engel, A. Grau
	BMJ  1988;297:858, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6652.858-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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