Communicating with cancer patients.
	J. A. Dennison
	BMJ  1988;297:1192, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1192 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Determining power in clinical trials.
	P. Urbach
	BMJ  1988;297:1192-1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1192-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Does wearing two pairs of gloves protect against skin contamination?
	J. R. Smith, J. M. Grant
	BMJ  1988;297:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1193 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lytic bone metastases after APD in breast carcinoma.
	M. R. Williams, M. P. Mohajer
	BMJ  1988;297:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1193-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sunlamps and the risk of melanoma.
	BMJ  1988;297:1193-1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1193-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Exercise induced rhinorrhoea.
	S. O'Hickey, P. Christie, T. Lee
	BMJ  1988;297:1194-1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1194-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postperinatal mortality in a health district with a garrison town.
	A. Biswas, M. J. Dalton
	BMJ  1988;297:1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1195 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The frozen hip.
	A. Coral
	BMJ  1988;297:1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1195-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ectopic pregnancy.
	R. J. Norman
	BMJ  1988;297:1195-1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1195-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fish oil and plasma fibrinogen.
	R. Saynor, T. Gillott
	BMJ  1988;297:1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1196 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A milestone for myocardial infarction.
	W. A. Wallace
	BMJ  1988;297:1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1196-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are GP referrals influenced by the availability of consultants?
	H. T. Sørensen, B. Christensen, C. E. Mabeck
	BMJ  1988;297:1196, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1196-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Occult AIDS.
	H. Vinti, A. Pesce, B. Taillan, P. Dujardin, J. P. Cassuto
	BMJ  1988;297:1196-1197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1196-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetes poorly controlled by sulphonylureas.
	T. D. Hockaday
	BMJ  1988;297:1197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1197 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An inspector calls.
	BMJ  1988;297:1197-1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1197-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Microvascular surgery to preserve a preterm infant's ischaemic arm.
	C. R. Kirk, S. A. Qureshi
	BMJ  1988;297:1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1198-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bulimia nervosa among Asian schoolgirls.
	D. Bhugra, M. King
	BMJ  1988;297:1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1198-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Regular Review: Echocardiography
	BMJ  1988;297:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1148-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Fluorescent lights, ultraviolet lamps, and risk of cutaneous melanoma
	BMJ  1988;297:1172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1172 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: How to choose a general practice computing system: comparison of commercial packages
	BMJ  1988;297:1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1189 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Consensus on cancer therapy
	BMJ  1988;297:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-i [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	News
	BMJ  1988;297:1149-1154, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1149 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1988;297:1190-1191, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1190 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BMA Affairs
	BMJ  1988;297:1200-1202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1200 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	BMJ  1988;297:1206-1207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1206 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opinion
	BMJ  1988;297:1208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1208 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View
	H A Dewar
	BMJ  1988;297:1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1209 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1988;297:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1210 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1988;297:1203-1205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1203 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Correspondence

This week's Correspondence

	Determining power in clinical trials
	Douglas K Miller, Sharon M Homan
	BMJ  1988;297:1192-1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1192-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lytic bone metastases after APD in breast carcinoma: Authors' reply
	A Howell, D J Dodwell
	BMJ  1988;297:1193, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1193-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sunlamps and the risk of melanoma
	F M Allwright
	BMJ  1988;297:1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1194 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sunlamps and the risk of melanoma: Authors' reply
	A J Swerdlow, C J O'Doherty, J S C English, J A A Hunter, R M MacKie, J Clark, D J Hole
	BMJ  1988;297:1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1194-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sunlamps and the risk of melanoma
	Shane P A Allwright
	BMJ  1988;297:1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1194-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The frozen hip: Authors' reply
	M D Chard, J R Jenner
	BMJ  1988;297:1195, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1195-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetes poorly controlled by sulphonylureas
	A R Scott
	BMJ  1988;297:1197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1197-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Living under pylons
	Neville Goodman
	BMJ  1988;297:1197, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1197-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An inspector calls
	David Costain
	BMJ  1988;297:1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1198 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Needling doubts about where to vaccinate
	N R Grist, D Reid, E Walker
	BMJ  1988;297:1198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1198-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Chemical castration controversy
	Leonard Tarlo
	BMJ  1988;297:1198-1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1198-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Hours of work
	H R Guly
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Longevity in Palau
	Paul Heaton
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Moslems and consent
	Kandil Shaker
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The closed eye sign
	H G Easton
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: The closed eye sign
	Elizabeth M Robertson
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Drugs in Australia
	W Coote
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-e [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Preoperative biochemical screening
	K A Milligan, P McHugh
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-f [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Antibiotics in emergency bags
	D Hall
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-g [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Points: Referrals to hospital
	I St J Kem
	BMJ  1988;297:1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1199-h [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Monitoring the acute phase response.
	J. Stuart, S. M. Lewis
	BMJ  1988;297:1143-1144, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1143 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	I don't want you to see a psychiatrist.
	G. Wilkinson
	BMJ  1988;297:1144-1145, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1144 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Orthotic services: a need for change.
	R. G. Platts
	BMJ  1988;297:1145-1146, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1145 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Genital herpes during pregnancy.
	J. Kelly
	BMJ  1988;297:1146-1147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1146 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood tuberculosis in Britain.
	M. Silverman
	BMJ  1988;297:1147-1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1147 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Social security benefits for the mentally ill.
	B. E. Marks
	BMJ  1988;297:1148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1148 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treating hypertension in black compared with white non-insulin dependent diabetics: a double blind trial of verapamil and metoprolol.
	J. K. Cruickshank, N. M. Anderson, J. Wadsworth, S. M. Young, E. Jepson
	BMJ  1988;297:1155-1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1155 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sustained compression and healing of chronic venous ulcers.
	S. D. Blair, D. D. Wright, C. M. Backhouse, E. Riddle, C. N. McCollum
	BMJ  1988;297:1159-1161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1159 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Referral patterns to an ophthalmic outpatient clinic by general practitioners and ophthalmic opticians and the role of these professionals in screening for ocular disease.
	R. J. Harrison, J. M. Wild, A. J. Hobley
	BMJ  1988;297:1162-1167, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1162 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mastectomy or conservation: the patient's choice.
	R. G. Wilson, A. Hart, P. J. Dawes
	BMJ  1988;297:1167-1169, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1167 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relaxation and imagery in the treatment of breast cancer.
	L. R. Bridge, P. Benson, P. C. Pietroni, R. G. Priest
	BMJ  1988;297:1169-1172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1169 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Is routine urine testing in outpatient clinics useful?
	A. G. Morgan
	BMJ  1988;297:1173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1173 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	BCG immunisation of infants by percutaneous multiple puncture.
	D. B. Cundall, D. J. Ashelford, S. B. Pearson
	BMJ  1988;297:1173-1174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1173-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Withdrawal of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis to treat mild peritonitis.
	D. C. Pagniez, E. MacNamara, F. Fortin, L. Delvallez, A. Fruchart, P. Dequiedt, A. Tacquet
	BMJ  1988;297:1174-1175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1174 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Laxative properties of indigestible plastic particles.
	J. Tomlin, N. W. Read
	BMJ  1988;297:1175-1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1175 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Importance of scrotal ultrasonography in gynaecomastia.
	G. S. Conway, T. MacConnell, G. Wells, S. D. Slater
	BMJ  1988;297:1176-1177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1176 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Intracerebral haemorrhage: incidence and use of computed tomography.
	C. C. Rowe, G. A. Donnan, P. F. Bladin
	BMJ  1988;297:1177-1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1177 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Filter paper sampling of blood infected with HIV: effect of heat on antibody activity and viral infectivity.
	B. Evengard, M. von Sydow, A. Ehrnst, P. O. Pehrson, P. Lundbergh, E. Linder
	BMJ  1988;297:1178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1178 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Self referral to accident and emergency department: patients' perceptions.
	S. Singh
	BMJ  1988;297:1179-1180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1179 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fifty six continence advisers, one peripatetic teacher.
	C. Hall, C. M. Castleden, G. J. Grove
	BMJ  1988;297:1181-1182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1181 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial freedom. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
	BMJ  1988;297:1182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1182 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health economics: the end of clinical freedom?
	A. Williams
	BMJ  1988;297:1183-1186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1183 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Distress and delay associated with urinary incontinence, frequency, and urgency in women.
	P. A. Norton, L. D. MacDonald, P. M. Sedgwick, S. L. Stanton
	BMJ  1988;297:1187-1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1187 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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