Access to surgery for smokers. Denying treatment is indefensible.
	M I Khalid
	BMJ  1993;306:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1408 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Access to heart surgery for smokers. Denying access more costly.
	N Mamode
	BMJ  1993;306:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1408-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Access to heart surgery for smokers. Each patient a special case.
	G Zolese
	BMJ  1993;306:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1408-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Access to heart surgery for smokers. Smokers waste valuable resources.
	S D Grant, N H Brooks, D H Bennett, R D Levy, C L Bray, C Ward
	BMJ  1993;306:1408, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1408-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Access to heart surgery for smokers. The NHS can't treat only saints.
	E Vithayathil
	BMJ  1993;306:1408-1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1408-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Access to heart surgery for smokers. Higher complication rate not confined to smokers.
	S Bhattacharya
	BMJ  1993;306:1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1409 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Access to heart surgery for smokers. Inform, don't punish.
	S Mullick
	BMJ  1993;306:1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1409-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Upper age limit for cervical screening.
	W J van Wijngaarden, I D Duncan
	BMJ  1993;306:1409-1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1409-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Uses of heparin. Withhold in acute ischaemic stroke.
	R I Lindley, P A Sandercock
	BMJ  1993;306:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1410 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Uses of heparin. Ancrod for heparin induced thrombocytopenia.
	R L Soutar, J S Ginsberg
	BMJ  1993;306:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1410-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Students like new curriculum.
	J A Dent
	BMJ  1993;306:1410, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1410-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatry services for elderly people. Doctors should be in the front line.
	D J Jolley
	BMJ  1993;306:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1411-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatry services for elderly people. Team approach to assessment unproved.
	T Helme, J Besson, E Fottrell
	BMJ  1993;306:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1411-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary centres should provide neonatal intensive care.
	J F Dossetor, D A Barter, S Rubin
	BMJ  1993;306:1411-1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1411-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health inequalities in Australia.
	P C Arnold
	BMJ  1993;306:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1412 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Leukemia in children whose parents have been exposed to radiation.
	T Nomura
	BMJ  1993;306:1412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1412-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cerebral herniation in bacterial meningitis.
	S W Jones, D Webb
	BMJ  1993;306:1413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1413-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Induction of labour at term. Women not for waiting.
	J B Sharma, R J Smith, D J Wilkin
	BMJ  1993;306:1413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1413-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Induction of labour at term. Evidence on outcome favours induction.
	R O'Connor
	BMJ  1993;306:1413-1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1413-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injecting drug users in Edinburgh. General practitioners reluctant to prescribe.
	B A Kidd, G E Ralston
	BMJ  1993;306:1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1414 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Injecting drug users in Edinburgh. Fewer drug users share needles.
	G E Bath, N Dominy, S M Burns, A Peters, A G Davies, A M Richardson
	BMJ  1993;306:1414, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1414-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Resource allocation.
	E S Williams, C M Scott, R Brazil
	BMJ  1993;306:1415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1415 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Using Medline for comprehensive searches.
	R Wakeford, W Roberts
	BMJ  1993;306:1415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1415-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical messages on television. Grapevine effect.
	J C Stinson, T O'Connell, R Chan, J Feely
	BMJ  1993;306:1415-1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1415-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical messages on television. Copycat overdoses coincidental.
	G Waldron, J Walton, R Helowicz
	BMJ  1993;306:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1416 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health and human rights in Gaza.
	D Summerfield
	BMJ  1993;306:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1416-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Attachments in general practice for hospital trainees.
	D Cole
	BMJ  1993;306:1416-1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1416-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners' performance.
	L M Campbell, T S Murray
	BMJ  1993;306:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1417-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Heartsink hotel revisited
	R Bevis Cubey
	BMJ  1993;306:1409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1409-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Radiologists' advice about breast lumps
	C J Squire
	BMJ  1993;306:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1411 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical services for children
	Loretta Light
	BMJ  1993;306:1411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1411-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Complaints: consumerism leads to poor services
	C K Connolly
	BMJ  1993;306:1412-1413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1412-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors must help people to stop smoking
	David R Tooth
	BMJ  1993;306:1413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1413 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NHS continuing care for people with learning disabilities
	Debabrata Chakraborti
	BMJ  1993;306:1414-1415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1414-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners and reaccreditation
	Mike Pringle
	BMJ  1993;306:1416, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1416-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New model needed for consultant contract
	Malcolm Forsythe
	BMJ  1993;306:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1417 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners' views of their FHSA
	C M Vaughan-Griffiths
	BMJ  1993;306:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1417-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Opening up the merit award system
	Philip Steadman
	BMJ  1993;306:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1417-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Racial discrimination
	John Black
	BMJ  1993;306:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1417-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Rationale for stopping cervical screening in women over 50
	BMJ  1993;306:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1373 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Modified paediatric resuscitation chart
	BMJ  1993;306:1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1373-a [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Non-fundholding a positive choice
	BMJ  1993;306:1417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1417-e [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NOTES
	BMJ  1993;306:i5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.i5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	News
	BMJ  1993;306:1361-1366, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1361 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1993;306:1406-1407, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1406 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicopolitical Digest
	BMJ  1993;306:1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1418 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings
	BMJ  1993;306:1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1419 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	BMJ  1993;306:1420-1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1420 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view
	Stanley Freedman
	BMJ  1993;306:1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1421 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1993;306:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1424 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1993;306:1422-1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1422 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	The problem with cholesterol.
	M G Dunnigan
	BMJ  1993;306:1355-1356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1355 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The GMC: size and public accountability.
	R Smith
	BMJ  1993;306:1356-1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1356 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bone gain and loss in premenopausal women.
	C Cooper, R Eastell
	BMJ  1993;306:1357-1358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1357 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Rural health and health care.
	I S Watt, A J Franks, T A Sheldon
	BMJ  1993;306:1358-1359, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1358 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Home treatment for acute psychiatric disorder.
	P Dedman
	BMJ  1993;306:1359-1360, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1359 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cholesterol lowering and mortality: the importance of considering initial level of risk.
	G D Smith, F Song, T A Sheldon
	BMJ  1993;306:1367-1373, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1367 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prognostic index for recurrence of seizures after remission of epilepsy. Medical Research Council Antiepileptic Drug Withdrawal Study Group.
	BMJ  1993;306:1374-1378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1374 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risk of fatal accidents occurring other than at sea among Icelandic seamen.
	V Rafnsson, H Gunnarsdóttir
	BMJ  1993;306:1379-1381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1379 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosis of sex in preimplantation embryos by fluorescent in situ hybridisation.
	D K Griffin, L J Wilton, A H Handyside, G H Atkinson, R M Winston, J D Delhanty
	BMJ  1993;306:1382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1382 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relation between night visit rates and deprivation measures in one general practice.
	R D Carlisle, S P Johnstone, J C Pearson
	BMJ  1993;306:1383-1385, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1383 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemiological study of wheeze, doctor diagnosed asthma, and cough in preschool children in Leicestershire.
	D K Luyt, P R Burton, H Simpson
	BMJ  1993;306:1386-1390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1386 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Research samples from families with genetic diseases: a proposed code of conduct.
	P S Harper
	BMJ  1993;306:1391-1394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1391 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Building a city wide service for exchanging needles and syringes.
	L Gruer, J Cameron, L Elliott
	BMJ  1993;306:1394-1397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1394 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Continuing medical education: experience and opinions of consultants.
	D N Kerr, S A Jones, C S Easmon
	BMJ  1993;306:1398-1402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1398 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sleep disorders. Medical problems during sleep.
	P M Calverley, C M Shapiro
	BMJ  1993;306:1403-1405, doi: 10.1136/bmj.306.6889.1403 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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