Patients' perception of their asthma. Accuracy of perception still unclear.
	P White, A Atherton
	BMJ  1993;307:1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1209-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patient's perception of their asthma. Children also misinterpret the signs.
	M S Kibirige
	BMJ  1993;307:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1210 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical training. Training is inconsistent.
	P F Jones
	BMJ  1993;307:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1210-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotic prophylaxis in dental practice.
	R Davies
	BMJ  1993;307:1210-1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1210-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Major incident planning.
	L Brennan, F Sage, D Simpson
	BMJ  1993;307:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1211-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prenatal screening for Down's Syndrome.
	A Round, W Hamilton
	BMJ  1993;307:1211-1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1211-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Locum doctors. Are undervalued.
	R Macherla
	BMJ  1993;307:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1212 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Locum doctors. All systems for regulation are fallible.
	L Dimpel
	BMJ  1993;307:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1212-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Transmission of infectious diseases in prison.
	C Matheï, P van Damme, A Meheus
	BMJ  1993;307:1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1212-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Death from occupational disease.
	D Slater, L Harvey
	BMJ  1993;307:1212-1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1212-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cost-utility analysis.
	A Nicholls
	BMJ  1993;307:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1213 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Adult moyamoya disease.
	B G Neville
	BMJ  1993;307:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1213-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Community supervision orders.
	G Thornicroft
	BMJ  1993;307:1213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1213-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Influenza immunization in elderly people.
	D S Sloan
	BMJ  1993;307:1213-1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1213-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Paternal exposure to chemicals before conception.
	L Magos
	BMJ  1993;307:1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1214 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deregulating emergency contraception.
	J B Sharma, M R Newman, R J Smith
	BMJ  1993;307:1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1214-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Value of measuring blood pressure in pregnancy.
	D G Daniel
	BMJ  1993;307:1214-1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1214-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unifying academic general practice. Preserve the practical approach.
	N Leach
	BMJ  1993;307:1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1215-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unifying academic general practice. Trainers and tutors should get together.
	J Spencer, G Rutt
	BMJ  1993;307:1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1215-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Unifying academic general practice. Approach with caution.
	M B Taylor
	BMJ  1993;307:1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1215-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Finding out about asthma
	John Gabbay
	BMJ  1993;307:1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1209 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patients' perception of their asthma: Accuracy of perception still unclear: Authors' reply
	A H Kendrick, G Laszlo
	BMJ  1993;307:1209, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1209-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical training: Experience sacrificed to changes in practice
	StJohn Collier, Roy Calne
	BMJ  1993;307:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1210-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical training: Adapt teaching to meet training needs
	J G R Cumming
	BMJ  1993;307:1210, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1210-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Labelling drug ampoules
	B P Guratsky
	BMJ  1993;307:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1211 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Labelling drug ampoules: Author's reply
	R Hugh James
	BMJ  1993;307:1211, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1211-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prenatal screening for Down's syndrome: Authors' reply
	K Spencer, P Carpenter
	BMJ  1993;307:1211-1212, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1211-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Whistleblowers
	Geoffrey Hunt
	BMJ  1993;307:1214, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1214-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Israeli counterpart of the Red Cross
	F Levy
	BMJ  1993;307:1215, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1215 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Risk factors for development of flucloxacillin associated jaundice
	BMJ  1993;307:1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1179 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	News
	BMJ  1993;307:1161-1166, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1161 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	NOTES
	BMJ  1993;307:1182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1182 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1993;307:1207-1208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1207 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicopolitical Digest
	BMJ  1993;307:1216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1216 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings
	BMJ  1993;307:1217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1217 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine and the Media
	BMJ  1993;307:1218-1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1218 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal view
	A J M Cavenagh
	BMJ  1993;307:1219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1219 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1993;307:1222, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1222 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1993;307:1220-1221, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1220 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	The Gardner hypothesis.
	H Inskip
	BMJ  1993;307:1155-1156, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1155 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners and incentives.
	S Iliffe, J Munro
	BMJ  1993;307:1156-1157, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1156 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality, contraception, and young people.
	G Scally
	BMJ  1993;307:1157-1158, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1157 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Junior doctors and the EC draft directive on working hours.
	J Poulsen
	BMJ  1993;307:1158-1159, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1158 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Salt and asthma.
	A J Knox
	BMJ  1993;307:1159-1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1159 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	New powers of supervised discharge of mentally ill people.
	R Bluglass
	BMJ  1993;307:1160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1160 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised controlled trial of oxytocin alone versus oxytocin and ergometrine in active management of third stage of labour.
	S J McDonald, W J Prendiville, E Blair
	BMJ  1993;307:1167-1171, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1167 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pertussis immunisation and serious acute neurological illnesses in children.
	D Miller, N Madge, J Diamond, J Wadsworth, E Ross
	BMJ  1993;307:1171-1176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1171 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preregistration house officers in the Thames regions: changes in quality of training after four years.
	J H Gillard, T H Dent, E J Aarons, H L Crimlisk, P J Smyth-Pigott, M W Nicholls
	BMJ  1993;307:1176-1179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1176 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preregistration house officers in eight English regions: survey of quality of training.
	J H Gillard, T H Dent, E J Aarons, P J Smyth-Pigott, M W Nicholls
	BMJ  1993;307:1180-1184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1180 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Heterosexual transmission of HIV in injecting drug users.
	P J Ronald, J R Robertson, R Wyld, R Weightman
	BMJ  1993;307:1184-1185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1184 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Postmarketing study of cardiovascular adverse reactions associated with sumatriptan.
	J P Ottervanger, T B van Witsen, H A Valkenburg, B H Stricker
	BMJ  1993;307:1185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1185 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of fundholding and indicative prescribing schemes on general practitioners' prescribing costs.
	J Bradlow, A Coulter
	BMJ  1993;307:1186-1189, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1186 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	General practice fundholding: observations on prescribing patterns and costs using the defined daily dose method.
	M Maxwell, D Heaney, J G Howie, S Noble
	BMJ  1993;307:1190-1194, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1190 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diabetic retinopathy.
	E M Kohner
	BMJ  1993;307:1195-1199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1195 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fully informed consent can be needlessly cruel.
	J S Tobias, R L Souhami
	BMJ  1993;307:1199-1201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1199 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of emergency radiology. Chest radiographs--I.
	D W Hodgkinson, B R O'Driscoll, P A Driscoll, D A Nicholson
	BMJ  1993;307:1202-1206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6913.1202 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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