Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Not safe and not cheap.
	S M Rassam
	BMJ  1993;307:1492, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1492 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Underuse of warfarin is multifactorial.
	L Dow, B Bertagne
	BMJ  1993;307:1492-1493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1492-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. GPs not prepared for monitoring anticoagulation.
	F Taylor, M Ramsay, J Voke, H Cohen
	BMJ  1993;307:1493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1493 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. No consensus among doctors.
	G Y Lip
	BMJ  1993;307:1493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1493-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Use of warfarin dependent on local services.
	J E O'Connell, C S Gray
	BMJ  1993;307:1493, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1493-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Don't deny treatment to elderly people.
	T Solanki
	BMJ  1993;307:1493-1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1493-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Doctors reluctant despite evidence.
	D King, K N Davies
	BMJ  1993;307:1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1494 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation associated with aging.
	T Lancaster
	BMJ  1993;307:1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1494-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Should be comprehensive...
	M Emberton, C Wood, P Meredith
	BMJ  1993;307:1494, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1494-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. ... it's the law.
	L Gerlis
	BMJ  1993;307:1494-1495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1494-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Open discussion promotes trust.
	J G Wong
	BMJ  1993;307:1495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1495 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Doctors should admit uncertainty.
	J P Walsworth-Bell
	BMJ  1993;307:1495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1495-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Informed consent difficult in paediatric intensive care.
	N Modi
	BMJ  1993;307:1495, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1495-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Raise public awareness...
	O A Adedeji
	BMJ  1993;307:1495-1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1495-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. ... of the principles of clinical trials.
	H Thornton
	BMJ  1993;307:1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1496 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Consent may not be possible.
	P Chinnery, G Asimakopoulos, R A Kenny
	BMJ  1993;307:1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1496-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Strengthen ethical committees' role.
	N McIntosh
	BMJ  1993;307:1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1496-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Clinical judgement determines disclosure.
	R Keatinge
	BMJ  1993;307:1496, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1496-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent in clinical trials. Full consent may bias outcome of trials.
	J A Kanis, J F Bergmann
	BMJ  1993;307:1497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1497 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Psychology of multiple allergies.
	D J Maberly, H M Anthony
	BMJ  1993;307:1497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1497-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Upper airway obstruction. Consider physical signs...
	P Williamson
	BMJ  1993;307:1497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1497-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Upper airway obstruction. ... and oxygen saturation.
	A J Ball, M B Hough, N J Davies
	BMJ  1993;307:1497-1498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1497-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Giftedness.
	J Freeman
	BMJ  1993;307:1498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1498-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Social deprivation and health. Wealth redistribution has its price.
	B G Charlton
	BMJ  1993;307:1499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1499 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Social deprivation and health. Disease registers valuable if geographically defined.
	D Killalea, A Davis, G Hanstock, J Hanson
	BMJ  1993;307:1499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1499-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Acid soaps in the fish odour syndrome
	Bridget Wilcken
	BMJ  1993;307:1497, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1497-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sanctions make life worse in the former Yugoslavia
	Peter Beckley, Diana Beckley
	BMJ  1993;307:1498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1498 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Antenatal screening for genetic disease
	Vreli Fry, Jill Rustad
	BMJ  1993;307:1498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1498-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Metered dose inhalers
	Austen Moore
	BMJ  1993;307:1498, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1498-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Social deprivation and health: Money must go where it is most needed
	Joy A Main, Paul Main
	BMJ  1993;307:1498-1499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1498-d [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical research in trust hospitals: Threatened by liability for negligence
	D W Vere
	BMJ  1993;307:1499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1499-b [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical research in trust hospitals: Pharmaceutical companies should indemnify trusts
	J S Metters
	BMJ  1993;307:1499, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1499-c [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Female genital mutilation condemned by WMA
	BMJ  1993;307:1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1445 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Randomised controlled trial of oxytocin alone versus oxytocin and ergometrine in active management of third stage of labour
	BMJ  1993;307:1454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1454 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Paternal radiation exposure and leukaemia in offspring: the Ontario case-control study
	BMJ  1993;307:1462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1462 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: General practice fundholding: observations on prescribing patterns and costs using the defined daily dose method
	BMJ  1993;307:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1470 [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Articles

This week's Articles

	NOTES
	BMJ  1993;307:i5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.i5 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	News
	BMJ  1993;307:1441-1446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1441 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Obituary
	BMJ  1993;307:1490-1491, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1490 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medicopolitical Digest
	BMJ  1993;307:1500, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1500 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Soundings
	BMJ  1993;307:1501, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1501 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Minerva
	BMJ  1993;307:1504, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1504 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Book Review

This week's Book Review

	Medicine and Books
	BMJ  1993;307:1503, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1503 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Article

This week's Research Article

	Preventing insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
	K G Alberti
	BMJ  1993;307:1435-1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1435 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Efficient purchasing.
	A Clarke, M McKee, J Appleby, T Sheldon
	BMJ  1993;307:1436-1437, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1436 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Could hospitals do more to encourage breast feeding?
	T Waterston, J Davies
	BMJ  1993;307:1437-1438, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1437 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Medical accidents: no such thing?
	L Evans
	BMJ  1993;307:1438-1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1438 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Explaining referral variation.
	A Hutchinson
	BMJ  1993;307:1439, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1439 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Junior doctors' hours: the way forward.
	P McLaren
	BMJ  1993;307:1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1440 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for HIV-1 antibodies in pregnancy: results from the Swedish national programme.
	S Lindgren, A B Bohlin, M Forsgren, M Arneborn, C Ottenblad, K Lidman, B Anzén, M von Sydow, M Böttiger
	BMJ  1993;307:1447-1451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1447 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Relation between birth weight and blood pressure: longitudinal study of infants and children.
	L J Launer, A Hofman, D E Grobbee
	BMJ  1993;307:1451-1454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1451 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Prenatal screening for trisomy 18 with free beta human chorionic gonadotrophin as a marker.
	K Spencer, A S Mallard, E J Coombes, J N Macri
	BMJ  1993;307:1455-1458, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1455 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Deprivation, low birth weight, and children's height: a comparison between rural and urban areas.
	R Reading, S Raybould, S Jarvis
	BMJ  1993;307:1458-1462, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1458 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Guillain-Barré syndrome after exogenous gangliosides in Italy.
	G Landi, R D'Alessandro, B C Dossi, S Ricci, I L Simone, A Ciccone
	BMJ  1993;307:1463-1464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1463 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Are clinicians interested in up to date reviews of effective care?
	S Paterson-Brown, J C Wyatt, N M Fisk
	BMJ  1993;307:1464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1464 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How valuable is feedback of information on hospital referral patterns?
	P de Marco, C Dain, T Lockwood, M Roland
	BMJ  1993;307:1465-1466, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1465 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding variation in rates of referral among general practitioners: are inappropriate referrals important and would guidelines help to reduce rates?
	A Fertig, M Roland, H King, T Moore
	BMJ  1993;307:1467-1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1467 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Helping women with premenstrual syndrome.
	P M O'Brien
	BMJ  1993;307:1471-1475, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1471 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of emergency radiology. The skull.
	D A Nicholson, P A Driscoll, D W Hodgkinson, W S Forbes
	BMJ  1993;307:1476-1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1476 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	American and European recommendations for screening mammography in younger women: a cultural divide?
	I Jatoi, M Baum
	BMJ  1993;307:1481-1483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1481 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical analysis of 100 medicolegal cases.
	G Neale
	BMJ  1993;307:1483-1487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1483 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Laparoscopic nephrectomy.
	K Kerbl, R V Clayman, E M McDougall, L R Kavoussi
	BMJ  1993;307:1488-1489, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1488 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Words of sorrow.
	Rodger Charlton
	BMJ  1993;307:1502, doi: 10.1136/bmj.307.6917.1502 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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