Lessons from the financial scandals in Wessex and the West Midlands Health authority members found wanting
	R Klein
	BMJ  1994;308:215-216 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction
	S M Cobbe
	BMJ  1994;308:216-217 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What to do about halitosis
	C Scully, S Porter, J Greenman
	BMJ  1994;308:217-218 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Appropriateness: the next frontier
	R H Brook
	BMJ  1994;308:218-219 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reforming the Swedish health services
	C Ham
	BMJ  1994;308:219-220 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Prostatic cancer and radionuclides Evidence implicates zinc-65
	A Hilson
	BMJ  1994;308:268 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Excess of other cancers in Wales
	C Busby
	BMJ  1994;308:268 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cancer risk has no effect on mortality
	W D Atkinson, M Marshall, B O Wade
	BMJ  1994;308:268-269 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Repetitive strain injury Examine working practices
	A Seaton
	BMJ  1994;308:269 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A real occupational illness..
	A Mann
	BMJ  1994;308:269 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	...that is misunderstood and misdiagnosed
	M Hutson
	BMJ  1994;308:269 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pain linked to repetitive work
	S P Tyrer
	BMJ  1994;308:269-270 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Musicians helped by team approach
	I M James, C B W Parry
	BMJ  1994;308:270 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Alcohol and heart disease Drinking advice inconsistent and unscientific
	G Winstanley
	BMJ  1994;308:270 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Current weekly limits too mean
	J C Duffy
	BMJ  1994;308:270-271 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Wine glass holds more than one unit
	G Taylor
	BMJ  1994;308:271 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Informed consent Consent requires a flexible approach
	R L Souhami, J S Tobias
	BMJ  1994;308:271 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reactionary approach inhibits progress
	M Baum
	BMJ  1994;308:271 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Methods of consent should be tested experimentally
	T Marteau
	BMJ  1994;308:271-272 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consent difficult in paediatric oncology
	O B Eden
	BMJ  1994;308:272 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Early treatment of Parkinson's disease Open studies are unreliable
	V Myllyla, E Heinonen
	BMJ  1994;308:272 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors' reply
	A Lees, J Head
	BMJ  1994;308:272-273 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Computer project in Wessex
	J Garfield
	BMJ  1994;308:273 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safe blood? Saving lives costs money
	P J Hamilton
	BMJ  1994;308:273 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HTLV-I infection is crippling
	J A Copplestone, A G Prentice, M D Hamon, J Gawler, N Anderson
	BMJ  1994;308:273 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Few German blood donors are paid
	A C M Heinze
	BMJ  1994;308:273 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Access to specialist palliative care
	A M Smith, A Eve
	BMJ  1994;308:273-274 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Helping sick doctors
	J L Kearns
	BMJ  1994;308:274 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma in cross country skiers
	R C Pollard, A J Pollard
	BMJ  1994;308:274 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Osteoporotic fractures Target whole population for prevention
	M H Duncan
	BMJ  1994;308:274 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors' reply
	T Nguyen, G Jones, P Sambrook, P Kelly, S Lord, J Freund, J Eisman
	BMJ  1994;308:274-275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	SHOs: the lost tribes Troubled SHOs should seek counselling
	S Brandon
	BMJ  1994;308:275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Not all tribes lost
	S Davies
	BMJ  1994;308:275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Royal colleges active on their behalf
	B Pentecost
	BMJ  1994;308:275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Training inadequate in paediatric resuscitation
	K F H Teale
	BMJ  1994;308:275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Upjohn libel case over "wild" claims opens in court
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:221 [Extract] [Full text]

	Data show disaster risk in Sarajevo
	A Claxton
	BMJ  1994;308:222 [Extract] [Full text]

	French doctors condemn rules on road safety
	A Dorozynski
	BMJ  1994;308:222-223 [Extract] [Full text]

	US campaign for women to take folic acid to prevent birth defects
	J Hopkins-Tanne
	BMJ  1994;308:223 [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA votes to reduce age of consent for homosexual men
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;308:223 [Extract] [Full text]

	$89m award likely to go to appeal in US
	F B Charatan
	BMJ  1994;308:223-224 [Extract] [Full text]

	Colleges say no to forced caesarean sections
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:224 [Extract] [Full text]

	Psychiatrists must assess risk of violence
	T Groves
	BMJ  1994;308:224-225 [Extract] [Full text]

	Mrs Bottomley asks for more integrity for NHS
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;308:225-226 [Extract] [Full text]

	Court allows second man the right to die
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:226 [Extract] [Full text]

	Focus: Washington: "A little of the Buchenwald touch"
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:226 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Primary medical care outside normal working hours: review of published work
	L Hallam
	BMJ  1994;308:249-253 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Enriching Careers in General Practice A career structure for general practice
	S Handysides
	BMJ  1994;308:253-256 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Proposal for changes in cystoscopic follow up of patients with bladder cancer and adjuvant intravesical chemotherapy
	R R Hall, M K B Parmar, A B Richards, P H Smith
	BMJ  1994;308:257-260 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Grand Rounds - Hammersmith Hospital (beta) Adrenergic agonists and pulmonary oedema in preterm labour Must be used with care
	G J Clesham
	BMJ  1994;308:260-262 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The World Medical Association: can hope triumph over experience?
	T Richards
	BMJ  1994;308:262-266 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	Soundings: Back to basics
	C Douglas
	BMJ  1994;308:277 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sharing after religion
	T Smith
	BMJ  1994;308:277 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal View Accident and emergency attendances: a barometer of fear
	S J McGovern
	BMJ  1994;308:278 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Death in Texas
	V Nathanson
	BMJ  1994;308:278-279 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Private suffering made public
	J Shield
	BMJ  1994;308:279 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Counting on Quality: A Medical Audit Workbook
	L Pike
	BMJ  1994;308:280 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managerial Issues in the Reformed NHS
	D J Hunter
	BMJ  1994;308:280-281 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Parkinson's Disease and its Management
	R C Hughes
	BMJ  1994;308:281 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction: Estimating numbers of homeless and homeless mentally ill people in north east Westminster by using capture-recapture analysis
	BMJ  1994;308:234 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction: Working for fundholders
	BMJ  1994;308:277 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Long term metabolic effects of two dietary methods of treating hyperlipidaemia
	A A Rivellese, P Auletta, G Marotta, G Saldalamacchia, A Giacoo, V Mastrilli, O Vaccaro, G Riccardi
	BMJ  1994;308:227-231 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Osteoarthritis of weight bearing joints of lower limbs in former elite male athletes
	U M Kujala, J Kaprio, S Sarno
	BMJ  1994;308:231-234 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Collaborative overview of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy - III: Reduction in venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism by antiplatelet prophylaxis among surgical and medical patients
	BMJ  1994;308:235-246 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Severe anaphylactic reaction to latex rubber surgical gloves
	P I Mansell, J P D Reckless, C R Lovell
	BMJ  1994;308:246-247 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recovery of bone density in women who stop using medroxyprogesterone acetate
	T Cundy, J Cornish, M C Evans, H Roberts, I R Reid
	BMJ  1994;308:247-248 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Alcohol histories taken from elderly people on admission
	P C Naik, R G Jones
	BMJ  1994;308:248 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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