The scandal of poor medical research
	D G Altman
	BMJ  1994;308:283-284 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Science in schools: decline and fall?
	I C McManus
	BMJ  1994;308:284-285 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for cardiovascular risk in general practice
	N Stott
	BMJ  1994;308:285-286 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mefloquine
	N J White
	BMJ  1994;308:286-287 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Murder in the NHS
	W J Appleyard
	BMJ  1994;308:287-288 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Rationing in action
	V Bottomley
	BMJ  1994;308:338 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long term management after splenectomy: A national problem
	J N Barnes, H A Deodhar, R J Marshall
	BMJ  1994;308:338 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Monitor antibody levels after vaccination
	S Obaro, D C Henderson, M Monteil
	BMJ  1994;308:338-339 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Revaccination may cause relapse
	V S Neil
	BMJ  1994;308:339 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cancer in nuclear test veterans: Important questions unanswered
	R Lawson
	BMJ  1994;308:339 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Statistical analysis inappropriate
	J M Bland
	BMJ  1994;308:339 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors' reply
	S C Darby, R Doll, G M Kendall
	BMJ  1994;308:339-340 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Explaining variation in GP referrals: No automatic right to referral
	I G Bogle
	BMJ  1994;308:340 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Be honest about referrals
	A Brook
	BMJ  1994;308:340 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Minimally invasive surgery Increases the cost of treatment
	P M Cuckow
	BMJ  1994;308:340-341 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Decreasing hospital stay is nothing new
	A G Johnson
	BMJ  1994;308:341 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Day surgery developing rapidly
	D J Wilkinson
	BMJ  1994;308:341 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Genetic markers in alcoholic liver disease
	J Alcolado
	BMJ  1994;308:341 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Covert video surveillance in Munchausen's syndrome by proxy
	D Evans
	BMJ  1994;308:341-342 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Publishing the findings of clinical research
	A M A Powell
	BMJ  1994;308:342 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dutch model of maternity care May not suit Britain
	E R Van Teijlingen
	BMJ  1994;308:342 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Dutch model limits choice
	L Mascarenhas, F Biervliet, H Gee, M Whittle
	BMJ  1994;308:342 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality, contraception, and young people
	V Gillick
	BMJ  1994;308:342-343 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Migraine and risk of ischaemic stroke
	A Carolei, C Marini, C Fieschi
	BMJ  1994;308:343 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Monovalent pertussis vaccine no longer available
	R Joyce
	BMJ  1994;308:343 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality and morbidity after hip fractures
	T R O Beringer
	BMJ  1994;308:343 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing stroke
	B Yip, C H McAlpine
	BMJ  1994;308:343-344 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Acute respiratory distress syndrome
	P V Dicpinigaitis
	BMJ  1994;308:344 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antibiotics and fatigue
	M D Vickers
	BMJ  1994;308:344 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Purchasing decisions in the NHS: Made by managers ignorant of health care
	J G Palmer
	BMJ  1994;308:344 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Target high spending areas for rationing
	R P Cole
	BMJ  1994;308:344 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	British sex survey shows popularity of monogamy
	A Tonks
	BMJ  1994;308:289 [Extract] [Full text]

	Specialists face "straitjacket" in the Netherlands
	T Sheldon
	BMJ  1994;308:290 [Extract] [Full text]

	Prenatal care discriminates against black women in US
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:290-291 [Extract] [Full text]

	France battles out bioethics bill
	A Dorozynski
	BMJ  1994;308:291 [Extract] [Full text]

	Hospital accused of experiments on pregnant women
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:291-292 [Extract] [Full text]

	Upjohn deliberately suppressed knowledge, says QC
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:292 [Extract] [Full text]

	New Zealand cuts road accident toll
	C Essex
	BMJ  1994;308:292 [Extract] [Full text]

	Young scientists' group could improve working conditions
	A Tonks
	BMJ  1994;308:293 [Extract] [Full text]

	Treble funds for Australian medical research, says review
	C Zinn
	BMJ  1994;308:293 [Extract] [Full text]

	Court awards record settlement for worker with RSI
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:293 [Extract] [Full text]

	France split on pardons over tainted blood
	A Dorozynski
	BMJ  1994;308:294 [Extract] [Full text]

	Focus: Westminster The ghost of Gladstone stirs: a whiff of scandal in the air
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;308:294 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Effectiveness of health checks conducted by nurses in primary care: results of the OXCHECK study after one year
	J Muir, D Mant, L Jones, P Yudkin
	BMJ  1994;308:308-312 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial evaluating cardiovascular screening and intervention in general practice: principal results of British family heart study
	D A Wood, A L Kinmonth, G A Davies, J Yarwood, S G Thompson, S D M Pyke, Y Kok, R Cramb, C Le Guen, T M Marteau, P N Durrington
	BMJ  1994;308:313-320 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Fortnightly Review: Diagnosis and management of heart failure
	H J Dargie, J J V McMurray
	BMJ  1994;308:321-328 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Adult epiglottitis: prompt diagnosis saves lives
	M J Stuart, T J Hodgetts
	BMJ  1994;308:329-330 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Emergency Radiology: THE ANKLE
	D O'Keeffe, D A Nicholson, P A Driscoll, D Marsh
	BMJ  1994;308:331-335 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	Corrections
	BMJ  1994;308:344 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Terms of service change is key to GPs' out of hours work
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;308:345 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Many physicians have slain a king
	G Dunea
	BMJ  1994;308:346 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safe drinking
	I Robertson
	BMJ  1994;308:346 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The right to be treated against her will
	Anonymous
	BMJ  1994;308:347 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Colorectal Cancer: A Scientific Perspective
	R J Heald
	BMJ  1994;308:348 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Varicose Veins and Telangiectasias: Diagnosis and Treatment
	A Marston
	BMJ  1994;308:348-349 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hip Fracture Management
	K Hardinge
	BMJ  1994;308:349 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Midwifery: Teams and Caseloads
	A Douglas
	BMJ  1994;308:349 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1994;308:350 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Abnormal bacterial colonisation of the genital tract and subsequent preterm delivery and late miscarriage
	P E Hay, R F Lamont, D Taylor-Robinson, D J Morgan, C Ison, J Pearson
	BMJ  1994;308:295-298 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Blood pressure in prospective population based cohort of newborn and infant twins
	R S Levine, C H Hennekens, M J Jesse
	BMJ  1994;308:298-302 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Influence of sex, age, body mass index, and smoking on alcohol intake and mortality
	M Gronbaek, A Deis, T I A Sorensen, U Becker, K Borch-Johnsen, C Muller, P Schnohr, G Jensen
	BMJ  1994;308:302-306 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinicoepidemiological study of drug resistance in Indian kala - azar
	S Sundar, B B Thakur, A K Tandon, N R Agrawal, C P Mishra, T M Mahaptra, V P Singh
	BMJ  1994;308:307 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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