Towards rational prescribing
	J Gilley
	BMJ  1994;308:731-732 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic fatigue syndrome: prevalence and outcome
	S M Lawrie, A J Pelosi
	BMJ  1994;308:732-733 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Who cares for young carers?
	S Jenkins, C Wingate
	BMJ  1994;308:733-734 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Suspected myocardial infarction and the GP
	P Herbert
	BMJ  1994;308:734-735 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What's happening to practice nursing?
	D Jewell, P Turton
	BMJ  1994;308:735-736 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Bacterial vaginosis and preterm delivery Bacteria may contribute to lung disease in neonates
	A J Lyon, N McIntosh, R Ilies, P W Ross, C J F Priestly, A Nageswaran, J Dhar, A Yoong, P E Hay, R F Lamont, D Taylor-Robinson
	BMJ  1994;308:787-788 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Haematuria clinics Cystoscopy of little value in children
	R H R White, M A W White, M S Nathan, R J Morgan
	BMJ  1994;308:788 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Human gonadotrophin preparations patients can't afford new drug
	S Lee, I A L Treharne, A Eshkol, M L Page
	BMJ  1994;308:788-89 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increasing rate of deliberate self poisoning
	P Beck, R Scorer, J Lazarus, P Smith, P Routledge
	BMJ  1994;308:789 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HIV infection in Uganda
	G Bantebya, E Konings
	BMJ  1994;308:789 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Women's reproductive health Women left destitute by AIDS
	A Berger, D E Logie, A W Logie, C J Elias
	BMJ  1994;308:789-790 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Standards in medical research Criticism unjustified and unfair
	W Kelly, M Kelly, R Mahmood, S Turner, K Elliott, I H Lewis
	BMJ  1994;308:790-791 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Metal implants and cremation
	J P Luby
	BMJ  1994;308:791 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Collecting data on cancer
	I Bassnett, A M Pollock, M Gill
	BMJ  1994;308:791 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Collapse of the health service in Georgia
	P de Graaf
	BMJ  1994;308:791-92 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Arbitration in medicolegal disputes
	J Quarrie
	BMJ  1994;308:792 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for breast cancer
	L J Yeoman, A R M Wilson, A J Evans
	BMJ  1994;308:792 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	General practitioners' role in commissioning
	P James, S Ramaiah
	BMJ  1994;308:792 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Invasive meningococcal infection after splenectomy
	R J Condon, T V Riley, H Kelly
	BMJ  1994;308:792-93 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Training in paediatric life support
	C Grange, R Bingham
	BMJ  1994;308:793 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health care in the US and Canada
	A Watson, J Halpin
	BMJ  1994;308:793 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	General practice fundholding Fundholders not to blame for fast tracking
	M H Armstrong, S Iliffe, U Freudenstein
	BMJ  1994;308:793-794 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Internal market is unjust
	A M Pollock
	BMJ  1994;308:794 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	No incentives in the NHS
	S J Rose
	BMJ  1994;308:794 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Market testing and privatisation of clinical services
	P F Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:794 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Tobacco policy must not increase poverty, says report
	C Court
	BMJ  1994;308:737 [Extract] [Full text]

	Denmark tries to raise life expectancy
	M Dolley
	BMJ  1994;308:737-738 [Extract] [Full text]

	US military announces ban on smoking
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:738 [Extract] [Full text]

	Thalidomide victims win review of compensation
	B Christie
	BMJ  1994;308:739 [Extract] [Full text]

	US researchers fail to get informed consent
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;308:739 [Extract] [Full text]

	Psychiatrists in US put religion in diagnostic manual
	F B Charatan
	BMJ  1994;308:740 [Extract] [Full text]

	Test case of sexual abuse goes to Lords
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;308:740-741 [Extract] [Full text]

	Trust hospital criticised for privatising pathology services
	S Kingman
	BMJ  1994;308:741-742 [Extract] [Full text]

	Survey shows juniors are still overworked
	L Dillner
	BMJ  1994;308:742 [Extract] [Full text]

	Focus: Westminster: The lottery of long term care
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;308:742 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Population based study of fatigue and psychological distress
	T Pawlikowska, T Chalder, S R Hirsch, P Wallace, D J M Wright, S C Wessely
	BMJ  1994;308:763-766 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Guidelines for the early management of patients with myocardial infarction
	C F M Weston, W J Penny, D G Julian
	BMJ  1994;308:767-771 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Can there be fair funding for fundholding practices?
	J Dixon
	BMJ  1994;308:772-775 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Professional and popular views of chronic fatigue syndrome
	G MacLean, S Wessely
	BMJ  1994;308:776-777 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Community Care: The First Year: Gwent: a good start and better prospects
	R Robinson
	BMJ  1994;308:778-780 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Current Issues in Cancer: Cancer of the prostate
	D P Dearnaley
	BMJ  1994;308:780-784 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	Poets' corner
	J O Drife
	BMJ  1994;308:796 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Talking about drug treatments
	T Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1994;308:796 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The glass cage
	C Fleming
	BMJ  1994;308:797 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Look at ME
	T Delamothe
	BMJ  1994;308:798 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgery of the Anus, Rectum and Colon
	R Phillips
	BMJ  1994;308:799 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Confidence in Postoperative Pain Control
	A Black
	BMJ  1994;308:799 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1994;308:800 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Central scheme for clinical negligence proposed
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;308:795 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Case-control study of intrapartum care, cerebral palsy, and perinatal death
	G Gaffney, S Sellers, V Flavell, M Squier, A Johnson
	BMJ  1994;308:743-750 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation between infection with Helicobacter pylori and living conditions in childhood: evidence for person to person transmission in early life
	P M Webb, T Knight, S Greaves, A Wilson, D G Newell, J Elder, D Forman
	BMJ  1994;308:750-753 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Taping the patella medially: a new treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee joint?
	J Cushnaghan, C McCarthy, P Dieppe
	BMJ  1994;308:753-755 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Longitudinal study of outcome of chronic fatigue syndrome
	A Wilson, I Hickie, A Lloyd, D Hadzi-Pavlovic, C Boughton, J Dwyer, D Wakefield
	BMJ  1994;308:756-759 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Use of aspirin by general practitioners in suspected acute myocardial infarction
	M Moher, N Johnson
	BMJ  1994;308:760 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Pre-hospital opiate and aspirin administration in patients with suspected myocardial infarction
	H R Wyllie, F G Dunn
	BMJ  1994;308:760-761 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Survey of whether general practitioners carry aspirin in their doctor's bag
	M Moher, D Moher, P Havelock
	BMJ  1994;308:761-762 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Survey of elderly people who get stuck in the bath
	C Gooptu, G P Mulley
	BMJ  1994;308:762 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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