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This week's Editorials

Services for people with haemoglobinopathy
S Davies
BMJ  1994;308:1051-1052
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Mental disorders in the developing world
M Abas, J Broadhead
BMJ  1994;308:1052-1053
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Specialist outreach clinics
A Harris
BMJ  1994;308:1053
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General practitioners and necropsies
K B Thomas, R O Weller
BMJ  1994;308:1054
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Applications of virtual reality to surgery
K McGovern
BMJ  1994;308:1054-1055
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At what blood alcohol concentration should drink-driving be illegal?
A Guppy
BMJ  1994;308:1055-1056
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Healthcare resource groups
R W Buckland
BMJ  1994;308:1056
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This week's Letters

Caring for patients with asthma Guidance on routine self monitoring is not satisfactory
M Levy, J P Jamison, R K McKinley, O A Ahmed, B W Lloyd, I Gregg, C Butler, C Wilkinson, J Marsh
BMJ  1994;308:1099-1100
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Covert surveillance in Munchausen's syndrome by proxy An infringement of Human rights
G Tenney, R Wheatley, R A Wheeler, N Ade-Ajayi, E M Kiely, Anonymous, M P Samuels, D Southall
BMJ  1994;308:1100-1102
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Dutch model of maternity care Midwifery led service is safe
P Clarke, A Toms, T Bamfield, S Jones, L Mascarenhas, F Bievliet, H Gee, M Whittle
BMJ  1994;308:1102
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Doctors and execution in Turkey
F Fisher
BMJ  1994;308:1102
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Patients' rights in Finland
A Wallin
BMJ  1994;308:1102-1103
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Oral Squamous cell carcinoma Managed by specialists from different disciplines
N R McLean, G P Feaver
BMJ  1994;308:1103
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Survival in advanced breast cancer Combination chemotherapy improves outlook
L A Price, I E Smith
BMJ  1994;308:1103
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Management of oesophageal cancer
J G Weil, S J Munday
BMJ  1994;308:1103
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Non-heart beating organ doners for transplantation
C Ferguson, R H Moore, P J A Griffin, R H H Lord, J R Salaman, R A Donaldson, J F Douglas, J F Kennedy, W G Loughridge, M G McGeown
BMJ  1994;308:1103-1104
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Vitamin K prophylaxis in infants
I A F L Cheese
BMJ  1994;308:1104
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Ischaemic heart disease and cholesterol Safety of cholesterol reduction remains in doubt
M F Muldoon, S B Manuck, M R Law, N J Wald, T Wu, A Hackshaw, S G Thompson, A Bailey
BMJ  1994;308:1104-1105
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Practice nursing Free nurses from taking blood
M R Williamson, J Stevenson
BMJ  1994;308:1105
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This week's News

Scientists find enzyme to slow cancer growth
J Roberts
BMJ  1994;308:1057
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US breast cancer study suggests risks from chemicals
F B Charatan
BMJ  1994;308:1057-58
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Australian doctors fight over HIV testing
C Zinn
BMJ  1994;308:1058
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Money for Indians' health remains unused
J Rocha
BMJ  1994;308:1059
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Chronically sick penalised in the Netherlands
T Sheldon
BMJ  1994;308:1059
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Guidelines are set for persistent vegetative state
C Dyer
BMJ  1994;308:1060
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House cats transmit human plague in US
F B Charatan
BMJ  1994;308:1060
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New charter targets wait for outpatient appointments
J Warden
BMJ  1994;308:1060-61
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US rejects routine screening for ovarian cancer
J Roberts
BMJ  1994;308:1061
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Thalidomide given to women in Brazil
J Rocha
BMJ  1994;308:1061
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Health committee critical of community care
L Dillner
BMJ  1994;308:1062
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Focus: Westminster: Britain outlaws fetal egg transplants
J Warden
BMJ  1994;308:1062
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This week's General practice

Specialist outreach clinics in general practice
J J Bailey, M E Black, D Wilkin
BMJ  1994;308:1083-1086
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This week's Education and debate

Fortnightly Review: Diagnosis and management of pituitary tumours
A Levy, S L Lightman
BMJ  1994;308:1087-91
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Prison: shield from threat, or threat to survival?
M Ross, A B Grossman, S Murdoch, R Rundey, J Golding, S Purchase, T Munyard, M Scoot, A Bridger
BMJ  1994;308:1092-95
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Letter from Brasilia: Some primitive peoples of the tropics
P D Marsden
BMJ  1994;308:1095-96
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This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

Women consultants lag behind in merit awards
L Beecham
BMJ  1994;308:1106
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Dental decay
C Douglas
BMJ  1994;308:1107
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The printing on the wall
J O Drife
BMJ  1994;308:1107
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Frightening realism
L Dillner
BMJ  1994;308:1108
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A visible form of charity
R Kale
BMJ  1994;308:1108-1109
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The preregistration alternative
C Illingworth
BMJ  1994;308:1109
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War Wounds of Limbs: Surgical Management
R N Villar
BMJ  1994;308:1110
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Landmines: A Deadly Legacy
I Doucet
BMJ  1994;308:1110-1111
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Tazmamart: Fort-Militaire-Secret du Maroc. Consequences d'un Internement du 18 Annees
D Summerfield
BMJ  1994;308:1111
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  1994;308:1112
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This week's Corrections

Correction: Impotence: diagnosis and management of male erectile dysfunction
BMJ  1994;308:1091
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This week's Papers

Importance of persistent cellular and humoral immune changes before diabetes develops: prospective study of identical twins
R Y M Tun, M Peakman, L Alviggi, M J Hussain, S S S Lo, M Shattock, D A Pyke, G F Bottazzo, D Vergani, R D G Leslie
BMJ  1994;308:1063-1068
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Survival differences in European patients with AIDS, 1979-89
J D Lundgren, C Pedersen, N Clumeck, J M Gatell, A M Johnson, B Ledergerber, S Vella, A Phillips, J O Nielsen
BMJ  1994;308:1068-7103
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Relation between birth weight at term and systolic blood pressure in adolescence
J W A Matthes, P A Lewis, D P Davies, J A Bethel
BMJ  1994;308:1074-1077
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Are pre-hospital deaths from accidental injury preventable?
L M Hussain, A D Redmond
BMJ  1994;308:1077-1080
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Postmortem examinations: general practitioners' knowledge, behaviour, and attitudes
A Berlin, R Wagstaff, R Bhopal, J Spencer
BMJ  1994;308:1080-1081
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Effect of calcium and cholecalciferol treatment for three years on hip fractures in elderly women
M C Chapuy, M E Arlot, P D Delmans, P J Meunier
BMJ  1994;308:1081-1082
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Survey of use of injected benzodiazepines among drug users in Britain
J Strang, P Griffiths, J Abbey, M Gossop
BMJ  1994;308:1082
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Corection: Health promotion in general pracitce
BMJ  1994;308:1105
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