Welcoming the Culyer report
	K Peters, R Himsworth
	BMJ  1994;309:751-752 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preparing medical experts for the courtroom
	J Gulleford
	BMJ  1994;309:752-753 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for Down's syndrome
	S Vyas
	BMJ  1994;309:753-754 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus: a lethal disease in the developing world
	K G M M Alberti
	BMJ  1994;309:754-755 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding clinical trials
	D L Sackett, R J Cook
	BMJ  1994;309:755-756 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Histopathology and medical laboratory scientific officers Pathologists are responsible for diagnosis
	D H Wright, R Y Ball, J D Biggart, D C Allen, T J Jones, L Harvey, D Slater, R I Harris, C F Loughran
	BMJ  1994;309:803-805 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Kleihauer testing Need not be abandoned
	E M Love, K H Shwe, S J Urbaniak, R Main, N Fraser, J K M Duguid, I M Bromilow, B A Van Dijk, C J M De Man, V A J M Kunst, W G Murphy, S Ghosh, R H Hughes, J I O Craig, I A Greer
	BMJ  1994;309:805 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Water birth and infection in babies
	P Sanderson
	BMJ  1994;309:806 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Tax" on infertility is increased
	P R Brinsden
	BMJ  1994;309:806 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing casualties of war
	J M Ryan, P Beale
	BMJ  1994;309:806-807 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New diagnostic test for vaginal infection
	S C Arya
	BMJ  1994;309:807 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Children's consent to treatment
	W G Brooks, L Bahar-Posey, L Weathers, W Pardue
	BMJ  1994;309:807 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Case management after severe head injury
	C F Murray-Leslie, C Kenny
	BMJ  1994;309:807 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical scores in the differential diagnosis of acute stroke
	R F Logan, S M Poulton, M P Severs
	BMJ  1994;309:807-808 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adverse reactions to measles immunisation
	C Caffarelli, G Cavagni, F M Deriu, G F Zambelloni
	BMJ  1994;309:808 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Measles and rubella immunisation campaign
	H Gordon
	BMJ  1994;309:808 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cardioprotective effect of hormone replacement therapy Is not due to a selection bias
	M Stampfer, F Grodstein, D Spiers, W F M Posthuma, R G J Westendorp, J P Vandenbroucke
	BMJ  1994;309:808-809 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Supervision registers for mentally ill people
	G R Glover, A W McCulloch, R Jenkins
	BMJ  1994;309:809-810 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical ethics Identifying futile treatment is ethical
	D J Bihari, P Toon, J Stuart Horner
	BMJ  1994;309:810 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical audit advisory groups Consider the number of practices
	A J Howitt, C Varns, G Houghton
	BMJ  1994;309:811 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical history in Paris
	H Tagnon
	BMJ  1994;309:811 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Overseas Doctors Training Scheme
	F Caldicott, R J McClelland, J Robertson
	BMJ  1994;309:811 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Specialists wanted
	D F Hewin
	BMJ  1994;309:811 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cigarette advertising
	A W Macara
	BMJ  1994;309:811 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	US AIDS activists urge caution on new anti-HIV drugs
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;309:757 [Extract] [Full text]

	Brazil investigates drug's possible link with birth defects
	J Rocha
	BMJ  1994;309:757-758 [Extract] [Full text]

	Israel restricts animal experiments
	J Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  1994;309:758 [Extract] [Full text]

	Australian authority criticises sterilising practices
	C Zinn
	BMJ  1994;309:758-759 [Extract] [Full text]

	Families win support for vaccine compensation claim
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;309:759 [Extract] [Full text]

	US scientists class dioxins as a "health concern"
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;309:759-760 [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors in Iraq face amputation dilemma
	C Court
	BMJ  1994;309:760 [Extract] [Full text]

	Uproar over confidentiality in New Zealand
	C Essex
	BMJ  1994;309:760 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Opinions of general practioners in Nottinghamshire about provision of intrapartum care
	D J Brown
	BMJ  1994;309:777-779 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Statistics Notes: Some examples of regression towards the mean
	J M Bland, D G Altman
	BMJ  1994;309:780 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Marginal analysis in practice: an alternative to needs assessment for contracting health care
	D Cohen
	BMJ  1994;309:781-784 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Commentary: Possible road to efficiency in the health service
	C Donaldson
	BMJ  1994;309:784-785 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Profile of young people's advice clinic in reproductive health, 1988-93
	E C Williams, R J E Kirkman, M Elstein
	BMJ  1994;309:786-788 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Systematic Reviews: Meta-analysis and its problems
	H J Eysenck
	BMJ  1994;309:789-792 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Detection of bilateral isodense subdural haematomas
	R J Davenport, P F X Statham, C P Warlow
	BMJ  1994;309:792-794 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Controversies in Management: Still cause for concern
	A E Tattersfield
	BMJ  1994;309:794-796 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Controversies in Management: Adverse effects are not proved
	R W Fuller
	BMJ  1994;309:795-796 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Breast Diseases: Congenital Problems and Aberrations of Normal Breast Development and Involution
	J M Dixon, R E Mansel
	BMJ  1994;309:797-800 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	BMA calls for clarification on EC directive
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;309:812 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Brief lives
	C Douglas
	BMJ  1994;309:813 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Professor Drife is on holiday
	J O Drife
	BMJ  1994;309:813 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A catalogue of disasters
	Anonymous
	BMJ  1994;309:814 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hysteria
	Anonymous
	BMJ  1994;309:814-815 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New baby? How wonderful
	Anonymous
	BMJ  1994;309:815-816 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Love is all you need..
	D Carnall
	BMJ  1994;309:816-817 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Taking liberties
	C Elliott
	BMJ  1994;309:817 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychopathic and Antisocial Personality Disorders: Treatment and Research Issues
	D Chiswick
	BMJ  1994;309:818 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Seminars in Psychiatric Genetics
	M Baron
	BMJ  1994;309:818-819 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management for Hospital Doctors
	J Simpson
	BMJ  1994;309:819 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1994;309:820 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Influence of method of reporting study results on decision of physicians to prescribe drugs to lower cholesterol concentration
	H C Bucher, M Weinbacher, K Gyr
	BMJ  1994;309:761-764 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of headache and migraine in schoolchildren
	I Abu-Arefeh, G Russell
	BMJ  1994;309:765-769 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Serum screening for Down's syndrome: experiences of obstetricians in England and Wales
	J M Green
	BMJ  1994;309:769-772 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Audit of requests for preoperative chest radiography
	D Walker, P Williams, J Tawn
	BMJ  1994;309:772-773 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Later effects of grounding of tanker Braer on health in Shetland
	D Campbell, D Cox, J Crum, K Foster, A Riley
	BMJ  1994;309:773-774 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Circadian variation in attempted suicide by deliberate self poisoning
	R Manfredini, M Gallerani, S Caracciolo, A Tomelli, G Calo, C Fersini
	BMJ  1994;309:774-775 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Postural hypotension in elderly patients given carvedilol
	H Krum, E L Conway, J H Broadbear, L G Howes, W J Louis
	BMJ  1994;309:775-776 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Informed consent to undergo serum screening for Down's syndrome: the gap between policy and practice
	D K Smith, R W Shaw, T M Marteau
	BMJ  1994;309:776 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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