Temperature and cardiovascular mortality
	P Wilmshurst
	BMJ  1994;309:1029-1030 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health implications of putting value added tax on fuel
	G C M Watt
	BMJ  1994;309:1030-1031 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A new approach to weighted capitation
	K Judge, N Mays
	BMJ  1994;309:1031-1032 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The future of purchasing
	C Ham
	BMJ  1994;309:1032-1033 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pregnancy outcome and offspring after childhood cancer
	M M Hawkins
	BMJ  1994;309:1034 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Drugs related to tricyclic antidepressants are a mixed bag
	P Cowen, C Thompson, A Roberts, J Nakielny, S Eckett, I Hindmarch, J S Kerr, J J Ashford, J A Henry, A S Hale, D Tracey, R Gonzaga, P Naik, A Brandt, R Bergemann, B K Puri, J H Thakore, N Feemantle, T A Sheldon, F Song, J Mason, A House
	BMJ  1994;309:1082 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Subfertility in men Measurement error and confounding not accounted for
	D Gregson, E Smyth, J Flowers, F J Steward, A J Hill, R J Lilford
	BMJ  1994;309:1085-1086 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Natural history of childhood asthma Other studies have been ignored
	M S Ostergaard, M R Sears
	BMJ  1994;309:1086 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemic of asthma possibly associated with electrical storms
	G Campbell-Hewson, A Cope, C V Egleston, H M Sherriff, S M Robsinson, U Allitt
	BMJ  1994;309:1086-1087 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma in runners
	H O Tikkanen, I Helenius
	BMJ  1994;309:1087 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Serum C4 concentration and risk of atherosclerosis
	L A Moreno, A Sarria, A Lazaro, M Bueno, L Larrad
	BMJ  1994;309:1087 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency transport for neonates after home deliveries: Expectations of flying squads are too high
	J Wyllie, S Richmond, A Ryall, R A Cocks, R Cocks
	BMJ  1994;309:1087-1088 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Depression and the desire to die
	R Morrison
	BMJ  1994;309:1088 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevention of suicide Depressed patients need more choices
	D Kingdon, J Warner, C Stark, H Smith, D Hall, F O'Brien
	BMJ  1994;309:1088 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Water birth and infection in babies
	R Coombs, H Spiby, P Stewart, P Norman
	BMJ  1994;309:1089 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	High security for mentally disordered people
	A Berry
	BMJ  1994;309:1089 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Embryo and oocyte transfer in older women
	C Fleming, L Joels, M G R Hull
	BMJ  1994;309:1089-1090 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease
	G Hearn, J Maberly, H Anthony
	BMJ  1994;309:1090 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GMC reconsiders its procedures
	R Kilpatrick
	BMJ  1994;309:1090 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors' right to refuse to perform abortions
	C G B Simpson
	BMJ  1994;309:1090 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Solving the population problem
	V Rao, J N Rao
	BMJ  1994;309:1090 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	US family fights for son to die
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;309:1035 [Extract] [Full text]

	Dutch plan to prescribe heroin for long term misusers
	T Sheldon
	BMJ  1994;309:1036 [Extract] [Full text]

	Europe gets tougher on tobacco
	R Watson
	BMJ  1994;309:1037-1038 [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctor's suicide prompts look at hours
	C Essex
	BMJ  1994;309:1037 [Extract] [Full text]

	India considers improving lives of disabled people
	Z Imam
	BMJ  1994;309:1037-1038 [Extract] [Full text]

	France emphasises teaching of general practice
	A Dorozynski
	BMJ  1994;309:1038 [Extract] [Full text]

	Surgeon harassed after sexual misconduct
	C Essex
	BMJ  1994;309:1038 [Extract] [Full text]

	Tories extend general practice fundholding
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;309:1039 [Extract] [Full text]

	European Union tries to control disease
	R Watson
	BMJ  1994;309:1039 [Extract] [Full text]

	Pollution in Paris causes problems
	A Dorozynski
	BMJ  1994;309:1039-1040 [Extract] [Full text]

	MPs query closure of military hospitals
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;309:1040 [Extract] [Full text]

	Focus: Washington: Trying to do right by health reform
	J Roberts
	BMJ  1994;309:1040 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Attempt at deriving a formula for setting general practitioner fundholding budgets
	T A Sheldon, P Smith, M Borowitz, S Martin, R C Hill
	BMJ  1994;309:1059-1064 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Development of a symptom based outcome measure for asthma
	N Steen, A Hutchinson, E McColl, M P Eccles, J Hewison, K A Meadows, S M Blades, P Fowler
	BMJ  1994;309:1065-1068 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Near fatal chickenpox during prednisolone treatment
	P Rice, K Simmons, R Carr, J Banatvala
	BMJ  1994;309:1069-1070 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Controversies in Management Psychotherapy - a luxury the NHS cannot afford? More expensive not to treat
	J Holmes
	BMJ  1994;309:1070-1071 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unevaluated or inefficient approaches are hard to justify
	I Marks
	BMJ  1994;309:1071-1072 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Myths in Medicine: Immunisation
	N Begg, A Nicoll
	BMJ  1994;309:1073-1075 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Breast Diseases: Screening for Breast Cancer
	R W Blamey, A R M Wilson, J Patnick, J M Dixon
	BMJ  1994;309:1076-1079 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	BMA council member apologises for intemperate letter
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;309:1091 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The doctor and the biographer
	C Douglas
	BMJ  1994;309:1092 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Blind date
	T Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1994;309:1092 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tortured soul
	K McKenzie
	BMJ  1994;309:1093 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Makin' over the asylum
	M Smith
	BMJ  1994;309:1093-1094 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guilty of negligence?
	H Lavender
	BMJ  1994;309:1094 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Women and Health Research: Ethical and Legal Issues of Including Women in Clinical Studies (2 vols): Children as Research Subjects: Science, Ethics and Law
	A C Mastroianni, R Faden, D Federman, M A Grodin, L H Glantz
	BMJ  1994;309:1095 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Health in Mental Retardation
	N Bouras
	BMJ  1994;309:1095-1096 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Certification and Recertification of Doctors: Issues in the Assessment of Clinical Competence
	D Newble, B Jolly, R Wakeford
	BMJ  1994;309:1096 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Legal Medicine in History
	M Clark, C Crawford
	BMJ  1994;309:1096-1097 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1994;309:1098 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	n of 1 trials comparing a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug with paracetamol in osteoarthritis
	L March, L Irwig, J Schwarz, J Simpson, C Chock, P Brooks
	BMJ  1994;309:1041-1044 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: n of 1 trials may be useful for informed decision making
	M J Campbell
	BMJ  1994;309:1045-1046 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Allocating resources to health authorities: development of method for small area analysis of use of inpatient services
	R A Carr-Hill, T A Sheldon, P Smith, S Martin, S Peacock, G Hardman
	BMJ  1994;309:1046-1049 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Allocating resources to health authorities: results and policy implications of small area analysis of use of inpatient services
	P Smith, T A Sheldon, R A Carr-Hill, S Martin, S Peacock, G Hardman
	BMJ  1994;309:1050-1054 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation between socioeconomic deprivation and pathological prognostic factors in women with breast cancer
	A G Carnon, A Ssemwogerere, D W Lamont, D J Hole, E A Mallon, W D George, G R Gillis
	BMJ  1994;309:1054-1057 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Driving, glaucoma, and the law
	T Potamitis, R K Aggarawal, M Tsaloumas, C Rene, J McLaughlin, E O'Neill
	BMJ  1994;309:1057-1058 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Patients and doctors risk prosecution if they do not uphold the law
	M Hawkins
	BMJ  1994;309:1058 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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