Health costs of social injustice
	M Bartley
	BMJ  1994;309:1177-1178 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculosis in a changing world
	N Stoker
	BMJ  1994;309:1178-1179 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	While awaiting the next pandemic of influenza
	R G Webster
	BMJ  1994;309:1179-1180 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The referral system
	B Sweeney
	BMJ  1994;309:1180-1181 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Switching devices and independence of disabled people
	M P Barnes
	BMJ  1994;309:1181-1182 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How technology can help rehabilitation
	R G S Platts, K Andrews
	BMJ  1994;309:1182 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Cholesterol and violent death
	D Owens, P F Boston, S M Dursun, M A Reveley, M Hughes
	BMJ  1994;309:1228 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cerebral palsy and intrapartum care
	E Blair, A Johnson, G Gaffney
	BMJ  1994;309:1229 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Teaching students in the community
	D F Bird
	BMJ  1994;309:1229 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prescribing exercise in general practice
	W Tapsfield, A D J Webborn
	BMJ  1994;309:1229-1230 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fitness for older people
	W D F Smith
	BMJ  1994;309:1230 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Initial management of suspected meningococcal infection
	C S Nanayakkara, R Cox
	BMJ  1994;309:1230 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculosis and slim disease in Africa
	P Godrey-Faussett, A Mwinga, M Hosp, R Baggaley, J Porter, R Msiska
	BMJ  1994;309:1230-1231 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Catholic beliefs about contraception
	G J Murphy
	BMJ  1994;309:1231 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Waiting times in an ophthalmic outpatient clinic
	P I Murray
	BMJ  1994;309:1231 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Laser treatment of palate results in severe postoperative pain
	M Wareing, D Mitchell
	BMJ  1994;309:1231 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	GPs' opinions about provision of intrapartum care
	J Frain
	BMJ  1994;309:1231 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tender points in fibromyalgia
	J D Sheehan
	BMJ  1994;309:1232 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sudden infant death syndrome among Asians in Britain
	I S Farooqi, G Y H Lip, D G Beevers
	BMJ  1994;309:1232 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in surgical training
	I Mushtaq, C Harris
	BMJ  1994;309:1232 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Unscientific assertions on treating asthma in general practice
	D P Ryan, M Levy
	BMJ  1994;309:1232-1233 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Virtual reality surgery in otorhinolaryngology
	A S Carney, D Baldwin, N Patel, D Sandeman
	BMJ  1994;309:1233 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Appropriateness of referrals to hospital
	D T Lipman
	BMJ  1994;309:1233 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Therapeutic use of bisphosphonates in oncology
	R E Coleman
	BMJ  1994;309:1233 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Imported falciparum malaria
	J H Miller, D A Warrell
	BMJ  1994;309:1233-1234 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	No documentary evidence of bribery by German hospital directors
	A Duckers
	BMJ  1994;309:1234 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New treatments for benign prostatic hypertrophy
	M McKee, N Black, D Hunter, C Sanderson
	BMJ  1994;309:1234 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Supervised administration of methadone by pharmacists
	A J McBride, I M Ali, R Atkinson
	BMJ  1994;309:1234 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Computer training for doctors and students
	T D Dombal, S Clamp, M Margulies, M Chan
	BMJ  1994;309:1234-1235 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sick doctors
	S Hey, E B Macdonald, E C McCloy, S Williams, A Cockroft, T C Aw, K Harling, B Graneek
	BMJ  1994;309:1235 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Petrol pollution worries royal commission
	N Craft
	BMJ  1994;309:1183 [Extract] [Full text]

	Malaria tests India's public health system
	G Nandan
	BMJ  1994;309:1183-1184 [Extract] [Full text]

	Television drug advert causes upset in New Zealand
	C Essex
	BMJ  1994;309:1184-1185 [Extract] [Full text]

	Australian doctors outraged by proposed overhaul
	C Zinn
	BMJ  1994;309:1185 [Extract] [Full text]

	Man win (pounds sterling)1m compensation 28 years after operation
	C Dyer
	BMJ  1994;309:1185-1186 [Extract] [Full text]

	European GPs raise profile
	T Richards
	BMJ  1994;309:1186 [Extract] [Full text]

	GPs urgently need help in inner cities, says college
	N Craft
	BMJ  1994;309:1186 [Extract] [Full text]

	Audit commission criticises mental health services
	C Court
	BMJ  1994;309:1187 [Extract] [Full text]

	Managers will have more say in merit awards
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;309:1187-1188 [Extract] [Full text]

	British government examines drugs white list
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;309:1188 [Extract] [Full text]

	Is NHS patronage another sign of sleaze?
	J Warden
	BMJ  1994;309:1188 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Nationwide study of decisions concerning the end of life in general practice in the Netherlands
	L Pijnenborg, J J M van Delden, J W P F Kardaun, J J Glerum, P J van der Maas
	BMJ  1994;309:1209-1212 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Antiplatelet treatment for thromboprophylaxis: a step forward or backwards?
	A T Cohen, J A Skinner, V V Kakkar
	BMJ  1994;309:1213-1215 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Antiplatelet therapy for thromboprophylaxis: the need for careful consideration of the evidence from randomised trials
	R Collins, C Baignent, P Sandercock, R Peto
	BMJ  1994;309:1215-1217 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Caring for mentally ill people
	J V Os, J Neeleman
	BMJ  1994;309:1218-1221 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Breast Diseases: Management of regional nodes in breast cancer
	N J Bundred, D A L Morgan, J M Dixon
	BMJ  1994;309:1222-1225 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

This week's VIEWS AND REVIEWS

	Nurses join the BMA over local performance pay
	L Beecham
	BMJ  1994;309:1236 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Down and out in Italy
	G Dunea
	BMJ  1994;309:1237 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drunk in charge
	I Robertson
	BMJ  1994;309:1237 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The longest day
	M D'Souza
	BMJ  1994;309:1238 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	None so deaf as those that will not hear
	T Beaconsfield
	BMJ  1994;309:1238-1239 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Their simple sorrows
	P Hettiaratchy
	BMJ  1994;309:1239 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Violence and Health Care Professionals
	H Mutch
	BMJ  1994;309:1240 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Violence in Health Care: A Practical Guide to Coping with Violence and Caring for Victims
	P E Mullen
	BMJ  1994;309:1240-1241 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health Care Needs Assessment: The Epidemiologically Based Needs Assessment Reviews
	BMJ  1994;309:1241 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Early Fetal Growth and Development
	D V Walters
	BMJ  1994;309:1241 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1994;309:1242 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Environmental lead and children's intelligence: a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence
	S J Pocock, M Smith, P Baghurst
	BMJ  1994;309:1189-1197 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Wartime evacuation and mortality from childhood leukaemia in England and Wales in 1945-9
	L J Kinlen, S M John
	BMJ  1994;309:1197-1202 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Apolipoprotein e4 allele and cognitive decline in elderly men
	E J M Feskens, L M Havekes, S Kalmijn, P D Knijff, L J Launer, D Kromhout
	BMJ  1994;309:1202-1206 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does sedation help in fibreoptic bronchoscopy?
	M Q F Hatton, M B Allen, A S Vathenen, E Mellor, N J Cooke
	BMJ  1994;309:1206-1207 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Impact of war on infectious disease in Bosnia-Hercegovina
	Z Puvacic, J Weinberg
	BMJ  1994;309:1207-1208 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Does the type of sewage drainage affect health?
	M Chandrakumar, J Evans
	BMJ  1994;309:1208 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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