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13 May 1995 (Vol 310, No 6989)
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This week's Editorials

Infarcts after surgery
N Mamode, S Cobbe, J G Pollock
BMJ  1995;310:1215-1216
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Antimony and health
Frederik A De Wolff
BMJ  1995;310:1216-1217
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Use of chloramphenicol as topical eye medication: time to cry halt?
Marie Doona, J Bernard Walsh
BMJ  1995;310:1217-1218
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Neuromuscular blockers during general anaesthesia
Jose Ponte
BMJ  1995;310:1218-1219
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Matching the needs with skills in epilepsy care
Leone Ridsdale
BMJ  1995;310:1219-1220
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Back pain
R M Ellis
BMJ  1995;310:1220
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This week's Letters

HIV infection in prisons
David Shewan, Margaret Reid, Alexander Macpherson, John B Davies
BMJ  1995;310:1264
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High risk behaviour is common in prisons in Berlin
R Muller, K Stark, I Guggenmoos-Holzmann
BMJ  1995;310:1264
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Genitourinary medicine services are important
Richard Hillman, Anne Scoular, Sandy McMillan
BMJ  1995;310:1264-1265
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What about the WHO guidelines?
Timothy Harding
BMJ  1995;310:1265
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Testing in prison is uncommon
Helen Maguire, Karl Birthistle, David Carrington, Tom McManus
BMJ  1995;310:1265
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Management of ventricular fibrillation by doctors in cardiac arrest teams
D B Todd
BMJ  1995;310:1265
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Anaesthetists are tested under examination conditions
George Findlay, Jonathan Warwick
BMJ  1995;310:1265-1266
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In future, cardiac arrest teams may require current evidence of their skills
N Bradbury, T M Cook, J Handel, T M Craft
BMJ  1995;310:1266
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Skills and knowledge should be tested in postgraduate exams
Brian Cook, Anita Sarmah
BMJ  1995;310:1266
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Local training also has major impact
Colin A Graham, Alan Hair
BMJ  1995;310:1266
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Problem solving treatment for major depression in primary care
Michael King, Oliver Davidson
BMJ  1995;310:1266
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Definition of depression is questionable
Jogin H Thakore
BMJ  1995;310:1267
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Placebo treatment was meaningless
Liam Smeeth
BMJ  1995;310:1267
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Diagnosis of major depression is too broad
J Watt
BMJ  1995;310:1267
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There is a place for a combined treatment approach
Marcelino G Smyth
BMJ  1995;310:1267
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Authors' reply
L Mynors-Wallis, D H Gath, A Lloyd-Thomas
BMJ  1995;310:1267-1268
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Prevalence of HIV infection
J G Thornton
BMJ  1995;310:1268
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Emergency care in general practice
P D Thomas
BMJ  1995;310:1268
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Acyclovir for childhood chickenpox
D J Paynton
BMJ  1995;310:1268
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Author's reply
Hank Balfour
BMJ  1995;310:1268-1269
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Number needed to treat
Diana North
BMJ  1995;310:1269
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Risk measures expressed as frequencies may have a more rational response
Peter Ayton
BMJ  1995;310:1269
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Computer software that can calculate confidence intervals is now available
Iain E Buchan
BMJ  1995;310:1269-1270
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Number who benefit per unit of treatment may be a more appropriate measure
Mark Pickin, Jon Nicholl
BMJ  1995;310:1270
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Making routine data adequate to support clinical audit
Martin McKee, Jennifer Dixon, Laurent Chenet
BMJ  1995;310:1270
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Risk factors for breast cancer
Peter J Lewis
BMJ  1995;310:1270
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Electoral reform of GMSC
Howard Freeman
BMJ  1995;310:1270
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Medical students fight increase in course fees
Jane Hutchinson, Jonathan Barnes
BMJ  1995;310:1270
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Amended funding has forced college to this position
I D Gainsford
BMJ  1995;310:1270-1271
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Problems during infusions
P Ford, D Wood
BMJ  1995;310:1271
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Reply from Department of Health
A A Barker
BMJ  1995;310:1271
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Young adults susceptible to measles
D S G Sloan
BMJ  1995;310:1271
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Reductions in defence medical services
C Ambury
BMJ  1995;310:1271
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This week's News

Global health gap widens between rich and poor
Claudia Court
BMJ  1995;310:1221
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WHO's head in controversy as auditor leaves
Fiona Godlee, Douglas Carnall
BMJ  1995;310:1221-1222
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Headlines
BMJ  1995;310:1222
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Jordanian dentists refuse treatment for Israeli visitors
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
BMJ  1995;310:1222
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Sick Australian doctors "prefer to heal themselves"
Christopher Zinn
BMJ  1995;310:1223
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BMA criticises gift catalogue
Douglas Carnall
BMJ  1995;310:1223
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US doctors win life support lawsuit
Terri L Rutter
BMJ  1995;310:1223-1224
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Delhi plans sperm donor laws
Meenal Mudur
BMJ  1995;310:1224
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MPs to seek new controls on genetics
John Warden
BMJ  1995;310:1224
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This week's General practice

Patients' perceptions of need for primary health care services: useful for priority setting?
Jane L Hopton, Maria Dlugolecka
BMJ  1995;310:1237-1240
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This week's Soundings

Envisioning Auchendreich
Colin Douglas
BMJ  1995;310:1272
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The national debt
Ian Robertson
BMJ  1995;310:1272
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This week's Personal views

Cerebral palsy: our moment of truth
Susan Macdonald
BMJ  1995;310:1273
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This week's Medicine and books

An Introduction to the Voluntary Sector
Nick Bosanquet
BMJ  1995;310:1275
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The Measures of Medicine: Benefits, Harms, and Costs
Tom Jefferson
BMJ  1995;310:1275
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This week's Education and debate

Fortnightly Review: Management of genital candidiasis
D W Denning
BMJ  1995;310:1241-1244
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Present dangers and future threats: some perverse incentives in the NHS reforms
Calum Paton
BMJ  1995;310:1245-1248
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How To Do It: Doctor on a mountaineering expedition
Christine H D A'Court, Rodney H Stables, Simon Travis
BMJ  1995;310:1248-1252
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Lesson of the Week: Adrenocortical failure in intensive care
N F Quiney, M A Durkin
BMJ  1995;310:1253-1254
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South Africa's Health: New South Africa's mental health
Rajendra Kale
BMJ  1995;310:1254-1256
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ABC of Rheumatology: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND LUPUS-LIKE SYNDROMES
Elaine M Hay, Michael L Snaith
BMJ  1995;310:1257-1261
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  1995;310:1276
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This week's Fillers

ABC of multiple authorship
Grant L Hutchison
BMJ  1995;310:1236
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A PAPER THAT CHANGED MY PRACTICE
D E Morris
BMJ  1995;310:1244
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
BMJ  1995;310:1252
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This week's Corrections

Correction
BMJ  1995;310:1231
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This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Taking the industry line
Joe Collier
BMJ  1995;310:1274
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Family trouble
Lucy Grafen
BMJ  1995;310:1274
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This week's Papers

Community study of role of viral infections in exacerbations of asthma in 9-11 year old children
Sebastian L Johnston, Philip K Pattemore, Gwendolyn Sanderson, Sandra Smith, Fiona Lampe, Lynn Josephs, Penny Symington, Susan O'Toole, Steven H Myint, David A J Tyrrell, Stephen T Holgate
BMJ  1995;310:1225-1229
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Effects of self medication programme on knowledge of drugs and compliance with treatment in elderly patients
Catherine J Lowe, David K Raynor, Elizabeth A Courtney, John Purvis, Charlie Teale
BMJ  1995;310:1229-1231
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Simulated descent v dexamethasone in treatment of acute mountain sickness: a randomised trial
Hans-Rudolf Keller, Marco Maggiorini, Peter Bartsch, Oswald Oelz
BMJ  1995;310:1232-1235
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Unsuspected HIV infection presenting in first year of life
J A Evans, S C Marriage, M D S Walters, M Levin
BMJ  1995;310:1235-1236
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