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29 July 1995 (Vol 311, No 7000)
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This week's Editorials

Left ventricular hypertrophy
John Chambers
BMJ  1995;311:273-274
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What's happening to nursing?
Jane Salvage
BMJ  1995;311:274-275
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Science and Technology Committee's report on genetics
Peter Harper
BMJ  1995;311:275-276
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CS gas injury to the eye
Jean-Paul Yih
BMJ  1995;311:276
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This week's Letters

A nurse's place is at the bedside
M Barton
BMJ  1995;311:325
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Author's reply
Robert L Hay
BMJ  1995;311:325
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Open access echocardiography
Jeremy J Murphy, Christopher M Bossingham
BMJ  1995;311:325
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General practitioners also use open access computed tomography wisely
Patrick M Strong, Robert J Walker
BMJ  1995;311:325-326
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Service is valuable for evaluating murmurs too
Peter S C Wong, Sagar Doshi
BMJ  1995;311:326
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Hospital patients need open access echocardiography
John Zarifis, D Gareth Beevers, Gregory Y H Lip
BMJ  1995;311:326
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Open access to specialist opinion is preferable
Laurence O'Toole, Andrew Oates, Kevin S Channer
BMJ  1995;311:326
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Study's conclusion is misleading and cannot be generalised
Mark Wallace, Mark Levy
BMJ  1995;311:326-327
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Service should be reserved for equivocal cases
David I Slovick
BMJ  1995;311:327
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Single assessment may be dangerous
Robert J MacFadyen, Thomas M Macdonald, Peter Clarkson, Nigel M Wheeldon
BMJ  1995;311:327
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Study's design leaves cost effectiveness and "therapeutic impact" in doubt
Philip J G Kirby, Jeffrie R Strang
BMJ  1995;311:327
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Author's reply
John McMurray
BMJ  1995;311:327-328
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Generalists neglect psychiatry
Chris Williams, Stephen Curran
BMJ  1995;311:328
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Unsuspected HIV infection in first year of life
David Nunns
BMJ  1995;311:328
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Minority with HIV infection must be identified
Eric L Smith, Ali Raddadi, Obaid Bin Obaid, Sherif Abdullah
BMJ  1995;311:328-329
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Patients with a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis
S J Hurel, B Abuiasha, P H Baylis, P E Harris
BMJ  1995;311:329
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Review ignored biography of Sloane
J E Cosnett
BMJ  1995;311:329
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Guidelines to reduce x ray examinations in accident departments
R D Hardern, D W Harmer
BMJ  1995;311:329
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Radiology guidelines could be improved
M Dudley
BMJ  1995;311:329-330
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Authors' reply
E G McNally, G De Lacey, P Lovell, T Welch
BMJ  1995;311:330
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Genetic testing in the classroom
Audrey Tyler, David Ball, Angus Clarke
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Medical audiovisual organisation continues
Richard Morton
BMJ  1995;311:330
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Haemophilus influenzae vaccines for infants in Spain
Emilio Perez-Trallero, Jose L Diaz De Tuesta, Carmen Gutierrez, Lourdes Gaztelorrutia
BMJ  1995;311:330-331
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Orthopaedic and trauma surgery
D S Johnson, R B Smith
BMJ  1995;311:331
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Review by Thromboembolic Risk Factors Consensus Group was misquoted
Gordon D O Lowe
BMJ  1995;311:331
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Anaesthetists in training do not want new deal
Peter Mackenzie
BMJ  1995;311:331-332
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Anaesthetics training in the United States
Geoffrey N Morris
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Doctors are promoting expansion in non-consultant career grades
M J Goodman
BMJ  1995;311:332
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The changing role of hospital consultants
Stephen M Sagar, Glenn Jones, Helen Rhydderch, Barbara Thorson
BMJ  1995;311:332-333
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Emotions aroused by being on call
A S Naidoo
BMJ  1995;311:333
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Australian doctors extract financial penalty for extra hours
G Hamilton
BMJ  1995;311:333
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BMA council's annual report
Christopher L Sheen
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BMA secretary's reply
E M Armstrong
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Postgraduate training in Italy
Paola Albertazzi, Giovanni Ghersi
BMJ  1995;311:333
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Hospitals pay value added tax on drugs
I Anne Tait
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This week's News

GPs defer decision on sanctions ballot
Linda Beecham
BMJ  1995;311:277
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Hundreds die in US as temperatures reach 41(degree)C
Fred B Charatan
BMJ  1995;311:277
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Headlines
BMJ  1995;311:278
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BUPA limits intensive care
Sharon Kingman
BMJ  1995;311:278
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Britain is getting fatter, says government
Sam Wilson
BMJ  1995;311:279
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Paediatricians receive appeal decisions
Claudia Court
BMJ  1995;311:279
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South African surgeon breaks transplant ban
Pat Sidley
BMJ  1995;311:280
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Report queries savings with doctor-nurse shift
Sam Wilson
BMJ  1995;311:280
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Abortion in France still under attack
Alexander Dorozynski
BMJ  1995;311:280-281
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New ambulance targets could save 3000 lives a year
Alison Tonks
BMJ  1995;311:281
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British road traffic deaths fall but casualties rise
Daphne Gloag
BMJ  1995;311:281
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Belgian doctor wins fight for training certificate
Linda Beecham
BMJ  1995;311:282
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How the Eurocrats affect our health
Rory Watson
BMJ  1995;311:282
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This week's General practice

Discontinuation of and changes in treatment after start of new courses of antihypertensive drugs: a study of a United Kingdom population
J K Jones, L Gorkin, J F Lian, J A Staffa, A P Fletcher
BMJ  1995;311:293-295
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Variations in medical attitudes to postoperative recovery period
A W Majeed, S Brown, N Williams, D R Hannay, A G Johnson
BMJ  1995;311:296
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This week's Soundings

Folk wisdom
Judith Hollis-Triantafillou
BMJ  1995;311:335
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Mysterious ways
Trisha Greenhalgh
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This week's Personal views

Cheese is bad for your health
David Reilly
BMJ  1995;311:336
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The view from the top
Sandra McGregor
BMJ  1995;311:336-337
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This week's Medicine and books

Nursing Research: Theory and Practice; Unifying Nursing Practice and Theory
Louise Tamblin
BMJ  1995;311:338
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Gender and the Professional Predicament in Nursing
Mick Carpenter
BMJ  1995;311:338-339
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Caring in Crisis. An Oral History of Critical Care Nursing
Sue Jordan
BMJ  1995;311:339
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Medicine and Nursing: Professions in a Changing Health Service
Alison Kitson
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This week's Education and debate

Harmonisation of specialist training in Europe: is it a mirage?
Stephen Brearley
BMJ  1995;311:297-299
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Qualitative Research: Introducing focus groups
Jenny Kitzinger
BMJ  1995;311:299-302
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Has nursing lost its way? Dual perspective
Jacqueline A Short
BMJ  1995;311:303-304
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Nursing and medicine: cooperation or conflict?
Ann Bradshaw
BMJ  1995;311:304-305
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Towards an ethos of interdisciplinary practice
Mike Nolan
BMJ  1995;311:305-307
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Nursing: no regrets
Heidi Lempp
BMJ  1995;311:307-308
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With nurse practitioners, who needs house officers?
Sue Dowling, Sue Barrett, Richard West
BMJ  1995;311:309-313
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Use of Read codes in development of a standard data set
N Smith, A Wilson, T Weekes
BMJ  1995;311:313-315
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How To Do It: Use facilitated case discussions for significant event auditing
L A Robinson, R Stacy, J A Spencer, R S Bhopal
BMJ  1995;311:315-318
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ABC of Medical Computing: ILLUSTRATING AND PRESENTING YOUR DATA
Nicholas Lee
BMJ  1995;311:319-322
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  1995;311:340
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This week's Fillers

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO: The General Medical Council and Direct Representation
BMJ  1995;311:291
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This week's Corrections

Correction
BMJ  1995;311:322
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This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

Feeding anxieties
Mark Berelowitz
BMJ  1995;311:337
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This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Fundholders have saved pounds sterling111m since 1991 • BMA will insist on secure NHS network • Defence medical services are realistic, government says • Commons debates surgeon's case • Head injury services are failing in Wales
Linda Beecham
BMJ  1995;311:334
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This week's Papers

Risk factors for HIV infection in people attending clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in India
Jeanette J Rodrigues, Sanjay M Mehendale, Mary E Shepherd, Anand D Divekar, Raman R Gangakhedkar, Thomas C Quinn, Ramesh S Paranjape, Arun R Risbud, Ronald S Brookmeyer, Deepak A Gadkari, Manjusha R Gokhale, Anne M Rompalo, Shridhar G Deshpande, M M Khalandkar, Nita Mawar, Robert C Bollinger
BMJ  1995;311:283-286
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Complications with shunts in adults with spina bifida
Pat Tomlinson, I D Sugarman
BMJ  1995;311:286-287
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Emergency psychiatric services in England and Wales
Sonia Johnson, Graham Thornicroft
BMJ  1995;311:287-288
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Subarachnoid haemorrhage in first and second degree relatives of patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage
Jacoline E C Bromberg, Gabriel J E Rinkel, Ale Algra, Paut Greebe, Cornelia M van Duyn, Djo Hasan, Martien Limburg, Hans W M ter Berg, Eelco F M Wijdicks, Jan van Gijn
BMJ  1995;311:288-289
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Health promotion by encouraged use of stairs
Avril Blamey, Nanette Mutrie, Tom Aitchison
BMJ  1995;311:289-290
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Combined clinical and virological surveillance of influenza in winters of 1992 and 1993-4
D M Fleming, P Chakraverty, C Sadler, P Litton
BMJ  1995;311:290-291
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Drug points: Water intoxication after low dose cyclophosphamide
M O McCarron, G D Wright, S D Roberts
BMJ  1995;311:292
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Drug points: Potentiation of warfarin by interferon
Y Adachi, Y Yokoyama, T Nanno, T Yamamoto
BMJ  1995;311:292
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Drug points: Fulminant hepatic failure induced by lamotrigine
A J Makin, S Fitt, Roger Williams
BMJ  1995;311:292
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