Revaccination against measles and rubella
	Felicity T Cutts
	BMJ  1996;312:589-590 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Asthma associated with thunderstorms
	Adrian Bauman
	BMJ  1996;312:590-591 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Secondary prevention of meningococcal disease
	Bjorn-Erik Kristiansen, Arne-Birger Knapskog
	BMJ  1996;312:591-592 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Gynaecology--medical or surgical?
	S K Smith
	BMJ  1996;312:592-593 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Over the counter drugs
	James G Kennedy
	BMJ  1996;312:593-594 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	The war on drugs
	O L Wade
	BMJ  1996;312:635 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial contained specious arguments
	Thomas F G Esmonde
	BMJ  1996;312:635 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An international discussion is desirable
	Henk F L Garretsen, Fred Sturmans
	BMJ  1996;312:635-636 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Legalisation would have to be accompanied by personal responsibility
	Ikechukwu Obialo Azuonye
	BMJ  1996;312:636 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Harm minimisation is a way of lessening effects of more harmful drugs
	J R Robertson
	BMJ  1996;312:636 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Legalisation would be likely to result in increased use
	Eric A Voth
	BMJ  1996;312:636 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The aim should be a drug free society
	K F Gunning
	BMJ  1996;312:636-637 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evaluating new surgical procedures
	Derek J Pegg
	BMJ  1996;312:637 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Design of trials should depend on whether new skills are required
	A W Majeed, A G Johnson
	BMJ  1996;312:637 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Few trials of laparoscopic cholecystectomy have been randomised
	Francis P Mcginn, C Terzi
	BMJ  1996;312:637 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of acute anaphylaxis
	Malcolm Fisher
	BMJ  1996;312:637-638 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients should be taught how to inject adrenaline
	Hugh Davies, Julie Harris, Abbas Kakoo
	BMJ  1996;312:638 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Jumping beans" are almost identical with medicines
	Martin Hewitt
	BMJ  1996;312:638 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Women doctors' use of hormone replacement therapy
	Emily Banks, Barbara Crossley, Ruth English, Ann Richardson
	BMJ  1996;312:638 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	May be to enable them to cope with demands of their job
	Frances Griffiths
	BMJ  1996;312:638-639 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Magnesium sulphate should be used for eclamptic fits
	Lelia Duley
	BMJ  1996;312:639 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	General physicians are as good as cardiologists at interpreting ECGs
	N Prasad, M Lindsay, V S Srikanthan, A C K Pell, F G Dunn, K J Hogg
	BMJ  1996;312:639 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of and mortality from breast cancer since introduction of screening
	David Brewster, Dawn Everington, Elaine Harkness, Ann Gould, Jan Warner, John A Dewar, Jack Arrundale
	BMJ  1996;312:639-640 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Several factors must have a role in improved figures
	Andrew Carnon, David Hole, Charles Gillis, David Brewster
	BMJ  1996;312:640 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Women are often followed up too soon after treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
	Arabinda Saha, M Maresh
	BMJ  1996;312:640 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Hashimoto's thyroiditis
	Brunhilde Wagner, Heinrich Vierhapper, Hans Hofmann
	BMJ  1996;312:640-641 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Method of election to BMA craft committees should be changed
	Jeremy Wight
	BMJ  1996;312:641 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Coronary heart disease and atrial fibrillation
	Nigel Wheeldon
	BMJ  1996;312:641 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply
	Gregory Y H Lip
	BMJ  1996;312:641-642 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Concentrations of von Willebrand factor in diabetes
	Beverley J Hunt
	BMJ  1996;312:642 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply
	Hans-Henrik Parving
	BMJ  1996;312:642 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Don't rely on drinking wine to prevent traveller's diarrhoea
	Kim A Cook, Paul S Mead, Eric D Mintz
	BMJ  1996;312:642 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Thousands suffer in China's blizzards
	Richard Tomlinson
	BMJ  1996;312:595 [Extract] [Full text]

	Silicone implants represent small risk
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:595 [Extract] [Full text]

	Swedish county abandons breast screening
	Greg Mciver
	BMJ  1996;312:595-596 [Extract] [Full text]

	Headlines
	BMJ  1996;312:596 [Extract] [Full text]

	Australia's leader reassures on health
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  1996;312:596-597 [Extract] [Full text]

	US company fined for reckless deaths
	Erik Gunn
	BMJ  1996;312:597 [Extract] [Full text]

	Czech doctors plan two day strike
	Joe Cook
	BMJ  1996;312:597 [Extract] [Full text]

	Condom trade barriers come down across Europe
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1996;312:597 [Extract] [Full text]

	Meningitis epidemic sweeps northern Nigeria
	Claudia Court
	BMJ  1996;312:598 [Extract] [Full text]

	Fundholding pilot allows inpatient purchases
	Alison Boulton
	BMJ  1996;312:598 [Extract] [Full text]

	Children help adults to stop smoking
	Claudia Court
	BMJ  1996;312:598 [Extract] [Full text]

	US fills food with folic acid
	Fred B Charatan
	BMJ  1996;312:599 [Extract] [Full text]

	France uncovers plan to bypass tobacco laws
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  1996;312:599 [Extract] [Full text]

	French drug lottery idea causes uproar
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  1996;312:599-600 [Extract] [Full text]

	Dutch heart patient has London operation
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  1996;312:600 [Extract] [Full text]

	Britain plans genetics watchdog
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;312:600 [Extract] [Full text]

	Fifth anniversary changes for NHS reforms
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;312:600 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Fair shares in health care? Ethnic and socioeconomic influences on recording of preventive care in selected inner London general practices
	J Atri, M Falshaw, A Livingstone, J Robson
	BMJ  1996;312:614-617 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	General practitioners' views on over the counter sales by community pharmacists
	Jo Erwin, Nicky Britten, Roger Jones
	BMJ  1996;312:617-618 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Over the counter antibiotics
	Judith Hollis-Triantafillou
	BMJ  1996;312:644 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Little green men
	Tony Smith
	BMJ  1996;312:644 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	The Kiwi way: lessons from New Zealand
	John Ovretveit
	BMJ  1996;312:645 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	Choices in Health Policy: An Agenda for the European Union
	BMJ  1996;312:646 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine in Europe: A Guide to Funding for Medical, Dental and Veterinary Research Workers
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  1996;312:646 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A Guide to Ethnic Minority Neighborhood Outreach
	Mark R D Johnson
	BMJ  1996;312:646-647 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental Health in a Multi-ethnic Society: A Multi-disciplinary Handbook
	Irwin Nazareth
	BMJ  1996;312:647 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	A primer on leading the improvement of systems
	Donald M Berwick
	BMJ  1996;312:619-622 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Urology: INTRODUCTION TO UROLOGY
	Chris Dawson, Hugh Whitfield
	BMJ  1996;312:623-625 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Quality and professionalism in health care: a review of current initiatives in the NHS
	David Taylor
	BMJ  1996;312:626-629 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Over the Counter Drugs: Patients, society, and the increase in self medication
	Alison Blenkinsopp, Colin Bradley
	BMJ  1996;312:629-632 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1996;312:648 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A LESSON CONFIRMED
	John Zorab
	BMJ  1996;312:625 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ANY QUESTIONS
	Dimitrios Trichopoulos
	BMJ  1996;312:632 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Editor's choice
	BMJ  1996;312 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Clinical academics welcome independent inquiry • GPs' leader writes to MPs on partnership campaign • Health authorities told to reverse cuts in NHS • GMC given more powers to restrict a doctor's practice • Intensive care beds may go on a database • Guarantee given for trusts' debts • Students re-examine advice on electives
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;312:643 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	A major outbreak of asthma associated with a thunderstorm: experience of accident and emergency departments and patients' characteristics
	Daniel N Wallis, Julian Webb, Duncan Brooke, Beata Brookes, Ruth Brown, Alice Findlay, Miriam Harris, Diana Hulbert, George Little, Cindy Nonoo, Charles O'Donnell, Gillian Park, Akbar Soorma, A Craig Davidson, Jean Emberlin, Adrian D Cook, Katherine M Venables
	BMJ  1996;312:601-604 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Thunderstorm associated asthma: a detailed analysis of environmental factors
	Antonio Celenza, Jane Fothergill, Emil Kupek, Rory J Shaw
	BMJ  1996;312:604-607 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cognitive impairment and mortality in a cohort of elderly people
	Catharine R Gale, Christopher N Martyn, Cyrus Cooper
	BMJ  1996;312:608-611 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Survey of neuroleptic prescribing in residents of nursing homes in Glasgow
	Alice M McGrath, Graham A Jackson
	BMJ  1996;312:611-612 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide reported to the public prosecutor in North Holland over 10 years
	Gerrit van der Wal, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen
	BMJ  1996;312:612-613 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Growth in the use of antibiotics in the community in England and Scotland in 1980-93
	P G Davey, R P Bax, J Newey, D Reeves, D Rutherford, R Slack, R E Warren, B Watt, J Wilson
	BMJ  1996;312:613 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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