The problems of fundholding
	Sarah Stewart-Brown, Stephen Gillam, Tony Jewell
	BMJ  1996;312:1311-1312 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Chronic neurological effects of organophosphate pesticides
	Kyle Steenland
	BMJ  1996;312:1312-1313 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: its wider meaning for population health
	A J Mcmichael
	BMJ  1996;312:1313-1314 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The GMC, racism, and complaints against doctors
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1996;312:1314-1315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Naming of drugs: pass the epinephrine, please
	Cf George
	BMJ  1996;312:1315-1316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Air pollution in homes
	David Coggon
	BMJ  1996;312:1316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Shortage of organs for transplantation
	R W G Johnson
	BMJ  1996;312:1357 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Human organs will remain superior to porcine organs
	J Fabre
	BMJ  1996;312:1357 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Editorial's comments on report were selective
	Alison Crombie
	BMJ  1996;312:1357 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Donation by living donors is effective for recipient and safe for donor
	James D Walker
	BMJ  1996;312:1358 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Transplant coordinators need more money for education
	Susan Falvey, Vanessa Morgan
	BMJ  1996;312:1358 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Half of physicians are unaware of surveillance system for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
	Antony Franks, Martin Schweiger
	BMJ  1996;312:1358 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Diagnosing testicular torsion
	C J Luscombe, S M V Coppinger, P J Mountford, R Gadd
	BMJ  1996;312:1358-1359 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply
	Mark Davenport
	BMJ  1996;312:1359 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Don't count on urinary white cells to diagnose childhood urinary tract infection
	R K Kumar, G M Turner, M G Coulthard
	BMJ  1996;312:1359 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cerebral oedema after ingestion of MDMA ("ecstasy") and unrestricted intake of water
	S M Matthai, J A Sills, D C Davidson, D Alexandrou
	BMJ  1996;312:1359 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing patients with an absent or dysfunctional spleen
	M R Workman, J Philpott-Howard, A J Bellingham
	BMJ  1996;312:1359-1360 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Under half of doctors know that antibiotic prophylaxis should be life long
	A A Palejwala, L Y C Hong, D King
	BMJ  1996;312:1360 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients expect splenectomy in rural Zaire
	Justin Burdon
	BMJ  1996;312:1360 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Data linkage is useful in setting up a register
	Helen Howie, Ann F Bisset
	BMJ  1996;312:1360 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Uncertainty exists over frequency of blood tests to test antipneumococcal immunity
	G C Kassianos
	BMJ  1996;312:1360 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Is there evidence to show that daily antibiotic treatment is best?
	Chris Butler, Paul Kinnersley
	BMJ  1996;312:1360-1361 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guidelines do not discuss resistance to antibiotics among pneumococci
	H P Lambert
	BMJ  1996;312:1361 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Working party's reply
	G P Summerfield, J G Smith, P Baddeley, R Barnes, J Lortan
	BMJ  1996;312:1361 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Testing to check success of treatment to eradicate H pylori
	K Bodger, R V Heatley
	BMJ  1996;312:1361-1362 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Routine retesting is necessary
	T G Reilly, R P Walt
	BMJ  1996;312:1362 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for diabetic retinopathy
	Bob Ryder
	BMJ  1996;312:1362 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The melanoma epidemic
	Rona M Mackie, Robin Marks, Adele Green
	BMJ  1996;312:1362-1363 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply
	Jonathan Rees
	BMJ  1996;312:1363 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Figures have risen by over 150% over 10 years
	Brian A Sides
	BMJ  1996;312:1363 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	HIV antibody test should be a routine investigation for undiagnosed pneumonia
	G M Scott
	BMJ  1996;312:1363 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Torture should not be trivialised
	Anna-Maria Rollin
	BMJ  1996;312:1363 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	US approves HIV "home test"
	John Roberts
	BMJ  1996;312:1317 [Extract] [Full text]

	Audit Commission says fundholders could do better
	Sandra Goldbeck-Wood
	BMJ  1996;312:1317 [Extract] [Full text]

	Headlines
	BMJ  1996;312:1318 [Extract] [Full text]

	India cracks down on traditional drugs advertisements
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  1996;312:1318 [Extract] [Full text]

	Labour promises end of internal market
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;312:1318-1319 [Extract] [Full text]

	IVF could be offered to older women in the Netherlands
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  1996;312:1319 [Extract] [Full text]

	Russians' health declines
	Miranda Ingram
	BMJ  1996;312:1319 [Extract] [Full text]

	European health ministers wrangle over funding
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1996;312:1319-1320 [Extract] [Full text]

	More homes at risk from radon
	Luisa Dillner
	BMJ  1996;312:1320 [Extract] [Full text]

	New line of accountability for the NHS
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;312:1320 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Cost effectiveness of treating primary care patients in accident and emergency: a comparison between general practitioners, senior house officers, and registrars
	Jeremy Dale, Henrietta Lang, Jennifer A Roberts, Judith Green, Edward Glucksman
	BMJ  1996;312:1340-1344 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	A fairly learned society
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  1996;312:1365 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The marching season
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  1996;312:1365 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Moving away from rational medicine?
	Gilles de Wildt, Helen Sweeney
	BMJ  1996;312:1367 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	Science and the Quiet Art: Medical Research and Patient Care
	Christian Koeck
	BMJ  1996;312:1368 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Modern Medicine: Lay Perspectives and Experiences
	Ann Bowling
	BMJ  1996;312:1368-1369 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Palliative Day Care
	Claud Regnard
	BMJ  1996;312:1369 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Selection
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  1996;312:1369 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Trends in staffing an academic department of surgery in a tropical hospital: past, present, any future?
	P T Nmadu
	BMJ  1996;312:1345-1347 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Controversies in Management: Screening asymptomatic people at high risk for hepatitis C
	Carol A Seymour
	BMJ  1996;312:1347-1348 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Controversies in Management: Screening asymptomatic people at high risk for hepatitis C: The case against
	Miles C Allison, Peter R Mills
	BMJ  1996;312:1349-1350 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the Week: Paradoxical embolism in a young woman
	A T Edwards, S Vig, M A Denvir, A Wood, A Wood
	BMJ  1996;312:1350-1351 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of Urology: UROLOGICAL TRAUMA AND BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION
	Chris Dawson, Hugh Whitfield
	BMJ  1996;312:1352-1354 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1996;312:1370 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

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

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	Telegenetics
	Andrew P Read
	BMJ  1996;312:1366 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Moderates and radicals
	Caroline White
	BMJ  1996;312:1366-1367 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GPs are disappointed at review body on out of hours • General practice should encourage physical activity • Labour party survey identifies GPs' problems • Minister accepts scrutiny team proposals
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;312:1364 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Cost effectiveness of screening for and eradication of Helicobacter pylori in management of dyspeptic patients under 45 years of age
	A H Briggs, M J Sculpher, R P H Logan, J Aldous, M E Ramsay, J H Baron
	BMJ  1996;312:1321-1325 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of child sexual abuse among adolescents in Geneva: results of a cross sectional survey
	Daniel S Halperin, Paul Bouvier, Philip D Jaffe, Roger-Luc Mounoud, Claus H Pawlak, Jerome Laederach, Helene Rey Wicky, Florence Astie
	BMJ  1996;312:1326-1329 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of case fatality in south Asian and white patients after acute myocardial infarction: observational study
	Paul Wilkinson, Jeremy Sayer, Koorithottumkal Laji, Christopher Grundy, Bradley Marchant, Peter Kopelman, Adam D Timmis
	BMJ  1996;312:1330-1333 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Radiology services for remote communities: cost minimisation study of telemedicine
	Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Ivar Sonbo Kristiansen
	BMJ  1996;312:1333-1336 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prospective study of hepatitis B vaccination in patients with chronic hepatitis C
	Voishim Wong, Tim G Wreghitt, Graeme J M Alexander
	BMJ  1996;312:1336-1337 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Specificity of pH and osmolality of early morning urine sample in assessing distal renal tubular function in children: results in healthy children
	Roderick Skinner, Michael Cole, Andrew D J Pearson, Malcolm G Coulthard, Alan W Craft
	BMJ  1996;312:1337-1338 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Determining the approximate area of a burn: an inconsistency investigated and re-evaluated
	R J Perry, C A Moore, B D G Morgan, D L Plummer
	BMJ  1996;312:1338 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Restless legs syndrome and leg cramps in fibromyalgia syndrome: a controlled study
	Muhammad B Yunus, Jean C Aldag
	BMJ  1996;312:1339 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://careers.bmj.com/careers/

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.