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31 August 1996 (Vol 313, No 7056)
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This week's Editorials

Antiviral drug resistance
Deenan Pillay, Alisdair M Geddes
BMJ  1996;313:503-504
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The NHS reforms revisited
Rudolf Klein
BMJ  1996;313:504-505
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Family interventions in schizophrenia
Jeremy Anderson, Clive Adams
BMJ  1996;313:505-506
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Breast cancer: asking patients what they want
Charlotte Williamson
BMJ  1996;313:506-507
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Phytoestrogens and soy based infant formula
Charles Essex
BMJ  1996;313:507-508
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Vetting new technologies
Trevor A Sheldon, Alex Faulkner
BMJ  1996;313:508
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This week's Letters

Rationing health care
Marion Roe
BMJ  1996;313:557
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Britain could still have a comprehensive NHS without rationing
Kate MacKay
BMJ  1996;313:557
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Anti-Rationing Group also wants to contribute to the debate
C J Roberts, D L Crosby
BMJ  1996;313:557
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Patients have strong input into purchasing decisions in Droitwich
Stephen Field, Adrian Giles
BMJ  1996;313:557-558
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US judicial guidelines on sentencing could show way forward for NHS
L T Wilkins, A J Wilkins
BMJ  1996;313:558
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Degree of rationing in Zaire would be unacceptable in Britain
Justin Burdon
BMJ  1996;313:558
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Responsibility for social care needs to be considered
C J Packham
BMJ  1996;313:558
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Elective waiting lists are becoming explicitly rationed
Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
BMJ  1996;313:558-559
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Selection of group members needs to be clarified
C J Burns-Cox
BMJ  1996;313:559
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Purchasing policies for in vitro fertilisation vary considerably
Iain Smith, Aurora Plomer
BMJ  1996;313:559
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Don't confuse personal choice with collective choice
Ray Robinson
BMJ  1996;313:559
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Breast screening has failed older women
Sally Greengross
BMJ  1996;313:559
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Ratio of waist circumference to height is strong predictor of intra-abdominal fat
Margaret Ashwell, Timothy J Cole, Adrian K Dixon
BMJ  1996;313:559-560
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Data protection, health care, and the new European directive
Craig Gerrand
BMJ  1996;313:560
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Data users must observe all principles of Data Protection Act
Philip J Jones
BMJ  1996;313:560
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Doctors in distress
David Hewin
BMJ  1996;313:560
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Doctors should count their blessings
Maggie Keeble
BMJ  1996;313:561
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Ability of bone mineral density to predict osteoporotic fractures
Kate Brooks, Ruth Shakespeare, Patricia Christmas, Robert Whatley, Derek Jenkins, Catherine Woodward, Andrew Mortimore
BMJ  1996;313:561
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Case for screening exists
Wayne Perry
BMJ  1996;313:561
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Authors' reply
Deborah Marshall, Olof Johnell, Hans Wedel
BMJ  1996;313:561-562
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Ureteric obstruction secondary to endometriosis
N D P Marchbank, U Patel, A E A Joseph
BMJ  1996;313:562
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R J Brough, K J O'Flynn
BMJ  1996;313:562
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Rate of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in farmers is not significant
Douglas R O Morrison
BMJ  1996;313:562
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Performance procedures for seriously deficient professional performance are flawed
Arnold Simanowitz
BMJ  1996;313:562
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Tuberculosis is important problem in children with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa
Dermot Maher
BMJ  1996;313:562-563
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Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care is cost effective
Agnes McKnight, Margaret Cupples
BMJ  1996;313:563
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Risk of coronary heart disease in Hindus and Muslims from Indian subcontinent is similar
J D Maxwell, D P Strachan
BMJ  1996;313:563
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This week's News

President Clinton approves curbs on tobacco
Fred B Charatan
BMJ  1996;313:509
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More doctors needed at scene of emergencies
John Warden
BMJ  1996;313:509
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BMJ  1996;313:510
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Non-insulin dependent diabetes needs more attention
Alison Boulton
BMJ  1996;313:510
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UK government wants to improve air quality
Linda Beecham
BMJ  1996;313:511
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Canadian doctors withdraw prenatal care
David Spurgeon
BMJ  1996;313:511
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Europe is divided on embryo regulations
Sandra Goldbeck-Wood
BMJ  1996;313:512
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This week's General practice

A prescribing incentive scheme for non-fundholding general practices: an observational study
D N Bateman, M Campbell, L J Donaldson, S J Roberts, J M Smith
BMJ  1996;313:535-538
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This week's Soundings

Unhealthy exercise
Tony Smith
BMJ  1996;313:564
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A new synthetic opiate?
Liam Farrell
BMJ  1996;313:564
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This week's Personal views

Teach me to hear mermaids singing
Clare Vaughan
BMJ  1996;313:565
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This week's Medicine and books

Textbook of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
J L H R Bosch, F H Schrodder
BMJ  1996;313:567
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Child Safety: Problem and Prevention from Preschool to Adolescence
Danya Glaser
BMJ  1996;313:567
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This week's Education and debate

Consensus statement for good practice and audit measures in the management of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
M P J Vanderpump, J A O Ahlquist, J A Franklyn, R N Clayton
BMJ  1996;313:539-544
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Training for excellence in the inner city: an interview with Richard Savage and Clare Vaughan
Douglas Carnall
BMJ  1996;313:544-546
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Lesson of the Week: Cholesterol emboli may mimic systemic vasculitis
D S Peat, Peter W Mathieson
BMJ  1996;313:546-547
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Caring for Older People: Elder abuse
Mark Bradley
BMJ  1996;313:548-550
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Corrections
BMJ  1996;313:550
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Caring for Older People: BMJ audit: time to decisions by publication
BMJ  1996;313:550
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ABC of Work Related Disorders: OCCUPATIONAL INFECTIONS
David Snashall
BMJ  1996;313:551-554
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This week's Minerva

Minerva
BMJ  1996;313:568
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This week's Fillers

WHEN I USE A WORD..
Jeff Aronson
BMJ  1996;313:534
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
BMJ  1996;313:538
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This week's Career focus

Pharmaceutical medicine
Darrell L Higson
BMJ  1996;313:2
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Briefing: The number of general practitioners rose by more than 10% ...
BMJ  1996;313:3
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Briefing: Paediatricians have a new college from this month. The College ...
BMJ  1996;313:3a
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Briefing: General practitioners must develop a more corporate approach to management ...
BMJ  1996;313:3b
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This week's CHOICE

Editor's choice
BMJ  1996;313
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This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

The new apostasy
Harry Keen
BMJ  1996;313:566
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This week's Papers

Sex differences in weight in infancy and the British 1990 national growth standards
Charlotte M Wright, Sally S Corbett, Robert F Drewett
BMJ  1996;313:513-514
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Cohort study of peanut and tree nut sensitisation by age of 4 years
S M Tariq, M Stevens, S Matthews, S Ridout, R Twiselton, D W Hide
BMJ  1996;313:514-517, doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7056.514
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Peanut allergy in relation to heredity, maternal diet, and other atopic diseases: results of a questionnaire survey, skin prick testing, and food challenges
J O'B Hourihane, T P Dean, J O Warner
BMJ  1996;313:518-521
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Are healthcare workers in England and Wales at increased risk of tuberculosis?
Sarah Meredith, John M Watson, Kenneth M Citron, Anne Cockcroft, Janet H Darbyshire
BMJ  1996;313:522-525
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Comparison of adverse events associated with use of mefloquine and combination of chloroquine and proguanil as antimalarial prophylaxis: postal and telephone survey of travellers
P J Barrett, P D Emmins, P D Clarke, D J Bradley
BMJ  1996;313:525-528
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Adverse local reactions from accidental BCG overdose in infants
J M Puliyel, A Hughes, M L Chiswick, M Z Mughal
BMJ  1996;313:528-529
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Family members' attitudes toward telling the patient with Alzheimer's disease their diagnosis
Conor P Maguire, Michael Kirby, Robert Coen, Davis Coakley, Brian A Lawlor, Desmond O'Neill
BMJ  1996;313:529-530
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Can adverse drug reactions be detected earlier? A comparison of reports by patients and professionals
Toine C G Egberts, Maartje Smulders, Fred H P de Koning, Ronald H B Meyboom, Hubert G M Leufkens
BMJ  1996;313:530-531
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Evaluation of a psychiatric court liaison scheme in north London
Nick D Purchase, Alison K McCallum, Harry G Kennedy
BMJ  1996;313:531-532
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Descriptive survey of antenatal HIV testing in London: policy, uptake, and detection
Sandra E MacDonagh, Janet Masters, Barbara A Helps, Pat A Tookey, A E Ades, Diana M Gibb
BMJ  1996;313:532-533
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Incidence of adverse reactions after administration of high dose diphtheria with tetanus vaccine to school leavers: retrospective questionnaire study
P D Sidebotham, S W Lenton
BMJ  1996;313:533-534
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