Sentencing mentally disordered offenders
	Derek Chiswick
	BMJ  1996;313:1497-1498 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rehabilitation after heart attack
	Richard Mayou
	BMJ  1996;313:1498-1499 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rationing health care
	Alan Maynard
	BMJ  1996;313:1499 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Radiotherapy for malignant glioma
	Anna Gregor, Ann Cull
	BMJ  1996;313:1500-1501 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Talk that works: the rise of cognitive behaviour therapy
	Gavin Andrews
	BMJ  1996;313:1501-1502 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Aging: a global theme issue
	Paula Rochon, Richard Smith
	BMJ  1996;313:1502 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Routine follow up of breast cancer in primary care
	Dick Rainsbury
	BMJ  1996;313:1547 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Study of open access centre for patients with breast cancer is planned
	Peter Kirkbride, Katherine Vallis
	BMJ  1996;313:1547 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More use should be made of specialist nurses
	Ian Kunkler, Alison Tierney, Nora Jodrell, John Forbes
	BMJ  1996;313:1547-1548 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Open door and listening ear are best support for patients
	Stephen A Hall
	BMJ  1996;313:1548 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Most recurrences after breast conservation are detected by regular hospital visits
	J M Dixon, B Norman
	BMJ  1996;313:1548 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Audit Commission's report was based on large samples and up to date data
	R K Waite, J Cornwell
	BMJ  1996;313:1548 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Child protection
	David Fish
	BMJ  1996;313:1548-1549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Child's needs should be central
	A F Mellon
	BMJ  1996;313:1549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Girl should have been offered a chance of safety
	Juliet Butler
	BMJ  1996;313:1549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prodigy, a computer assisted prescribing scheme
	Ian Purves
	BMJ  1996;313:1549 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Decisions will be taken after receipt of final report next autumn
	Philip Leech
	BMJ  1996;313:1549-1550 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spinal cord injuries have fallen in rugby union players in New South Wales
	Stephen F Wilson, Philip A Atkin, Tai Rotem, James Lawson
	BMJ  1996;313:1550 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Relation between treatment benefit and underlying risk in meta-analysis
	Stephen Senn
	BMJ  1996;313:1550 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors' reply
	Stephen Sharp, Simon Thompson, Douglas Altman
	BMJ  1996;313:1550-1551 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Britain was healthier than Germany in 1914
	Terence Kealey
	BMJ  1996;313:1551 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Influences of practice characteristics on prescribing in practices
	Sarah J Roberts
	BMJ  1996;313:1551 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors' reply
	Rob Wilson, Juanita Hatcher, Stuart Barton, Tom Walley
	BMJ  1996;313:1551 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Postal surveys in general practice
	Nicholas Summerton
	BMJ  1996;313:1551-1552 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surveys demand too much time
	Mark Cottrill
	BMJ  1996;313:1552 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scotland's new chief medical officer welcomes reforms of training
	D C Carter
	BMJ  1996;313:1552 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adverse events associated with mefloquine
	E L Corbett, J F Doherty, R H Behrens
	BMJ  1996;313:1552 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Women may be more susceptible to adverse events
	Maggie Phillips
	BMJ  1996;313:1552-1553 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Manufacturer should also give incidence of "severe" adverse events
	Lorraine Traer-Clark
	BMJ  1996;313:1553 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk-benefit ratio must be taken into account
	Stuart Dollow
	BMJ  1996;313:1553 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Explaining about possible adverse events may reduce problems
	Ron Behrens
	BMJ  1996;313:1553-1554 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author's reply
	Peter Barrett
	BMJ  1996;313:1554 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Advice to warn patients about rare side effects overturns accepted practice
	James Warner
	BMJ  1996;313:1554 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients may start to take cheaper over the counter regimens
	Meirion R Evans
	BMJ  1996;313:1554 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of deletion polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme gene on progression of diabetic nephropathy
	Michel Marre, Gilles Chatellier, Francois Alhenc-Gelas
	BMJ  1996;313:1554-1555 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Course on basic surgical skills is being run by all surgical colleges
	J D Greig, J Duignan, Graham Sunderland
	BMJ  1996;313:1555 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Conflict of interest
	C K Connolly
	BMJ  1996;313:1555 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Does the BMJ attempt independent ascertainment?
	Luke Whitaker
	BMJ  1996;313:1555 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Summative assessment in general practice
	L M Campbell, J R M Lough, T S Murray
	BMJ  1996;313:1556 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scheme has to be compulsory for proper evaluation
	Guy Houghton
	BMJ  1996;313:1556 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Procedure is too complex and intrusive
	Paul Sackin
	BMJ  1996;313:1556 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	More registrars are being trained in consultation skills now
	Geoff Roberts
	BMJ  1996;313:1556 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Content validity of video recorded consultations needs to be proved
	Tim Coleman, Terjinder Manku-Scott, Amanda Howe
	BMJ  1996;313:1557 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Childbirth practice should take women's wishes into account
	Ann Oakley
	BMJ  1996;313:1557 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMJ's audit should show actions planned to improve quality
	Terry Kemple
	BMJ  1996;313:1557 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Nucleus, not Student BMJ, was first international journal for medical students
	Ruth Selwood
	BMJ  1996;313:1557 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	British Library axes thousands of journals
	Kathryn Godfrey
	BMJ  1996;313:1503 [Extract] [Full text]

	Medical research wins lottery funding
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1996;313:1503 [Extract] [Full text]

	In Brief
	BMJ  1996;313:1504 [Extract] [Full text]

	Time taken for approving drugs is similar in US to UK
	David Woods
	BMJ  1996;313:1504 [Extract] [Full text]

	Prenatal magnesium sulphate cuts risk of cerebral palsy
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  1996;313:1505 [Extract] [Full text]

	Stress may disturb the blood-brain barrier
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  1996;313:1505 [Extract] [Full text]

	Microbiologist wins libel damages
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1996;313:1506 [Extract] [Full text]

	Skin lesion removal rationed in Florida
	Fred B Charatan
	BMJ  1996;313:1506 [Extract] [Full text]

	At last: a political division on the NHS
	John Warden
	BMJ  1996;313:1506 [Extract] [Full text]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Fundholders' prescribing costs: the first five years
	Conrad M Harris, Glen Scrivener
	BMJ  1996;313:1531-1534 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Atrial fibrillation in elderly patients: prevalence and comorbidity in general practice
	M Langenberg, B S P Hellemons, J W van Ree, F Vermeer, J Lodder, H J A Schouten, J A Knottnerus
	BMJ  1996;313:1534 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Three wee kings
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  1996;313:1559 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Obstetrician's distress
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  1996;313:1559 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	The facts must be available
	Jean Fooks
	BMJ  1996;313:1560 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recovery is possible
	BMJ  1996;313:1560-1561 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	Clinical Surgery
	John Alexander-Williams
	BMJ  1996;313:1562 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mind Readings: Writers' Journeys Through Mental States
	John Launer
	BMJ  1996;313:1562 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient: the True Story of a Rare Illness
	Lill E Thistlethwaite
	BMJ  1996;313:1563 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Vamps Virgins and Victims: How Can Women Fight AIDS?
	Elizabeth Fee
	BMJ  1996;313:1563 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Fortnightly Review: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: a guide for general practitioners
	Neeraj Prasad, Christopher Isles
	BMJ  1996;313:1535-1541 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intravenous antimicrobial therapy in the community: underused, inadequately resourced, or irrelevant to health care in Britain?
	Dilip Nathwani, Peter Davey
	BMJ  1996;313:1541-1543 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Grand Rounds--Hammersmith Hospital: Persistent fever in pulmonary tuberculosis
	BMJ  1996;313:1543-1545 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1996;313:1564 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	AN INFLUENTIAL DOCTOR
	Andrew Crowther
	BMJ  1996;313:1530 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Correction
	BMJ  1996;313:1502 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Correction
	BMJ  1996;313:1516 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Psychiatry
	Anne Dean
	BMJ  1996;313:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: One of the key changes to the consultants' distinction awards ...
	BMJ  1996;313:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Because the overwhelming majority of workers in part time jobs ...
	BMJ  1996;313:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Fears of a recruitment crisis in academic medicine have led ...
	BMJ  1996;313:3b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Editor's choice
	BMJ  1996;313 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	The mind unleashed
	Sean Spence
	BMJ  1996;313:1561 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Physicians' role will change to meet patients' needs • BMA wants national standards for community care • (pounds sterling)300 000 allocated for research on medical education • BMA backs EU commissioner's antismoking initiative • Doctors can make computers work • Government appoints commission on human genetic
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;313:1558 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Malignant cerebral glioma--I: Survival, disability, and morbidity after radiotherapy
	Elizabeth Davies, Charles Clarke, Anthony Hopkins
	BMJ  1996;313:1507-1512 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Malignant cerebral glioma--II: Perspectives of patients and relatives on the value of radiotherapy
	Elizabeth Davies, Charles Clarke, Anthony Hopkins
	BMJ  1996;313:1512-1516 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Psychological rehabilitation after myocardial infarction: multicentre randomised controlled trial
	D A Jones, R R West
	BMJ  1996;313:1517-1521 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of mental disorder in remand prisoners: consecutive case study
	Luke Birmingham, Debbie Mason, Don Grubin
	BMJ  1996;313:1521-1524 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Point prevalence of mental disorder in unconvicted male prisoners in England and Wales
	Deborah Brooke, Caecilia Taylor, John Gunn, Anthony Maden
	BMJ  1996;313:1524-1527 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Video assessment of simple respiratory signs
	Mike English, Laura New, Norbert Peshu, Kevin Marsh
	BMJ  1996;313:1527-1528 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	An endoluminal brush to detect the infected central venous catheter in situ: a pilot study
	Mark J Tighe, Peter Kite, Warren N Fawley, Daniel Thomas, Michael J McMahon
	BMJ  1996;313:1528-1529 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in young people in the care system
	Jacinta B McCann, Anthony James, Sylvia Wilson, Graham Dunn
	BMJ  1996;313:1529-1530 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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