This week's This week in the BMJ

	Evidence that sleep apnoea is bad for health is weak [Full text] FREE

	Snoring and breathing pauses are widely underdiagnosed in the UK [Full text] FREE

	Breast cancer screening programmes are justifiable [Full text] FREE

	Education plays small part in changing doctors' practice [Full text] FREE

	Surgical registrars do not get enough surgical experience [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	A wake up call for sleep disordered breathing
	John A Fleetham
	BMJ  1997;314:839 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Scientific imperialism
	Peter Wilmshurst
	BMJ  1997;314:840 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All doctors are problem doctors
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  1997;314:841 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sudden cardiac death in the young
	J F Goodwin
	BMJ  1997;314:843 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Maternity services: the Audit Commission reports
	James Drife
	BMJ  1997;314:844 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Malignant cerebral glioma
	Michael Brada, David Thomas, Roy Rampling, Peter Crawford, Neil Burnet, Paul Byrne, Michael Sokal, Douglas Guerrero, Frances Hines, Sue Sardell, Michael Brada, Julia Chappell, Pär Salander, A Tommy Bergenheim, Roger Henriksson, N G Burnet, R E Taylor, Elizabeth Davies, Charles Clarke, Anthony Hopkins
	BMJ  1997;314:899 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Presentational skills are taught in some hospitals
	David Cummins
	BMJ  1997;314:901 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hillsborough television drama
	David Slater
	BMJ  1997;314:901 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Suicides after pregnancy
	Christopher Ll Morgan, Marc Evans, John R Peters, Craig Currie, Sally Mitchison, Mika Gissler, Elina Hemminki, Jouko Lönnqvist
	BMJ  1997;314:902 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	What clinical information do doctors need?
	TD Kennedy, S Magennis, Cathy Harris, Karen W Moody, Gordon Brooks, Alessandro Nobili, Gianluca Macario, Gebru Frewini, A V E Rossetti, Victoria O Acik, David C Slawson, Allen F Shaughnessy, Beatrice M Doran, Anita Verhoeven
	BMJ  1997;314:903 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of needlestick injuries would be easier if consent for "donor" testing was not necessary
	E Walker, P Wright
	BMJ  1997;314:905 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sri Lankan refugees are not at risk of persecution
	BMJ  1997;314:905 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Routine pregnancies do not need obstetrician care
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Twins may protect against breast cancer
	Jessica Westall
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Paris restricts use of cars
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Radioactive pollution exposed by low tide in France
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctor who refused HIV test is struck off register
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	European parliament wants world ban on human cloning
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Dutch agree budget for expensive anticancer drugs
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Smokers are misled about low tar cigarettes
	Caroline White
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Three patients die after managers' decision
	John Warden
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Poverty has major impact on health of young people
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;314:i [Extract] [Full text]

	Young British people's mental health neglected, say MPs
	John Warden
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Complications of deep vein thrombosis are halved with compression stockings
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	High Court detains girl with anorexia
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Germany's new health reforms
	Helmut L Karcher
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	In brief
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

	Focus: Westminster – Consultants blamed about consultants' complaints
	John Warden
	BMJ  1997;314:845 [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Diagnosing and managing genitourinary prolapse
	Simon Jackson, Phillip Smith
	BMJ  1997;314:875 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Acute non-cardiogenic lung oedema after platelet transfusion
	A E Virchis, R K Patel, M Contreras, C Navarrete, R S Kaczmarski, R Jan-Mohamed
	BMJ  1997;314:880 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of clinical haematology: The myelodysplastic syndromes
	David G Oscier
	BMJ  1997;314:883 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Why general practitioners and consultants change their clinical practice: a critical incident study
	Lynne A Allery, Penny A Owen, Michael R Robling
	BMJ  1997;314:870 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Small is beautiful
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  1997;314:909 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An axeman writes
	Irvine Loudon
	BMJ  1997;314:909 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	From Hogarth to Rowlandson: Medicine in Art in Eighteenth Century Britain, by Fiona Haslam
	J H Baron
	BMJ  1997;314:911 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	An ethical dilemma: availability of antiretroviral therapy after clinical trials with hiv infected patients are ended
	Peter E Cleaton-Jones
	BMJ  1997;314:887 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Strident, but essential: the voices of people with aids
	Peter Busse
	BMJ  1997;314:888 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Drug companies have a duty to continue treatment
	Sean Emery, David A Cooper
	BMJ  1997;314:889 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A case for goodwill
	G R McLean
	BMJ  1997;314:890 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A partnership to resolve the conundrum
	Peter King
	BMJ  1997;314:890 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Surgical training: an objective assessment of recent changes for a single health board
	T J Crofts, J M T Griffiths, S Sharma, J Wygrala, R J Aitken
	BMJ  1997;314:891 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Primary care–opportunities and threats: The changing meaning of the GP contract
	Jane Lewis
	BMJ  1997;314:895 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1997;314:912 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Any questions:
	J Gillon
	BMJ  1997;314 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Battle of the clubs
	BMJ  1997;314 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deep truth:
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  1997;314 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Any questions:
	Diane Roberts
	BMJ  1997;314 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Chewing gum
	BMJ  1997;314 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Opportunities for a career in clinical pharmacology
	Nigel Baber, Morris J Brown, David Webb
	BMJ  1997;314:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Managers, junior doctors, and nurses are working closer together to ...
	BMJ  1997;314:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: It's a well known fact that although half of those ...
	BMJ  1997;314:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Deep and shallow truths
	BMJ  1997;314 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

SELECTION

This week's SELECTION

	Selection
	BMJ  1997;314 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	Trust me–I'm a doctor
	Naomi Craft
	BMJ  1997;314:910 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	NHS management costs have been cut • BMA responds to initiatives for accident and emergency services • New bill will help training in general practice • PRHOs spend too much time on repetitive tasks
	BMJ  1997;314:908 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Mervyn Frederick Reed • Everell Mary Shippam • Charles Stuart-Harris • John Doris O'Dwyer Lavertine • Joseph Henry McDougall • Hubert John Markham • Joseph Vincent Occleshaw • Aidan Michael Prestage • Wilfred John ("Jack") Turney
	BMJ  1997;314:906 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Health effects of obstructive sleep apnoea and the effectiveness of continuous positive airways pressure: a systematic review of the research evidence
	John Wright, Rachel Johns, Ian Watt, Arabella Melville, Trevor Sheldon
	BMJ  1997;314:851 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: supplemental tables] FREE

	Snoring and breathing pauses during sleep: telephone interview survey of a United Kingdom population sample
	Maurice M Ohayon, Christian Guilleminault, Robert G Priest, Malijai Caulet
	BMJ  1997;314:860 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of the public health policy for breast cancer screening in Finland: population based cohort study
	Matti Hakama, Eero Pukkala, Minna Heikkilä, Mervi Kallio
	BMJ  1997;314:864 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Timing of paediatric deaths after trauma
	Jonathan Wyatt, Lorna McLeod, Thomas Beattie, Diana Beard, Anthony Busuttil, Colin Robertson
	BMJ  1997;314:868 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Quinolones may induce hepatitis
	S E Jones, R H Smith
	BMJ  1997;314:869 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points: Hypoglycaemia associated with formestane treatment
	E Brankin, A Gallagher, M Soukop
	BMJ  1997;314:869 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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