This week's This week in the BMJ

	Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke increases risk of ischaemic heart disease and lung cancer [Full text] FREE

	Moderately decreased sperm count is not a risk for testicular cancer [Full text] FREE

	Bedside test for paracetamol poisoning gives inconsistent results [Full text] FREE

	Smoker's paradox goes up in smoke [Full text] FREE

	Treating the obesity epidemic [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Passive smoking: history repeats itself
	Ronald M Davis
	BMJ  1997;315:961-962 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	High cost, low volume care: the case of haemophilia
	Christine Lee, Caroline Sabin, Alexander Miners
	BMJ  1997;315:962-963 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Formula fever: allocating resources in the NHS
	Trevor A Sheldon
	BMJ  1997;315:964 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics and international research
	Neal A Halsey, Alfred Sommer, Donald A Henderson, Robert E Black
	BMJ  1997;315:965-966 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Hastening slowly: Mr Dobson plays a waiting game
	Rudolf Klein
	BMJ  1997;315:966 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Trends in asthma mortality
	M J Campbell, S T Holgate, S L Johnston, Carol A Johnson, David M Mannino, Annette Ashizawa, W T Berrill, Philip McLoone, David S Morrison, Balvinder Kaur, Barbara Butland
	BMJ  1997;315:1012 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Trend in occurrence of asthma among children and young adults
	George Russell, Peter J Helms, Anne B Chang, Tim P Newson
	BMJ  1997;315:1014-1015 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Helicobacter gastroduodenitis
	Miles C Allison, David Williams, David Forman, Anthony Axon
	BMJ  1997;315:1015-1016 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Adding heat probe treatment to adrenaline injection for spurting haemorrhage of peptic ulcers
	S H Hussaini, MA Hull, S C Sydney Chung, James Y W Lau, Arthur K C Li
	BMJ  1997;315:1016 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Clearing house" is needed to match available junior doctors to unfilled SHO posts
	P Leman, F Little, A Duby, D J Williams
	BMJ  1997;315:1016-1017 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Debate over mentally ill patient's caesarean section was too emotional
	W O Goldthorp, G McDade
	BMJ  1997;315:1017 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Insulin dependent diabetes is probably due to environmental effect during childhood
	R D G Leslie, D A Pyke
	BMJ  1997;315:1017 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Palliative drugs are not for shortening life
	David Oliver
	BMJ  1997;315:1018 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Frequent consumption of red meat is not risk factor for cancer
	Brian D Cox, Margaret J Whichelow
	BMJ  1997;315:1018 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of early syphilis acquired in former Soviet Union is increasing
	Jane Deayton, Patrick French
	BMJ  1997;315:1018-1019 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation
	Frank Booth, Arjun Mehta, Tim Lancaster, Jonathan Mant
	BMJ  1997;315:1019 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Elimination of firearms
	Simon Chapman, Cleone Rooney
	BMJ  1997;315:1019-1020 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical advice is available for ships at sea
	Mark Parrish
	BMJ  1997;315:1020 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Defence of cardiologist in misconduct case
	Martin Wolfson, Michael Saunders
	BMJ  1997;315:1021 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Delayed diagnosis for breast disease is mostly due to patients
	Chiara Nosarti, Anthony David, Tim Crayford, Edna Elias, Jonathan Roberts
	BMJ  1997;315:1021 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Words matter
	Deryk J Smart
	BMJ  1997;315:1021 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Two surgeons are accused of ignoring high death rates
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	Cancer charity takes stand against tobacco industry
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	In brief
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	US flight attendants win settlement over passive smoking
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	Report calls for shake up for public health
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	Hormone replacement therapy increases risk of breast cancer
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	Hong Kong issues guidelines to prevent further medical blunders
	Joanne McManus
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	AMA moves to tackle medical errors
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	Conflict over South African attempts to cut drug costs
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	Government injects cash to reduce winter crisis in NHS
	John Warden
	BMJ  1997;315:i- [Extract] [Full text]

	Surgical training for overseas doctors to end
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	Patient's charter will emphasise patients' responsibilities
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

	The prion hypothesis is finally accepted by the establishment
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1997;315:967-972 [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Obesity treatment
	John Wilding
	BMJ  1997;315:997-1000 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Subjective change in ejaculate as symptom of infection with Schistosoma haematobium in travellers
	Gordon McKenna, Mona Schousboe, Graeme Paltridge
	BMJ  1997;315:1000-1001 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of palliative care: Mouth care, skin care, and lymphoedema
	Claud Regnard, Sarah Allport, Lydia Stephenson
	BMJ  1997;315:1002-1005 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Sociodemographic and morbidity indicators of need in relation to the use of community health services: observational study
	Ken Buckingham, Peter R Freeman
	BMJ  1997;315:994-996 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Please help us by completing the questionnaire
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1997;315:1025 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Help from unexpected sources
	Vindra Shenolikar
	BMJ  1997;315:1025-1026 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	Stopping AIDS: AIDS/HIV Public Education and the Mass Media in Europe, by Kaye Wellings, Becky Field • Television, AIDS and Risk. A Cultural Studies Approach to Health Communication, by John Tulloch, Deborah Lupton
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  1997;315:1027 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	How to Survive in Anaesthesia, by P Neville Robinson, George M Hall
	Simon Scothern, Maire Shelly
	BMJ  1997;315:1027 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	As the health divide widens in Sweden and Britain, what's happening to access to care?
	Margaret Whitehead, Maria Evandrou, Bengt Haglund, Finn Diderichsen
	BMJ  1997;315:1006-1009 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Personal paper: The conflict in transferring a cystic fibrosis specialist service between two hospitals in Manchester
	A K Webb, S P Hanley
	BMJ  1997;315:1009-1011 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1997;315:1028 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: The father of the chapel
	Stanley Goodman
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Learning how to do it
	T H Flewett
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Sometimes a detailed examination is warranted
	Angela Hamon
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Long term influence of diet in pregnancy
	John Aubrey
	BMJ  1997;315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Should we screen for gestational diabetes? The case for screening for gestational diabetes
	BMJ  1997;315:1011 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The future of healthcare systems
	BMJ  1997;315:1021 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Remediation
	Jamie Bahrami
	BMJ  1997;315:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Doctors planning to work in Britain will be glad of ...
	BMJ  1997;315:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Apologies to the National Association of Deputising Doctors, whose name ...
	BMJ  1997;315:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Executive choice may sound like a seat with slightly more ...
	BMJ  1997;315:3b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Drama in the BMJ
	BMJ  1997;315 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	Back to the future (again)
	Sean A Spence
	BMJ  1997;315:1026 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Consultants plan survey of hospital crisis • Private medical insurance grows • Senior doctors consider early retirement • BMA NOTICE
	BMJ  1997;315:1024 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Pat Aikman
	BMJ  1997;315:1022 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and ischaemic heart disease: an evaluation of the evidence
	M R Law, J K Morris, N J Wald
	BMJ  1997;315:973-980 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The accumulated evidence on lung cancer and environmental tobacco smoke
	A K Hackshaw, M R Law, N J Wald
	BMJ  1997;315:980-988 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Prevalence of carcinoma in situ of the testis in 207 oligozoospermic men from infertile couples: prospective study of testicular biopsies
	Aleksander Giwercman, Jørn Kvist Thomsen, Jens Hertz, Vibeke Jensen, Niels E Skakkebæk, Birgit Meinecke, Jørgen G Berthelsen, Lene Thormann, Hans H Storm
	BMJ  1997;315:989-991 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of two assays for measuring plasma concentrations of paracetamol
	C V Egleston, C Browning, I Hamdi, G Campbell-Hewson, S M Robinson
	BMJ  1997;315:991-992 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparison of case fatality in smokers and non-smokers after acute cardiac event
	Gabe S Sonke, Alistair W Stewart, Robert Beaglehole, Rod Jackson, Harvey D White
	BMJ  1997;315:992-993 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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