This week's This week in the BMJ

	Treatment decisions can be based on results of ultrasonography in suspected venous thrombosis [Full text] FREE

	Adherence to infant feeding guidelines improves childhood health [Full text] FREE

	Preventing illness does not save money [Full text] FREE

	Women often regret having sex at a young age [Full text] FREE

	Patients at high risk of melanoma can be identified in primary care [Full text] FREE

	Having both financial and clinical equity is impossible while variations in practice remain [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Effective screening in child health
	Roger Robinson
	BMJ  1998;316:1-2 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ultrasound for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis: where to now?
	Bruce L Davidson, Eric J Deppert
	BMJ  1998;316:2-3 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Audit Commission tackles anaesthetic services
	Andrew Smith
	BMJ  1998;316:3-4 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Who should be the next head of the WHO?
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1998;316:4-5 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The effect of speed cameras on injuries from road accidents
	Robert West
	BMJ  1998;316:5-6 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	1948: a turbulent gestation for the NHS
	Gordon Macpherson
	BMJ  1998;316:6 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Omepraxole and ocular damage
	Paul Riordan-Eva, Michael D Sanders, Simmons Lessell, George Sachs, Peter S Schönhöfer
	BMJ  1998;316:67 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reducing morbidity from insertion of chest drains
	Anthony Main, Timothy Ho, Andrew Rhodes
	BMJ  1998;316:68 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sensitivity and specificity can both improve as more investigations are used
	Neil Gillespie, Stuart Pringle, Allan Struthers
	BMJ  1998;316:69 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Voluntary agreement for tobacco advertising at retail premises not being adhered to
	Wendy Robertson, Sara E. Rooney, Neil J G Field, Neil R Aston
	BMJ  1998;316:69 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Epidural anaesthesia does not cause long term backache
	F Reynolds, R Russell
	BMJ  1998;316:69-70 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Over half of proposed indicators for hospitals' performance relate to surgery
	Iain K Crombie
	BMJ  1998;316:70 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	User fees would both yield money and encourage more responsible use of NHS
	Jonathan Reggler
	BMJ  1998;316:70 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mental health and the law
	Wai-Ching Leung, Ann Barker
	BMJ  1998;316:70 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All women with abnormal genital tract bleeding should have gynaecological examination
	Kirki J Chin
	BMJ  1998;316:71 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, and withdrawal of treatment
	Peter Bradley, Pablo Przygoda, Javier Saimovici, Javier Poll, Silvana Figar, Nick Raithatha
	BMJ  1998;316:71 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Epidemiological data can be gathered with world wide web
	Gunther Eysenbach, Thomas L Diepgen
	BMJ  1998;316:72 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paper in BMJ influenced prescribing of minocycline
	John J Ferguson, Martin G V Jenkins, Joanne Field
	BMJ  1998;316:72-73 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Experience of clinical risk management in obstetrics in Oxford
	Jonathan Mant, Maria Dineen, Jackie Couves, Regine Imhof
	BMJ  1998;316:73 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Compensation for victims of medical accidents
	Caroline Richmond, Stephen Heasell, Susannah Kahtan, M F Bowden
	BMJ  1998;316:73 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Benefits of an honest admission
	A G Elder, Ewan B Macdonald, Ira Madan
	BMJ  1998;316:74 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Career guidance for doctors
	R W Porter, Barbara Clayton
	BMJ  1998;316:75 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Payment of financial incentives to GPs may invalidate informed consent process
	Colin Ferguson
	BMJ  1998;316:75-76 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Humanitarian issues
	John Nicholson, Neil Gerrard, Evan Harris, W James Appleyard, David Southall, Charles Shepherd
	BMJ  1998;316:76 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Kyoto agreement on greenhouse gases receives mixed response
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors facing misconduct charges accuse GMC committee of bias
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Obstetricians must ask about domestic violence
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Passive smoking is major threat
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Living wills put on statutory footing
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Scottish GPs will not manage budgets for secondary services
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Broad welcome given to NHS white paper
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	NHS urged to appoint nurse anaesthetists
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	WHO leadership race reaches final stages
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1998;316:i [Extract] [Full text]

	Dr Aref Batayneh is the Jordanian minister of health and a clinical professor in obstetrics and gynaecology
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland is a former prime minister of Norway and has been a leading voice on the environment
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Dr Uton Muchtar Rafei was born in Bandung, Indonesia, and has been the regional director of the WHO's South East Asia region since 1994
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Dr Nafis Sadik, from Pakistan, is the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

	Dr Ebrahim Samba, from Gambia, has been the World Health Organisation's regional director for Africa since 1995
	Fiona Godlee
	BMJ  1998;316:7 [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Fortnightly review : Acute pancreatitis
	Klaus Mergener, John Baillie
	BMJ  1998;316:44-48 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of palliative care: Special problems of children
	Ann Goldman
	BMJ  1998;316:49-52 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Early diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum is important to prevent disfigurement
	A J Harris, P Regan, S Burge
	BMJ  1998;316:52-53 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Can primary prevention or selective screening for melanoma be more precisely targeted through general practice? A prospective study to validate a self administered risk score
	Arthur Jackson, Clare Wilkinson, Margaret Ranger, Roisin Pill, Paul August
	BMJ  1998;316:34-38 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Start with the KISS principle
	Rod Sinclair
	BMJ  1998;316:38-39 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Taking equity seriously: A dilemma for government from allocating resources to primary care groups
	Gwyn Bevan
	BMJ  1998;316:39-42 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Commentary: Equity in the allocation of resources to general practices will be difficult to achieve
	Azeem Majeed
	BMJ  1998;316:43 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	A date with the doctor
	Trish Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1998;316:80 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Conflict
	BMJ  1998;316:80-81 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mount Everest: a deadly playground
	Morten Rostrup
	BMJ  1998;316:81-82 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Medicine and books

This week's Medicine and books

	From Cradle to Grave: Fifty Years of the NHS, by Geoffrey Rivett
	Charles Webster
	BMJ  1998;316:83 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Britain on the Couch: Treating a Low Serotonin Society, by Oliver James
	Simon Wessely
	BMJ  1998;316:83 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Analysis of a trial randomised in clusters
	Sally M Kerry, J Martin Bland
	BMJ  1998;316:54 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethical debate: child sexual abuse: when a doctor's duty to report abuse conflicts with a duty of confidentiality to the victim (The woman who wanted to see her paediatric hospital records)
	T J David
	BMJ  1998;316:55 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Social services can act on anonymous information about abuse
	Jane Wynne
	BMJ  1998;316:56 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Confidentiality may be overvalued
	Anthony S Kessel
	BMJ  1998;316:56-57 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Wider public interest may come before issues of confidentiality
	Margaret Brazier
	BMJ  1998;316:57 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Meeting the challenges facing research ethics committees: some practical suggestions
	Jennifer Blunt, Julian Savulescu, Alastair J M Watson
	BMJ  1998;316:58-61 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	meta-analysis bias in location and selection of studies
	Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  1998;316:61-66 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1998;316:84 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Fifty years ago: The new NHS: Consultants and the Act See editorial by Macpherson
	BMJ  1998;316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: The compliment
	David Hopton
	BMJ  1998;316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Asher on treatment
	BMJ  1998;316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lessons from history: Be cautious when choosing your specialty
	Gerald McGreal
	BMJ  1998;316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Biomedical translation
	Iain Bamforth
	BMJ  1998;316:2a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing
	BMJ  1998;316:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	A year of anniversaries and happenings
	BMJ  1998;316 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	Headlines: more perilous than pills?
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  1998;316:82 [Abstract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GPs highlight inconsistencies in the white paper • Consultants find winter pressures have started • Campbell report should be implemented • BMA pushes forward its public health policy • MPs are concerned about safety in acute trusts • BMA calls for more research into needs of disabled doctors
	BMJ  1998;316:78 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Gavin Boyd
	BMJ  1998;316:77 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Compression ultrasonography for diagnostic management of patients with clinically suspected deep vein thrombosis: prospective cohort study
	Alberto Cogo, Anthonie W A Lensing, Maria M W Koopman, Franco Piovella, Sergio Siragusa, Philip S Wells, Sabina Villalta, Harry R Büller, Alexander G G Turpie, Paolo Prandoni
	BMJ  1998;316:17-20 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation of infant diet to childhood health: seven year follow up of cohort of children in Dundee infant feeding study
	Andrea C Wilson, J Stewart Forsyth, Stephen A Greene, Linda Irvine, Catherine Hau, Peter W Howie
	BMJ  1998;316:21-25 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Preventing fatal diseases increases healthcare costs: cause elimination life table approach
	Luc Bonneux, Jan J Barendregt, Wilma J Nusselder, Paul J Van der Maas
	BMJ  1998;316:26-29 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	First sexual intercourse: age, coercion, and later regrets reported by a birth cohort
	Nigel Dickson, Charlotte Paul, Peter Herbison, Phil Silva
	BMJ  1998;316:29-33 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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