This week's This week in the BMJ

	Early discharge after surgery for breast cancer may be beneficial [Full text] FREE

	Peanut allergy may resolve in some young children [Full text] FREE

	Antibiotic prophylaxis in critically ill patients is clinically effective [Full text] FREE

	Scoring system identifies asthma in patients with persistent cough [Full text] FREE

	NHS networking needs a new approach [Full text] FREE

	Evidence for aspirin as secondary prophylaxis for vascular disease is strong [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Antibiotic resistance: an increasing problem?
	C A Hart
	BMJ  1998;316:1255-1256 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Drugs in British prisons
	Sheila M Gore, A Graham Bird
	BMJ  1998;316:1256-1257 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Leukotriene modifiers in the treatment of asthma
	Anthony Sampson, Stephen Holgate
	BMJ  1998;316:1257-1258 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Functional neurosurgery for Parkinson's disease
	Niall Quinn, Kailash Bhatia
	BMJ  1998;316:1259-1260 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Developing the BMJ's coverage of basic science
	Abi Berger, Richard Smith
	BMJ  1998;316:1260 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	How should different life expectancies be valued?
	Norman Waugh, David Scott
	BMJ  1998;316:1316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Carers of patients receiving palliative care
	Gill Luff, Mary Blanch, David Oliver, Donal Gallagher
	BMJ  1998;316:1316 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New combined hepatitis A and B vaccine
	Jane N Zuckerman, George Kassianos, Karl Birthistle, Alastair Benbow
	BMJ  1998;316:1317 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Topical treatment of erectile dysfunction did not show results
	J H Naude, P J Le Roux
	BMJ  1998;316:1318 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Authors defend their study to develop tool to predict falls in elderly people
	P T Seed, D Oliver, F C Martin, A H Hopper
	BMJ  1998;316:1318 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Deaths related to intrapartum asphyxia
	S D Ferguson, T Gehrke, Mary Macintosh, Charles Lee, Deirdre J Murphy, Murray Luckas, Angus Thomson, Ian Aird
	BMJ  1998;316:1318 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Second study shows that octreotide may prevent early rebleeding in cirrhosis
	Gennaro D'Amico, Flavia Politi, Adele D'Antoni, Gandolfo Giannuoli, Linda Pasta, Giovanni Vizziani, Mario Traina, Alberto Morabito, Luigi Pagliaro
	BMJ  1998;316:1320 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New government, same narrow vision
	H McFarlane, Rajan Madhok, M Gary Nicholls, A Mark Richards, Peter W Moller, John M Elliott, E J Begg, Alan Padwell
	BMJ  1998;316:1320 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ways of assessing capacity to complete an advance directive should be developed
	Seena Fazel, Tony Hope, Robin Jacoby
	BMJ  1998;316:1321 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All troops sent to Gulf should be randomised to receive anthrax vaccination or placebo
	Andrew R Ness, Ian Harvey, David Gunnell, George Davey Smith
	BMJ  1998;316:1322 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors should beware of asking for too high a salary
	Christopher Tiarks, P G Houghton
	BMJ  1998;316:1322 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Report calls for action on antibiotic resistance
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Improvements needed in cervical screening in England
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	In brief
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Space mission aims to increase understanding of the nervous system
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	High risk of false positive results with breast screening
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Sensitive cancer test developed
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Flawed immunisation policies in India led to polio paralysis
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Italian GPs suspended for accepting bribes
	Fabio Turone
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Duty of quality imposed on English hospitals
	John Warden
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Screening babies for hip dislocation is not effective
	Louise McKee
	BMJ  1998;316:i [Extract] [Full text]

	US doctors punished for insider dealing
	Fred B Charatan
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Public health on agenda in Europe
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Biodiversity loss threatens new treatments
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

	Change in the ecosystem leads to disease in humans
	BMJ  1998;316:1261 [Extract] [Full text]

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Rethinking NHS networking
	Justin Keen
	BMJ  1998;316:1291-1293 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Netlines
	Mark Pallen
	BMJ  1998;316:1294 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Adverse drug reactions
	Munir Pirmohamed, Alasdair M Breckenridge, Neil R Kitteringham, B Kevin Park
	BMJ  1998;316:1295-1298 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of allergies: Food allergy
	Carsten Bindslev-Jensen
	BMJ  1998;316:1299 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Identifying asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with persistent cough presenting to general practitioners: descriptive study
	H A Thiadens, G H de Bock, F W Dekker, J A N Huysman, J C van Houwelingen, M P Springer, D S Postma
	BMJ  1998;316:1286-1290 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	What rough beast?
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  1998;316:1324 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Last on the list
	Ann Rosen
	BMJ  1998;316:1324 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	North of England evidence based guideline development project: guideline on the use of aspirin as secondary prophylaxis for vascular disease in primary care
	Martin Eccles, Nick Freemantle, James Mason, the North of England Aspirin Guideline Development Group
	BMJ  1998;316:1303-1309 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Health needs assessment: Development and importance of health needs assessment
	John Wright, Rhys Williams, John R Wilkinson
	BMJ  1998;316:1310-1313 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Coping with loss: The dying adult
	Colin Murray Parkes
	BMJ  1998;316:1313-1315 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1998;316:1326 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Alternative definitions
	BMJ  1998;316:1275 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Fifty years ago: The new NHS: 38,534 doctors disapprove
	BMJ  1998;316:1286 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Truth drug
	Ian D Conacher
	BMJ  1998;316:1309 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Accident and emergency medicine
	Jim Wardrope
	BMJ  1998;316:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Drugs: good, bad, and failing
	BMJ  1998;316 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

This week's MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	Trust me, I'm a wreck
	David Fitzmaurice
	BMJ  1998;316:1325 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Britain needs 1000 more GPs • Mr Dobson warns on executive pay • GMSC will issue guidance on primary care groups
	BMJ  1998;316:1323 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Medical and psychosocial effects of early discharge after surgery for breast cancer: randomised trial
	Jorien Bonnema, Anneke M E A van Wersch, Albert N van Geel, Jean F A Pruyn, Paul I M Schmitz, Marinus A Paul, Theo Wiggers
	BMJ  1998;316:1267-1271 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra] FREE

	Resolution of peanut allergy: case-control study • Science commentary: Why do some children grow out of peanut allergy?
	Jonathan O'B Hourihane, Stephen A Roberts, John O Warner, Jonathan O'B Hourihane, Stephen A Roberts, John O Warner
	BMJ  1998;316:1271-1275 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in critically ill adult patients: systematic review of randomised controlled trials
	Roberto D'Amico, Silvia Pifferi, Cinzia Leonetti, Valter Torri, Angelo Tinazzi, Alessandro Liberati
	BMJ  1998;316:1275-1285 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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