Raw milk cheeses and salmonella
	Anita Rampling
	BMJ  1996;312:67-68 [Full text]

	Third generation oral contraception and venous thromboembolism
	Klim McPherson
	BMJ  1996;312:68-69 [Full text]

	Men's health
	Sian Griffiths
	BMJ  1996;312:69-70 [Full text]

	Contestability: a middle path for health care
	Chris Ham
	BMJ  1996;312:70-71 [Full text]

	Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't
	David L Sackett, William M C Rosenberg, J A Muir Gray, R Brian Haynes, W Scott Richardson
	BMJ  1996;312:71-72 [Full text]

News

	Doctors on hunger strike in Bombay
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  1996;312:73 [Full text]

	Australia changes confidentiality code
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  1996;312:73-74 [Full text]

	Headlines
	BMJ  1996;312:74 [Full text]

	Consumer watchdog criticises pharmacy staff
	Claudia Court
	BMJ  1996;312:74 [Full text]

	German health insurance system faces new deficits
	Helmut Karcher
	BMJ  1996;312:74-75 [Full text]

	Research finds genetic link to personality trait
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  1996;312:75 [Full text]

	Older women ignorant of breast screening
	Luisa Dillner
	BMJ  1996;312:75-76 [Full text]

	India's consumer groups call for more rational prescribing
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  1996;312:76 [Full text]

	Dutch may relent over euthanasia prosecutions
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  1996;312:76-77 [Full text]

	British charities warn of harm to asylum children
	Alison Bolton
	BMJ  1996;312:77 [Full text]

	Finances of French cancer charity under investigation
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  1996;312:77 [Full text]

	German heart valve scandal escalates
	Helmut L Karcher
	BMJ  1996;312:78 [Full text]

	Report proposes more NHS reforms
	Claudia Court
	BMJ  1996;312:78 [Full text]

	Doctors as Delilahs: new ethics code causes row
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  1996;312:78 [Full text]

Papers

	Increased morbidity and mortality related to asthma among asthmatic patients who use major tranquillisers
	K S Joseph, Lucie Blais, Pierre Ernst, Samy Suissa
	BMJ  1996;312:79-81 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Third generation oral contraceptives and risk of venous thromboembolic disorders: an international case-control study
	Walter O Spitzer, Michael A Lewis, Lothar A J Heinemann, Margaret Thorogood, Kenneth D MacRae
	BMJ  1996;312:83-88 [Abstract] [Full text] [extra: Supplementary tables]

	Third generation oral contraceptives and risk of myocardial infarction: an international case-control study
	Michael A Lewis, Walter O Spitzer, Lothar A J Heinemann, Kenneth D MacRae, Rudolf Bruppacher, Margaret Thorogood
	BMJ  1996;312:88-90 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Large outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi B infection caused by a goats' milk cheese, France, 1993: a case finding and epidemiological study
	Jean-Claude Desenclos, Philippe Bouvet, Elisabeth Benz-Lemoine, Francine Grimont, Helene Desqueyroux, Isabelle Rebiere, Patrick A Grimont
	BMJ  1996;312:91-94 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Ethnic differences in the outcome of serum screening for Down's syndrome
	Lucy Gilbert, Jon Nicholl, Susie Alex, Ian Smethurst, Anthony Mander, Anthony Andrews, Janet Patrick
	BMJ  1996;312:94-95 [Full text]

	Genetics versus environment in inflammatory bowel disease: results of a British twin study
	Nick P Thompson, Richard Driscoll, Roy E Pounder, Andrew J Wakefield
	BMJ  1996;312:95-96 [Full text]

General practice

	Vocational training for general practice in inner London. Is there a dearth? And if so what's to be done?
	Tess Harris, Trevor Silver, Elizabeth Rink, Sean Hilton
	BMJ  1996;312:97-101 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Measles and rubella misdiagnosed in infants as exanthem subitum (roseola infantum)
	Dereck R Tait, Katherine N Ward, David W G Brown, Elizabeth Miller
	BMJ  1996;312:101-102 [Full text]

Soundings

	Quangoholics anonymous
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  1996;312:127 [Full text]

	Evidence based politics
	Tony Smith
	BMJ  1996;312:127 [Full text]

Personal views

	Gifts
	Huw Morgan
	BMJ  1996;312:128 [Full text]

	Time to audit audit
	David Sellu
	BMJ  1996;312:128-129 [Full text]

Medicine and books

	Nutrition in Child Health
	Ann Ashworth
	BMJ  1996;312:130 [Full text]

	Health Policies in Developing Countries
	Veena Soni Raleigh
	BMJ  1996;312:130-131 [Full text]

	The War Against Hepatitis B
	Sten Iwarson
	BMJ  1996;312:131 [Full text]

	Guide to Organizing an International Scientific Conference
	Ian Capperauld
	BMJ  1996;312:131 [Full text]

Education and debate

	Fortnightly Review: Intermittent catheterisation: simple, safe, and effective but underused
	Gillian M Hunt, Pippa Oakeshott, Robert H Whitaker
	BMJ  1996;312:103-107 [Full text]

	Lesson of the Week: Insidiously evolving, occult drug interaction involving warfarin and amiodarone
	B Cheung, F M Lam, C R Kumana
	BMJ  1996;312:107-108 [Full text]

	ANY QUESTIONS
	Malcolm Fishers
	BMJ  1996;312:108 [Full text]

	Clinical system security: interim guidelines
	Ross Anderson
	BMJ  1996;312:109-111 [Full text]

	ABC of Atrial Fibrillation: CARDIOVERSION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
	Gregory Y H Lip, Robert D S Watson, Shyam P Singh
	BMJ  1996;312:112-115 [Abstract] [Full text]

	Job sharing at a children's hospital: evaluation by medical staff
	Jane P Valentine, Cherry J Martin
	BMJ  1996;312:115-116 [Abstract] [Full text]

Letters

	Impact of specialised paediatric retrieval teams
	Quen Mok, Robert Tasker, Duncan Macrae, Ian James
	BMJ  1996;312:119 [Full text]

	Comparison of teams is difficult
	Alan Morrison, Colin Runcie
	BMJ  1996;312:119 [Full text]

	Criteria indicating physiological morbidity were too non-specific
	Andrea Kelleher, Linda Murdoch
	BMJ  1996;312:119-120 [Full text]

	Intensive care provided by local hospitals should be improved
	A Raffles
	BMJ  1996;312:120 [Full text]

	Transfers within hospitals can be as risky as those between hospitals
	R M Cooper
	BMJ  1996;312:120 [Full text]

	London group's findings supported by study in Leeds
	Steven H Cray
	BMJ  1996;312:120 [Full text]

	Children are still transferred by non-specialist teams
	Andrew Sharples, Mary O'Neill, Oliver Dearlove
	BMJ  1996;312:120-121 [Full text]

	Authors' reply
	Joseph Britto, Simon Nadel, Ian Maconochie, Michael Levin, Parviz Habibi
	BMJ  1996;312:121 [Full text]

	Guidelines for prescribing combined oral contraceptives
	A M Mills, C L Wilkinson, D R Bromham, J Elias, K Fotherby, J Guillebaud, A Kubba, A Wade
	BMJ  1996;312:121-122 [Full text]

	Safety of complementary medicines should be monitored
	Hla Myat Saw
	BMJ  1996;312:122 [Full text]

	Monitoring children's growth
	P C Hindmarsh
	BMJ  1996;312:122 [Full text]

	Relation between height and weight centiles may be more useful
	J A Hulse, Sara Schilg
	BMJ  1996;312:122 [Full text]

	Extra costs for disabled people
	Richard Hull, Andrew O Frank
	BMJ  1996;312:122-123 [Full text]

	Topical treatments for head lice
	Rumona Dixon, Alison Eastwood, Deidre Fullerton, Anne-Marie Glenny, Deborah Lister Sharp, Mark Petticrew, Trevor Sheldon
	BMJ  1996;312:123 [Full text]

	Several questions remain
	Gert M Laekeman
	BMJ  1996;312:123 [Full text]

	Authors' reply
	R H Vander Stichele, M G Bogaert, E Dezeure
	BMJ  1996;312:123 [Full text]

	Training of overseas qualified doctors in Britain
	Neville Harrison
	BMJ  1996;312:124 [Full text]

	Urban hypothermia
	Rosemary Morgan, Debra King, Alistair Blair
	BMJ  1996;312:124 [Full text]

	Number of excess deaths during winter is large
	D S G Sloan
	BMJ  1996;312:124 [Full text]

	Prioritised ambulance call out may be necessary
	D J Hall
	BMJ  1996;312:124-125 [Full text]

	Misleading meta-analysis
	R Persaud
	BMJ  1996;312:125 [Full text]

	Statistician's comment
	Stephen Evans
	BMJ  1996;312:125 [Full text]

	Incidence of HIV infection decreases because of nature of epidemics
	Stuart Brody
	BMJ  1996;312:125 [Full text]

	People's cultural beliefs should be respected
	P Q Shaw
	BMJ  1996;312:125 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1996;312:132 [Full text]

Fillers

	THE PERSON WHO MOST INFLUENCED ME
	N S Baber
	BMJ  1996;312:96 [Full text]

Corrections

	Correction
	BMJ  1996;312:96 [Full text]

CHOICE

	Editor's choice
	BMJ  1996;312 [Full text]

MEDICINE AND THE MEDIA

	Trying experts
	Philip Joseph
	BMJ  1996;312:129 [Full text]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GMSC endorses registrars' recommendations on summative assessment • Juniors' contracts will have local flexibility • Waiting list figures published • GMSC wants discussions over violence against doctors • Doctors given guide on assessing mental capacity • Expert group will look at transplanting animal organs to humans
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1996;312:126 [Full text]

Career focus

Read this week's articles on http://bmjcareers.com/careerfocus

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.