Editorials

M Keston Jones

Management of papillary and follicular thyroid cancer
J R Soc Med 95(7): 325-326; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.325 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason Payne-James and Deborah Rogers

Drug-facilitated sexual assault, ‘ladettes’ and alcohol
J R Soc Med 95(7): 326-327; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.326 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Issue of the day

Norman J Carr, Margaret M E Burke, Catherine M Corbishley, Valerie Suarez, and Keith P McCarthy

The autopsy: lessons from the National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths
J R Soc Med 95(7): 328-330; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.328 [Full Text] [PDF]  

National Health Service

Christine Norton and Michael A Kamm

Specialist nurses in gastroenterology
J R Soc Med 95(7): 331-335; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.331 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review articles

Sanjay C Keswani and Naresh Chauhan

Antiphospholipid syndrome
J R Soc Med 95(7): 336-342; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.336 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original articles

Mandy M Barnett

Effect of breaking bad news on patients' perceptions of doctors
J R Soc Med 95(7): 343-347; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Practice

R H Vander Stichele, L Gyssels, C Bracke, F Meersschaut, I Blokland, E Wittouck, S Willems, and J De Maeseneer

Wet combing for head lice: feasibility in mass screening, treatment preference and outcome
J R Soc Med 95(7): 348-352; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.348 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher P Gale and Graham P Mulley

Pacemaker explosions in crematoria: problems and possible solutions
J R Soc Med 95(7): 353-355; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.353 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S Ankarath, A B Y Ng, P V Giannoudis, and B W Scott

Delay in diagnosis of slipped upper femoral epiphysis
J R Soc Med 95(7): 356-358; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.356 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Case reports

C M G Cheung, O M Durrani, and G R Kirkby

Sudden visual loss in asthma
J R Soc Med 95(7): 359; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.359 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

K T Tzifa, Y C Gan, A D Hockley, and P S Wilson

Rapid enlargement of a bone cyst after biopsy
J R Soc Med 95(7): 360-361; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.360 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

F Di Franco, O A Adedeji, and J S Varma

Recurrent megajejunum in an adult
J R Soc Med 95(7): 361-362; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.361 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical History

Thandla Raghavendra

Neuromuscular blocking drugs: discovery and development
J R Soc Med 95(7): 363-367; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.363 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E H Jellinek

An unlikely aphasiologist: D J Larrey (1766-1842)
J R Soc Med 95(7): 368-370; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.368 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Book of the month

David Paintin

Ethical Issues in Maternal — Fetal Medicine
J R Soc Med 95(7): 371-372; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.371 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Books

Carl Whitehouse

Communicating with Dying Patients and their Relatives
J R Soc Med 95(7): 373; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.373 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason Warren

Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
J R Soc Med 95(7): 373-374; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.373-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters

Colin Cowell

Research on complementary medicine
J R Soc Med 95(7): 375; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.375 [Full Text] [PDF]  

A G Gordon

Research on complementary medicine
J R Soc Med 95(7): 375; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.375-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Lloyd and Keith Mundy

Decline in rehabilitation services
J R Soc Med 95(7): 375-376; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.375-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Powlson

The death of Claudius
J R Soc Med 95(7): 376; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.376 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Fysh

Missed outpatient appointments
J R Soc Med 95(7): 376-377; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.376-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

G L W Bonney

Revalidation of the retired
J R Soc Med 95(7): 377; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.377 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Terry Hamblin

Waiting in the NHS
J R Soc Med 95(7): 377; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.377-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

P D O Davies

Public health in the NHS
J R Soc Med 95(7): 377-378; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.377-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank I Jackson

The morning lecture
J R Soc Med 95(7): 378; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.7.378 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections

Renal cell carcinoma in pregnancy
J R Soc Med 95(7): 378 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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