Editorials

T L Chambers

Feral children
J R Soc Med 95(9): 429-430; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.429 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Medicine and law

Elizabeth Butler-Sloss and Ananda Hall

Expert witnesses, courts and the law
J R Soc Med 95(9): 431-434; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.431 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original articles

Rafael Perea-Carrasco, Rocio Pérez-Coronel, Rogelio Albusac-Aguilar, Manuel Lombardo-Grifol, Elena Bassas-Baena de León, and Carlos Romero-Diaz

A simple index for detection of gestational diabetes mellitus
J R Soc Med 95(9): 435-439; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.435 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P D White, A J Pinching, A Rakib, M Castle, B Hedge, and S Priebe

A comparison of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome attending separate fatigue clinics based in immunology and psychiatry
J R Soc Med 95(9): 440-444; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.440 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Divine Nzuobontane, Blackett Kathleen Ngu, and Kuaban Christopher

Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in Africans infected with human immunodeficiency virus
J R Soc Med 95(9): 445-447; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.445 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Practice

Michael Scott, Sian Allen, Alasdair Bamford, Maria Walshe, and Celia Ingham Clark

Influence of a nurse practitioner on non-attendance rate for barium enema
J R Soc Med 95(9): 448-449; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.448 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesco Torella, Sarah L Haynes, Joanne Bennett, Darreul Sewell, and Charles N McCollum

Can hospital transfusion committees change transfusion practice?
J R Soc Med 95(9): 450-452; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review articles

T J Hendra

Starting insulin therapy in elderly patients
J R Soc Med 95(9): 453-455; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.453 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iheanyi Okpala and Adel Tawil

Management of pain in sickle-cell disease
J R Soc Med 95(9): 456-458; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.456 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports

Hamish Dobbie, John Lanham, and Robert Unwin

Morphea presenting as widespread oedema
J R Soc Med 95(9): 459-460; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.459 [Full Text] [PDF]  

R Kenningham, M J Hershman, R G McWilliams, and F Campbell

Incidental splenic artery aneurysm
J R Soc Med 95(9): 460-461; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.460 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A J Clarke, V Toh, S M Greenfield, and J R Katz

Hyponatraemia without hypovolaemia
J R Soc Med 95(9): 461-462; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.461 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical History

S W B Newsom

Stevens' cure: a secret remedy
J R Soc Med 95(9): 463-467; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.463 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Personal papers

Cicely Saunders

Hospice: a global network
J R Soc Med 95(9): 468; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.468 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book of the month

Peter D Toon

The Resourceful Patient
J R Soc Med 95(9): 469-470; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.469 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Books

Janet Hardy

Pain Management—a Practical Guide for Clinicians
J R Soc Med 95(9): 470-471; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.470 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin McKee

Dr Foster: Good Hospital Guide
J R Soc Med 95(9): 471; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.471 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel M Sado

Oxford Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Therapy
J R Soc Med 95(9): 472; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.472 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Douglas M Bowley

Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide
J R Soc Med 95(9): 472-473; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.472-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters

N H Harris

Delayed diagnosis of slipped upper femoral epiphysis
J R Soc Med 95(9): 474; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.474 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ross Kessel

Mendel—forgotten or ignored?
J R Soc Med 95(9): 474; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.474-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Fisher, Flavio Dantas, Hagen Rampes, and Brian J Kirby

The safety of homeopathic products • Author's reply
J R Soc Med 95(9): 474-476; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.474-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Don Genever

Unkept outpatient appointments
J R Soc Med 95(9): 476; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.476 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger Dyson

Decline in autopsy rate
J R Soc Med 95(9): 476; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.476-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul M Jarrett

Sternoclavicular dislocations
J R Soc Med 95(9): 476-477; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.476-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward J H Moore

Animal experiments and the doctor
J R Soc Med 95(9): 477; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.477 [Full Text] [PDF]  

J S M Zorab

Neuromuscular blocking drugs
J R Soc Med 95(9): 477-478; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.477-a [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A C Flind

Waiting in the NHS
J R Soc Med 95(9): 478; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.478 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Howard

The elusive art of cannulation
J R Soc Med 95(9): 478; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.478-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Corrections

‘For Merit’—in medicine
J R Soc Med 95(9): 478; doi:10.1258/jrsm.95.9.478-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

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