Editorials

Girish J Kotwal

HIV treatment and eradication in South Africa
J R Soc Med 97(1): 1-2; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.1 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Issue of the day

Sam Leinster

Medical schools: are we paying for education or for technical training?
J R Soc Med 97(1): 3-5; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.3 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review articles

Sean A Spence

The deceptive brain
J R Soc Med 97(1): 6-9; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.6 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nicholas J Sheehan

The ramifications of HLA-B27
J R Soc Med 97(1): 10-14; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.10 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard W Newton

When is drug treatment not necessary in epilepsy? Factors that should influence the decision to prescribe
J R Soc Med 97(1): 15-19; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.15 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original articles

C J Boos and A M Croft

Smoking rates in the staff of a military field hospital before and after wartime deployment
J R Soc Med 97(1): 20-22; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.20 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports

E Ng, D Adlam, R P Keal, and G A Ng

Recurrent ventricular tachycardia of non-ischaemic origin
J R Soc Med 97(1): 23-25; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.23 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Timothy B L Ho, Philip Alexander, and Nigel T Cooke

A rapidly increasing pleural effusion
J R Soc Med 97(1): 25-26; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.25 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Adam P Webber and Charlotte Benjamin

Wandering hemiparesis
J R Soc Med 97(1): 26-27; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.26 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ali A Haydar and David J A Goldsmith

Pulmonary embolism— or vasculitis?
J R Soc Med 97(1): 27-28; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.27 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

R N Saunders, P S Veitch, and M L Nicholson

Pneumoperitoneum in CAPD peritonitis
J R Soc Med 97(1): 28-29; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.28 [Full Text] [PDF]  

C F J Ng, D A Hull, R M Feakins, S Baithun, and S Dorudi

Enteritis cystica profunda
J R Soc Med 97(1): 29-30; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.29 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

P Ramesh, F Khan, and H Kamboj

Painful lesions at the fingertips
J R Soc Med 97(1): 30-31; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.30 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Special article

John Smythies and Beatrice Golomb

Nerve gas antidotes
J R Soc Med 97(1): 32; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.32 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Medicine and art

Rosalind Stanwell-Smith

Art and medicine 1: Health Hazards by Dr Jane Jackson
J R Soc Med 97(1): 33; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.33 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical history

Caoimhghin S Breathnach

Charles Scott Sherrington’s Integrative Action: a centenary notice
J R Soc Med 97(1): 34-36; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.34 [Full Text] [PDF]  

A N Williams

Child adoption in the seventeenth century: vignettes from Defoe and Pepys
J R Soc Med 97(1): 37-38; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.37 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Personal papers

Nikolaos Koutouvidis

CAM and EBM: arguments for convergence
J R Soc Med 97(1): 39-40; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.39 [Full Text] [PDF]  

E Ernst

Patient choice and complementary medicine
J R Soc Med 97(1): 41; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.41 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas P E Wells

Hardship and empathy
J R Soc Med 97(1): 42; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.42 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book of the month

Imogen Evans

Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics, and Law
J R Soc Med 97(1): 43-44; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.43 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Books

Nick Dunn

The New Consultation: Developing Doctor–Patient Communication
J R Soc Med 97(1): 45; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.45 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alison Leaf

Neonatal Respiratory Disorders
J R Soc Med 97(1): 45-46; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.45-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adrian Marston

A Physician Reflects—Herman Boerhaave and other Essays
J R Soc Med 97(1): 46-47; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.46 [Full Text] [PDF]  

C J Dickinson

Experiment: Conversations in Art and Science
J R Soc Med 97(1): 47; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.47 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters

M J Dreyer, P G Chaushev, and R F Gledhill

Biochemical investigations in geophagia
J R Soc Med 97(1): 48; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.48 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian Hindmarch

The toll of road traffic accidents
J R Soc Med 97(1): 48-49; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.48-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

D W Sarll

Guestimates
J R Soc Med 97(1): 49; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.49 [Full Text] [PDF]  

S Venkatesh Karthik

Gastro-oesophageal reflux
J R Soc Med 97(1): 49; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.49-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Justin Martin

Gastro-oesophageal reflux
J R Soc Med 97(1): 49-50; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.49-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tariq Miskry

The first laparoscopic surgeons
J R Soc Med 97(1): 50; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.50 [Full Text] [PDF]  

R Hoey and H Russell

Haemopneumothorax after fine needle aspiration of the breast
J R Soc Med 97(1): 50; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.50-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Spiro

What should the citizen know about science?
J R Soc Med 97(1): 50; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.1.50-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

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