Editorials

Nick Black

Surgical waiting lists are inevitable: time to focus on work undertaken
J R Soc Med 97(4): 159-160; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.159 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Issue of the day

Richard Baker

Patient-centred care after Shipman
J R Soc Med 97(4): 161-165; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.161 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review articles

Andrew C Browning, Winfried M Amoaku, and Harminda S Dua

Treatment of age-related macular degeneration
J R Soc Med 97(4): 166-169; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.166 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nat M J Wright, Charlotte N E Tompkins, Nicola S Oldham, and Debbie J Kay

Homelessness and health: what can be done in general practice?
J R Soc Med 97(4): 170-173; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.170 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Education

M P Watson, M G Boulton, A Gibson, P I Murray, M J Moseley, and A R Fielder

The state of basic surgical training in the UK: ophthalmology as a case example
J R Soc Med 97(4): 174-178; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case reports

David J Fox, Carsten Grimm, and Nicholas P Curzen

Raised troponin T in acute cholecystitis
J R Soc Med 97(4): 179; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.179 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adel Tavakkolizadeh and Bo Povlsen

A serious complication of topical wart treatment on the hand
J R Soc Med 97(4): 180; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.180 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A Alaani, R Hogg, and A P Johnson

Chronic throat symptoms cured by osteophyte excision
J R Soc Med 97(4): 181-182; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.181 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

H Y Chaw, N Buxton, and P S C Wong

Staphylococcal endocarditis with a ventriculo-atrial shunt
J R Soc Med 97(4): 182-183; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.182 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M J Harries, P McWhinney, and R Melsom

Recurrent Henoch-Schönlein purpura controlled with ciclosporin
J R Soc Med 97(4): 184-185; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.184 [Full Text] [PDF]  

D Simcock

Gastroenteritis, fever and myoglobinuric renal failure
J R Soc Med 97(4): 185-186; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.185 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical History

Henrik R Wulff

The language of medicine
J R Soc Med 97(4): 187-188; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.187 [Full Text] [PDF]  

J N Morris

Recalling the miracle that was penicillin: two memorable patients
J R Soc Med 97(4): 189-190; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.189 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan Charles Goddard

The navy surgeon's chest: surgical instruments of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War
J R Soc Med 97(4): 191-197; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.191 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Personal papers

Neville W Goodman

Will the new rules for research ethics committees lead to better decisions?
J R Soc Med 97(4): 198-199; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.198 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book of the month

Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe

Coronary Artery Disease: Genes, Drugs and the Agricultural Connection
J R Soc Med 97(4): 200-201; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.200 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Books

James Le Fanu

The Hand: a Philosophical Inquiry into Human Being
J R Soc Med 97(4): 201-202; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.201 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Vallance

Nobel Lectures: Physiology or Medicine 1996-2000
J R Soc Med 97(4): 202-203; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.202 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Celia Moss

An Atlas of Diseases of the Nail
J R Soc Med 97(4): 203; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.203 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters

T R C Boyde

Medical performance management
J R Soc Med 97(4): 204-205; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.204 [Full Text] [PDF]  

N Thiruchelvam, P Nayak, and H Mostafid

Emergency dorsal slit for balanitis with retention
J R Soc Med 97(4): 205-206; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.205 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nigel T Cooke

Art about hospitals
J R Soc Med 97(4): 206; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.206 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Daniel R Leff, Andrew Willis, and Donald Menzies

Dentures in a small-bowel stricture
J R Soc Med 97(4): 206-207; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.206-a [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Shahram Anari

A lateral approach to ingrowing toenail
J R Soc Med 97(4): 207; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.207 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

E Ernst

Patient empowerment
J R Soc Med 97(4): 207; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.207-a [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Zorab

Patient empowerment
J R Soc Med 97(4): 207-208; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.207-b [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sudhir Kumar

When to start drug therapy in epilepsy
J R Soc Med 97(4): 208; doi:10.1258/jrsm.97.4.208 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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