Editorials
310 The student BMJ is your journal
311 Refugee doctors in Britain: a wasted resource
312 Five years down the road from Rio
313 Bringing epilepsy out of the shadows

News
314 Row over force feeding of patients with Alzheimer's disease Mergers leave one free standing medical school in Britain Refugee doctors forced to do menial jobs Many chronic pain control treatments are ineffective Jet fuel may cause nerve damage Slimmers taking diet drugs risk heart failure

Education
317 There's no such thing as a free lunch
319 Further Information: development of new drugs
319 You should know, you're a medic: HIV and oral sex
320 Picture Quiz
321 Exploding exam myths
323 Net.Philes
324 ABC of mental health: Addiction and dependence - I: Illicit drugs
328 Controversies in management: Should methionine be added to every paracetamol tablet?

Papers
332 Why you should read papers: a basic medical school
333 Epidemiology of suicide pacts in England and Wales, 1988-92
336 Increase brain serotonin function in men with chronic fatigue
syndrome 337 Drug points

Life
338 Your first time, how was it for you?
342 Elective report: ER in Chicago
344 Celebrity doctors - a career guide to fame
345 the not-so-secret diary of a medical student
346 Soapbox: medical students are bad for patients
346 Out There

Letters
347 Patient - Centred or self-centred Benefits of group work and seminars Doctors and ethical issues Nurses invited to change places with medical students Alcohol and smoking - why include in social history? Let them eat asparagus Are women students more intelligent than men?

Soundings
349 Memories......
349 Irritable embarrassment syndrome

Art & Reviews
350 Dr Luddite beware!

Personal view
351 Dealing with an incident in Burundi

352 Minerva