October 1996 Vol 4

Editorials

• 352 The future of epidemiology

• 353 Social mobility and health: cause or effect?

• 354 Family interventions in schizophrenia

• 355 Active management of labour

News and Student Politics

• 356 Euthanasia * Legal aid for malaria case * Surgeons with hepatitis B * Doctor donates kidney * Fetal homicide charge * Internet drug sales

Education

• 359 My first cardiac arrest

• 360 A guide to advanced cardiac life support

• 362 No cardiopulmonary resuscitation orders: a practical approach

• 364 Essentials of psychiatry-1. Diagnosing mental illness

• 366 Hands on guide for house officers: Paperwork

• 368 You should know, you're a medic: How to avoid answering questions

• 369 Picture Quiz

• 370 ABC of Work Related Disorders: Hazards of Work

• 373 Continuing with pregnancy after a diagnosis of lethal abnormality: experience of five couples and recommendations for management

• 375 Clinical Lesson: Acute angle closure of glaucoma masquerading as systemic illness

Papers

• 377 Comparison of adverse events associated with use of mefloquine and combination of chloroquine and proguanil as antimalarial prophylaxis: postal and telephone survey of travellers

• 380 Designer drinks and drunkenness amongst a sample of Scottish schoolchildren

• 381 Family members' attitudes towards telling the patient with Alzheimer's disease their diagnosis

Student Life

• 383 Talking wounded

• 385 The case of the missing basics

• 386 British army doctors in Angola

• 388 Career Focus: On and up

Letters

• 390 Keep other degrees for those interested * Critical appraisal * Student grants * Studying in developing countries * House jobs * Drop out rate * Typing should be taught * Abortion * Smoking students

Soundings

• 392 Luddite lament

• 392 Boo hiss

Personal View

• 393 Teach me to hear mermaids singing

Minerva

• 394