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Contents: November 2000

Editorials

Do honours graduates make the best doctors?

Saving lives during extreme weather in summer

Why the Human Rights Act matters to doctors


News

Young people in the UK still conform to stereotypes

Smoking may cause depression in teenagers

Few students would choose lectures as a teaching method

Acupuncture may help to treat addictions

Abortion pill is approved for sale in United States

EU to phase out tobacco advertising despite ruling

EU centre calls for policies to help female drug users

Marijuana has potential for misuse

Education

Gene therapy: into the future of medicine

Picture Quiz

Chest x rays made easy

ABC of oral health: Mouth ulcers and other causes of orofacial soreness and pain

Career focus: Medical officer in the Royal Navy Reserve

Anaesthesia explained


Papers

Low volume, high frequency cows' milk feedings sped recovery from diarrhoea in infants

High dose lisinopril was more effective than low dose for reducing combined mortality and cardiovascular events in congestive heart failure


Life

Planning your elective - Shanghai, China

Exploring traditional Chinese medicine

Rebuilding lives

Living with cameras

A guide to medical etiquette: applying for a job

Practising paeds in Mexico


Letters

The importance of patient confidentiality

Standardising medical exams

Broadening our horizons

Discriminating against men

Reviews

Book review: One in four of us - the experience of disability

Book review: Haematology at a Glance

Film review: Titus

Film review: Some voices

the Press: Two minutes to change minds

Personal View: Living with coeliac disease

Soundings: Advice freely given

Minerva: November 2000