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Contents: August 2001

Editorials

Racism in medicine

Takling violence in the NHS

Supporting doctors who are refugees or asylum seekers

Medicine in the palm of your hands


News

Ethnic minority doctors hit glass ceiling in NHS

Student perspective of BMA's annual meeting

Medical deans snub the health secretary

WHO makes new recommendation on breast feeding

Bits & Pieces

Students may save the NHS £500m

Prisoner denied TB treatment

Cuba trains disadvantaged US medical students

Unit run by medical students to open in Britain

Rheumatologist turned politician

Education

Improving your blood taking skills

Dermatology clinic

Managing a suspected adverse drug reaction

Snippets

Picture Quiz

Epidemiology research

Radiology Quiz


Careers

Career focus: Being a surgical house officer

Career choices: The truth about life as...

Things to do before you become a doctor


Papers

Paper plus: Comparison of breastfeeding rates in Scotland in 1990-1 and 1997-8

Commentary and explanation


Life

The benefits of taking a year out

Planning your elective: Nepal

Predicting the future

The truth about handhelds

What is reiki and does it work?

Working in an Ebola outbreak

Teenagers' misconceptions


Letters

I am an alcoholic

Being assertive

Electives must give the right impression

Working in Africa

There must be a better way

Doctors' role in medical ethics

Communication counts

Should there be drug advertising?

A career in surgery

The generosity that helps us to learn

The benefits of work experience

Reviews

Book review: Drinking: A Love Story

Book review: Intoxicating minds

Book review: A Lone Walk

Book review: The Citadel

Net.philes: August 2001

Personal View: I have crossed over to the other side

Soundings: Objective structured clinical examination

Minerva: August 2001