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Contents: July 2002

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Contents page (PDF)

Editorials

Starting house jobs on the right foot

The why, where, and how of global health teaching

A case of mistaken muscles


News

Acedemic teaching staff face redundancy at British universities

Cancer charity highlights risks of testicular cancer

University accommodation prices soar

Travellers put themselves at risk of hepatitis A

High smoking rates among Aboriginal community and Torres Islanders cause financial hardship

Drug could help women's sex lives

Thin women risk infertility

Health bodies defend there right to access patient data

Britain is worst in Europe for teenage pregnancy rates

Cosmetic procedures now available on the high street

"Learn to undo bras," say plastic surgeons

Children in war zones at high risk of suffering emotional disorders

Education

Medical slang

Why and when do we need medical statistics?

Picture Quiz: Limited cutaneous scleroderma (CREST syndrome)

Robotics in surgery


Careers

Neonatology

Careers in ophthalmology

How to be a media doctor

Tips on... Handling the media

Profile: Rosemary Aldrich

Profile: Rob Hicks


Papers

Retrospective study of mortality after a water pollution incident at Lowermoor in north Cornwall

Commentary: Mona Oshaka takes you through this paper and explains what it means


Life

The Torres Strait: an ancient yet modern Australia

Planning your elective - the Torres Straits

Problem based learning, pleasent patients, and pub crawls

Confessions

Life through a lens

Ecotrackers

Feeling fain


Letters

Surgery is still sexist

Different rules for dressing appropriately

Students should take responsibility for their finances

Nurses' bursaries are a good idea

Sexpression tackles lack of UK sex education

Examinations don't suppport lifelong learning

Is abortion a question of gut feeling?

Cotton buds must have their uses

Reviews

The Dressing Station: A surgeon's Odyssey. What for Chop Today?

Can I catch a computer virus?

Fast Food Nation

In the Land of Pain

They Don't Know What's Wrong

Quite Ugly One Morning

Do you trust your hospital trust?

Living in blisters and pain

Minerva: July 2002