March 1999
News
GP direct referral
protocol cuts delay in UTI scans
WHO/ISH lower BP
targets in new guidelines on hypertension
Editorial
RCP
reports on the role of drugs for obesity
Dr John Muir, Woburn GP and member of the RCP obesity guidelines
working party
Personal View
No
definitive treatment for acute otitis media
Dr Charles Sears finds that there is still room for the
art of medicine in the management of acute otitis media
Personal View
A
pragmatic solution to child growth monitoring
Ratification of school entry as the UK's only universal
measurement age should please everyone, as Tam Fry explains
Guideline Development
The
SIGN route to better dementia care
Dr Iain McIntosh explains why guidelines on dementia management
were urgently needed and how the SIGN guidelines should help to raise standards
of care
Guideline Implementation
New
guidelines provide good framework for treating depression
Recent guidelines on the treatment of depression in primary
care are comprehensive and serve as a useful aide-memoire, reports Dr Rob Wicks
Guidelines and the Law
Could
guidelines protect doctors against negligence claims?
In the second article in this series, Dr Brian Hurwitz discusses
the nature of medical negligence and the role that clinical guidelines may play
in such actions
Letters
Bleeding
disorders may be a cause of menorrhagia
Guidelines in Practice welcomes letters; if would you like
to share your views with other readers, please write in
Tips on Guideline Use
Do
you need a guideline?
Guidelines will not solve every problem, as Dr Mark Charny
explains in the second article in this series
Questions & Answers
Your problems
solved
Our editorial board answer your questions on how best to
draw up local guidelines and adapt national ones
Out Of Hours
Guidelines
for giving an after-dinner speech
Dr Phil Hammond, GP, lecturer and presenter of BBC2's Trust
Me, I'm a Doctor
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