Front Cover Picture
Our front cover picture is of a globe-shaped sculpture entitled "Ferns" by Neil Dawson, which is suspended above the Civic Square in Wellington, New Zealand. The silver fern is New Zealand's national emblem. Wellington town hall was the venue for the third international symposium on pharmaceutical care, a report of which appears on pp884-887. Leading article (p865). Letters (p880 (Professor N Barber) and (Mr J C Gould)).
Hospital pharmacy
A lack of hospital pharmacists is causing a curtailment of pharmacy services in half of Britain's hospitals (p866).
Crohn's disease
Two new approaches for the treatment of Crohn's disease have been reported in the medical press recently (p870).
Obesity
Ways of tackling and diagnosing obesity are discussed in an article on p888.
Insulin pens
This week we publish a reference guide to insulin pens available on National Health Service prescription (p890).
Doctors in cartoons
We report a presentation made to the British Society for the History of Pharmacy on cartoonists' views of the changing image of the doctor in the 18th century (p891).
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