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The Pharmaceutical Journal, February 24, 2001

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   An Onlooker's Notebook
   Leading Articles
     Learning from nurse prescribing...

   Letters to the Editor
   Broad Spectrum
     What is medicines management?...

News   
   News
   Clinical Pharmacy
   Business

The Society   
   News
     Statutory committee...
     Resource pack for patient group directions...
   Obituaries

Continuing education   
   Time management
   »(PDF*, 164K)

Interview   
   
Modernising the NHS
   »(PDF*, 215K)

Special feature   
   
Mood disorders — implications for primary care
   »(PDF*, 262K)

Article   
   
Use of anticholinesterases for Alzheimer's disease...
   »(PDF*, 89K)

Reviews   
   
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Front Cover Picture

Our front cover picture of clocks (Telegraph Colour Library) draws attention to this week's continuing education article. The first in a new series that broadens the range of topics covered in continuing education, the article looks at how to manage time effectively (p252).

Paying for medicines
The Adam Smith Institute is proposing that National Health Service patients should pay between £60 and £120 a year towards the cost of their medicines (p238).

Asthma
An American study has suggested that breastfeeding might increase the risk of asthma development in children of mothers who are themselves asthmatic (p240).

NHS modernisation
Beth Taylor, a pharmacist member of the NHS's new National Modernisation Board, has been interviewed for The Journal this week (p255). Leading article (p237).

Mood disorders
In our latest "pharmaceutical care" special feature, the clinical presentation of mood disorders and the public health implications of these conditions is explored (p259).