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Front Cover Picture
Our front cover photograph ties in with news this week
that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence has issued advice
that orlistat can be prescribed for obese patients — but only if
they demonstrate a commitment to losing weight (p350).
Comment (p341).
Rural dispensing deal
The Department of Health is to draft regulations to implement a new agreement
between pharmacists and doctors over dispensing in rural areas (p342).
See also reports from the local pharmaceutical committees' conference
and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee dinner
(pp344–349). Leading article (p341).
Hospital salaries
Hospital pharmacists' pay rises have been agreed for 2000 and 2001 (p343).
Dealing with emergencies
Our continuing education article this week concludes a short series on
first aid by providing information on how first-aiders deal with anaphylaxis,
resuscitation, heart attacks and choking in adults and children (p361).
Alternative medicine
A recent joint meeting of the Royal College of Physicians and the National
Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine explored issues surrounding
the integration of alternative medicine into mainstream care. Report (p367)
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