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Research Articles

• Why clinical research needs medical audit. (1 March, 1993)

  S J Proctor
• Improving quality of drug use through hospital directorates. (1 March, 1993)

  N Barber
• Towards measurement of outcome for patients with varicose veins. (1 March, 1993)

  A M Garratt, L M Macdonald, D A Ruta, I T Russell, J K Buckingham, Z H Krukowski
• Comparison of NHS and private patients undergoing elective transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hypertrophy. (1 March, 1993)

  N Black, M Pettigrew, K McPherson
• Selection for oesophagectomy and postoperative outcome in a defined population. (1 March, 1993)

  M C Gulliford, J R Barton, H M Bourne
• Safe working practices and HIV infection: knowledge, attitudes, perception of risk, and policy in hospital. (1 March, 1993)

  G Davidson, P Gillies
• An audit of distribution and use of guidelines for management of head injury. (1 March, 1993)

  R Madhok, R G Thomson, A Mordue, A D Mendelow, J Barker
• Assessing introduction of spinal anaesthesia for obstetric procedures. (1 March, 1993)

  T H Madej, I J Jackson, R G Wheatley, J Wilson
• Improving quality of health care: the role of public health medicine. (1 March, 1993)

  R Thomson, R Bhopal
• Avedis Donabedian: an interview. Interview by Richard Baker. (1 March, 1993)

  A Donabedian
• Missing link in the audit cycle. (1 March, 1993)

  I K Crombie, H T Davies
• The outcomes agenda: contribution of the UK clearing house on health outcomes. (1 March, 1993)

  A F Long, P Dixon, R Hall, R A Carr-Hill, T A Sheldon
• Purchasing care for people with HIV infection and AIDS. (1 March, 1993)

  J Main, V Kitchen, S Lewis-Jones, V Moss
• Managing depression in primary care. (1 March, 1993)

  N Freemantle, F Song, T A Sheldon, P Watson, J M Mason, A F Long
• View from Germany. (1 March, 1993)

  B Häussler