December 2003 Peer Reviewed Feature Articles Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis – early management guidelines for GPs Debashish Danda, Kevin D Pile Endocrinology and metabolism Osteoporosis in the very old Oyekoya T Ayonrinde, Leon Flicker COPD Differentiating COPD and asthma: is it worth the effort? Peter Frith Geriatrics Why bother treating hypertension in the elderly? Angela Makris, John S Horvath Peer Reviewed Regular Series Medicine and the Law Withdrawal of artificial feeding from a dying patient Loane Skene, Paul Nisselle Ophthalmology clinic Thyroid orbitopathy in a young woman Charles Su Focus on diabetes Microalbuminuria: monitoring and management Pat Phillips Perspectives on dermoscopy An irregular pigmented lesion on the back Steven Kossard Clinical case review An uncontrollable cutaneous herpes simplex infection David W Smith Perspectives on orthopaedics Achilles tendon rupture: keys to clinical diagnosis John Negrine Forum Full body CT scan: will it save lives? Michael W Jones Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement
Medicine and the Law Withdrawal of artificial feeding from a dying patient Loane Skene, Paul Nisselle