August 2002 Peer Reviewed Feature Articles Asthma management. Part 1: assessing severity and optimising lung function Christine Jenkins How to recognise and manage endometriosis Raewyn Teirney, Ian S Fraser Vulval disease in children. Part 1: Presentation Gayle Fischer Investigating the patient with cardiac failure Demetrios Demetriou Advertisement Peer Reviewed Regular Series Medicine and the Law Is a patient’s consent needed to test for an infectious disease? Loane Skene, Paul Nisselle Perspectives on orthopaedics A man with back pain after a laminectomy John PH Stephen Travel medicine update The ins and outs of TB Jonathan Cohen Psychological medicine Dealing with the suicidal patient Diana McKay Practical procedures Epistaxis management for general practitioners Peter J Wormald Gastroenterology clinic How I deal with recurrent aphthous ulceration Katherine Ellard Perspectives on dermoscopy A symmetrical mole with asymmetrical pigment Steven Kossard Dermatology clinic Acneiform lesions on the legs Steven Kossard Forum The nocebo effect Gardiner Morse Innocence revisited Innocence revisited – 30 Robyn Pogmore Advertisement Advertisement