Volume 2 Number 1 contents

Editorial

Dealing with poor performance
M Edwards

Original articles

Clinical supervision and clinical governance: the art and science of bridge building
A Lipp and P Osborne

The voices of practice: a qualitative study of the factors affecting the uptake of research evidence by clinicians and managers in one acute NHS trust
D Humphris, P Littlejohns and C Victor

Survey into current neonatal practice in relation to preterm monitoring
S A Spencer, P W Dimock and D S K Brookfield

Awareness among obstetric and midwifery staff in Scotland of key recommendations from the Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom 1994-1996
R Foy, F Nelson and G Penney

The challenge of a weak evidence base: formal consensus and guideline development
J Rycroft-Malone

Is ageism prevalent in adult clinical guidelines?
N R Balcombe and W Saweirs

The yield of pleural biopsy service in a district general hospital
S Ansari, D Seaton and J M Orrell

The impact of Somerset leg ulcer service developments
L Vickery, N Coe and N Pearson

Short reports

Thyroxine therapy for subclinical hypothyroidism in one general practice
K Khunti

An audit of thromboprophylaxis in atrial fibrillation on a medical ward
B Archana  

Practice digest

Press releases