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Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006;60:185
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Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, John R Ashton, Joint Editors

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A VARIED OFFERING AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL FLAVOUR
In an Editorial, Aileen Clarke and colleagues address the vexed question of surgeons removing organs "just in case", and call for research funders to support definitive research on whether prophylactic oophorectomy should be undertaken at the time of hysterectomy for benign conditions. There are implications here for a much wider debate about this issue.
See page 186

Recent changes to the status of same sex civil partnership in the United Kingdom make this month’s contribution from King and Bartlett particularly pertinent. The authors hold out the prospect of better health for same sex couples when their relationships are legally recognised.
See page 188

Evidence Based Public Health Policy and Practice this month:


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