Volume 26 - 1998

Contents
Frontispiece
The Balint Society
Editorial
Balint-groups 45 years on - What have they taught us? Professor John Balint
‘This won’t take a minute, doctor,’ Marie Campkin, Balint Society Prize Essay, 1998
Empathy: The key to the doctor/patient relationship, David F. Law
A psychosomatic dilemma, Merlin L. Willcox
Balint-work in Germany, Heidi Otten
The Doctor’s Trauma, Peter Graham
A history of the International Balint Congresses, Roger van Laetham
A history of the University of Oxford, Mary Salinsky
A walk around Exeter College, John Salinsky
Architecture in Oxford, A beginner’s guide to the historic buildings, John Salinsky
The Xlth International Balint Congress, Oxford, 1998
Conference Programme
Abstracts of Conference Papers
The emotional context preceding the eruption of herpes zoster, Sotiris Zalidis
Words and windows in the psyche, Sue Hopkins

Reports:
The Annual Dinner, 1998:
Secretary’s Report
After dinner address, Helen Taylor Robinson
The International Balint Federation, 1998, John Salinsky
London Balint-Day for Nurses, 1998, David Watt
Balint in Romania, 1998, John Salinsky

Announcements:
The Balint Society Prize Essay, 1999
The International Balint Award for Medical Students, 1999
Prize for the Field of Health and Nursing Care, 1999
The Enid Balint Psychotherapy Trust and Institute, 1999
Future Meetings of the Society, 1998/99
Council for 1998/99
Instructions for Contributors