This week's This week in the BMJ

	Women should be advised to allow adequate time after stillbirth before next pregnancy [Full text] FREE

	No support for moderate drinking improving health [Full text] FREE

	Long term use of  blockers after myocardial infarction saves lives, but they are underused [Full text] FREE

	Baby Check does not reduce GP consultation rate [Full text] FREE

	Rodent control may help prevent human hantavirus infection [Full text] FREE

	Feedback can improve doctors' record keepinga bit [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Withdrawing or withholding life prolonging treatment
	Steven Luttrell
	BMJ  1999;318:1709-1710 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gluten sensitivity: a many headed hydra
	M Hadjivassiliou, R A Grünewald, G A B Davies-Jones
	BMJ  1999;318:1710-1711 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Helping parents identify severe illnesses in their children
	David Jewell
	BMJ  1999;318:1711-1712 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Secret government revisited
	Martin McKee
	BMJ  1999;318:1712-1713 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing teenage pregnancies, supporting teenage mothers
	Caroline Mawer
	BMJ  1999;318:1713-1714 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Caring for and about acute general medicine
	K G M M Alberti, J D Ward, KFR Schiller, Ian S Shaw, John A Chambers, Nicola Cooper
	BMJ  1999;318:1759 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Developments have been made on cardiac surgical audit in Bristol
	Bruce E Keogh, Jules Dussek, Leslie Hamilton
	BMJ  1999;318:1760 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cooperative language in consultations by male and female doctors
	T A Roper, J R Skelton, F D R Hobbs
	BMJ  1999;318:1760 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Onset of adolescent eating disorders
	Nicolas Stettler, Andrew M Tershakovec, Mary B Leonard, G C Patton
	BMJ  1999;318:1761 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Job applications could be electronic
	Graeme M Sanders
	BMJ  1999;318:1762 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sponsored trials do not necessarily give more-favourable results
	J N S Matthews
	BMJ  1999;318:1762 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients must be told of unintended injuries during treatment
	Philip C Hebert
	BMJ  1999;318:1762 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Politicians may not have same goals as clinicians with regard to mergers
	Trevor Sheldon, Alan Maynard
	BMJ  1999;318:1762 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Views on rationing of treatments for erectile dysfunction are mixed
	Genine Riley, Jonathan Howell
	BMJ  1999;318:1763 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors can benefit from spending time with their dying patients
	Sally Mirando
	BMJ  1999;318:1763 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Spacer devices increase dose of inhaled corticosteroids delivered
	Owen J Dempsey, Andrew M Wilson, Brian J Lipworth
	BMJ  1999;318:1764 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Needs of patients with learning disabilities are not being met
	Mayur Lakhani, Jean Bates
	BMJ  1999;318:1764 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Ethics of GMC's decision to suspend doctor need to be explained
	J M Kellett
	BMJ  1999;318:1764 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Confidence intervals for the number needed to treat
	Christopher Cates, Robert G Newcombe
	BMJ  1999;318:1764 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of competence to complete advance directives
	Saskia Teunise, Sarah Eagger, James Warner, Seena Fazel, Tony Hope, Robin Jacoby
	BMJ  1999;318:1765 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Role of the routine neonatal examination
	David Walker, S P Leung
	BMJ  1999;318:1766 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	"Health care is a human right" is a meaningless and devastating manifesto
	Imre J P Loefler
	BMJ  1999;318:1766 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	England publishes first tables of hospital performance
	Pat Anderson
	BMJ  1999;318:1715 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US research funding depends on lobbying, not need
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;318:1715 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;318:1716 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU plans more antibiotic resistance surveillance
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1999;318:1716 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK will ban tobacco advertisements by December
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1999;318:1716 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA calls for extra safeguards for life and death decisions
	Richard Woodman
	BMJ  1999;318:1716 [Extract] [Full text]

	Closed circuit television does not reduce violence
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  1999;318:1717 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Oestrogen modulator reduces risk of breast cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;318:1717 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS ombudsman will name doctors who do not accept ruling
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  1999;318:1718 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Wellcome Trust boosts pay to keep researchers in Britain
	Hilary Bower
	BMJ  1999;318:1718 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Food safety remains high on EU agenda
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1999;318:1718 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Model predicts who benefits from carotid endarterectomy
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  1999;318:1719 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO's cancer chief resigns
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  1999;318:1719 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bristol inquiry reveals that inspections were inadequate
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;318:1719 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Kansas sues internet medicine suppliers
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  1999;318:1720 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	England gets more medical students
	Siün Knight
	BMJ  1999;318:1720 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Men using IVF inadequately screened for cystic fibrosis
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  1999;318:1720 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	UK considers watchdog for private health care
	Benjamin Hope
	BMJ  1999;318:1720 [Extract] [Full text]

	Ireland draws up plan for junior doctors' hours
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  1999;318:1720 [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Gallbladder disease
	Malcolm C Bateson
	BMJ  1999;318:1745-1748 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of intensive care: Circulatory support
	C J Hinds, D Watson
	BMJ  1999;318:1749-1752 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Randomised controlled trial of effect of Baby Check on use of health services in first 6 months of life
	Hilary Thomson, Sue Ross, Philip Wilson, Alex McConnachie, Richard Watson
	BMJ  1999;318:1740-1744 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: a flow chart of the study] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Bed blocking for beginners
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  1999;318:1773 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Abandoning diastole
	Peter Sever
	BMJ  1999;318:1773 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Ethical dilemma: Discontinuation of ventilation after brain stem death • To whom is our duty of care? • Policy should be balanced with concern for the family • Brain stem death defines death in law
	J M A Swinburn, S M Ali, D J Banerjee, Z P Khan, Ronald E Cranford, Bryan Jennett
	BMJ  1999;318:1753-1755 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Do we need a new word for patients? • Let's do away with "patients" • Commentary: Leave well alone
	Julia Neuberger, Raymond Tallis
	BMJ  1999;318:1756-1758 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Reviews

This week's Reviews

	Book: Bookcase
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  1999;318:1771 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;318:1774 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A salutary lesson: Three very unwise men
	B M Colls
	BMJ  1999;318:1729 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A lesson learnt: A painful lesson
	Solomon Almond
	BMJ  1999;318:1744 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  1999;318:1745 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word . . .: Oranges and grapefruit
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  1999;318:1758 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Prescribing antibiotics for sore throats
	BMJ  1999;318:1724 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dutch system of peer review is different and effective
	BMJ  1999;318:1724 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sexual health of teenagers in England and Wales: analysis of national data
	BMJ  1999;318:1724 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituaries
	BMJ  1999;318:1724 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Oral contraceptives and myocardial infarction: results of the MICA case-control study
	BMJ  1999;318:1739 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Giving feedback
	Jennifer King
	BMJ  1999;318:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: An ill wind may be blowing in Kosovo but ...
	BMJ  1999;318:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: "Giving shape to a known problem" is the commonest ...
	BMJ  1999;318:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Healthcall's website provides an interesting example of how employing ...
	BMJ  1999;318:3b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Doctors Talking
	Nicky Britten
	BMJ  1999;318:1770 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Time of Our Lives
	Susan Charlifue
	BMJ  1999;318:1770 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Kerala's Demographic Transition: Determinants and Consequences
	John A Black
	BMJ  1999;318:1771 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Popularising hospital performance data
	Pat Anderson
	BMJ  1999;318:1772 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Revisiting old debates
	BMJ  1999;318 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Revisiting old debates
	BMJ  1999;318 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: www.doh.gov.uk/indicat/indicat.htm
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;318:1772 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Medical academic staffs conference • BMA criticises report on prescribing • Health bodies could improve financial management • Action needed to help demoralised consultants
	BMJ  1999;318:1768 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	John William Laws • Verdon Damms • Henry Rea Patterson • Raymond Hatfield Welch
	Heather Nunnerly, Janet E Husband, Patrick Waller, Jean Damms, Sydney Brandon, Theo Welch
	BMJ  1999;318:1767 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Stillbirth as risk factor for depression and anxiety in the subsequent pregnancy: cohort study
	P M Hughes, P Turton, C D H Evans
	BMJ  1999;318:1721-1724 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Alcohol consumption and mortality from all causes, coronary heart disease, and stroke: results from a prospective cohort study of Scottish men with 21 years of follow up
	Carole L Hart, George Davey Smith, David J Hole, Victor M Hawthorne
	BMJ  1999;318:1725-1729 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Blockade after myocardial infarction: systematic review and meta regression analysis
	Nick Freemantle, John Cleland, Philip Young, James Mason, Jane Harrison
	BMJ  1999;318:1730-1737 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: references for the trials][extra: Correction] FREE

	Risk factors for human hantavirus infection: Franco-Belgian collaborative case-control study during 1995-6 epidemic
	N S Crowcroft, A Infuso, D Ilef, B Le Guenno, J-C Desenclos, F Van Loock, J Clement
	BMJ  1999;318:1737-1738 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Improvement in clinical work through feedback: intervention study
	Rolf Jorde, Arne Nordøy
	BMJ  1999;318:1738-1739 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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