This week's This week in the BMJ

	Coronary heart disease risk factors vary among South Asian groups [Full text] FREE

	Bacterial vaginosis increases the risk of first trimester miscarriage [Full text] FREE

	Preregistration house officers could benefit from a self evaluation instrument [Full text] FREE

	GPs could take greater role in care of children with HIV [Full text] FREE

	Management of asthma in Danish children has improved [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Eradicating child poverty
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  1999;319:203-204 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How often should we go to the dentist?
	Elizabeth J Kay
	BMJ  1999;319:204-205 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Functional foods: health boon or quackery?
	Michael F Jacobson, Bruce Silverglade
	BMJ  1999;319:205-206 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Moving the research agenda to where it matters
	David Kernick, Jonathan Stead, Michael Dixon
	BMJ  1999;319:206-207 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Children with HIV: the challenge for general practice
	Michael Kidd
	BMJ  1999;319:207-208 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Racism in psychiatry necessitates reappraisal of general procedures and Eurocentric theories
	S P Sashidharan, Errol Francis
	BMJ  1999;319:254 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Low vitamin D concentrations found in study of Asian children was not function of analytical method
	Margaret Lawson
	BMJ  1999;319:254 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recognition of depression and anxiety in primary care
	Allan House, David Kessler, Denis Pereira Gray, Keith Lloyd, Glyn Lewis
	BMJ  1999;319:254 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why heart disease mortality is low in France
	Akira Sekikawa, Lewis H Kuller, Uffe Ravnskov
	BMJ  1999;319:255 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pressures of acute obstetrics on consultants
	Anonymous, Robert W Shaw
	BMJ  1999;319:256 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	At least 35% more orthopaedic surgeons are needed to ensure consultant based service
	John Lourie
	BMJ  1999;319:256 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Author defends meta-analysis that was criticised
	Francesco P Cappuccio
	BMJ  1999;319:256 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Management of preterm labour
	D N M Papatsonis, H P van Geijn, G A Dekker, Philip Steer
	BMJ  1999;319:257 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Many reports of RCTs give insufficient data for Cochrane reviewers
	E Haydn Walters, J A E Walters
	BMJ  1999;319:257 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Electronic bibliographic tools for incorporating social science research into health care must be improved
	Richard Cookson, Luke Archard, David McDaid
	BMJ  1999;319:257 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh gives consultant fellows feedback on their training activity
	D R Harper
	BMJ  1999;319:258 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Community study of infectious intestinal disease in England
	Paul R Hunter, Jeremy G Wheeler, Laura C Rodrigues, Dinesh Sethi, David S Tompkins, Michael J Hudson, Paul J Roderick, John M Cowden, Patrick G Wall
	BMJ  1999;319:258 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	All parents should be given leaflet outlining full details of antenatal screening
	W M O Moore
	BMJ  1999;319:259 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Usefulness of contacting other experts when conducting literature searches
	Patrick Chariot, Vivien Pautot, Stephen Due, R J McManus, S Wilson, B C Delaney, D A Fitzmaurice, R S Tobias, S Jowett, F D R Hobbs, C J Hyde
	BMJ  1999;319:259 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clocks in delivery wards may not be sufficiently accurate to validate birth of "millennium babies"
	Jonathan Round, Nigel Kennea
	BMJ  1999;319:260 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	English teenager given heart transplant against her will
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:209 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US Senate passes patients' bill of rights
	James Ciment
	BMJ  1999;319:209 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More mentally ill people reported in US prisons
	César Chelala
	BMJ  1999;319:210 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK proposes new approach to personality disorders
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:210 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;319:210 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US health maintenance organisations: better care from non-profit plans
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;319:211 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Laparoscopic hernia surgery linked to increased complications
	Hilary Bower
	BMJ  1999;319:211 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Power of attorney change in England and Wales
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:211 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Leptospirosis in Philippine floods
	BMJ  1999;319:212 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NHS must pay nursing costs for dependent nursing home residents
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:212 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK considers logging adverse incidents
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  1999;319:212 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	American Medical Association moves to regulate prescribing on the internet
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;319:213 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bristol trust admits liability in baby heart surgery case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:213 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European Commission's new president puts public health on the agenda
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  1999;319:214 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Unicef warns of polio risk in conflict regions
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  1999;319:214 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Incubators in Hungarian hospital lobbies allow babies to be abandoned more safely
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  1999;319:214 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Intranasal flu vaccine reduces severity of symptoms
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1999;319:214 [Extract] [Full text]

	First NHS walk-in health centres announced for England
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1999;319:214 [Extract] [Full text]

	UK operating theatre practitioners seek regulation
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  1999;319:214 [Extract] [Full text]

	Scotland to target NHS funding at poorer areas
	Bryan Christie
	BMJ  1999;319:214 [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Coeliac disease
	Conleth Feighery
	BMJ  1999;319:236-239 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Contrast enhanced computed tomography in the early diagnosis of cerebral abscess
	Michael Owen Fitzpatrick, Peter Gan
	BMJ  1999;319:239-240 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of intensive care: Outcome data and scoring systems
	Kevin Gunning, Kathy Rowan
	BMJ  1999;319:241-244 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	General practice and the care of children with HIV infection: 6 month prospective interview study
	Mary Boulton, Eddy Beck, Sam Walters, David Miller
	BMJ  1999;319:232-235 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: 2 further boxes] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Who needs Rubik's cube?
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  1999;319:267 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Old age psychiatry in Swansea
	D D R Williams
	BMJ  1999;319:267 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Fetal origins of adult diseasethe hypothesis revisited
	A Lucas, M S Fewtrell, T J Cole
	BMJ  1999;319:245-249 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: regression models]

	The private finance initiative: The politics of the private finance initiative and the new NHS
	Declan Gaffney, Allyson M Pollock, David Price, Jean Shaoul
	BMJ  1999;319:249-253 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: sources of data in tables][extra: table]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;319:268 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: "Now I can be remembered"
	Tom Reynolds
	BMJ  1999;319:231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  1999;319:232 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A lesson learnt: A view from the other side
	Harish Kumar
	BMJ  1999;319:253 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Endpiece
	BMJ  1999;319:253 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Developments have been made on cardiac surgical audit in Bristol
	BMJ  1999;319:253 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Medicopolitical digest
	BMJ  1999;319:253 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Palliative medicine
	Marie Lloyd-Williams
	BMJ  1999;319:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: A group of psychologists in Vienna recently sued their ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: The Public Interest Disclosure Act came into force earlier ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Killing for profit: where is the outrage?
	Jonathan Foulds
	BMJ  1999;319:266 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Rural Healthcare
	Ann Savage
	BMJ  1999;319:264 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Malthus Factor
	Fred Paccaud
	BMJ  1999;319:264 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Hamilton Bailey: A Surgeon's Life
	Alex Paton
	BMJ  1999;319:265 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Brain gum, CME, and keeping up to date
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: The BMJ and black boxing]

NETLINES

This week's NETLINES

	Netlines
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  1999;319:265 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Brain gum, CME, and keeping up to date
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: The BMJ and black boxing]

BESTSELLERS

This week's BESTSELLERS

	June Bestsellers
	BMJ  1999;319:266 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Detaining people with personality disorders
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;319:265 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Juniors start talks to avoid ballot on industrial action • New arrangements approved for GP training • New centre for defence medical services • Senior doctors' concerns about work on revalidation
	BMJ  1999;319:263 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	David Fillmer Alexander • Karina Ann Clark • Peter Thomas Flute • Ian Hewetson Dalrymple Johnston • John Derek Knight • David Malcolm McBeath • Arthur George McPherson • John Patrick David Mounsey • Gokhan Yahya Oktekin • Henry Meurig Nicholas Rees • Deepak Balkrishna Shah • Kevin Anthony Valiat • Harold Geoffrey Whitworth
	Brian Bower, S King, B King, J Parker-Williams, I H D Johnston, D Knight, C S Knight, Craig D Hewitt, M G Wilson, Keith Lovel, Martin Briggs, John A Harrington, Sheela Shah, Saj Azfar, Kenneth Heathfield, John Pippard
	BMJ  1999;319:261 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations: cross sectional study
	Raj Bhopal, Nigel Unwin, Martin White, Julie Yallop, Louise Walker, K G M M Alberti, Jane Harland, Sheila Patel, Naseer Ahmad, Catherine Turner, Bill Watson, Dalvir Kaur, Anna Kulkarni, Mike Laker, Anna Tavridou
	BMJ  1999;319:215-220 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: longer version] FREE

	Influence of bacterial vaginosis on conception and miscarriage in the first trimester: cohort study
	S G Ralph, A J Rutherford, J D Wilson
	BMJ  1999;319:220-223 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Identifying appropriate tasks for the preregistration year: modified Delphi technique
	Jane Stewart, Catherine O'Halloran, Patrick Harrigan, John A Spencer, J Roger Barton, Stephen J Singleton
	BMJ  1999;319:224-229 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Changes in risk of hospital readmission among asthmatic children in Denmark, 1978-93
	Hans Bisgaard, Henrik Møller
	BMJ  1999;319:229-230 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Outcome and use of health services four years after admission for acute myocardial infarction: case record follow up study
	Martin Melville, Nigel Brown, David Gray, Tracey Young, John Hampton
	BMJ  1999;319:230-231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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