This week's This week in the BMJ

	Diet during pregnancy in Western women has little influence on fetal growth [Full text] FREE

	Children who are both bullies and are bullied may be at greatest risk of psychological symptoms [Full text] FREE

	Scoring systems may reduce unfair discrimination in selection for medical school [Full text] FREE

	A mismatch exists between need and service provision in parentally bereaved children [Full text] FREE

	Family doctors rarely seek answers to questions about patient care [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Staying safe during the eclipse
	Jonathan Dowler
	BMJ  1999;319:329-330 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bullying: the need for an interagency response
	Rosemary Chesson
	BMJ  1999;319:330-331 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Raloxifene as a multifunctional medicine?
	V Craig Jordan, M Morrow
	BMJ  1999;319:331-332 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cell adhesion molecules
	Paul Murray, G Frampton, PN Nelson
	BMJ  1999;319:332-334 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lessons from a cyclist
	William H Dietz, Ron Davis
	BMJ  1999;319:334 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Follow up care in general practice of patients with myocardial infarction and angina
	John Robson, David Mant
	BMJ  1999;319:380 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Assessment of mother and fetus in labour
	Ole Olsen, Philip Steer
	BMJ  1999;319:381 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Labour care of women with HIV infection
	Graham P Taylor, E G Hermione Lyall, Gareth Tudor-Williams, Lesley Regan, John Smith, Geoffrey Chamberlain, Philip Steer
	BMJ  1999;319:381 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Report on future of prison health care will lead to progress in improving this care
	Mike Longfield, Gillian Fairfield
	BMJ  1999;319:382 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing osteoporosis in older people with fractures
	Martyn J Parker, Bernard Yung, Julia Aram, Angela Seif, Bruce McManus, Isobel P Williams
	BMJ  1999;319:382 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Radiosurgery for brain tumours
	Jay S Loeffler, Christer Lindquist
	BMJ  1999;319:383 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Autoinflation for treatment of glue ear
	Haytham Kubba, Daniel D Reidpath, Paul P Glasziou, Chris Del Mar
	BMJ  1999;319:383 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based budgeting is now necessary
	David Massel
	BMJ  1999;319:384 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stories in TV drama series about psychiatry were researched in detail
	Robby Steel
	BMJ  1999;319:384 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Sex difference in prescription of asthma drugs is smaller than previously found
	B D Pethica, A Tomlin, J Hall, A Penrose, G Frost
	BMJ  1999;319:385 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Some patients with colorectal cancer may have been missed by Northern Ireland registry
	Harry Comber
	BMJ  1999;319:385 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Rating information on the internet can empower users to make informed decisions
	Gunther Eysenbach
	BMJ  1999;319:385 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality associated with oral contraceptive use
	Anne Szarewski, Henry C Kitchener, Joseph Horowitz, Chris Kahlenborn, Ellen C G Grant, C Michael Steel, Elizabeth H Price, Honor M Anthony, Damien Downing, Michael J Radcliffe, Sarah Myhill
	BMJ  1999;319:386 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	DoH seems to have underestimated incidence of venous thromboembolism in users of combined oral contraceptives
	R A Lawrenson, A Whalley, E Simpson, R D T Farmer
	BMJ  1999;319:387 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	London hospital orders inquiry into paediatric heart surgery deaths
	Hilary Bower
	BMJ  1999;319:335 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists create human cancer cells
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1999;319:335 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US National Institutes of Health updates peer review system
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  1999;319:336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US agency to test safety of four herbs
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;319:336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;319:336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Internet sites may encourage suicide
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  1999;319:337 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Research claiming link between electromagnetic fields and cancer deemed fraudulent
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  1999;319:337 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	United Nations estimates of HIV prevalence in Zambia under attack
	Peter Moszynski
	BMJ  1999;319:338 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Blanket ban on treating transsexuals is ruled "unlawful"
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:338 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

Information in practice

This week's Information in practice

	Analysis of questions asked by family doctors regarding patient care
	John W Ely, Jerome A Osheroff, Mark H Ebell, George R Bergus, Barcey T Levy, M Lee Chambliss, Eric R Evans
	BMJ  1999;319:358-361 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table w1][extra: Table w2] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Recent advances: Neurology
	A J Larner, S F Farmer
	BMJ  1999;319:362-366 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Mercury poisoning after spillage at home from a sphygmomanometer on loan from hospital
	A C Rennie, M McGregor-Schuerman, I M Dale, C Robinson, R McWilliam
	BMJ  1999;319:366-367 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of intensive care: Transport of critically ill patients
	Peter G M Wallace, Saxon A Ridley
	BMJ  1999;319:368-371 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Psychological disturbance and service provision in parentally bereaved children: prospective case-control study
	Linda Dowdney, Richard Wilson, B Maughan, M Allerton, P Schofield, D Skuse
	BMJ  1999;319:354-357 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Shells and sore feet
	Ricardo Silva
	BMJ  1999;319:391 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Time is such a precious thing
	Jeremy Vevers
	BMJ  1999;319:391 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Injury surveillance programmes, ethics, and the Data Protection Act • Sharing data to prevent injuries • Potential problems for tenants • The legal position • Ethical viewpoint
	Ronan A Lyons, Jo Sibert, Michael McCabe, Peter D Donnelly, Tessa Shellens, Donald Evans
	BMJ  1999;319:372-375 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Understanding controlled trials: Randomisation methods: concealment
	David J Torgerson, Chris Roberts
	BMJ  1999;319:375-376 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Methods in health service research: Evaluation of health interventions at area and organisation level
	Obioha C Ukoumunne, Martin C Gulliford, Susan Chinn, Jonathan A C Sterne, Peter G J Burney, Allan Donner
	BMJ  1999;319:376-379 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;319:392 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: Our duty lasts until the end of life
	Khalid Khan
	BMJ  1999;319:343 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpieces: Cigarettes are sexy
	BMJ  1999;319:343 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  1999;319:354 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Three different talks
	BMJ  1999;319:358 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	An occupational hazard: A patient's choice
	Simon Power
	BMJ  1999;319:367 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The ladder of truth: The story of a mother and her son
	Olive McKendrick
	BMJ  1999;319:371 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Risk factors for human hantavirus infection: Franco-Belgian collaborative case-control study during 1995-6 epidemic
	BMJ  1999;319:379 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Annual general meeting of the BMA
	BMJ  1999;319:379 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituaries
	BMJ  1999;319:379 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituaries
	BMJ  1999;319:379 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Career focus

This week's Career focus

	Problems in the surgical workforce
	John Carruth
	BMJ  1999;319:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: A cynic might say that American physicians are too ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: American office based physicians used to continue the care ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Briefing: Although Czech healthcare spending has risen from 5.4% to ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Ethics in a twist
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  1999;319:390 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Medicine's 10 Greatest Discoveries
	Christopher Lawrence
	BMJ  1999;319:389 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Potential for Health
	Fred Paccaud
	BMJ  1999;319:389 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Neurology for the masses
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Neurology for the masses
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Privacy and confidentiality
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;319:390 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Horace Townshend Fleming • Betty Hargreaves • Cyril ("Cecil") Jeffrey Levy • Diana Jennie Margaret Lister • Kate Wilkins
	Richard Fleming, Michael Hargreaves, Caroline Hargreaves, Andrew Thornton, Desmond Taylor, Charles Lister Green, Penny Lister Green, Christine Carver
	BMJ  1999;319:388 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Influence of maternal nutrition on outcome of pregnancy: prospective cohort study
	Fiona Mathews, Patricia Yudkin, Andrew Neil
	BMJ  1999;319:339-343 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bullying behaviour and psychosocial health among school students in New South Wales, Australia: cross sectional survey
	Roberto Forero, Lyndall McLellan, Chris Rissel, Adrian Bauman
	BMJ  1999;319:344-348 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bullying, depression, and suicidal ideation in Finnish adolescents: school survey
	Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino, Matti Rimpelä, Mauri Marttunen, Arja Rimpelä, Päivi Rantanen
	BMJ  1999;319:348-351 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Ethnic and sex differences in selection for admission to Nottingham University Medical School
	David James, Lisa Driver
	BMJ  1999;319:351-352 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Comparative efficacy of three mumps vaccines during disease outbreak in eastern Switzerland: cohort study
	Matthias Schlegel, Joseph J Osterwalder, Renato L Galeazzi, Pietro L Vernazza
	BMJ  1999;319:352 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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