This week's This week in the BMJ

	Behavioural treatment may help solve childhood sleep problems [Full text] FREE

	Reporting of blood cultures shows worrying increase in antibiotic resistance in England and Wales [Full text] FREE

	Single booster dose does not protect adults from diphtheria [Full text] FREE

	More deaths from heart disease in Scotland on Mondays may relate to binge drinking [Full text] FREE

	Simple tests help identify systolic dysfunction in primary care [Full text] FREE

	Evidence based education in adolescent health seems to work [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Paying for the NHS
	Elias Mossialos, Anna Dixon, Martin McKee
	BMJ  2000;320:197-198, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.197 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Improving cancer outcomes through radiotherapy
	N G Burnet, R J Benson, M V Williams, J H Peacock
	BMJ  2000;320:198-199, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.198 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The rise in bacterial resistance
	S G B Amyes
	BMJ  2000;320:199-200, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.199 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why can't GPs follow guidelines on depression?
	Tony Kendrick
	BMJ  2000;320:200-201, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.200 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Private health care: modernisation stops here
	Justin Keen
	BMJ  2000;320:202, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.202 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Meningococcal disease in healthcare workers
	Carlos Trujillo, P Cowling, Anna Gilmore, James Stuart, Keith Cartwright, Will Patterson, Angela Galloway, Barbara Fulton, Terence Flood, Mark H Wilcox, Nitu Modi, Andrew J Pollard, Norman Begg
	BMJ  2000;320:247, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.247 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Guided self management of asthma
	Jeanne K Fay, Alan Jones, Aarne Lahdensuo
	BMJ  2000;320:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.249 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Why mortality from heart disease is low in France
	Pierre Ducimetière, Thierry Lang, Philippe Amouyel, Dominique Arveiler, Jean Ferrières, Jaume Marrugat, Mariano Sentí, John H Glaser
	BMJ  2000;320:249, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.249/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Private finance initiative
	F McGinty, Kambiz Boomla, Sella Shanmugadasan, Clare Highton, Gaby Tobias, Bhupinder Kohli, B McCloskey, M Deakin
	BMJ  2000;320:250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.250 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medical advice columns give both good and bad counsel
	Julian Adlard
	BMJ  2000;320:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.252 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patient partnership is just one aspect of treating patients
	John S Kirkham
	BMJ  2000;320:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.252/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Composite indicators may not be helpful in comparing health authorities
	Mark Reilly, Paul Johnstone
	BMJ  2000;320:252, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.252/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	US health spending accelerated in 1998
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;320:203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.203 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients with cancer asked to sign waivers on dangers of delays
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2000;320:203, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.203/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pinochet's opponents call for medical evidence to be made public
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.204 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Scientists make rats' torn nerves regenerate
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;320:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.204/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:204, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.204/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Case in full]

	Blair promises to raise spending on NHS to European average
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.205 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Lord Winston attacks Labour's health policy
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.205/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK nurses and doctors receive pay boost
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:205, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.205/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US company claims to have 90%of human genome on its database
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.206 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU law makes Netherlands reconsider its health system
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2000;320:206, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.206/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AIDS activists in Thailand pressurise US government
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.207 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US relaxes its guidelines on herbal supplements
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.207/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug companies seek MS patients to lobby for new products
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:207, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.207/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	European Commission proposes a European food authority
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2000;320:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.208 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Mental health experts should offer training to GPs, report says
	Oona Mashta
	BMJ  2000;320:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.208/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Non-compliance often the cause when AIDS drugs "fail"
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.208/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Bayer made to tone down aspirin advertisements
	BMJ  2000;320:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.208/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Tobacco companies want more government cooperation
	BMJ  2000;320:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.208/d [Extract] [Full text]

	MP introduces bill to protect children from unlicensed medicines
	BMJ  2000;320:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.208/e [Extract] [Full text]

	US relaxes its guidelines on herbal supplements
	BMJ  2000;320:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.208/f [Extract] [Full text]

	European Commission proposes a European food authority
	BMJ  2000;320:208, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.208/g [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Allergic disorders
	Stephen T Holgate
	BMJ  2000;320:231-234, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.231 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week Warming milka preventable cause of scalds in children
	S L A Jeffery, T C S Cubison, C Greenaway, P M Gilbert, N Parkhouse
	BMJ  2000;320:235, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.235 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of heart failure: Clinical features and complications
	R D S Watson, C R Gibbs, G Y H Lip
	BMJ  2000;320:236-239, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.236 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Risk assessment of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in primary care: cross sectional study evaluating a range of diagnostic tests
	Olav Wendelboe Nielsen, Jørgen Fischer Hansen, Jørgen Hilden, Carsten Toftager Larsen, Jens Svanegaard
	BMJ  2000;320:220-224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.220 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational intervention for general practitioners in adolescent health care: randomised controlled trial • Commentary: Applying the BMJ's guidelines on educational interventions
	L A Sanci, C M M Coffey, F C M Veit, M Carr-Gregg, G C Patton, N Day, G Bowes, Jean Ker
	BMJ  2000;320:224-230, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.224 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Sample size calculation and flow of participants chart] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Changes
	Ricardo S Silva
	BMJ  2000;320:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.259/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Surfacing after burnout
	David Bass
	BMJ  2000;320:259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.259 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Concerns about immunisation
	Helen Bedford, David Elliman
	BMJ  2000;320:240-243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.240 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Personal paper: Clinical trial safety committees: the devil's spoon
	J R Hampton
	BMJ  2000;320:244-245, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.244 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Economics notes: Using cost effectiveness information
	Andrew Briggs, Alastair Gray
	BMJ  2000;320:246, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.246 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:260, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.260 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable patient: Disability is in the mind of the beholder
	Tom Wells
	BMJ  2000;320:216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.216 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: National enthusiasm and alcohol
	BMJ  2000;320:224, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.224/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	My most unfortunate mistake: Not thinking of things
	T Peter Snell
	BMJ  2000;320:243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.243 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Smoking: a hateful custom
	BMJ  2000;320:243, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.243/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Revalidation of doctors in Canada
	BMJ  2000;320:234 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The Icelandic database: do modern times need modern sagas?
	BMJ  2000;320:234 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Implementing screening for colorectal cancer
	BMJ  2000;320:234 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Dietary management of hepatic encephalopathy
	BMJ  2000;320:234 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Auscultation Skills: Breath and Heart Sounds
	Trevor Gibbs
	BMJ  2000;320:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.256 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: What a Blessing She Had Chloroform
	Felicity Reynolds
	BMJ  2000;320:256, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.256/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: The flu news epidemic
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  2000;320:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.258 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Getting a prime minister to turn: roast slowly and then turn up the heat suddenly
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

THEATRE

This week's THEATRE

	Theatre: WIT
	Madeleine Harmsworth
	BMJ  2000;320:257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.257 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Getting a prime minister to turn: roast slowly and then turn up the heat suddenly
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BESTSELLERS

This week's BESTSELLERS

	December Bestsellers
	BMJ  2000;320:257, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.257/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Competing interests
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:258, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.258/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	GPs given advice on primary care trusts • More countries should be relieved of debt • Carers to have rights • BMA seeks clarification on Care Standards Bill
	BMJ  2000;320:255, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.255 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Maxwell Cranna • Andrew Walters Forbes • Geoffrey Frederick James Goddard • Daniel John Goldstein • Ginette Lesley Harrison • Michael Leibson • John David Lewis • Patrick Joseph O'Rourke • Kathleen Mary Spencer • Andrew Watt • John Leslie David Williams
	Charlotte Ashby, Graham Hunter, Tony Goddard, Michael A Williams, Sue Black, Kate Keohane, Ann Tonge, Carol Harris, Anthony Hewlett, John Richardson, D J B Thomas, Douglas Bell, D E Sturdy
	BMJ  2000;320:253, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.253 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	A systematic review of treatments for settling problems and night waking in young children
	Paul Ramchandani, Luci Wiggs, Vicky Webb, Gregory Stores
	BMJ  2000;320:209-213, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.209 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Bacteraemia and antibiotic resistance of its pathogens reported in England and Wales between 1990 and 1998: trend analysis
	Mark H Reacher, Anita Shah, David M Livermore, Martin C J Wale, Catriona Graham, Alan P Johnson, Hilary Heine, Marjorie A Monnickendam, Keith F Barker, Dorothy James, Robert C George
	BMJ  2000;320:213-216, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.213 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Response to diphtheria booster vaccination in healthy adults: vaccine trial
	Akke Vellinga, Pierre Van Damme, Els Joossens, Herman Goossens
	BMJ  2000;320:217, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.217 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	"I don't like Mondays"day of the week of coronary heart disease deaths in Scotland: study of routinely collected data
	Christine Evans, James Chalmers, Simon Capewell, Adam Redpath, Alan Finlayson, James Boyd, Jill Pell, John McMurray, Kate Macintyre, Lesley Graham
	BMJ  2000;320:218-219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.218 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Drug points:    Systemic granulomatous disease after intravesical BCG instillation
	F C Mooren, M M Lerch, H Ullerich, H Bürger, W Domschke
	BMJ  2000;320:219, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.219 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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