UK screening programme for haemoglobin disorders fails to reach many couples [Full text]

	Hip fractures are profound threat to quality of life [Full text]

	Immunoassay is promising non-invasive test for H pylori in children [Full text]

	HRT makes no difference to the types of breast tumour found [Full text]

	Even infants with otitis media do not need antibiotics [Full text]

	New definition of general practice is needed to underpin education [Full text]

Editorials

	Antenatal corticosteroids to prevent neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
	Chris Spencer, Kate Neales
	BMJ  2000;320:325-326, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.325 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The specialist of the discipline of general practice
	Iona Heath, Philip Evans, Chris van Weel
	BMJ  2000;320:326-327, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.326 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	On target for health?
	Martin McKee, Naomi Fulop
	BMJ  2000;320:327-328, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.327 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Childhood obesity: time for action, not complacency
	Gema Frühbeck
	BMJ  2000;320:328-329, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.328 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional information]

	Doctor as murderer
	Bill O'Neill
	BMJ  2000;320:329-330, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.329 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Zanamivir, influenza, and meningococcal disease
	Stephen T Green, P D Thomas
	BMJ  2000;320:378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.378 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Very old people may not use excessive proportion of hospital budgets
	Robert Behrman
	BMJ  2000;320:378, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.378/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing patients with lung cancer
	Massimo Costantini, Irene J Higginson, Calliope C S Farsides, Franco Toscani, Susie Wilkinson, Teresa Beynon, Victoria Lidstone, Claire Sinnott, Michael Richards, Joseph Watine, Andrea Ardizzoni, Francesco Grossi, Franco Salvati, Giovanni Silvano, Leonardo Santi, Peter Simmonds
	BMJ  2000;320:379, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.379 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Consumer involvement in research is essential
	Deborah Tallon, Jiri Chard, Paul Dieppe
	BMJ  2000;320:380, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.380 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Morphine induced allodynia in child with brain tumour
	Ivan L Marples, Paul Murray, Sabine Heger
	BMJ  2000;320:381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.381 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Competing interests and controversy about third generation oral contraceptives
	Jan P Vandenbroucke, Frans M Helmerhorst, Frits R Rosendaal, Richard Smith, Philip Hannaford
	BMJ  2000;320:381, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.381/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: References]

	Italian paediatric association has launched code on competing interests
	Giorgio Tamburlini, Luisa Marolla, Maurizio Bonati
	BMJ  2000;320:382, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.382 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Immunisation does not rule out tetanus
	David R Vinson
	BMJ  2000;320:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.383 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Not such distant mirrors
	J W Dickson, James C Watts
	BMJ  2000;320:383, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.383/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Tighter control on GPs to follow doctor's murder convictions
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.331 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Earlier inquiry found no evidence of criminal activity
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.331/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Surgeon amputated healthy legs
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.332 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	College begins inquiry into removal of wrong kidney
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;320:332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.332/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:332, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.332/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	French health staff strike over budget cuts
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2000;320:333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.333 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Women taking combination HRT are at greater risk of breast cancer
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:333, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.333/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	PAR2 antagoniststhe next generation of anti- inflammatories?
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;320:334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.334 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK lifts ban on frozen eggs
	Jacqui Wise
	BMJ  2000;320:334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.334/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Drug company issues warning about flu drug
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:334, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.334/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New advice issued on prevention of sudden infant death
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.335 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Advertisement breached code of practice
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.335/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tube feeding bad for patients with dementia
	James Ciment
	BMJ  2000;320:335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.335/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gene therapy experiments put on "clinical hold"
	James Ciment
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Talks continue on UK juniors' pay
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patients, but not doctors, like mediation for settling claims
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Audit Commission plans changes to its work in the NHS
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/c [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA supports full inquiry into the Shipman case
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Dutch doctors reject government advice on HIV testing in pregnant asylum seekers
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Tobacco companies to make their research available on internet
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Patients, but not doctors, like mediation for settling claims
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/g [Extract] [Full text]

	Northern Ireland's health minister sparks controversy
	BMJ  2000;320:336, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/h [Extract] [Full text]

	FDA tells doctors to use heartburn drug as last resort
	BMJ  2000;320:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.336/i [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Recent advances: Recent advances in intensive care
	Stephen Stott
	BMJ  2000;320:358-361, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.358 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week Difficulties in diagnosing acute rheumatic feverarthritis may be short lived and carditis silent
	Lyn Williamson, Paul Bowness, Alastair Mowat, Ingegerd Östman-Smith
	BMJ  2000;320:362-365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.362 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of heart failure: Non-drug management
	C R Gibbs, G Jackson, G Y H Lip
	BMJ  2000;320:366-369, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.366 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Primary care based randomised, double blind trial of amoxicillin versus placebo for acute otitis media in children aged under 2 years
	Roger A M J Damoiseaux, Frank A M van Balen, Arno W Hoes, Theo J M Verheij, Ruut A de Melker
	BMJ  2000;320:350-354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.350 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	General practicetime for a new definition
	Frede Olesen, Jim Dickinson, Per Hjortdahl
	BMJ  2000;320:354-357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.354 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

	Publish and be praised
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2000;320:389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.389/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	MMR, autism, and Adam
	David Goldberg
	BMJ  2000;320:389, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.389 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Oral examinationsequal opportunities, ethnicity, and fairness in the MRCGP • Commentary: Oral examsget them right or don't bother
	Celia Roberts, Srikant Sarangi, Lesley Southgate, Richard Wakeford, Val Wass, Aneez Esmail, Carl May
	BMJ  2000;320:370-375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.370 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should journals publish systematic reviews that find no evidence to guide practice? Examples from injury research
	Phil Alderson, Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2000;320:376-377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.376 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:390, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.390 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: On ageing: contentment
	BMJ  2000;320:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.348/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Religion
	BMJ  2000;320:348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.348/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	When I use a word ...: Modern English abusage
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2000;320:357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.357 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: For want of a bag of blood
	Michael Yung
	BMJ  2000;320:365, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.365 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable event: New doctors
	Robert M Kirby
	BMJ  2000;320:375, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.375 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A paper that changed my practice: A more helpful technique
	Alexander Williams
	BMJ  2000;320:377, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.377 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Increase in congenital rubella occurrence after immunisation in Greece: retrospective survey and systematic review
	BMJ  2000;320:361 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Obituaries
	BMJ  2000;320:361 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The price of coffins: specious arguments by eminent doctors against the dangers of tobacco
	BMJ  2000;320:361 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hypericum extract versus imipramine or placebo in patients with moderate depression: randomised multicentre study of treatment for eight weeks
	BMJ  2000;320:361 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

	TV: Driving Mum Crazy
	Iain McClure
	BMJ  2000;320:388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.388 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Diagnosing Cancer in Primary Care
	John Holden
	BMJ  2000;320:387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.387 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Childfree and Sterilised: Women's Decision and Medical Responses
	Wendy Savage
	BMJ  2000;320:387, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.387/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Language is the culprit
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Language is the culprit
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Specialists and generalists
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:388, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.388/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	BMA criticises benefits agency work • Race relations loophole should be closed • Consultants advise on changes to referral patterns • GPs asked to help spot "elder abuse"
	BMJ  2000;320:386, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.386 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Norman Ashton • Robert Gregory Henderson • Michael Herz • Maurice Wingate Paterson • Gerald Barcroft Robinson • Robert Joseph Smith • William Deane Steel • Alistair McElderry Turnbull • Roland Charles Uren • Michael Treharne Wade • Kathleen Warin • Diane Elizabeth Killcross
	Adam Sillito, Phil Luthert, Robert McLaren, Michael Weingarten, Joan Campbell, J B Robinson, Judith French, Stuart King, Robin Steel, Alistair McElderry Turnbull, J G Nicholson, DTW, Andrew Warin, Vish Kini
	BMJ  2000;320:384, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.384 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Informed choice in genetic screening for thalassaemia during pregnancy: audit from a national confidential inquiry
	Bernadette Modell, Rodney Harris, Beverley Lane, Maren Khan, Matthew Darlison, Mary Petrou, John Old, Mark Layton, Lysandros Varnavides
	BMJ  2000;320:337-341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.337 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Quality of life related to fear of falling and hip fracture in older women: a time trade off study • Commentary: Older people's perspectives on life after hip fractures
	G Salkeld, I D Cameron, R G Cumming, S Easter, J Seymour, S E Kurrle, S Quine, Shanthi N Ameratunga, Paul M Brown
	BMJ  2000;320:341-346, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.341 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Detection of Helicobacter pylori in stool specimens by non-invasive antigen enzyme immunoassay in children: multicentre Italian study
	Giuseppina Oderda, Anna Rapa, Barbara Ronchi, P Lerro, Maria Pastore, Annamaria Staiano, G L de'Angelis, P Strisciuglio
	BMJ  2000;320:347-348, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.347 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Effect of hormone replacement therapy on the pathological stage of breast cancer: population based, cross sectional study
	Sheila Stallard, Janet C Litherland, Carolyn M Cordiner, Hilary M Dobson, W David George, Elizabeth A Mallon, David Hole
	BMJ  2000;320:348-349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.348 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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