This week's This week in the BMJ

	Risk of infection from blood transfusion in UK is negligible [Full text] FREE

	False negative result on prenatal Down's screening may damage parental adjustment [Full text] FREE

	Food hygiene and declining orofecal infections may explain the allergy and asthma epidemic [Full text] FREE

	Lung cancer risk from passive smoking may be overestimated [Full text] FREE

	Voluntary sector input benefits patients with psychosocial problems in primary care [Full text] FREE

	Improving TB control in prisons may lead to better national programmes [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Nicotine addiction
	John Moxham
	BMJ  2000;320:391-392, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.391 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Voluntary organisations: from Cinderella to white knight?
	Iain K Crombie, Donald R Coid
	BMJ  2000;320:392-393, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.392 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	From CME to CPD: getting better at getting better?
	Clair du Boulay
	BMJ  2000;320:393-394, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.393 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Should doctors get CME points for reading?
	Hans Asbjørn Holm
	BMJ  2000;320:394-395, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.394 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The changing face of refractive surgery
	Sunil Shah, Harminder S Dua
	BMJ  2000;320:395-396, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.395 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Human population growth
	Subbiah Arunachalam, Imre J P Loefler, Therese Hesketh, Zhu Wei Xing
	BMJ  2000;320:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.443 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Registering trials is not enough to counter perceived irrelevance of much research
	Selwyn St Leger
	BMJ  2000;320:443, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.443/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Coping with winter bed crises
	John Heyworth, Geoff Anderson, John Belstead
	BMJ  2000;320:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.444 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Prospective risk of stillbirth
	Lisa Hilder, Kate Costeloe, Baskaran Thilaganathan, Michel Boulvain, Daniel Faltin, Victoria Ibecheole, Olivier Irion, Patricia Yudkin, Christopher Redman, Nicholas M Fisk, Christina S Cotzias, Sara Paterson-Brown
	BMJ  2000;320:444, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.444/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of venous leg ulcers
	Frank Dobbs, C V Ruckley, R J Prescott, J J Dale
	BMJ  2000;320:446, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.446 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Stages of change model for smoking prevention and cessation in schools
	James O Prochaska, Paul Aveyard, K K Cheng, Terry Lawrence
	BMJ  2000;320:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.447 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Medicine to serve an ageing society
	G H Hall, Susie Orme
	BMJ  2000;320:447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.447/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Removing barriers to career development in public health
	Klim McPherson
	BMJ  2000;320:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.448 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Crinkly toenails
	Natalie Stone, Rodney Dawber, Justine Nanson
	BMJ  2000;320:448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.448/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Doctors told to treat nicotine addiction as a disease
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;320:397, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.397 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Video guide to suicide is shown on television
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.398 [Extract] [Full text]

	Breast cancer researcher accused of serious scientific misconduct
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.398/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:398, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.398/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Neurosurgical units working beyond safe capacity
	Muhunthan Thillai
	BMJ  2000;320:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.399 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Solicitor in litigation case condemns tobacco industry
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:399, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.399/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Oral sex may be important risk factor for HIV infection
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.400 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canada faces healthcare crisis
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2000;320:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.400/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Medical research site in Berlin threatened
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2000;320:400, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.400/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Convalescent homes to make a comeback
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.401 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Milburn sets up inquiry into Shipman case
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.401/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA accused of contempt of court
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:401, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.401/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO study examines teenage health in 28 countries
	James Ciment
	BMJ  2000;320:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.402 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Radiation of the arteries can reduce narrowing
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.402/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK launches initiative on global health
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  2000;320:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.402/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Radiation of the arteries can reduce narrowing
	BMJ  2000;320:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.402/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Canada's government tries to save healthcare system
	BMJ  2000;320:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.402/d [Extract] [Full text]

	UK launches initiative on global health
	BMJ  2000;320:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.402/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Hungarian parliament takes steps to privatise health service
	BMJ  2000;320:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.402/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Archive of electronic journals planned:
	BMJ  2000;320:402, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.402/g [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Regular review: Tumour markers in malignancies
	Annika Lindblom, Annelie Liljegren
	BMJ  2000;320:424-427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.424 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of heart failure: Management: diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and nitrates
	M K Davies, C R Gibbs, G Y H Lip
	BMJ  2000;320:428-431, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.428 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	A randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a referrals facilitator between primary care and the voluntary sector
	Clare Grant, Trudy Goodenough, Ian Harvey, Chris Hine
	BMJ  2000;320:419-423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.419 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Sample size calculation] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	This tablet may save your life
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2000;320:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.455/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	It could be you
	Joan Maclean
	BMJ  2000;320:455, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.455 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Continuing medical education and continuing professional development: international comparisons
	Cathy Peck, Martha McCall, Belinda McLaren, Tai Rotem
	BMJ  2000;320:432-435, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.432 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Education options and requirements]

	Are generalists still needed in a specialised world? • The renaissance of general surgery • Survival of the general physician
	I J P Loefler, Leslie Turnberg
	BMJ  2000;320:436-440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.436 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tuberculosis in prisons in countries with high prevalence
	Rudi Coninx, Dermot Maher, Hernán Reyes, Malgosia Grzemska
	BMJ  2000;320:440-442, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.440 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.456 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	A memorable experience: In the line of duty
	Rashid N Siddiqui
	BMJ  2000;320:427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.427 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CD

This week's CD

	CD: Cardiovascular Medicine: Enhanced Multimedia CD-ROM
	Bernard D Prendergast
	BMJ  2000;320:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.452 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ADS

This week's ADS

	Ads: The new NHS smoking campaign
	Jonathan Foulds
	BMJ  2000;320:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.454 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: The Evolution of British General Practice 1850-1948
	Chris van Weel
	BMJ  2000;320:452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.452/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Home Sweet Home? The Impact of Poor Housing on Health
	Sarah Nettleton
	BMJ  2000;320:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.453 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	How best to learn
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	How best to learn
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EXHIBITION

This week's EXHIBITION

	Exhibition: Exhibiting the mad psychiatrist
	Peter Byrne
	BMJ  2000;320:453, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.453/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Consumers' health
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:454, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.454/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Many medical chairs remain unfilled • More patients should be treated at home • Medical students campaign for fairer loan system • Health Action Zone initiative will help GPs • BMA wins pension victory for PCG GPs
	BMJ  2000;320:451, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.451 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	John Roberts Batty • Richard Bertram Coles • Robert Christopher Hill • Michael George Raworth Hull • Keith Leslie Keith • Geoffrey Alan Gerring Mogg • Wilfred Herbert William Morris • Michael Charles Tempest Reilly • James Sharp • Roger Dorrington Ward
	John Roberts Batty, P C Robertson, Peter Morris, Michael Jacoby, Gordon Stirrat, J Richard Keith, Joan Mogg, Lionel Wright, David Reilly, E P Copp, Peter Dorrington Ward
	BMJ  2000;320:449, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.449 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Prospective investigation of transfusion transmitted infection in recipients of over 20 000 units of blood
	Fiona A M Regan, Patricia Hewitt, John A J Barbara, Marcela Contreras
	BMJ  2000;320:403-406, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.403 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Psychological consequences for parents of false negative results on prenatal screening for Down's syndrome: retrospective interview study
	Sue Hall, Martin Bobrow, Theresa M Marteau
	BMJ  2000;320:407-412, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.407 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Exposure to foodborne and orofecal microbes versus airborne viruses in relation to atopy and allergic asthma: epidemiological study
	Paolo M Matricardi, Francesco Rosmini, Silvia Riondino, Michele Fortini, Luigina Ferrigno, Maria Rapicetta, Sergio Bonini
	BMJ  2000;320:412-417, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.412 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reanalysis of epidemiological evidence on lung cancer and passive smoking
	J B Copas, J Q Shi
	BMJ  2000;320:417-418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.417 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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