Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are often flawed [Full text]

	Doctors' reassurances are often ineffective [Full text]

	Open access follow up can work in chronic bowel disease [Full text]

	Stroke units seem to have a long term impact on patients' outcomes [Full text]

	Monitoring, feedback, and care management improve treatment of depression [Full text]

	Doctors and patients are taught the wrong skills for managing chronic disease [Full text]

Editorials

	Advances in managing chronic disease
	Ronald M Davis, Edward G Wagner, Trish Groves
	BMJ  2000;320:525-526, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.525 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patients as partners in managing chronic disease
	Halsted Holman, Kate Lorig
	BMJ  2000;320:526-527, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.526 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Box]

	Depression management clinics in general practice?
	Tony Kendrick
	BMJ  2000;320:527-528, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.527 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Building evidence on chronic disease in old age
	G I Carpenter, R Bernabei, J P Hirdes, V Mor, K Steel
	BMJ  2000;320:528-529, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.528 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Disease management: has it a future?
	David J Hunter
	BMJ  2000;320:530, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.530 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Management of hypertension
	John Wilding, Gareth Williams, Garfield Drummond, Tom Marshall, Andrew Rouse, John Eisenberg, Angela Hey, Tahseen A Chowdhury, Hogne Sandvik, Michael Stewart, N J Sharvill, Bruce M Psaty, Curt D Furberg, Lawrence E Ramsay, Bryan Williams, John F Potter, G Dennis Johnston, Graham A MacGregor, Lucilla Poston, Neil R Poulter, Gavin Russell
	BMJ  2000;320:576, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.576 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Greenwich asthma study
	Gene Feder, Chris Griffiths, Gill Foster, Shamoly Ahmed, Dorcas Maclaren, Yvonne Carter, U N Premaratne, J A C Sterne, P G J Burney, G B Marks, J R Webb
	BMJ  2000;320:580, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.580 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] [extra: Longer version]

	Blockade after myocardial infarction
	Sarah L Nuttall, Veronica Toescu, Martin J Kendall, Toby Lipman
	BMJ  2000;320:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.581 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Health professionals do not understand mathematical models
	W J Edmunds, N J Gay
	BMJ  2000;320:581, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.581/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Inequalities in health continue to grow despite government's pledges
	George Davey Smith, Mary Shaw, Richard Mitchell, Danny Dorling, David Gordon
	BMJ  2000;320:582, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.582 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	British tobacco company denies "orchestrating smuggling"
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.531 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [extra: Figure]

	Paediatricians "close to despair" over child protection laws
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;320:531, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.531/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK home secretary faces new problems over Pinochet
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.532 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Screening changes recommended for osteoporosis and diabetes
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.532/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:532, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.532/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Albumin industry launches global promotion
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;320:533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.533 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Britain's health league table attacked
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2000;320:533, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.533/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Hospital infection rates in England out of control
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;320:534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.534 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Donors and relatives must place no conditions on organ use
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:534, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.534/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gynaecologist cleared in hysterectomy case
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.535 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Spain's home healthcare programme goes nationwide
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2000;320:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.535/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	British Columbia blocks tobacco move
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2000;320:535, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.535/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cyanide spill threatens health in Hungary
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  2000;320:536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.536 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Cirrhosis may be amenable to telomerase treatment
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;320:536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.536/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Painkillers "may need to be sex specific"
	Nigel Hawkes
	BMJ  2000;320:536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.536/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	US insurance companies may not pay for new diabetic devices
	BMJ  2000;320:536, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.536/d [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Regular review: Management of chronic uveitis
	Peter J McCluskey, Hamish MA Towler, Susan Lightman
	BMJ  2000;320:555-558, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.555 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of heart failure: Acute and chronic management strategies
	T Millane, G Jackson, C R Gibbs, G Y H Lip
	BMJ  2000;320:559-562, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.559 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Randomised trial of monitoring, feedback, and management of care by telephone to improve treatment of depression in primary care
	Gregory E Simon, Michael VonKorff, Carolyn Rutter, Edward Wagner
	BMJ  2000;320:550-554, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.550 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

	And how is sir today?
	Colin Douglas
	BMJ  2000;320:589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.589/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Facing the challenges of long term care
	Ruth Windsor
	BMJ  2000;320:589, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.589 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Disease management in the American market
	Thomas Bodenheimer
	BMJ  2000;320:563-566, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.563 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Commercial partnerships in chronic disease management: proceeding with caution
	Trisha Greenhalgh, Andrew Herxheimer, Anthony J Isaacs, Mike Beaman, Jenny Morris, Stephen Farrow
	BMJ  2000;320:566-568, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.566 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The role of patient care teams in chronic disease management
	Edward H Wagner
	BMJ  2000;320:569-572, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.569 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Management of chronic disease by practitioners and patients: are we teaching the wrong things?
	Noreen M Clark, Molly Gong
	BMJ  2000;320:572-575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.572 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Tables and reference list]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:590, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.590 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: Machiavelli on clinical management
	BMJ  2000;320:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.549/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Fascinating rhythm
	David Cummins
	BMJ  2000;320:575, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.575 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Women taking combination HRT are at greater risk of breast cancer
	BMJ  2000;320:536 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: Incontinence
	Clare J Fowler
	BMJ  2000;320:586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.586 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Schizophrenia: Concepts and Clinical Management
	Glyn Lewis
	BMJ  2000;320:586, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.586/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
	Dingle Spence
	BMJ  2000;320:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.587 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Epilepsy: Problem Solving in Clinical Practice
	Rajendra Kale
	BMJ  2000;320:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.587/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

RADIO

	Radio: Let the children do the talking
	Paul Gringras
	BMJ  2000;320:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.588 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Management and preferences
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Management and preferences
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

HIT PARADE

	Hit parade
	BMJ  2000;320:587, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.587/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Disease management
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:588, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.588/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	PM will address GPs' conference • GPs agree that urgent action is needed after Shipman case • WMA begins consultation on Declaration of Helsinki
	BMJ  2000;320:585, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.585 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Richard Stuart Atkinson • Peter Alfred Boxall • Thomas Ernest Ashdown Carr • Thomas Charles Corson • George Alexander Norman ("Buzz") Davis • John Andrew Noble Emslie • Michael Thomas Gillies • Raymond George Harcourt • William Stewart Kilpatrick • Alan Roger Marsh
	Thomas B Boulton, Christine McAuley, Errol Carr, E Mac Armstrong, John Stuart Brown, Daniel Reid, Clark Sharp, David Goldberg, John Picard, Kerry Thomas, Allan McPhaden, Brian Jones, T R W Hampton
	BMJ  2000;320:583, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.583 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on treatment of asthma: critical evaluation
	Alejandro R Jadad, Michael Moher, George P Browman, Lynda Booker, Christopher Sigouin, Mario Fuentes, Robert Stevens
	BMJ  2000;320:537-540, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.537 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of search strategy] FREE

	Qualitative study of interpretation of reassurance among patients attending rheumatology clinics: "just a touch of arthritis, doctor?"
	Jenny L Donovan, David R Blake
	BMJ  2000;320:541-544, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.541 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Open access follow up for inflammatory bowel disease: pragmatic randomised trial and cost effectiveness study
	J G Williams, W Y Cheung, I T Russell, D R Cohen, M Longo, B Lervy
	BMJ  2000;320:544-548, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.544 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Five year follow up of a randomised controlled trial of a stroke rehabilitation unit
	N B Lincoln, S Husbands, C Trescoli, A E R Drummond, J R F Gladman, P Berman
	BMJ  2000;320:549, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7234.549 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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