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This week in the BMJ [Full text]

Patients with stroke benefit from domiciliary occupational therapy [Full text]
Screening for Down's syndrome by maternal age and routine ultrasonography is effective [Full text]
On-site mental health professionals can modify doctors' clinical behaviour [Full text]
Demand for out of hours care is higher in deprived areas [Full text]
Short children are bullied more than normal sized ones [Full text]
UK health spending won't reach EU average with current growth rates [Full text]

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Reviving academic medicine in Britain
Sandra Goldbeck-Wood
BMJ  2000;320:591-592, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.591
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Evidence based screening for Down's syndrome
Sandy Raeburn
BMJ  2000;320:592-593, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.592
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Radiation doses in computed tomography
Madan M Rehani, Manorma Berry
BMJ  2000;320:593-594, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.593
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Management of childhood illness in Africa
Doyin Oluwole, Elizabeth Mason, Anthony Costello
BMJ  2000;320:594-595, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.594
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Self care
Roger Jones
BMJ  2000;320:596, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.596
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The sexual health of boys and men
Mark A Bellis, John R Ashton, Olga van den Akker
BMJ  2000;320:643, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.643
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Doctor, help! My child has cancer
Charles Essex, Peter Davies, Ivan G Cox, Rebecca Baron, Joseph Saperia
BMJ  2000;320:644, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.644
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Do you believe in God?
Mac Knowles
BMJ  2000;320:645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.645
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Injection with methylprednisolone for carpal tunnel syndrome
W Angus Wallace, Andrew C Hayward, Tim Davies, J W H H Dammers
BMJ  2000;320:645, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.645/a
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Keeping joint medical and nursing notes at foot of bed
Jose Catalan, S G M Luke, A Gallagher, B W Lloyd
BMJ  2000;320:646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.646
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Prediction of survival for preterm births
T H H G Koh, H Harrison, A Casey, Emma L Ferriman, M Assaf Doulah, Nigel A B Simpson, Lex W Doyle, Colin J Morley, Jane Halliday
BMJ  2000;320:647, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.647
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Managing doctors and health care
Richard Moore, Fred Charatan
BMJ  2000;320:648, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.648
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Menorrhagia and hypothyroidism
Andrew D Weeks, Andrew Prentice
BMJ  2000;320:649, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.649
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Revalidation in the United Kingdom
Peter Furness, Chris Manning
BMJ  2000;320:650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.650
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Prevalence of antibodies to HTLV in blood donors in north London
John Barbara, M C Moore, P E Hewitt
BMJ  2000;320:650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.650/a
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Centres of excellence are needed for clinical forensic medicine
John Gall
BMJ  2000;320:650, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.650/b
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Clinton acts to reduce medical mistakes
Fred Charatan
BMJ  2000;320:597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.597
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Series of errors led to 300 unnecessary mastectomies
Déirdre Cooper-Mahkorn
BMJ  2000;320:597, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.597/a
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Pfizer to sponsor European impotence awareness campaign
Gavin Yamey
BMJ  2000;320:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.598
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Scotland to ban general anaesthesia in dental surgeries
Bryan Christie
BMJ  2000;320:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.598/a
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In brief
BMJ  2000;320:598, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.598/b
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NHS cancels record number of operations in England
Linda Beecham
BMJ  2000;320:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.599
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NHS compensation bill set to soar
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2000;320:599, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.599/a
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Better coronary care reduces deaths from heart disease
Zosia Kmietowicz
BMJ  2000;320:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.600
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UK pilot scheme for HPV testing announced
Jacqui Wise
BMJ  2000;320:600, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.600/a
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Drug company bosses jailed for selling HIV infected products
Joe Lamar
BMJ  2000;320:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.601
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Seven die in French listeria outbreak
Alexander Dorozynski
BMJ  2000;320:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.601/a
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Cost of malpractice insurance set to rise in Canada
David Spurgeon
BMJ  2000;320:601, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.601/b
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Scientist must pay university a slice of profits
Clare Dyer
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602
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Rise in preschool children receiving psychiatric drugs
Scott Gottlieb
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602/a
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Transgenic cell patent granted "in error"
Annette Tuffs
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602/b
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Doctors warn of the dangers of trepanning
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602/c
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US faces ethical issues after gene therapy death
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602/d
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Cost of malpractice insurance set to rise in Canada
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602/e
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Transgenic cell patent granted "in error"
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602/f
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Pet therapy for elderly wins growing recognition
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602/g
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Men and women back male pill
BMJ  2000;320:602, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.602/h
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Science, medicine, and the future: New interventions in hearing impairment
Karen P Steel
BMJ  2000;320:622-625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.622
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ABC of heart failure: Heart failure in general practice
F D R Hobbs, R C Davis, G Y H Lip
BMJ  2000;320:626-629, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.626
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Systematic review of the effect of on-site mental health professionals on the clinical behaviour of general practitioners
Peter Bower, Bonnie Sibbald
BMJ  2000;320:614-617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.614
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Demand for and supply of out of hours care from general practitioners in England and Scotland: observational study based on routinely collected data
Chris Salisbury, Marialena Trivella, Stephen Bruster
BMJ  2000;320:618-621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.618
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Out of time
Ricardo S Silva
BMJ  2000;320:657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.657/a
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Trying to overcome racism in the NHS
Anonymous
BMJ  2000;320:657, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.657
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More in expectation than in hope: a new attitude to training in clinical academic medicine
John Savill
BMJ  2000;320:630-633, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.630
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Interface between university and medical school: the way ahead?
Graeme R D Catto
BMJ  2000;320:633-636, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.633
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The research assessment exercise and medical research
Stephen Tomlinson
BMJ  2000;320:636-639, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.636
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"Getting UK health care expenditure up to the European Union mean"---what does that mean?
Adrian Towse, Jon Sussex
BMJ  2000;320:640-642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.640
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Minerva
BMJ  2000;320:658, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.658
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Endpiece: Why 19th century institutions are governed by representative bodies
BMJ  2000;320:618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.618/a
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When I use a word . . .: Overate?
Jeff Aronson
BMJ  2000;320:625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.625
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Ambidextrous
Somerled Fergusson
BMJ  2000;320:642, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.642
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Donors and relatives must place no conditions on organ use
BMJ  2000;320:i
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Clinic sued for unauthorised use of sperm
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Misunderstandings in prescribing decisions in general practice: qualitative study
BMJ  2000;320:617
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Cross sectional study of reporting of epileptic seizures to general practitioners
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CD: Interactive Skeleton: Kinetic and Sports Edition
Domhnall MacAuley
BMJ  2000;320:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.654
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Ads: Good intentions gone wrong?
Lawrence Wallack
BMJ  2000;320:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.656
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Book: Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
Julio Collazos
BMJ  2000;320:655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.655
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Book: Examination of the cranial nerves
Peter Rothwell
BMJ  2000;320:655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.655/a
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Innovation in medicine and threats to innovation
BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.0
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Innovation in medicine and threats to innovation
BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.0/a
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Exhibition: The Fag Show
Gavin Yamey
BMJ  2000;320:654, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.654/a
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Website of the week: Academic medicine
Douglas Carnall
BMJ  2000;320:656, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.656/a
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BMA starts healthcare funding review • The public still trusts doctors • Review body sets out future programme • First all Ireland health conference to be held
BMJ  2000;320:653, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.653
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This week's obituaries [PDF]

Robert James Edwin Bell • Mary Evaline Griffith • Mercy Jacob Joseph • William Thomas Kenny • Omotunde Olutosin ("Tosin") Manuwa-Clairmonte • Robert Prosser • Maureen Seddon (née Maxwell) • Robert William Magill Strain • Richard Walton • Gavin ("Guy") Baird Ross Warnock • Maurice Cresswell Brough • David Stafford-Clark
Peter McKay, Thomas Griffith, Joseph Mathew, H M White, M W Kenny, Anthony Goorney, Gordon Turnbull, John A Dodge, H Starkey, R Thorburn, R S J Clarke, Alan Mills, A W Dellipiani, Stephen Brough
BMJ  2000;320:651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.651
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Domiciliary occupational therapy for patients with stroke discharged from hospital: randomised controlled trial
Louise Gilbertson, Peter Langhorne, Andrew Walker, Ann Allen, Gordon D Murray
BMJ  2000;320:603-606, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.603
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Six year survey of screening for Down's syndrome by maternal age and mid-trimester ultrasound scans
David T Howe, Robert Gornall, Diana Wellesley, Tracy Boyle, John Barber
BMJ  2000;320:606-610, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.606
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HTLV-I/II associated disease in England and Wales, 1993-7: retrospective review of serology requests
Jennifer H C Tosswill, G P Taylor, R S Tedder, P P Mortimer
BMJ  2000;320:611-612, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.611
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Bullying in school: are short pupils at risk? Questionnaire study in a cohort
Linda D Voss, Jean Mulligan
BMJ  2000;320:612-613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.612
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Drug points: Hypersensitivity reaction to balsalazide
V Adhiyaman, A Vaishnavi, S Froese
BMJ  2000;320:613, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7235.613
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