Lower urinary tract symptoms follow a variable course [Full text]

	Low job control leads to decline in physical function and mental health [Full text]

	Consultants feel imbalance between work and family life [Full text]

	Admissions for acute anaphylaxis have increased in England [Full text]

	Women from deprived areas do not receive worse treatment for breast cancer [Full text]

	GPs' susceptibility to abuse varies with deprivation [Full text]

Editorials

	Changing society: changing role of doctors
	Töres Theorell
	BMJ  2000;320:1417-1418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1417 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fluctuations in lower urinary tract symptoms in women
	Steinar Hunskaar
	BMJ  2000;320:1418-1419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1418 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis
	John A Spencer
	BMJ  2000;320:1419-1420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1419 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Distinguishing mental illness in primary care
	Hugh Middleton, Ian Shaw
	BMJ  2000;320:1420-1421, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1420 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dereliction of duty in an ageist society
	Iona Heath
	BMJ  2000;320:1422, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1422 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	VAT and fat
	Alan O'Rourke, John C Stanley, Uffe Ravnskov, Tom Marshall
	BMJ  2000;320:1469, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1469 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The Newcastle exercise project
	Ngaire Kerse, Sue Walker, Marko Petrovic, Jeremy Corson, Lyndon Miles, Elwyn Williams, Hilary Fielder, Frank Smith, Jane Sims, Nanette Mutrie, Catherine Woods, Mathew Lowther, Avril Blamey, Christopher Loughlan, Julia Critchley, Anthony J Isaacs, Rochelle Rosenthall, Lorraine Honeybell, Chris Smith, Peter J S Baker, Marion McMurdo, Mark Reeves, Jane Harland, Martin White, Denise Howel, Chris Drinkwater, David Chinn, Andrew Craig, Susie Dinan, Andrew Smith, Adrian Taylor, Nick Webborn
	BMJ  2000;320:1470, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1470 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cost utility of drugs for multiple sclerosis
	Jackie Bryant, Andrew Clegg, Ruairidh Milne, Richard Richards, Amanda Burls, Nick Payne, Simon J Ellis, Raeburn B Forbes, Robert J Swingler
	BMJ  2000;320:1474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1474 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	New guidelines for urgent referral of patients with cancer
	Nick Summerton, Elizabeth Davies, Beverley van der Molen
	BMJ  2000;320:1476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1476 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Paediatric surgery should be performed by specialist surgeons
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;320:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1423 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Juniors to wait 9 years for EU rules to bite
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2000;320:1423, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1423/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Appeal court refuses mother's request for hysterectomy
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1424 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Digital radio relays text to remote doctors and nurses in Africa
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1424/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:1424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1424/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Israeli infertility experts investigated for "selling" ova
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2000;320:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1425 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC to consult on next stage of revalidation
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:1425, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1425/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AIDS activists arrested in India
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2000;320:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1426 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Proceedings start against former chemical warfare chief
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2000;320:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1426/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Milburn attacks doctors' private pay
	Helen Morant
	BMJ  2000;320:1426, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1426/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tobacco firms fight ban on advertisements
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1427 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Campaigners accuse tobacco firm of dubious ploy
	Simon Chapman
	BMJ  2000;320:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1427/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA approves device for female sexual dysfunction
	Debbie Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:1427, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1427/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Thrombolytic agents no benefit to those over 75
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1428 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Deaths from breast cancer fall dramatically in UK and US
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;320:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1428/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

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	New structures needed for the UK health service
	BMJ  2000;320:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1428/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Consultants profit too much from private work, says health secretary
	BMJ  2000;320:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1428/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Doctors test injecting drug victims for anthrax
	BMJ  2000;320:1428, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1428/d [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Endometriosis
	Cynthia M Farquhar
	BMJ  2000;320:1449-1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1449 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of arterial and venous disease: Swollen lower limb1: General assessment and deep vein thrombosis
	W Peter Gorman, Karl R Davis, Richard Donnelly
	BMJ  2000;320:1453-1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1453 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Primary and secondary care management of women with early breast cancer from affluent and deprived areas: retrospective review of hospital and general practice records
	Una Macleod, Sue Ross, Chris Twelves, W D George, Charles Gillis, Graham C M Watt
	BMJ  2000;320:1442-1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1442 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Thresholds for taking antihypertensive drugs in different professional and lay groups: questionnaire survey
	Nick Steel
	BMJ  2000;320:1446-1447, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1446 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Aggression and violent behaviour in general practice: population based survey in the north of England
	Graham J Ness, Allan House, Andrew R Ness
	BMJ  2000;320:1447-1448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1447 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

	Be very afraid
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2000;320:1483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1483/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Has humanity disappeared from the NHS?
	Anthony Toft
	BMJ  2000;320:1483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1483 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	The secret life of the NHS
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2000;320:1457-1459, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1457 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The private finance initiative: spinning out the defence
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2000;320:1460-1461, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1460 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Modernising the NHS: Performance and productivity
	Jennifer Dixon
	BMJ  2000;320:1462-1464, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1462 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Measuring performance in the NHS: what really matters?
	John Appleby, Andrew Thomas
	BMJ  2000;320:1464-1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1464 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Statistics Notes: The odds ratio
	J Martin Bland, Douglas G Altman
	BMJ  2000;320:1468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1468 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:1484, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1484 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2000;320:1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1441/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Listening to the patient
	Uttom Chowdhury
	BMJ  2000;320:1445, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1445 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Books of life, deathand what comes in between
	Richard Westcott
	BMJ  2000;320:1448, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1448 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Check, check, and check again
	Geoff Scott
	BMJ  2000;320:1452, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1452 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A book that changed me: Understanding today's Joads
	Simon Curtis
	BMJ  2000;320:1456, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1456 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The rudest consultant: Not the right welcome
	Charles W Smith
	BMJ  2000;320:1467, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1467 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Business of the philosopher
	BMJ  2000;320:1468, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1468/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Using thresholds based on risk of cardiovascular disease to target treatment for hypertension: modelling events averted and number treated
	BMJ  2000;320:1436 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between teenage pregnancy rates and the age and sex of general practitioners: cross sectional survey in Trent 1994-7
	BMJ  2000;320:1436 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

	Book: New Labour, New Language?
	Jeff Aronson
	BMJ  2000;320:1480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1480 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Caring for Women with Circumcision: A Technical Manual for Health Care Providers
	Jan Welch
	BMJ  2000;320:1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1481 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The River: A Journey Back to the Source of HIV and AIDS
	Sebastian Lucas
	BMJ  2000;320:1481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1481/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

	Press: Vilified for tackling tobacco
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:1482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1482 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	New Labour, new Stalinism
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	New Labour, new Stalinism
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Urinary tract symptoms
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:1482, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1482/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	PFI poses threat to health care • Age Concern survey shows ageism in NHS • GPs respond to Blair's modernisation plans
	BMJ  2000;320:1479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1479 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Peter Gordon Dalgleish • Ivonna Ellis (née Hughes) • H John Friend • Anthony Harold Mercer Gaze • Pamela Mary Kendall (née Field) • David Lintott • Thomas Ignatius McBride • James Lang McNeill • Lionel Gordon Whitby • Jack ("John") Kenneth Willson-Pepper
	R E S Tripney, Joan Carmichael, Edmund Hey, Michael Friend, M Gaze, R E Irvine, T M Strouthidis, S A Bruce, Bob Bury, S G McAlpine, H Conway, James Lang McNeill, Alistair Smith, Robert Hall
	BMJ  2000;320:1477, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1477 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Incidence and remission rates of lower urinary tract symptoms at one year in women aged 40-60: longitudinal study
	Lars Alling Møller, Gunnar Lose, Torben Jørgensen
	BMJ  2000;320:1429-1432, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1429 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Association between psychosocial work characteristics and health functioning in American women: prospective study
	Yawen Cheng, Ichiro Kawachi, Eugenie H Coakley, Joel Schwartz, Graham Colditz
	BMJ  2000;320:1432-1436, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1432 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Relation between a career and family life for English hospital consultants: qualitative, semistructured interview study
	Carol Dumelow, Peter Littlejohns, Sîan Griffiths
	BMJ  2000;320:1437-1440, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1437 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Hospital admissions for acute anaphylaxis: time trend study
	Aziz Sheikh, Bernadette Alves
	BMJ  2000;320:1441, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1441 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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