This week's This week in the BMJ

	Systematic screening for diabetic eye disease is cost effective [Full text] FREE

	Almost half of adults with a head injury suffer long term disability [Full text] FREE

	Women are unaware that mammography may detect non-progressive cancer [Full text] FREE

	Most elderly people inpatients haven't heard of living wills [Full text] FREE

	NSAIDs may reduce risk of gastrointestinal cancers [Full text] FREE

	Mixed feeding may be the most dangerous option for babies of HIV positive mothers in Africa [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Midline versus mediolateral episiotomy
	Stephen B Thacker
	BMJ  2000;320:1615-1616, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1615 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fix what's wrong, not what's right, with general practice in Britain
	Jan De Maeseneer, Per Hjortdahl, Barbara Starfield
	BMJ  2000;320:1616-1617, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1616 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Suicidal behaviour in gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth
	Christopher Bagley, Anthony R D'Augelli
	BMJ  2000;320:1617-1618, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1617 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How living wills can help doctors and patients talk about dying
	Linda Emanuel
	BMJ  2000;320:1618-1619, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1618 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Towards better treatment of glaucoma
	P T Khaw, M F Cordeiro
	BMJ  2000;320:1619-1620, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1619 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Length of penicillin treatment of streptococcal infections
	Dan Michaeli, R Fleetcroft, Erdem I Cantekin, Peter Burke, Paul Little, Ian Williamson, Greg Warner, Michael Moore, Sjoerd Zwart, Alfred Sachs, Arno Hoes, Ruut de Melker, Gijs Ruijs, Jan Gubbels
	BMJ  2000;320:1665, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1665 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treating children with sleep disorders
	Mary Fay, Zan Buckner, Brian Symon, John Marley, James Martin, Dieter Wolke, Luci Wiggs, Gregory Stores, Paul Ramchandani, Vicky Webb
	BMJ  2000;320:1667, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1667 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Recent advances in intensive care
	Natalie Brookes, David Howard, Stephen Stott, Steven D Heys
	BMJ  2000;320:1668, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1668 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Genetic factors and osteoporotic fractures in elderly people
	Alex J MacGregor, Harold Snieder, Tim D Spector, Andrea Nemetz, Amado Salvador Pena, Pekka Kannus, Jaakko Kaprio, Markku Koskenvuo, Mika Palvanen, Jari Parkkari
	BMJ  2000;320:1669, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1669 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Improving the debate on cannabis
	William Notcutt, Andrew Healey, John R Ashton, Mark A Bellis, Sarah Levy, Alison Jones
	BMJ  2000;320:1671, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1671 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Emergency admissions in Stockport were exaggerated
	Stephen J Watkins, Sue Alting
	BMJ  2000;320:1672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1672 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Number of embryos allowed in fertility treatment should be flexible
	Ian Craft, Barbara Podsiadly, A Gorgy, G Venkat
	BMJ  2000;320:1672, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1672/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	One in six children live in relative poverty
	Jason O'Neale Roach
	BMJ  2000;320:1621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1621 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Senior doctors split over General Medical Council
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:1621, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1621/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Pallidotomy relieves some symptoms of Parkinson's disease
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;320:1622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1622 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Antibodies can repair damaged myelin in model of MS
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;320:1622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1622/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;320:1622, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1622/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gynaecologist banned in Canada appears before GMC
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;320:1623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1623 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Chinese herb may cause cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;320:1623, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1623/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	WHO warns of threat of "superbugs"
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;320:1624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1624 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Clinical Evidence to go to 400000 US doctors
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:1624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1624/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Supply of generic drugs still unreliable
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:1624, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1624/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Budget cuts may have led to E coli outbreak
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2000;320:1625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1625 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Private finance scheme for Worcester "will cut beds"
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:1625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1625/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Clinton orders Medicare to cover patients in clinical trials
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;320:1625, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1625/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More doctors criticise the GMC
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Claim that events before birth cause cerebral palsy is disputed
	Mark Silvert
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	Clinical Evidence to go to 400 000 US doctors
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/b [Extract] [Full text]

	New female "condom" to be trialled
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Supply of generic drugs still unreliable
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/d [Extract] [Full text]

	PHLS advises drug users and doctors about unidentified illness
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Senior doctors split over General Medical Council
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/f [Extract] [Full text]

	New cervical smear technique to be piloted in NHS
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/g [Extract] [Full text]

	BMA campaigns for "presumed consent" to organ donation
	BMJ  2000;320:1626, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/h [Extract] [Full text]

	One in six children live in relative poverty
	BMJ  2000;320:i, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1626/i [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Regular review: Diagnosis and management of porphyria
	Helen Thadani, Allan Deacon, Timothy Peters
	BMJ  2000;320:1647-1651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1647 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of oral health: Oral health and disease
	Ruth Holt, Graham Roberts, Crispian Scully
	BMJ  2000;320:1652-1655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1652 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Effect of anti-inflammatory drugs on overall risk of common cancer: case-control study in general practice research database
	M J S Langman, K K Cheng, E A Gilman, R J Lancashire
	BMJ  2000;320:1642-1646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1642 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Why seeing a patient after the counsellor is so difficult
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  2000;320:1679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1679/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Priority setting in health care: should we ask the tax payer?
	David J Torgerson, Toby Gosden
	BMJ  2000;320:1679, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1679 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Appropriate feeding methods for infants of HIV infected mothers in sub-Saharan Africa • Commentary: The feeding debate is still unresolved and of secondary importance
	Michael C Latham, Elizabeth A Preble, Karen Zwi, Neil Söderlund
	BMJ  2000;320:1656-1660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1656 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Modernising the NHS: Patient care (empowerment): the view from a national society
	Mary Baker
	BMJ  2000;320:1660-1662, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1660 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Modernising the NHS: Patient care (empowerment): a local view
	Marie Taylor
	BMJ  2000;320:1663-1664, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1663 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;320:1680, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1680 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Family medicine: Two case histories
	Jean Brown
	BMJ  2000;320:1641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1641 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Tribulations of clinical trials: There's more inside the tablet
	John H Turney
	BMJ  2000;320:1646, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1646 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Why did I become a doctor?: A wise headmaster
	R H Salter
	BMJ  2000;320:1651, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1651 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A message from Holland
	H A Thiadens
	BMJ  2000;320:1655, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1655 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The BMA from a general practitioner's point of view
	BMJ  2000;320:1660, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1660/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Burns after photodynamic therapy
	BMJ  2000;320:1640 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

ART

This week's ART

	Art: The Origin of Captured Images
	Arpan K Banerjee
	BMJ  2000;320:1677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1677/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Teaching Made Easy: A Manual for Health Professionals
	Jean Ker
	BMJ  2000;320:1677, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1677 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: Tarring consultants with the Ledward brush
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;320:1678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1678 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	A week of overexcitement
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	A week of overexcitement
	BMJ  2000;320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Transplant organs
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;320:1678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1678/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Public health conference • Junior doctors conference • Number of doctors' suspensions rise • Private consultants may increase waiting lists
	BMJ  2000;320:1674, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1674 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Julia Mary Beale • Christopher Gordon Bird • John Stewart Waring Brierley • John Gray Craig • Peter Noel Magee • Robert Cox
	Peter Beale, Gordon Bird, Ian Holtby, Gavin Craig, Peter Swann
	BMJ  2000;320:1673, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1673 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Cost effectiveness analysis of screening for sight threatening diabetic eye disease
	Marilyn James, David A Turner, Deborah M Broadbent, Jiten Vora, Simon P Harding
	BMJ  2000;320:1627-1631, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1627 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Disability in young people and adults one year after head injury: prospective cohort study
	Sharon Thornhill, Graham M Teasdale, Gordon D Murray, James McEwen, Christopher W Roy, Kay I Penny
	BMJ  2000;320:1631-1635, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1631 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additional tables and questionnaire] FREE

	US women's attitudes to false positive mammography results and detection of ductal carcinoma in situ: cross sectional survey
	Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin, Harold C Sox, Baruch Fischhoff, H Gilbert Welch
	BMJ  2000;320:1635-1640, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1635 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

	Views of elderly people on living wills: interview study
	Rebekah Schiff, Chakravarthi Rajkumar, Christopher Bulpitt
	BMJ  2000;320:1640-1641, doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1640 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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