This week's This week in the BMJ

	Instrumental births are more common among women receiving private obstetric care [Full text] FREE

	Undercooked or cured meat is main risk factor for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy [Full text] FREE

	Familial hypercholesterolaemia is greatly underdiagnosed [Full text] FREE

	Gastroenterologists do have a higher risk of acquiring H pylori infection [Full text] FREE

	NHS Direct has had little impact on demand for immediate health care [Full text] FREE

	Humanitarian aid workers increasingly risk death from intentional violence [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Obstetric interventions among private and public patients
	James F King
	BMJ  2000;321:125-126, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.125 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Quinolone ear drops for chronic otitis media
	S Ghosh, A Panarese, A J Parker, P D Bull
	BMJ  2000;321:126-127, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.126 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sources of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnancy
	J P Dubey
	BMJ  2000;321:127-128, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.127 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Corticosteroids in head injury
	David Yates, Ian Roberts
	BMJ  2000;321:128-129, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.128 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Sector-wide approaches in developing countries
	Paul Garner, Walter Flores, Shenglan Tang
	BMJ  2000;321:129-130, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.129 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Is it time for a new definition of general practice?
	Peter Davies, Tom Freeman, J Calinas-Correia
	BMJ  2000;321:173, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.173 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Risk in cardiovascular disease
	Richard Neary, Sud Ramachandran, P N Durrington, Daniel Albert, Dougal Jeffries, P B S Fowler
	BMJ  2000;321:174, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.174 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Comparison of methods of estimating coronary risk
	Erica J Wallis, Lawrence E Ramsay, Joseph I N M Yikona, Peter R Jackson, Christopher Isles, Lewis Ritchie
	BMJ  2000;321:175, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.175 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Preventing neural tube defects
	Lucy Thorpe, Paul Lincoln, Sam Richmond, Bob Brown, Demetrios Economides
	BMJ  2000;321:176, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.176 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Psychiatric home treatment
	Tom Burns, Judy Harrison, John Marshall, Kevin Hogan, Sarah Orme
	BMJ  2000;321:177, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.177 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Special clinics are inappropriate for treating depression
	Richard Churchill, Lionel Jacobson
	BMJ  2000;321:178, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.178 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Data on effect of HRT on breast cancer conflict with other data
	R Vidya, J M Dixon
	BMJ  2000;321:179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.179 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lack of new drugs for tropical disease should not be accepted
	Michael Schull
	BMJ  2000;321:179, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.179/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Judge attacks South African government's response to AIDS
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.131 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	"War of liberation" needed to fight AIDS
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:131, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.131/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Unicef accused of forming alliance with baby food industry
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;321:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.132 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctor may be extradited to face criminal charges
	Clare Dyer, Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.132/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:132, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.132/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	MPs say NHS consultants should not do private work
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;321:133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.133 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	No evidence of racism in GMC complaints procedures
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;321:133, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.133/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	India introduces regulations for making traditional medicines
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2000;321:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.134 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In vitro fertilisation is preferable to fertility drugs
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.134/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Germany reorganises its transplant services
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2000;321:134, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.134/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Patient has coronary artery bypass surgery while awake
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.135 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	CSM attacked over delay in reducing secrecy
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  2000;321:135, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.135/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The man from down under takes over
	BMJ  2000;321:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.136 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	UK must improve its defences against biological weapons
	BMJ  2000;321:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.136/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Health information on internet is often unreliable
	BMJ  2000;321:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.136/b [Extract] [Full text]

	US court rejects Canadian suit against tobacco manufacturers
	BMJ  2000;321:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.136/c [Extract] [Full text]

	No evidence of racism in GMC complaints procedures
	BMJ  2000;321:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.136/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Norway recruits Hungarian doctors
	BMJ  2000;321:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.136/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Scientists grow artificial thymus cells
	BMJ  2000;321:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.136/f [Extract] [Full text]

	"War of liberation" needed to fight battle against AIDS
	BMJ  2000;321:136, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.136/g [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Malaria: prevention in travellers
	Ashley Croft
	BMJ  2000;321:154-160, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.154 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Unrecognised accidental overdose with diltiazem
	D K Satchithananda, D L Stone, A Chauhan, A J Ritchie
	BMJ  2000;321:160-161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.160 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of oral health: Mouth ulcers and other causes of orofacial soreness and pain
	Crispian Scully, Rosemary Shotts
	BMJ  2000;321:162-165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.162 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Impact of NHS Direct on demand for immediate care: observational study
	James Munro, Jon Nicholl, Alicia O'Cathain, Emma Knowles
	BMJ  2000;321:150-153, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.150 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Quaint or what?
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2000;321:185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.185/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Learning the hard way
	Bruce Finlayson
	BMJ  2000;321:185, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.185 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Deaths among humanitarian workers
	Mani Sheik, Maria Isabel Gutierrez, Paul Bolton, Paul Spiegel, Michel Thieren, Gilbert Burnham
	BMJ  2000;321:166-168, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.166 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Detailed acknowledgements]

	Conflict and health: The health costs of war: can they be measured? Lessons from El Salvador
	Antonio Ugalde, Ernesto Selva-Sutter, Carolina Castillo, Carolina Paz, Sergio Cañas
	BMJ  2000;321:169-172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.169 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:186, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.186 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Elixir of life
	BMJ  2000;321:149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.149/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Still a chance
	BMJ  2000;321:149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.149/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2000;321:161, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.161/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A patient who changed my practice: The internet and a "small miracle"
	Di Jelley
	BMJ  2000;321:165, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.165 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: Words unsaid
	Adrian Drake-Lee
	BMJ  2000;321:172, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.172 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Drug treatment in heart failure
	BMJ  2000;321:161 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The debate over complementary medicine continues
	BMJ  2000;321:179 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

ART

This week's ART

	Art: Magda Segal: Picturing women's health
	Ann Oakley
	BMJ  2000;321:183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.183/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: 50 Years of Ideas in Health Care Buildings
	David Williams
	BMJ  2000;321:182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.182 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Respiratory Support in Intensive Care
	Andrew T Cohen
	BMJ  2000;321:182, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.182/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

FILM

This week's FILM

	Film: 28 Days
	Colin Brewer
	BMJ  2000;321:183, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.183 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Film: On earth as it is in hell
	Lawrence Brown
	BMJ  2000;321:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.184 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	The old and the new
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Obstetrics
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;321:184, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.184/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

This week's MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Parliament approves changes to GMC • Flexible consultant contract delivers more work • EU parliament votes to increase GP training
	BMJ  2000;321:181, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.181 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	James Robert Ascott • Joze Jancar • Mendel Rafael ("Max") Polliack • Pamela Powell • Frederick William Richards
	John Snowdon, Yvonne Wiley, Aaron Polliack, D E B Powell, John Ll Richards
	BMJ  2000;321:180, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.180 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	Rates for obstetric intervention among private and public patients in Australia: population based descriptive study
	Christine L Roberts, Sally Tracy, Brian Peat
	BMJ  2000;321:137-141, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.137 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Sources of toxoplasma infection in pregnant women: European multicentre case-control study • Commentary: Congenital toxoplasmosisfurther thought for food
	A J C Cook, R E Gilbert, W Buffolano, J Zufferey, E Petersen, P A Jenum, W Foulon, A E Semprini, D T Dunn, Richard Holliman
	BMJ  2000;321:142-147, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.142 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Extent of underdiagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia in routine practice: prospective registry study
	H A W Neil, T Hammond, R Huxley, D R Matthews, S E Humphries
	BMJ  2000;321:148, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.148 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Risk among gastroenterologists of acquiring Helicobacter pylori infection: case-control study
	Pius Hildebrand, Beat M Meyer-Wyss, Sandro Mossi, Christoph Beglinger
	BMJ  2000;321:149, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.149 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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