This week's This week in the BMJ

	UK perinatal centres often cannot meet demand [Full text] FREE

	Routine surveillance overestimates effectiveness of H influenzae vaccine programme [Full text] FREE

	Twins have a lower risk of asthma [Full text] FREE

	Continuity of care in general practice can be maintained despite bigger organisations [Full text] FREE

	PCR should be used to diagnose influenza [Full text] FREE

	Griffiths report is fundamentally flawed [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Inquiring into inquiries
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:715-716, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.715 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias
	Nicholas S Peters
	BMJ  2000;321:716-717, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.716 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Infection in xenotransplantation
	Jay A Fishman
	BMJ  2000;321:717-718, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.717 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Risks of interrupting drug treatment before surgery
	David W Noble, Henrik Kehlet
	BMJ  2000;321:719-720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.719 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	An ethics committee for the BMJ
	Alexander McCall Smith, Alison Tonks, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:720, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.720 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's Letters

	Screening and litigation
	J R Benson, A D Purushotham, R Warren, Cleone I F Rooney, Laura C Rodrigues, Oona M R Campbell, D V Coleman, Raimond W M Giard, Robin M Wilson
	BMJ  2000;321:760, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.760 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Reanalysis of Gulf war vaccination data does not contradict findings
	Matthew Hotopf
	BMJ  2000;321:761, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.761 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical judgment is important for individual patients
	Antony A Narula
	BMJ  2000;321:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.762 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening for Down's syndrome
	P A Boyd, M Jefferies, P F Chamberlain, A J M Crocker, G S McCune, A S Stock, A Foakes, Bent Norgaard-Pedersen, Howard Cuckle, N J Wald, A K Hackshaw, W Huttly, Tim Reynolds, David Howe, Diana Wellesley, Tracy Boyle, John Barber
	BMJ  2000;321:762, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.762/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Amoxicillin for otitis media in general practice
	Andrew Thornett, Erdem I Cantekin, Elizabeth King, R J Lilford, David Braunholtz, G Sandhu, H A Saleh, T Wright, R A M J Damoiseaux, F A M van Balen, A W Hoes, T J M Verheij, R A de Melker
	BMJ  2000;321:765, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.765 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK case of congenital rubella can be linked to Greek cases
	Pat Tookey, Pamela Molyneaux, Peter Helms
	BMJ  2000;321:766, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.766 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Compulsory retirement of experts
	Hershey S Bell
	BMJ  2000;321:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.767 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Public health must make best use of leadership resources
	Nigel Edwards
	BMJ  2000;321:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.767/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors must be more aware of problems of gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth
	S C D Collings, Sarah Welch
	BMJ  2000;321:767, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.767/b [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lifestyle modification may be beneficial in diabetes care
	S J Redmond
	BMJ  2000;321:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.768 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Do you admit to working within the system?
	Patrick Bower, Tom Treasure
	BMJ  2000;321:768, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.768/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

This week's News

	Scientists show that vCJD can be transmitted through blood
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.721 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Sterilisation of 14 mentally handicapped women challenged
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2000;321:721, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.721/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	FDA declines to lift ban on homosexual men as blood donors
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.722 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	South African leaders come under pressure to admit HIV/AIDS link
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  2000;321:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.722/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:722, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.722/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US parents sue psychiatrists for promoting Ritalin
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.723 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	HRT may protect against peripheral vascular disease
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:723, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.723/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Personalised medicine comes a step closer for asthma
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.724 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Twelve die of West Nile virus in Israel
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2000;321:724, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.724/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	New governance framework for NHS research aims to stop fraud
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;321:725, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.725 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GMC urged to be more radical
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  2000;321:725, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.725/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Lack of care plan led to woman's murder by disturbed patient
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.726 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Baby dies after long wait in casualty
	Xavier Bosch
	BMJ  2000;321:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.726/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	NHS consultants launch proposals for new contract
	BMJ  2000;321:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.726/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Canadian government pours money into provincial health budgets
	BMJ  2000;321:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.726/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Prague's health services prepare for Seattle-style riots
	BMJ  2000;321:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.726/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Scientists show that vCJD can be transmitted through blood transfusion
	BMJ  2000;321:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.726/e [Extract] [Full text]

	GMC urged to be more radical
	BMJ  2000;321:726, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.726/f [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Extracts from "Clinical Evidence": Age related macular degeneration
	Jennifer J Arnold, Shirley H Sarks
	BMJ  2000;321:741-744, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.741 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of breast diseases: Breast cancer
	J R C Sainsbury, T J Anderson, D A L Morgan
	BMJ  2000;321:745-750, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.745 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Blunt orbital trauma
	S B Holmes, J L B Carter, A Metefa
	BMJ  2000;321:750-751, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.750 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

General practice

This week's General practice

	Controversy in primary care: Does continuity in general practice really matter? • Commentary: A patient's perspective of continuity
	Bruce Guthrie, Sally Wyke, Sally Brampton
	BMJ  2000;321:734-736, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.734 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Rapid virological surveillance of community influenza infection in general practice
	William F Carman, Lesley A Wallace, Jacqueline Walker, Sheena McIntyre, Ahilya Noone, Peter Christie, James Millar, James D Douglas
	BMJ  2000;321:736-737, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.736 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Clinical governance in primary care: Participating in clinical governance
	Mike Pringle
	BMJ  2000;321:737-740, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.737 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	Private views
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2000;321:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.773/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	Insight alone was not enough
	Michael Riddall
	BMJ  2000;321:773, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.773 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Investigating allegations of research misconduct: the vital need for due process • Commentary: Response from members of the Griffiths inquiry
	Edmund Hey, Iain Chalmers, Rod Griffiths, Terence E Stacey, Joyce Struthers
	BMJ  2000;321:752, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.752 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Clinical equipoise and not the uncertainty principle is the moral underpinning of the randomised controlled trial • FOR • AGAINST
	Charles Weijer, Stanley H Shapiro, Kathleen Cranley Glass, Murray W Enkin
	BMJ  2000;321:756-758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.756 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Economics notes: Use of unequal randomisation to aid the economic efficiency of clinical trials
	David J Torgerson, Marion K Campbell
	BMJ  2000;321:759, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.759 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:774, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.774 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Endpiece: Omens
	BMJ  2000;321:732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.732/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Out of health
	BMJ  2000;321:741, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.741/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A unique case of snake bite
	Sadananda Naik
	BMJ  2000;321:758, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.758 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

This week's Corrections

	Science, medicine, and the future: Tolerance and autoimmunity
	BMJ  2000;321:733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.733 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Randomised controlled trial of homoeopathy versus placebo in perennial allergic rhinitis with overview of four trial series
	BMJ  2000;321:733 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	The health risks of the UK's new asylum act
	BMJ  2000;321:733 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: Me, Myself & Irene
	Rita Baron-Faust
	BMJ  2000;321:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.770/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Doctors in the Movies: Boil the Water and Just Say Aah
	Brian Glasser
	BMJ  2000;321:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.771 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

FILM

This week's FILM

	Film: Some Voices
	Peter Byrne
	BMJ  2000;321:770, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.770 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

PRESS

This week's PRESS

	Press: HIV misinformation
	Gavin Yamey
	BMJ  2000;321:772, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.772 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Distinguishing the signal in the noise
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BOOKCASE

This week's BOOKCASE

	Bookcase
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2000;321:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.771/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Distinguishing the signal in the noise
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Public inquiries
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;321:771, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.771/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	James Donald Bell • W A ("Kay") Karunaratne • Pranlal Chunilal ("Bachu") Kothari • Anthony Brian Lowsley Peake • Claude Eustace Thomas • Alfred Leonard Walby
	Angus Bell, Dugald Bell, Alan Craft, Sydney Reynolds, Asha P Kothari, Barbara Peake, J H Thomas, K M Wheeler, Peter Walby
	BMJ  2000;321:769, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.769 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

This week's Papers

	National census of availability of neonatal intensive care
	Jill Parmanum, David Field, Janet Rennie, Philip Steer
	BMJ  2000;321:727-729, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.727 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Outcome of pregnancy in diabetic women in northeast England and in Norway, 1994-7
	G Hawthorne, L M Irgens, R T Lie
	BMJ  2000;321:730-731, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.730 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Decrease in effectiveness of routine surveillance of Haemophilus influenzae disease after introduction of conjugate vaccine: comparison of routine reporting with active surveillance system
	Babatunde Olowokure, Jeremy Hawker, Iain Blair, Nick Spencer
	BMJ  2000;321:731-732, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.731 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Reduced risk of hospital admission for childhood asthma among Scottish twins: record linkage study
	David P Strachan, Sarah E Moran, Kevin McInneny, Mary Smalls
	BMJ  2000;321:732-733, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7263.732 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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