Fluoridation reduces caries but increases mottled teeth [Full text]

	Water fluoridation reduces risk of osteoporotic fractures [Full text]

	Patients' desires for participation in decision making vary [Full text]

	99% of Scottish general practices are linked to NHSnet [Full text]

	Prescription chart improves oxygen prescribing [Full text]

	Advances in rheumatology can be integrated into routine practice [Full text]

Editorials

	Quality of websites: kitemarking the west wind
	Tony Delamothe
	BMJ  2000;321:843-844, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.843 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Fluoridation, fractures, and teeth
	Hannu W Hausen
	BMJ  2000;321:844-845, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.844 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The risk of bias from omitted research
	Silvio Garattini, Alessandro Liberati
	BMJ  2000;321:845-846, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.845 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Electronics, clinicians, and the NHS
	Grant Kelly
	BMJ  2000;321:846-847, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.846 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Cancer and insulin-like growth factor-I
	George Davey Smith, David Gunnell, Jeff Holly
	BMJ  2000;321:847-848, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.847 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Health care for asylum seekers
	Sarah Montgomery, Peter Le Feuvre, Sumra Dar, Peter von Kaehne
	BMJ  2000;321:893, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.893 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
	A M Rouse, Eoin O'Brien
	BMJ  2000;321:894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.894 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The secret life of the NHS
	Toby Lipman, Kirk Weir
	BMJ  2000;321:894, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.894/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Predicting left ventricular systolic dysfunction
	Frank Dobbs, Allan D Struthers, Martin J Landray, Richard Lehman, Ian Arnold
	BMJ  2000;321:895, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.895 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Randomised controlled trial of chest pain units is needed
	Steve Goodacre, Francis Morris, Simon Capewell
	BMJ  2000;321:896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.896 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Societal cost-benefit analysis of teledermatology
	Paul Jacklin, Jenny Roberts, Richard Wootton, Maria Loane
	BMJ  2000;321:896, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.896/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Life is as much a pain as it ever was
	Gary J Macfarlane, John McBeth, Adam Garrow, Alan J Silman
	BMJ  2000;321:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.897 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Paying for the NHS
	Marcus Longley, Martin McKee, Tony Baxter, Greg Connor, John Culver, Fleming Carswell, Tom Hennell
	BMJ  2000;321:897, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.897/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Minimising harm from hepatitis C virus needs better strategies
	Nick Crofts, Sonia Caruana, Scott Bowden, Michael Kerger
	BMJ  2000;321:899, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.899 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Combination treatment for hepatitis C is not being given
	G R Foster, R Chapman
	BMJ  2000;321:899, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.899/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Cancer registries fear imminent collapse
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2000;321:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.849 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK death rates from breast cancer fall by a third
	Phyllida Brown
	BMJ  2000;321:849, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.849/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.850 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK drugs industry sets up trials register
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.850/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors doubt whether cancer targets can be met
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.850/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Abortion pill is approved for sale in United States
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.851 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Interferon treatment is beneficial in early multiple sclerosis
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:851, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.851/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Flu experts warn of need for pandemic plans
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;321:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.852 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Netherlands bans cloning of human embryos for research
	Tony Sheldon
	BMJ  2000;321:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.852/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	EU aims to reduce suicides
	Rory Watson
	BMJ  2000;321:852, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.852/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Twins' lawyers may demand change of venue for operation
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.853 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	More drugs pass the NICE test
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:853, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.853/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	The gene collector
	BMJ  2000;321:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.854 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	New gene implicated in type 2 diabetes
	BMJ  2000;321:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.854/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Japan's medical insurance system is on verge of bankruptcy
	BMJ  2000;321:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.854/b [Extract] [Full text]

	Cancer registries fear imminent collapse
	BMJ  2000;321:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.854/c [Extract] [Full text]

	Statement by the U.K. Association of Cancer Registries (UKACR) on the General Medical Council (GMC) Guidance on Confidentiality.
	BMJ  2000;321:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.854/d [Extract] [Full text]

	Abortion pill is approved for sale in United States
	BMJ  2000;321:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.854/e [Extract] [Full text]

	Interferon treatment is beneficial in early multiple sclerosis
	BMJ  2000;321:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.854/f [Extract] [Full text]

	Netherlands bans cloning of human embryos for research
	BMJ  2000;321:854, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.854/g [Extract] [Full text]

Information in practice

	Back to basics on NHS networking
	Justin Keen, Jeremy Wyatt
	BMJ  2000;321:875-878, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.875 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	NHSnet in Scottish primary care: lessons for the future
	Madeleine Willmot, Frank Sullivan
	BMJ  2000;321:878-881, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.878 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history][extra: Extra tables] FREE

Clinical review

	Recent advances: Rheumatology
	Rajan Madhok, Hilary Kerr, Hilary A Capell
	BMJ  2000;321:882-885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.882 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of colorectal cancer: Molecular basis for risk factors
	Robert G Hardy, Stephen J Meltzer, Janusz A Jankowski
	BMJ  2000;321:886-889, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.886 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Do patients wish to be involved in decision making in the consultation? A cross sectional survey with video vignettes
	Brian McKinstry
	BMJ  2000;321:867-871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.867 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Videos validation description] FREE

	Clinical governance in primary care: Knowledge and information for clinical governance
	Alastair McColl, Martin Roland
	BMJ  2000;321:871-874, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.871 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Links to information sources] FREE

Soundings

	My hero
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2000;321:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.905/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Baubles are a waste of time
	Charles Essex
	BMJ  2000;321:905, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.905 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Data protection legislation: interpretation and barriers to research
	Judith Strobl, Emma Cave, Tom Walley
	BMJ  2000;321:890-892, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.890 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:906, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.906 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: "Old Man" (after Marot)
	BMJ  2000;321:865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.865/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: How to die
	Seneca
	BMJ  2000;321:871, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.871/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: All in a day's work
	Edwin R Nye
	BMJ  2000;321:885, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.885 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: Uncomfortable viewing
	Christopher Martyn
	BMJ  2000;321:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.904 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

ART

	Art: Paradise Now: picturing the genetic revolution
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2000;321:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.903/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Textbook of Rehabilitation Medicine
	Lynne Turner-Stokes
	BMJ  2000;321:902, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.902 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Manufacturing Victims: What The Psychology Industry Is Doing To People
	Raj Persaud
	BMJ  2000;321:902, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.902/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Slide Atlas of Diabetes: Lecture Notes
	William Jeffcoate
	BMJ  2000;321:903, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.903 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	The road not taken
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	The road not taken
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Water fluoridation
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;321:904, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.904/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Dorothy Agnes Mary Carr • Harry O'Flanagan • Norman Middleton James • John Keeling • Samuel Maver Gunn McGuffie • Robert Garden Murray • Thomas Arthur Gainsford Reed • David Linford Parry Rees • James Oswald Robinson • Edith Schulman
	Doreen Birks, Evelyn Hess, Patrick Carr and Thomas Carr, Eoin O'Brien, Sheila Gould, Clarice E Butler, David I M Linklater, Hamish Murray, Vincent Riley, William S Shand, N Alan Green, Jan Muller and Jiri Muller
	BMJ  2000;321:900, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.900 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Systematic review of water fluoridation
	Marian S McDonagh, Penny F Whiting, Paul M Wilson, Alex J Sutton, Ivor Chestnutt, Jan Cooper, Kate Misso, Matthew Bradley, Elizabeth Treasure, Jos Kleijnen
	BMJ  2000;321:855-859, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.855 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Additionl material] FREE

	Community water fluoridation, bone mineral density, and fractures: prospective study of effects in older women
	Kathy R Phipps, Eric S Orwoll, Jill D Mason, Jane A Cauley
	BMJ  2000;321:860-864, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.860 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Audit of oxygen prescribing before and after the introduction of a prescription chart
	M E Dodd, F Kellet, A Davis, J C G Simpson, A K Webb, C S Haworth, R McL Niven
	BMJ  2000;321:864-865, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.864 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Refused and granted requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands: interview study with structured questionnaire
	Ilinka Haverkate, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Agnes van der Heide, Piet J Kostense, Gerrit van der Wal, Paul J van der Maas
	BMJ  2000;321:865-866, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.865 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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