Debriefing does not reduce depression after childbirth [Full text]

	Type of service, not location, determines success of child mental health care [Full text]

	Understanding the motivation of rehabilitation patients [Full text]

	Patient and practice characteristics of primary care groups vary widely [Full text]

	Head injuries in cyclists in England have fallen as helmet use has increased [Full text]

	Advice on driving after hernia surgery is inconsistent [Full text]

Editorials

	Using patient-identifiable data for observational research and audit
	Rustam Al-Shahi, Charles Warlow
	BMJ  2000;321:1031-1032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1031 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of guidance]

	The current status of psychological debriefing
	Justin Kenardy
	BMJ  2000;321:1032-1033, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1032 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Driving after repair of groin hernia
	Parviz K Amid
	BMJ  2000;321:1033-1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1033 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Time to talk about rape
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:1034-1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1034 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Bicycle helmets: it's time to use them
	Frederick P Rivara, Diane C Thompson, Robert S Thompson
	BMJ  2000;321:1035-1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1035 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Impact of NHS Direct on demand for immediate care
	John McInerney, Shekhar Chillala, Colin Read, Adrian Evans, G R Lawson, J C Furness, S Santosh, S Armstrong
	BMJ  2000;321:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1077 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence on endometriosis
	D Redwine, C H Mann, J T Wright, Cindy Farquhar
	BMJ  2000;321:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1077/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Seeing what you want to see in randomised controlled trials
	Rury Holman, Morten Lindbaek, James McCormack, Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2000;321:1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1078 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Thyroid function tests
	P Kendall-Taylor, Alun Price, A P Weetman, A D Toft, G J Beckett, Sudha Bulusu, Martin Eales, Denis O'Reilly
	BMJ  2000;321:1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1080 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence and remission of lower urinary tract symptoms
	Simon Jackson, Jenny Donovan, Paul Abrams, Francis Lam, Stefan Nash, Lars Alling Møller, Gunnar Lose
	BMJ  2000;321:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1082 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	DoH explains thinking behind national service framework for coronary heart disease
	Roger Boyle
	BMJ  2000;321:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1083 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Long standing heart disease should be better screened
	Timo E Strandberg, Hannu Vanhanen
	BMJ  2000;321:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1083/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Discontinuation rates for use of statins are high
	Leon A Simons, Judith Simons, Peter McManus, John Dudley
	BMJ  2000;321:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1084 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	General medical journals should have covered war in Kosovo more
	Angela M Neglia, Paula A Rochon
	BMJ  2000;321:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1084/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Ebola virus claims more lives in Uganda
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1037 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Phenylpropanolamine in drugs could be a risk for stroke
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1037/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	"Labour" think tank proposes privatisation of clinical services
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1038 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	VSO launches campaign to increase access to AIDS drugs
	Jason O'Neale Roach
	BMJ  2000;321:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1038/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1038/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Biotechnology company's shares dive 67% after drug failure
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1039 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	No advantage in screening for endometrial cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1039/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	UK is losing market share in pharmaceutical research
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1041/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Of pills and ills
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Statins may reduce risk of Alzheimer�s disease
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	"Designer baby" cures sister
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Greenpeace action on life threatening poisons in Gujarat
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Researchers able to check chromosome numbers in embryos
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Early exposure to cows' milk raises risk of diabetes in high risk children
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

	Transplanted cells revive heart muscle
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

	Genetically engineered sweetcorn may be in US food chain
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1041 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Abortion pill withdrawn in Germany after financial losses
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2000;321:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1041/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	More than 1% of Canadian population suffers hunger
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042/a [Extract] [Full text]

	Budapest to privatise 11 hospitals
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042/b [Extract] [Full text]

	India draws up new guidelines for medical research
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042/c [Extract] [Full text]

	AIDS activists import cheap drugs into South Africa
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042/d [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Susceptibility to infection
	Dominic Kwiatkowski
	BMJ  2000;321:1061-1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1061 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Cholesterol emboli syndrome
	Peter J Dupont, Liz Lightstone, Elaine J Clutterbuck, Gillian Gaskin, Charles D Pusey, Terry Cook, Anthony N Warrens
	BMJ  2000;321:1065-1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1065 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of colorectal cancer: The role of primary care
	F D Richard Hobbs
	BMJ  2000;321:1068-1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1068 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Cross sectional study of primary care groups in London: association of measures of socioeconomic and health status with hospital admission rates
	Azeem Majeed, Martin Bardsley, David Morgan, Caoimhe O'Sullivan, Andrew B Bindman
	BMJ  2000;321:1057-1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1057 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of security benefits] FREE

Soundings

	The unkindest cut
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2000;321:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1089/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	The day my life changed
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2000;321:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1089 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Is clinical breast examination an acceptable alternative to mammographic screening?
	Indraneel Mittra, Michael Baum, Hazel Thornton, Joan Houghton
	BMJ  2000;321:1071-1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1071 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	For and against: Why journals should not publish articles funded by the tobacco industry • For • Against
	Jean King, Gavin Yamey, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1074 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1090 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2000;321:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1035/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A valuable lesson: The doctor is on your side
	Tom Wells
	BMJ  2000;321:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1054 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Food for thought
	BMJ  2000;321:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1056/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A salutary experience: On the receiving end
	Robert Kendell
	BMJ  2000;321:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1067 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Why do patients need info?
	BMJ  2000;321:1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1074/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: Super television
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1088 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: The NHS Direct Healthcare Guide
	Christopher Cates
	BMJ  2000;321:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1086 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights; Human Genetics - Choice and Responsibility
	Imre Szebik
	BMJ  2000;321:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1086/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Gender Inequalities in Health
	Annette MacKay Rossignol
	BMJ  2000;321:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1087 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: William Osler: A Life in Medicine
	Steve Sturdy
	BMJ  2000;321:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1087/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Much about women
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Much about women
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

BESTSELLERS

	Bestsellers
	BMJ  2000;321:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1088/b [Full text] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Susceptibility to infection
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;321:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1088/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Francis Bernard Hartley • Calvin Lambert • Maurice Nellen • Elsie Gwendoline Oates (née Ford) • Ernest Victor Page
	Francis Costello, R C Lambert, Walter Somerville, Louis Vogelpoel, Rosemary Edwards, Marion Jepson, Peter Ford, James Martin Page, Judy Russell
	BMJ  2000;321:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1085 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of midwife led debriefing to reduce maternal depression after operative childbirth
	Rhonda Small, Judith Lumley, Lisa Donohue, Anne Potter, Ulla Waldenström
	BMJ  2000;321:1043-1047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1043 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Randomised comparison of the effectiveness and costs of community and hospital based mental health services for children with behavioural disorders
	Richard Harrington, Sarah Peters, Jonathan Green, Sarah Byford, Jane Woods, Ruth McGowan
	BMJ  2000;321:1047-1050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1047 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Qualitative analysis of stroke patients' motivation for rehabilitation
	Niall Maclean, Pandora Pound, Charles Wolfe, Anthony Rudd
	BMJ  2000;321:1051-1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1051 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Trends in serious head injuries among cyclists in England: analysis of routinely collected data
	Adrian Cook, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2000;321:1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1055 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice on driving after groin hernia surgery in the United Kingdom: questionnaire survey
	Wael Ismail, Stephanie J C Taylor, Emma Beddow
	BMJ  2000;321:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1056 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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