Income inequality and household income are both important for maternal health [Full text]

	A model for fair priority setting can be derived from watching decision makers in action [Full text]

	Prevalence of new HIV-1 infection in homosexual and bisexual men in England and Wales has not fallen [Full text]

	Being underweight or overweight reduces chances of pregnancy through assisted conception [Full text]

	Patients with dyslipidaemia are not taking lipid lowering drugs [Full text]

Editorials

	Treating dyslipidaemia in primary care
	D Monkman
	BMJ  2000;321:1299-1300, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1299 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Accountability for reasonableness
	Norman Daniels
	BMJ  2000;321:1300-1301, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1300 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The endometrium and embryo implantation
	Andrew W Horne, John O White, El-Nasir Lalani
	BMJ  2000;321:1301-1302, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1301 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of bipolar affective disorder
	A H Young, Karine A N Macritchie, J R Calabrese
	BMJ  2000;321:1302-1303, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1302 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The constant evolution of cataract surgery
	David Spalton, Doug Koch
	BMJ  2000;321:1304, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1304 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Investigating allegations of research misconduct
	Terence Stephenson, Carl Henshall, Deborah Henshall, Andrew Wilkinson, Janet Rennie, Teresa Wright, Kate Lucking, David Hall, Penny Mellor, Brian Morgan, Edmund Hey, Edmund Hey, Iain Chalmers
	BMJ  2000;321:1345, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1345 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The ISOLDE trial
	Brian J Lipworth, Dougal Jeffries, Graham K Crompton
	BMJ  2000;321:1349, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1349 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Devaluing clinical skills
	Ian L P Beales, John Savill, Ian Reid, Peter Wilmshurst
	BMJ  2000;321:1350, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1350 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Confidence intervals should be used in reporting trials
	Martin Bland
	BMJ  2000;321:1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1351 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based policy for promoting cycle use in Britain
	Adrian Cook, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2000;321:1351, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1351/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Pitfalls of pharmacoepidemiology
	Richard Farmer, Tim Williams, Alison Nightingale
	BMJ  2000;321:1352, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1352 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

News

	Poor recovery facilities put patients' lives at risk
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:1305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1305 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	NICE recommends flu drug for "at risk" patients
	Jason O'Neale Roach
	BMJ  2000;321:1305, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1305/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1306 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Tobacco class action settled out of court
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  2000;321:1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1306/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Triplets' parents win right to damages for extra child
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:1306, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1306/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Review condemns poor leadership of Oxford cardiac services
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:1307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1307 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	AMA sells its membership database
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1307, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1307/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	US doctors' incomes fell in 1999
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1309/c [Extract] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF]

	Travellers should be warned of thrombosis risk
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  2000;321:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1310 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Parents "not told" of hospital errors
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1310/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

	Surgical backup needed for non-urgent angioplasties
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  2000;321:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1308 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Scanning technique shows if heart has irreversible damage
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1308/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	WHO�s plan to police health websites rejected
	John Illman
	BMJ  2000;321:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1308/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	GP struck off after 30 patients are infected with hepatitis B
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2000;321:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1308/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Hospitals lack proper facilities for tuberculosis patients
	Adam Legge
	BMJ  2000;321:1308, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1308/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text]

	National electronic Library for Health goes live
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1309 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Doctors now able to diagnose sleep apnoea from ECGs
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  2000;321:1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1309/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

	Survey of patients shows that cancer pain still undertreated
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;321:1309, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1309/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Parliamentary committee on abortion fails to agree
	BMJ  2000;321:1310, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1310/b [Extract] [Full text]

Clinical review

	Regular review: Management of urinary incontinence in women
	Ranee Thakar, Stuart Stanton
	BMJ  2000;321:1326-1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1326 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of colorectal cancer: Effectiveness of follow up
	Colin McArdle
	BMJ  2000;321:1332-1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1332 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Lipid concentrations and the use of lipid lowering drugs: evidence from a national cross sectional survey
	Paola Primatesta, Neil R Poulter
	BMJ  2000;321:1322-1325, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1322 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Soundings

	Auntie Pat
	James Owen Drife
	BMJ  2000;321:1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1357/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Rational rationing
	Neville W Goodman
	BMJ  2000;321:1356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1356 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The treatment of AIDS must be a worldwide effort
	Hans Veeken
	BMJ  2000;321:1357, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1357 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	"Is there a doctor on the aircraft?" Top 10 in-flight medical emergencies
	Nigel Dowdall
	BMJ  2000;321:1336-1337, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1336 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	In-flight medical emergencies: an overview
	Tony Goodwin
	BMJ  2000;321:1338-1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1338 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lifestyle medicines
	David Gilbert, Tom Walley, Bill New
	BMJ  2000;321:1341-1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1341 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:1358, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1358 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	A memorable patient: Sometimes life isn't fair
	William Murdoch
	BMJ  2000;321:1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1321 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Enough is enough
	BMJ  2000;321:1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1321/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: Christmas Cards and Calenders
	BMJ  2000;321:1322, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1322/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: A converted "Fruitarian"
	BMJ  2000;321:1331, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1331/e [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	A memorable patient: A plastic plug resurfaces
	Jonathan Newbury
	BMJ  2000;321:1335, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1335 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Age
	BMJ  2000;321:1341, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1341/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Memorable patients: Loss of examination status
	Stephen M Shalet
	BMJ  2000;321:1344, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1344 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Obituaries
	BMJ  2000;321:1331 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Right sided aortic arch in children with persistent respiratory symptoms
	BMJ  2000;321:1331 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Recent advances: Complementary medicine
	BMJ  2000;321:1331 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Science, medicine, and the future: Stem cell transplantation
	BMJ  2000;321:1331 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Life is as much a pain as it ever was
	BMJ  2000;321:1331 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CD

	CD: Dynamic Practical Electrocardiography: A Virtual Clinic and Classroom
	Eric Yu
	BMJ  2000;321:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1354/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Comprehensive Respiratory Medicine
	Gabriel Laszlo
	BMJ  2000;321:1355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1355 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Changing Practice in Health and Social Care
	Marilynn M Rosenthal
	BMJ  2000;321:1355, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1355/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

FILM

	Film: Flawless
	Sarah Carr
	BMJ  2000;321:1354, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1354 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	Telling stories and listening to them
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	Telling stories and listening to them
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Flying and health
	Alison Tonks
	BMJ  2000;321:1356, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1356/a [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Martha Dorothy Faulkner • Geoffrey John Myers • Margaret Ormiston • Nicholas David Thomas Pimm • John Sholem Portnoy
	John Faulkner, A V Dunlop, G R Winter, D M Parkin, Mike Pimm, David Portnoy, Brigid Keane
	BMJ  2000;321:1353, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1353 [Extract] [Full text]

Papers

	State income inequality, household income, and maternal mental and physical health: cross sectional national survey
	Robert S Kahn, Paul H Wise, Bruce P Kennedy, Ichiro Kawachi
	BMJ  2000;321:1311-1315, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1311 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Extra table] FREE

	Priority setting for new technologies in medicine: qualitative case study
	Peter A Singer, Douglas K Martin, Mita Giacomini, Laura Purdy
	BMJ  2000;321:1316-1318, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1316 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Prepublication history] FREE

	Serosurveillance of prevalence of undiagnosed HIV-1 infection in homosexual men with acute sexually transmitted infection
	Michael A Catchpole, Christine A McGarrigle, Pauline A Rogers, Laura F Jordan, Danielle Mercey, O Noel Gill
	BMJ  2000;321:1319-1320, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1319 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Body mass and probability of pregnancy during assisted reproduction treatment: retrospective study
	J X Wang, M Davies, R J Norman
	BMJ  2000;321:1320-1321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7272.1320 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

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