26 February 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7234)

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Editor's Choice

Management and preferences

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Management and preferences

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

News

British tobacco company denies “orchestrating smuggling”

BMJ 2000;320:531.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Paediatricians “close to despair” over child protection laws

BMJ 2000;320:531.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

UK home secretary faces new problems over Pinochet

BMJ 2000;320:532.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Screening changes recommended for osteoporosis and diabetes

BMJ 2000;320:532.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:532.3 (Published 26 February 2000)

Albumin industry launches global promotion

BMJ 2000;320:533.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Britain's health league table attacked

BMJ 2000;320:533.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Hospital infection rates in England out of control

BMJ 2000;320:534.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Donors and relatives must place no conditions on organ use

BMJ 2000;320:534.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Gynaecologist cleared in hysterectomy case

BMJ 2000;320:535.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Spain's home healthcare programme goes nationwide

BMJ 2000;320:535.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

British Columbia blocks tobacco move

BMJ 2000;320:535.3 (Published 26 February 2000)

Cyanide spill threatens health in Hungary

BMJ 2000;320:536.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Cirrhosis may be amenable to telomerase treatment

BMJ 2000;320:536.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Painkillers “may need to be sex specific”

BMJ 2000;320:536.3 (Published 26 February 2000)

Editorials

Advances in managing chronic disease

BMJ 2000;320:525 (Published 26 February 2000)

Patients as partners in managing chronic disease

BMJ 2000;320:526 (Published 26 February 2000)

Depression management clinics in general practice?

BMJ 2000;320:527 (Published 26 February 2000)

Building evidence on chronic disease in old age

BMJ 2000;320:528 (Published 26 February 2000)

Disease management: has it a future?

BMJ 2000;320:530 (Published 26 February 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Management of hypertension

BMJ 2000;320:576 (Published 26 February 2000)

Greenwich asthma study

BMJ 2000;320:580 (Published 26 February 2000)

β Blockade after myocardial infarction

BMJ 2000;320:581.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Health professionals do not understand mathematical models

BMJ 2000;320:581.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Inequalities in health continue to grow despite government's pledges

BMJ 2000;320:582 (Published 26 February 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:590 (Published 26 February 2000)

Fillers

Machiavelli on clinical management

BMJ 2000;320:549.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Fascinating rhythm

BMJ 2000;320:575 (Published 26 February 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Doctors and patients are taught the wrong skills for managing chronic disease

BMJ 2000;320:0.8 (Published 26 February 2000)

Stroke units seem to have a long term impact on patients' outcomes

BMJ 2000;320:0.6 (Published 26 February 2000)

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are often flawed

BMJ 2000;320:0.3 (Published 26 February 2000)

Monitoring, feedback, and care management improve treatment of depression

BMJ 2000;320:0.7 (Published 26 February 2000)

Doctors' reassurances are often ineffective

BMJ 2000;320:0.4 (Published 26 February 2000)

Open access follow up can work in chronic bowel disease

BMJ 2000;320:0.5 (Published 26 February 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Management of chronic uveitis

BMJ 2000;320:555 (Published 26 February 2000)

Acute and chronic management strategies

BMJ 2000;320:559 (Published 26 February 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

US insurance companies may not pay for new diabetic devices

BMJ 2000;320:536.5 (Published 26 February 2000)

Papers

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on treatment of asthma: critical evaluation

BMJ 2000;320:537 (Published 26 February 2000)

Qualitative study of interpretation of reassurance among patients attending rheumatology clinics: “just a touch of arthritis, doctor?”

BMJ 2000;320:541 (Published 26 February 2000)

Open access follow up for inflammatory bowel disease: pragmatic randomised trial and cost effectiveness study

BMJ 2000;320:544 (Published 26 February 2000)

Papers - continued

Five year follow up of a randomised controlled trial of a stroke rehabilitation unit

BMJ 2000;320:549.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

General practice

Randomised trial of monitoring, feedback, and management of care by telephone to improve treatment of depression in primary care

BMJ 2000;320:550 (Published 26 February 2000)

Education and debate

Disease management in the American market

BMJ 2000;320:563 (Published 26 February 2000)

Commercial partnerships in chronic disease management: proceeding with caution

BMJ 2000;320:566 (Published 26 February 2000)

The role of patient care teams in chronic disease management

BMJ 2000;320:569 (Published 26 February 2000)

Management of chronic disease by practitioners and patients: are we teaching the wrong things?

BMJ 2000;320:572 (Published 26 February 2000)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

PM will address GPs' conferenceGPs agree that urgent action is needed after Shipman caseWMA begins consultation on Declaration of Helsinki

BMJ 2000;320:585 (Published 26 February 2000)

Books

Incontinence

BMJ 2000;320:586.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Schizophrenia: Concepts and Clinical Management

BMJ 2000;320:586.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness

BMJ 2000;320:587.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Epilepsy: Problem Solving in Clinical Practice

BMJ 2000;320:587.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

HIT PARADE

Hit parade

BMJ 2000;320:587.3 (Published 26 February 2000)

RADIO

Let the children do the talking

BMJ 2000;320:588.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Disease management

BMJ 2000;320:588.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Personal View

Facing the challenges of long term care

BMJ 2000;320:589.1 (Published 26 February 2000)

Soundings

And how is sir today?

BMJ 2000;320:589.2 (Published 26 February 2000)

Correction

Women taking combination HRT are at greater risk of breast cancer

BMJ 2000;320:536.4 (Published 26 February 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Richard Stuart AtkinsonPeter Alfred BoxallThomas Ernest Ashdown CarrThomas Charles CorsonGeorge Alexander Norman (“Buzz”) DavisJohn Andrew Noble EmslieMichael Thomas GilliesRaymond George HarcourtWilliam Stewart KilpatrickAlan Roger Marsh

BMJ 2000;320:583 (Published 26 February 2000)