18 March 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7237)

This Week In the BMJ

Editorials

Safe health care: are we up to it?

BMJ 2000;320:725 (Published 18 March 2000)

Medical error: the second victim

BMJ 2000;320:726 (Published 18 March 2000)

Accreditation's role in reducing medical errors

BMJ 2000;320:727 (Published 18 March 2000)

Why error reporting systems should be voluntary

BMJ 2000;320:728 (Published 18 March 2000)

Let's talk about error

BMJ 2000;320:730 (Published 18 March 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

PFI rides again

BMJ 2000;320:797 (Published 18 March 2000)

Choosing between home and hospital delivery

BMJ 2000;320:798 (Published 18 March 2000)

Helicobacter pylori and myocardial infection

BMJ 2000;320:799 (Published 18 March 2000)

Treatment of schizophrenia

BMJ 2000;320:800 (Published 18 March 2000)

Preventing pressure sores

BMJ 2000;320:801 (Published 18 March 2000)

World Trade Organisation agreements should be subject to health impact assessment

BMJ 2000;320:802 (Published 18 March 2000)

Britain is ahead of US in dealing with misconduct

BMJ 2000;320:803.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Chinese hypnosis can cause qigong induced mental disorders

BMJ 2000;320:803.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Dental recalls are useful for detecting oral cancer

BMJ 2000;320:803.3 (Published 18 March 2000)

Carbon monoxide poisoning

BMJ 2000;320:804.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

More reluctance in accepting evidence on smoking and cancer

BMJ 2000;320:804.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Student publications

BMJ 2000;320:805.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Meningitis C immunisation is low among young people who are not in education

BMJ 2000;320:805.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

News

MPs call for safeguards for people with personality disorder

BMJ 2000;320:731.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Force feeding of Ian Brady declared lawful

BMJ 2000;320:731.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Type 2 diabetes is a major drain on resources

BMJ 2000;320:732.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Imitating Mickey Mouse can be dangerous

BMJ 2000;320:732.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

News - continued

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:732.3 (Published 18 March 2000)

New standards set for abortion care

BMJ 2000;320:733.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Another option for Down's syndrome screening available

BMJ 2000;320:733.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Charity calls for help for people of Aral Sea area

BMJ 2000;320:734.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Doctors develop new treatment for cystic fibrosis

BMJ 2000;320:734.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

UK juniors to debate pay offer

BMJ 2000;320:734.3 (Published 18 March 2000)

Rate of HIV transmission among Africans in UK “underestimated”

BMJ 2000;320:735.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Adding fatty acids to baby milk improves development

BMJ 2000;320:735.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

US drug companies announce vaccine initiative

BMJ 2000;320:736.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Transplanted pancreatic stem cells can reverse diabetes in mice

BMJ 2000;320:736.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Doctors develop new treatment for cystic fibrosis

BMJ 2000;320:736.4 (Published 18 March 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:814 (Published 18 March 2000)

Editor's Choice

Facing up to medical error

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Facing up to medical error

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Coeliac disease specific antigen found

BMJ 2000;320:736.3 (Published 18 March 2000)

Irish government sets up inquiry into retained body organs

BMJ 2000;320:736.5 (Published 18 March 2000)

UK junior doctors will debate improved pay offer

BMJ 2000;320:736.6 (Published 18 March 2000)

Listen to patients, urges mental health report

BMJ 2000;320:736.7 (Published 18 March 2000)

Sex: when less means more

BMJ 2000;320:736.8 (Published 18 March 2000)

Papers

General practice

Education and debate

Human error: models and management

BMJ 2000;320:768 (Published 18 March 2000)

System changes to improve patient safety

BMJ 2000;320:771 (Published 18 March 2000)

Education and debate - continued

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Books

CD

Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook on CD-ROM

BMJ 2000;320:810.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

TV

Sultans of spin

BMJ 2000;320:811.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Error in medicine

BMJ 2000;320:811.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Personal Views

Looking back …

BMJ 2000;320:812.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Plane speaking

BMJ 2000;320:813.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

NETLINES

Netlines

BMJ 2000;320:812.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Soundings

Crisis in the air

BMJ 2000;320:813.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Fillers

The war in South Africa: “Comforts” and luxuries

BMJ 2000;320:750.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

When I use a word … nice?

BMJ 2000;320:750.3 (Published 18 March 2000)

Realising why

BMJ 2000;320:796.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

A cerebral massage?

BMJ 2000;320:796.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Corrections

Reviews

BMJ 2000;320:753.1 (Published 18 March 2000)

Not time to put cot death to bed

BMJ 2000;320:753.2 (Published 18 March 2000)

Recent advances in intensive care

BMJ 2000;320:753.3 (Published 18 March 2000)

Obituary