29 May 1999 (Vol 318, Issue 7196)

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Editor's Choice

Insight through argument

BMJ 1999;318:0.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

News

WHO agrees measures to stop global spread of tobacco use

BMJ 1999;318:1437.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Dutch launch plan to combat legionnaires' disease

BMJ 1999;318:1437.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;318:1438.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Explanations shift attitudes to animal experiments

BMJ 1999;318:1438.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Hungary passes non-smokers' rights bill

BMJ 1999;318:1438.3 (Published 29 May 1999)

Bristol inquiry reveals lack of data on service quality

BMJ 1999;318:1439.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

European Union considers new plan to help refugees

BMJ 1999;318:1439.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

High dose chemotherapy offers little benefit in breast cancer

BMJ 1999;318:1440.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Time to devolve the BMJ?

BMJ 1999;318:1440.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Trial of steroids for treating head injury begins

BMJ 1999;318:1441.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Chief medical officer clears genetically modified foods

BMJ 1999;318:1441.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Kent private finance initiative scheme will not save money

BMJ 1999;318:1441.3 (Published 29 May 1999)

US drug trials expand outside academic centres

BMJ 1999;318:1442.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

EU says growth hormones pose health risk

BMJ 1999;318:1442.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Editorials

Foreseeing is not necessarily the same as intending

BMJ 1999;318:1431 (Published 29 May 1999)

The moral character of clinicians or the best interests of patients?

BMJ 1999;318:1432 (Published 29 May 1999)

Foodborne viral infections

BMJ 1999;318:1433 (Published 29 May 1999)

Public health, civil liberties, and tuberculosis

BMJ 1999;318:1434 (Published 29 May 1999)

Better blood transfusion

BMJ 1999;318:1435 (Published 29 May 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Left ventricular dysfunction among elderly patients in general practice

BMJ 1999;318:1483 (Published 29 May 1999)

Evidence exists for some advertising claims made on the internet

BMJ 1999;318:1484.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Clinical trials in primary care

BMJ 1999;318:1484.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Letters - continued

Migraine and stroke in young women

BMJ 1999;318:1485 (Published 29 May 1999)

Authors may have underestimated number of young doctors still working in NHS

BMJ 1999;318:1486.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Hereditary haemochromatosis should be more widely known about

BMJ 1999;318:1486.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Vaccines and their real or perceived adverse effects

BMJ 1999;318:1487 (Published 29 May 1999)

Neurogenetic determinism and the new euphenics

BMJ 1999;318:1488 (Published 29 May 1999)

Scanning during pregnancy is often for doctors' benefit rather than parents'

BMJ 1999;318:1489.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Radiosurgery for brain tumours

BMJ 1999;318:1489.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Presumed consent

BMJ 1999;318:1490 (Published 29 May 1999)

Speaking sign language from birth can make deaf children confident

BMJ 1999;318:1491.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Assisted suicide law in Oregon

BMJ 1999;318:1491.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Airline passenger dies after being sedated

BMJ 1999;318:1491.3 (Published 29 May 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;318:1498 (Published 29 May 1999)

Fillers

Spitting of blood

BMJ 1999;318:1455.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

More than reason

BMJ 1999;318:1456.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Studying for the MRCP—was it worth while?

BMJ 1999;318:1467 (Published 29 May 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Time lag may explain the French paradox

BMJ 1999;318:0.7 (Published 29 May 1999)

Behavioural factors are important in non-specific abdominal pain

BMJ 1999;318:0.6 (Published 29 May 1999)

Cancer risk is not raised in children of nuclear workers

BMJ 1999;318:0.3 (Published 29 May 1999)

Promethazine does not reduce reactions to bothrops antivenom

BMJ 1999;318:0.4 (Published 29 May 1999)

Brief advice to parents does not protect asthmatic children from passive smoking

BMJ 1999;318:0.5 (Published 29 May 1999)

Methods of appraising new drugs may be inadequate

BMJ 1999;318:0.8 (Published 29 May 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Psychosocial factors in the aetiology and prognosis of coronary heart disease: systematic review of prospective cohort studies

BMJ 1999;318:1460 (Published 29 May 1999)

Organisation of intensive care

BMJ 1999;318:1468 (Published 29 May 1999)

Editor's Choice [GP]

Insight through argument

BMJ 1999;318:0.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Papers

Cancer in children of nuclear industry employees: report on children aged under 25 years from nuclear industry family study

BMJ 1999;318:1443 (Published 29 May 1999)

Sequential randomised and double blind trial of promethazine prophylaxis against early anaphylactic reactions to antivenom for bothrops snake bites

BMJ 1999;318:1451 (Published 29 May 1999)

The nuclear industry family study: linkage of occupational exposures to reproduction and child health

BMJ 1999;318:1453 (Published 29 May 1999)

Incidence of non-specific abdominal pain in children during school term: population survey based on discharge diagnoses

BMJ 1999;318:1455.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

General practice

Advising parents of asthmatic children on passive smoking: randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1999;318:1456.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Education and debate

Why heart disease mortality is low in France: the time lag explanationCommentary: Alcohol and other dietary factors may be importantCommentary: Intrauterine nutrition may be importantCommentary: Heterogeneity of populations should be taken into accountAu…

BMJ 1999;318:1471 (Published 29 May 1999)

Not playing with a full DEC: why development and evaluation committee methods for appraising new drugs may be inadequate

BMJ 1999;318:1480 (Published 29 May 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Medicopolitical digestGPs oppose MPs' proposals on removing patients from listsClinical governance needs time and moneyGPs given guidance over millennium planningBMA council election

BMJ 1999;318:1493 (Published 29 May 1999)

MULTIMEDIA

Informing Patients: An Assessment of the Quality of Patient Information Materials

BMJ 1999;318:1494.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Should Health Screening be Private?

BMJ 1999;318:1494.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Mobiles on the brain

BMJ 1999;318:1495 (Published 29 May 1999)

Making a mess of sex

BMJ 1999;318:1496.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

BMJ 1999;318:1496.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Personal View

Anything else, sir?

BMJ 1999;318:1497.1 (Published 29 May 1999)

Soundings

Basic science

BMJ 1999;318:1497.2 (Published 29 May 1999)

Career focus

Thinking about teaching?

BMJ 1999;318:S2-7196 (Published 29 May 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3-7196 (Published 29 May 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;318:S3a-7196 (Published 29 May 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

ObituariesGeorge Duncan Stewart BeecheyVincent Jerome BoyceAlfred McKillop (“Mac”) Simpson-BrassLeslie TurnerGeoffrey Herbert Watson

BMJ 1999;318:1492 (Published 29 May 1999)