29 May 1999 (Vol 318, Issue 7196)

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

Clinical Reviews

Editor's Choice [GP]

Insight through argument

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

Papers

General practice

Education and debate

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

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