24 July 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7204)

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Editor's Choice

Brain gum, CME, and keeping up to date

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Brain gum, CME, and keeping up to date

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

News

English teenager given heart transplant against her will

BMJ 1999;319:209.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

US Senate passes patients' bill of rights

BMJ 1999;319:209.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

More mentally ill people reported in US prisons

BMJ 1999;319:210.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

UK proposes new approach to personality disorders

BMJ 1999;319:210.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:210.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

US health maintenance organisations: better care from non-profit plans

BMJ 1999;319:211.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Laparoscopic hernia surgery linked to increased complications

BMJ 1999;319:211.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Power of attorney change in England and Wales

BMJ 1999;319:211.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

Leptospirosis in Philippine floods

BMJ 1999;319:212.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

NHS must pay nursing costs for dependent nursing home residents

BMJ 1999;319:212.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

UK considers logging adverse incidents

BMJ 1999;319:212.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

American Medical Association moves to regulate prescribing on the internet

BMJ 1999;319:213.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Bristol trust admits liability in baby heart surgery case

BMJ 1999;319:213.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

European Commission's new president puts public health on the agenda

BMJ 1999;319:214.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Unicef warns of polio risk in conflict regions

BMJ 1999;319:214.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Incubators in Hungarian hospital lobbies allow babies to be abandoned more safely

BMJ 1999;319:214.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

Editorials

Eradicating child poverty

BMJ 1999;319:203 (Published 24 July 1999)

How often should we go to the dentist?

BMJ 1999;319:204 (Published 24 July 1999)

Functional foods: health boon or quackery?

BMJ 1999;319:205 (Published 24 July 1999)

Moving the research agenda to where it matters

BMJ 1999;319:206 (Published 24 July 1999)

Children with HIV: the challenge for general practice

BMJ 1999;319:207 (Published 24 July 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Racism in psychiatry necessitates reappraisal of general procedures and Eurocentric theories

BMJ 1999;319:254.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Low vitamin D concentrations found in study of Asian children was not function of analytical method

BMJ 1999;319:254.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Recognition of depression and anxiety in primary care

BMJ 1999;319:254.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

Why heart disease mortality is low in France

BMJ 1999;319:255 (Published 24 July 1999)

Letters - continued

Pressures of acute obstetrics on consultants

BMJ 1999;319:256.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

At least 35% more orthopaedic surgeons are needed to ensure consultant based service

BMJ 1999;319:256.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Author defends meta-analysis that was criticised

BMJ 1999;319:256.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

Management of preterm labour

BMJ 1999;319:257.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Many reports of RCTs give insufficient data for Cochrane reviewers

BMJ 1999;319:257.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Electronic bibliographic tools for incorporating social science research into health care must be improved

BMJ 1999;319:257.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh gives consultant fellows feedback on their training activity

BMJ 1999;319:258.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Community study of infectious intestinal disease in England

BMJ 1999;319:258.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

All parents should be given leaflet outlining full details of antenatal screening

BMJ 1999;319:259.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Usefulness of contacting other experts when conducting literature searches

BMJ 1999;319:259.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Clocks in delivery wards may not be sufficiently accurate to validate birth of “millennium babies”

BMJ 1999;319:260 (Published 24 July 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:268 (Published 24 July 1999)

Fillers

“Now I can be remembered”

BMJ 1999;319:231 (Published 24 July 1999)

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 1999;319:232.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

A view from the other side

BMJ 1999;319:253.4 (Published 24 July 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Bacterial vaginosis increases the risk of first trimester miscarriage

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 24 July 1999)

GPs could take greater role in care of children with HIV

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 24 July 1999)

Coronary heart disease risk factors vary among South Asian groups

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

Management of asthma in Danish children has improved

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 24 July 1999)

Preregistration house officers could benefit from a self evaluation instrument

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 24 July 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Coeliac disease

BMJ 1999;319:236 (Published 24 July 1999)

Contrast enhanced computed tomography in the early diagnosis of cerebral abscess

BMJ 1999;319:239 (Published 24 July 1999)

Outcome data and scoring systems

BMJ 1999;319:241 (Published 24 July 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Intranasal flu vaccine reduces severity of symptoms

BMJ 1999;319:214.4 (Published 24 July 1999)

First NHS walk-in health centres announced for England

BMJ 1999;319:214.5 (Published 24 July 1999)

UK operating theatre practitioners seek regulation

BMJ 1999;319:214.6 (Published 24 July 1999)

Scotland to target NHS funding at poorer areas

BMJ 1999;319:214.7 (Published 24 July 1999)

Papers

Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations: cross sectional study

BMJ 1999;319:215 (Published 24 July 1999)

Influence of bacterial vaginosis on conception and miscarriage in the first trimester: cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:220 (Published 24 July 1999)

Identifying appropriate tasks for the preregistration year: modified Delphi technique

BMJ 1999;319:224 (Published 24 July 1999)

Changes in risk of hospital readmission among asthmatic children in Denmark, 1978-93

BMJ 1999;319:229 (Published 24 July 1999)

Outcome and use of health services four years after admission for acute myocardial infarction: case record follow up study

BMJ 1999;319:230 (Published 24 July 1999)

General practice

General practice and the care of children with HIV infection: 6 month prospective interview study

BMJ 1999;319:232.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Education and debate

Fetal origins of adult disease—the hypothesis revisited

BMJ 1999;319:245 (Published 24 July 1999)

The politics of the private finance initiative and the new NHS

BMJ 1999;319:249 (Published 24 July 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Juniors start talks to avoid ballot on industrial actionNew arrangements approved for GP trainingNew centre for defence medical servicesSenior doctors' concerns about work on revalidation

BMJ 1999;319:263 (Published 24 July 1999)

Books

Rural Healthcare

BMJ 1999;319:264.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

The Malthus Factor

BMJ 1999;319:264.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Hamilton Bailey: A Surgeon's Life

BMJ 1999;319:265.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Detaining people with personality disorders

BMJ 1999;319:265.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

NETLINES

Netlines

BMJ 1999;319:265.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

TV

Killing for profit: where is the outrage?

BMJ 1999;319:266.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

BESTSELLERS

June Bestsellers

BMJ 1999;319:266.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Personal View

Old age psychiatry in Swansea

BMJ 1999;319:267.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Soundings

Who needs Rubik's cube?

BMJ 1999;319:267.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Career focus

Palliative medicine

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7204 (Published 24 July 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7204 (Published 24 July 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7204 (Published 24 July 1999)

Corrections

Endpiece

BMJ 1999;319:253.1 (Published 24 July 1999)

Developments have been made on cardiac surgical audit in Bristol

BMJ 1999;319:253.2 (Published 24 July 1999)

Medicopolitical digest

BMJ 1999;319:253.3 (Published 24 July 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

David Fillmer AlexanderKarina Ann ClarkPeter Thomas FluteIan Hewetson Dalrymple JohnstonJohn Derek KnightDavid Malcolm McBeathArthur George McPhersonJohn Patrick David MounseyGokhan Yahya OktekinHenry Meurig Nicholas ReesDeepak Balkrishna ShahKevin Antho…

BMJ 1999;319:261 (Published 24 July 1999)