14 August 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7207)

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Editor's Choice

A not so distant mirror

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

A not so distant mirror

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

News

British doctors in Kosovo appeal for NHS help

BMJ 1999;319:399 (Published 14 August 1999)

Influenza drug to undergo “fast track” assessment by NICE

BMJ 1999;319:400.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Nuns to run first heroin injecting room

BMJ 1999;319:400.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:400.3 (Published 14 August 1999)

Indian medical authorities act on antenatal sex selection

BMJ 1999;319:401.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Gulf war leaves legacy of cancer

BMJ 1999;319:401.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Tuberculosis ravages Philippine slums

BMJ 1999;319:402.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Animal tests rise in Great Britain

BMJ 1999;319:402.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Editorials

Medicine and international humanitarian law

BMJ 1999;319:393 (Published 14 August 1999)

Who gets hurt by all these weapons?

BMJ 1999;319:395 (Published 14 August 1999)

Preventive medicine: can conflicts be prevented?

BMJ 1999;319:396 (Published 14 August 1999)

Doctors and torture

BMJ 1999;319:397 (Published 14 August 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Number of land mine victims in Kosovo is high

BMJ 1999;319:450.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Treatment of hepatitis C infection

BMJ 1999;319:450.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in functional dyspepsia

BMJ 1999;319:451 (Published 14 August 1999)

UK trial of policy of neonatal ECMO provides most reliable information so far

BMJ 1999;319:452.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Managing atrial fibrillation in elderly people

BMJ 1999;319:452.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Letters - continued

Non-specific abdominal pain during school term may be due to viral infections then

BMJ 1999;319:454.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Tackling health inequalities in primary care

BMJ 1999;319:454.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Patients with tuberculosis can be managed effectively in the community

BMJ 1999;319:455.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Neuropsychiatric condition must be thoroughly assessed before treatment of hepatic encephalopathy

BMJ 1999;319:455.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Effects of Soho bomb were little compared with Omagh bomb

BMJ 1999;319:455.3 (Published 14 August 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:460 (Published 14 August 1999)

Fillers

Crossed lines

BMJ 1999;319:406.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 1999;319:406.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

The Black Smoke Nuisance

BMJ 1999;319:427.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Doctor's dilemma

BMJ 1999;319:448.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Lessons learnt and future expectations of complex emergencies

BMJ 1999;319:422 (Published 14 August 1999)

Recovery from intensive care

BMJ 1999;319:427.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Papers

Clinical and legal significance of fragmentation of bullets in relation to size of wounds: retrospective analysis

BMJ 1999;319:403 (Published 14 August 1999)

Mortality associated with use of weapons in armed conflicts, wartime atrocities, and civilian mass shootings: literature review

BMJ 1999;319:407 (Published 14 August 1999)

Effect of type and transfer of conventional weapons on civilian injuries: retrospective analysis of prospective data from Red Cross hospitals

BMJ 1999;319:410 (Published 14 August 1999)

Circumstances around weapon injury in Cambodia after departure of a peacekeeping force: prospective cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:412 (Published 14 August 1999)

Incidence of weapon injuries not related to interfactional combat in Afghanistan in 1996: prospective cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:415 (Published 14 August 1999)

General practice

Barriers to referral in patients with angina: qualitative studyCommentary: Generalisability and validity in qualitative research

BMJ 1999;319:418 (Published 14 August 1999)

Education and debate

New challenges for humanitarian protection

BMJ 1999;319:430 (Published 14 August 1999)

Eugenics and human rights

BMJ 1999;319:435 (Published 14 August 1999)

North-South research partnerships: the ethics of carrying out research in developing countries

BMJ 1999;319:438 (Published 14 August 1999)

The Icelandic database—do modern times need modern sagas?

BMJ 1999;319:441 (Published 14 August 1999)

Sharia punishment, treatment, and speaking outSupporting sharia or providing treatment: the International Committee of the Red CrossLearning to express dissent: Médecins Sans Frontières

BMJ 1999;319:445 (Published 14 August 1999)

Science for evil: the scientist's dilemma

BMJ 1999;319:448.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Books

Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains

BMJ 1999;319:458.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies

BMJ 1999;319:458.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Personal Views

Time flies….

BMJ 1999;319:458.3 (Published 14 August 1999)

Lest we forgive

BMJ 1999;319:459.1 (Published 14 August 1999)

Soundings

The laws of thermodynamics

BMJ 1999;319:459.2 (Published 14 August 1999)

Career focus

Becoming a general practitioner trainer

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7207 (Published 14 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7207 (Published 14 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7207 (Published 14 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3b-7207 (Published 14 August 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3c-7207 (Published 14 August 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

John Leonard DawsonSusan Mary BarclayEdward (“Edoo”) Michael BarkerAndrew DickAudrey Colquhoun-Pett

BMJ 1999;319:456 (Published 14 August 1999)