16 October 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7216)

Editor's Choice

All a matter of tone

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

All a matter of tone

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

News

Alan Milburn returns to UK health department

BMJ 1999;319:1021.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Patients' bill of rights passes first US hurdle

BMJ 1999;319:1021.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Patients' complaints: GMC could do better

BMJ 1999;319:1022.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

JAMA appoints woman editor

BMJ 1999;319:1022.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:1022.3 (Published 16 October 1999)

Cell biologist wins Nobel prize

BMJ 1999;319:1023.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

BMA opens door on human reproductive cloning

BMJ 1999;319:1023.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Study leads to a call for an end to spanking

BMJ 1999;319:1023.3 (Published 16 October 1999)

Dobson backed NICE ruling on flu drug

BMJ 1999;319:1024.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Tories give a “patient's guarantee”

BMJ 1999;319:1024.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Irish nurses to strike

BMJ 1999;319:1024.3 (Published 16 October 1999)

High PSA levels may show body is fighting cancer

BMJ 1999;319:1025.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Prodi proposes food agency for the EU

BMJ 1999;319:1025.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Doctor accused of killing patients “for enjoyment”

BMJ 1999;319:1026.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Health department backs flexible working for NHS in England

BMJ 1999;319:1026.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Three jailed in bribery and prescription fraud scandal

BMJ 1999;319:1026.3 (Published 16 October 1999)

Editorials

Does stress cause cancer?

BMJ 1999;319:1015 (Published 16 October 1999)

Only a minor part of cerebral palsy cases begin in labour

BMJ 1999;319:1016 (Published 16 October 1999)

The national service framework: a scaffold for mental health

BMJ 1999;319:1017 (Published 16 October 1999)

Accidents that should never have happened

BMJ 1999;319:1018 (Published 16 October 1999)

Radiation risks

BMJ 1999;319:1019 (Published 16 October 1999)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Sunlight and health

BMJ 1999;319:1066 (Published 16 October 1999)

Intervention trial for late life depression defended

BMJ 1999;319:1068.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Design of CRASH trial

BMJ 1999;319:1068.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Letters - continued

Routine antenatal HIV testing

BMJ 1999;319:1069 (Published 16 October 1999)

Influence of data display formats on decisions to stop clinical trials

BMJ 1999;319:1070.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Fungal infections of skin and nails of feet

BMJ 1999;319:1070.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Teaching medical students about bereavement is hard

BMJ 1999;319:1071.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Cycle helmets

BMJ 1999;319:1071.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

The coroner service

BMJ 1999;319:1072 (Published 16 October 1999)

Attribution of time lag theory to explain French paradox

BMJ 1999;319:1073.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Pens are certainly more portable than computers

BMJ 1999;319:1073.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:1080 (Published 16 October 1999)

Fillers

A case of tetany due to exposure to the sun

BMJ 1999;319:1039.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Ingenious healing

BMJ 1999;319:1048.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Home

BMJ 1999;319:1048.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Some hiding places of the tubercle bacillus

BMJ 1999;319:1050.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

The whole idea was so disgusting

BMJ 1999;319:1063.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Mozart on death

BMJ 1999;319:1063.3 (Published 16 October 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Dyspeptic symptoms may improve after eradication of Helicobacter pylori

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 16 October 1999)

Poverty does not predict tuberculosis in Asians in UK

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 16 October 1999)

How to determine whether cerebral palsy occurs during labour

BMJ 1999;319:0.8 (Published 16 October 1999)

Obesity among British children is rising

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 16 October 1999)

Social fragmentation is associated with high suicide risk

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 16 October 1999)

Life stress is not associated with the onset of breast cancer

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 16 October 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Treatment of schizophrenia

BMJ 1999;319:1045 (Published 16 October 1999)

Tetanus in an immunised patient

BMJ 1999;319:1049 (Published 16 October 1999)

Herbal medicine

BMJ 1999;319:1050.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Surgeon performs bypass operation by microsurgery

BMJ 1999;319:1026.4 (Published 16 October 1999)

Hospitals' major incident plans worked well

BMJ 1999;319:1026.5 (Published 16 October 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

Primary care groups frustrated by variations in funding

BMJ 1999;319:1026.6 (Published 16 October 1999)

Papers

General practice

Education and debate

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Books

Biohazard

BMJ 1999;319:1077.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Making Use of Guidelines in Clinical Practice; Implementing Clinical Guidelines: A Practical Guide

BMJ 1999;319:1078.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

BESTSELLERS

September Bestsellers

BMJ 1999;319:1077.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Breast problems

BMJ 1999;319:1078.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Personal View

This time it was not a drill

BMJ 1999;319:1079.1 (Published 16 October 1999)

Soundings

Society column

BMJ 1999;319:1079.2 (Published 16 October 1999)

Career focus

Public health is good for you

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7216 (Published 16 October 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7216 (Published 16 October 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7216 (Published 16 October 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3b-7216 (Published 16 October 1999)

Obituary