23 October 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7217)

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Editor's Choice

The everyday

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

News

Paediatricians propose plan to insure every US child

BMJ 1999;319:1087.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

Health secretary will target heart disease

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Professor tried to get surgery stopped

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Doctors not obliged to carry out treatment they think “futile”

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In brief

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Sertraline approved for post-traumatic stress disorder

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WMA to tackle adverse health conditions in prisons

BMJ 1999;319:1090.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

WHO celebrates triumph over river blindness

BMJ 1999;319:1090.2 (Published 23 October 1999)

Antismoking campaigns should “target 4 year olds”

BMJ 1999;319:1090.3 (Published 23 October 1999)

Scottish secretary of the BMA resigns

BMJ 1999;319:1090.4 (Published 23 October 1999)

Medical abortion still not available in most countries

BMJ 1999;319:1091.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

Study into medical errors planned for the UK

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Young less tolerant of mentally ill than the old

BMJ 1999;319:1092.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

MRI found suitable for detecting coronary heart disease

BMJ 1999;319:1092.2 (Published 23 October 1999)

Lancet editor defends decision to publish GM research paper

BMJ 1999;319:1845 (Published 23 October 1999)

Editorials

Antidepressants and upper gastrointestinal bleeding

BMJ 1999;319:1081 (Published 23 October 1999)

Carbon monoxide poisoning

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Hyperbaric oxygen in carbon monoxide poisoning

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Preventing the cardiotoxicity of anthracyclines by dexrazoxane

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HIV and tuberculosis in the Commonwealth

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Letters

This week's Letters section

Effects of drug overdose in television drama on presentations for self poisoning

BMJ 1999;319:1131 (Published 23 October 1999)

Medical fiction could be misleading

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Association between type 1 diabetes and Hib vaccine

BMJ 1999;319:1133.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

Radioiodine and thyroid eye disease

BMJ 1999;319:1133.2 (Published 23 October 1999)

Non-attendance at outpatients departments

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Letters - continued

Anaesthetists need consent, but not written consent

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Risks of medicine and air travel

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Immunosuppression in renal transplantation

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Australia has considerable experience of transporting critically ill patients

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Minerva

Minerva

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Fillers

Knowledge

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A word out of place

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Women in the operating theatre

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The baby and the bathwater

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London operating theatres

BMJ 1999;319:1115.2 (Published 23 October 1999)

A doctor's reputation

BMJ 1999;319:1130.4 (Published 23 October 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Care of the elderly in the UK needs restructuring

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 23 October 1999)

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors increase risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 23 October 1999)

Survival graphs for preterm infants would help counselling

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 23 October 1999)

Maternal mortality among East Germans worsened after reunification

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 23 October 1999)

Body mass index in children varies with height

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 23 October 1999)

Two view mammography at subsequent screens is cost effective only with double reading

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 23 October 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Otolaryngology

BMJ 1999;319:1110 (Published 23 October 1999)

Digital examination for oral cancer

BMJ 1999;319:1113 (Published 23 October 1999)

Homoeopathy

BMJ 1999;319:1115.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Antismoking campaigns should “target 4 year olds”

BMJ 1999;319:1092.3 (Published 23 October 1999)

Cell implants reconstruct myelin sheaths

BMJ 1999;319:1092.4 (Published 23 October 1999)

Tougher guidelines needed for research in developing countries

BMJ 1999;319:1092.5 (Published 23 October 1999)

Consumer group criticises surgeon general on ECT

BMJ 1999;319:1092.6 (Published 23 October 1999)

Papers

Prediction of survival for preterm births by weight and gestational age: retrospective population based study

BMJ 1999;319:1093 (Published 23 October 1999)

Papers - continued

Two view mammography at incident screens: cost effectiveness analysis of policy options

BMJ 1999;319:1097 (Published 23 October 1999)

Identifying very fat and very thin children: test of criterion standards for screening test

BMJ 1999;319:1103 (Published 23 October 1999)

Maternal mortality in the former East Germany before and after reunification: changes in risk by marital status

BMJ 1999;319:1104.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

General practice

Association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and upper gastrointestinal bleeding: population based case-control study

BMJ 1999;319:1106.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

Education and debate

Geriatric care in the United Kingdom: aligning services to needsCommentary: current system could be made to work

BMJ 1999;319:1119 (Published 23 October 1999)

The NHS in Dumfries and Galloway: straining but optimistic

BMJ 1999;319:1123 (Published 23 October 1999)

Better out than in? Alternatives to acute hospital care

BMJ 1999;319:1127 (Published 23 October 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Juniors' pay offer will not mean a pay cutConsultants endorse system of revalidationHelping non-consultant career grade doctorsCharity calls for better service for minority ethnic groups

BMJ 1999;319:1140 (Published 23 October 1999)

Books

Parkinson's Disease: The Treatment Options

BMJ 1999;319:1141.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

Difficult Asthma

BMJ 1999;319:1141.2 (Published 23 October 1999)

TV

Learning to be you

BMJ 1999;319:1142.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Carbon monoxide

BMJ 1999;319:1142.2 (Published 23 October 1999)

Personal View

In praise of hunch backing

BMJ 1999;319:1143.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

Soundings

Words failed me

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Career focus

Career focusBasic surgical trainingUseful contacts

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Corrections

Morphine induced allodynia in a child with brain tumour

BMJ 1999;319:1114.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

Population based study of social and productive activities as predictors of survival among elderly Americans

BMJ 1999;319:1130.1 (Published 23 October 1999)

Psychiatric disorder among children at time of entering local authority care: questionnaire study

BMJ 1999;319:1130.2 (Published 23 October 1999)

Recent advances: neurology

BMJ 1999;319:1130.3 (Published 23 October 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Cecil Thompson Buchanan AdamsElisabeth Bride Carnegie DicksonJohn Robert Pelham GibbonsDavid Stoakley HinsonGeorge Downes McDowellFrederic (“Eric”) Guy NeildLouis Falconer SmithJohn Turner SpareJessie Vivien Mary Walls (née Robb)John WhyteRodney Fin…

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