27 November 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7222)

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Editor's Choice

Politically incorrect surgery

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Politically incorrect surgery

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

News

UN warns that AIDS deaths are set to reach record level

BMJ 1999;319:1387.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Whistleblower in Bristol case says funding was put before patients

BMJ 1999;319:1387.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Oocytes matured in vitro achieve high pregnancy rates

BMJ 1999;319:1388.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Drug company threatens legal action over Canadian guidelines

BMJ 1999;319:1388.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:1388.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

UK community groups reject mental health reforms

BMJ 1999;319:1389.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Publishers to link science journals on line

BMJ 1999;319:1389.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

EU makes mental illness top priority

BMJ 1999;319:1389.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

UK review finds statins are cost effective in secondary prevention

BMJ 1999;319:1390.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Japan moves towards legal ban on human cloning

BMJ 1999;319:1390.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

BMA welcomes plans to regulate private care

BMJ 1999;319:1390.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

Health authority loses cervical smear appeal

BMJ 1999;319:1391.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Studies reveal increased smoking among students in Canada

BMJ 1999;319:1391.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

EU plans tighter controls on tobacco

BMJ 1999;319:1391.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

England sets standards to reduce hospital acquired infection

BMJ 1999;319:1392.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

MPs call for database of adverse incidents

BMJ 1999;319:1392.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

European parliament supports juniors on working hours

BMJ 1999;319:1392.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

Editorials

Why do babies cry?

BMJ 1999;319:1381 (Published 27 November 1999)

Meeting the demand for donor organs in the US

BMJ 1999;319:1382 (Published 27 November 1999)

Markets, politicians, and the NHS

BMJ 1999;319:1383 (Published 27 November 1999)

Healthy living centres

BMJ 1999;319:1384 (Published 27 November 1999)

Postnatal dexamethasone in preterm infants

BMJ 1999;319:1385 (Published 27 November 1999)

Letters

Public sponsors must follow ethical rules too

BMJ 1999;319:1430.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Guidelines on HIV prophylaxis must be implemented

BMJ 1999;319:1430.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in South Africa

BMJ 1999;319:1431 (Published 27 November 1999)

Children were guaranteed regular check ups in dental study

BMJ 1999;319:1432.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Use of iron pots in South Africa led to haemosiderosis

BMJ 1999;319:1432.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Letters - continued

Better evidence must be collected on childhood injuries

BMJ 1999;319:1432.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

Japanese government should also ban tobacco advertising

BMJ 1999;319:1433.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Automatic replies can be sent to unsolicited email from general public

BMJ 1999;319:1433.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Suicide within 12 months of contact with mental health services

BMJ 1999;319:1433.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

Cochrane reviews will be in Medline

BMJ 1999;319:1435.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Searching for reliable research evidence need not be difficult

BMJ 1999;319:1435.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Screening of newborn infants for cholestatic hepatobiliary disease

BMJ 1999;319:1435.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

Earlier discharge for newborns may increase health risks

BMJ 1999;319:1436.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Do we need a new word for patients?

BMJ 1999;319:1436.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

GMC should just continue its role as policeman and not try to improve clinical standards

BMJ 1999;319:1437 (Published 27 November 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:1446 (Published 27 November 1999)

Fillers

Alternative therapies

BMJ 1999;319:1409.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

On ageing: oh dear!

BMJ 1999;319:1409.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

Of parents and children

BMJ 1999;319:1410.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Honey poisoning

BMJ 1999;319:1419.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Parental review

BMJ 1999;319:1425 (Published 27 November 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Night time nurse telephone consultations reduce general practitioners' workload

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 27 November 1999)

New stool immunoassay offers routine diagnostic tool for H pylori infection

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 27 November 1999)

Caesarean section rates are too high in Latin America

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 27 November 1999)

GPs want to keep generalist role in genetic testing

BMJ 1999;319:0.8 (Published 27 November 1999)

Sweetness and sucking have analgesic effect in babies

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

Slower fetal development may protect women from heart disease

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 27 November 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Management of self poisoning

BMJ 1999;319:1414 (Published 27 November 1999)

Insulin as a substance of misuse in a patient with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

BMJ 1999;319:1417 (Published 27 November 1999)

Unconventional approaches to nutritional medicine

BMJ 1999;319:1419.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Papers

Randomised trial of analgesic effects of sucrose, glucose, and pacifiers in term neonates

BMJ 1999;319:1393 (Published 27 November 1999)

Rates and implications of caesarean sections in Latin America: ecological studyCommentary: all women should have a choiceCommentary: increase in caesarean sections may reflect medical control not women's choiceCommentary: “health has become secondary t…

BMJ 1999;319:1397 (Published 27 November 1999)

Growth in utero and during childhood among women who develop coronary heart disease: longitudinal study

BMJ 1999;319:1403 (Published 27 November 1999)

Papers - continued

Overnight calls in primary care: randomised controlled trial of management using nurse telephone consultation

BMJ 1999;319:1408 (Published 27 November 1999)

Comparison of stool immunoassay with standard methods for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection

BMJ 1999;319:1409.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

General practice

Tensions between policy makers and general practitioners in implementing new genetics: grounded theory interview study

BMJ 1999;319:1410.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Education and debate

The value of DALY life: problems with ethics and validity of disability adjusted life years

BMJ 1999;319:1423 (Published 27 November 1999)

Healthcare rationing—are additional criteria needed for assessing evidence based clinical practice guidelines?

BMJ 1999;319:1426 (Published 27 November 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Guidance needed on the use of the internetReducing smoking is an uphill battleBMA urges government to cancel unpayable debtJuniors will not get millennium pay in EnglandMedical workforce has grown by 2.8%

BMJ 1999;319:1441 (Published 27 November 1999)

Book

The Government's Annual Report 98/99

BMJ 1999;319:1442.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

CD

The Virtual Surgeon: ACL Reconstruction

BMJ 1999;319:1442.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

ART

Only Human

BMJ 1999;319:1443.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

HIT PARADE

Hit parade

BMJ 1999;319:1443.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

TV

Dogma in retreat

BMJ 1999;319:1444.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Babies in pain

BMJ 1999;319:1444.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Personal View

Organ donation: Can the US do better?

BMJ 1999;319:1445.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Soundings

BIBA but LGFTD

BMJ 1999;319:1445.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Career focus

Get a distinction award

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7222 (Published 27 November 1999)

Briefing

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Briefing

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Corrections

ABC of complementary medicine: Herbal medicine

BMJ 1999;319:1422 (Published 27 November 1999)

Benzodiazepine use in pregnancy and major malformations or oral clefts

BMJ 1999;319:1429.1 (Published 27 November 1999)

Medicopolitical digest

BMJ 1999;319:1429.2 (Published 27 November 1999)

Pre-existing risk factor profiles in users and non-users of hormone replacement therapy: prospective cohort study in Gothenburg, Sweden

BMJ 1999;319:1429.3 (Published 27 November 1999)

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:1429.4 (Published 27 November 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

John (“Jack”) Parsons ShillingfordRobert Michael BadmintonTerry CoatesChristopher Charles CramptonRichard Michael DeanDesmond Stopford Mulock Enraght-MoonyEric Glyn HughesAlfred Cecil Victor MaltbyGisela (“Gilli”) OppenheimFredrick ShepherdEleano…

BMJ 1999;319:1438 (Published 27 November 1999)