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04 December 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7223)

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Editor's Choice

Places to die and sleep, and “the forces of conservatism”

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

Places to die and sleep, and “the forces of conservatism”

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

News

Study shows growing inequalities in health in Britain

BMJ 1999;319:1453.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

First human chromosome is sequenced

BMJ 1999;319:1453.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Papillomavirus DNA in smear test raises risk of cervical cancer

BMJ 1999;319:1454.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

England plans measures to cut outpatient waits

BMJ 1999;319:1454.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

In Brief

BMJ 1999;319:1454.3 (Published 4 December 1999)

Agencies urge end to global trade restrictions on essential medicines

BMJ 1999;319:1455.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

No redress for failed sterilisations

BMJ 1999;319:1455.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Israel health minister bans AIDS campaign promoting condoms

BMJ 1999;319:1455.3 (Published 4 December 1999)

Family compensated for death after illegible prescription

BMJ 1999;319:1456.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

Survey finds that 1 in 10 children has a mental disorder

BMJ 1999;319:1456.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

High coffee intake increases risk of miscarriage

BMJ 1999;319:1456.3 (Published 4 December 1999)

Editorials

Rigorous assessment of palliative care revisited

BMJ 1999;319:1447 (Published 4 December 1999)

Vaccination policies: individual rights v community health

BMJ 1999;319:1448 (Published 4 December 1999)

Learning from the NHS

BMJ 1999;319:1449 (Published 4 December 1999)

Medicine must change to serve an ageing society

BMJ 1999;319:1450 (Published 4 December 1999)

Cardiac troponins in chest pain

BMJ 1999;319:1451 (Published 4 December 1999)

Letters

Improving access to medical care

BMJ 1999;319:1496.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

North-South research in developing countries must respond to community's priorities

BMJ 1999;319:1496.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Managing drug misuse in general practice

BMJ 1999;319:1497.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

Stillbirth as risk factor for depression and anxiety in subsequent pregnancy

BMJ 1999;319:1497.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Clinical review overstates genetic case for schizophrenia

BMJ 1999;319:1498 (Published 4 December 1999)

Folic acid supplementation before pregnancy remains inadequate

BMJ 1999;319:1499.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

Legal safeguards for audit process are a bad idea

BMJ 1999;319:1499.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Obstacles in organisation of service delivery reduce potential of epidural analgesia

BMJ 1999;319:1499.3 (Published 4 December 1999)

Letters - continued

Ethnic and sex differences in selection for admission to medical school

BMJ 1999;319:1500 (Published 4 December 1999)

Study did not mention preregistration year in general practice

BMJ 1999;319:1502.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

Increase in staff numbers may reduce doctors' “presenteeism”

BMJ 1999;319:1502.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:1510 (Published 4 December 1999)

Fillers

A small United Nations

BMJ 1999;319:1468 (Published 4 December 1999)

Unforeseen consequences

BMJ 1999;319:1471 (Published 4 December 1999)

Instant wisdom

BMJ 1999;319:1479 (Published 4 December 1999)

Dangers for surgeons

BMJ 1999;319:1480.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

It's all in the definition

BMJ 1999;319:1489 (Published 4 December 1999)

Plagiarism

BMJ 1999;319:1495 (Published 4 December 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Hospital at home scheme did not increase likelihood of dying at home

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 4 December 1999)

Where should babies sleep—alone or with parents?

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 4 December 1999)

Inconsistent immunisation policies increase incidence of congenital rubella syndrome

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 4 December 1999)

Adding anticholinergics in acute childhood and adolescent asthma is cost effective

BMJ 1999;319:0.8 (Published 4 December 1999)

Low perceived control contributes substantially to socioeconomic differences in mortality

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 4 December 1999)

SCOFF questionnaire identifies people with eating disorders

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 4 December 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Management of Crohn's disease

BMJ 1999;319:1480.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

Complementary medicine and the patient

BMJ 1999;319:1486 (Published 4 December 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

US education board advises against drugs for behavioural problems

BMJ 1999;319:1456.4 (Published 4 December 1999)

Hungarian insurance companies raise malpractice premiums

BMJ 1999;319:1456.5 (Published 4 December 1999)

Drug company chairman calls for trial period to evaluate drugs

BMJ 1999;319:1456.6 (Published 4 December 1999)

Bristol case surgeon claimed to have been on “learning curve”

BMJ 1999;319:1456.7 (Published 4 December 1999)

Pro-choice group in Northern Ireland calls for legal abortion

BMJ 1999;319:1456.8 (Published 4 December 1999)

Papers

Babies sleeping with parents: case-control study of factors influencing the risk of the sudden infant death syndromeCommentary: Cot death—the story so far

BMJ 1999;319:1457 (Published 4 December 1999)

Increase in congenital rubella occurrence after immunisation in Greece: retrospective survey and systematic reviewHow does herd immunity work?

BMJ 1999;319:1462 (Published 4 December 1999)

Papers - continued

The SCOFF questionnaire: assessment of a new screening tool for eating disorders

BMJ 1999;319:1467 (Published 4 December 1999)

Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality and importance of perceived control: cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:1469 (Published 4 December 1999)

Cost effectiveness analysis of inhaled anticholinergics for acute childhood and adolescent asthma

BMJ 1999;319:1470 (Published 4 December 1999)

General practice

Does hospital at home for palliative care facilitate death at home? Randomised controlled trial

BMJ 1999;319:1472 (Published 4 December 1999)

Information in practice

National electronic Library for Health (NeLH)

BMJ 1999;319:1476 (Published 4 December 1999)

Education and debate

Improving NHS performance: human behaviour and health policy

BMJ 1999;319:1490 (Published 4 December 1999)

Calculating the number needed to treat for trials where the outcome is time to an event

BMJ 1999;319:1492 (Published 4 December 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

GMC agrees a change in culture is neededNHS must change, says ministerHealth care for asylum seekers criticisedMost medical directors do some clinical work

BMJ 1999;319:1505 (Published 4 December 1999)

Books

Dictionary of Health Economics

BMJ 1999;319:1506.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

Pocket PDR: Medical Book System

BMJ 1999;319:1506.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

The Whole Brain Atlas

BMJ 1999;319:1507.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

NETLINES

NETLINES

BMJ 1999;319:1507.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Film

Hollywood hails a tobacco whistleblower

BMJ 1999;319:1508.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Eating disorders

BMJ 1999;319:1508.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Personal View

Time for a sinister practice

BMJ 1999;319:1509.1 (Published 4 December 1999)

Soundings

The lords medical

BMJ 1999;319:1509.2 (Published 4 December 1999)

Career focus

Having babies as a surgical trainee

BMJ 1999;319:S2-7223 (Published 4 December 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3-7223 (Published 4 December 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7223 (Published 4 December 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3b-7223 (Published 4 December 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Sir Melville ArnottDouglas Arthur Longmore AshworthFrancis Henry DoyleNorman Peter Henry GibbsAaron LaskAlbert Keith PittmanElizabeth Ann RyanDudley James ToomeyNorman Victor WilkinsonEnid Young

BMJ 1999;319:1503 (Published 4 December 1999)