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01 January 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7226)

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Editor's Choice

Millennium, what millennium?

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Millennium, what millennium?

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

News

US mental health service is “highly fragmented”

BMJ 2000;320:7.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

MPs say the market for generic drugs is “ripe for manipulation”

BMJ 2000;320:7.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

BMJ set to sign with PubMed Central, JSTOR, and WorldSpace

BMJ 2000;320:8.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Angolans face threat of severe malnutrition

BMJ 2000;320:8.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:8.3 (Published 1 January 2000)

Bristol inquiry into baby deaths to move into new phase

BMJ 2000;320:9.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Doctors suspended in child health inquiry

BMJ 2000;320:9.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Marrying the public and the private

BMJ 2000;320:10.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Editorials

Joining together to combat poverty

BMJ 2000;320:1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Conviction by mathematical error?

BMJ 2000;320:2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Managing women with epilepsy

BMJ 2000;320:3 (Published 1 January 2000)

Long term nursing: social care or health care?

BMJ 2000;320:5 (Published 1 January 2000)

Giving something back to authors

BMJ 2000;320:6 (Published 1 January 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Time for a smoke? One cigarette reduces your life by 11 minutes

BMJ 2000;320:53.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Stumbling into occupational health: the influenza conundrum

BMJ 2000;320:53.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Lack of funding will inhibit evidence based commissioning of cancer treatments

BMJ 2000;320:54.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Decisions to withdraw treatment

BMJ 2000;320:54.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

So much time for so little: Italy's pharmaceutical industry and doctors' information needs

BMJ 2000;320:55 (Published 1 January 2000)

Effect of temazepam on ventilatory response at moderate altitude

BMJ 2000;320:56.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Guidelines are needed if drug testing of those arrested by the police becomes compulsory

BMJ 2000;320:56.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Incidence of venous thromboembolism in users of combined oral contraceptives

BMJ 2000;320:57 (Published 1 January 2000)

Some patients are happy for doctors to make decisions

BMJ 2000;320:58.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Long term vascular complications of Coxiella burnetii infection

BMJ 2000;320:58.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Internet helps communication between doctors and patients

BMJ 2000;320:59.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Letters - continued

New guidelines for urgent referral of patients with cancer are waste of energy

BMJ 2000;320:59.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:68 (Published 1 January 2000)

Fillers

Einstein on science

BMJ 2000;320:24.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

What is a medicine?

BMJ 2000;320:24.3 (Published 1 January 2000)

Did I fail in my duty?

BMJ 2000;320:25 (Published 1 January 2000)

Obtaining the correct information

BMJ 2000;320:34.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Father's privileges

BMJ 2000;320:34.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

On ageing: protracted woe

BMJ 2000;320:37.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

The Bogey of Medical Etiquette

BMJ 2000;320:39.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

The magic phrase

BMJ 2000;320:50.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Use of steroids for first line treatment of asthma is debated

BMJ 2000;320:0.8 (Published 1 January 2000)

Do landfill sites cause ill health?

BMJ 2000;320:0.5 (Published 1 January 2000)

Problem solving is an effective treatment for depression in primary care

BMJ 2000;320:0.7 (Published 1 January 2000)

Potential exposure to chromium is not associated with poorer self reported health

BMJ 2000;320:0.3 (Published 1 January 2000)

Poorer patients wait longer for heart surgery than affluent ones

BMJ 2000;320:0.4 (Published 1 January 2000)

NHS trusts want national guidelines on advance directives

BMJ 2000;320:0.6 (Published 1 January 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection

BMJ 2000;320:31 (Published 1 January 2000)

Lesson of the week Norwegian scabies misdiagnosed as an adverse drug reaction

BMJ 2000;320:35 (Published 1 January 2000)

Permethrin treatment in scabies infestation: importance of the correct formulation

BMJ 2000;320:37.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

History and epidemiology

BMJ 2000;320:39.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Health secretary admits that NHS rationing is government policy

BMJ 1999;320:10.2 (Published 30 December 1999)

Germany introduces new criteria for organ allocation

BMJ 1999;320:10.3 (Published 30 December 1999)

Papers

Self reported health of people in an area contaminated by chromium waste: interview study

BMJ 2000;320:11 (Published 1 January 2000)

Effect of socioeconomic deprivation on waiting time for cardiac surgery: retrospective cohort studyCommentary: Three decades of the inverse care law

BMJ 2000;320:15 (Published 1 January 2000)

Assessment of impact on health of residents living near the Nant-y-Gwyddon landfill site: retrospective analysisCommentary: Impact on health needs assessing from different angles

BMJ 2000;320:19 (Published 1 January 2000)

Papers - continued

Advance directives: questionnaire survey of NHS trusts

BMJ 2000;320:24.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

General practice

Randomised controlled trial of problem solving treatment, antidepressant medication, and combined treatment for major depression in primary care

BMJ 2000;320:26 (Published 1 January 2000)

Education and debate

Trials and fast changing technologies: the case for tracker studies

BMJ 2000;320:43 (Published 1 January 2000)

Should steroids be the first line treatment for asthma?ForAgainst

BMJ 2000;320:47 (Published 1 January 2000)

Assessing quality in qualitative research

BMJ 2000;320:50.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Junior doctors call for ballot on industrial actionConsultants reach agreement on £50m awardBMA will review healthcare fundingToo many junior doctors are working too long hoursTalks continue on new consultant contractHealth secretary sets out NICE's pro…

BMJ 2000;320:62 (Published 1 January 2000)

ART

Body Art: Marks of Identity

BMJ 2000;320:64 (Published 1 January 2000)

CD

Medical Retina CD Rom

BMJ 2000;320:65.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Books

The Mind within the Net: Models of Learning, Thinking and Acting

BMJ 2000;320:65.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Sight Unseen

BMJ 2000;320:66.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Pre-hospital Paediatric Life Support

BMJ 2000;320:66.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

HIT PARADE

Hit parade

BMJ 2000;320:65.3 (Published 1 January 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

NHS Direct Online

BMJ 2000;320:66.3 (Published 1 January 2000)

Personal View

Is an apology called for?

BMJ 2000;320:67.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

Soundings

No regrets

BMJ 2000;320:67.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Corrections

India: looking ahead to one and a half billion people

BMJ 2000;320:30.1 (Published 1 January 2000)

This week in the BMJ

BMJ 2000;320:30.2 (Published 1 January 2000)

Obituaries

BMJ 2000;320:30.3 (Published 1 January 2000)

A randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of pentoxifylline in the treatment of venous ulcers

BMJ 2000;320:30.4 (Published 1 January 2000)

Breast feeding and obesity

BMJ 2000;320:59.3 (Published 1 January 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Robert BallantineAndrew Niven Tildersley AikmanColin Munro BissetRobert Russell DicksonJohn Anthony HarringtonFrederic Sinclair JacksonAlan James MathamsRobert (“Sandy”)William Stewart MillerMichael Garrett (“Garry”) O'FlynnGrace Emily Woods

BMJ 2000;320:60 (Published 1 January 2000)