15 January 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7228)

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Editor's Choice

Using evidence on yourself

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

News

Leading health maintenance organisation near bankruptcy

BMJ 2000;320:135.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

GP reprimanded for testing patients for HIV without consent

BMJ 2000;320:135.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Cloned calves are grown from cultured cells

BMJ 2000;320:136.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

UK GPs will have to show they are fit to practise

BMJ 2000;320:136.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:136.3 (Published 15 January 2000)

Procedures on dying patients are wrong, study concludes

BMJ 2000;320:137.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Belgium considers legalising euthanasia

BMJ 2000;320:137.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Doctors and politicians clash over size of flu problem

BMJ 2000;320:138.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Flu rates in Wales highest for a decade

BMJ 2000;320:138.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Scotland facing worst flu outbreak for six years

BMJ 2000;320:138.3 (Published 15 January 2000)

Breast cancer screening may not save lives, study finds

BMJ 2000;320:139.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Pain relief in US emergency rooms is related to patients' race

BMJ 2000;320:139.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Psychologists question “debriefing” for traumatised employees

BMJ 2000;320:140.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Scientists identify gene to prevent atherosclerosis

BMJ 2000;320:140.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Editorials

A good death

BMJ 2000;320:129 (Published 15 January 2000)

Sore throats and antibiotics

BMJ 2000;320:130 (Published 15 January 2000)

Generic prescribing: time to regulate the market?

BMJ 2000;320:131 (Published 15 January 2000)

Gout

BMJ 2000;320:132 (Published 15 January 2000)

Future directions for geriatric medicine

BMJ 2000;320:133 (Published 15 January 2000)

Disseminating good practice in clinical information

BMJ 2000;320:134 (Published 15 January 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Acute otitis media

BMJ 2000;320:182 (Published 15 January 2000)

Screening for hereditary haemochromatosis should be implemented now

BMJ 2000;320:183 (Published 15 January 2000)

Social and productive activities in elderly people

BMJ 2000;320:184 (Published 15 January 2000)

Letters - continued

Health promotion activity should be retargeted at secondary prevention

BMJ 2000;320:185 (Published 15 January 2000)

Randomised controlled trials in psychiatry

BMJ 2000;320:186.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Evaluation of questionnaire on cancer family history in general practice

BMJ 2000;320:186.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Magnetic resonance imaging is preferred in diagnosing suspected cerebral infections

BMJ 2000;320:187 (Published 15 January 2000)

All journals from the BMJ Publishing Group should be free online

BMJ 2000;320:188.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Complementary medicine must be research led and evidence based

BMJ 2000;320:188.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Faecal antigen test for H pylori may be useful alternative to 13C urea breath test

BMJ 2000;320:0.5 (Published 15 January 2000)

Risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage is raised in families of patients with the condition

BMJ 2000;320:0.3 (Published 15 January 2000)

Childhood fracture rates are similar in poor and rich areas

BMJ 2000;320:0.6 (Published 15 January 2000)

Penicillin for seven days can effectively treat sore throat

BMJ 2000;320:0.7 (Published 15 January 2000)

Touch screen system and leaflet equally effective at informing women about prenatal tests

BMJ 2000;320:0.8 (Published 15 January 2000)

Increase in cases of CJD is likely to be real

BMJ 2000;320:0.4 (Published 15 January 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Uses of botulinum toxin injection in medicine today

BMJ 2000;320:161 (Published 15 January 2000)

Asymptomatic haematuria … in the doctor

BMJ 2000;320:165 (Published 15 January 2000)

Pathophysiology

BMJ 2000;320:167 (Published 15 January 2000)

Editor's Choice [GP]

Using evidence on yourself

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

News extra

Ireland sees big increase in caesarean sections

BMJ 2000;320:140.4 (Published 15 January 2000)

US alarmed over rise in tuberculosis among immigrants

BMJ 2000;320:140.5 (Published 15 January 2000)

Canada plans stronger health warnings on cigarette packs

BMJ 2000;320:140.6 (Published 15 January 2000)

Australian radiologists face prosecution for fraud

BMJ 2000;320:140.7 (Published 15 January 2000)

Papers

Risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage in first degree relatives of patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage: follow up study based on national registries in Denmark

BMJ 2000;320:141 (Published 15 January 2000)

Extent of misclassification of death from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in England 1979-96: retrospective examination of clinical records

BMJ 2000;320:145 (Published 15 January 2000)

Comparison of new faecal antigen test with 13C-urea breath test for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection and monitoring eradication treatment: prospective clinical evaluation

BMJ 2000;320:148 (Published 15 January 2000)

Incidence of childhood fractures in affluent and deprived areas: population based study

BMJ 2000;320:149 (Published 15 January 2000)

General Practice

Penicillin for acute sore throat: randomised double blind trial of seven days versus three days treatment or placebo in adults

BMJ 2000;320:150 (Published 15 January 2000)

Information in practice

Randomised controlled trial comparing effectiveness of touch screen system with leaflet for providing women with information on prenatal testsCommentary: Evaluating electronic consumer health material

BMJ 2000;320:155 (Published 15 January 2000)

Managing information overload: developing an electronic directory

BMJ 2000;320:160 (Published 15 January 2000)

Education and debate

New surgical procedures: can we minimise the learning curve?

BMJ 2000;320:171 (Published 15 January 2000)

Lurigancho prison: Lima's “high school” for criminality

BMJ 2000;320:173 (Published 15 January 2000)

Has the sun protection factor had its day?

BMJ 2000;320:176 (Published 15 January 2000)

Using qualitative methods in health related action research

BMJ 2000;320:178.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Filler

Unqualified practice

BMJ 2000;320:178.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Feeding the fish

BMJ 2000;320:181 (Published 15 January 2000)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

GPs' questions on Supporting Doctors, Protecting PatientsGPs given better protection against violenceGovernment to review generic drugs marketJuniors to discuss training and development

BMJ 2000;320:191 (Published 15 January 2000)

Reviews

Curbing the epidemic: governments and the economics of tobacco control

BMJ 2000;320:192.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Textbook of Prostate Cancer: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment

BMJ 2000;320:192.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Evidence-based Health Care: the Open Learning Resource

BMJ 2000;320:193.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Health and Disease Among Women: Biological and Environmental Influences

BMJ 2000;320:193.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Future medicine

BMJ 2000;320:194.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

Death and dying

BMJ 2000;320:194.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Far, far away

BMJ 2000;320:195.1 (Published 15 January 2000)

What was it like for you?

BMJ 2000;320:195.2 (Published 15 January 2000)

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:196 (Published 15 January 2000)

Correction

Doctors suspended in child health inquiry

BMJ 2000;320:140.3 (Published 15 January 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

John Guyett ScaddingRachael Lindsay Dawson (née Farley)Anne Sheila Dutton (née Hollman)Hilda GarryGibbonsChristopher Martin LockwoodGordon Kenneth RoseJean Mary Shanks (Princess Galetzine)Leslie Ernest Smith

BMJ 2000;320:189 (Published 15 January 2000)