12 February 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7232)

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Editor's Choice

How best to learn

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

How best to learn

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

News

Doctors told to treat nicotine addiction as a disease

BMJ 2000;320:397 (Published 12 February 2000)

Video guide to suicide is shown on television

BMJ 2000;320:398.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Breast cancer researcher accused of serious scientific misconduct

BMJ 2000;320:398.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:398.3 (Published 12 February 2000)

Neurosurgical units working beyond safe capacity

BMJ 2000;320:399.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Solicitor in litigation case condemns tobacco industry

BMJ 2000;320:399.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Oral sex may be important risk factor for HIV infection

BMJ 2000;320:400.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Canada faces healthcare crisis

BMJ 2000;320:400.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Medical research site in Berlin threatened

BMJ 2000;320:400.3 (Published 12 February 2000)

Convalescent homes to make a comeback

BMJ 2000;320:401.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Milburn sets up inquiry into Shipman case

BMJ 2000;320:401.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

BMA accused of contempt of court

BMJ 2000;320:401.3 (Published 12 February 2000)

WHO study examines teenage health in 28 countries

BMJ 2000;320:402.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Radiation of the arteries can reduce narrowing

BMJ 2000;320:402.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

UK launches initiative on global health

BMJ 2000;320:402.3 (Published 12 February 2000)

Radiation of the arteries can reduce narrowing

BMJ 2000;320:402.4 (Published 12 February 2000)

UK launches initiative on global health

BMJ 2000;320:402.6 (Published 12 February 2000)

Editorials

Nicotine addiction

BMJ 2000;320:391 (Published 12 February 2000)

Voluntary organisations: from Cinderella to white knight?

BMJ 2000;320:392 (Published 12 February 2000)

From CME to CPD: getting better at getting better?

BMJ 2000;320:393 (Published 12 February 2000)

Should doctors get CME points for reading?

BMJ 2000;320:394 (Published 12 February 2000)

Editorials - continued

The changing face of refractive surgery

BMJ 2000;320:395 (Published 12 February 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Human population growth

BMJ 2000;320:443.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Registering trials is not enough to counter perceived irrelevance of much research

BMJ 2000;320:443.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Coping with winter bed crises

BMJ 2000;320:444.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Prospective risk of stillbirth

BMJ 2000;320:444.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Treatment of venous leg ulcers

BMJ 2000;320:446 (Published 12 February 2000)

Stages of change model for smoking prevention and cessation in schools

BMJ 2000;320:447.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Medicine to serve an ageing society

BMJ 2000;320:447.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Removing barriers to career development in public health

BMJ 2000;320:448.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Crinkly toenails

BMJ 2000;320:448.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:456 (Published 12 February 2000)

Fillers

In the line of duty

BMJ 2000;320:427 (Published 12 February 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Lung cancer risk from passive smoking may be overestimated

BMJ 2000;320:0.6 (Published 12 February 2000)

Improving TB control in prisons may lead to better national programmes

BMJ 2000;320:0.8 (Published 12 February 2000)

Voluntary sector input benefits patients with psychosocial problems in primary care

BMJ 2000;320:0.7 (Published 12 February 2000)

Risk of infection from blood transfusion in UK is negligible

BMJ 2000;320:0.3 (Published 12 February 2000)

Food hygiene and declining orofecal infections may explain the allergy and asthma epidemic

BMJ 2000;320:0.5 (Published 12 February 2000)

False negative result on prenatal Down's screening may damage parental adjustment

BMJ 2000;320:0.4 (Published 12 February 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Tumour markers in malignancies

BMJ 2000;320:424 (Published 12 February 2000)

Management: diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and nitrates

BMJ 2000;320:428 (Published 12 February 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Canada's government tries to save healthcare system

BMJ 2000;320:402.5 (Published 12 February 2000)

Hungarian parliament takes steps to privatise health service

BMJ 2000;320:402.7 (Published 12 February 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web] - continued

Archive of electronic journals planned:

BMJ 2000;320:402.8 (Published 12 February 2000)

Papers

Prospective investigation of transfusion transmitted infection in recipients of over 20 000 units of blood

BMJ 2000;320:403 (Published 12 February 2000)

Psychological consequences for parents of false negative results on prenatal screening for Down's syndrome: retrospective interview study

BMJ 2000;320:407 (Published 12 February 2000)

Exposure to foodborne and orofecal microbes versus airborne viruses in relation to atopy and allergic asthma: epidemiological study

BMJ 2000;320:412 (Published 12 February 2000)

Reanalysis of epidemiological evidence on lung cancer and passive smoking

BMJ 2000;320:417 (Published 12 February 2000)

General practice

A randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of a referrals facilitator between primary care and the voluntary sector

BMJ 2000;320:419 (Published 12 February 2000)

Education and debate

Continuing medical education and continuing professional development: international comparisons

BMJ 2000;320:432 (Published 12 February 2000)

Are generalists still needed in a specialised world?The renaissance of general surgerySurvival of the general physician

BMJ 2000;320:436 (Published 12 February 2000)

Tuberculosis in prisons in countries with high prevalence

BMJ 2000;320:440 (Published 12 February 2000)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Many medical chairs remain unfilledMore patients should be treated at homeMedical students campaign for fairer loan systemHealth Action Zone initiative will help GPsBMA wins pension victory for PCG GPs

BMJ 2000;320:451 (Published 12 February 2000)

CD

Cardiovascular Medicine: Enhanced Multimedia CD-ROM

BMJ 2000;320:452.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Books

The Evolution of British General Practice 1850-1948

BMJ 2000;320:452.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Home Sweet Home? The Impact of Poor Housing on Health

BMJ 2000;320:453.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

EXHIBITION

Exhibiting the mad psychiatrist

BMJ 2000;320:453.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Ad

The new NHS smoking campaign

BMJ 2000;320:454.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Consumers' health

BMJ 2000;320:454.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Personal View

It could be you

BMJ 2000;320:455.1 (Published 12 February 2000)

Soundings

This tablet may save your life

BMJ 2000;320:455.2 (Published 12 February 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

John Roberts BattyRichard Bertram ColesRobert Christopher HillMichael George Raworth HullKeith Leslie KeithGeoffrey Alan Gerring MoggWilfred Herbert William MorrisMichael Charles Tempest ReillyJames SharpRoger Dorrington Ward

BMJ 2000;320:449 (Published 12 February 2000)