19 February 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7233)

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Editor's Choice

No quick fixes

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

No quick fixes

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

News

Government inquiry finds inadequate beds provision

BMJ 2000;320:463 (Published 19 February 2000)

Police question medical MP over “euthanasia”

BMJ 2000;320:464.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Clinic sued for unauthorised use of sperm

BMJ 2000;320:464.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:464.3 (Published 19 February 2000)

Senators introduce bill to improve patient safety

BMJ 2000;320:465.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Doctor's book shames French prisons

BMJ 2000;320:465.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

GMC speeds up disciplinary action against doctors

BMJ 2000;320:466.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

GMC reprimands doctor for denigrating rival's service

BMJ 2000;320:466.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

Bristol inquiry hears closing submissions

BMJ 2000;320:466.3 (Published 19 February 2000)

Heart disease rising in central and eastern Europe

BMJ 2000;320:467 (Published 19 February 2000)

Clinton outlaws genetic discrimination in federal jobs

BMJ 2000;320:468.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Nestlé accused of breaking international code

BMJ 2000;320:468.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

Additives may be displayed on cigarette packs

BMJ 2000;320:468.3 (Published 19 February 2000)

Bristol inquiry hears closing submissions

BMJ 2000;320:468.4 (Published 19 February 2000)

Editorials

Treating young patients with breast cancer

BMJ 2000;320:457 (Published 19 February 2000)

Is CS gas dangerous?

BMJ 2000;320:458 (Published 19 February 2000)

Cholesterol and strokes

BMJ 2000;320:459 (Published 19 February 2000)

Innovation to prevent dependency in old age

BMJ 2000;320:460 (Published 19 February 2000)

Beds in the NHS

BMJ 2000;320:461 (Published 19 February 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Doctors write on patients' eye view of quality

BMJ 2000;320:510 (Published 19 February 2000)

Effectiveness of rivastigmine in Alzheimer's disease

BMJ 2000;320:511 (Published 19 February 2000)

Accuracy of perceptions of hepatitis B and C status

BMJ 2000;320:512 (Published 19 February 2000)

Letters - continued

Acupuncture may be associated with serious adverse events

BMJ 2000;320:513 (Published 19 February 2000)

Healthcare providers in New Zealand and England could learn from each other

BMJ 2000;320:514.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Bible's stance on homosexuality

BMJ 2000;320:514.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

Evidence produced in evidence based medicine needs to be relevant

BMJ 2000;320:515.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Fatigue and psychological distress

BMJ 2000;320:515.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

Evaluation of effect of changes is essential in policymaking

BMJ 2000;320:516.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Getting HIV/AIDS accepted on the political agenda

BMJ 2000;320:516.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:524 (Published 19 February 2000)

Fillers

The scars of the Jewish holocaust

BMJ 2000;320:473 (Published 19 February 2000)

Before birth

BMJ 2000;320:489.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

St Columba's case book

BMJ 2000;320:494.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

The Royal Academy Exhibition

BMJ 2000;320:506.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Doctors are overoptimistic in predicting survival for patients with cancer

BMJ 2000;320:0.3 (Published 19 February 2000)

Sleep apnoea contributes to hypertension

BMJ 2000;320:0.5 (Published 19 February 2000)

Doctors and patients misunder- stand each other when relevant information is not exchanged

BMJ 2000;320:0.6 (Published 19 February 2000)

Mortality data for GPs may not identify future murders

BMJ 2000;320:0.7 (Published 19 February 2000)

Renaming adrenaline is wrong and may lead to errors

BMJ 2000;320:0.8 (Published 19 February 2000)

Chemotherapy may benefit young, low risk breast cancer patients

BMJ 2000;320:0.4 (Published 19 February 2000)

Clinical Reviews

Tropical medicine

BMJ 2000;320:490 (Published 19 February 2000)

Management: digoxin and other inotropes, β blockers, and antiarrhythmic and antithrombotic treatment

BMJ 2000;320:495 (Published 19 February 2000)

Tropical medicine

BMJ 2000;320:522.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

EU examines accuracy of tests for genetically modified foods

BMJ 2000;320:468.5 (Published 19 February 2000)

Radical changes will help NHS survive

BMJ 2000;320:468.6 (Published 19 February 2000)

“Kits” for male contraceptive pill

BMJ 2000;320:468.7 (Published 19 February 2000)

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

Children from south Wales will go to Bristol for heart surgery

BMJ 2000;320:468.8 (Published 19 February 2000)

Papers

Extent and determinants of error in doctors' prognoses in terminally ill patients: prospective cohort studyCommentary: Why do doctors overestimate?Commentary: Prognoses should be based on proved indices not intuition

BMJ 2000;320:469 (Published 19 February 2000)

Factors influencing the effect of age on prognosis in breast cancer: population based studyCommentary: much still to learn about relations between tumour biology, prognosis, and treatment outcome in early breast cancer

BMJ 2000;320:474 (Published 19 February 2000)

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome as a risk factor for hypertension: population study

BMJ 2000;320:479 (Published 19 February 2000)

Effectiveness of modified release isosorbide mononitrate affected by incorrect use

BMJ 2000;320:483.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Clopidogrel associated with acute arthritis

BMJ 2000;320:483.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

General practice

Misunderstandings in prescribing decisions in general practice: qualitative study

BMJ 2000;320:484 (Published 19 February 2000)

Mortality variations as a measure of general practitioner performance: implications of the Shipman case

BMJ 2000;320:489.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Education and debate

Internal and external morality of medicine: lessons from New Zealand

BMJ 2000;320:499 (Published 19 February 2000)

Expressing the magnitude of adverse effects in case-control studies: “the number of patients needed to be treated for one additional patient to be harmed”

BMJ 2000;320:503 (Published 19 February 2000)

“Where name and image meet”—the argument for “adrenaline”

BMJ 2000;320:506.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

NHS funding confused by lack of clarityGuidance issued on discretionary pointsDeaf patients do not get such good treatmentPatients with hip fracture need better care

BMJ 2000;320:519 (Published 19 February 2000)

Books

The Magic Bullet and Other Medical Stories

BMJ 2000;320:520.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Assuming the Risk: The Mavericks, the Lawyers, and the Whistleblowers Who Beat Big Tobacco

BMJ 2000;320:520.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

CD

ADAM Interactive Anatomy; The Anatomy Project

BMJ 2000;320:521.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

NETLINES

NETLINES

BMJ 2000;320:521.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

PRESS

The stigma of schizophrenia

BMJ 2000;320:522.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Personal View

Why a massive tumour went undetected

BMJ 2000;320:523.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Soundings

Lord, protect me from my friends

BMJ 2000;320:523.2 (Published 19 February 2000)

Corrections

Notice of inadvertent duplicate publication

BMJ 2000;320:482 (Published 19 February 2000)

Hyponatraemic seizures and excessive intake of hypotonic fluids in young children

BMJ 2000;320:494.1 (Published 19 February 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Arnold Steadman AldisWilliam Thomson FullertonThomas Cecil De Courcy HallinenLionel Brent HarrisAhmad Nejad KazemDonald John MantonHenri ReyCharles John Pratt SeccombeClifford Edward StuartSelwyn Francis Taylor

BMJ 2000;320:517 (Published 19 February 2000)