01 April 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7239)

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Editor's Choice

The NHS: last act of a Greek tragedy?

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

The NHS: last act of a Greek tragedy?

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

News

Health spending in UK to rise to 7.6% of GDP

BMJ 2000;320:889.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Blair demands reform of the NHS

BMJ 2000;320:889.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

UK government wants GMC to be given stronger powers

BMJ 2000;320:890.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

NICE issues guidelines on wisdom teeth

BMJ 2000;320:890.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:890.3 (Published 1 April 2000)

Spain faces massive decline in population

BMJ 2000;320:891.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

NHS bill for negligence set to soar again

BMJ 2000;320:891.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Study explores internet as a tool for care of diabetic patients

BMJ 2000;320:892.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

NHS board appointments criticised

BMJ 2000;320:892.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

More services needed for bereaved children

BMJ 2000;320:893.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Mrs Clinton aims to reduce psychoactive drugs in young children

BMJ 2000;320:893.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Twenty countries pledge to wipe out TB

BMJ 2000;320:893.3 (Published 1 April 2000)

Supreme Court rules that FDA cannot regulate tobacco industry

BMJ 2000;320:894.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Australia to consider a class action against tobacco industry

BMJ 2000;320:894.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Blair demands reform of the NHS

BMJ 2000;320:894.3 (Published 1 April 2000)

Editorials

Cash bonanza for NHS

BMJ 2000;320:883 (Published 1 April 2000)

Cancer trends in England and Wales

BMJ 2000;320:884 (Published 1 April 2000)

Dilemmas and choices in facing the drugs problem

BMJ 2000;320:885 (Published 1 April 2000)

The new primary care organisations: one year on

BMJ 2000;320:886 (Published 1 April 2000)

Helping refugee doctors

BMJ 2000;320:887 (Published 1 April 2000)

Cycling and health promotion

BMJ 2000;320:888 (Published 1 April 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Funding of long term care for older people needs to be publicly debated

BMJ 2000;320:936.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Future directions for geriatric medicine

BMJ 2000;320:936.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Care of newborn infants in delivery room

BMJ 2000;320:937.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Letters - continued

Managing acute anaphylaxis

BMJ 2000;320:937.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Unexpected beneficial effects of measles immunisation

BMJ 2000;320:938 (Published 1 April 2000)

Making decisions about screening for ovarian cancer

BMJ 2000;320:940 (Published 1 April 2000)

More trials on early treatment with corticosteroids are needed

BMJ 2000;320:941.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Maternal nutrition and birth weight

BMJ 2000;320:941.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Assessing palliative care is difficult

BMJ 2000;320:942.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Hospitals must become “focused factories”

BMJ 2000;320:942.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Hyponatraemia can be caused by standard fluid regimens

BMJ 2000;320:943.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Time could be the active ingredient in post-trauma debriefing

BMJ 2000;320:943.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:950 (Published 1 April 2000)

Fillers

A useful radiology report

BMJ 2000;320:902 (Published 1 April 2000)

Doctors are just people

BMJ 2000;320:904.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Not wanted anywhere

BMJ 2000;320:915 (Published 1 April 2000)

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 2000;320:916.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

A full examination is always useful

BMJ 2000;320:923 (Published 1 April 2000)

The war in South Africa: Mr Kipling's hospital sketches

BMJ 2000;320:933.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Wise words

BMJ 2000;320:933.3 (Published 1 April 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Patients have good reasons for not wanting further information about their cancer

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

One in seven patients pays for elective hospital treatment

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

Income inequality and mortality are not associated in Canada

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

Blood test is useful adjunct in diagnosing heart failure

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

GPs in A and E do not prevent reattendance

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

Trends in cancer deaths are not heading towards government target

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

Clinical Reviews

Ectopic pregnancy

BMJ 2000;320:916.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Acute stroke

BMJ 2000;320:920 (Published 1 April 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

NHS modernisation teams announced

BMJ 2000;320:894.4 (Published 1 April 2000)

MPs want more research into PFI

BMJ 2000;320:894.5 (Published 1 April 2000)

Germany's attempt to bring in positive drugs list wins support

BMJ 2000;320:894.6 (Published 1 April 2000)

Papers

How many deaths have been avoided through improvements in cancer survival?

BMJ 2000;320:895 (Published 1 April 2000)

Relation between income inequality and mortality in Canada and in the United States: cross sectional assessment using census data and vital statistics

BMJ 2000;320:898 (Published 1 April 2000)

Effect of patients seeing a general practitioner in accident and emergency on their subsequent reattendance: cohort study

BMJ 2000;320:903 (Published 1 April 2000)

Private funding of elective hospital treatment in England and Wales, 1997-8: national survey

BMJ 2000;320:904.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

General practice

Biochemical diagnosis of ventricular dysfunction in elderly patients in general practice: observational study

BMJ 2000;320:906 (Published 1 April 2000)

Information in practice

Cancer patients' information needs and information seeking behaviour: in depth interview study

BMJ 2000;320:909 (Published 1 April 2000)

Survey of active verbs in the titles of clinical trial reportsInformative titles in the BMJ

BMJ 2000;320:914 (Published 1 April 2000)

Education and debate

Treatment by in vitro fertilisation with surrogacy: experience of one British centreSurrogacy should pay

BMJ 2000;320:924 (Published 1 April 2000)

Recommendations for using MMR vaccine in children allergic to eggs

BMJ 2000;320:929 (Published 1 April 2000)

Rational or rationed medicine? The promise of genetics for improved clinical practice

BMJ 2000;320:933.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Appraisal could provide information for revalidationPhysican assisted suicide: consensus reached on key issuesMany NHS changes have been coordinated by consultantsHImPs should be local authority based

BMJ 2000;320:946 (Published 1 April 2000)

CDs

Waveguide: an EEG atlas on CD-ROM

BMJ 2000;320:947.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

PDQ Evidence-Based Principles and Practice (Book with CD-Rom for Windows and Macintosh)

BMJ 2000;320:947.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

TV

Trust me, I'm a surgeon

BMJ 2000;320:948.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Surrogate parents

BMJ 2000;320:948.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Personal View

Treating colorectal cancer: chances in front of goal

BMJ 2000;320:949.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Soundings

Why do grownups go to work?

BMJ 2000;320:949.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Corrections

Obituaries

BMJ 2000;320:913.1 (Published 1 April 2000)

Gout

BMJ 2000;320:913.2 (Published 1 April 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Muriel Lina (“Molly”) NewhouseHarry Melville BalfourColin Alistair BirksGeorge David BurnettKathleen Mary Cairns (née Lyons)Ashoke Kumar (“Mintoo”) ChatterjeeRodney Vincent Tracy ForsterRamzi George GhazalaWilliam Dillon HughesMichael Peebles Le…

BMJ 2000;320:944 (Published 1 April 2000)