13 May 2000 (Vol 320, Issue 7245)

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Editor's Choice

How to run the NHS

BMJ 2000;320:0.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

How to run the NHS

BMJ 2000;320:0.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

News

Hospital criticised for not obtaining proper consent

BMJ 2000;320:1291.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Mbeki appoints team to look at cause of AIDS

BMJ 2000;320:1291.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

Israeli surgeon accused of killing two patients

BMJ 2000;320:1292.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Israel's doctors take industrial action

BMJ 2000;320:1292.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

In brief

BMJ 2000;320:1292.3 (Published 13 May 2000)

NICE issues guidance on using coronary artery stents

BMJ 2000;320:1293.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

NICE approves Taxol for ovarian cancer

BMJ 2000;320:1293.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

EU to provide incentives for “orphan” drugs

BMJ 2000;320:1294.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Cyanide spill could have long term impact

BMJ 2000;320:1294.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

Patients will be paramount in assessments, says CHI

BMJ 2000;320:1294.3 (Published 13 May 2000)

Medical bills account for 40% of bankruptcies

BMJ 2000;320:1295.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Canadians grow dissatisfied with their healthcare system

BMJ 2000;320:1295.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

WMA to produce guidelines on health databases

BMJ 2000;320:1295.3 (Published 13 May 2000)

Cell preselection is key to gene therapy success

BMJ 2000;320:1296.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Nine hospital patients may have been exposed to CJD

BMJ 2000;320:1296.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

Editorials

Babies and consent: yet another NHS scandal

BMJ 2000;320:1285 (Published 13 May 2000)

Health inequalities in women and men

BMJ 2000;320:1286 (Published 13 May 2000)

Depression in Parkinson's disease

BMJ 2000;320:1287 (Published 13 May 2000)

The health hazards of mobile phones

BMJ 2000;320:1288 (Published 13 May 2000)

Guidelines for managing acute bacterial meningitis

BMJ 2000;320:1290 (Published 13 May 2000)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Politics surrounding last winter's flu crisis

BMJ 2000;320:1336 (Published 13 May 2000)

Cerebral dysfunction after water pollution incident in Camelford

BMJ 2000;320:1337 (Published 13 May 2000)

Inadvertent dural puncture

BMJ 2000;320:1338 (Published 13 May 2000)

Letters - continued

Registering clinical trials

BMJ 2000;320:1339 (Published 13 May 2000)

Global medical knowledge database is proposed

BMJ 2000;320:1340.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Problem solving treatment for depression

BMJ 2000;320:1340.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

The debate over complementary medicine continues

BMJ 2000;320:1341 (Published 13 May 2000)

More radiotherapy resources are needed for children as well as adults

BMJ 2000;320:1342 (Published 13 May 2000)

Twists in the tale of impossible means

BMJ 2000;320:1343 (Published 13 May 2000)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:1350.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Minerva

BMJ 2000;320:1350.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

Fillers

The right place at the right time

BMJ 2000;320:1307 (Published 13 May 2000)

Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom

BMJ 2000;320:1312.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

On ageing: selfishness

BMJ 2000;320:1314.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

Medicine: Art or science?

BMJ 2000;320:1322.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

Matthew and Adam

BMJ 2000;320:1324 (Published 13 May 2000)

High road to independence

BMJ 2000;320:1335.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

This Week In the BMJ

Inhaled corticosteroids reduce exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BMJ 2000;320:0.3 (Published 13 May 2000)

Parents prefer pads for collecting urine samples from their children

BMJ 2000;320:0.8 (Published 13 May 2000)

Social inequalities need a different measure in men and women

BMJ 2000;320:0.4 (Published 13 May 2000)

Remember that the treatment can be worse than the disease

BMJ 2000;320:0.5 (Published 13 May 2000)

Head injury trials must be bigger and better

BMJ 2000;320:0.6 (Published 13 May 2000)

Medical patients should be asked about ideas of suicide

BMJ 2000;320:0.7 (Published 13 May 2000)

Clinical Reviews

The pleural cavity

BMJ 2000;320:1318 (Published 13 May 2000)

Intracerebral haemorrhage in young adults: the emerging importance of drug misuse

BMJ 2000;320:1322.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Vasculitis

BMJ 2000;320:1325 (Published 13 May 2000)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Canada pushes for strong global tobacco treaty

BMJ 2000;320:1296.3 (Published 13 May 2000)

Canadians become dissatisfied with their healthcare system

BMJ 2000;320:1296.4 (Published 13 May 2000)

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

Ireland's brain injured patients get inadequate care

BMJ 2000;320:1296.5 (Published 13 May 2000)

American psychotherapy goes on the internet

BMJ 2000;320:1296.6 (Published 13 May 2000)

Hospital criticised for not obtaining “properly elicited consent”

BMJ 2000;320:1296.7 (Published 13 May 2000)

Papers

Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study of fluticasone propionate in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the ISOLDE trial

BMJ 2000;320:1297 (Published 13 May 2000)

Comparing health inequality in men and women: prospective study of mortality 1986-96

BMJ 2000;320:1303 (Published 13 May 2000)

Size and quality of randomised controlled trials in head injury: review of published studies

BMJ 2000;320:1308 (Published 13 May 2000)

Suicidal ideation among outpatients at general neurology clinics: prospective study

BMJ 2000;320:1311 (Published 13 May 2000)

Home collection of urine for culture from infants by three methods: survey of parents' preferences and bacterial contamination rates

BMJ 2000;320:1312.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

General practice

Should asymptomatic haemochromatosis be treated?Treatment can be onerous for patient and doctorCommentary: False certainty of clinical guidanceCommentary: Early treatment is essential

BMJ 2000;320:1314.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Education and debate

A promising start, but fundamental reform is needed

BMJ 2000;320:1329 (Published 13 May 2000)

Thyroid function tests—time for a reassessment

BMJ 2000;320:1332 (Published 13 May 2000)

Cost of illness studies

BMJ 2000;320:1335.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Books

The Scientification of Love

BMJ 2000;320:1346.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Men's Health

BMJ 2000;320:1346.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do

BMJ 2000;320:1347.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Film

American Psycho

BMJ 2000;320:1347.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

HIT PARADE

Hit parade

BMJ 2000;320:1347.3 (Published 13 May 2000)

PRESS

A cry of pain and anger

BMJ 2000;320:1348.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

Head injury

BMJ 2000;320:1348.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

Personal View

The two tier syndrome behind waiting lists

BMJ 2000;320:1349.1 (Published 13 May 2000)

Soundings

Seven guidelines of wisdom

BMJ 2000;320:1349.2 (Published 13 May 2000)

Correction

ABC of vascular disease: Vascular complications of diabetes

BMJ 2000;320:1313 (Published 13 May 2000)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Robert GoslingGeoffrey Edwin BondColum Michael ConnollyDavid Stanley FreestoneGeorge William Andrew GordonJack Watson LitchfieldRonald MorleyJames Hill WhittlesGeorge Wiernik

BMJ 2000;320:1344 (Published 13 May 2000)