This week's This week in the BMJ

	Debriefing does not reduce depression after childbirth [Full text] FREE

	Type of service, not location, determines success of child mental health care [Full text] FREE

	Understanding the motivation of rehabilitation patients [Full text] FREE

	Patient and practice characteristics of primary care groups vary widely [Full text] FREE

	Head injuries in cyclists in England have fallen as helmet use has increased [Full text] FREE

	Advice on driving after hernia surgery is inconsistent [Full text] FREE

Editorials

This week's Editorials

	Using patient-identifiable data for observational research and audit
	Rustam Al-Shahi, Charles Warlow
	BMJ  2000;321:1031-1032, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1031 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: List of guidance] FREE

	The current status of psychological debriefing
	Justin Kenardy
	BMJ  2000;321:1032-1033, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1032 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Driving after repair of groin hernia
	Parviz K Amid
	BMJ  2000;321:1033-1034, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1033 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Time to talk about rape
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:1034-1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1034 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Bicycle helmets: it's time to use them
	Frederick P Rivara, Diane C Thompson, Robert S Thompson
	BMJ  2000;321:1035-1036, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1035 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Letters

This week's Letters

	Impact of NHS Direct on demand for immediate care
	John McInerney, Shekhar Chillala, Colin Read, Adrian Evans, G R Lawson, J C Furness, S Santosh, S Armstrong
	BMJ  2000;321:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1077 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Evidence on endometriosis
	D Redwine, C H Mann, J T Wright, Cindy Farquhar
	BMJ  2000;321:1077, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1077/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Seeing what you want to see in randomised controlled trials
	Rury Holman, Morten Lindbaek, James McCormack, Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  2000;321:1078, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1078 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Thyroid function tests
	P Kendall-Taylor, Alun Price, A P Weetman, A D Toft, G J Beckett, Sudha Bulusu, Martin Eales, Denis O'Reilly
	BMJ  2000;321:1080, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1080 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Incidence and remission of lower urinary tract symptoms
	Simon Jackson, Jenny Donovan, Paul Abrams, Francis Lam, Stefan Nash, Lars Alling Møller, Gunnar Lose
	BMJ  2000;321:1082, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1082 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	DoH explains thinking behind national service framework for coronary heart disease
	Roger Boyle
	BMJ  2000;321:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1083 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Long standing heart disease should be better screened
	Timo E Strandberg, Hannu Vanhanen
	BMJ  2000;321:1083, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1083/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Discontinuation rates for use of statins are high
	Leon A Simons, Judith Simons, Peter McManus, John Dudley
	BMJ  2000;321:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1084 [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	General medical journals should have covered war in Kosovo more
	Angela M Neglia, Paula A Rochon
	BMJ  2000;321:1084, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1084/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

News

This week's News

	Ebola virus claims more lives in Uganda
	Rhona MacDonald
	BMJ  2000;321:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1037 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Phenylpropanolamine in drugs could be a risk for stroke
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1037, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1037/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	"Labour" think tank proposes privatisation of clinical services
	Zosia Kmietowicz
	BMJ  2000;321:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1038 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	VSO launches campaign to increase access to AIDS drugs
	Jason O'Neale Roach
	BMJ  2000;321:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1038/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	In brief
	BMJ  2000;321:1038, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1038/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Biotechnology company's shares dive 67% after drug failure
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1039 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	No advantage in screening for endometrial cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:1039, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1039/a [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	UK is losing market share in pharmaceutical research
	Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1041/b [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

	Of pills and ills
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] FREE

News roundup [abridged versions appear in the paper journal]

This week's News roundup

	Statins may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	"Designer baby" cures sister
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Greenpeace action on life threatening poisons in Gujarat
	Rohit Sharma
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/b [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Researchers able to check chromosome numbers in embryos
	Susan Mayor
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/c [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Early exposure to cows' milk raises risk of diabetes in high risk children
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/d [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] FREE

	Transplanted cells revive heart muscle
	Alexander Dorozynski
	BMJ  2000;321:1040, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1040/e [Extract] [Abridged text] [Full text] FREE

	Genetically engineered sweetcorn may be in US food chain
	Fred Charatan
	BMJ  2000;321:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1041 [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

	Abortion pill withdrawn in Germany after financial losses
	Annette Tuffs
	BMJ  2000;321:1041, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1041/a [Extract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] FREE

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

This week's News extra

	More than 1% of Canadian population suffers hunger
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042/a [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	Budapest to privatise 11 hospitals
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042/b [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	India draws up new guidelines for medical research
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042/c [Extract] [Full text] FREE

	AIDS activists import cheap drugs into South Africa
	BMJ  2000;321:1042, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1042/d [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Papers

This week's Papers

	Randomised controlled trial of midwife led debriefing to reduce maternal depression after operative childbirth
	Rhonda Small, Judith Lumley, Lisa Donohue, Anne Potter, Ulla Waldenström
	BMJ  2000;321:1043-1047, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1043 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table] FREE

	Randomised comparison of the effectiveness and costs of community and hospital based mental health services for children with behavioural disorders
	Richard Harrington, Sarah Peters, Jonathan Green, Sarah Byford, Jane Woods, Ruth McGowan
	BMJ  2000;321:1047-1050, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1047 [Abstract] [Abridged text] [Abridged PDF] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Qualitative analysis of stroke patients' motivation for rehabilitation
	Niall Maclean, Pandora Pound, Charles Wolfe, Anthony Rudd
	BMJ  2000;321:1051-1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1051 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Trends in serious head injuries among cyclists in England: analysis of routinely collected data
	Adrian Cook, Aziz Sheikh
	BMJ  2000;321:1055, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1055 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Advice on driving after groin hernia surgery in the United Kingdom: questionnaire survey
	Wael Ismail, Stephanie J C Taylor, Emma Beddow
	BMJ  2000;321:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1056 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Clinical review

This week's Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Susceptibility to infection
	Dominic Kwiatkowski
	BMJ  2000;321:1061-1065, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1061 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Lesson of the week: Cholesterol emboli syndrome
	Peter J Dupont, Liz Lightstone, Elaine J Clutterbuck, Gillian Gaskin, Charles D Pusey, Terry Cook, Anthony N Warrens
	BMJ  2000;321:1065-1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1065 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	ABC of colorectal cancer: The role of primary care
	F D Richard Hobbs
	BMJ  2000;321:1068-1070, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1068 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

General practice

This week's General practice

	Cross sectional study of primary care groups in London: association of measures of socioeconomic and health status with hospital admission rates
	Azeem Majeed, Martin Bardsley, David Morgan, Caoimhe O'Sullivan, Andrew B Bindman
	BMJ  2000;321:1057-1060, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1057 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Details of security benefits] FREE

Soundings

This week's Soundings

	The unkindest cut
	Liam Farrell
	BMJ  2000;321:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1089/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Personal views

This week's Personal views

	The day my life changed
	Anonymous
	BMJ  2000;321:1089, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1089 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

Education and debate

This week's Education and debate

	Is clinical breast examination an acceptable alternative to mammographic screening?
	Indraneel Mittra, Michael Baum, Hazel Thornton, Joan Houghton
	BMJ  2000;321:1071-1073, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1071 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	For and against: Why journals should not publish articles funded by the tobacco industry • For • Against
	Jean King, Gavin Yamey, Richard Smith
	BMJ  2000;321:1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1074 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Obituaries

This week's Obituaries

	Francis Bernard Hartley • Calvin Lambert • Maurice Nellen • Elsie Gwendoline Oates (née Ford) • Ernest Victor Page
	Francis Costello, R C Lambert, Walter Somerville, Louis Vogelpoel, Rosemary Edwards, Marion Jepson, Peter Ford, James Martin Page, Judy Russell
	BMJ  2000;321:1085, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1085 [Extract] [Full text] FREE

Minerva

This week's Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  2000;321:1090, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1090 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

Fillers

This week's Fillers

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  2000;321:1035, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1035/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A valuable lesson: The doctor is on your side
	Tom Wells
	BMJ  2000;321:1054, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1054 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Food for thought
	BMJ  2000;321:1056, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1056/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	A salutary experience: On the receiving end
	Robert Kendell
	BMJ  2000;321:1067, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1067 [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Endpiece: Why do patients need info?
	BMJ  2000;321:1074, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1074/a [Extract] [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

TV

This week's TV

	TV: Super television
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  2000;321:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1088 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

BOOK

This week's BOOK

	Book: The NHS Direct Healthcare Guide
	Christopher Cates
	BMJ  2000;321:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1086 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights; Human Genetics - Choice and Responsibility
	Imre Szebik
	BMJ  2000;321:1086, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1086/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: Gender Inequalities in Health
	Annette MacKay Rossignol
	BMJ  2000;321:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1087 [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

	Book: William Osler: A Life in Medicine
	Steve Sturdy
	BMJ  2000;321:1087, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1087/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE

This week's CHOICE

	Much about women
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.0 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

CHOICE GP

This week's CHOICE GP

	Much about women
	BMJ  2000;321, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.0/a [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] FREE

BESTSELLERS

This week's BESTSELLERS

	Bestsellers
	BMJ  2000;321:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1088/b [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

This week's WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Susceptibility to infection
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  2000;321:1088, doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1088/a [Full text] [Request Permissions] FREE

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