This Week In the BMJ Simple tests help identify systolic dysfunction in primary care BMJ 2000; 320 :f (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Behavioural treatment may help solve childhood sleep problems BMJ 2000; 320 :b (Published 22 January 2000) Permission More deaths from heart disease in Scotland on Mondays may relate to binge drinking BMJ 2000; 320 :e (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Reporting of blood cultures shows worrying increase in antibiotic resistance in England and Wales BMJ 2000; 320 :c (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Single booster dose does not protect adults from diphtheria BMJ 2000; 320 :d (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Evidence based education in adolescent health seems to work BMJ 2000; 320 :g (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Editorials Paying for the NHS BMJ 2000; 320 :197 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Improving cancer outcomes through radiotherapy BMJ 2000; 320 :198 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses The rise in bacterial resistance BMJ 2000; 320 :199 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Why can't GPs follow guidelines on depression? BMJ 2000; 320 :200 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Private health care: modernisation stops here BMJ 2000; 320 :202 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF Meningococcal disease in healthcare workers BMJ 2000; 320 :247 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Guided self management of asthma BMJ 2000; 320 :249 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Responses Why mortality from heart disease is low in France BMJ 2000; 320 :249 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Private finance initiative BMJ 2000; 320 :250 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Responses Medical advice columns give both good and bad counsel BMJ 2000; 320 :252 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Patient partnership is just one aspect of treating patients BMJ 2000; 320 :252 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Composite indicators may not be helpful in comparing health authorities BMJ 2000; 320 :252 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission News US health spending accelerated in 1998 BMJ 2000; 320 :203 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Patients with cancer asked to sign waivers on dangers of delays BMJ 2000; 320 :203 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Pinochet's opponents call for medical evidence to be made public BMJ 2000; 320 :204 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Scientists make rats' torn nerves regenerate BMJ 2000; 320 :204 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission In brief BMJ 2000; 320 :204 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Blair promises to raise spending on NHS to European average BMJ 2000; 320 :205 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Lord Winston attacks Labour's health policy BMJ 2000; 320 :205 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission UK nurses and doctors receive pay boost BMJ 2000; 320 :205 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission US company claims to have 90%of human genome on its database BMJ 2000; 320 :206 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission EU law makes Netherlands reconsider its health system BMJ 2000; 320 :206 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission AIDS activists in Thailand pressurise US government BMJ 2000; 320 :207 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission US relaxes its guidelines on herbal supplements BMJ 2000; 320 :207 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Drug companies seek MS patients to lobby for new products BMJ 2000; 320 :207 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission European Commission proposes a European food authority BMJ 2000; 320 :208 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Mental health experts should offer training to GPs, report says BMJ 2000; 320 :208 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Non-compliance often the cause when AIDS drugs “fail” BMJ 2000; 320 :208 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission US relaxes its guidelines on herbal supplements BMJ 2000; 320 :208 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Responses European Commission proposes a European food authority BMJ 2000; 320 :208 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Responses Clinical Reviews Allergic disorders BMJ 2000; 320 :231 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Lesson of the week Warming milk—a preventable cause of scalds in children BMJ 2000; 320 :235 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Clinical features and complications BMJ 2000; 320 :236 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Minerva Minerva BMJ 2000; 320 :260 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Editor's Choice Getting a prime minister to turn: roast slowly and then turn up the heat suddenly BMJ 2000; 320 :a (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Getting a prime minister to turn: roast slowly and then turn up the heat suddenly BMJ 2000; 320 :0 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] Bayer made to tone down aspirin advertisements BMJ 2000; 320 :208 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Tobacco companies want more government cooperation BMJ 2000; 320 :208 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission MP introduces bill to protect children from unlicensed medicines BMJ 2000; 320 :208 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Papers A systematic review of treatments for settling problems and night waking in young children BMJ 2000; 320 :209 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Bacteraemia and antibiotic resistance of its pathogens reported in England and Wales between 1990 and 1998: trend analysis BMJ 2000; 320 :213 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Response to diphtheria booster vaccination in healthy adults: vaccine trial BMJ 2000; 320 :217 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses “I don't like Mondays”—day of the week of coronary heart disease deaths in Scotland: study of routinely collected data BMJ 2000; 320 :218 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Systemic granulomatous disease after intravesical BCG instillation BMJ 2000; 320 :219 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission General practice Risk assessment of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in primary care: cross sectional study evaluating a range of diagnostic tests BMJ 2000; 320 :220 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational intervention for general practitioners in adolescent health care: randomised controlled trialCommentary: Applying the BMJ's guidelines on educational interventions BMJ 2000; 320 :224 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate Concerns about immunisation BMJ 2000; 320 :240 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Clinical trial safety committees: the devil's spoon BMJ 2000; 320 :244 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Responses Using cost effectiveness information BMJ 2000; 320 :246 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST GPs given advice on primary care trustsMore countries should be relieved of debtCarers to have rightsBMA seeks clarification on Care Standards Bill BMJ 2000; 320 :255 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Books Auscultation Skills: Breath and Heart Sounds BMJ 2000; 320 :256 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission What a Blessing She Had Chloroform BMJ 2000; 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320 :234 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission The Icelandic database: do modern times need modern sagas? BMJ 2000; 320 :234 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Implementing screening for colorectal cancer BMJ 2000; 320 :234 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission Dietary management of hepatic encephalopathy BMJ 2000; 320 :234 (Published 22 January 2000) Permission ObituaryDownload PDF Maxwell CrannaAndrew Walters ForbesGeoffrey Frederick James GoddardDaniel John GoldsteinGinette Lesley HarrisonMichael LeibsonJohn David LewisPatrick Joseph O'RourkeKathleen Mary SpencerAndrew WattJohn Leslie David Williams BMJ 2000; 320 :253 (Published 22 January 2000) PDF Permission Back to top PreviousNext