Nicotine nasal spray with patch is effective in stopping smoking [Full text]

	No single illness explains pattern of symptoms in Gulf war veterans [Full text]

	More children are being ventilated long term [Full text]

	Privacy and dignity are lacking on children's wards [Full text]

	Depression is common in African Caribbeans in UK inner cities [Full text]

	Retirement of Asian GPs will cause problems for recruitment [Full text]

Editorials

	Viagra: a botched test case for rationing
	John Chisholm
	BMJ  1999;318:273-274 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Gulf war syndrome
	Frances M Murphy
	BMJ  1999;318:274-275 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	What urologists say they do for men with prostate cancer
	Mark Emberton
	BMJ  1999;318:276 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Patients' priorities
	Tessa Richards
	BMJ  1999;318:277 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Elder abuse
	Alison Tonks, Gerry Bennett
	BMJ  1999;318:278 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	UK issues guidance on prescribing Viagra
	Linda Beecham
	BMJ  1999;318:279 [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;318:280 [Full text] [PDF]

	Clinton offers healthcare funding ideas
	James Ciment
	BMJ  1999;318:280 [Full text] [PDF]

	Researchers discover how opiates cause immunosuppression
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  1999;318:280 [Full text] [PDF]

	Fibre does not protect against colon cancer
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;318:281 [Full text] [PDF]

	College plans help for children in war zones
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  1999;318:281 [Full text] [PDF]

	Doctors may report violence to police
	Roger Dobson
	BMJ  1999;318:282 [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs criticised by ombudsman
	John Warden
	BMJ  1999;318:282 [Full text] [PDF]

	Adult stem cells may be redefinable
	Deborah Josefson
	BMJ  1999;318:282 [Full text] [PDF]

	BMA warns of arrival of genetic weapons
	Uy Hoang
	BMJ  1999;318:283 [Full text] [PDF]

	Inquiry calls for checks on staff who work with elderly
	Dolly Chadda
	BMJ  1999;318:283 [Full text] [PDF]

	Bristol inquiry appoints doctor to its panel
	Annabel Ferriman
	BMJ  1999;318:283 [Full text] [PDF]

	The man from SMAC
	BMJ  1999;318:284 [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Guardians to protect patient data
	BMJ  1999;318:284 [Full text]

	Welsh hospital recruits Filipino nurses
	BMJ  1999;318:284 [Full text]

	Irish GPs do not look after their own health
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  1999;318:284 [Full text]

	Women travel to Hungary to give birth
	Carl Kovac
	BMJ  1999;318:284 [Full text]

	Australian atomic test research to be reviewed
	Georgina Kenyon
	BMJ  1999;318:284 [Full text]

Papers

	Nicotine nasal spray with nicotine patch for smoking cessation: randomised trial with six year follow up • Commentary: Progress on nicotine replacement therapy for smokers
	Thorsteinn Blondal, Larus Jon Gudmundsson, Ingileif Olafsdottir, Gunnar Gustavsson, Ake Westin, John Stapleton
	BMJ  1999;318:285-289 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Clinical findings for the first 1000 Gulf war veterans in the Ministry of Defence's medical assessment programme
	W J Coker, B M Bhatt, N F Blatchley, J T Graham
	BMJ  1999;318:290-294 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Current status of long term ventilation of children in the United Kingdom: questionnaire survey
	E Jardine, M O'Toole, J Y Paton, C Wallis
	BMJ  1999;318:295-299 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Dilemmas in treating early prostate cancer: the evidence and a questionnaire survey of consultant urologists in the United Kingdom
	Jenny L Donovan, Stephen J Frankel, Alex Faulkner, Sara Selley, David Gillatt, Freddie C Hamdy
	BMJ  1999;318:299-300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Privacy, dignity, and confidentiality: interview study with structured questionnaire
	George Rylance
	BMJ  1999;318:301 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Science, medicine, and the future: Parkinson's disease
	A H V Schapira
	BMJ  1999;318:311-314 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of sexual health: Assessing and managing male sexual problems
	Alain Gregoire
	BMJ  1999;318:315-317 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Prevalence of anxiety and depressive illness and help seeking behaviour in African Caribbeans and white Europeans: two phase general population survey • Commentary: Counting heads may mask cultural and social factors
	C M Shaw, F Creed, B Tomenson, L Riste, J K Cruickshank, Greta Rait
	BMJ  1999;318:302-306 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Retrospective analysis of census data on general practitioners who qualified in South Asia: who will replace them as they retire?
	Donald H Taylor, Jr, Aneez Esmail
	BMJ  1999;318:306-310 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Science night
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1999;318:339 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	The sharp edge of Damocles
	Mary Self
	BMJ  1999;318:339 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	Sharing decisions with patients: is the information good enough?
	Angela Coulter, Vikki Entwistle, David Gilbert
	BMJ  1999;318:318-322 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Narrative based medicine: Narrative based medicine in an evidence based world
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1999;318:323-325 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Deprivation and emergency admissions for cancers
	Jennifer Mindell, C J Twelves, C S Thomson, J A Dewar
	BMJ  1999;318:326 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of flutamide on survival in patients with pancreatic cancer
	Simon Bramhall, John Buckels, Stephen J Wigmore, Kenneth C H Fearon, O James Garden, H S Wasan, Brian A Greenway
	BMJ  1999;318:326 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Bulimic eating patterns should be stabilised in polycystic ovarian syndrome
	John F Morgan
	BMJ  1999;318:328 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Wrist watches must be removed before washing hands
	J C Hartley, A D Mackay, G M Scott
	BMJ  1999;318:328 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intravenous  blockade in acute myocardial infarction
	K L Woods, D Ketley, Peter F Ludman, Kevin Hardy, Sarah O'Brien
	BMJ  1999;318:328 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Storing methadone in babies' bottles puts young children at risk
	Kieran Harkin, Catherine Quinn, Fiona Bradley
	BMJ  1999;318:329 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Standards in advertising
	David Millson, Wendy Clark, Lode Dewulf, M Batterbury
	BMJ  1999;318:330 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Intensive cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic schizophrenia
	David Curtis, Nicholas Tarrier
	BMJ  1999;318:331 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Implementing research findings in developing countries
	Alison Hill, Katie Enock, Catherine Brogan, Trevor Gibbs
	BMJ  1999;318:331 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Using research findings in clinical practice
	John Main, S E Straus, D L Sackett
	BMJ  1999;318:332 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Safety of genetically engineered foods is still dubious
	Patrick Holden
	BMJ  1999;318:332 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Sir Geoffrey Bateman • Susan Caroline Bellman • Patrick Ernest George Clements • Robert Quayle ("Robin") Crellin • Henry ("Harry") Doberman • Frederick George Barclay Dodd • John Ewell • Anne Ferguson • Henry Angus Fraser • Thomas Frederick Rathbone Griffin • Maria Elizabeth Grossman • Herman Frank Harwood
	N T Bateman, Gerald Levin, Chris Morgan, Perric Crellin, B J Murray, Mary Dodd, Michael Boll and partners, Gerald Collee, David J Fraser, Alan Jackson, Jean Lawrie, A J Eisinger
	BMJ  1999;318:333 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;318:340 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Two memorable patients: What it's all about
	Richard Harrison
	BMJ  1999;318:300 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: The difference
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	Endpiece: New Year's Eve
	BMJ  1999;318:311 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: On seeing a kangaroo
	BMJ  1999;318:323 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	BMA's annual meeting
	BMJ  1999;318:335 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Sleep and work
	Carl Gray
	BMJ  1999;318:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: The career focus article on working in Australia has sparked ...
	BMJ  1999;318:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Nearly half of all British workers take a break for ...
	BMJ  1999;318:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	A big week
	BMJ  1999;318 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	A big week
	BMJ  1999;318 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

MULTIMEDIA

	Book: A Season in Hell
	Irene M Peat
	BMJ  1999;318:336 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Dobson's Complaint: The Story of the Chester Porphyria
	Helen Crimlisk
	BMJ  1999;318:336 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Partners of the Heart
	Anjan K Banerjee
	BMJ  1999;318:337 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: Textbook of Clinical Medicine for Asia
	Charles F Gilks
	BMJ  1999;318:337 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Press: Viagra, rationed
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  1999;318:338 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Website of the week: http://www.viagra.com/
	Douglas Carnall
	BMJ  1999;318:338 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

	Steps needed to solve NHS workforce problems • GMC wants to improve SHOs' training • Health action zones receive boost • BMA would oppose single NHS pay spine
	BMJ  1999;318:335 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

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