Bullets should be prohibited on the basis of the damage they do, not just their construction [Full text]

	A high ratio of killed to wounded suggests a war crime [Full text]

	As military efficiency of weapons increases, so does their likelihood of injuring civilians [Full text]

	Nearly one in three weapon injuries occur outside combat [Full text]

	Class and language get in the way of referral for angina in deprived areas [Full text]

Editorials

	Medicine and international humanitarian law
	Jennifer Leaning
	BMJ  1999;319:393-394 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Who gets hurt by all these weapons?
	Chris Smith
	BMJ  1999;319:395 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Preventive medicine: can conflicts be prevented?
	Tom Woodhouse
	BMJ  1999;319:396-397 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors and torture
	Vivienne Nathanson
	BMJ  1999;319:397-398 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	British doctors in Kosovo appeal for NHS help
	Kevin Weaver
	BMJ  1999;319:399 [Full text] [PDF]

	Influenza drug to undergo "fast track" assessment by NICE
	Judy Jones
	BMJ  1999;319:400 [Full text] [PDF]

	Nuns to run first heroin injecting room
	Christopher Zinn
	BMJ  1999;319:400 [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;319:400 [Full text] [PDF]

	Indian medical authorities act on antenatal sex selection
	Ganapati Mudur
	BMJ  1999;319:401 [Full text] [PDF]

	Gulf war leaves legacy of cancer
	Malcolm Aitken
	BMJ  1999;319:401 [Full text] [PDF]

	Tuberculosis ravages Philippine slums
	Claire Wallerstein
	BMJ  1999;319:402 [Full text] [PDF]

	Animal tests rise in Great Britain
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  1999;319:402 [Full text] [PDF]

Papers

	Clinical and legal significance of fragmentation of bullets in relation to size of wounds: retrospective analysis
	Robin Coupland
	BMJ  1999;319:403-406 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Mortality associated with use of weapons in armed conflicts, wartime atrocities, and civilian mass shootings: literature review
	Robin M Coupland, David R Meddings
	BMJ  1999;319:407-410 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Effect of type and transfer of conventional weapons on civilian injuries: retrospective analysis of prospective data from Red Cross hospitals
	Robin M Coupland, Hans O Samnegaard
	BMJ  1999;319:410-412 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Circumstances around weapon injury in Cambodia after departure of a peacekeeping force: prospective cohort study
	David R Meddings, Stephanie M O'Connor
	BMJ  1999;319:412-415 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Incidence of weapon injuries not related to interfactional combat in Afghanistan in 1996: prospective cohort study
	Markus Michael, David R Meddings, Salah Ramez, Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Fisac
	BMJ  1999;319:415-417 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Lessons learnt and future expectations of complex emergencies
	Frederick M Burkle, Jr
	BMJ  1999;319:422-426 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	ABC of intensive care: Recovery from intensive care
	Richard D Griffiths, Christina Jones
	BMJ  1999;319:427-429 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

General practice

	Barriers to referral in patients with angina: qualitative study • Commentary: Generalisability and validity in qualitative research
	Katy Gardner, Alison Chapple, Judith Green
	BMJ  1999;319:418-421 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	The laws of thermodynamics
	Kevin Barraclough
	BMJ  1999;319:459 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	Time flies ....
	Gwen Adshead
	BMJ  1999;319:458 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Lest we forgive
	John Paul Leach
	BMJ  1999;319:459 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	New challenges for humanitarian protection
	Claude Bruderlein, Jennifer Leaning
	BMJ  1999;319:430-435 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Eugenics and human rights
	Daniel J Kevles
	BMJ  1999;319:435-438 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	North-South research partnerships: the ethics of carrying out research in developing countries
	Tessa Tan-Torres Edejer
	BMJ  1999;319:438-441 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Icelandic databasedo modern times need modern sagas?
	Ruth Chadwick
	BMJ  1999;319:441-444 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethical dilemma: Sharia punishment, treatment, and speaking out •    Supporting sharia or providing treatment: the International Committee of the Red Cross • Learning to express dissent: Médecins Sans Frontières
	Pierre Perrin, Hanna Nolan
	BMJ  1999;319:445-447 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Science for evil: the scientist's dilemma
	Michael Atiyah
	BMJ  1999;319:448-449 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	Number of land mine victims in Kosovo is high
	E G Krug, A Gjini A
	BMJ  1999;319:450 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Treatment of hepatitis C infection
	Kosh Agarwal, David D E Jones, M McCarthy, M Wilkinson
	BMJ  1999;319:450 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in functional dyspepsia
	Kenneth E L McColl, Derek Gillen, Anthea S Dickson, Nicholas J Talley, Karsten Lauritsen, Elisabeth Bolling-Sternevald
	BMJ  1999;319:451 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	UK trial of policy of neonatal ECMO provides most reliable information so far
	Diana Elbourne, Adrian Grant, David Field, Charles Skeoch, Ann Johnson
	BMJ  1999;319:452 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Managing atrial fibrillation in elderly people
	Tim Lancaster, Jamil Mayet, Balvinder Wasan, Prapa Kanagaratnam, K M English, K S Channer
	BMJ  1999;319:452 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Non-specific abdominal pain during school term may be due to viral infections then
	Raman Malhotra
	BMJ  1999;319:454 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Tackling health inequalities in primary care
	John Macleod, Rhian Loudon, Dougal Darvill, Liam Smeeth, Iona Heath
	BMJ  1999;319:454 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Patients with tuberculosis can be managed effectively in the community
	Michael H Levy, Garth Alperstein
	BMJ  1999;319:455 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Neuropsychiatric condition must be thoroughly assessed before treatment of hepatic encephalopathy
	M B Lewis
	BMJ  1999;319:455 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effects of Soho bomb were little compared with Omagh bomb
	Clive R Burges
	BMJ  1999;319:455 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	John Leonard Dawson • Susan Mary Barclay • Edward ("Edoo") Michael Barker • Andrew Dick • Audrey Colquhoun-Pett
	Edward R Howard, John McDonald, Y K Seedat, James W Baird
	BMJ  1999;319:456 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;319:460 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Crossed lines
	W K Whittick
	BMJ  1999;319:406 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
	BMJ  1999;319:406 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	One hundred years ago: The Black Smoke Nuisance
	BMJ  1999;319:427 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Endpiece: Doctor's dilemma
	BMJ  1999;319:448 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Becoming a general practitioner trainer
	Harry Brown
	BMJ  1999;319:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Working more than 45 hours per week on a ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: One quarter of the 140 newly qualified doctors at ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: It is estimated that one in 15 doctors, at ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Apologies. Anderson's article last week entitled Doctoring doctors was ...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains
	C M Milroy
	BMJ  1999;319:458 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Book: The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies
	Sheila McLean
	BMJ  1999;319:458 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	A not so distant mirror
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE GP

	A not so distant mirror
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