Glucocorticoids are effective in treating croup [Full text]

	Long term unemployed workers improve their lifestyle [Full text]

	Senior doctors do not use their GP [Full text]

	Critically ill children show same immunoparalysis as adults [Full text]

	Women in ethnic minorities are less likely to take HRT [Full text]

	Drug counselling improves adherence to antidepressants [Full text]

Editorials

	Phantoms in the brain
	Peter W Halligan, Adam Zeman, Abi Berger
	BMJ  1999;319:587-588 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Pituitary surgery for acromegaly
	R N Clayton, P M Stewart, S M Shalet, J A H Wass
	BMJ  1999;319:588-589 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	British guidelines on managing hypertension
	Bruce M Psaty, Curt D Furberg
	BMJ  1999;319:589-590 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

News

	Incontinence campaign tests limits of advertising rules
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  1999;319:591 [Full text] [PDF]

	Public awareness of hypertension declines in US
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;319:591 [Full text] [PDF]

	Israel introduces generic drugs scheme
	Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
	BMJ  1999;319:592 [Full text] [PDF]

	Turkey surprised by extent of aid
	James Ciment
	BMJ  1999;319:592 [Full text] [PDF]

	In brief
	BMJ  1999;319:592 [Full text] [PDF]

	Record numbers of Irish women visit Britain for abortion
	Doug Payne
	BMJ  1999;319:593 [Full text] [PDF]

	Dolly's other DNA came from donor egg
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  1999;319:593 [Full text] [PDF]

	South African doctors demand action on "unethical" colleagues
	Pat Sidley
	BMJ  1999;319:594 [Full text] [PDF]

	Canadian provinces want to cut tests to meet doctor shortage
	David Spurgeon
	BMJ  1999;319:594 [Full text] [PDF]

	Romanian GPs to take control of their practices
	Tudor Toma
	BMJ  1999;319:594 [Full text] [PDF]

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

	Lung cancer deaths in women continue to rise
	BMJ  1999;319:594 [Full text]

	Vertical transmission of HIV through breast milk most likely to occur soon after birth
	Scott Gottlieb
	BMJ  1999;319:594 [Full text]

Papers

	The effectiveness of glucocorticoids in treating croup: meta-analysis
	Monica Ausejo, Antonio Saenz, Ba' Pham, James D Kellner, David W Johnson, David Moher, Terry P Klassen
	BMJ  1999;319:595-600 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Table A] [extra: appendices]

	Predictors and consequences of unemployment among construction workers: prospective cohort study
	Päivi Leino-Arjas, Juha Liira, Pertti Mutanen, Antti Malmivaara, Esko Matikainen
	BMJ  1999;319:600-605 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Doctors as patients: postal survey examining consultants and general practitioners adherence to guidelines
	Malcolm Forsythe, Michael Calnan, Barbara Wall
	BMJ  1999;319:605-608 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: details of the questions]

	Acquired immunoparalysis in paediatric intensive care: prospective observational study
	Mark Peters, Andy Petros, Garth Dixon, David Inwald, Nigel Klein
	BMJ  1999;319:609-610 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Ethnic differences in use of hormone replacement therapy: community based survey
	Tess J Harris, Derek G Cook, Paul D Wicks, Francesco P Cappuccio
	BMJ  1999;319:610-611 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Information in practice

	Identifying problems with data collection at a local level: survey of NHS maternity units in England
	Natalie Kenney, Alison Macfarlane
	BMJ  1999;319:619-622 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: longer version]

Clinical review

	Fortnightly review: Acute dystonia induced by drug treatment
	Peter N van Harten, Hans W Hoek, Rene S Kahn
	BMJ  1999;319:623-626 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lesson of the week: Morphine induced allodynia in a child with brain tumour • What is allodynia?
	Sabine Heger, Christoph Maier, Karin Otter, Ulf Helwig, Meinolf Suttorp, Abi Berger
	BMJ  1999;319:627-629 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: technical details of methods]

General practice

	Effect of antidepressant drug counselling and information leaflets on adherence to drug treatment in primary care: randomised controlled trial
	Robert Peveler, Charles George, Ann-Louise Kinmonth, Michael Campbell, Chris Thompson
	BMJ  1999;319:612-615 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Here we go again: repeating implementation errors
	Donald W Light
	BMJ  1999;319:616-618 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Soundings

	Assets for the meritocracy
	Trisha Greenhalgh
	BMJ  1999;319:649 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Personal views

	My years with Lyme disease
	Chris J F Wilson
	BMJ  1999;319:649 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Education and debate

	British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 1999: summary
	Lawrence E Ramsay, Bryan Williams, G Dennis Johnston, Graham A MacGregor, Lucilla Poston, John F Potter, Neil R Poulter, Gavin Russell
	BMJ  1999;319:630-635 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Methods in health service research: Handling uncertainty in economic evaluations of healthcare interventions
	Andrew H Briggs, Alastair M Gray
	BMJ  1999;319:635-638 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

This week's letters [PDF]

	When doctors might kill their patients
	Robert Twycross, Christopher R Morris, G T Freshwater, A C McKay
	BMJ  1999;319:639 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Increased mortality from liver cancer in England and Wales is not related to hepatitis C
	Simon D Taylor-Robinson, Howard C Thomas, Shona Arora, Sally Hargreaves
	BMJ  1999;319:640 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Effectiveness of rivastigmine in Alzheimer's disease
	Peter Bentham, Richard Gray, Elizabeth Sellwood, James Raftery, Michael Rösler, Caroline E Selai, Michael R Trimble, Martin N Rossor, Richard J Harvey, J G Storosum, B J van Zwieten-Boot, A J A Elferink
	BMJ  1999;319:640 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Screening and mortality from cervical cancer
	Jayant S Vaidya, Michael Baum, M J Quinn, P J Babb, J Jones, Peymané Adab, Sarah McGhee, Anthony Hedley
	BMJ  1999;319:642 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Use of guidelines should be evaluated in randomised controlled trials
	John R Kirwan
	BMJ  1999;319:643 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Cognitive therapy is no better than supportive counselling in schizophrenia
	David Curtis
	BMJ  1999;319:643 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Door to needle times of 12 minutes are possible in one emergency department
	Ian Knox
	BMJ  1999;319:643 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Early trials of angiogenic factors have not targeted patients most at risk of ocular disease
	Martin McKibbin, Damian O'Neill
	BMJ  1999;319:643 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Smoking by parents of asthmatic children
	John Kemm, Linda Irvine, Iain K Crombie, Roland A Clark, Peter W Slane
	BMJ  1999;319:644 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

This week's obituaries [PDF]

	Peter Thomas Fallon • Wifrid Peter Greening • Donald Ian Robertson • Lewis Arthur Scott-White • William Pow Thomson • Eric Trimmer • Lysabeth ("Betty") Rosemary Vaughan Jones (née Hurwich) • Edward Geoffrey Wade • James Watt • Frederick Conon Williams
	P McEvoy, V Cavanagh, J Alan McKinna, J R Jenner, Neil Cardoe, Jack Beviss, Robin Finlay, Nelson C Gray, Mansur Ahmad, David Hurwich, Samuel Oleesky, D M Fleming, David Williams
	BMJ  1999;319:645 [Full text]

Minerva

	Minerva
	BMJ  1999;319:650 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Fillers

	Endpiece: The grind is the thing
	BMJ  1999;319:608 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	The other Dr Finlay
	P P Mortimer
	BMJ  1999;319:618 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Claude Bernard on the action of curare
	John Black
	BMJ  1999;319:622 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Diversity to divinity
	Jammi Rao, Sam Ramaiah
	BMJ  1999;319:629 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	How the defibrillator saved a patient's life
	Alexander Williams
	BMJ  1999;319:638 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Corrections

	Food production and safety
	BMJ  1999;319:608 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Mercury poisoning after spillage at home from a sphygmomanometer on loan from hospital
	BMJ  1999;319:608 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	In screening for congenital cataract, many false referrals will occur
	BMJ  1999;319:608 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Evidence based cardiology: Prevention of ischaemic stroke
	BMJ  1999;319:626 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

	Facing redundancy
	Judith Firth
	BMJ  1999;319:2 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: The recent career focus article on the dangers...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: Most employers now have a policy on whistleblowing...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

	Briefing: The fascinating Pay and Benefits Bulletin has a special...
	BMJ  1999;319:3 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CD

	CD: Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy: Effective Patient Care
	Jean Ker
	BMJ  1999;319:647 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

TV

	TV: Doctors from Hell
	Kamran Abbasi
	BMJ  1999;319:648 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

BOOK

	Book: Terminal Consent
	John C Roberts
	BMJ  1999;319:647 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

CHOICE

	All about doctors
	BMJ  1999;319 [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

	Website of the week: Earthquake disaster in Turkey
	Abi Berger
	BMJ  1999;319:648 [Full text] [Request Permissions]

Career focus

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