British Medical Journal

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Articles in May 6, 2000, issue of British Medical Journal

• African heads of state promise action against malaria
  by Gavin Yamey
• Risk of suicide among users of calcium channel blockers: population based, nested case-control study
  by Christiane Gasse
• The function of the discussion section in academic medical writing
  by John R Skelton
• Statins for stroke should be considered in biologically fit people over 75
  by J Kelly
• Exploring the genome
  by Douglas Carnall
• Research does not reflect global disease burden
  by Jason O'Neale Roach
• Multicentre randomised control trial comparing real time teledermatology with conventional outpatient dermatological care: societal cost-benefit analysis
  by R Wootton
• Fallout from the Shipman case
• Language, fairness, and the MRCGP examination
  by George Boulos
• The sins of expertness and a proposal for redemption
  by David L Sackett
• Gene therapy saves immune deficient babies in France
  by Roger Dobson
• Risk factors for neonatal encephalopathy in Kathmandu, Nepal, a developing country: unmatched case-control study
  by Matthew Ellis
• Online appointment booking to rapid access chest pain clinic
  by Iain Findlay
• Study on environmental hazards is flawed
  by Suzanne Moffatt
• Obituaries
• A medical error
  by George Dunea
• US plans drugs stockpile to counter bioterrorism threat
  by Fred Charatan
• Prospective cohort study to determine if trial efficacy of anticoagulation for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation translates into clinical effectiveness
  by Lalit Kalra
• Genetic epidemiology
  by Jaakko Kaprio
• Has the sun protection factor had its day?
  by Philippe Autier
• BMA responds to proposals on the GMC
  by Linda Beecham
• Minerva
• In brief
• Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey
  by Tim J Cole
• Congenital neonatal thyrotoxicosis and previous maternal radioiodine therapy
  by C M Smith
• Resuscitation decisions are often not documented early enough
  by Peter Maxwell Davies
• Government wants to help GPs
  by Linda Beecham
• Cancer "tsar" invites ideas for modernisation
  by Zosia Kmietowicz
• Extent of regretted sexual intercourse among young teenagers in Scotland: a cross sectional survey
  by Daniel Wight
• Secondary prevention of peripheral vascular disease
  by Sean Tierney
• The ethics of unlinked anonymous testing
  by Angus Nicoll
• GPs angry at allocation of out of hours money
  by Linda Beecham
• First results of vCJD survey show no signs of prion
  by Roger Dobson
• Correction
• The health benefits from collecting for Christian Aid
  by Martin Schweiger
• Post-traumatic stress disorder in doctors involved in the Omagh bombing
  by Derek Summerfield
• NI doctors want to meet Tony Blair
  by Linda Beecham
• Dutch workers entitled to smoke-free conditions, court rules
  by Tony Sheldon
• Burns after photodynamic therapy
• Brain stem death: managing care when accepted medical guidelines and religious beliefs are in conflict
  by David Inwald
• Accidents at home are no more likely in deprived areas
  by Gerry Waldron
• Neurology and Medicine
  by Yvonne Hart
• Britain's first "virtual hospital" gets go ahead
  by Judy Jones
• Human hibernation
• Cause of conditions
  by Marc Bloch
• Incidence of hospital admission does not equal incidence of disease
  by Louis H Pobereskin
• Policy and Health: Implications for Development in Asia
  by Michel Thuriaux
• Ireland's junior doctors to strike
  by Doug Payne
• Patients' unvoiced agendas in general practice consultations: qualitative study
  by Christine A Barry
• Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom
• Social networks are important in preventing dependency in old age
  by Helen Stoddart
• The psychokiller strikes again
  by Rita Mairead Condren