This Week In the BMJ Ethics code should outlaw placebo controlled trials when an accepted treatment exists BMJ 2000; 321 :f (Published 12 August 2000) Permission Patient management questions asked by primary care doctors fall into 64 generic types BMJ 2000; 321 :e (Published 12 August 2000) Permission Risk of childhood diabetes rises with increasing maternal age at delivery BMJ 2000; 321 :c (Published 12 August 2000) Permission UK prescribing indicators have limited value in assessing practice BMJ 2000; 321 :d (Published 12 August 2000) Permission People with type 2 diabetes should aim at normal blood pressure and HbA1c BMJ 2000; 321 :b (Published 12 August 2000) Permission Editorials Will intermediate care be the undoing of the NHS? BMJ 2000; 321 :393 (Published 12 August 2000) PDF Permission Responses Controlling glucose and blood pressure in type 2 diabetes BMJ 2000; 321 :394 (Published 12 August 2000) PDF Permission Herbal medicines: where is the evidence? 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