03 July 1999 (Vol 319, Issue 7201)

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Editor's Choice

Getting things wrong

BMJ 1999;319:0.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Getting things wrong

BMJ 1999;319:0.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

News

UK introduces far reaching law to protect whistleblowers

BMJ 1999;319:7.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Antihistamine drug withdrawn by manufacturer

BMJ 1999;319:7.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

UK government confirms ban on human reproductive cloning

BMJ 1999;319:8.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

United States clears silicone breast implants

BMJ 1999;319:8.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

In brief

BMJ 1999;319:8.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Surgeons develop composite bone transplants

BMJ 1999;319:9.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Scanning shows structural abnormality in headache

BMJ 1999;319:9.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

BUPA moves towards managed care

BMJ 1999;319:9.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Link between magnetic fields and leukaemia is weak

BMJ 1999;319:10.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

NHS librarians cannot access the internet

BMJ 1999;319:10.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Some operating theatres used only half time

BMJ 1999;319:10.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Donations of useless medicines to Kosovo contributes to chaos

BMJ 1999;319:11.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

EU adopts tougher safeguards on genetic modification

BMJ 1999;319:11.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Spain aims to slow the rise in spending on drugs

BMJ 1999;319:11.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Royal college demands 2000 more NHS consultant physicians

BMJ 1999;319:12.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

UK GPs will produce blueprint for the future

BMJ 1999;319:12.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Task force for junior doctors' hours in Wales

BMJ 1999;319:12.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Editorials

Managing acute anaphylaxis

BMJ 1999;319:1 (Published 3 July 1999)

PFI: perfidious financial idiocy

BMJ 1999;319:2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Magnesium sulphate and pre-eclampsia

BMJ 1999;319:3 (Published 3 July 1999)

A little bit of measles does you good

BMJ 1999;319:4 (Published 3 July 1999)

Evaluating NHS Direct

BMJ 1999;319:5 (Published 3 July 1999)

Letters

Children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection

BMJ 1999;319:52.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

UK inquiry should establish why contaminated blood products were given to people with haemophilia

BMJ 1999;319:52.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Proposed appraisal system and political correctness

BMJ 1999;319:53.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Combining the two neonatal examinations

BMJ 1999;319:53.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Letters - continued

GMC's current proposals for revalidation are flawed

BMJ 1999;319:53.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Cyclosporin neurotoxicity after chemotherapy

BMJ 1999;319:54 (Published 3 July 1999)

Devolution in Latin America has had poor effects on health care

BMJ 1999;319:55.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Scientific foundation of mammographic screening is based on inconclusive research in Sweden

BMJ 1999;319:55.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Heirs will have to forgo their inheritance

BMJ 1999;319:55.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Magnetic resonance necropsy is offered routinely in University College London Hospitals

BMJ 1999;319:56 (Published 3 July 1999)

Arguments in editorial were not “biologically implausible”

BMJ 1999;319:57.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Surely doctors should follow the spirit, rather than the letter, of the law

BMJ 1999;319:57.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Patients were more satisfied with chiropractic than other treatments for low back pain

BMJ 1999;319:57.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Surveillance of congenital rubella in Great Britain

BMJ 1999;319:57.4 (Published 3 July 1999)

Withdrawing low risk women from cervical screening programmes

BMJ 1999;319:58.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Frequent changes in policy risk confusion among health workers

BMJ 1999;319:58.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

High security facilities must not be closed until viable alternatives are in place

BMJ 1999;319:59.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Annual general meeting of the BMA

BMJ 1999;319:59.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Iceland's medical database is insecure

BMJ 1999;319:59.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1999;319:66 (Published 3 July 1999)

Fillers

From cerebral malaria to preventive medicine

BMJ 1999;319:36 (Published 3 July 1999)

Trains, worry, and disease

BMJ 1999;319:37.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

A spirit of adventure prevails

BMJ 1999;319:44 (Published 3 July 1999)

This Week In the BMJ

Over half of cases of transfusion error involve giving the wrong blood

BMJ 1999;319:0.4 (Published 3 July 1999)

Antiretroviral therapy does not prevent HIV related non-Hodgkin's lymphom

BMJ 1999;319:0.6 (Published 3 July 1999)

Community care of long stay psychiatric patients presents few problems

BMJ 1999;319:0.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Computer program may help in assessing genetic risk of cancer in primary care

BMJ 1999;319:0.8 (Published 3 July 1999)

Provision of oxygen at home in Northern ireland is not cost effective

BMJ 1999;319:0.5 (Published 3 July 1999)

Social class affects old people's use of general practice

BMJ 1999;319:0.7 (Published 3 July 1999)

Clinical Reviews

Behaviour and genes

BMJ 1999;319:37.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Renal support

BMJ 1999;319:41 (Published 3 July 1999)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

German scientists want dialogue with the public

BMJ 1999;319:12.4 (Published 3 July 1999)

Papers

Outcome of long stay psychiatric patients resettled in the community: prospective cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:13 (Published 3 July 1999)

Serious hazards of transfusion (SHOT) initiative: analysis of the first two annual reports

BMJ 1999;319:16 (Published 3 July 1999)

Cost minimisation analysis of provision of oxygen at home: are the Drug Tariff guidelines cost effective?

BMJ 1999;319:19 (Published 3 July 1999)

Risk of HIV related Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with potent antiretroviral therapy: prospective cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:23 (Published 3 July 1999)

Randomised controlled trial of long term efficacy of captopril on preservation of kidney function in normotensive patients with insulin dependent diabetes and microalbuminuria

BMJ 1999;319:24 (Published 3 July 1999)

General practice

Socioeconomic differences in general practice consultation rates in patients aged 65 and over: prospective cohort study

BMJ 1999;319:26 (Published 3 July 1999)

Information in practice

Health information and interaction on the internet: a survey of female urinary incontinence

BMJ 1999;319:29 (Published 3 July 1999)

Computer support for recording and interpreting family histories of breast and ovarian cancer in primary care (RAGs): qualitative evaluation with simulated patients

BMJ 1999;319:32 (Published 3 July 1999)

Education and debate

Diurnal variability—time to change asthma guidelines?

BMJ 1999;319:45 (Published 3 July 1999)

NHS capital expenditure and the private finance initiative—expansion or contraction?

BMJ 1999;319:48 (Published 3 July 1999)

MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST

Local medical committee conference

BMJ 1999;319:61 (Published 3 July 1999)

Books

Demanding Medical Excellence

BMJ 1999;319:63.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

On the History of Lunacy: The 19th Century and After

BMJ 1999;319:63.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

PRESS

Doctors as gods

BMJ 1999;319:64.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK

www.treasury-projects-taskforce.gov.uk/intro/main.htm

BMJ 1999;319:64.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Personal View

Starting back at the bottom

BMJ 1999;319:65.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Soundings

Beastly handwriting

BMJ 1999;319:65.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Career focus

Constructing a learning portfolio

BMJ 1999;319:S2a-7201 (Published 7 July 1999)

Briefing

BMJ 1999;319:S3a-7201 (Published 7 July 1999)

Corrections

Ingestion of mouthwash by children

BMJ 1999;319:25.1 (Published 3 July 1999)

Book reviews

BMJ 1999;319:25.2 (Published 3 July 1999)

Website of the week

BMJ 1999;319:25.3 (Published 3 July 1999)

Obituaries

BMJ 1999;319:25.4 (Published 3 July 1999)

Environment and Health: BMJ theme issue

BMJ 1999;319:25.5 (Published 3 July 1999)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Sir Ian FraserAnna Isabella DavisonRoger Courtenay Beckwith Pugh

BMJ 1999;319:60 (Published 3 July 1999)