This Week In the BMJ Cervical screening has reduced incidence of cancer and mortality BMJ 1999; 318 :d (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Reducing breathlessness in lung cancer can also reduce physical and emotional distress BMJ 1999; 318 :c (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Twins challenge the fetal origins hypothesis BMJ 1999; 318 :b (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Guidelines on treating back pain have not improved GPs' services BMJ 1999; 318 :g (Published 03 April 1999) Permission The public's views differ systematically after discussion of healthcare priorities BMJ 1999; 318 :f (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Health gap narrows for babies of lone mothers BMJ 1999; 318 :e (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Editorials Ordeals for the fetal programming hypothesis BMJ 1999; 318 :885 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Responses Combined kidney and pancreatic transplantation BMJ 1999; 318 :886 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Assessing operative skill BMJ 1999; 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BMJ 1999; 318 :0 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Papers PapersTwins and maternal smoking: ordeals for the fetal origins hypothesis? A cohort study BMJ 1999; 318 :897 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Responses PapersMulticentre randomised controlled trial of nursing intervention for breathlessness in patients with lung cancer BMJ 1999; 318 :901 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Responses PapersEffect of screening on incidence of and mortality from cancer of cervix in England: evaluation based on routinely collected statistics BMJ 1999; 318 :904 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Responses PapersNarrowing social inequalities in health? Analysis of trends in mortality among babies of lone mothers BMJ 1999; 318 :908 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Responses Social inequalities and health: ecological study of mortality in Budapest, 1980-3 and 1990-3 BMJ 1999; 318 :914 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission General practice Effect of discussion and deliberation on the public's views of priority setting in health care: focus group study BMJ 1999; 318 :916 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Responses Effect of UK national guidelines on services to treat patients with acute low back pain: follow up questionnaire survey BMJ 1999; 318 :919 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate Sexuality and health: the hidden costs of screening for Chlamydia trachomatis BMJ 1999; 318 :931 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission Responses Healthcare strategy BMJ 1999; 318 :933 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST Medicopolitical digestHealth service in Ulster will be less bureaucraticThere must be “compelling reasons” for trust mergersPassive smoking affects babies' and children's healthNHSE agrees to negotiate over millennium pay BMJ 1999; 318 :947 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission MULTIMEDIA Oxford Handbook of Patients' Welfare: A Doctor's Guide to Benefits and Services BMJ 1999; 318 :948 (Published 03 April 1999) PDF Permission The Future of Human Reproduction: Ethics, Choice, and Regulation BMJ 1999; 318 :948 (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS in the Tropics BMJ 1999; 318 :949 (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront A Legend; Freud 2000 BMJ 1999; 318 :949 (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Responses Opening eyes to child abuse BMJ 1999; 318 :950 (Published 03 April 1999) Permission WEBSITE OF THE WEEK BMJ 1999; 318 :950 (Published 03 April 1999) Permission Personal View Is it part of the locum's job to whistleblow? 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