This Week In the BMJ Over half of cases of transfusion error involve giving the wrong blood BMJ 1999; 319 :c (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Antiretroviral therapy does not prevent HIV related non-Hodgkin's lymphom BMJ 1999; 319 :e (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Community care of long stay psychiatric patients presents few problems BMJ 1999; 319 :b (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Computer program may help in assessing genetic risk of cancer in primary care BMJ 1999; 319 :g (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Provision of oxygen at home in Northern ireland is not cost effective BMJ 1999; 319 :d (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Social class affects old people's use of general practice BMJ 1999; 319 :f (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Editorials Managing acute anaphylaxis BMJ 1999; 319 :1 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses PFI: perfidious financial idiocy BMJ 1999; 319 :2 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses Magnesium sulphate and pre-eclampsia BMJ 1999; 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319 :55 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Scientific foundation of mammographic screening is based on inconclusive research in Sweden BMJ 1999; 319 :55 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses Heirs will have to forgo their inheritance BMJ 1999; 319 :55 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses Magnetic resonance necropsy is offered routinely in University College London Hospitals BMJ 1999; 319 :56 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Arguments in editorial were not “biologically implausible” BMJ 1999; 319 :57 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses Surely doctors should follow the spirit, rather than the letter, of the law BMJ 1999; 319 :57 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Patients were more satisfied with chiropractic than other treatments for low back pain BMJ 1999; 319 :57 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Surveillance of congenital rubella in Great Britain BMJ 1999; 319 :57 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Withdrawing low risk women from cervical screening programmes BMJ 1999; 319 :58 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Frequent changes in policy risk confusion among health workers BMJ 1999; 319 :58 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission High security facilities must not be closed until viable alternatives are in place BMJ 1999; 319 :59 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Annual general meeting of the BMA BMJ 1999; 319 :59 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Iceland's medical database is insecure BMJ 1999; 319 :59 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses News UK introduces far reaching law to protect whistleblowers BMJ 1999; 319 :7 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses Antihistamine drug withdrawn by manufacturer BMJ 1999; 319 :7 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses UK government confirms ban on human reproductive cloning BMJ 1999; 319 :8 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses United States clears silicone breast implants BMJ 1999; 319 :8 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission In brief BMJ 1999; 319 :8 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Surgeons develop composite bone transplants BMJ 1999; 319 :9 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Scanning shows structural abnormality in headache BMJ 1999; 319 :9 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission BUPA moves towards managed care BMJ 1999; 319 :9 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Link between magnetic fields and leukaemia is weak BMJ 1999; 319 :10 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission NHS librarians cannot access the internet BMJ 1999; 319 :10 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses Some operating theatres used only half time BMJ 1999; 319 :10 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Donations of useless medicines to Kosovo contributes to chaos BMJ 1999; 319 :11 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses EU adopts tougher safeguards on genetic modification BMJ 1999; 319 :11 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Spain aims to slow the rise in spending on drugs BMJ 1999; 319 :11 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Royal college demands 2000 more NHS consultant physicians BMJ 1999; 319 :12 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission UK GPs will produce blueprint for the future BMJ 1999; 319 :12 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Task force for junior doctors' hours in Wales BMJ 1999; 319 :12 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Clinical Reviews Behaviour and genes BMJ 1999; 319 :37 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses Renal support BMJ 1999; 319 :41 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses Minerva Minerva BMJ 1999; 319 :66 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses Editor's Choice Getting things wrong BMJ 1999; 319 :a (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Getting things wrong BMJ 1999; 319 :0 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission News extra [these stories appear only on the web] German scientists want dialogue with the public BMJ 1999; 319 :12 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Papers Outcome of long stay psychiatric patients resettled in the community: prospective cohort study BMJ 1999; 319 :13 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses Serious hazards of transfusion (SHOT) initiative: analysis of the first two annual reports BMJ 1999; 319 :16 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses Cost minimisation analysis of provision of oxygen at home: are the Drug Tariff guidelines cost effective? BMJ 1999; 319 :19 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Risk of HIV related Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with potent antiretroviral therapy: prospective cohort study BMJ 1999; 319 :23 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission 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 03 July 1999) PDF Permission General practice Socioeconomic differences in general practice consultation rates in patients aged 65 and over: prospective cohort study BMJ 1999; 319 :26 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses Information in practice Health information and interaction on the internet: a survey of female urinary incontinence BMJ 1999; 319 :29 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses 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 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate Diurnal variability—time to change asthma guidelines? BMJ 1999; 319 :45 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses NHS capital expenditure and the private finance initiative—expansion or contraction? BMJ 1999; 319 :48 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Responses MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST Local medical committee conference BMJ 1999; 319 :61 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Books Demanding Medical Excellence BMJ 1999; 319 :63 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission On the History of Lunacy: The 19th Century and After BMJ 1999; 319 :63 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission PRESS Doctors as gods BMJ 1999; 319 :64 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission WEBSITE OF THE WEEK www.treasury-projects-taskforce.gov.uk/intro/main.htm BMJ 1999; 319 :64 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Personal View Starting back at the bottom BMJ 1999; 319 :65 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses Soundings Beastly handwriting BMJ 1999; 319 :65 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Responses Career focus Constructing a learning portfolio BMJ 1999; 319 :S2a-7201 (Published 07 July 1999) Permission Briefing BMJ 1999; 319 :S3a-7201 (Published 07 July 1999) Permission Fillers From cerebral malaria to preventive medicine BMJ 1999; 319 :36 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Trains, worry, and disease BMJ 1999; 319 :37 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission A spirit of adventure prevails BMJ 1999; 319 :44 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Corrections Ingestion of mouthwash by children BMJ 1999; 319 :25 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Book reviews BMJ 1999; 319 :25 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Website of the week BMJ 1999; 319 :25 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Obituaries BMJ 1999; 319 :25 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission Environment and Health: BMJ theme issue BMJ 1999; 319 :25 (Published 03 July 1999) Permission ObituaryDownload PDF Sir Ian FraserAnna Isabella DavisonRoger Courtenay Beckwith Pugh BMJ 1999; 319 :60 (Published 03 July 1999) PDF Permission Back to top PreviousNext