This Week In the BMJ Likelihood of osteoporotic fracture is not strongly genetically influenced BMJ 1999; 319 :d (Published 20 November 1999) Permission New Zealand offers model of clinical governance in primary care BMJ 1999; 319 :g (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Twins confirm importance of fetal programming on adult blood pressure BMJ 1999; 319 :c (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Fetoplacental factors may explain relation of low birth weight with high blood pressure BMJ 1999; 319 :b (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Time spent in hospital increases only slightly with age at death BMJ 1999; 319 :f (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Glucocorticoid receptor variant confers a likelihood of being overweight BMJ 1999; 319 :e (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Editorials Twins and fetal programming of blood pressure BMJ 1999; 319 :1313 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Managing the clinical performance of doctors BMJ 1999; 319 :1314 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Sexual and reproductive health: what about boys and men? BMJ 1999; 319 :1315 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses The future of clinical forensic medicine BMJ 1999; 319 :1316 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Screening for ovarian cancer BMJ 1999; 319 :1317 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses LettersDownload PDF Consequences for research if use of anonymised patient data breaches confidentiality BMJ 1999; 319 :1366 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Discontinuation of ventilation after brain stem death BMJ 1999; 319 :1366 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Responses Criticisms of Swedish mammography trials were wrong BMJ 1999; 319 :1367 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Sexual health of teenagers BMJ 1999; 319 :1367 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Royal Medical Benevolent Fund reminds readers of its Christmas appeal BMJ 1999; 319 :1369 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Reducing the risk of major elective surgery BMJ 1999; 319 :1369 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Changing perceptions in osteoporosis BMJ 1999; 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319 :1324 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Papers Within pair association between birth weight and blood pressure at age 8 in twins from a cohort study BMJ 1999; 319 :1325 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Association between birth weight and adult blood pressure in twins: historical cohort study BMJ 1999; 319 :1330 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Genetic factors and osteoporotic fractures in elderly people: prospective 25 year follow up of a nationwide cohort of elderly Finnish twins BMJ 1999; 319 :1334 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses High penetrance, overweight, and glucocorticoid receptor variant: case-control study BMJ 1999; 319 :1337 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Does time spent in hospital in the final 15 years of life increase with age at death? A population based study BMJ 1999; 319 :1338 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses General practice New Zealand's independent practitioner associations: a working model of clinical governance in primary care? BMJ 1999; 319 :1340 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Education and debate How many, how old, how soon? BMJ 1999; 319 :1350 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Ageism in cardiology BMJ 1999; 319 :1353 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Children in an ageing society BMJ 1999; 319 :1356 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Demographic shifts and medical training BMJ 1999; 319 :1358 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses Planning hospitals with limited evidence: a research and policy problem BMJ 1999; 319 :1361 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses New members of BMJ editorial board BMJ 1999; 319 :1364 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses MEDICOPOLITICAL DIGEST GMC advises doctors as teachersBMA calls for alternative medicine to be regulatedTories want doctors to have more training in general practiceDefence medical services are declining BMJ 1999; 319 :1375 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Responses MEDIA Diagnose and be damned BMJ 1999; 319 :1376 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Responses Book Diabetes: Emergency and Hospital Management BMJ 1999; 319 :1378 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Review Review BMJ 1999; 319 :1378 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission WEBSITE OF THE WEEK The ageing population BMJ 1999; 319 :1378 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Personal View Should age based rationing of health care be illegal? BMJ 1999; 319 :1379 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Responses Soundings Quackery, flummery, and fleas BMJ 1999; 319 :1379 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Career focus Neurology BMJ 1999; 319 :S2-7221 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Briefing BMJ 1999; 319 :S3-7221 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Briefing BMJ 1999; 319 :S3a-7221 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Briefing BMJ 1999; 319 :S3b-7221 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Fillers Email submissions from outside the United Kingdom BMJ 1999; 319 :1338 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission The most precious thing BMJ 1999; 319 :1338 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission The young woman with a wart on her nose BMJ 1999; 319 :1349 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission Responses On the word of the physician BMJ 1999; 319 :1355 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission The coal-smoke nuisance BMJ 1999; 319 :1355 (Published 20 November 1999) Permission A surgical mishap BMJ 1999; 319 :1360 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission ObituaryDownload PDF Shameem AhmedArthur Frank BrysonGeorge Harold EllisPeter Stuart Arthur HeyworthThomas Alun Lloyd-JamesRonald Alexander McFaddenMa'ad Mahmoud SalmanPatrick Montrose SmytheWilliam Horrocks TattersallPeter Moor Vicary BMJ 1999; 319 :1373 (Published 20 November 1999) PDF Permission Back to top PreviousNext