Stored blood samples from 164 intravenous drug abusers who attended a Scottish general
practice were tested for HTLV-III/LAV (human T cell lymphotropic virus type III/…

In clinical medicine, a balance needs to be struck between reductionism (the view that a system
can be fully understood in terms of its isolated parts) and holistic complexity appreciation …

Before highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was introduced, the advantages to infected
individuals of knowing their HIV status were minimal, and counselling before HIV testing …

There is an epidemic of guidelines but very little evidence‐based information has been
assembled to tell us exactly how guidelines are best implemented. Guidelines, although very …

Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency; delay between suspicion of the diagnosis and
treatment increases both morbidity and mortality. Symptomatic infection with meningococci is …

… The central location of the distribution D. The middle value of the distribution E. The central
percentile of the distribution 2. … D. Requests for personal information should generally be …

We reviewed our two-year (1967-7) experience of patients who might have had an African-derived
haemorrhagic fever: only two out of 46 suspects had such infections, and these were …

… Dr Welsby suggests that the aim of management should be the relief of pain by starting …
While Dr Welsby’s suggestion would be applicable in acute pain, this is often not the possible in …

… Philip D Welsby Philip D Welsby Correspondence to Dr Philip D Welsby, University of
Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland, 1, Burnbrae, Edinburgh EH12 8UB, UK; Philipwelsby@aol.…

If local attempts at resolution fail, then patients who are aggrieved have two major options.
Involvement of the General Medical Council (GMC), a body funded by doctors to regulate …