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Wasn't he cleared of manslaughter but convicted of perverting the course of justice? http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/321/7270/1212 -----Original Message----- From: Alistair Holmes [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:21 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Beta-blockers, IHD & Asthma Fay Wilson wrote: > Didn't someone get convicted of manslaughter after prescribing beta > blockers to an asthmatic? I have a memory of South Wales for some > reason. > > Fay See D, Brahams, 'Medical Manslaughter' (1994) 344 The Lancet 256. Apologies if my Harvard style is not correct (Convicted and give 6 month sentence for altering records, after the event) Alistair