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Vicente Navarro (editor), The Political Economy of Social Inequalities

Navarro Vicente, Editor The Political Economy of Social Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life Baywood Publishing Co, 2001 About the Book In the last two decades of the 20th century, we witnessed a dramatic growth in social inequalities within and among countries. This has had a most negative impact on the health andContinue reading “Vicente Navarro (editor), The Political Economy of Social Inequalities”

London 2001 Conference Abstracts: P.R. Biel et al.

Pedro Rey Biel* & Javier Rey del Castillo** New policies in health research: a need for maintaining publich health systems *Department of Economics. UCL. London. Contactl: P.R. Biel **Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. Madrid. Spain. Contact:J.Rey de Castillio I.- Increasing health expenditure is a key element for sustainability of Public Health Systems, in a contextContinue reading “London 2001 Conference Abstracts: P.R. Biel et al.”

Timothy Evans, Margaret Whitehead, Finn Diderichsen, Abbas Bhuia & Meg Wirth (editors), Challenging Inequities in Health

Timothy Evans, Margaret Whitehead, Finn Diderichsen, Abbas Bhuia & Meg Wirth, Editors Challenging Inequities in Health: From Ethics to Action Oxford University Press, New York 2001 Contents Foreword, Sheikh Hasina Part I: Establishing Values 1. Challenging Health Inequities: An Introduction, Tim Evans, et al. 2. The Social Basis of Disparities in Health, Finn Diderichsen, TimContinue reading “Timothy Evans, Margaret Whitehead, Finn Diderichsen, Abbas Bhuia & Meg Wirth (editors), Challenging Inequities in Health”

Julian Tudor Hart, Why are doctors unhappy?

WHY ARE DOCTORS UNHAPPY, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? BMJ 2001 GPs are squeezed between patients� expectations for instant remedies without risk or error, and government pressures to speed the conveyor and tighten quality control. Extending the strategy initiated by the Conservatives in 1990, New Labour’s Alan Milburn is developing an industrialised, consumer-ledContinue reading “Julian Tudor Hart, Why are doctors unhappy?”

Howard Waitzkin, Celia Iriart, Alfredo Estrada, Silvia Lamadrid, Social medicine in Latin America

Howard Waitzkin, Celia Iriart, Alfredo Estrada, Silvia Lamadrid Social medicine in Latin America: productivity and dangers facing the major national groups Lancet 2001; 358: 315-23 Division of Community Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA (Prof H Waitzkin MD, C Iriart PhD); Central de Trabajadores Argentinos (CentralContinue reading “Howard Waitzkin, Celia Iriart, Alfredo Estrada, Silvia Lamadrid, Social medicine in Latin America”

Tragic proofs about the depleted uranium

Dear all, Below you find a message by my friend and collaborator Michel Collon, a Belgian journalist, author and people’s rights activist. Those who know of Michel, are aware of his tireless work on publicising the lies surrounding the use of depleted uranium in the Balkans and elsewhere. Michel himself is a journalist covering theContinue reading “Tragic proofs about the depleted uranium”

London 2001 Conference Abstracts: L. Briziarelli et al.

Prof. Lamberto Briziarelli*, Dr. Masanotti Giuseppe** Documentation without Information *Director The Experimental Centre of Health Education, Department of Hygiene, University of Perugia. **Collaborator The Experimental Centre of Health Education, Department of Hygiene, University of Perugia. Contact: L. Briziarelli The documentation and information policies in Public Health and Health Promotion throw out Europe, even with someContinue reading “London 2001 Conference Abstracts: L. Briziarelli et al.”

London 2001 Conference Abstracts: Ch. Sevilla et al.

Christine Sevilla*, François Eisinger**, Jean-Paul Moatti* Do gene patents linit the diffusion of genetic testing? The case of DNA tests for breast cancer susceptibility * INSERM U379, Marseille, France ** E9939, Marseille, France Introduction Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancers (HBOC) are presently known to represent 5 to 10% of all breast/ovarian cancers and 84% of these hereditaryContinue reading “London 2001 Conference Abstracts: Ch. Sevilla et al.”

London 2001 Conference Abstracts: E. Zebiene

Egle Zebiene Patient satisfaction with health care services in changing socio-economic environment Vilnius University Centre of General Practitioners Egle Zebiene Patient satisfaction as an indicator of quality of health care services, is now being introduced into the health care system in Lithuania. Health care providers become more interested in the consumer�s opinion, considering patient satisfactionContinue reading “London 2001 Conference Abstracts: E. Zebiene”

London 2001 Conference Abstracts: H. Beiras et Manuel Martín

Hixinio Beiras*, Manuel Martín** Understanding, explaining, organising and occasionally succeeding: recent experiences promoting opposition to neoliberal counter reform in Spain *Cardiologist in Vigo, president of Galician Regional NHS Defence Association (AGDSP, member of Federación de Asociaciones para la Defensa de la Sanidad Pública, FADSP) **Specialist in Family and Community medicine in Marín, Pontevedra, Secretary ofContinue reading “London 2001 Conference Abstracts: H. Beiras et Manuel Martín”