Demand the WTO change its patent rules Every day 37,000 people die from preventable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. Most of these deaths are in the developing world where many life-saving drugs are unaffordable because they are patented under rules set by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). There is now a strong movementContinue reading “Health before wealth”
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Joint Palestinian-Israeli appeal for International protection
The situation of the Palestinian population in the occupied territories is deteriorating daily. We must act immediately to try to stop further attrocities, further deteriotation and the possibility of full scale war. Below is the text of a joint Palestinian – Israeli appeal for the immediate provision of International protection for the Palestinian people. PleaseContinue reading “Joint Palestinian-Israeli appeal for International protection”
Israeli Police Arrest Sixteen First Aid Workers
Urgent Appeal Israeli Police Arrest Sixteen First Aid Workers of the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees UPMRC August 3, 2001 This Friday morning, Israeli soldiers and border police arrested sixteen young UPMRC First Aid workers on their way to Jerusalem�s Al-Aqsa mosque, where they regularly offer First Aid services during large gatherings for prayersContinue reading “Israeli Police Arrest Sixteen First Aid Workers”
Dorte Effersoe Gannik & Laila Launso (editors), Disease, Knowledge and Society
Disease, Knowledge and Society Smafundslitteratur, 2001 Contents Introduction Disease and environment Illusions Development and consequences of the disease system Psychoneuroimmunology Dimensions of the body The social construction of diagnosis Understanding everyday life with stroke The meaning of accident Employees� strain disorders and user preparation Eating in the hospital The silenced body work The randomized trialContinue reading “Dorte Effersoe Gannik & Laila Launso (editors), Disease, Knowledge and Society”
David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler, Bleeding the patient
David Himmelstein M.D., Steffie Woolhandler M.D., M.P.H. Ida Hellander M.D. Bleeding the patient The Consequences of Corporate Health Care ISBN 1-56751-206-2 (cloth) ISBN 1-56751-207-0 (pbk) Common Courage Press 2001 Contents Introduction: The Failure of �Free Market� Healthcare Rich Country, Poor Care Increasing Inequality: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Sick The Inefficiencies of PrivateContinue reading “David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler, Bleeding the patient”
PNHP Fall Meeting and Dinner, Oct. 20, 2001
PNHP Fall Meeting and Dinner Saturday, Oct. 20, 2001 in Atlanta, GA Time: Fall Meeting ~ 9:00AM – 5:00PM Health Activist Award ~ 7:00PM – 10:00PM Hotel: Sheraton Colony Square Hotel (Dinner in Crown Room) Speakers: Steffie Woolhandler, M.D.: The Increasing Corporatization of U.S. Health Alyson Pollock, Ph.D.: Recent Developments in the British Health SystemsContinue reading “PNHP Fall Meeting and Dinner, Oct. 20, 2001”
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?”
