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Allyson M Pollock NHS plc: the privatisation of our health care. London: Verso 2004. £15; ISBN: 1 84467 011 2 “This is a shocking story, brilliantly told, by one of the leading thinkers in the field of public health policy. Here you will learn how Labour politicians, with their cronies from the private sector, areContinue reading “Allyson M Pollock, NHS plc: the privatisation of our health care”

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 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”

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”

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”

Sue Kerrison and Alison MacFarlane, editors Official Health Statistics: an Unofficial Guide ISBN: 034073132X Arnold Publishers, 2000 CONTENTS: Chapter 1 SETTING THE SCENE The government statistical service and the collection of official health statistics Susan Kerrison and Alison Macfarlane Chapter 2 SURVEYING THE POPULATION Health topics in censuses and surveys Mary Shaw, Danny Dorling andContinue reading “Sue Kerrison and Alison MacFarlane (editors), Official Health Statistics: an Unofficial Guide”

Zur sozialen Anatomie des Gesundheitssystems, Neoliberalismus und Gesundheitspolitik in Deutschland Verlag fuer Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt a.M./ Germany 2000.