Dr Alison Talbot Smith, Dr Shamini Gnani, Prof Allyson M Pollock, Sir Denis Pereira Gray Questioning the claims of Kaiser Permanente British Journal of General Practice 01 June 2004 A key document in UK government policy making for the NHS has been evaluated by Dr Alison Talbot Smith and her co-authors Dr Shamini Gnani andContinue reading “Questioning the claims of Kaiser Permanente”
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Polio eradication in India, by Debabar Banerji
GLOBAL PROGRAMME OF POLIO ERADICATION IN INDIA* April, 12, 2004 Debabar Banerji, Professor Emeritus, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, B-43 Panchsheel Enclave, New Delhi 110017 *This study is commissioned by the West Bengal Voluntary Health Association. The usual disclaimers apply. SUMMARY Poliomyelitis forms a miniscule part of the load ofContinue reading “Polio eradication in India, by Debabar Banerji”
The Alma Ata Anniversary Pack by PHM
This collection of statements, reflections and papers is released for use by People’s Health Movement members, friends and enthusiasts all over the world to initiate a celebration for the Alma Ata Declaration anniversary particularly around 6-12th September 2003. (These are the actual dates of the meeting in 1978 when the Alma Ata Declaration was passedContinue reading “The Alma Ata Anniversary Pack by PHM”
Argentina: torture, silence and medical teaching
BMJ 2003;326:1405 More than 30 years ago I asked my surgical instructor about petechial lesions on the scrotums of some criminals interned in the surgical ward. The shocking answer was, “Oh, yes, the police make them all go through ‘the machine’ before taking them to the hospital.” The machine, the “picana el?ctrica,” was a deviceContinue reading “Argentina: torture, silence and medical teaching”
In Place of Bevan? Foundation hospitals bill
Briefing on the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill 2003 Allyson Pollock and David Price Public Health Policy Unit, University College London Published in association with The Society for Social Medicine and the NHS Consultations Association A Catalyst Briefing Paper. Published: July 2003 “The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards)Continue reading “In Place of Bevan? Foundation hospitals bill”
Using Scientific Critiques as an Instrument to Resist Foreign Domination
D Banerji, New Delhi Using Scientific Critiques as an Instrument to Resist Foreign Domination CONSTRAINTS IN DEVELOPING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The composition of the WHO sponsored the Macroeconomic Commission on Health (MCH) and the sheer range of their terms of reference had tempted me to undertake the rather forbidding task of writing a critique onContinue reading “Using Scientific Critiques as an Instrument to Resist Foreign Domination”
Health Care or Health Trade? A historic moment of choice, by J.T. Hart
Paper presented at European Network for the Defense of Public Health of the European Social Forum Anti-Summit Conference on Globalisation, Thessaloniki, 18 June 2003. Since the 1970s, advanced medical care throughout the world has been dragged through a painful but apparently necessary and inevitable metamorphosis. This can be summed up as transformation of medicine toContinue reading “Health Care or Health Trade? A historic moment of choice, by J.T. Hart”
Populations are people: choices for rural health care, by J.T. Hart
Populations are people: choices for rural health care Julian Tudor Hart Santiago, 2003 According to conventional wisdom, in a free public service available to everyone, finite resources face infinite demands. Needs of individuals therefore conflict with needs of communities and nations. For public services to survive, we’re told that doctors must harden their hearts andContinue reading “Populations are people: choices for rural health care, by J.T. Hart”
Stockholm 2003 abstracts: Garcés, J. et al.
Garcés, J.; R?denas, F. & Sanjos?, V. “Social Welfare Policies” Research Unit (SWP). University of Valencia (Spain). Empyrical cost-profit analysis of long term care system from Social Sustainability Principle. In view of the fast increase of social and health care demand in Southern European Welfare States, it is necessary to increase the efficiency of welfareContinue reading “Stockholm 2003 abstracts: Garcés, J. et al.”
Stockholm 2003 abstracts: Marcelo Firpo de S. Porto
Marcelo Firpo de S. Porto Researcher at the Brazilian National School of Public Health (ENSP/FIOCRUZ) and visiting researcher at the Institute for Medical Sociology / University of Frankfurt. Globalization and Work in Brazil: recent trends and perspectives Abstract: This paper aims to show the recent impacts of globalization in the Brazilian labor market mainly duringContinue reading “Stockholm 2003 abstracts: Marcelo Firpo de S. Porto”
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