Margaret Whitehead, Göran Dahlgren, Timothy Evans Equity and health sector reforms: can low-income countries escape the medical poverty trap? Lancet 2001; 358: 833-36 Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (Prof M Whitehead PhD); Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Stockholm, Sweden (Prof Göran Dahlgren MA); and Health Equity Division, The Rockefeller Foundation,Continue reading “Margaret Whitehead, Göran Dahlgren, Timothy Evans, Equity and health sector reforms”
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The people’s campaign for health care in Spain
Sanchez Bayle M, Beiras Cal H The people’s campaign against health care counter-reforms in Spain J Public Health Policy 2001;22(2):139-152 PMID: 11469148 Hospital Nino Jesus, Madrid, Spain. Since 1996, when the conservative Partido Popular was elected in Spain, it has attempted to weaken and dismantle the national health service. It has focused on three areas:Continue reading “The people’s campaign for health care in Spain”
Lessons From Latin America
Howard Waitzkin, MD, PhD, Celia Iriart, PhD, MPH, Alfredo Estrada, MD and Silvia Lamadrid, MA Social Medicine Then and Now: Lessons From Latin America American Journal of Public Health October 2001, Vol 91, No. 10 | 1592-1601 Howard Waitzkin and Celia Iriart are with the Division of Community Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine,Continue reading “Lessons From Latin America”
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.”
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”
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”
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