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?”
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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”
“Developing and supporting public health care in a neo-liberal environment”, London, England 9-12 May 2001
Theme: Developing and supporting public health care in a neo-liberal environment
Human Right to Health, by David Werner
David Werner Insuring the necessary resources for the human right to health: national and international measures Address to the Global Assembly on “Advancing the Human Right to Health” Iowa City, Iowa, April 20-22, 2001 In the 1940s, the United Nations declared Health a Basic Human Right. The World Health Organization was created to help makeContinue reading “Human Right to Health, by David Werner”
People’s Charter for Health / People’s Health Assembly
People’s Health Assembly 4-8 December 2000 in Bangladesh Introduction In 1978, at the Alma-Ata Conference, ministers from 134 members countries in association with WHO and UNICEF declared “Health for All by the Year 2000” selecting Primary Health Care as the best tool to achieve it. Unfortunately, that dream never came true. The health status ofContinue reading “People’s Charter for Health / People’s Health Assembly”
Allyson M Pollock and David Price, The WTO & privatisation of health care systems
Allyson M Pollock, David Price Rewriting the regulations: how the World Trade Organisation could accelerate privatisation in health-care systems Lancet 2000; 356: 1995-2000 Health Policy and Health Services Research Unit, School of Public Policy, University College London, London WC1H 9EZ, UK Correspondence to: Prof Allyson M Pollock Allyson M Pollock, David Price The World TradeContinue reading “Allyson M Pollock and David Price, The WTO & privatisation of health care systems”
Sue Kerrison and Alison MacFarlane (editors), Official Health Statistics: an Unofficial Guide
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”
Vicente Navarro, Assessment of the World Health Report 2000
Assessment of the World Health Report 2000 Lancet 2000; 356: 1598-601 Public Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University, USA-Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (Prof V Navarro MD); School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 N Broadway, Room 448, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Correspondence to: Prof Vicente Navarro, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA VicenteContinue reading “Vicente Navarro, Assessment of the World Health Report 2000”
Hans-Ulrich Deppe, Neoliberalismus und Gesundheitspolitik
Zur sozialen Anatomie des Gesundheitssystems, Neoliberalismus und Gesundheitspolitik in Deutschland Verlag fuer Akademische Schriften, Frankfurt a.M./ Germany 2000.
Declaración de La Habana, 7 Julio 2000
Declaración Política Final del VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Medicina Social y del XI Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Politicas de Salud La Habana – Cuba, 3 al 7 de Julio de 2000 Los participantes del VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Medicina Social y XI Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Políticas de Salud, realizados enContinue reading “Declaración de La Habana, 7 Julio 2000”
International Association of Health Policy 