This book offers a unique multi-disciplinary perspective on tackling health inequalities in a rich country, examining the New Labour policy agenda for tackling health inequalities and its inherent challenges. The book presents an overview of progress since the publication of the seminal and ambitious 1998 Acheson Inquiry into health inequalities, and the theoretical and methodologicalContinue reading “Challenging health inequalities, a new book edited by Elizabeth Dowler and Nick J. Spencer”
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La Directiva Bolkestein, Ramon Serna
La Directiva Bolkenstein y el recorte de los servicios publicos en Europa Ramon Serna, Intersindical Alternativa de Catalunya – El proyecto de la directiva que se conoce con este nombre fue adoptado por la Comisi?n Europea en enero de este a?o y pretende empezar a aplicarse a partir del pr?ximo a?o, despu?s de que seaContinue reading “La Directiva Bolkestein, Ramon Serna”
XIV Thessaloniki Conference 2005
Theme of the Conference: Health policy in Europe: contemporary dilemmas and challenges subthemes: Health policy reports from the different European Countries Main characteristics of the national health policies and the ongoing reforms. The dominant Health policies in EU and the other european countries. Are there similar or different? Are the dominant policies within Europe stillContinue reading “XIV Thessaloniki Conference 2005”
El Derecho a la Salud para todos en la Unión Europea. Declaración de Toledo
Los ciudadanos y ciudadanas de los países miembros de la Unión Europea disfrutan de unos niveles de salud y de bienestar social entre los más altos del mundo desarrollado, resultado de la acción política de los gobiernos, de la intervención del conjunto de los agentes sociales y del desarrollo de los sistemas sanitarios públicos. LaContinue reading “El Derecho a la Salud para todos en la Unión Europea. Declaración de Toledo”
European Network for the right to health
FINAL DOCUMENT OF THE EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR THE RIGHT TO HEALTH A year after Florence, the European Network for the right to health strongly emphasises again the need for the movement to consider health care as a social right, universal and not commercial. In Paris we have transformed a charter of intents, like the oneContinue reading “European Network for the right to health”
Stockholm 2003 Declaration
In the final discussion at the Stockholm conference we tried to synthesise what participants had learned from the conference, with their own experience and understanding. We produced three themes: a description of health care systems, in terms of their complexity; a critique of health system managerialism; and an agenda for change in European health careContinue reading “Stockholm 2003 Declaration”
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”
Stockholm 2003 abstracts: Sara Alander & Bo Burström
Sara Alander & Bo Burström Karolinska Institutet Economic strain and health among lone mothers in Sweden 1979-1998 Abstract A more equitable allocation of resources in a society may lead to improved population health. The situation of lone mothers may be seen as a litmus paper on how equitable a society is, and the performance ofContinue reading “Stockholm 2003 abstracts: Sara Alander & Bo Burström”
Stockholm 2003 abstracts: Rolf Gustafsson
Rolf Gustafsson Social capital -‘social’ or ‘capital’ ? Abstract This lecture presents a critical analysis of the metaphorical concept ‘social capital’ (SC) which is widely used in public discourse. It reports several problems with SC both conceptually and in terms of possible effects on the public discourse. The time is ripe for a thorough analysis ofContinue reading “Stockholm 2003 abstracts: Rolf Gustafsson”
