Stories by Geof Rayner
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Features
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Starfish and seeing hands
Decades of war and disruption have left rural communities in Cambodia with a legacy of disease and disability. Geof Rayner reports on projects that are helping disabled people to help each other and earn a living
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McCharity for the world’s poor
The UN Children’s Fund has never been well off – but should it take money from just anyone? Geof Rayner reports on Unicef’s plans to team up with the fast-food McDonald’s Coporation
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The real point now is prevention
The recent commons select committee report on drugs is a good start – but could go further, says Geof Rayner
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Drinking problem
When Coca-Cola began life it was promoted for its health benefits. Geof Rayner reports on the soft drink epidemic
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A licence to bill?
A private health care company guilty of fraudulent billing in the US is now busy in the UK. Geof Rayner asks whether it can be trusted
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Today’s lesson: get munching!
One packet of crisps isn’t going to do any harm – but should schools be encouraging the systematic manipulation of children’s diets in order to afford basic materials? Geof Rayner investigates
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Selling poor health to China
Geof Rayner explains how China suffers from the activities of the British companies exporting unhealthy lifestyles
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Wanted: a net benefit for health
The internet is a major source of health information – but it urgently needs a public health perspective, says Geof Rayner
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US health policy is pie in the sky
After years of proclaiming that the market was the answer to all their – and our – health care dilemmas, Americans are now beginning to understand that competition may create more problems than it solves. Geof Rayner investigates
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Winning the medical profits race
Despite all the talk of regulation and managed care, US drug company profits are booming. Geof Rayner reports
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Needled by the pointless ‘drugs csar’
Labour’s public health strategy is like a breath of fresh air, says Geof Rayner – apart from one small point
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Making sense of summer madness
Geof Rayner comes across a book from the 1930s which brings a refreshing new perspective to the latest strange events in US health care
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Risky treatment for the NHS
In a review essay of a Chris Ham’s recent Demos publication, Geof Rayner cautions against uncritically importing US policy ideas into the NHS
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Bureaucrats at your bedside
Like other American imports, managed care is being sold to Europe as the answer to problems we didn’t know we had. Geof Rayner examines the hard evidence behind the hype
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Not waving but drowning
The prospects for health reform in the US have plummeted along with the political fortunes of President Clinton. Geof Rayner explains how it all went wrong for Bill’s bill
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Interview
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Making a sure start in the job
Can the government take action on health inequality? Labour’s second minister for public health speaks to healthmatters
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Letters
