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Politics-free public health?

Should public health be evidence-based and politics-free?

No, the aim should be to keep politicians 'fully engaged', says Alastair McCapra

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How Ireland kicked butt

How Ireland kicked butt

How did they do it?

With the UK smoking ban fast approaching, Valerie Coghlan explains what happened when Ireland went smoke-free

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How will greater ‘consumer choice’ impact on the NHS?

We are all consumers now

How will greater choice impact on the NHS?

‘Choice and consumer power as the route to social justice not social division’, says Tony Blair. But will it work for the NHS?

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Most markets are a mess

Most markets are a mess

Globally, does it really matter?

In much of the world a simple public/private division neither applies nor matters. The issue is how to get any health care at all, says Mike Rowson

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