healthmatters issue 13
Published Spring 1993CONTENTS
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Editorial
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News
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Indigenous women organise health campaign in Brazil
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Suicide rate high in the homeless
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Cost of visiting sick children causes hardship, says new campaign
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Alcohol and drug clinics fear for the future
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In brief
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Government remains addicted to tobacco despite medical advice to quit
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Public debate required on sex selection
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Interview
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Straight from the dentist’s mouth
There may be gnashing of teeth, but is there really a crisis in NHS dentistry? healthmatters spoke to Aubrey Sheiham, professor of community dental health at University College, London
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Features
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Safe, simple and effective
Fluoridation of the water supply benefits the dental health of children and adults alike. So why has the history of this simple public health measure been one of ‘hurdles and delays’, asks John Beale
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Enough of the sweet talking
Vested interests are working against the interests of better dental health, warns Stephen Hancocks
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Number crunching
Are the nation’s molars up to the daily grind? James Munro has been chewing over the figures
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Caring work is hard work
Unpaid carers cope with a far greater burden of illness and disability than formal health services, yet remain invisible and ignored. So professional staff shouldn’t be surprised when carers show just how much they do care, says Nicky James
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New queues for old
The rapid rise in waiting lists since the general election has been hailed by the health secretary as “proof that the NHS changes are working”. But the truth is stranger even than this fiction, explains Penny Mullen
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Never mind the quality, feel the mix
If skill mix reviews are solely cost-led then care standards will fall, warns Malcolm Wing
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Homing in on what users want
Elderly people facing life in a residential home lower their expectations — but find reality is lower still. Jef Smith reports
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Private health care: just what the doctor ordered?
Does private medicine help or hinder the NHS? Here, Lorrayne Holt and Lorna Roshier contribute opposing views, from their general studies essays, to the panacea-or-parasite debate.
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A health service with its hands tied
Cuba is suffering from the impact of the intensified US trade embargo. Zoë Kenyon reports on first hand
experience of a health care system under strain
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Reviews
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Unhappy eater
PESTICIDES AND YOUR FOOD: HOW TO REDUCE THE RISKS TO YOUR HEALTH
Andrew Watterson
Greenprint, 1991, £7.99 -
Access to audit
USER INVOLVEMENT IN MEDICAL AUDIT
Nikki Joule
Greater London Association of Community Health Councils, 1992, £7 -
Middling management
CONTINUITY AND CRISIS IN THE NHS
Ray Loveridge and Ken Starkey (eds)
Open University Press, 1992 -
Optimism and pride
POSITIVELY WOMEN: LIVING WITH AIDS
Sue O’Sullivan & Kate Thomson (eds)
Sheba Feminist Press, 1992, £9.99
WORKING WITH WOMEN AND AIDS: MEDICAL, SOCIAL & COUNSELLING ISSUES
Judy Bury, Val Morrison & Sheena McLachlan (eds) Routledge, 1992 -
Ones who got away
GETTING SOBER AND LOVING IT!
Joan and Derek Taylor
Vermillion, 1992, £6.99 -
Into the big wide world
COMMUNITY CARE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Ann Compton and Mary Ashwin
Butterworth Heinemann, 1992
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Columns
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Planning for dreams?
Rosa Hudson wonders whether general practice is on the right track
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Passive smoking is for passive people
Eric the Heretic is fuming at news that a council worker has won £15,000 from her employer in a passive smoking claim
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Letters
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Column
