healthmatters issue 30
Published Summer 1997CONTENTS
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Editorial
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News
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Column
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News
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Column
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NHS: charging ahead with Labour?
When governments want to show they are serious about controlling welfare spending, they flirt with new charges for health care. But Labour must remember its conscience on this issue, says Charles Webster
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Features
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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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It’s time to remove the inequality
Labour’s strategy for HIV must value those who are affected and tackle the prejudice they face, says John Nicholson
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But the doctors aren’t your mum
If users are to become involved in planning health services, then why shouldn’t children have their say too? Eva Elliott and Ali Watson seek the views of younger users
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A bad case of chronic prejudice
Despite previous attempts to address the problem, racism persists in British medicine, reports Gina Agarwal
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More than a research problem
Communities from the Horn of Africa have had enough of being researched – they want practical support. Elfneh Bariso reports
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It’s about saying the right thing
Is it safe for staff to say what they think about working in the NHS? Peter Bruggen has listened to many tales of despair, and offers some straightforward advice
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We’re on the road to Kyoto
Cathy Read explains why global warming will have profound effects on health – and why we have to look to Kyoto to discover whether governments will take it seriously
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Blooming good health
Nottingham’s Ecoworks Project is an inspiring example of how mental health service users can move from passivity to activity. Nigel Lee reports
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Column
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Anything could happen
In a new column, Guardian writer Michelle Hanson explains why even when she’s not anxious, she’s still worried
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Feature
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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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Reviews
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Bit of a pain
THE PAIN RELIEF HANDBOOK
Chris Wells and Graham Nown
Vermilion, 1996, £8.99 -
Exposing experts
MEDICINE, HEALTH AND RISK: sociological approaches
Jonathan Gabe (ed)
Blackwell, 1995 -
Beyond the QALY
QUALITY OF LIFE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Joseph Oliver, Peter Huxley, Keith Bridges, Hadi Mohamad
Routledge, 1997, £14.99 -
Prevent and save pounds
BILLS OF HEALTH
Richard Lawson
Radcliffe Medical Press, 1997, £17.50 -
Stories worth hearing
LIVES WORTH LIVING: women’s experience of chronic illness
Veronica Marris
Pandora Press, 1996 -
Probably some Net benefit
THE FUTURE’S BRIGHT: THE FUTURE’S DIGITAL
Simon Wallace
King’s Fund, 1996, £6.95 -
Getting it together
SURVIVAL IN GROUPS
Tom Douglas
Open University Press, 1995, £13.99 -
From sink to drink
WOMEN AND ALCOHOL: a private pleasure or a public problem?
Elizabeth Ettorre
The Women’s Press, 1997, £8.99 -
Mind about the gaps
WORKING FOR EQUALITY IN HEALTH
Paul Bywaters and Eileen McLeod (Eds)
Routledge, 1996, £13.99 -
Challenging arguments
HEALTH, ‘RACE’ & ETHNICITY: making sense of the evidence
Chris Smaje
King’s Fund, 1995, £14.95
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Letters
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Column
