healthmatters issue 35
Published Winter 1998/99CONTENTS
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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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The very long history of the PCG
It’s taken a very long time to prise open the private world of family doctor administration, says Charles Webster
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Interview
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A matter of social justice
The disarmingly radical inquiry into Inequalities in Health has recently been published by the government. Its distinguished chair, Sir Donald Acheson, spoke to Geof Rayner about reaction so far
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Features
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It’s no longer a case of ‘speak out at your peril’
As the Public Interest Disclosure Act comes into force, Guy Dehn examines the implications for NHS whistleblowers
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Plenty of interests in PCGs
Steve Iliffe analyses the complex politics which will dominate the early life of primary care groups
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Breast cancer on the map
While screeening for and treating breast cancer attract plenty of media coverage, little attention is paid to the environmental causes of the disease. Laura Potts says it’s time to redress the balance
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Why are some dentists a pain?
Public concern over NHS dentistry has risen in recent years. Maria Dickinson, Michael Calnan and Graham Manley look at the causes of dissatisfaction
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When systems don’t deliver
Infertility causes enormous distress. So does finding that the NHS can’t—or won’t—help, because you live in the wrong place. Rose and Jonathan Jardine tell their story
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High stakes and kidney donors
There’s a pressing need for organ donation to South Asian patients, yet a lack of donors, say Aamra Darr and Gurch Randhawa
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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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Health and real economics
The economic crisis in Asia hasn’t just shaken stockmarket confidence—it is also causing long-term harm to the health of millions of people, says Mike Rowson
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Reviews
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Pages on older ages
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GROWING OLD: LOOKING FORWARD
Robert Slater
Open University Press, 1995, £13.99 -
Should we do all that is possible?
TRAGIC CHOICES IN HEALTH CARE: the case of Child B
Chris Ham and Susan Pickard
King’s Fund, 1998, £15.00 -
Those nicotine-age years
SMOKING IN ADOLESCENCE: IMAGES AND IDENTITIES
Barbara Lloyd and Kevin Lucas
Routledge, 1998, £14.99 -
Get basics right first
INFERTILITY: a sympathetic approach to understanding the causes and options for treatment
Robert Winston
Vermilion, 1996, £8.99 -
What to know if low
DEALING WITH DEPRESSION
Trevor Barnes, with the Samaritans
Vermilion, 1996, £8.99 -
Not quite as healthy as they look
HEALTH ISSUES AND ADOLESCENTS: growing up, speaking out
Janet Shucksmith and Leo B Hendry
Routledge, 1998, £12.99 -
A scrapbook of the NHS
HEADLINE HEALTH: a Health Service Journal history of the NHS
Wendy Moore & Georgina Bryon (eds)
Emap Healthcare, 1998, £13.99
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Letters
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Column
