healthmatters issue 46
Published Autumn 2001CONTENTS
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Editorial
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News
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Column
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Features
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The ad gag drags on
What are the chances of a private member’s bill to ban tobacco advertising becoming law? John Connolly reports
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Unreliable evidence
Insurance companies want to use genetic information – yet genetic testing is unlikely to predict early death with any accuracy. David King investigates
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LETS make a difference
The jump from unemployment to work can be stressful for anyone who has had mental health problems. Anita Aggarwal describes a scheme that allows people to exchange their services and skills as and when they feel able to participate
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Food quality lacks taste
Farming and food policy are under scrutiny as never before – yet there’s still little understanding of the close relationships between food, health and sustainability, say Jeanette Longfield and Vicki Hird
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An apple a day...
A good diet may be essential to health – but how much can really be achieved by schemes such as free fruit in schools and food co-ops? Martin Caraher and Annie Anderson examine the evidence
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A question of delivery
Caesarean section rates have been rising for years – but nobody is sure why. Alison Macfarlane looks at the figures
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It’s the same old song
The report from the IPPR’s ‘Commission on Public-Private Partnerships’ avoids the language of the market – but however you look at it, the objective of private health care providers is profit, argues Sally Ruane
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Reviews
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Primary principles
TRUST IN EXPERIENCE: Transferable learning for primary care trusts
Meads G, Meads T (eds)
Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001, £24.50 -
Voices of experience
WHAT’S GONE WRONG WITH HEALTH CARE?
Alison Hill (ed)
King’s Fund, 2001, £14.99 -
What’s gone wrong with health care? Alison Hill (ed) King’s Fund, 2001. £14.99
DISABLED PEOPLE AND EMPLOYMENT
Sally French
Ashgate Publishing , 2001, £39.95 -
Muddying the waters
PUBLIC SERVICES OR CORPORATE WELFARE: Rethinking the Nation State in the Global Economy
Dexter Whitfield
Pluto, 2001, £16.99
MAKING SENSE OF THE PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE
Courtney A Smith
Radcliffe Medical Press, 1999, £27.50 -
The usual suspects
THE SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICS OF HEALTH: A reader
Purdy M, Banks D (eds)
Routledge, 2001, £17.99 -
Working advice in practice
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MATTERS IN GENERAL PRACTICE
Chambers R, Moore S, Parker G, Slovak A
Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001, £18.95 -
Let’s talk about sex
TACKLING TEENAGE PREGNANCY: Sex, culture and needs
Ruth Chambers, Gill Wakeley and Steph Chambers
Radcliffe Medical Press, 2001, £17.95 -
Organised chaos in social services
COMMISSIONING AND PURCHASING
Terry Bamford
Routledge, 2002, £14.99
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Letters
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Column
