healthmatters issue 47

Published Spring 2002

Editorial
- The case of the wrong reform
News
Column
- News from nowhere
Features
- Independent and informed – for now
  
  Government plans to abolish community health councils offer no coherent alternative, argues Murray Benham
- A time for justice
  
  Negligence cases have severely damaged trust in the NHS. Josephine Ocloo argues for a new system of accountability
- You’ve got to fight for the right to care
  
  A campaign has been launched to urge the government to provide free personal and nursing care to all those who need it. Paul Evans and Helen Findlay report
- The collapse of global public health
  
  With a new century seeing the resurgence of old diseases alongside the emergence of new threats to health, effective public health infrastructures are more vital than ever – yet have been allowed to fall into disrepair, says Laurie Garrett
- Drinking problem
  
  When Coca-Cola began life it was promoted for its health benefits. Geof Rayner reports on the soft drink epidemic
- Salt: why the pressure is on
  
  The government and the food industry have been slow to act on evidence of the harmful health effects of salt – and it’s time consumers stepped up the pressure, says Gaynor Bussell
- An alternative NHS reform
  
  The government claims to be ‘reforming’ the NHS, but has only succeeded in raising public anxiety and alienating health professionals. An alternative strategy is needed, says Steve Iliffe
- Global warning
  
  With the incidence of breast cancer increasing worldwide, international co-operation is essential, says Megan Stobbe
- Healing by primary intention
  
  While the UK argued about a primary care-led NHS, Cuba got on with it – and it worked, reports John Waller
Reviews
- Shifting perceptions
  
  IMAGINE HOPE: AIDS and gay identity
  Simon Watney
  Routledge, 2000, £15.99
- Collective action
  
  WORKING TOGETHER OR PULLING APART? The National Health Service and child protection networks
  Carol Lupton, Nancy North, Parves Khan
  The Policy Press, 2001, £15.99
- From safe waters to new oceans
  
  Health Promotion: effectiveness, efficiency and equity
  Keith Tones and Sylvia Tilford
  Nelson Thornes, 2001, £25.00
- Services all inclusive? inclusive?
  
  STIGMA AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN HEALTHCARE
  Tom Mason, Caroline Carlisle, Caroline Watkins, Elizabeth Whitehead (eds)
  Routledge, 2001, £16.99
- A reader’s digest
  
  CLASSIC TEXTS IN HEALTH CARE
  Lesley MacKay, Keith Soothill, Kath Melia (eds)
  Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998, £19.50
- Labour of love’s lost?
  
  THE PURCHASING OF HEALTH CARE BY PRIMARY CARE ORGANISATIONS: an evaluation and guide to future policy
  Nick Mays et al (eds)
  Open University Press, 2001, £25.00
- Decision time
  
  THE PURSUIT OF OBLIVION: a history of narcotics 1500–2000
  Richard Davenport-Hines
  Orion Publishing Co, 2001, £20.00
- Was value added?
  
  SUCCESS AGAINST THE ODDS – Five Years On: revisiting effective schools in disadvantaged areas
  Margaret Maden (ed)
  RoutledgeFalmer, 2001, £18.99
- Caught in the net
  
  The Patient’s Internet Handbook
  Robert Kiley and Elizabeth Graham
  Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2001, £9.95
- Down but not out
  
  WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL: The vicious circle
  Pamela Raine
  Ashgate Publishing Group, 2001, £37.50
- Criminal practices
  
  INCARCERATION HUMANE AND INHUMANE: human values and health care in British prisons
  Stuart Horner and Meg Stacey (eds)
  The Nuffield Trust, 1999
Letters
Column
- We are witnesses to the murder of principle