healthmatters issue 6
Published Spring 1991CONTENTS
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Editorial
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Letters
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News
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Letters
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News
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Interview
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A battle won, but not the war
With three local ambulance services ‘opting out’, the future for ambulance crews again looks uncertain. NUPE chief negotiator Roger Poole talks to Steve lliffe about the prospects for the service
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Features
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Hands up for democracy!
The structure of the health service reflects a history of political compromise and personal rivalry, says Colin Thunhurst — and now the arguments for local authority control of the NHS are stronger than ever
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Money for nothing?
Establishing an internal market in blood products risks losing the ‘gift relationship’ for ever, warns Jim Smith
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Counting the loss of young lives
Don’t underestimate the impact of accidents and violence, say the Radical Statistics Health Group
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Which internal market?
The ability of the health service to balance consumer choice against community need is now to depend on market forces. Penelope Mullen dissects out not one but two internal markets in the new NHS
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Just part of the job?
Pam Wagstaff looks back on the first year’s work of a project aimed at improving workplace health
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Tell them to pack it in…
New evidence confirms that tobacco companies are continuing to beat the TV advertising ban. But there’s no need to despair, says Cecilia Farren — there’s plenty we can all do to fight back
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Column
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Features
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Facing up to death
Leigh Chambers reports on how the embalmer’s skill can help grieving families come to terms with death
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After Mao, the market
Health policy in China over the past decade has emphasised ‘modernisation’. Sheila Hillier examines the practical results of China’s moves towards privatisation in healthcare
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Reviews
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Who needs hospitals?
HOSPITAL AT HOME: THE ALTERNATIVE TO GENERAL HOSPITAL ADMISSION
Freda Clarke
MacMillan Paperback -
Help for a change
LIVING WITH A DRINKER: HOW TO CHANGE
Mary Wilson
Pandora, £4.99
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Column
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A brief encounter with distrust
Rosa Hudson, healthmatters’ doctor at large, reports from the front line
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Review
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All too real
CASUALTY
BBC 1 TV
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Column
