Stories by Martin Rathfelder
-
Features
-
Virtually organised
With the demise of the public meeting, where can health activists get their political debate now? Head for an online forum instead, says Martin Rathfelder
-
Building on shaky foundations
How do first wave foundation trusts plan to engage their stakeholders? Martin Rathfelder and Pauleen Lane have been through their applications to find out
-
Now inject some accountability
In October ministers signed a ‘concordat’ between the NHS and the private sector. But if this marriage is to last there are some relationship issues to resolve first, warns Martin Rathfelder
-
All those in favour of Hutton?
The Hutton commission’s recent proposals on democratising the NHS are a good start, says Martin Rathfelder
-
-
News
-
WebMonitor
Organising activists
-
WebMonitor
-
WebMonitor
medical history
-
WebMonitor
income and health
-
WebMonitor
-
-
Reviews
-
Illuminating and wide-ranging
Social policy: an introduction
Ken Blakemore
McGraw-Hill Education, 2003. £16.99 -
Why pay more?
Public-Private Relations in Health Care
Justin Keen, Donald Light and Nicholas Mays
Kings Fund, 2001. £14.99 -
So many good intentions
Planning, Markets and Hospitals
John Mohan
Routledge, 2002. £16.99 -
A dose of reality
ETHNICITY, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND THE BRITISH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Paul Iganski and David Mason
Ashgate Publications, 2002, £39.95 -
Return of a classic case
THE CEREMONIAL ORDER OF THE CLINIC
PM Strong (edited by Robert Dingwall)
Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2001, £45 -
From safe waters to new oceans
Health Promotion: effectiveness, efficiency and equity
Keith Tones and Sylvia Tilford
Nelson Thornes, 2001, £25.00 -
Caught in the net
The Patient’s Internet Handbook
Robert Kiley and Elizabeth Graham
Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2001, £9.95 -
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 -
Analysis but no politics
POVERTY IN PLENTY: a human development report for the UK
Edited by Jane Seymour for UNED-UK
Earthscan, £14.95 -
Not always black and white in practice
AN AMBULANCE OF THE WRONG COLOUR: health professionals, human rights and ethics in South Africa
Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, Jeanelle de Gruchy and Leslie London
University of Cape Town Press, 1999, £14.50 -
Number crunching
OFFICIAL HEALTH STATISTICS – An Unofficial Guide
Susan Kerrison and Alison Macfarlane (eds)
Arnold, 2000 -
GP rules on CD, OK?
The Electronic Red Book
Radcliffe Medical Press, 2000, £99.00 -
Fair treatment please
Ethnicity, Disability and Chronic Illness
Waqar I U Ahmad (ed)
Open University Press, £18.99 -
Sources of inequality
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
Michael Marmot and Richard Wilkinson (eds)
Oxford University Press, 2000
-
-
Letters
