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Sources of Information for Prescribing Doctors in Britain
9 January 1977
…the content and volume of this information under the National Health Service. In response, the pharmaceutical manufacturers have accepted that in this respect they have to operate in a politically…
Viral Hepatitis in Britain
1 January 1977
…have been neglected. These groups include recipients of blood transfusions; patients and staff in renal dialysis units; health care personnel, especially those engaged on laboratory work; residents and staff living…
Birth Impairments
9 January 1978
Most of the 600,000 babies born in England and Wales each year are healthy and have before them the prospect of active lives spanning seventy years or more. A proportion…
Crisis in Research
1 April 1986
…also discussed. The final section of the paper raises a series of fundamental questions that need to be addressed – and resolved – if maximum benefit is to be derived…
Cystic Fibrosis
1 March 1986
…25 years. The reasons for this improvement reflect a consortium of factors: earlier diagnosis, the availability and appropriate use of effective antibiotics and improved patterns of health care. They have…
Coronary Heart Disease: The Need for Action
1 February 1990
…the pressing need for the public health education campaign – ‘Look after your heart’ – launched in Spring 1987 by the Department of Health and the new Health Education Authority….
Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease: Consensus or Controversy?
1 March 1991
…with any balancing new resources, even in the private sector where income generated through screening does not generally flow into patient management. This fundamental difference from the North American situation…
Aids in Africa: Meeting the Challenge through Training Education and Prevention
1 January 1992
…accomplishment of other pressing health objectives. To counter the pandemic in a sustainable manner, an alliance is needed among African governments, international donors, health professionals, pharmaceutical companies and non-governmental organisations…
Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds: Economic and ethical issues
1 November 2002
…specific question: ‘Ought NICE to have a threshold incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER)?’ -with an implicit second question ‘Should the threshold be explicit?’ Since its inception, NICE (the National Institute for…