UK
Dying with Dignity
1 February 1991
This report from the Office of Health Economics looks at a very important aspect of medical care which is too often ignored. As Jane Griffin points…
Measurement and Management in the NHS
1 June 1989
The late John Vaizey posed a challenging question about the ‘explosion’ of health care costs in the Western World. ‘Why was it seen as a problem’.…
People as Patients and Patients as People
1 February 1989
Despite much of the current discussion, Britain’s National Health Service has been an outstanding success during its 40 years of existence. Its present problems stem primarily…
HIV and AIDS in the United Kingdom
1 January 1988
Since the first identification of the AIDS syndrome in Los Angeles in 1981 (and the description of the virus responsible- now termed HIV 1 -in 1983)…
Health: the Politicians Dilemma
1 June 1986
This paper from the Office of Health Economics contains some of the newer ideas which have been floated in order to tackle the economic problems urgently…
Crisis in Research
1 April 1986
In 1983 almost £6.6 billion was spent on research and development in the United Kingdom. This sum was five times that recorded in 1972 and even…
Pharmaceuticals in seven nations
1 May 1985
Great Britain at the suggestion of and in close collaboration with Medizinisch Pharmazeutische Studiengesellschaft (MPS) in the Federal Republic of Germany, OHE is funded entirely by…
New NHS Act for 1996?
1 October 1984
This booklet contains the background papers prepared for a discussion meeting at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park on 7 and 8 June 1984. The idea…