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A rational system with rationing?
The World Health Organisation has pictured an ideal health system, funded through taxation, free at the point of delivery, protected from the inequities and inefficiencies of the market, and capable of rationing resources according to need (news, page 4, 13 May).
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Key role for the NHS and social services in challenging racism in the wake of the Lawrence case
The aftermath of the Lawrence inquiry leads us to ask how the NHS and social services can work together to overcome racism and promote racially 'healthy neighbourhoods'. We should all take responsibility for addressing race equality issues.
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They know it's bad for them but they carry on... Education will never stop unhealthy lifestyles
Three decades before New Labour, the mantra 'Education, education, education' was coined by US President Lyndon Johnson to emphasise the thrust of his Great Society dream. His attempts to radicalise the welfare system were partly thwarted by his Vietcong adversaries, who also wanted to reshape their society.
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'It's the unknown that is difficult': waiting at the airport
Dr Philip Monk, consultant in public health with Leicestershire health authority, had 48 hours' notice that a plane with refugees from the Balkans would be arriving at East Midlands airport.
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Lying in the wolf's mouth: an exile of terror
Bedrije Heta fled to the UK from Kosovo when the police threatened to kill her husband. For the past year the couple and their three daughters have found sanctuary in London. But she fears for her relatives back home in Pristina. 'In our language we say they are lying in ...
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Support for refugees: information and cultural sensitivity
The Health Education Authority's working group on refugee health recommends: