Health Policy

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Volume 15, issue 2-3, 1990

Setting the context pp. 75-79

Marilynn Rosenthal, Irene Butter and Mark G. Field

The debates on the numbers of physicians pp. 81-89

Bui Dang Ha Doan

The case of Britain pp. 93-104

Alan Maynard

Physician manpower politics in Sweden pp. 105-118

Johan Calltorp

The case of Spain pp. 119-142

Josep A. Rodriguez and Jesus M. de Miguel

The political economy of medical underemployment in Mexico: Corporatism, economic crisis and reform pp. 143-162

Julio Frenk

Medical specialist manpower planning in the Netherlands pp. 163-187

Ruud M. Lapre and Aad A. de Roo

Medical manpower in Israel: Political processes and constraints pp. 189-214

Judith T. Shuval

The history and future of physician manpower development in the Federal Republic of Germany pp. 215-231

Hendrik van den Bussche

The politics of the U.S. physician supply pp. 233-246

Eli Ginzberg

A. Medical manpower planning: Dynamics without direction pp. 247-251

Rudolf Klein

B. Towards a concept of bounded rationality pp. 253-260

Aad A. de Roo

Synthesis and prospects pp. 261-274

Marilynn Rosenthal, Irene Butter and Mark G. Field

Volume 15, issue 1, 1990

Surveillance of AIDS and HIV infection: opportunities and challenges pp. 1-11

Robert L. Colebunders and William L. Heyward

Validating the extrapolation of a model for cholesterolemia-related events: from the Helsinki Heart Study to France pp. 13-23

Francis Fagnani and Catherine Severo

Trends in health services management pp. 25-35

John Wyn Owen

Technology assessment in health care - decision makers and health care providers: What they need to know pp. 37-44

Isabelle Durand-Zaleski and Dominique Jolly

Use of medicare data in international comparisons pp. 45-66

Charles Helbing and George Schieber

Volume 14, issue 3, 1990

Health care technology in Australia and New Zealand: Contrasts and cooperation pp. 177-189

David Martin Hailey and Cyril Roseman

Privatisation in health care: concepts, motives and policies pp. 191-202

Richard Janssen and Jan van der Made

Selective HIV-related attention in general practice: is it possible?: A French-Norwegian study pp. 203-216

Knut Arne Holtedahl, Michel Doumenc, Svein Steinert and Per Kristian Roghell

The 1988 polio epidemic in Israel: setting the record straight pp. 217-219

Paul E. Slater

The 1988 polio epidemic in Israel: setting the record straight pp. 221-223

Elihu Richter

Appropriateness of acute medical care for the elderly: an analysis of the literature pp. 225-242

Robert H. Brook, Caren J. Kamberg, Allison Mayer-Oakes, Mark H. Beers, Kristiana Raube and Andrea Steiner

Britain's new market model of General Practice: do consumers know enough to make it work? pp. 243-252

M. Charny, R. Klein, P. A. Lewis and G. K. Tipping

Assessing the economic burden of injuries due to accidents: methodological problems illustrated with some examples from the literature pp. 253-265

Eddy Van Doorslaer and Lex Bouter

Health, prevention and economics: By D. Cohen and J. Henderson Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988, 1759 pp., ISBN 0-19-261778-8 pp. 267-265

G. Thiers

Volume 14, issue 2c, 1990

Mortality decline and Chinese family structure: Implications for old age support pp. 159-160

E. J. -C. Tu, J. Liang and Shuanming Li

Volume 14, issue 2, 1990

Maternal health in China - challenges of the next decade pp. 87-125

Mary E. Young

Medical technology in China pp. 127-137

H. David Banta

A new perspective in health planning: a case of Tianjin pp. 139-149

Mary E. Young and Alain Bertaud

Impact of the rural reform on financing rural health services in China pp. 149-151b

M. E. Young

Analysis of the causes of maternal death in China pp. 149-153b

Z. Lingmel and D. Hui

Hypertensions studies in China pp. 149-152b

L. Lisheng

Epidemiology of coronary arterial disease in the Chinese pp. 149-152c

K. -S. Woo and S. P. B. Donnan

Factors associated with the decline of the Cooperative Medical System and barefoot doctors in rural China pp. 149-151a

N. Zhu, Z. Ling, J. Shen, J. M. Lane and Shih Wen Hu

Paying for family planning in China pp. 149-153c

A. K. Neumann and W. -P. Chang

Ten-year report on the community control of hypertension and stroke in a rural district of Shijiazhuang, China pp. 149-153a

H. -X. Zhang, Z. -Y. Wang, Z. -Y. Gou, L. Jin and X. -Z. Hao

The Sino-MONICA-Beijing study: Report on results between 1984 and 1986 pp. 149-152a

Z-S. Wu, C. -H. Yao, D. -Y. Chen, N. Li, M. Zhang, Y. -Y. Wu, D. Zhao, G. -X. Wu and Y. -K. Wu

Dietary habits and longevity along the silk road pp. 153-154

B. -X. He and J. -Y. Zhang

Thyroid function of subjects with goitre and cretinism in an endemic goitre area of rural China after use of iodized salt pp. 154-154a

X. -P. Pang, O. An, T. -S. Su and J. M. Hershman

The epidemiology of lung cancer in Xuan Wei, China; Current progress, issues, and research strategies pp. 154-155a

R. S. Chapman, J. L. Mumford, D. B. Harris, X. -Z. He, W. -H. Jiang and R. Yang

Kawasaki syndrome in Chinese children pp. 154-155b

B. W. Lee, J. S. H. Tay, W. C. L. Yip, H. K. Yap, K. Y. Chan and P. S. Low

Clinical manifestations and epidemiological characteristics of Lyme disease in Hailin county, Helongjiang Province, China pp. 154-154b

A. Chengxu, W. Yuxin, Z. Yongguo, W. Shaoshan, O. Quicheng, S. Zhixue, L. Deyou, C. Dongquan, L. Xiaodong and Z. Jienhua

Reduction of enteric infectious disease in rural China by providing deep-well tap water pp. 155-156

W. Zeng-Sui, D. S. Shepard, Z. Yun-Cheng, R. A. Cash, Z. Ren-Jie, Z. Zhen-Xing and S. Fu-Min

Trace element content in drinking water of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients pp. 156-156b

X. Ling-Wei, L. Shao-Xian, J. Ji-Wen, Z. Xiao-Juan and L. Jian

Diet and high risk of stomach cancer in Shandong, China pp. 156-157

W. -C. You, W. J. Blot, Y. -S. Chang, A. G. Ershow, Z. -T. Yang, Q. An, B. Henderson, G. -W. Xu, J. F. Fraumeni and T. -G Wang

A population-based case-control study of childhood leukemia in Shanghai pp. 156-156a

X. O. Shu, Y. T. Gao, L. A. Brinton, M. S. Linet, J. T. Tu, W. Zheng and J. F. Fraumeni

The bamboo smoke screen: Tobacco smoking in China pp. 157-157b

D. Tomson and A. Coulter

Achievement of one-child fertility in rural areas of Jilin Province, China pp. 157-158

N. O. Tsuya and M. K. Choe

Hepatitis B virus, aflatoxins, and hepatocellular carcinoma in Southern Guangxi, China pp. 157-157a

F. -S. Yeh, M. C. Yu, C. -C. Mo, S. Luo, M. J. Tong and B. E. Henderson

Response of a traditional fishing community to China's family planning program: A case study pp. 158-158a

R. Freedman and S. Guo

Colorectal cancer incidence among Chinese in North America and the People's Republic of China; Variation with sex, age and anatomical site pp. 158-159b

A. S. Whittemore

Chang-Ning epidemiological study of children's health: I: passive smoking and children's respiratory diseases pp. 158-158b

Y. Chen, W. Li, S. Yu and W. Qian

CHD and its risk factors in the People's Republic of China pp. 158-159a

S. Tao, Z. Huang, X. Wu, B. Zhou, Z. Xiao, J. Hao, Y. Li, R. Cen and X. Rao

Transforming China's collective health care system: A village study pp. 160-160c

S. -M. Huang

Medical education in China for the 21st century: The context for change pp. 160-160a

A. Kaufman, J. D. Hamilton and J. W. Peabody

Clinical analysis of 15 089 operations on the heart and great vessels. Results from the People's Republic of China pp. 160-161

C. Pan

Integration of traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine - Right or wrong? pp. 160-160b

J. Cai

Hydatidiform mole in China; a preliminary survey of incidence on more than three million women pp. 161-161

Song Hong-Zhao and Wu Pao-Chen

Smoking prevalence in Chinese aged 15 and above pp. 161-162

Weng Xin-Zhi, Hong Zhao-guang and Chen Dan-yang

Medical education in People's Republic of China pp. 162-162b

J. A. D. Cooper and L. Yingang

Fertility policy in China: Future options pp. 162-163

S. Greenhaigh and J. Bongaarts

Selected findings from recent fertility surveys in three regions of China pp. 162-162a

S. Yimin

Coping with national disasters: The role of local health personnel and the community: By the World Health Organization, Geneva, 1989 97 pp. ISBN 92-4-154238-1, Sw. Fr. 18,- pp. 163-166

H. Delooz

Shanghai Second Medical University, China. The problem-oriented basic medical science curriculum track pp. 163-163a

X. -M. Li and Y. -F. Wang

Mutagens, carcinogens and inhibitors in Chinese foods pp. 163-163b

S. -J. Cheng and C. -T. Ho

Appraisal of self-care agency. A.S.A.-scale: By G. Evers Van Gorcum, Assen, 1989 140 pp. ISBN 90-232-2459-0, Dfl.36.00 pp. 163-165

P. Groenewegen

Brookings dialogues on public policy. Rationing of medical care for the critically ill: By A. Strasberg, A. Fein and J. Carroll (eds.) The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., 1989 97pp. ISBN 0-8157-8199-7, $14.25 pp. 166-167

E. Borst-Eilers

Volume 14, issue 1, 1990

Hospital ownership and the care of uninsured and Medicaid patients: Findings from the National Hospital Discharge Survey 1979-1984 pp. 1-11

Richard G. Frank, David Salkever and Fitzhugh Mullann

The equity and efficiency principle in the financing system of the NHS in Portugal pp. 13-28

Maria do Rosario Giraldes

The legality of unlinked anonymous screening for HIV infection: the U.S. approach pp. 29-35

Lourdes Wan

AIDS and the ethics of public health: Challenges posed by a maturing epidemic pp. 35-38b

R. Bayer

Transmission of infective ejacjlate in unprotected sexual intercourse by HIV-infected persons to minors pp. 35-38a

W. Bottke

Sterile needles and the epidemic of acquired immunodefiency syndrome: Issues for drug abuse treatment and public health pp. 37-35

P. A. Selwyn

Not siants, but healers: The legal duties of health care professionals in the AIDS epidemic pp. 39-39b

G. J. Annas

To tell or not to tell: The ethical dilemmas of HIV test notification in epidemiologic research pp. 39-40a

A. L. Avins and B. Lo

International developments in abortion laws: 1977-1988 pp. 39-39c

R. J. Cook and B. M. Dickens

The provision of services to persons with mental retardation and subsequent infection with human immunodeficiency in virus (HIV) pp. 39-40c

T. A. Kastner, M. L. Hickman and D. Bellehumeur

AIDS and confidentially: Legal concept and its application in psychotherapy pp. 39-39a

E. J. Kermani and B. A. Weiss

HIV testing in prisoners: Is mandatory testing mandatory? pp. 39-40b

J. K. Andrus, D. W. Fleming, C. Knox, R. O. McAlister, M. R. Skeels, R. E. Conrad, J. M. Horan and L. R. Foster

Recommendations for control and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in intravenous drug users pp. 41-42

P. W. Brickner, R. A. Torres, Michelle Barnes, R. G. Newman, D. C. Des Jarlais, D. P. Whalen and D. E. Rogers

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and infection with the human immunodificiency virus (HIV) pp. 41-39

T. C. Eickhoff, C. E. Lewis, F. M. Calia, E. W. Hook, W. C. Maddrey, R. H. Rubin and L. B. Tepley

Voluntary screening for human immunodefiency virus (HIV) infection. Weighing the benefits and harms pp. 42-42b

B. Lo, R. L. Steinbrook, M. Cooke, T. J. Coates, E. J. Walters and S. B. Hulley

Confidentiality in the military pp. 42-42a

E. G. Howe

An ethical approach to the medical and legal problems surrounding AIDS pp. 42-43

J. Dufkova

The right of physicians to refuse versus the obligation of physicians to treat AIDS patients pp. 43-46b

N. J. Inions

AIDS in infancy: diagnostic, therapeutic, and ethical problems pp. 43-44a

J. Wittenberg and A. Lazenby

Health education and the AIDS epidemic pp. 43-43a

L. Eisenberg

Warning third parties at risk of AIDS: APA's policy is a barrier to treatment pp. 43-46c

S. Perry

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: More than a health-related dilemma pp. 43-45a

M. J. Severin

Using death certificates to estimate the completeness of AIDS case reporting in Ontario in 1985-87 pp. 43-44c

R. J. Johnson, B. L. Montano and E. M. Wallace

AIDS and public health pp. 43-45b

J. C. Moskop

Warning third parties at risk of AIDS: APA's policy is a reasonable approach pp. 43-46a

H. Zonana

Life-sustaining treatment for patients with AIDS pp. 43-44b

R. M. Wachter, J. M. Luce, B. Lo and T. A. Raffin

Public policy, federalism, and AIDS pp. 43-45c

A. E. Benjamin and P. R. Lee

How informed is patients' consent to release of medical information to insurance copmanies? pp. 43-43b

R. E. Lorge

The new AIDS virus - ineffective and unjust laws pp. 46-47

M. Kirby

AIDS and the confidentiality of medical records pp. 47-47a

R. E. Stein

Mandatory premarital testing for human immunodefiency virus. The Illinois experience pp. 47-47b

B. J. Turnock and C. J. Kelly

AIDS testing and informed consent pp. 47-48

M. S. Swatz

Trial of anonymous versus confidential human immunodefiency virus testing pp. 48-51a

L. J. Fehrs, L. R. Foster, V. Fox, D. Fleming, R. O. McAlister, S. Modesitt and R. Conrad

AIDS public health law pp. 48-48b

T. C. Falk

Considerations and potential pitfalls in AIDS lab testing pp. 48-50b

C. H. Wecht

AIDS. Employer and employee rights pp. 48-49a

M. M. King

HIV screening. Scientific, ethical and legal issues pp. 48-50c

J. Howard

AIDS in the workplace. Handicap discrimination laws and related statutes pp. 48-49b

B. L. Wilson and K. L. Wingo

Contitutional law, subsistence, equal opportunity, and the individual diagnosed with HIV pp. 48-49c

E. E. Hollowell and J. E. Eldridge

AIDS - the leprosy of the 1980s. Is there a case for quarantine? pp. 48-48a

Gregory D. Rasinski

A study of the rate of postexposure human immunodeficiency virus testing in a hospital requiring written informed consent pp. 48-51b

P. J. Miller and B. M. Farr

Safety of the blood supply. Liability for transfusion-associated AIDS pp. 48-50a

W. R. Janowitz

Ethical issues confronting nurses pp. 51-52

E. C. Reisman

Ethical issues in providing nursing care to human immunodefiency virus - infected populations pp. 52-52b

C. Grady

AIDS, between responsibility and coercion. Ethical considerations on the desirability of obligatory screening of HIV infection pp. 52-53

P. Cattorini

Notifying contacts of HIV-infected patients. Strategies to use until health agencies assume responsibility pp. 52-52a

S. H. Isaac and M. I. Closen

Community and individual considerations in legislation and test policy regarding HIV- infection in the nordic countries - a cross national comparative study pp. 53-54

A. Krasnik, J. Bjoerner and Christensen B. Westphal

AIDS and the human community pp. 53-53

E. H. Loewy

Legal control measures for AIDS: Reporting requirements, surveillance, quarantine, and regulation of public meeting places pp. 54-55b

L. Gostin and W. J. Curran

AIDS at work - not the contaminated person, but the epidemic is to be fought pp. 54-55c

U Von Petersdorff

AIDS: `Duty' of informing and aspects of professional liability in the field of obstetrics and gynecology pp. 54-54b

T. Feola and M. Nobile

Disease prevention models of voluntary confidential screening for human immunodefiency virus (HIV) pp. 54-54a

M. H. Gail, D. Preston and S. Piantadosi

The case against compulsory casefinding in controlling AIDS - testing, screening and reporting pp. 54-55a

L. O. Gostin, W. J. Curran and M. E. Clark

AIDS screening, confidentiality and the duty to warn pp. 55-56

L. Costin and W. J. Curren

Physicians AIDS and occupational risk. Historic traditions and ethical obligations pp. 56-57

A. Zuger and S. H. Miles

AIDS and ethics. An overview pp. 56-56b

K. Kelly

AIDS: Screening of possible carriers and human rights pp. 56-56a

J. K. M. Gevers

Dentistry and AIDS: Ethical and legal obligations in provision of care pp. 57-58b

V. C. Rogers

AIDS in prison pp. 57-58c

T. W. Harding

AIDS quarantine. The legal and practical implications pp. 57-57a

N. L. Ford and M. D. Quam.

AIDS from an ethical and theological angle pp. 57-59a

B. Irrgang

Forensic issues in critical care medicine pp. 57-59b

E. G. Howe

The FDA's new procedures for the use of investigational drugs in treatment pp. 57-57b

F. E. Young, J. A. Norris, J. A. Levitt and S. L. Nightingale

Legal issues surrounding the confidentiality of AIDS and drug testing pp. 57-58a

M. Berne

Legal rights and duties in the AIDS epidemic pp. 57-59c

B. M. Dickens

Ethical issues in the prevention and treatment of HIV infection AIDS pp. 59-60

L. Walters

Future health care technology and the hospital pp. 61-73

H. David Banta

D.R.G. perspectives d'utilisation: by F. Paccaud and L. Schenker (eds.) Editions Alexandre Lacassagne, Lyon, 1989 257 pp., ISBN 2-225-81849-5 pp. 75-73

J. Willems

Socio-legal aspects of medical practice: By R. Dingwall (ed.) The Royal College of Physicians, London, 1989 78 pp., ISBN 0-900596-84-8, [pound sign]10.00 pp. 76-77

K. Schutyser and T. Iuris