This paper explores the relevance of the proletarianisation thesis to the emergence of new
forms of managed primary care in New Zealand. This concern is of particular interest …

Frederic W. Hafferty, Frederic William Hafferty & John B. McKinlay, The Changing Medical
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Associations, unions and other organised groups representing health workers play a
significant role in the development, adoption and implementation of health policy. These …

India's first health policy document in 1946 envisaged an ambitious health system
comprising delivery of public health programs by the national governments and primary and …

There is an implicit assumption that physicians incorporate quality of life (QOL) information
in clinical decision-making. However, very limited data exists on how physicians view QOL …

In Australia, like many countries, government, medicine and the community have maintained
an interdependent and symbiotic relationship based on mutual resource dependency and …

A comprehensive picture of provider coalitions in health policy making remains incomplete
because of the lack of empirically driven insights from low-and middle-income countries. The …

Unsafe abortion is one of the three leading causes of maternal mortality in low-income
countries; however, few countries have reformed their laws to permit safer, legal abortion …

Ninety-six patients with a ureteral calculus participated in a study whose purpose was to
identify those subjects who would benefit from participation in clinical decision-making. Forty …

This chapter develops a processual approach to professional control. This approach is
agency-oriented, in the sense of focusing on the ability of professionals to shape the …