This conference report describes the Hackney Multi Ethnic Women's Health Project which has been running successfully for years. The first paper sets out the principles and politics which gave life to the project and have continued to shape it. The second part of the report takes up four themes in ...
This report is of a forum held at the King's Fund Centre on the study of the history of nursing and the lessons it has for nurses. The four speakers volunteered topics appropriate to the title of the forum. Winifred Hector spoke on the evolution of nursing status, followed by ...
This is a guide to researching the history of nursing covering the research method and the major readings in the discipline of history which will help anyone interested in the history of nursing to develop that interest in the ways most appropriate to them. The first section is concerned with ...
This register attempts to summarise most of the innovative projects financed by the Fund at this time. These are promoted by several of the Fund's committees.
Race and Employment in the NHS is based on a conference organised by the King's Fund and the Polytechnic of the South Bank which examined the practical steps that health authorities and managers should take to ensure equal opportunities for people from ethnic minority groups. This booklet describes ways in ...
Despite government policy concentrating on the pursuit of greater efficiency in the NHS and the encouragement of private sector alternatives, effective public participation in health is essential. The editors argue that no combination of health services is going to be satisfactory which does not explicitly recognise and promote the importance ...
This conference was held to discuss the second report of the Maternity Service Advisory Committee, Maternity care in action - care during childbirth (Intrapartum care). The purpose of the conference was to consider how health authorities, professionals, voluntary groups and consumer organisations could best contribute to the enhancement of the ...
This report reviews the activities of the King's Fund Centre and in particular the library and information services; education and training; long term care and community care; and the London Programme. It also describes the activities of the other organisations operating within the Centre and gives administrative information.
