Based on six King's College London debates, this book explores the moral dilemmas raised by modern medicine. The public debates tackled issues such as health and poverty, bioengineering, euthanasia and mental health. In each of the six topics, two speakers exchanged views and their talks are published in this volume, ...
In the UK, the issue of medical regulation and public trust is now highly politicised. Yet the UK is not alone in finding that citizens and doctors are having to redefine their traditional relationship. In all countries, citizens are demanding more and better health care and governments are having to ...
Practical experience gained by those involved in the 16 P.A.C.E. projects and the emerging research evidence about changing clinical practice and developing organisations provide the basis for this report. It draws together the essential attributes of the successful management of implementation initiatives. The experience of the project has confirmed that ...
This report presents the findings of a project that aimed to understand the present state of knowledge of the clinical effectiveness of rehabilitation using the evidence of systematic reviews. Fifty-six systematic reviews covering a variety of disabilities, health problems, diseases and client groups were identified through a literature search. Data ...
This review examines the meaning of rehabilitation, the provision of it and responsibilities for rehabilitation services within health and social care, and trends in the availability of provision. It concludes that there is increasing awareness of the importance of rehabilitation but, in practice, opportunities for it are not being fully ...
This Review is based on the financial year 1996 to 1997. The first part examines the main events of the year in five key policy areas: creating the new NHS ; community care ; public health strategy; serving the consumer; and clinical knowledge. The second part of the work contains ...
This document includes extracts from the progress reports provided by four local projects as background to the discussions at the PACE Project Group meeting on 15 July 1998. The extracts include material to describe 'the lessons and factors for success which have emerged from managing your projects'. The reports included ...
This Review is based on the financial year 1996 to 1997. The first part examines the main events of the year in five key policy areas: creating the new NHS ; community care ; public health strategy; serving the consumer; and clinical knowledge. The second part of the work contains ...