Pagination: x, 219p.; Contents: The influence of foundations.- Equity and health policy.- Health care reform : a European perspective.- Health economics in Britain : an incomplete history.- A tale out of school, or reflections on the management of the National Health Service.- A democratic NHS : oxymoron or achievable goal? [by] Rudolf Klein.- The future of primary health care.- 'Regulating' doctors : what makes them practise as they do?.- Transforming London's health system [by] David Towell.- How helpful are international comparisons of health policy?.- Quality in health care : getting to the heart of the matter.- Keeping pace with advanced research.- Health care as a public service.