Following the Governments health reforms in 1991 rationing has been put firmly on the agenda. This book identifies and clarifies the numerous political and ethical issues surrounding rationing in healthcare. Drawing upon international examples it offers a critical overview of the approaches to rationing and makes practical proposals for its management.Desperately Seeking Solutions challenges the assumption that all health services are inherently subject to rationing as dema...

Health care systems everywhere face multiple pressures from changing demography, the rise of non-communicable disease, the growing demand on health services, and limited resources at a time of austerity.Focusing on the British NHS from a political science perspective, this second edition of this best-selling book offers a fresh look at how it is coping with such pressures. The book explores the complexity of health policy and health services, offering a critical perspective on conc...

Osteoarthritis: The Facts helps patients and their carers better understand the condition, empowering patients with the knowledge and skills to actively take charge of their own health by knowing as much as they can about osteoarthritis, and finding out how this can be best managed. Part 1 details what osteoarthritis is, what causes it, who it affects, what the main symptoms are, how it is diagnosed, and what the long-term outcome is. Part 2 explains the potential aspects of manag...

Guest edited by David Hunter, this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics provides an update on the latest diagnosis, treatment and long-term management strategies for osteoarthritis. Topics to be covered include pathogenesis, joint mechanics, imaging of osteoarthritis, muscle and disease genesis, disease modification, and surgical strategies for treatment.

A public health crisis is gripping the UK. Improvements in life expectancy have stalled, health inequalities have widened, obesity and alcohol misuse are placing an increasing strain on health services and urban air pollution is now widely recognised as a serious health hazard. COVID-19 revealed the weaknesses of the UK's public health system, once thought to be among the best in the world.Against this background, this book examines the organisational and political barriers to an e...

This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edited by David Hunter, MD, will feature such article topics as: Epidemiology of Osteoarthritis; Age-Related Changes in the Musculoskeletal System and the Development of Osteoarthritis; The Contribution of Osteoarthritis to Disability; Etiology and Assessment of Disability in Older Adults; Quality of Osteoarthritis Care for Community-Dwelling Older Adults; Contextualizing Osteoarthritis Care and the Reasons for the Gap Between Evidence and...

As many social inequalities widen, this is a crucial survey of local authorities’ evolving role in health, social care and wellbeing.Health and social and public policy experts review structural changes in provision and procurement, and explore social determinants of health including intergenerational needs and housing. With detailed assessments of regional disparities and case studies of effective strategies and interventions from local authorities, this collaborative study addres...

NHS reform continues to be a topical yet contentious issue in the UK. Reforming healthcare: What's the evidence? is the first major critical overview of the research published on healthcare reform in England from 1990 onwards by a team of leading UK health policy academics. It explores work considering the Conservative internal market of the 1990s and New Labour's healthcare reorganizations, including its attempts at performance management and the reintroduction of market-based reform from...

The General Practice Jigsaw provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on the future of education training and professional development in general practice and primary care. It is an anthology of work produced by many of the leading figures in general practice across the United Kingdom. General practice now faces challenges that could be seen as threatening the way it traditionally operates but can also be seen as presenting opportunities. This book provides inspiration and guidance...

Un cadavere incenerito, del quale restano però misteriosamente intatti una mano e i piedi. Questo l'enigma che si trova davanti il dottor David Hunter quando raggiunge un cottage isolato su una sperduta isola delle Ebridi Esterne. Sembra un caso da manuale dell'inspiegabile fenomeno di autocombustione spontanea, ma Hunter è deciso a non cedere alle tentazioni del paranormale. La sua caparbia volontà di non chiudere il caso scatena una spirale di delitti che sconvolge la vita sonnolenta del...

Tutti erano sicuri si trattasse di una delle vittime adolescenti di Jerome Monk, il serial killer delle brughiere del Dartmoor, e che ci fossero solo altre due vittime da ritrovare, le gemelle Bennett. Le ricerche non avevano tuttavia dato frutti, e con Monk al sicuro dietro le sbarre, si erano presto arenate. Per l'antropologo forense David Hunter, e per tutta la squadra che aveva lavorato al caso, la vita era andata avanti. E il sonno eterno delle gemelle era continuato indisturbato. Ade...

Quando il corpo bizzarramente mutilato di una giovane donna viene ritrovato nelle paludi che circondano il villaggio di Manham, sperduto negli acquitrini del Norfolk, il dottor David Hunter non piange solo la perdita di un'amica, ma è costretto a fare i conti con il proprio doloroso passato. Un tempo autorevole antropologo forense, David si è seppellito nella sonnolenta Manham per lasciarsi alle spalle la tragedia familiare che gli ha reso impossibile guardare con distacco clinico la macab...