Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 4 Issue 2
Table of contents
Quality in health care ‐ A new perspective
‘The most fundamental principle of Medicine is love.’ (Paracelsus (1493–1541) ‘The Great Art of Surgery’)
Creating a Health Care Market: Myth or Reality?
Alan MaynardThe authors of the NHS White Paper ‘Working for Patients’ apparently wish to create a UK health care market, ie a network of purchasers and providers who contract with one…
Patient Flows to Hospital — An Economist's Perspective
Charles NormandThe workload of acute hospitals in the United Kingdom is largely determined by referrals by general practitioners (GPs), and there have been studies that show great variation in…
Avoidable Mortality
Charles Wolfe MRCOGStandard Mortality Ratios (SMR) for certain diseases from which death is considered avoidable can be used as outcome indicators, measuring the effectiveness of health service…
Sir Raymond Hoffenberg
You have now stepped down as President of the Royal College of Physicians. Could you outline what you consider to be your major achievements over the period you were in office?
The Efficient Management of Medical Beds
J. Stuart HornerThis paper outlines some of the pitfalls associated with the efficient management of beds using a case study in Preston. The value of follow‐up studies is reviewed and the…
Implementation of Quality Assurance in Europe
Hannu VuoriClaiming that quality assurance in Europe is a growth industry, the paper looks at this development from three angles: Has quality assurance become a science? Is it being…
Self‐Governing in the South East Thames Health Authority
Tim MatthewsSelf‐governance flows from the decision to fund NHS Services on the basis of agreed contracts. A self‐governing trust represents an extension of the accepted principle of maximum…
Management of the Danish Programme on Prevention and Control of HIV and AIDS
Lone de NeergaardDAfter a brief description of the major Danish political discussions on the AIDS problem, the basic steps in setting up a major informational activity as the AIDS campaign are…
Planning Health Care Services and the Views of the Consumer
Roxanne Sutton MIPMThe process of reviewing and changing health care services in the UK rarely takes account of the needs or preferences of the public as expressed by the consumers themselves. This…