The sub-theme of this inaugural Think About Health conference is on “The Remoralisation of Health Policy”, and day two of the event, held in Manchester on 4-5 April 2008, began with a paper titled just that, from Jonathan Montgomery. For those (including myself) who may have been somewhat uncertain about what the remoralisation of health policy […]
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Sarah Chan: Defining public health
Public health: it’s one of those things, like free education or saving the giant panda, that we all pretty much agree is a “Good Thing;” and not just a good thing but one of the fundamental social goods that most of us expect the state to provide. But what, exactly, is public health; and perhaps […]
Tony Waterston: Doctors for Peace meet in Delhi
Inaugurating a medical congress with a peace march by medical students seems anomalous but not for International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), which has just held its global congress in Delhi, organised by the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development. […]