XVIth CONFERENCE OF IAHPE, 29 September - 2 OCTOBER 2011, ANKARA TURKEY

Crisis of Capitalism and Health

                                                                                                                                     XVIth Conference of IAHPE

                                                                                                          The dates : 29 September-2 October 2011

The Conference was successfully completed. With an important attendance and a lot of indepth discussions

You can read and dowload the content of the conference at  http://www.ttb.org.tr/dosya/kapitalizm/ 

The place: CAGDAS SANATLAR MERKEZ

4 Kennedy str, Kavaklidere, Ankara

Organization : IAHPE in collaboration with  the TURKISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

                                        with the support of CANKAYA MUNICIPALITY

Content

                                                                                                                                           Download the Conference Programme 

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PROGRAMME OVERVEW

Açilis Oturumu / Opening Session

Eris Bilaloglu, Türk Tabipleri Birligi Baskani President of Turkish Medical Association

Alexis Benos, IAHPE Baskani / President of IAHPE

                                                                          Bülent Tanik, Çankaya Belediye Baskani, Mayor of Cankaya

Korkut Boratav Türkiye / Turkey

Kapitalizmin Krizinin Ekonomik Analizi

The economical analysis of the crisis of capitalism

Hans-Ulrich Deppe Almanya / Germany

Kriz, Ticarileþme ve Hasta Hekim Ýliþkisi

Crises, Commercialization and Doctor-Patient Relationship

Hans-Ulrich Deppe Onur Töreni

Honouring ceremony for Hans Ullrich Deppe

1980 Sonrasý Saðlýk Reformlarý

The health care reforms after 1980

Onur Hamzaoðlu - Türkiye / Turkey

Neden ve nasýl reform? Saðlýðýn ekonomi politiði

Why and how reform? The political economy of health

Garance Upham – Fransa / France

Küresel Saðlýk Yönetiþimi Reformu: Dünya Saðlýk Asamblesinin yerine özel

sektör-IMF-DB-STK lardan oluþan bir güçlü üstyapý mý?

Global Health Governance reform : replacing the World Health Assembly of

governments with a private sector-IMF-World Bank-NGOs all powerful super structure ?

Jean-Pierre Unger, Patrick Van Dessel, Pierre De Paepe,

Kasturi Sen – Belçika / Belgium

Kamu tarafýndan finanse edilen saðlýk sistem araþtýrmalarýnýn özel sektör

tarafýndan ele geçirilmesinden neden kuþkulanmalý?

Why suspecting a capture of publicly funded health systems research by private

interests?

Saðlýk Reformu Pandemisi “ülke örnekleri”

Health reform pandemics “country examples”

John Lister Ýngiltere / England Kai-Lit Phua, Malezya /

Malaysia, Gerardine Clifford Yeni Zelanda / New Zealand, Gary

Jackson Yeni Zelanda / New Zealand

Saðlýk Sistemlerinin Piyasalaþma Yoluyla Reformu: Ýngiltere, Malezya ve Yeni

Zelanda'da Piyasalaþmanýn 30 Yýllýk Karþýlaþtýrmalý Analizi

Reforming Health Systems Through Marketisation: Comparative Analysis of

Effects of Three Decades of Marketisation in England, Malaysia and New Zealand

Carolina Tetelboin Henrion – Meksika / Mexico

Latin Amerika'da Neoliberal Saðlýk Reformlarý ve Yýkýcý Sonuçlarý

Neoliberal Health Reforms in South America and the disasterous impacts

Matt Anderson - ABD / USA

Ülke içinde ve dýþýnda ABD þirketleri ve Saðlýk Sistemi Reformu

US Corporations and Health System Reform at Home and Abroad

Angelo Stefanini - Ýtalya / Italy

Ýþgal Altýndaki Filistin Topraklarýnda Saðlýk

Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Meltem Çiçeklioðlu - Türkiye / Turkey

Türkiye'de Saðlýk Reformu

Health Reform in Turkey

Stathis Giannakopoulos, Elias Kondilis , Magda Gavana, 

Emmanouil Smyrnakis,Thomai Stardeli, Alexandros Panos,

Theodoros Zdoukos , Benos Alexis - Yunanistan / Greece

Yunanistan'da Kapitalizmin Krizi ve Saðlýk Reformu

Capitalism crisis and health care reform in Greece

Saðlýk Sektöründe Piyasalaþma Örnekleri

Marketing Examples in Health Sector

Kayýhan Pala – Türkiye / Turkey

Piyasalaþma mekanizmalarý

Mechanisms of marketization

Nurettin Abacýoðlu - Türkiye / Turkey

Ýlaç Endüstrisi ve Küresel Kapitalizm

Pharmaceutical Industry in Global Capitalism

Safak Taner - Türkiye / Turkey

Aþýlar ve Küresel Kapitalizm

Vaccines in Global Capitalism

Neoliberal Ekonomik Politikalarýn Saðlýk Çalýþanlarýna Etkisi

The effects of neoliberal economic policies on health care workers

Özlem Özkan - Türkiye / Turkey

Saðlýk Çalýþanlarýnýn Esnek Ýstihdamý

Flexible employment of health care workers

Mehmet Zencir - Türkiye / Turkey

Saðlýk Çalýþanlarýnýn Esnek Ücretlendirilmesi

Flexible pricing of health care workers

Ýlker Belek - Türkiye / Turkey

Esnek Üretimin Ýdeolojik Yansýmalarý

Ideoligical reflections of flexible production

Arzu Çerkezoðlu - Türkiye / Turkey

Taþeron saðlýk emekçilerinin mücadele ve kazanýmlarý

The struggle and acquirements of subcontractors' health workers

Posterlerin Kýsa Sunum ve Tartýþmasý

Oral Poster Presentations and Discussion

Emiel Kerpershoek, Hans de Bruijn - Hollanda / The Netherlands

Pay for performance in Dutch hospital care: A study of unintended professional

responses to performance measurement

Farah Shroff - Kanada / Canada

The Paradox of Pay for Performance Financing Models: an example from British

Columbia Canada

Eunwhan Lee - Kore / Korea

Impact of health care system on total health expenditure per capita: Public sectordriven

VS private sector-driven

Elias Kondilis , Magda Gavana , Emmanouil Smyrnakis , Stathis

Giannakopoulos,Lila Antonopoulou , Alexis Benos - Yunanistan / Greece

Regulation of private health providers in Greece: failure or just a myth?

Preeti Nayak - Hindistan / India

Are Public- Private Partnerships the way forward?

Federico Lega and Francesca Ferrè - Ýtalya / Italy

Health Care recovery plans: what's for and what's next?

Muzaffer Eskiocak, Mehmet Zencir, Cavit Iþýk Yavuz, Binali Çatak -Türkiye / Turkey

Health Transformation Program in Turkey\Introduction of the Family Medicine

Implementation: Evaluation of 2003-2011 Process

Özlem Özkan, Aslýhan Çatýker, Aynur Uysal - Türkiye / Turkey

Family Medicine Model in Turkey: Transition from the Public Health Nursing to the Family Health Personnel

Asiye Aka - Türkiye / Turkey

Main actors of Market Health: Doctors and Nurses

Neoliberal Politikalara Karþý Mücadele için Dayanýþma

Solidarity for struggle against neoliberal economic policies:

Alicia Stolkiner - Arjantin / Argentina

Arjantin'deki kriz sonrasý saðlýk ve toplum: ýþýk ve gölgeler

Health and society after the crisis in Argentina: lights and shadows

Hani Serag - Mýsýr / Egypt

Neoliberal politikalarýn baþarýsýzlýðýna yanýt olarak Mýsýr ve Tunus'taki

devrimler The revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia as a response to the failure of

neolibral policies.

Theodore Zdoukos – Yunanistan / Greece

Yunanistan saðlýk hakký hareketi

The movement for the right to health in Greece

Feride Aksu Tanýk - Türkiye / Turkey

Türkiye'de Ýyi hekimlik, nitelikli saðlýk hizmeti ve saðlýk hakký mücadele

kampanyasýndan deneyimler

Experiences from campaign for good practice of medicine,qualified health care and

health right

Alexis Benos - Yunanistan / Greece

Uluslar arasý kar etme barbarlýðýný defetmek için uluslar arasý bir harekete ihtiyaç

var: Halkýn Saðlýðý Hareketi Bakýþ Açýsý

International profit making barbarism needs an international movement to

overthrow it: The People's Health Movement perspective

Howard Watzkin - ABD / USA

Týp, Halk Saðlýðý ve bir Ýmparatorluðun Sonu? Alternatif bir Geleceðin Ýnþasý

Medicine, Public Health, and the End of Empire? Building an Alternative Future

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Prof. Onur Hamzaoglu, Chair of Public Health Department at Kocaeli University is under investigation

An international movement of solidarity is urgently needed!! 

A scientist,Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoglu, Chair of Public Health Department at KocaeliUniversity Faculty of Medicine is under investigation.

Why?Just because he fulfills his dutiestowards the society as a human, a physician and an academician.

Prof Dr. Onur Hamzaoglu deals with seriousenvironmental and health problems that have been encountered in Kocaeli region,for many years.

He published the results of his study,namely, The Causes of Deaths in Industry-Dense Areas: Example of Dilovasi in 2005and demonstrated the excessive number of cancer-related deaths. Heshared his findings with local and national academic societies and politicalauthorities. He also offered his solutions to Turkish Grand National Assemblyin 2006.

What has changed since that day? Nothing!

Prof. Dr Onur Hamzaoglu recently presentedthe results of a new study, which he has managed, to publicise through the media.

The demands for investigation and trialbegan to occur after this statement.

In this study, which has been conducted byOnur Hamzaoglu together with the academicians from the Departments of PublicHealth, Child Health and Diseases and Medical Genetics at Kocaeli Universityand supported by the scientific research fund of University, certain heavymetals and trace elements have been detected in colostrum and meconium from theparticipants.

Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoglu, as a scientistwho has a sense of responsibility, announced this information to public.

After a short period of time followingthis statement, Mayors of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality and DilovasiMunicipality submitted a lawsuit petition to Kocaeli Public Prosecution Office,demanding the trial of Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoglu.They claimed that“he hadbrought the issue into the notice of large mass of people by saying ‘We havedetected zinc, iron, aluminium, lead and cadmium even in maternal breast milkin addition to blood and feces samples, thus, there is an enormous danger’andemployed the results of the research with the intention of causing panic amongthe people’. Prosecution Office forwarded the file to Kocaeli UniversityRectorate in order that they examine mentioned act.

If the university permits,Prof. Dr. OnurHamzaoglu will be on trial with the request for 2-4 years imprisonment inaccordance with Article 213 of Turkish Penal Code (TCK),

The criminal investigation conducted byKocaeli University for this reason is ongoing.

However, a disciplinary proceeding waslaunched by Kocaeli University against Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoglu after TheCancer Control Directorate of Turkish Ministry of Health has sent an officalletter to The Council of Higher Education and the Council  has submitted this letter for the review ofKocaeli University Rectorate and urged the Rectorate to take necessary actionin this direction.

What was the issue investigated byOnur Hamzaoglu? Why it caused a disturbance?

It is a known fact that the seriousenvironmental and health problems generated by Dilovasi Organized IndustrialZone have been encountered in Kocaeli region. New organized industrial zones,which were planned to establish, brought the discussions on this issuetothe  public agenda.

“Growth and Development Patterns inInfants Exposed to Heavy Metal, Who Born to MothersLiving in Dilovasi and Kandira Districts” is being investigatedwithin the recent research project, which has been designed with theparticipation of the academicians from the Departments of Public Health, ChildHealth and Diseases and Medical Genetics at Kocaeli University and conducted byOnur Hamzaoglu and supported by the scientific research fund of thisUniversity. According to the final results obtained in this research, certainheavy metals and trace elements have been detected in colostrum and meconiumfrom the participants.

Prof Dr. Onur Hamzaoglu has announced theunusual and scary findings of this study to public and experienced the sametrouble as the honest and brave scientist from all over the world,who havestrong sense of responsibility: Annoyance!

Actually, we know these annoyances very well.

Dr. IrvingSelikoff had experienced the same annoyance since he hadstated in 1964 that asbestosis was hazardous for human health.

Dr. HerbertNeedlemanhad experienced the same annoyance in 1970, when hehad announced the harmfulness of leadfor children’s health.

Dr. Takeshi Nirayamahad encountered the same annoyancein 1981 when he had stated that passive smoking causes lung cancer.

Dr. BenjaminSanterhad experienced the same annoyance in 1996, when hehad reported his findings onclimate change.

Dr. IgnacioChapelahad encountered the same annoyance in  2000, when he had stated the danger withgeneticallymodifiedMexico corn.

Now, the time comes for OnurHamzaoglu...

Those who prioritize political andeconomic interests over human health are on one side and the public health,honorable scientists and Onur Hamzaoglu are on the other side.

The side that we take is apparent.

The people of Dilovasi are ourbeloved.

Prof. Dr. Onur Hamzaoglu is ourpride.

We do not let anybody lay a fingeron Onur Hamzaoglu.

We protect our mothers’ breast milkand our babies’poo.

express your support by informing that you sign the above and writing your Name, title, workplace, city at :Feride Aksu Tanik

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Systematic Usurpation of salaries by Marfin Investment Group (Hygeia) in Turkey

SYSTEMATIC USURPATION OF SALARIES”  IS ONGOING

 AT JFK HOSPITALOWNED BY SAFAK HOSPITALS GROUP AND MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP  (HYGEIA) PARTNERSHIP AND AT THE OTHERHOSPITALS

Istanbul Chamber ofPhysicians made a press declaration in front of the hospital building onFebruary 7, 2011 to support our colleagues striking against the conditions ofthe physicians who have not received their salaries for months while working atJFK Hospital that owned by Safak HospitalsGroup and Marfin Investment Group (HYGEIA) partnership and at the otherhospitals.

Prof. Dr. TanerGören, President of Istanbul Chamber of Physicians, Dr. Lale Tirtil and Dr.Hasan Ogan, Istanbul Chamber of Physicians Executive Board Members, Dr. PelinTaskiran, Coordinator of Istanbul Chamber of Physicians Private PracticeCommittee and Dr. Osman Öztürk, Turkish Medical Association Central CouncilMember joined the meeting besides a large number of physicians working at JFKand other hospitals.

Prof. Dr. TanerGören, President of Istanbul Chamber of Physicians, stated in his speech thatthe physicians practicing at JFK for the sake of patients have not been paidfor months.   Besides, he said that thesalaries of the physicians have been usurped by giving lame excuses; the moneyearned by these hospitals is being utilized for the investments into differentsectors and this is unethical.

Prof. Gören remarkedthat this problem occurred in consequence of Health Transformation Program thathad been sped up in 2002 by AKP (Justice and Development Party) government. Healso clarified that Turkish Medical Association and its largest chamber;Istanbul Chamber of Physicians will closely monitor the issue.

Dr. Osman Öztürk,Turkish Medical Association Central Council Member, added, “This is anhistorical moment. This is the first time in which health services aren’tprovided in private practice since 1980 military coup, in other words, after 30years. The physicians are striking by using their forces of production, becausethey can’t get paid.”

Dr. Öztürk remindedthat Safak Hospitals Group has been sold to a Greek investor, to MarfinInvestment Group (Hygeia). He stated depending upon the information from themeeting with hospital administration that the salaries didn’t paid due to theselling of the Hospital or similar excuses. Dr. Öztürk said they have got noresult through the interviews both within the country and abroad.

Dr. Öztürkhighlighted that Ministry of Health has to come up with a solution immediatelyto this issue and added: “There is an Health Minister serving for eight yearsand all of the health workers of the country are on the streets. This is anindicator of the circumstances of health workers emerged in consequence ofHealth Transformation Program.  Not onlythe health workers, but also the entire people are aggrieved. Measles casesthat have not occurred for many years began to climb again; one of our citizensdied due to diphtheria recently; 2.5-mount-old baby starved to death. No wordfrom Minister of Health. We, Turkish Medical Association and Istanbul Chamberof Physicians will be persistent to track either the Minister of Health or theHealth Transformation Program.

Istanbul Chamber ofPhysicians Executive Board Member Dr. Tirtil, who red the press declaration,stated that Istanbul Chamber of Physicians will continue the struggle againstsystematic usurpation of salaries at private sector and they gathered todeclare their determination. She added: “We support our colleagues who couldnot receive their payments for months. The salaries that they deserved have notbeen paid despite the meetings held with hospital administration for threemonths. The physicians have kept their promises and treated their patientsmeticulously. However, JFK hospital has broken its promise and has not paid thesalaries. Today, the physicians working in JFK Hospitalare hopeless and angry. Most significant obstacle that prevents thesephysicians from conducting good medical practice at the hospital is unkeptpromises by hospital owners. Today, the physicians will not examine thepatients and will not perform surgeries worrying about not ensuring goodmedical practice. We want to call public attention to the hospital administrationthat behaves disrespectfully towards the physicians, doesn’t pays the salariesthey deserved.”

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The advertising to users of medicines puts at risk the health and sustainability of health care systems

The European Parliament has just approved the possibility that the pharmaceutical industry to report directly to patients about medication on prescription.

This measure, which supposedly done to improve the information of the citizens, is really a major setback to the right of reliable information and quality.

There is much evidence that the information the industry provides to professionals contains numerous biases that magnify the effects of pharmaceuticals and minimizes or hides the health risks.

It turns out to be difficult therefore to think that the own industry that makes the products and it has direct interests to promote his sale could favour a " objective and impartial " information, and it is expected that this information is addressed to encourage inappropriate consumption of drugs and shoot up pharmaceutical cost (as has been demonstrated in countries like USA where there is direct advertising of medicines to "consumers"), which is particularly irresponsible and dangerous in a time of economic crisis and can lead to damage patients health.

The legislation leaves it to the EU member states the final regulation of this information, and obviously this way can establish control mechanisms to reduce the worst effects of this rule. Anyway, the experience of USA and Canada leaves room for little doubt about the negative health effects and costs of this measure.

Therefore we understand that the Council of the EU where their member states are present must veto this initiative that represents a step backwards on the current situation, an attack to public health and puts at risk the health of citizens and the sustainability of the European Union health systems.

International Association of Health Policy
Federation of Associations for the Defence of Public Health

November 30, 2010

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Attacks on Physician Self-Governance in Turkey

The Turkish governement is completing its attack against the Turkish Medical Association!!!

Following the global trend of the neoliberal policies the turkish governement is rebuilding a totalitarian and antidemocratic legal framework in order to force to silence "enoying voices", as this of the Turkish Medical Association.

The World Medical Association.expressed its concern and has raised strong objections to the Turkish Government's attempt to dismantle basic functions and roles of the Turkish Medical Association.

In a letter to its member national medical associations entitled ‘Attacks on Physician Self-Governance in Turkey', the WMA's Secretary General Dr. Otmar Kloiber said the Turkish Medical Association had sought the help of the WMA in resisting the Turkish Government's takeover of its functions.

In a letter to the WMA, the Turkish Medical Association said that under a Turkish Government decree adopted in November the medical association had been stripped of many of its functions, in particular the provision to ensure that the medical profession was practiced and promoted in line with public and individual wellbeing and benefit.

The decree also created a new Health Professions Board, to which the Ministry of Health was empowered to appoint the overwhelming majority of members. This Board had been given many of the powers that used to be exercised by the medical association, including giving opinion on the curricula of education and training in health, employment and ethical issues, investigating alleged ethical violations by physicians and applying disciplinary sanctions.

The Turkish Medical Association's letter added: 'The act of unconstitutionally issuing a decree in force of law in disregard of the authority of the legislative body gives rise to concerns about the totalitarian tendency of the ruling Government not compatible with any understanding of democracy.

'Amendments in constituting laws of the Turkish Medical Association and other professional organisations as well as new arrangements regarding higher education institutions in the field of health and medicine aim at intimidating and eliminating the pressure group functions of professional organisations and academics who are not in line with existing Government policies'.

Feride Aksu Tanik, secretary general of the Turkish Medical Association, told the BMJ that the government decree has amended laws that affect not just the association but other medicine related organisations and medical schools. She said that the legal changes are aimed at “intimidating and eliminating the pressure group functions of professional organisations and academics who are not in line with existing government policies.” 

The need for an international movement of solidarity for our turkish colleagues is more than obvious! These policies are implemented with a tremendous homogeneity to all the world.

Solidarity is the first necessary move towards another humane and democratic society where people are over profits.

See more on this issue at:  

http://www.wma.net/en/40news/20archives/2012/2012_01/index.html

http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e529?etoc 

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XVIth Conference of IAHP with ALAMES & RED AMERICAS, Uruguay, 3 to 8 November 2012

Crisis, acceleration, and plunder in global capitalism: progress and setbacks in the struggle for universal health and rights.  Subthemes:

1 - Capitalism, environment and social determination of health.

2 - Social medicine and collective health in the struggle of movements and progressive socio-political processes: progress and new challenges.

3 - Confronting policies of dismantling systems of social protection and social security. 

The Latin American Social Medicine Association, the International Association of Health Policy and the Network of Local Health Actors of the Americas invite you to share five and a half days of exchange,

learning, debate and reflection on the impact of the global crisis on the right to health.

The integration of three conferences in one, charged with solidarity and internationalism, seeks to create synergy between the participating organizations and networks, and also to promote diversity and quality in the debate and the realization of the proposals.

The broad outlines of the schedule and major activities are summarized in the Program chart. Uruguay will host the Congress, with the headquarters in Montevideo (the capital) and Maldonado.

The Pre-Congress will take place in one location, and the Congress and Assembly of ALAMES in the other.

more at:   Confence leaflet 

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Heath Policy in Europe: Contemporary dilemmas & challenges, a IAHPE book on line

Heath Policy in Europe: Contemporary Dilemmas & Challenges

edited

by alexis benos, hansulrich deppe, john lister

 This IAHPE book is now available on line for free at http://www.healthp.org/documents/index.php then go to Health policy-Topic  IAHP - PHM - REDS

Contents

Section 1: OVERVIEW

Commercialisation or Solidarity? The Fundamental Orientation of Health Policy, 

Hans-Ulrich Deppe ? 3

Social care policies, national government and private interests

Jane Lethbridge ? 17

European Integration, the Open Method of Coordination and the Future of European Health Policy

Thomas Gerlinger ? 50

Food and Health Safety in the United States and the European Union

Dr. Philip van Meurs and Dr. Lila Antonopoulou ? 62

Trade Unions and Health Promotion

Mauri Johansson ? 86

Markets versus mental health: the inappropriateness of the mainstream health reform agenda

John Lister ? 98

Section 2:

COUNTRY STUDIES AND EXAMPLES

Health Care in Croatia ? Market or social values?

Aleksandar Dzakula, MD, Luka Voncina, MSc, MD, Professor Jadranka Mustajbegovic, PhD, MD, Nikolina Radakovic, MD ? 113

A new prevention law in Germany: Change of paradigm, increased bureaucracy ? or both?

Rolf Rosenbrock ?123

Changes in Drug Approval in the EU and Germany: from regulation to service

Rolf Schmucker ? 133 

Privatisation of health care in Greece: The development of private for-profit health care providers (1980-2002)

Kondilis E,. Giannakopoulos E, Zdoukos T, Gavana M, Benos A ? 145

National health policy and the ongoing reforms in the field of occupational health in the Republic of Macedonia

J.Karadzinska -Bislimovska, S.Risteska-Kuc ? 158

Health care policy in Palestine: challenges and opportunities

Motasem Hamdan, PhD ? 163

Health care system in Serbia: Present state and reform 

Prof. Slobodan Jankovic ?173

Report on programme ?Medicines Management in Hospitals in Serbia?

Slobodan Jankovic and Tim Dodd ? 176

Sweden: universal welfare versus market mechanisms and privatization

Gunnar Ågren and Susanne Öhrling ? 186

Health policy in Turkey in the context of the ?Right to Health? and ?Privatisation?

Fatih Artvinli ? 191

The results of health reform in Turkey: increased and deepened inequalities

Onur Hamzaoglu and Feride Sacaklioglu ? 196

United Kingdom: England?s health care pays high price for market reforms

John Lister ? 210

A review of data on the U.S. health sector 

Nicholas Skala and Ida Hellander ? 229

Declaration of Thessaloniki Conference ? 252

List of contributors ?254 

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