Individual Responsibility and Community Solidarity — The Swiss Health Care System

Constructing the health care system in Greece: responsibility and powerlessness.

OBJECTIVES Based on health care professionals' (HPs) and patients' interviews about work demands and quality of care in hospitals, the study explores the way that patients and HPs constructed their identities to describe and construct the health care system in Greece. DESIGN This is a qualitative study using a focus group (FG) design. METHODS Seven FGs discussions were conducted: three FGs ...

Personal Responsibility Versus Responsible Options: Health Care, Community Health Promotion, and the Battle Against Chronic Disease

Suggested citation for this article: Betancourt JR, Quinlan J. Personal responsibility versus responsible options: health care, community health promotion, and the battle against chronic disease. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2007 Jul [date cited]. Available from: During the past century, the health and life expectancy of U.S. residents have improved substantially, largely because of initiat...

Individual and Community Health

This useful little book was written as a handbook for beginners. In simple, direct language the author presents the principles of image formation and their practical application in the optical microscope. Numerical aperture and resolution are discussed clearly and their importance to the microscopist is emphasized. Instructions for obtaining critical illumination and Kohler illumination are pre...

Just Solidarity: the Key to Fair Health Care Rationing

I agree with Professor ter Meulen that there is no need to make a forced choice between “justice” and “solidarity” when it comes to determining what should count as fair access to needed health care. But he also asserts that solidarity is more fundamental than justice. That claim needs critical assessment. Ter Meulen recognizes that the concept of solidarity has been criticized for being excess...

Family health care based on the principle of solidarity.