The Hide, Skeldon, Acheson dynamo revisited

Mercury’s thermoelectric dynamo model revisited

We reconsider the thermoelectric dynamo model for the generation of the magnetic /eld of Mercury, as proposed by Stevenson (Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 82 (1987) 114). We brie4y review the status of our knowledge about the nature of Mercury’s planetary /eld, and describe the main features of the /eld generated through a thermoelectric dynamo, including its multipole expansion. We then discuss the ...

Tackling health inequalities since the Acheson inquiry.

I t has been said that there are two types of people in the world: those that think there are two types of people and those who do not. If I were not disbarred by the contradiction, I would belong to the second group. This applies to my view of health inequalities—both to the problem and its solutions. Health inequalities are not confined to differences in health between rich and poor; health f...

The Acheson report: challenges for the College.

The Acheson report “Inequalities in health: report of an independent inquiry”, has been published 18 years after the Black report (“Inequalities in health: report of a research working group). This 18 year period has seen an increase in income inequality in the UK: 24% of the population had an income below half the average after housing costs in 1995–96 compared with 7% in 1977. Families with c...

Primary health care in London--changes since the Acheson report.

OBJECTIVE To examine changes in primary care in London in the 11 years since the Acheson report on primary health care in inner London. DESIGN Analysis of key data from the family health services authority performance indicators and from the Department of Health; study of trends since the time of the Acheson report; examination of the provision of primary care in 1990-1 and its relation to he...

The Acheson report: beyond parenthood and apple pie?