Tuberculosis in Britain today.

HMOs : America Today , Britain Tomorrow ?

a non-profit organisation started by the medical school of Harvard University and its brochure says that it is "New England's most experienced HMO," which since 1969 has been "serving the residents of Eastern Massachusetts with high quality health care that's convenient and affordable." Until 1980 the Harvard plan was Boston's only HMO but now it is in fierce competition with 10 others. The pla...

Coalworkers' pneumoconiosis in Britain today and tomorrow.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis today.

Editorials 78 The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have long conducted efforts to improve tuberculosis (TB) case surveillance and programme monitoring and evaluation. WHO's 2011 report on global TB control 1 provided the most reliable information ever generated on the burden of disease and death caused by TB and multidrug-resistant TB (i.e. disease marked by in vitro resistance ...

Residential care of the elderly in Britain today.

The British Department of Health and Social Security is committed to the publication during 1979 of the first ever White Paper dealing with 'general strategy towards elderly people' (DHSS, 1978). This comprehensive approach represents a radical departure from existing practice in planning services for this age group. The discussion document (DHSS, 1978), published as a preliminary to this White...

Tuberculosis in cattle in Great Britain.