Two-child policy in China: Rhetoric versus reality.

Rhetoric and Reality in the English National Health Service; Comment on “Who Killed the English National Health Service?”

Despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the National Health Service (NHS) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. But if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.

Rhetoric and reality: the limitations of patient self-determination in contemporary English law.

Effect of second child intent on delivery mode after Chinese two child policy implementation: a cross sectional and prospective observational study of nulliparous women in Chongqing

OBJECTIVES To assess the influence of second child intent on the delivery preferences and final delivery modes of nulliparous women, particularly caesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR), after implementation of China's two child policy. DESIGN Cross sectional and prospective observational study. SETTING A tertiary teaching hospital in Chongqing, China. PARTICIPANTS 1000 low risk nul...

Policy Arena Rethinking Climate Refugees and Climate Conflict: Rhetoric, Reality and the Politics of Policy Discourse

This paper critically examines the perceived threat of ‘climate refugees’ and ‘climate conflict’. It locates the ideological roots of these concepts in development theories and policy narratives about demographically induced migration, environmental refugees and environmental security. While alarmist rhetoric around climate refugees and conflict has been deployed by a variety of actors, includi...

Rhetoric and Reality in the English National Health Service Comment on "Who Killed the English National Health Service?".

Despite fiscal stress, public confidence in the National Health Service (NHS) remains strong; privatisation has not hollowed out the service. But if long term challenges are to be overcome, pragmatism not rhetoric should be the guide.