It is time hospice and palliative care grew up. We can no longer expect governments to treat them as a charity case, with just enough funding to avert adverse newspaper headlines. Increased financial pressure from the global economic recession and fiscal crisis on already stretched budgets means tough decisions have to be made about where to invest limited health funds. Consequently, we need to...

This paper examines the influence of health conditions on academic performance during adolescence. To account for the endogeneity of health outcomes and their interactions with risky behaviors we exploit natural variation within a set of genetic markers across individuals. We present strong evidence that these genetic markers serve as valid instruments with good statistical properties for ADHD,...

This paper departs from the standard abstract economics approach to health develop a specifically contextualist subject emphasizing social and historical circumstances affecting provision. Following Polanyi, it sees economy as socially embedded economic relationships relationships. The critically examines Grossman’s natural science utility maximization explanation of people’s demand for care, a...