Journal of Management in Medicine: Volume 9 Issue 4

Can the hospices survive the market?: A financial analysis of palliative care provision in Scotland

Margaret T.R. Sims

Hospices are undergoing changes in the way they are funded byhealth boards as a result of the change to a contract‐setting regime inthe NHS. This may have implications for the…

Citizens′ views on health care

Michael Calnan

Considers the importance and relevance of taking into account theviews of the public in the provision of health care. Identifies thesalient questions and explores some of the…

A generalizable framework for information systems for physician recruitment/referral

Suresh S. Prabhu

Hospital information systems have evolved from data processingsystems for patient billing and payroll to decision‐support systemswhich support decision making at the middle and…

Who should lead in the NHS?

Olusola O.A. Oni

Until recently, health care was regarded in the UK as somethingexceptional, and distinct from the world of business. In the last fewyears, the vocabulary of the health market has…

Developing an information system to support the pursuit of decentralization: the perspective of Ceara State in Brazil

Joao Ausse, Mayeh A. Omar, Silvia Mamede, Marinila Calderaro Munguba Mecedo, Augusto Pinto, Jocileide Sales Campos

Discusses the national health information system in Brazil which,until very recently, consisted of two main structures of health serviceswith a dichotomy between curative and…

Doctors in management or the revenge of the conquered: The role of management development for doctors

David Allen

Takes a historical perspective on the role of doctors inmanagement, using this approach as a way of describing the currentsituation and the problems inherent in doctors as…

Accessibility of sexual health services for young people: survey of clinics in a region

Gabriel Scally, Alison Hadley

Describes the approach and results of a regional survey to assessthe accessibility of sexual health services for young people in thesouth‐east Thames region. Outlines the…

Care frames: interactive units of health‐care delivery

Patricia A. Lyne, Susan M. Williams

Describes a way of characterizing the progress of a patient intoand out of acute care. Presents a model of the process which resultedfrom a study of the interface between tertiary…