Journal of health & social policy
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J Health Soc Policy · Jan 1992
Historical ArticleAn analysis of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
This paper presents the basic philosophies that have influenced the development of social policy affecting the disabled. These philosophies include utilitarianism, humanitarianism, and human rights. ⋯ Under the Act, disabled individuals are treated as an oppressed group who have been denied basic constitutional rights. The Americans With Disabilities Act is considered to be the "emancipation proclamation for the disabled."
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J Health Soc Policy · Jan 1992
AIDS prevention: myths, misinformation and health policy perceptions.
This research assesses the degree and type of prevailing misinformation about AIDS transmission, as well as the relationship between misinformation, prior information exposure, and perceptions of health policy issues related to AIDS. It also identifies pockets of misinformation to provide a basis for targeting health policy and AIDS education campaigns.
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The National Health Service in England is on the verge of sweeping changes that would apply free-market methods to the state-financed health care system. The government proposal, WORKING FOR PATIENTS, would bring about the most far-reaching changes in the NHS since it was founded following World War II. ⋯ One cannot understand the proposed changes in the NHS in abstraction from the broader context of the basic principles upon which the NHS was originally established: universalism, equality, accessibility, and continuity of care. The so-called reforms contained in the White Paper potentially threaten an internationally unique national health care system.