Topias and Utopias in Health : Policy Studies

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems. General Editor’s Preface Introduction PART ONE: INTEREST GROUPS AND THE ALLOCATION OF HEALTH CARE Birth Planning: Between Neglect and Coercion Political Ideology and Population Policy in Puerto Rico Fertility and the “Pill” in a Texas Barrio Beyond the Individual for the Practice of Social Medicine: Household Networks as Etiologic-Diagnostic Units Human Relations versus Social Relations in Medical Care Static Dynamics in Medical Care Organization Dialectical Materialism and Community Mental Health Programs: An Analysis of the Lincoln Hospital Department of Psychiatry Medical Education in Transition: Tanzania Regionalization of Health Services: Sociological Blocks to Realization of an Ideal Uses and Abuses of Innovations in the Delivery of Dental Care PART TWO: TOPIAS, UTOPIAS, AND COUNTER-UTOPIAS IN HEALTH CARE Capitalism and Public Health: A Neglected Theme in the Medical Anthropology of Africa Implicit versus Explicit Goals: Medical Care in Argentina Environmental Health: Hong Kong Squatters and Engels’ Remarks on the Housing Question Health Care in Ukambani Kenya: A Socialist Critique Contemporary Health Planning Trends in Tanzania A Critical Description of Medical Services in Canada Cuban Health Care in Process: Models and Morality in the Early Revolution Thesis: Cultural Anthropology and Community Psychiatry; Antithesis: World Health Organization and Basic Health Services; Synthesis: Community Development The Regional Approach to Health in the Republic of Slovenia Community-Based Medical Care in Three Settings Toward a Convergence of Modern Western and Traditional Chinese Medical Services in Hong Kong Serve the People: What It Would Mean for Health Care in the United States PART THREE: SOCIAL SCIENCE IN HEALTH RESEARCH AND ACTION The Role of Applied Research in the Development of Health Services in a Chicano Community in Chicago Policy-Evaluative Research: Some Methodological and Political Issues Insinuating Social Science into Medical Thinking: Problems and Possibilities Use of Social Research in Population Programs: A Case Study of a Policy Debate Among Social Science Experts Social Science and Health in Cuba: Ideology, Planning, and Health Biographical Notes Index of Names Index of Subjects