Sorry to join in late, busy weekend. How about:
Cook and Campbell's 'Quasi-Experimentation' (1979)?
McKeown's 'Medicine in Modern Society' (1965)
and the Black Report (1982 but 1979 really)?
Karen
Adam Oliver wrote:
> Thank you all for your suggestions. If you have any others, please feel
> free to share them. Sarah Thomson and I will go through all of the
> suggestions, and will choose some for review (if we can still find them
> in press).
>
> Best,
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anglo-American Health Policy Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Marmor, Ted
> Sent: 29 November 2009 23:33
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> Subject: Re: Question regarding Health Economics, Policy and Law
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> Adam,
>
> A useful effort to learn from what seemed salient and sensible some time
> ago. But you leave unclear what you mean by classic. (Nick Mays and
> Nick Black)have done something similar with a poll of worthies, as you
> have).
>
> I think two conceptions provide a useful screen: what a discipline
> regarded once as 'required' and what, from one's perspective now, seems
> still a source of crucial understanding. So, for instance, Harry
> Eckstein's NHS study was required reading in my graduate experience and,
> in my view, is more substantial than his Pressure Group. Equally, Odin
> Anderson's comparative work on the US, UK and Sweden was central to
> comparativists in the 1960s. And so was Friedson's work on
> professionalism.
>
> In short, it would fascinate me to see what others regarded
> as central to understandings by their field four decades ago versus
> those that survive.
>
> Ted
> Ps--the books noted above are my memories of central to the 1960s and
> still are useful. I would note that the book by Herman and Anne
> Somers--Doctors, Politics and Health insurance--was even more widely
> used at least in the US.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Sun Nov 29 06:01:51 2009
> Subject: Re: Question regarding Health Economics, Policy and Law
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> here! here! George.
> Interesting that most of the suggestions are American and come from
> Americans. Presumably this reflects their shambolic health care
> systems!! whose characteristics are emulated in Europe in terms of
> inefficiency and to varying degrees inequity (e.g UK and US health
> inequalities), but at least are cheaper!
> Alan
>
> George France wrote:
>
>> Archie Cochrane's Effectiveness and Effectiveness of 1972 is a gem
>> well worth considering.
>> George France
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Adam Oliver <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 28, 2009 7:24 PM
>> *Subject:* Question regarding Health Economics, Policy and Law
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a quick question. We're keen to start a new section in
>> /Health Economics, Policy and Law/ that revisits and reviews some
>> of the classic texts in health policy (economics, political
>> science or law-related) from the past. Books we have in mind so
>> far are Bob Evans' 'Strained Mercy', one of Brian Abel-Smith's
>> books, Victor Fuchs' 'Who Shall Live?', and "The Gift
>> Relationship" by Titmuss.
>>
>> We were wondering if any of you could suggest some classic texts
>> that you think we might usefully review in this series?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Adam
>>
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