Editorials: Patient choice: as attractive as it seems?

Nick Goodwin

A managerial and organizational perspective
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 129-130; doi:10.1258/135581906777641686 [PDF]  

Pauline Allen

An economic perspective
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 130-131; doi:10.1258/135581906777641677 [PDF]  

Judith Green

A sociological perspective
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 131-132; doi:10.1258/135581906777641767 [PDF]  

Original research

Claire Harris and Ruth Boaden

Copying letters to patients: the view of patients and health professionals
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 133-140; doi:10.1258/135581906777641712 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Health Utilisation Research Alliance (HURA)

Ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation and consultation rates in New Zealand general practice
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 141-149; doi:10.1258/135581906777641721 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Yolanda Bravo Vergel and Brian Ferguson

Difficult commissioning choices: lessons from English primary care trusts
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 150-154; doi:10.1258/135581906777641749 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sarah Carter, David Taylor, and Ian Bates

Institutionalized paternalism? Stakeholders' views on public access to genetic testing
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 155-161; doi:10.1258/135581906777641758 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Essays

Anna Dixon and Julian Le Grand

Is greater patient choice consistent with equity? The case of the English NHS
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 162-166; doi:10.1258/135581906777641668 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sarah Thomson and Anna Dixon

Choices in health care: the European experience
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 167-171; doi:10.1258/135581906777641703 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Review article

Andrew Hutchings and Rosalind Raine

A systematic review of factors affecting the judgments produced by formal consensus development methods in health care
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 172-179H; doi:10.1258/135581906777641659 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Worth a second look

Nick Black and Duncan Neuhauser

Books that have changed health services and health care policy
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 180-183D; doi:10.1258/135581906777641695 [PDF]  

Perspective

Richard Smith and Nick Raithatha

Why disclosure of genetic tests for health insurance should be voluntary
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 184-186; doi:10.1258/135581906777641730 [Abstract] [PDF]  

What's on the web

Su Golder, Kate Light, and Kath Wright

Promoting public involvement in health services research
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 187-188; doi:10.1258/135581906777641631 [PDF]  

Mythbusters

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Direct-to-consumer advertising is educational for patients
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 189-190; doi:10.1258/135581906777641776 [PDF]  

What's the evidence?

Health Evidence Network

What is the effectiveness of antenatal care?
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 191; doi:10.1258/135581906777641785 [PDF]  

Questions and answers

Systematic reviews
J Health Serv Res Policy 11(3): 192; doi:10.1258/135581906777641640 [PDF]  

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