Class, stratification and inequalities in health: a comparison of the Registrar-General's Social Classes and the Cambridge Scale

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Two measures of social stratification in the UK, the Registrar-General's Social Class schema and the Cambridge Scale, are compared in relation to inequalities in health and mortality. Topics include the conceptualization and measurement of social stratification and the correlations among stratification, lifestyle and disease.

Health aspects, Social aspects, Statistical Data Included, Medical care, Social classes, Social class, Social medicine

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National Service Frameworks and UK general practitioners: street-level bureaucrats at work?

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Michael Lipsky's theory of public service employees as "street-level bureaucrats" is analyzed using the United Kingdom's National Service Frameworks as an illustration. Discussion focuses on changes in general practice.

Public Finance Activities, Management dynamics, Public Administration-Total Govt, Public Administration, Management, Comparative analysis, Bureaucracy, Company business management, Public service employment, Lipsky, Michael

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Breaking the ceremonial order: patients' and doctors' accounts of removal from a general practitioner's list

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A study on the problems in the relationships between patients and doctors in the United Kingdom is presented.

Analysis, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations

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