Abstract: Ed Bill New
BMJ Publishing Group, £24.95, pp 261
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The Rationing Agenda Group was formed in 1995 to promote a serious debate about rationing in the NHS. Rationing: Talk and Action in Health Care chronicles the work of the Rationing Agenda Group—its setting of agendas, early consultation with health service managers, and inquiry into public understanding of rationing (virtually nil). Is it possible to define a package of core services that the NHS should provide? Should we be aiming to “maximise the health of the whole community” …