Public management research: The triumph of art over science

If the lights that guide us ever go out, they will fade little by little, as if of their own accord. Confining ourselves to practice, we may lose sight of basic principles, and when these have been entirely forgotten, we may apply the methods derived from them badly; we might be left without the capacity to invent new methods, and only able to make a clumsy and an unintelligent use of wise procedures no longer understood.     

Research in progress: A report on policies of access to aid as a medical treatment in the U.K.

This paper is the first research report of a comprehensive study of AID as a medical treatment in the U.K. It examines the policies that determine who is able to receive AID when it is administered by doctors in medical clinics. Findings from the survey upon which this report is based indicate that AID treatment is administered under highly discriminatory policies. Women's access to treatment is restricted according to marital status, sexual preference, disability and costs. By operating under restrictive policies, doctor's discretion and medical jurisdiction extends beyond the immediate concerns of the health of patients and into the realm of social control.