PRIVATE MEDICINE - YOU PAY YOUR MONEY AND YOU GETS YOUR TREATMENT

This paper looks at the issue of private health care from the perspective of black (Afro-Caribbean) women in Britain. The research on which it is based (Thorogood 1988) indicates that these women have a particular relationship to health care, one aspect of which is their use of private consultations with General Practitioners. This is, I suggest, a consequence of their historical and contemporary experiences.