Abstract

As I pass the editorship of Health Care Analysis to the very capable hands of Dr. John Coggon, I can perhaps be indulged in a few moments of reflection on the last 8 years. I have strived to make the journal a forum within which scholars can articulate a diverse range of concerns about health care, both from a theoretical perspective, and from a practical one. The journal has attracted contributions from around the world, and from both established scholars and, I am proud to say, young scholars just beginning their careers, but with new and exciting contributions to make.Reviewing the papers I have published, I see that a number of long-standing concerns have received new and profound treatments. These include the nature of health and wellbeing; the problem of limiting access to health care and securing justice; the challenges that new technologies, not least in reproductive and genetic medicine, pose; questions of patient autonomy and empowerment; and the roles and responsibilities of