Morality and bureaucracy in health and social policy.

The outgoing Director General set aside the usual biennial report approach of reviewing IHF's activities over the previous 2 years. Instead Dr. Pickering reviewed the developments in health care over the last decade, the period he has held office. He decried the emasculating role of bureaucracy in health care and the lack of morality in decision-making in social and health policy. The article is a cri de coeur' for a fundamental ethical review of the basis for health care changes.