National Health Services of Western Europe: Challenges, Reforms and Future Perspectives Giarelli Guido
This book draws on research within a neo-Weberian and neo-institutionalist perspective to critically analyse national health services in Western Europe. Exploring the challenges posed by neo-liberal…
Specifikacia National Health Services of Western Europe: Challenges, Reforms and Future Perspectives Giarelli Guido
This book draws on research within a neo-Weberian and neo-institutionalist perspective to critically analyse national health services in Western Europe. Exploring the challenges posed by neo-liberal policies, it also looks at the impact of the role of the state, the medical profession, the public, and the medical industrial complex in their development.Bringing together a top-line range of expert international contributors, this book includes national studies from three European macro-regions: Britain, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean. In the first part, the national health services of each country considered are examined historically and in a contemporary context in face of emerging challenges - from cost containment to governance. The second part looks across the macro-regions at the influence of the main actors involved on their evolution and sustainability. Comparing and