Heath Policy in Europe: Contemporary dilemmas & challenges, a IAHPE book on line

Heath Policy in Europe: Contemporary Dilemmas & Challenges

edited

by alexis benos, hansulrich deppe, john lister

 This IAHPE book is now available on line for free at http://www.healthp.org/documents/index.php then go to Health policy-Topic  IAHP - PHM - REDS

Contents

Section 1: OVERVIEW

Commercialisation or Solidarity? The Fundamental Orientation of Health Policy, 

Hans-Ulrich Deppe ? 3

Social care policies, national government and private interests

Jane Lethbridge ? 17

European Integration, the Open Method of Coordination and the Future of European Health Policy

Thomas Gerlinger ? 50

Food and Health Safety in the United States and the European Union

Dr. Philip van Meurs and Dr. Lila Antonopoulou ? 62

Trade Unions and Health Promotion

Mauri Johansson ? 86

Markets versus mental health: the inappropriateness of the mainstream health reform agenda

John Lister ? 98

Section 2:

COUNTRY STUDIES AND EXAMPLES

Health Care in Croatia ? Market or social values?

Aleksandar Dzakula, MD, Luka Voncina, MSc, MD, Professor Jadranka Mustajbegovic, PhD, MD, Nikolina Radakovic, MD ? 113

A new prevention law in Germany: Change of paradigm, increased bureaucracy ? or both?

Rolf Rosenbrock ?123

Changes in Drug Approval in the EU and Germany: from regulation to service

Rolf Schmucker ? 133 

Privatisation of health care in Greece: The development of private for-profit health care providers (1980-2002)

Kondilis E,. Giannakopoulos E, Zdoukos T, Gavana M, Benos A ? 145

National health policy and the ongoing reforms in the field of occupational health in the Republic of Macedonia

J.Karadzinska -Bislimovska, S.Risteska-Kuc ? 158

Health care policy in Palestine: challenges and opportunities

Motasem Hamdan, PhD ? 163

Health care system in Serbia: Present state and reform 

Prof. Slobodan Jankovic ?173

Report on programme ?Medicines Management in Hospitals in Serbia?

Slobodan Jankovic and Tim Dodd ? 176

Sweden: universal welfare versus market mechanisms and privatization

Gunnar Ågren and Susanne Öhrling ? 186

Health policy in Turkey in the context of the ?Right to Health? and ?Privatisation?

Fatih Artvinli ? 191

The results of health reform in Turkey: increased and deepened inequalities

Onur Hamzaoglu and Feride Sacaklioglu ? 196

United Kingdom: England?s health care pays high price for market reforms

John Lister ? 210

A review of data on the U.S. health sector 

Nicholas Skala and Ida Hellander ? 229

Declaration of Thessaloniki Conference ? 252

List of contributors ?254 

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