Doctors and the state : the politics of health care in France and the United States / David Wilsford.

Author/Creator:

Wilsford, David.

Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.

Series:

Duke Press Policy Studies
Duke Press Policy Studies

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (377 p.)

Subjects:

Medical policy -- France.
Medical policy -- United States.
Medical economics -- France.
Medical economics -- United States.
Cross-cultural studies.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English and French.

Contents:

Contents ; List of Tables ; List of Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1. Introduction: Comparing Organized Medicine and Health Policies in France and the United States ; Chapter 2. Unity and Fragmentation of the French State ; Chapter 3. The Fragmentation of the Stateless State: The Effects of Absolute Liberalism on Politics in the United States ; Chapter 4. Cohesion and Fragmentation of Organized Medicine in France and the United States ; Chapter 5. The Continuity of Crisis: Patterns of Making Health Policy in France, 1978-1990
Chapter 6. Policy Issues in France: State Reforms and Medical Resistance Chapter 7. Public and Private Forces in the American Health Universe ; Chapter 8. Patterns of Making Health Policy in France and the United States ; Chapter 9. Consequences for the Political Activites of Organized Medicine ; Chapter 10. Conclusion ; Appendix A: Glossary of Abbreviations ; Appendix B: Medical Unions and Associations in the French Hospital Sector ; Notes ; References ; Index

Notes:

English and French.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-348) and index.
Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8223-7865-5

OCLC:

891395065

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