This was the first general comparative study of health policy and politics to focus on the major countries of Western Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK.
1 Health politics; 2 The health care state in Europe, 1880-1980; 3 National health services: Italy, Sweden and the UK; 4 Social insurance systems: France and Germany; 5 Reform and restructuring; 6 Doctors and states; 7 The users of health care; 8 Health, the public and public health.
Source: Manchester: Manchester UP