| Examples of how selected countries around the world are coping with the increased health expectations of their people and the growth of health services are provided in this book. The extremes in organization and ideology are readily apparent, but general trends, e.g., more economical use of resources and increasing state involvement, can be discerned. The chapters, written by nationals of the countries concerned, cover the U.K., France, the German Federal Republic, Sweden, Ghana, Cuba, India, Japan, USSR, China, USA, and the European Economic Community (the founding six). |