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by Alexis Benos, Hansulrich Deppe, John Lister
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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: Englands 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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