Many professions today are in a state of transition with changes being imposedon them by governments and other agencies. Focusing on this theme of change<strong... » 

Many professions today are in a state of transition with changes being imposedon them by governments and other agencies. Focusing on this theme of changeHealth Professions and the State in Europe explains and illuminates thespecific relationship between health professions and the state. The editors andcontributors all experts in the field present an overview of the currentsituation in eight different countries in Europe covering such topical issuesas the impact on the health professions of market policies performance andquality measures and challenges to professional monopolies and expertise. Withits international and comparative perspective the book enhances ourunderstanding of the interplay between health professions and the state indifferent national contexts. «