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