University Press of America
Pages: 105
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-3788-6 • Paperback • November 2007 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
Randolph K. Quaye, director of Ohio Wesleyan's Black World Studies Program, is an expert in the sociology of health and illness, African development, and social conditions in the African-American community. He is also the author of Underdevelopment and Health in Africa and African-Americans' Health Care Practices, Perspectives and Needs.
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 The Swedish Health Care System in Focus
Chapter 4 The State and the Medical Profession: Some Theoretical Concepts in Comparing Medical Professions Cross-Nationally
Chapter 5 Managed Care and Doctoring in the United States
Chapter 6 Health Care Market Systems and Reforms in Sweden
Chapter 7 Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs): Special Case of Reform in Sweden
Chapter 8 Is the Swedish Welfare State in Retreat? Trends in Health Care
Chapter 9 Challenges for the Welfare States in Europe and the Way Forward
Part 10 Appendix