Trends in EU health care systems.9780387327471Trends in EU health care systems. Gooijer, Win de. Springer springer a North American term commonly used to describe heifers close to term with their first calf. 2007 504 pages $79.95 Hardcover RA412 Gooijer, who has served for 25 years as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. for the Federation of Dutch Health Care Organizations and as its representative to the European Hospital and Health Care Federation, has written a persuasive argument for the negative potential impact on society of market-driven health care. Citing in detail statistical studies from the EU and maintaining a historical context, Gooijer investigates the impact on health care of a political climate that embraces globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation and its attendant favoring favoring an animal is said to be favoring a leg when it avoids putting all of its weight on the limb. A part of being lame in a limb. of market forces. Drawing on the writings of an impressive array of economic thinkers, Gooijer devotes the initial third of the volume to assessing the changes in European society that have occasioned the shift to a market-dominant philosophy for social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales . ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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