Hospitals in a Changing Europe (European Observatory on Health Care Systems Series)

McKee and Healy (both of the European Observatory on Health Care Systems) present 15 chapters exploring the role of the hospital in health care systems in Western and Eastern Europe. Addressing policy makers and other academics, the contributors discuss the history and current situation of hospital systems, look at external pressures changing their interaction with larger health care spheres, and make suggestions for governments and hospital administrators for increasing the centrality of the hospital in the promotion of public health. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)