Description:The health professions are facing major changes in the international arena and are being compelled to re-examine their organizational and skill base. This book explores key issues relating to these challenges and to the relationship between health care and the state in a range of differing national contexts across the shifting socio-political map of Europe. The editors and contributors address central questions involved in understanding both the history and recent patterns of change and the radical dilemmas and new opportunities facing the health professions. Health Professions and the State in Europe is applicable to a wide range of national contexts and a number of health professions--from nursing to midwifery to medicine--presenting a complete overview of the current situation in international health care.