Comparative health policy. Second revised and updated edition

Each chapter ends with an attempt to draw conclusions on trends or developments. Interestingly, the question of trends and convergence of health policies (the authors deny that convergence actually has been shown to occur) is a recurrent theme in the book. However, when discussing the drivers of policy convergence, more attention to the effects of EU regulation and policy on member states’ health policies might have been helpful. Somewhat surprisingly, the book ends with a discussion on whether the medical paradigm, which underpins the whole book, is still relevant for comparing health policies.