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The Medical Profession and the State in France

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French medicine is organised with dialectical relation between the public and private in health and welfare policy; there is also an ideological impact of public/private confrontation. The article retraces the history of the profession and shows how it was set up both with and against the state, emphasising two ideas at once: the idea of the small independent entrepreneur, guarantor of individual liberty, and the idea of the great state servant, guarantor of the public interest. Public/private confrontation is only rhetorical and bears no relation to the real content of the dualistic health system.

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  • Steffen, Monika, 1987. "The Medical Profession and the State in France," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(2), pages 189-208, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:7:y:1987:i:02:p:189-208_00
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    1. Immergut, Ellen M., 1990. "Political Arenas: The Effects of Representation on Health Policy," MPIfG Discussion Paper 90/5, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

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