Assuring the quality of health care in the European Union: a case for action

People have always traveled within Europe for work and leisure, although never before with the current intensity. Now, however, they are traveling for many other reasons, including the quest for key services such as health care. Whatever the reason for traveling, one question they ask is 'If I fall ill, will the health care I receive be of a high standard?'. This book examines, for the first time, the systems that have been put in place in all of the European Union's 27 Member States. The picture it paints is mixed. Some have well developed systems, setting standards based on the best availabl