The political dynamics of physician manpower policy.

I. Introduction. 1. Setting the context (M. Rosenthal et al). 2. The debates on the numbers of physicians (B. Dang Ha Doan). II. Country case studies. 3. The case of Britain (A. Maynard). 4. Physician manpower politics in Sweden (J. Calltorp). 5. The case of Spain (J.M. de Miguel and J.A. Rodriguez). 6. The political economy of medical underemployment in Mexico: corporatism, economic crisis and reform (J. Frenk). 7. Medical specialist manpower planning in The Netherlands (R.M. Lapre and A.A. de Roo). 8. Medical manpower in Israel: political processes and constraints (J. Shuval). 9. The history and future of physician manpower development in the Federal Republic of Germany (H. van den Bussche). 10. The politics of the U.S. physician supply (E. Ginzberg). III. Summary and synthesis. 11. Medical manpower planning: dynamics without direction (R. Klein). Towards a concept of bounded rationality (A.A. de Roo). 12. Synthesis and prospects (M. Rosenthal et al). Contents of Volume 15. Subject index. Author index.