HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE BETWEEN SELF-HELP, INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS AND FORMAL POOR RELIEF (1500-20

Adressing the provision of health care, the actual debate reconsiders the hyper-professionalisation of health care and the rapid growth of costs in this sector. This has encouraged public debate on the share of voluntary, non professional aid and on other -often supplementary - actors in the medical market beyond national health care schemes.