Influence of Economic Instability on Health: Proceedings of a Symposium organized by the Gesellschaft f�r Strahlen- und Umweltforschung, Institut f�r Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, with technical support from the World Health Organisatio

The worldwide economic recession of the last years - sometimes described as an outright depression similar to the one of the early thirties - has led many health policy analysts and even policy makers to revive the old question of whether, and in what respect, there is a close relationship between economic development and health. In tackling this question, to­ day's health services research looks rather helpless: even if a truth has the appearance of a truism, it will not necessarily be aCk...