HURIET, Claude <br/><br/>
Libres propos 

 - Paris :  IIAP,  juil./sept. 1987 
<br/><br/> Two professors of medicine provide their views on the topics in this issue. Prof. Huriet feels the causes of the policy vacuum merit attention: objectives are difficult to define, appropriate means are almost impossible to implement and reliable indicators of performance are lacking. Determining one coherent global health policy is nearly impossible, so government has been content for years with cumulating policies Prof. Terquem also underscores the incoherence and contradiction within the French health care system as well as a lack of overall long-term perspective by the authorities. Yet the matter urgently requires attention last the entire social welfare ayatem collapse