Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Contributors -- 1 Using the health for all framework to explore the development of health policy in the European Region of WHO -- 2 Case studies -- The process of developing health for all policy in Finland, 1981-1995 Simo Kokko -- Health policy in North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany Birgit Weihrauch -- Four variations on one topic: changes in health policy in Hungary (1980-1994) Peter Makara -- Health policy development in Lithuaniaa Vilius Grabauskas -- Health policy development in Malta Ray G. Xerri -- Health policy in the Netherlands -- Development of policy for health for all in Catalonia -- Health policy development in Sweden: action at three levels Bosse Pettersson -- Comparative analysis of development of health policy in Östergötland County, Sweden Lena Rydin Hansson -- Healthy City Gothenburg: the work of the Public Health Advisory Committee in evaluating the European regional targets as they relate to Gothenburg -- The development of national health policy in Turkey Gül Ergör & Zafer Öztek -- England: a healthier nation Diana McInnes & Ruth Barnes -- Health gain investment for the 21st century: developments in health for all in Wales Morton Warner -- 3 An overview of experience in the European Region -- 4 Learning from the past, looking to the future -- Annex Country profiles.