This collection provides a broad coverage of recent changes in medical and vocational rehabilitation in selected Northern European countries, presenting analyses that cut across health sciences, medical sociology, disability studies and comparative welfare state research.

Ivan Harsløf is an associate professor at Oslo Metropolitan University, working in the Department of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy. Ingrid Poulsen is a research manager at Department of Neurorehabilitation, TBI Unit at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, and an associate professor at Section of Nursing Science at Aarhus University, Denmark. Kristian Larsen is a full professor at Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark.