cet article est disponible dans sa version finale sur le site de l'éditeur, http://fh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/crp005?ijkey=EkP4ULXtiehqoZx&keytype=refInternational audienceSince the end of the First World War the Rockefeller Foundation has spearheaded a large-scale programme in the field of education for the health professions (doctors and nurses). In several countries throughout the world, but with its efforts concentrated on Europe, it has financed schools, constructed information networks, granted research scholarships and awarded training bursaries. In so doing it has not, however, been in the business of propagating an irresistible 'American model' , nor has it pursued a huge undertaking in disinterested aid. Through an attempt to...