In this paper it is assumed that there is a close relationship between the health policy changes and socioeconomic structural changes of the Turkish society. Certainly scientific developments and globalization process are also important on social transformations of any society. Therefore, at the beginning of this paper in order to understand the process that is called "Transformation of Health Work Process", historical background of health system in Turkey is reviewed based on relevant literature. "Systematic review" method (Weed,2007) and process based sociology namely "methodological relationalism" (Elias,1977) are used to achieve study purposes. Findings revealed that we live in a period that is called "flexible" period in terms of capital accumulation. This period starting from 1990's is characterized by non-industrialization and privatization. In Turkey Southern European Model is applied based on Neoliberal Policies which mainly separates finance from health services. Second characteristic future is application of decentralization of administrative system. Majority of hospitals are transformed from social to economic organizations who run after profits by applying high numbers of operations to get money from insurances. Although there are some regulations to be followed, separation of services from finance also reduced the quality of health care. Besides some malpractices are observed regarding expensive unnecessary operations. Furthermore, some supervisory limitations on diagnostic and treatment processes can be interpreted lack of professional freedom of physicians.

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Loss of life and property from earthquakes is extensive and continues to grow in developing societies. On the other hand culture and social change have become key concepts in studies of mitigation of both natural and human-made disasters. The primary aim of this study is to demonstrate the impact of knowledge in terms of risk information on what people have thought and done to be prepared for the next probable earthquakes in both the USA and Turkey. In this cross-cultural comparative study, similar data to those from the Mileti's Bay Area study (1995) have been collected and analyzed. The present study revealed that for risks, knowledge alone is not sufficient and societal factors–along with the urgent need for cultural change in accordance with sustainable development–should be taken into consideration.