Speaking for Patients and Carers : Health Consumer Groups and the Policy Process
Rob. Baggott
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Basingstoke : : Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (366 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Health care politics and the policy process: concepts, theories and models; 2 The policy context; 3 The condition areas; 4 Health consumer groups: formation and characteristics; 5 Health consumer groups: social and political resources; 6 Networks, and informal and formal alliances; 7 Collaboration with health professionals; 8 The pharmaceutical industry; 9 Working with government; 10 Working with parliament; 11 Working with the media; 12 Conclusion: speaking for patients and carers?. - Appendix 1: MethodologyAppendix 2: The Interviews; Notes; References; Index. - Speaking for Patients and Carers draws on original research and is based on a theoretical framework taken from sociology and politics. It examines health consumer groups in the context of specific conditions: Arthritis and related conditions, cancer, heart and circulatory disease, maternity and childbirth, and mental health. It also analyzes their interaction with government, health professionals and the media, and assesses their impact on policy.
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| Emner | Medical care - Great Britain
Medical policy - Great Britain National Health Service (Great Britain) Public health - Great Britain Vis mer... Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Consumer Organizations Health Care Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Policy Organizations Patient Advocacy Policy Public Policy Social Control Policies Social Control, Formal Social Sciences Sociology Consumer Organizations -- Great Britain. Health Policy -- Great Britain. Patients -- Associations. storbritannia helsepolitikk helse |
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| ISBN | 033396828X. - 0333968298
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