Baggott, Rob. <br/><br/>
Speaking for patients and carers :  health consumer groups and the policy process / 
Rob Baggott, Judith Allsop and Kathryn Jones. 
 - Basingstoke :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2005. 
 - xvi, 349 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-340) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. 1. Health care politics and the policy pocess: 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? 
<br/><br/> This text draws on original research and is based on a theoretical framework drawn from sociology and politics. It examines health consumer groups, both generally and in the context of specific conditions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780333968291 (pbk.) :  �18.99 9780333968284 (hbk.) :  �52.50 033396828X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Patients\' associations--Great Britain<br/>Patient advocacy.<br/>Patients' associations--Great Britain<br/>Patient advocacy--Great Britain<br/>Medical policy--Citizen participation--Great Britain<br/>Health and Wellbeing.<br/>Nursing<br/>Medicine: general issues
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R727.45 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.1BAG