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Speaking for patients and carers : health consumer groups and the policy process / Rob Baggott, Judith Allsop and Kathryn Jones.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.Description: xvi, 349 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780333968291 (pbk.) :
  • 9780333968284 (hbk.) :
  • 033396828X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1BAG
LOC classification:
  • R727.45
Contents:
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?
Summary: 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.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 362.1BAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 129435

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-340) and index.

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?

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.

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