Speaking for Patients and Carers [electronic resource] : Health Consumer Groups and the Policy Process
Baggott, Rob.
Jones, KathrynContributor
Allsop, JudyContributor
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.,
2004.
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.
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.
Consumer Organizations -- Great Britain.
Health Policy -- Great Britain.
Patients -- Associations.
Health Policy
Patient Advocacy
Consumer Organizations
Organizations
Public Policy
Social Control, Formal
Social Control Policies
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Sociology
Policy
Social Sciences
Health Care
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena