Speaking for Patients and Carers: Health Consumer Groups and the Policy Process

ISBN-13: 9780333968291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 349 str.

Rob Baggott;Judith Allsop;Kathryn Jones

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Health Care Politics and the Policy Process: Concepts, Theories and Models.- The Policy Context.- The Condition Areas.- Health Consumer Groups: Formation and Characteristics.- Health Consumer Groups: Social and Political Resources.- Networks, Informal and Formal Alliances.- Collaboration with Health Professionals.- The Pharmaceutical Industry.- Working with Government.- Working with Parliament.- Working with the Media.- Conclusion: Speaking for Patients and Carers.- Appendix 1: Methodology.- Appendix 2: List of Interview Groups.- End Notes.

O autorze

ROB BAGGOTT is Professor of Public Policy and director of the Health Policy Research Unit at De Montfort University, UK.

JUDITH ALLSOP is Professor of Health Policy at De Montfort University, UK.

KATHRYN JONES is a Research Fellow in the Department of Public Policy at De Montfort University, UK.