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Item Details
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PATIENT POWER?
THE POLITICS OF PATIENTS' ASSOCIATIONS IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA |
| By: |
Bruce Wood |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£65.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
033520368X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780335203680 |
| Publisher: |
OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2000 |
| Series: |
State of Health |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
There is a rapidly growing number of patients' associations relating to a specific medical condition or illness. This volume surveys over 200 of these associations in each of the USA and the UK. |
| Synopsis: |
There is a rapidly growing number of patients; associations relating to a specific medical condition or illness (such as multiple sclerosis or motor neurone disease) but they have received little academic attention. Bruce Wood has surveyed over 200 of these associations in each of the USA and the UK. They have been marginalized in accounts of health policy and services yet collectively they are "big business". They perceive themselves as being non-political support groups but they actually participate in much activity that is political. "Patient Power" asks: are these economically efficient and politically effective bodies?; is the US "business" or the UK "volunteer" model more successful?; are they truly independent organizations or have they been "colonized" by the big vested interests in health?; are they a signal of a more assertive patient or consumer?; and do they actually influence what health care people receive?. This is a ground-breaking study in health policy and management, and should be important reading for scholars, students and professionals and, in particular, for those involved in running patient organizations. |
| Illustrations: |
index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Open University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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