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

Baggott, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333968298 ISBN 13: 9780333968291

Publisher: Palgrave, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

'The book is easy to read and well worth the time for any healthcare professional or policymaker, and indeed even politicians interested in health. The book is well outlinedand proceeds in a straightforward and logical manner, with an excellent summary of each chapter...' - Daniel Longo, Health Expections

'An important book, written in a clear and accessible way by academics who have been working in this area for some time, it should be of interest to policy makers and academic health policy analysts as it provides the first detailed picture of the working of health groups in the UK and their influence on health policy.' - Michael Calnan, Social Policy

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0333968298
• ISBN 13: 9780333968291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368