Making the Patient-Consumer: Patient Organisations and Health Consumerism in Britain - Couverture rigide

Mold, Alex

 
9780719095313: Making the Patient-Consumer: Patient Organisations and Health Consumerism in Britain
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 071909531X ISBN 13 : 9780719095313
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Over the last fifty years, British patients have been transformed into consumers. This book considers how and why the figure of the patient-consumer was brought into being, paying particular attention to the role played by patient organisations. Making the patient-consumer explores the development of patient-consumerism from the 1960s to 2010 in relation to seven key areas. Patient autonomy, representation, complaint, rights, information, voice and choice were all central to the making of the patient-consumer. These concepts were used initially by patient organisations, but by the 1990s the government had taken over as the main actor shaping ideas about patient-consumerism. This volume is the first empirical, historical account of a fundamental shift in modern British health policy and practice. The book will be of use to historians, public policy analysts and all those attempting to better understand the nature of contemporary healthcare.

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À propos de l?auteur

Alex Mold is Senior Lecturer in History in the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
071909531X
ISBN 13 
9780719095313
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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