Towards the emancipation of patients - Couverture souple

Williamson, Charlotte

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847427448 ISBN 13 : 9781847427441

Editeur : Policy Press, 2010

Synopsis

The patient movement works to improve the quality of healthcare. Some of the work entails trying to get standards of care that put patients at institutionalised disadvantage replaced by standards that free (emancipate) patients from that disadvantage. Combining new academic theory with rich empirical evidence, the author explains how looking at healthcare from an emancipatory perspective could improve its quality as patients experience it. Now that the quality of patients' experiences is on the government's agenda, this book, by a leading patient activist, should appeal to health professionals, managers, patient activists, policy makers and others concerned with the quality of healthcare.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charlotte Williamson, OBE, is a patient activist and writer on healthcare issues. She is a trustee of the Picker Institute Europe and was vice-chair of York Health Authority, then Trust, for 15 years. She has an MA in natural science from Oxford and a PhD in social science from York. She was awarded the Humphry Davy medal of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2002 and the College medal of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2004.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847427448
• ISBN 13: 9781847427441
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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