Health Professionals and Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare

Introduction - Miwako Hosoda and Mike Saks


Part 1: Patient and Public Involvement: The Context


1. The Development of Patient and Public Involvement - Mike Dent


2. The Tensions Between Biomedicine and Patient and Public Involvement - Mike Saks


3. The Interface of Patients and the Public with the Allied Health Professions - Danielle Hitch and Rosalie Boyce


4. Patient and Peer Support in an Era of Digital Technology - Miwako Hosoda


5. The Rise of the Professionalising Patient - Jonathan Gabe and Joana Almeida


6. Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare Research - Junji Kayukawa


7. The Management and Relationships of Patient and Carers Organisations in Healthcare - Guido Giarelli


Part 2: Patient and Public Involvement in Specific Societies


8. The Role of Patient and Public Involvement Through Peer Support for People with Intractable Disease in Japan - Takuya Matsushige


9. The Involvement of Users and Health Professionals in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Brazil - Nelson Barros, Pamela Siegel, Elaine Marasca Garcia Da Costa and Renata Carnevale


10. Patient and Public Involvement in Maternal Care in India - Mohammad Akram


11. Health Lifestyles and Status Groups at Midlife in the United States - William C. Cockerham


Conclusion: The Future - Mike Dent