Democratizing Health
Consumer Groups in the Policy Process
Published on 29. April 2011
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-84844-784-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the important role of consumer activism in health policy in different national contexts. In an age of shifting boundaries between state and civil society, consumer groups are potentially drivers of democratization in the health domain. The expert contributors explore how their activities bring new dynamics to relations between service providers, the medical profession, government agencies, and other policy actors. This book is unique in comprehensively analyzing the opportunities and dilemmas of this type of activism, including ambiguous partnerships between consumer groups and stakeholders such as the pharmaceutical industry. These themes are explored within an internationally comparative framework, with case studies from various countries.
Students and researchers in the fields of health policy and sociology, public policy and social movements will find this relevant and path-breaking book enlightening. It will also prove invaluable for participants and activists in patient and health consumer organizations.
Contributors include: K. Adams, W. Armstrong, R. Baggott, R. Bal, S. Barraclough, G. Braunegger-Kallinger, J. Church, D. Delnoij, R. Edwards, R. Forster, M. Fox, B. Fredericks, J. Geissler, P.C. John, K. Jones, M. Koivusalo, K. Krajic, A. Lambertson, M. Leahy, D. Legge, H. Lofgren, T. Milewa, C. Nunez Daw, O. O'Donovan, K.-L. Phua, A. Schipaanboord, J. Tritter, D. Truong, P. Vaillancourt Rosenau, A. Vitry
Students and researchers in the fields of health policy and sociology, public policy and social movements will find this relevant and path-breaking book enlightening. It will also prove invaluable for participants and activists in patient and health consumer organizations.
Contributors include: K. Adams, W. Armstrong, R. Baggott, R. Bal, S. Barraclough, G. Braunegger-Kallinger, J. Church, D. Delnoij, R. Edwards, R. Forster, M. Fox, B. Fredericks, J. Geissler, P.C. John, K. Jones, M. Koivusalo, K. Krajic, A. Lambertson, M. Leahy, D. Legge, H. Lofgren, T. Milewa, C. Nunez Daw, O. O'Donovan, K.-L. Phua, A. Schipaanboord, J. Tritter, D. Truong, P. Vaillancourt Rosenau, A. Vitry
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84844-784-4 (9781848447844)
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Persons
Edited by the late Hans Loefgren, formerly Deakin University, Australia, Evelyne de Leeuw, Universite de Montreal, Canada and Michael Leahy, Deakin University, Australia
Content
Contents:
1. Introduction - Consumer Groups and the Democratization of Health Policy
Michael Leahy, Hans Loefgren and Evelyne de Leeuw
2. Health Activism in the Age of Governance
Timothy Milewa
3. Health Consumer Groups in the United Kingdom: Progress or Stagnation?
Kathryn Jones and Rob Baggott
4. Citizens, Consumers and Stakeholders in European Health Policy
Meri Koivusalo and Jonathan Tritter
5. The People's Health Movement: Health for All, Now!
Prem Chandran John and David G. Legge
6. Aboriginal Community Control and Decolonizing Health Policy: A Yarn from Australia
Bronwyn Fredericks, Karen Adams and Rebecca Edwards
7. The Irish Health Service's Expert Advisory Groups: Spaces for Advancing Epistemological Justice?
Orla O'Donovan
8. Patient Empowerment in the Netherlands
Atie Schipaanboord, Diana Delnoij and Roland Bal
9. Health Policy in Germany: Consumer Groups in a Corporatist Polity
Jens Geissler
10. Austrian Health Consumer Groups: Voices Gaining Strength?
Rudolf Forster, Gudrun Braunegger-Kallinger and Karl Krajic
11. Malaysia: The Consumer Voice in the Policy Process
Simon Barraclough and Phua Kai Lit
12. From Activism to State Inclusion: Health Consumer Groups in Australia
Hans Loefgren, Michael Leahy and Evelyne de Leeuw
13. Health Consumers in Canada: Swimming Against a Neo-liberal Tide
John Church and Wendy Armstrong
14. Empowering Health Care Consumers in the United States
Michael H. Fox and Anna Lambertson
15. Health Policy in the United States: Consumers and Citizens in a Market Polity
Christina Nunez Daw, Denise Truong and Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau
16. Health Consumer Groups and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Is Transparency the Answer?
Agnes Vitry and Hans Loefgren
Index
1. Introduction - Consumer Groups and the Democratization of Health Policy
Michael Leahy, Hans Loefgren and Evelyne de Leeuw
2. Health Activism in the Age of Governance
Timothy Milewa
3. Health Consumer Groups in the United Kingdom: Progress or Stagnation?
Kathryn Jones and Rob Baggott
4. Citizens, Consumers and Stakeholders in European Health Policy
Meri Koivusalo and Jonathan Tritter
5. The People's Health Movement: Health for All, Now!
Prem Chandran John and David G. Legge
6. Aboriginal Community Control and Decolonizing Health Policy: A Yarn from Australia
Bronwyn Fredericks, Karen Adams and Rebecca Edwards
7. The Irish Health Service's Expert Advisory Groups: Spaces for Advancing Epistemological Justice?
Orla O'Donovan
8. Patient Empowerment in the Netherlands
Atie Schipaanboord, Diana Delnoij and Roland Bal
9. Health Policy in Germany: Consumer Groups in a Corporatist Polity
Jens Geissler
10. Austrian Health Consumer Groups: Voices Gaining Strength?
Rudolf Forster, Gudrun Braunegger-Kallinger and Karl Krajic
11. Malaysia: The Consumer Voice in the Policy Process
Simon Barraclough and Phua Kai Lit
12. From Activism to State Inclusion: Health Consumer Groups in Australia
Hans Loefgren, Michael Leahy and Evelyne de Leeuw
13. Health Consumers in Canada: Swimming Against a Neo-liberal Tide
John Church and Wendy Armstrong
14. Empowering Health Care Consumers in the United States
Michael H. Fox and Anna Lambertson
15. Health Policy in the United States: Consumers and Citizens in a Market Polity
Christina Nunez Daw, Denise Truong and Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau
16. Health Consumer Groups and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Is Transparency the Answer?
Agnes Vitry and Hans Loefgren
Index