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Book SynopsisThis 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
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction – Consumer Groups and the Democratization of Health Policy Michael Leahy, Hans Löfgren 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 Löfgren, 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 Nuñez Daw, Denise Truong and Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau 16. Health Consumer Groups and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Is Transparency the Answer? Agnes Vitry and Hans Löfgren Index
