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Patients as policy actors / edited by Beatrix Hoffman ... [et al.].
| Other author | Hoffman, Beatrix Rebecca. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, |
| Description | viii, 309 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from UPCC Books Political Science and Policy Studies 2011 Subject Collection |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical issues in health and medicine Critical issues in health and medicine. ^A886083 |
| Contents | Introduction : patients as policy actors / Nancy Tomes and Beatrix Hoffman -- Solitary advocates : the severely brain injured and their surrogates / Joseph Fins and Jennifer Hersh -- Physician-patient communication in the care of vulnerable populations : the patient's voice in interpersonal policy / M. Robin DiMatteo ... [et al.] -- Is it time to push yet? The challenges to advocacy in American childbirth / Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong and Eugene DeClercq -- A pound of flesh : patient legal action for human research protections in the biotech age / Lori Andrews and Julie Burger -- From outsiders to insiders : the consumer/survivor movement and -- Its impact on American mental health policy / Nancy Tomes -- "Don't scream alone" : the health care activism of poor Americans in the 1970s / Beatrix Hoffman -- The canary in Gemeinschaft : using the public voice of patients to enhance health system performance / Mark Schlesinger -- Patient appeals as policy disputes : individual and collective action in managed care / Marc Rodwin -- The power of us : a new approach to advocacy for rare cancers / Amy Dockser Marcus -- Patients and the rise of the nurse practitioner profession / Julie Fairman -- A house on fire : newborn screening, parents' advocacy, and the discourse of urgency / Rachel Grob -- Measuring success : scientific, institutional, and cultural effects of patient advocacy / Steven Epstein. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010041970 |
| ISBN | 9780813550503 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813550505 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813550510 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813550513 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |