Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy: Redrawing the Patient as Consumer

by Paul Dorfman, Jonathan Q. Tritter, Meri Koivusalo, et al.

Book Overview

Although the last two decades have seen the healthcare systems of most developed countries face pressure for major reform, the impact of this reform on the relationship between empowerment, consumerism and citizen's rights has received limited research attention. Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy sets out to redress this imbalance.

This book explores the extent to which globalisation and commercialisation relate to current and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415612055
• ISBN13: 9780415612050
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"