Making the Patient-Consumer: Patient Organisations and Health Consumerism in Britain

by Alex Mold

Over the last fifty years, British patients have been transformed into consumers. This book considers how and why the figure of the patient-consumer was brought into being, paying particular attention to the role played by patient organisations. Making the patient-consumer explores the development of patient-consumerism from the 1960s to 2010 in relation to seven key areas. Patient autonomy, representation, complaint, rights, information, voice and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071909531X
• ISBN13: 9780719095313
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"