| Description |
viii, 210 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. What's wrong with medical consumerism? / Arthur W. Frank -- 2. Fabricating 'health consumers' in health care politics / Rob Irvine -- 3. Health consumer groups and the national policy process / Judith Allsop, Rob Baggott and Kathryn Jones -- 4. From pastoral welfare state to consumer emancipation: the case of Nordic alcohol control / Pekka Sulkunen --5. Mental health consumers or citizens with mental health problems? / Mike Hazelton and Michael Clinton -- 6. Consumerism in the hospital context / Saras Henderson -- 7. Consumerism and mental health care in a culturally diverse society / Alan Petersen, Renata Kokanovic and Susan Hansen -- 8. The active citizen works hard: living with chronic heart failure / Margaret Reid and Alexander Clark -- 9. The commodification of health in sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinics / Anthony Pryce -- 10. Young people, drug use and the consumption of health / Elizabeth Ettorre and Steven Miles -- 11. Consuming men's health: risk, ritual and ambivalence in men's lifestyle magazines / Robin Bunton and Paul Crawshaw |
| Summary |
In our post-welfare society, health is increasingly viewed as a commodity and individuals are defined as 'health care consumers'. At the same time, the notion that the state should care for the health of its citizens is being replaced by an expectation that citizens should play a more active role in caring for themselves. These developments are by no means uncontentious. This book explores the diverse meanings and applications of the term 'consumer' in the field of health care and the implications for policy-making, health care delivery and experiences of health care. Contributors are well-known innovative researchers and lecturers from the Australia, the UK and Canada. Between them they cover a wide range of topics - from the medicalisation of the menopause to the participation of consumer groups in the national policy process - to create an original and thought-provoking text for students and practitioners in the field of health care |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Consumers.
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Consumption (Economics)
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Health services administration.
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Social medicine.
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Public health.
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| Author |
Henderson, Saras, 1950-
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Petersen, Alan R., 1953-
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| LC no. |
2001041822 |
| ISBN |
0415259487 |
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0415259495 (paperback) |
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