"Biomedical research today has a high public profile, largely because of patient advocacy. Following in the footsteps of HIV/AIDS activists, advocates representing an array of patient groups are now vocal partners in the research enterprise. Advocates want research practices an…
As advocacy moves into the mainstream of health and social care provision, and the prospect of a legal right to advocacy inches closer, so the need to scrutinise key values in advocacy becomes urgent. This text analyses of the benefits of advocacy.
As the prospect of a legal right to advocacy inches closer, so the need to scrutinise its key values and practices becomes urgent. Although widely acclaimed as a 'good thing', there is little agreement as to how advocacy should be implemented, funded or evaluated. This book offe…
Examines the issues associated with managed health care and patients rights, how costs affect treatment, and the unequal quality and distribution of health care in the United States.
Examines the growing influence managed care organizations have on the lives of people in the United States, focusing on the rising costs of care and the fear that reducing costs will deny ill people the care they need.
Les innovations technologiques modifient en profondeur la pratique de la médecine et des autres disciplines de la santé. Elles transforment aussi les exigences des malades quant à leur traitement et leur qualité de vie, ainsi que les demandes de leurs proches. Dans ce contexte, …
