Speaking for Patients and Carers draws on original research and is based on a theoretical framework taken from sociology and politics. It examines health consumer groups in the context of specific conditions: Arthritis and related conditions, cancer, heart and circulatory disease, maternity and childbirth, and mental health. It also analyzes their interaction with government, health professionals and the media, and assesses their impact on policy.
'Patient Perspectives' is currently a hot topic
Examines consumer groups in the context of a wide variety of common disorders and conditions
Authors are well known and respected in the field
Based on original author research
Rob Baggott
Government care exceptionalnursing health health care interaction methodology nursing politics sociology