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Towards an emancipation of patients : patients' experience and the patient movement /

The patient movement works to improve the quality of healthcare. Some of the work entails trying to get standards of care that put patients at institutionalised disadvantage replaced by standards that free (emancipate) patients from that disadvantage. Combining new academic theory with rich empirica...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Williamson, Charlotte, 1932-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bristol : Policy, 2010.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The patient movement works to improve the quality of healthcare. Some of the work entails trying to get standards of care that put patients at institutionalised disadvantage replaced by standards that free (emancipate) patients from that disadvantage. Combining new academic theory with rich empirical evidence, the author explains how looking at healthcare from an emancipatory perspective could improve its quality as patients experience it.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-246) and index.
ISBN:9781847427465
1847427464
1447304047
9781447304043
1282706225
9781282706224
9786612706226
6612706228