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Speaking Up for Ourselves: The Evolution of Consumer Advocacy in Health Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Hilda Bastian
Hilda Bastian
Affiliation:
Consumers' Health Forum of Australia and Consumer Network of the Cochrane Collaboration
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Abstract

Forces from communities and from health care are pushing toward more consumer involvement in health care internationally. This article addresses the philosophies and rationales behind this trend and traces the history and development of consumer advocacy in health care.

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Special Section: The Consumer And Technology
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , Winter 1998 , pp. 3 - 23
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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