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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457269203321

Autore

Coulter Angela

Titolo

The European Patient of the Future [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007

ISBN

1-280-95110-9

0-335-22462-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

State of health series The European patient of the future

Altri autori (Persone)

MageeHelen

Disciplina

362.1094

Soggetti

Medical care - Services for - Europe

Medical policy - Attitudes - Europe

Patients - Europe

Delivery of Health Care - trends

Patient Participation - trends

Health Policy - trends

Electronic books.

Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Researchers And Other Contributors; Series Editor's Introduction; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Chapter 08; Chapter 09; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; APPENDIX a; APPENDIX b; APPENDIX c; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Health care is changing fast and patients' experiences and expectations are also changing. Developments in information technology and biotechnology are already having a profound influence on the way health services are delivered and the organization of health care is under reform in most countries. Patients no longer see themselves as passive recipients of care: increasingly they expect to be involved in all decisions that affect them. This book reports the results of a major study carried out in eight different European countries to look at health policy dilemmas through the eyes of the patie