Citizen participation in health decision-making: Past experience and future prospects

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 12-32

  Church, John ^a   Saunders, Duncan ^a   Wanke, Margaret ^b   Pong, Raymond ^c   Spooner, Carol ^d   Dorgan, Marlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Department of Public Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONCEPT FORMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POLITICS; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CANADA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0036232488     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3343116     Document Type: Article

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