Representing the repressed? Health consumer groups and the national policy process

Policy and Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-331

  Baggott, Rob ^a   Allsop, Judith ^a   Jones, Kathryn ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health consumer groups; Interest groups; Policy process; Representation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 3142730677     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/0305573041223717     Document Type: Article

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