Beware Zombies and Unicorns: Toward Critical Patient and Public Involvement in Health Research in a Neoliberal Context

Frontiers in Sociology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Madden, Mary ^a   Speed, Ewen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evidence informed health care; health inequalities; neoliberalism; patient and public involvement; public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042703507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22977775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2017.00007     Document Type: Article

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