| Summary |
Annotation Health care systems all over the world are undergoing rapid and profound transformations. In the context of these changes, this volume explores cultural forces at work in the transformation of health care institutions, specifically shifts in our understanding about the role of individuals seeking health care and their identity as patients and/or as consumers. Growing numbers of activated and empowered health consumers and professionals are individually and collectively taking a reflexive and critical role, forming and participating in health-related service, research and advocacy organizations. These changes have contributed to the growth in the number and the role of civil society organizations engaged in shaping and responding to cultural and institutional transformations in health care. |
