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The Patient's Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Michael W. Calnan
Michael W. Calnan
Affiliation:
Centre for Health Services Studies
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Abstract

The paper outlines the context in which patient's views have been emphasized and the evidence from survey research about the criteria users employ to evaluate health care. Evidence from qualitative research shows that users are ambivalent about modern medicine and are particularly sceptical about the value of drugs and medicine.

Type
Special Section: The Consumer And Technology
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , Winter 1998 , pp. 24 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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