Whose Standards: Consumer and Professional Standards in Health Care (State of Health Series)
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Series editor's introductionPrefaceAcknowledgements1Interests and ideologies12Consumerists213Consumerists' and consumers' standards404Autonomy and therapeutic benefits545Respect596Support707Information808Control879Choice9710Decision-making11011Standards and specifications12012Conclusion130References and notes134Index149
\ BooknewsConstructs a framework within which to understand the roles of consumerism and professionalism in health care, and to investigate their competing sets of standards: why consumers and professionals intuitively perceive some standards as higher or lower than others. The examples are drawn from the British medical system, but the principles should be applicable elsewhere. Of interest to most anyone in the health care profession. Distributed by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
