Health consumer activism in Australia : the downside of state inclusion

Löfgren, Hans 2011, Health consumer activism in Australia : the downside of state inclusion, Health issues, vol. 107, Winter, pp. 9-10.

Document type:	Journal Article
Collections:	Faculty of Arts and Education School of International and Political Studies School of Humanities and Social Sciences

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Title	Health consumer activism in Australia : the downside of state inclusion
Author(s)	Löfgren, Hans
Journal name	Health issues
Volume number	107
Season	Winter
Start page	9
End page	10
Total pages	2
Publisher	Health Issues Centre
Place of publication	Melbourne, Vic.
Publication date	2011
ISSN	0819-5781
Summary	Many community groups concerned with health issues - women's organisations, patient support groups and older citizens' organisations - were formed long before they were designated as 'consumer' groups. Members of health groups founded in the 1960s and 1970s understood themselves to be activists for social change, not 'consumers'. They challenged established models of health care and mobilised to redress inequities of access to care and inequalities of power between the medical profession and the 'lay' population. The major campaign in this period was to establish universal health insurance.
Language	eng
Field of Research	169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective	970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
HERDC Research category	C2 Other contribution to refereed journal
Copyright notice	©2011, Health Issues Centre
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045097

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