Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables vii
4. Notes on contributors viii
5. Acknowledgements xi
6. Editors’ overview xii
7. Introduction 1
8. PART I Patient and Public Involvement: the context
9. 1 The development of Patient and Public Involvement 15
10. 2 The tensions between biomedicine and Patient and Public Involvement 30
11. 3 The interface of patients and the public with the allied health professions 44
12. 4 Patient and peer support in an era of digital technology: the relationship to Patient and Public Involvement 64
13. 5 The rise of the professionalising patient 79
14. 6 Patient and Public Involvement in healthcare research 97
15. 7 The management and relationships of patient and carer organisations in healthcare 110
16. PART II Patient and Public Involvement in specific societies
17. 8 The role of Patient and Public Involvement through peer support for people with intractable disease in Japan 133
18. 9 The involvement of users and health professionals in complementary and alternative medicine in Brazil 149
19. 10 Patient and Public Involvement in maternal care in India 167
20. 11 Health lifestyles and status groups at midlife in the United States 183
21. Conclusion: Future directions 199
22. Index 209