Health Professionals and Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare

Miwako Hosoda is Professor at Seisa University in Japan.Mike Saks is Emeritus Professor at the University of Suffolk in the UK.Mike Dent is Emeritus Professor at Staffordshire University in the UK.

• Introduction - Miwako Hosoda and Mike SaksPart 1: Patient and Public Involvement: The Context1. The Development of Patient and Public Involvement - Mike Dent2. The Tensions Between Biomedicine and Patient and Public Involvement - Mike Saks3. The Interface of Patients and the Public with the Allied Health Professions - Danielle Hitch and Rosalie Boyce4. Patient and Peer Support in an Era of Digital Technology - Miwako Hosoda5. The Rise of the Professionalising Patient - Jonathan Gabe and Joana Almeida 6. Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare Research - Junji Kayukawa7. The Management and Relationships of Patient and Carers Organisations in Healthcare - Guido GiarelliPart 2: Patient and Public Involvement in Specific Societies8. The Role of Patient and Public Involvement Through Peer Support for People with Intractable Disease in Japan - Takuya Matsushige9. The Involvement of Users and Health Professionals in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Brazil - Nelson Barros, Pamela Siegel, Elaine Marasca Garcia Da Costa and Renata Carnevale10. Patient and Public Involvement in Maternal Care in India - Mohammad Akram11. Health Lifestyles and Status Groups at Midlife in the United States - William C. CockerhamConclusion: The Future - Mike Dent

‘Supported by an internationally updated focus and a neo-Weberian and neo-institutionalist sociological approach, this book comprehensively addresses the broader interface between patients and health professions in the changing era of the digital society, filling a major gap in the literature influencing policy development and practice in healthcare delivery.’ Guido Giarelli, University Magna Graecia