The dynamics of patient organizations in Europe

• Main Author: Madeleine Akrich, João Nunes, Florence Paterson, Vololona Rabeharisoa (dir.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Presses des Mines 2008
• Subjects: pharmaceutical industry; patient organizations; public health
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Patient organizations today play a major role in the scientific, economic and political arenas. They have become the quasi-obliged partners of researchers, industrialists and political authorities. This book investigates this quite recent configuration by offering an in-depth exploration of three th...