Contents
Introduction - Miwako Hosoda and Mike Saks
Part 1: Patient and Public Involvement: The Context
1. The Development of Patient and Public Involvement - Mike Dent
2. The Tensions Between Biomedicine and Patient and Public Involvement - Mike Saks
3. The Interface of Patients and the Public with the Allied Health Professions - Danielle Hitch and Rosalie Boyce
4. Patient and Peer Support in an Era of Digital Technology - Miwako Hosoda
5. The Rise of the Professionalising Patient - Jonathan Gabe and Joana Almeida
6. Patient and Public Involvement in Healthcare Research - Junji Kayukawa
7. The Management and Relationships of Patient and Carers Organisations in Healthcare - Guido Giarelli
Part 2: Patient and Public Involvement in Specific Societies
8. The Role of Patient and Public Involvement Through Peer Support for People with Intractable Disease in Japan - Takuya Matsushige
9. 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 Carnevale
10. Patient and Public Involvement in Maternal Care in India - Mohammad Akram
11. Health Lifestyles and Status Groups at Midlife in the United States - William C. Cockerham
Conclusion: The Future - Mike Dent
