Configuring health consumers [electronic resource] : health work and the imperative of personal responsibility / edited by Roma Harris, Nadine Wathen and Sally Wyatt.

Public health policy in Western countries increasingly emphasises citizens' personal responsibility for their own health. Strategies to encourage people to lessen their reliance on traditional forms of health care often involve new technologies that are intended to facilitate better access to h...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Harris, Roma M., Wathen, C. Nadine, 1968-, Wyatt, Sally, 1959-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:	Health, technology, and society.
Subjects:	Medical policy. Self-care, Health. Medical informatics. Social medicine.