Healthy voices, unhealthy silence : advocacy and health policy for the poor

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Label

Healthy voices, unhealthy silence : advocacy and health policy for the poor

Title remainder

advocacy and health policy for the poor

Statement of responsibility

Colleen M. Grogan and Michael K. Gusmano

Creator

• Grogan, Colleen M

Contributor

• Gusmano, Michael K

Subject

• Advisory Committees -- Connecticut
• Connecticut
• Electronic books
• Electronic books
• Equality -- Health aspects
• Equality -- Health aspects -- Connecticut
• Health Care Reform -- economics -- Connecticut
• Health Policy -- economics -- Connecticut
• Health Services Accessibility -- economics -- Connecticut
• Health care reform
• Health care reform -- Connecticut
• Health services accessibility
• Health services accessibility -- Connecticut
• MEDICAL -- Medicaid & Medicare
• Medicaid
• Medicaid -- Connecticut
• Medicaid -- economics -- Connecticut
• Patient advocacy
• Patient advocacy -- Connecticut
• Poor -- Medical care
• Poor -- Medical care -- Connecticut

Language

eng

Summary

Public silence in policymaking can be deafening. When advocates for a disadvantaged group decline to speak up, not only are their concerns not recorded or acted upon, but also the collective strength of the unspoken argument is lessenedùa situation that undermines the workings of deliberative democracy by reflecting only the concerns of more powerful interests. But why do so many advocates remain silent on key issues they care about and how does that silence contribute to narrowly defined policies? What can individuals and organizations do to amplify their privately expressed concerns for polic

Member of

• American governance and public policy
• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

368.4/2009746

Index

index present

LC call number

RA412.3

LC item number

.G76 2007eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

• 2007 L-071
• W 250 AC8

NLM item number

G874h 2007

Series statement

American governance and public policy series