Health Sciences 3400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Public Participation, Market Failure, Health Canada

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3400A/B
• Professor: Melanie McPhail

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Lecture 13 public involvement in health policy. Outline: objectives, who is the public, why involve the public, how do we involve the public, what are the problems/benefits associated with involving the public, midterm short answer review. Who is the public: public vs patient important to differentiate between the general pubic and patient. Public involvement: involving members of the public in strategic decisions about health services: public = general population; the average citizen, looking at members of the public outside their role as a patient. Involving these members of the public regarding health services: public vs citizens. Wanting to go towards things that are going to be the most effective and things that are going to help the most amount of people. Citizen patient: someone who is advocating for something that specifically helps their own individual needs, e. g. somebody lobbying for access to a specific treatment. You don"t always nicely fit in one of these categories; use all three.