Denmark and Norway have experienced significant political changes during the past three
decades, changes that affect the constraints and opportunities organized interests are …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate different types of patient involvement in
Denmark, and to discuss the potential implications of pursuing several strategies for patient …

Policies of citizen involvement in health and social care have given rise to a variety of
organisational forms, which address citizens in different capacities and differ in their …

The aim of this article is, through empirical material from Norway, to grasp a particular form
of non-profit professionalization spurred by the incorporation of policies of service user …

This chapter is a tour of the Scandinavian lobbying landscape providing the state of the art
for research on a contested and necessary activity. We discuss the particular context of the …

This article explores the policy role of health consumer and patients' organisations (HCPOs),
an important subset of the UK voluntary health sector. Based on research findings from two …

Over the last several decades, a number of societal changes can be expected to have led to
the increased mobilization of interest groups representing citizen interests. For this …

This chapter considers the role of interest groups in the Nordic countries, especially their
political role, but also the broader role of civil society and interest groups. A strong civil …

Pharmaceutical industry funding of patient organizations raises ethical challenges related to
patient engagement in healthcare due to fears of commercial agendas influencing patient …

This article focuses on the changing level of participation of voluntary organisations in the
policy process between 1964 and 2009 and its implication for the role played by voluntary …