… social movement actors in the study of health care reform. Political process and political
opportunity theorists define social movement … to engage in social movement activity (McAdam …

… of medical care or health insurance. With unemployment crowding out health care as a social
movement priority, health reformers needed to make a concerted effort to persuade social …

… social movement scholarship and analysis of health institutions. The volume capitalizes on
a moment when social movement … in the definition and composition of social movements. …

… for universal access as part of their social movement agendas. By combining the history of
… in fhe health care system, we can better see how these 2 types of movements have been …

… The links between a robust public health system and increased social stability, greater
economic development, and improved biosecurity (against external disease threats and, more …

… on health social movements (HSMs) and provides an overview of their main conceptual,
theoretical and empirical underpinnings. Health social movements … of access to health care. The …

… new category of Health Social Movements and will provide … movements in the historical
constitution of the healthcare arena. … pertaining to health and safety, health insurance and …

… In the case of the women’s health care movement, whose project has been the creation of
sites for alternative and holistic services based on a collective approach of learning and on the …

… in health care—not that it is necessarily “wrong” but that it is currently the only approach that
is being considered. Because the social movements … a “movement mentality” or movement …

… Social movements dealing with health are very important influences on our health care system…
The first instances of social movements organising around health issues date at least back …