BMJ 1999;318:277-277 ( 30 January )

Editorials

Patients' priorities

Need to be assessed properly and taken into account

Education and debate p   318

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A revolution is under way in health care. After decades of patriarchal provision of services governments are now accepting that patients should have a say in what is provided. Debates on priority setting have brought the case for public participation in difficult healthcare choices sharply into focus.¹ Each new high profile drug launch or controversial therapy spurs further public discussion about what a national health service should provide and who should decide (p 273).² At the level of individual patients there is a growth in demand for information,³ and a review published this week draws attention to the need to improve its quality (p 318).⁴ The launch of a new journal to promote debate about public participation in health care⁵ and the Council of Europe's recommendation that patients must be involved in defining quality of care underline that the movement is gaining momentum.

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