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de Leeuw E. The Rise of the Consucrat. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2021;10(4):176-180doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.36.
de Leeuw, E. (2021). The Rise of the Consucrat. International journal of health policy and management, 10(4), 176-180. https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2020.36
de Leeuw, Evelyne. "The Rise of the Consucrat." International journal of health policy and management vol. 10,4 (2021): 176-180. doi: https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2020.36
de Leeuw E. The Rise of the Consucrat. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2021 Mar 14;10(4):176-180. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.36. PMID: 32610717; PMCID: PMC8167269.
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Int J Health Policy Manag. 2021 Mar 14;10(4):176-180. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.36.

The Rise of the Consucrat.

International journal of health policy and management

Evelyne de Leeuw

Affiliations

  1. Centre for Health Equity, Training and Evaluation CHETRE, University of New South Wales, South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 32610717 PMCID: PMC8167269 DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.36

Abstract

Some agents representing the 'receiving end' of the medical-industrial complex could be called 'career consumers.' We identify these consucrats as a new class of intersectional representation of 'those affected' in healthcare delivery systems. We describe them in the context of (similar) abocrats and femocrats but show that consucrats face more complex and different level intersectional challenges. The designation, professionalization, and representation of consucrats are problematic, in particular for public policy change. We argue for an enhanced strategic and cautious role for the consumer health movement to support consucrats.

© 2021 The Author(s); Published by Kerman University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords: Consumer; Medical-Industrial Complex; Politics; Professionalisation; Representation

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