TY - BOOK ID - 77908757 TI - Healthy voices, unhealthy silence : advocacy and health policy for the poor AU - Grogan, Colleen M. AU - Gusmano, Michael K. PY - 2007 SN - 1589013395 1435631951 9781435631953 9781589013391 9781589011823 1589011821 PB - Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Health Services Accessibility KW - Health Policy KW - Health Care Reform KW - Advisory Committees KW - Medicaid KW - Equality KW - Health services accessibility KW - Poor KW - Health care reform KW - Patient advocacy KW - Access to health care KW - Accessibility of health services KW - Availability of health services KW - Medical care KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Poverty KW - Health reform KW - Health system reform KW - Healthcare reform KW - Medical care reform KW - Reform of health care delivery KW - Reform of medical care delivery KW - Medical policy KW - Health insurance KW - Advocacy, Health care KW - Advocacy, Patient KW - Health care advocacy KW - Nonlegal patient advocacy KW - Social patient advocacy KW - Advance directives (Medical care) KW - Patients' associations KW - Medicare KW - Egalitarianism KW - Inequality KW - Social equality KW - Social inequality KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - Democracy KW - Liberty KW - Dental Medicaid Programs KW - Medicaid Program, Dental KW - Medicaid Programs, Dental KW - Dental Medicaid Program KW - Medical Assistance, Title 19 KW - Program, Dental Medicaid KW - Programs, Dental Medicaid KW - Governmental Commissions KW - Review Committees KW - Task Forces KW - Advisory Committee KW - Commission, Governmental KW - Commissions, Governmental KW - Committee, Advisory KW - Committee, Review KW - Committees, Advisory KW - Committees, Review KW - Governmental Commission KW - Review Committee KW - Task Force KW - Ethics Committees KW - Healthcare Reform KW - Health Care Reforms KW - Healthcare Reforms KW - Reform, Health Care KW - Reform, Healthcare KW - Reforms, Health Care KW - Reforms, Healthcare KW - Healthcare Policy KW - National Health Policy KW - Health Policies KW - Health Policy, National KW - Healthcare Policies KW - National Health Policies KW - Policy, Health KW - Policy, Healthcare KW - Policy, National Health KW - Policy Making KW - Accessibility, Health Services KW - Contraceptive Availability KW - Health Services Geographic Accessibility KW - Program Accessibility KW - Access To Medicines KW - Access to Contraception KW - Access to Health Care KW - Access to Health Services KW - Access to Medications KW - Access to Therapy KW - Access to Treatment KW - Accessibility of Health Services KW - Availability of Health Services KW - Contraception Access KW - Contraceptive Access KW - Medication Access KW - Access To Medicine KW - Access to Contraceptions KW - Access to Medication KW - Access to Therapies KW - Access to Treatments KW - Access, Contraception KW - Access, Contraceptive KW - Access, Medication KW - Accessibility, Program KW - Availability, Contraceptive KW - Contraception, Access to KW - Contraceptive Accesses KW - Health Services Availability KW - Medication Accesses KW - Medication, Access to KW - Therapy, Access to KW - Treatment, Access to KW - Medically Underserved Area KW - economics KW - Heath aspects KW - Access KW - Economic conditions KW - Quality control KW - Health aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77908757 AB - Public silence in policy making can be deafening. When advocates for a disadvantaged group decline to speak up, not only are their concerns not recorded or acted upon, but also the collective strength of the unspoken argument is lessenedùa situation that undermines the workings of deliberative democracy by reflecting only the concerns of more powerful interests.But why do so many advocates remain silent on key issues they care about and how does that silence contribute to narrowly defined policies? What can individuals and organizations do to amplify their privately expressed concerns for policy ER -