We are a group of researchers who are interested in health care refonn through the dewIopIHId of
practices that are patient/dient-c:entered and clinical decision making thId is ooIIaINJraIiwe and
interdisciplinary in nature. We are partiallarly interested in collaboration with the patients/dients and
their faIIIily and friends as 'true' lDenlbers of the health care team. In addition we have an interest in
prowision of equitable access to health care in addition to its safety and quality. We are predoIIIinanIly
interested in approaches to health care that take into account the social and cultural aspects, in contrast
to that nidi is foal8ed CNI purely bio .edic:aI_ers. As sudI we aNl8ider these afiIIIlds as CflIIIraI to
health care reform.
OUr health care research actMties indude ethnographk: inquiry, practice developnleld. patienl/dient
empowerment, action research and health care eoonolDic analysis.
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