"Health Planning: A Consumer View," Health Perspectives, 3 (MarchApril 1976), pp. 1-17. Ivan Illich, Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health. New York: Leda Judd and Robert McEwen. A Handbook for Consumer Participation in Terry Mizrahi Madison. The American Health System: A Consumer Survey and Action Guide, The People's Right to Good Health, and Organizing for Better Community Health: Programs and Strategies for Consumer Health Groups. Three Booklets available from the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, 1116-b Kanawna Boulevard East, Charleston, Power, Participation, and Health: The Case of the Health Systems Agency in East Central Illinois. Urbana: Community Planning Workshop, 1977. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Bill Cahill has a B.A. is Economics and Political Science and has worked as a janitor in Iowa City, Iowa.... Barry Checkoway teaches citizen participation and community planning at the University of Illinois.... Dana DeYoung is an Oregonian aiming to become a landscape architect.... Michael Doyle is a Chicago-born consumer organizer now working in a neighborhood health center.... Peter Nicholson dreams of entering politics in Chicago but will settle for a job in the urban planning field.... John Page dreams of a life of leisure but also will settle for a job in urban planning.... Patricia Petrie is a well-traveled gourmet cook who once was a pre-med major.... Jeannette Stets is an aspiring landscape architect from Ohio who, with Dana DeYoung, produced the graphics in this guidebook.... Mindy Turbov plans a career in the housing and community development field. All participated in a workshop in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Fall, 1977. HSA ABOUT THE A.H.C.C. The Association of Health Care Consumers was formed in Illinois in 1976 to promote consumer involvement in health care planning. It is a non-profit, tax-exempt association staffed by paid and volunteer professionals and led by a board of directors, an advisory board, and several issue-oriented committees. Although all members of the board are consumers under the definition of PL 93-641, providers are welcome as members of the association. Membership is open to all. The A.H.C.C. aims to provide information and back-up services to health care consumers and to facilitate exchange and cooperative action among citizens organizing around health care issues. Among the initial activities is to establish a statewide network of health care consumer organizations in Illinois. This guidebook was sponsored by the A.H.C.C. as part of its effort to increase public awareness of important health care issues. It was produced by a student group as the University of Illinois to whom we are greatly appreciative. We hope it will stimulate citizens to work in this vital area of public concern. We are eager to be of service. Frank Giarrizzo, President Association of Health Care Consumers 109 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 312-641-5766 |