TY - GEN AU - Madeleine Akrich,João Nunes,Florence Paterson,Vololona Rabeharisoa (dir) TI - The dynamics of patient organizations in Europe SN - 9782356710079 PY - 2008/// PB - Presses des Mines KW - pharmaceutical industry KW - patient organizations KW - public health N1 - Open Access N2 - Patient organizations today play a major role in the scientific, economic and political arenas. They have become the quasi-obliged partners of researchers, industrialists and political authorities. This book investigates this quite recent configuration by offering an in-depth exploration of three thematic issues: To what social and political stakes are patient organizations confronted as regards the transformation, production, circulation, and governance of knowledge? The involvement of patie UR - http://books.openedition.org/pressesmines/1577 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/45587 ER -