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. 2014 Feb;36(2):163-74.
doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12100. Epub 2013 Dec 28.

Actors, patients and agency: a recent history

David Armstrong  1
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Actors, patients and agency: a recent history

David Armstrong. Sociol Health Illn. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

This article examines the history of patients' behaviour since the middle of the 20(th) century. It describes a number of strategies that have served to encourage patients to exercise increasingly autonomous behaviour. The effect has been to instil a sense of agency in previously passive patients.

Keywords: agency; autonomy; behaviour; patients.

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