Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social movements and the transformation of American health care: introduction / Sandra R. Levitsky, Banaszak-Holl -- The limitations of social movements as catalysts for change / Constance A. Nathanson -- The challenge of universal health care: social movements, presidential leadership, and private power / Beatrix Hoffman -- The consumer-directed health care movement: from social equity to free market competition / Jill Quadagno, J. Brandon McKelvey -- Mobilizing for reform: cohesion in state health care coalitions / Holly Jarman, Scott L. Greer -- The strength of diverse ties: multiple hybridity in the politics of inclusion and difference in U.S. biomedical research / Steven Epstein -- Field analysis and policy ethnography in the study of health social movements / Phil Brown ... [et al.] -- The institutionalization of community action in public health / Mark Wolfson, Maria Parries -- Social movement challenges to structural archetypes: abortion rights, AIDS, and long-term care / Martin Kitchener -- The "hostile takeover" of bioethics by religious conservatives and the counter offensive / Renee R. Anspach -- Shadow mobilization for environmental health and justice / Scott Frickel -- Bringing social movement theory to healthcare practice in the English national health service / Paul Bate, Glenn Robert -- Complementary and integrative medicine in medical education: the birth of an organized movement / Michael S. Goldstein -- Sources of self-help movement legitimation / Matthew E. Archibald -- Hot or not? Obstacles to emerging climate-induced illness movements / Sabrina McCormick -- From infanticide to activism: emotions and identity in self-help movements / Verta Taylor, Lisa Leitz -- Framing hazards in the health arena: the cases of obesity, work-related illnesses, and human egg donation / David A. Snow, Roberta G. Lessor -- Conclusion: the shape of collective action in the U.S. health sector / Verta Taylor, Mayer N. Zald.