CITIZENSHIP AND CONSUMERISM IN HEALTH-CARE - A CRITIQUE OF CITIZENS JURIES

This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of citizens' juries a s a model for public involvement in health care. It does so through ob servation of two citizens' juries run by the same Health Authority, du ring the summer of 1996. The framework used to evaluate the juries is that provided by IPPR in their 1997 Report, namely focusing on lire th emes of information, time, scrutiny, deliberation, independence and au thority. Citizens' juries are compared and contrasted with other model s for public involvement and linked with the broader debate on citizen ship theory and practice.