title: Awakening child consumerism in health care.
abstract: Consumer participation, especially among children and their families, is requisite in bargaining assertively for quality care in today's health care industry. The emergence of self-care behaviors must be evoked, cultivated, and embraced during childhood in order to nurture a discriminating attitude toward health care ventures.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Pittman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002669:Child Welfare; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012648:Self Care; D014481:United States