Advocacy in health care
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Advocacy in health care
Blackwell Science, 1998
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Advocacy in Health Care presents a research-based framework for advocacy that can be used as a guide to everyday clinical practice. It discusses how to speak out on behalf of patients and clients as well as how to empower them to speak out for themselves. The main themes are illustrated with case-study examples from general hospitals and community settings, as well as from the fields of learning disabilities and mental health. This book will appeal to students, qualified professionals and independent advocates working with patients and clients within the health-care system, including nurses, doctors, social workers and those in professions allied to medicine.
Table of Contents
- The nature of advocacy
- The risks of advocacy
- Types of advocacy
- An advocacy flowchart
- Wants and their assessment
- Empowering clients to self advocate
- External advocacy
- Reducing the risks
- Advocacy schemes for people with special needs
- The role of patients' relatives
- Independent advocacy
- Supervision
- An advocacy curriculum
- Case studies
- The way forward
- References
- Index
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