In 20 years of breast cancer advocacy, I’ve witnessed major changes in attitude toward advocates on the part of basic researchers, clinical investigators, and others involved with the science of the disease. Not so long ago, even a seat at the table – much less a vote –was hard to come by. Advocate presence was met with puzzlement, if not outright resistance. How could we possibly understand th...

Ann-Sofie Sundqvist (2017): Perioperative patient advocacy – having the patient’s best interests at heart. Örebro Studies in Care Sciences 71. Patient advocacy implies taking action on someone else’s behalf, and has been described as a key element of nurses’ professional care. In the perioperative setting, it involves not only critical decision making, but also all the small things that the nur...

atient advocacy is a concept that generally refers to efforts to support patients and their interests within the context of the health care system. As discussed in the issue brief that introduces this issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal, amore specific or applied definition of patient advocacy is difficult to articulate, in part because the term has been used inmany different ways. For ...

A shift in the balance of power from patients and physicians to managers and administrators has caused major changes in American medicine. Physicians' professional and ethical standards as well as traditional patient advocacy are challenged by the influences of entrepreneurship, commercialism, and motivations of corporate profit. As these aspects of medical practice change, the physician remain...

provisional) Background During the two recent decades, advocacy has been a topic of much debate in the nursing profession. Although advocacy has embraced a crucial role for nurses, its extent is often limited in practice. While a variety of studies have been generated all over the world, barriers and facilitators in the patient advocacy have not been completely identified. This article presents...

Advocacy has a critical role in advancing the maternal health agenda. Patient advocacy groups can hold governments and other stakeholders accountable and ensure that commitments are translated into concrete action. This article highlights the advocacy efforts of the Preeclampsia Foundation, a patient advocacy organisation that aims to improve the diagnosis, management, and prevention of pre-ecl...