PURPOSE In the United Kingdom all health care providers are encouraged to consult with user groups. The submissions of charities and patient advocacy groups to NICE and SIGN are considered reflective of the patient groups they purport to represent, yet little is known about how representative they are. This pilot study was designed to ascertain how many patients attending a hospital based epile...

Background Patient advocacy has been identified as a core duty of the nurse, and certain nurse characteristics influence the performance of the role. However, these characteristics have not been adequately explored in Ghana. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of nurses about the characteristics of nurses that influence their role as patient advocates. Methods An exploratory descript...

Interpersonal communication is the basis for almost any type of cooperation. Changing patterns of communication may have an impact on the quality of cooperative work. In this paper, we describe user experiences in a longterm groupware project. We examined communication changes, both planned and unplanned, as a result of the system introduction. We found reduced face-to-face communication, task-...

JCPH – Vol. 68, no 2 – mars–avril 2015 182 of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities, the Canadian Pharmacists Association, the Canadian Association of Pharmacy in Oncology, the Association des pharmaciens des établissements de santé du Québec, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada, and the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Technicians. CSHP’s advocac...

The cultural problem described by Morioka (2008) and his concepts of utushi and ma are compared and contrasted to western concepts that convey somewhat overlapping meaning. These include inner critic, underdog voices, identification, projective identification, and organismic valuing process. Morioka's ideas are linked to the work of Rogers, Cooley, Mead, and Lewin. We discuss how utushi and ma ...

Issue advocacy groups play a central role in today’s political system, but their media and communication use has seldom been examined to date. Grounded in the uses and gratifications approach and the niche theory, this study surveyed media and communication technology usage of 209 issue advocacy groups in the United State. The findings suggest that a variety of media are used for citizen mobili...