one of the advanced nursing care procedures emphasized by nursing organizations around the world is patient or nursing advocacy. in addition to illustrating the professional power of nursing, it helps to provide effective nursing care. the aim of the present study was to explain the concept of patient advocacy from the perspective of iranian clinical nurses. this was a qualitative study that ex...

background the members of healthcare team have an important role in implementation and protection of patient’s rights. contemporary nursing entails an ethical responsibility to advocate and protect the patients’ rights. conclusions the results of this study was concerning with regard to nursing students’ readiness for duties such as patient’s rights advocacy. therefore, it proposes ethics educa...

background and purpose: one of the most important elements of nursing ethics is patient advocacy, which instills patients’ sense of independence and autonomy. nurses’ perceptions of this concept can significantly influence their advocacy role. therefore, in this study, we aimed to assess nurses’ perceptions about this phenomenon. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 385 nurses were selected ...

BACKGROUND A key task for the pharmaceutical industry is to understand the compliance implications of engaging with a patient advocacy group (PAG). This presents challenges for the industry to negotiate the ethical and reputational issues that can arise when working with a PAG. OBJECTIVE To gain the views of pharmaceutical industry executives on future compliance challenges when working with ...

INTRODUCTION Future physician leaders must be able to critically assess health care policy and patient advocacy issues. Currently, no nationally accepted, standardized curriculum to provide advocacy education during orthopedic residency training exists. We therefore developed an "Advocacy" curriculum for our orthopedic residents designed to direct particular attention to patient advocacy, speci...