Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Jul 23, 2007 - Law - 614 pages
Instructor Resources: PowerPoints, Sample Syllabus, ReadingsPatient Advocacy for Health Care Quality specifically examines not just what the problems are in healthcare quality but how advocacy – by professionals and lay-people from within and from outside health systems – can help ensure that best practices get adopted.In highly readable prose this text blends many concrete examples, real-life vignettes, and up-to-date research literature. An emphasis on conceptual frameworks, debates, and ethical issues within the field makes the text appealing to graduate-level learners. Authored by real life advocates working in the field, this book is a window into the realities of advocating in many different roles (as a physician, nurse or public health educator; as a hospital administrator; as a parent; as a lobbyist; as the head of a non-profit organization, as a researcher, etc.).Click here to view a complete list of contributors. © 2008 | 614 pages
 

Contents

UNDERSTANDING WHAT PATIENTS ARE DOING NOW AND WHAT PROVIDERS CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM
59
IMPROVING PROVIDERS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND CREATE RELATIONSHIPS
151
TRANSFORMING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL SCHOOL CULTURE TO SUPPORT PATIENT AND FAMILYCENTERED CARE
261
MAKING CONSUMERS VOICE HEARD IN POLICY AND LAW
359
ADVANCING EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL ROLES IN ADVOCACY
479
CONCLUSION
567
Index
603
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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