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Author Henderson, Rick.

Title A right result? : advocacy, justice and empowerment / Rick Henderson and Mike Pochin
Published Bristol : Policy, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations
Contents A RIGHT RESULT?; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. What is advocacy?; 2. Issues in contemporary advocacy; 3. Problems in measuring advocacy outcomes; 4. What is advocacy for?; 5. Developing an advocacy culture; 6. Looking at standards; 7. Learning, skills and validation; 8. Conclusion; References and further reading; Index
Summary As the prospect of a legal right to advocacy inches closer, so the need to scrutinise its key values and practices becomes urgent. Although widely acclaimed as a 'good thing', there is little agreement as to how advocacy should be implemented, funded or evaluated. This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the benefits of advocacy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index
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Subject Patient advocacy -- Great Britain
Patients -- Civil rights -- Great Britain
Human rights.
Patients -- Civil rights.
Patient advocacy.
Social control.
Sociology.
Medical care.
Social sciences.
Human Rights
Patient Advocacy
Public Policy
Social Control Policies
Social Control, Formal
Policy
Sociology
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Delivery of Health Care
Social Sciences
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Patient Care
sociology.
social sciences.
MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
Sociology
Social sciences
Social control
Medical care
Human rights
Patient advocacy
Patients -- Civil rights
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Pochin, Mike.
ISBN 9781847425331
184742533X
186134306X
9781861343062