patient advocacy

collocation in English

meaningsofpatientandadvocacy

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patient
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
us
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
having ...
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advocacy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæd.və.kə.si/
us
/ˈæd.və.kə.si/
public support for an idea, plan, or way of ...
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(Definition ofpatientandadvocacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpatient advocacy

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Economics, managed care, andpatientadvocacy.
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In conjunction with this, paternalism andpatientadvocacywill also be introduced.
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All the "paradigmatic scenarios associated with euthanasia" or "patientadvocacy" in the world would not solve this problem.
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We offer these recommendations in the hope that they will spur additional discussion about bioethics consultation withpatientadvocacyorganizations.
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We have heard, too, about thepatientadvocacyservice.
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I refer to thepatientadvocacyand liaison services.
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We examine one context in which competing interests in bioethics consultation have received little attention to date, namely, in consulting relationships withpatientadvocacyorganizations.
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In general, respondents from hospitals without ethics committees rankedpatientadvocacyas the most important role and research as the least important role.
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Some health benefit or employee assistance plans includepatientadvocacyservices offered by third-partypatientadvocacycompanies.
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We explore how these differences may mask competing interests and thus make it more difficult to appreciate potential threats to professional objectivity in work withpatientadvocacyorganizations.
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The issues we have drawn attention to should not leave readers with a sense, however, that we are skeptical about the value of working withpatientadvocacyorganizations.
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That is what thepatientadvocacyand liaison services will do.
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Its chief officer thinks thatpatientadvocacyand liaison services alone will cost about £750,000.
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But some patients will be put off by the termpatientadvocacyand liaison services.
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And we need to retain that first and foremost in anypatientadvocacyand liaison service.
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That concern usually revolves around the politicisation ofpatientadvocacyand complaints procedures.
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There will be apatientadvocacyand liaison service in every trust and primary care trust.
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Thepatientadvocacyand liaison services will be trust-based and non-statutory.
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Nonetheless,patientadvocacyis fundamental to nursing.
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Of course, we shall have to make arrangements to ensure that there is access topatientadvocacyand liaison services.
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Patientadvocacyand liaison services, which will provide a point of contact in every hospital, are the right way forward.
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Patientadvocacyand liaison services are not advocates but are employed by the trusts and are not even independent.
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I believe that this is the sort of thing which can be achieved only bypatientadvocacy.
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Is she aware that, at times, thepatientadvocacyliaison service apparently advocates more for hospitals than for patients?
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Members were selected who represented different perspectives in the process and included members from cognitive science, clinical neuropsychology, clinical trials design, biostatistics, cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, andpatientadvocacy.
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