patient advocate

collocation in English

meaningsofpatientandadvocate

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patient
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/us
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
having ...
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advocate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæd.və.kət/us
/ˈæd.və.kət/
a lawyer who defends someone in a ...
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(Definition ofpatientandadvocatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpatient advocate

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To the extent that these changes inhibit the physician's clinical freedom to provide care aspatientadvocate, they adversely affect the physician - patient relationship.
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After recovery, she remained a nun and has become apatientadvocateand doctoral candidate in bioethics.
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The nurse's role aspatientadvocateis problematic but can be seen to justify industrial action taken over concern for quality of care.
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Psychiatric, chaplaincy,patientadvocate, and social work involvement should be called on if they can facilitate communication and the development of compromise solutions.
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The primary care provider also serves aspatientadvocatein access to more scientific and technological specialist secondary care medical services, as well as to specialized social services.
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The welcome extra funding announced the other day will be used in my area to employ apatientadvocatefor the first time.
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It has been put to me that it would be all together far more effective if thepatientadvocatewere an employee of the health trust.
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A change in the law would have an inevitable impact upon the therapeutic relationship, and one which could undermine confidence in the doctors' role aspatientadvocate.
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Often, however, the termspatientadvocateand health advocate are used interchangeably or depending on immediate context.
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Genetic counselors work as members of a health care team and act as apatientadvocateas well as a genetic resource to physicians.
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Thepatientadvocateis also responsible for reviewing the patient's health care record for correctness and explaining it to the patient.
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Thepatientadvocateis responsible for maintaining communication with the patient and health care provider to help ensure patient understanding of procedures.
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A power of attorney for healthcare may be required by some institutions for apatientadvocateto exchange confidential information.
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An individualpatientadvocatetypically acts as liaison between a patient and their health care provider.
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Some hospitals, health insurance companies, and other health care organizations also employ people specifically to assume the role ofpatientadvocate.
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Thepatientadvocatehas a responsibility for awareness of compliance, appropriateness, and coordination of care for the patient, such as oversight for potentially conflicting treatment modalities and medications.
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A consensus for choice built up in an alliance between national politicians, some patient advocates, and the media.
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It is the duty of apatientadvocateto maintain patient privacy in compliance with local and national laws, treating all patient and family information as privileged and protected.
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Similarly, heart patient advocates participating in devising a heart disease guideline will be partial to their constituents.
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