Beschreibung:
Praise for Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions
Preface . 1 Embedding Advocacy in the U.S. Health System. 2 How the U.S. Health System Contributes to Consumers' Seven Problems. 3 An Advocacy Practice Framework: Tasks, Skills, and Actions. 4 Case Advocacy Skills. 5 Advocacy to Protect Consumers' Ethical Rights. 6 Advocacy to Improve Consumers' Quality of Care. 7 Advocacy to Promote Culturally Competent Health Services. 8 Using Advocacy to Promote Prevention in Health. 9 Using Advocacy to Help Consumers Finance Their Healthcare. 10 Advocacy for Healthcare Consumers Needing Mental Health Services. 11 Advocacy to Help Consumers Receive Community-Based Care. 12 A Framework for Policy Advocacy by Healthcare Professionals. 13 Using Policy Advocacy to Embed Advocacy in Healthcare Organizations. 14 Policy Advocacy in Community, Electoral, and Government Settings. References . Author Index . Subject Index .