Patient Advocacy for Healthcare Quality

Author: Jo Anne L. Earp
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0763749613

Patient Advocacy for Healthcare Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient Centered Care

Without constant external and internal pressure, a complex entity such as the U.
Categories: Patient advocacy, Quality of health care, Medical care->United States->Quality control. Contributors: Jo Anne L. Earp - Author. Format: Paperback
. health care system will continue following established patterns and customs. This book identifies patient advocacy from individual, to organizational, to grassroots policy advocacy as a powerful source of that pressure and as a potentially effective way to initiate needed changes in U.S. health care. As a contribution to the emerging healthcare quality movement, Patient Advocacy for Healthcare Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care is distinct from any others of its kind in its focus on the consumer s perspective and in its emphasis on how advocacy can influence change at multiple social levels. This introductory volume synthesizes patient

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

Categories: Patient advocacy, Quality of health care, Medical care->United States->Quality control. Contributors: Jo Anne L. Earp - Author. Format: Paperback

Patient advocacy has emerged in response to widespread problems in US healthcare quality. Many patients are frustrated or even endangered by the care they receive. As many as 98000 people die each year due to medical errors. Patients have difficulty establishing relationships with providers or getting good information about their conditions and find their providers unable to recognize their unique expertise about their conditions. This book identifies parent advocacy-from individual, to organizational, to grassroots policy advocacy-as a powerful source of pressure and as a potentially effectiv

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. health care system will continue following established patterns and customs. This book identifies patient advocacy from individual, to organizational, to grassroots policy advocacy as a powerful source of that pressure and as a potentially effective way to initiate needed changes in U.S
This introductory volume synthesizes patient