Patient advocacy: a concept analysis

To clarify the ill-defined concept of patient advocacy and develop a model. An eclectic concept analysis was used in the study. Results of the analysis reveal that advocacy has three essential attributes: valuing, apprising and interceding. Antecedents to advocacy include a vulnerable population and...

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Published inNursing standard Vol. 17; no. 21; pp. 33 - 39
Main Author Baldwin, Moyra A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Royal College of Nursing Publishing Company (RCN) 05.02.2003
RCNi
Subjects
Decision Making
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Models, Theoretical
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nursing
Nursing - methods
Patient Advocacy
Practice
Terminology as Topic
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Summary:To clarify the ill-defined concept of patient advocacy and develop a model. An eclectic concept analysis was used in the study. Results of the analysis reveal that advocacy has three essential attributes: valuing, apprising and interceding. Antecedents to advocacy include a vulnerable population and a nurse willing to take on the responsibility for advocacy. The consequences of acting as a patient advocate can be potentially negative or positive for patient and nurse. On their own, the attributes are one of a number of helping strategies. Advocacy is a contemporary nursing issue comprising three essential attributes. Individually, each of the attributes is a helping strategy used in nursing. Only when all three attributes are present can advocacy be said to be realised.
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ISSN:0029-6570
2047-9018
DOI:10.7748/ns2003.02.17.21.33.c3338