Patient Advocacy - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications.

29 Nov 2009 The influence of religious beliefs and practices at the end of life is underinvestigated. Given nursing's advocacy role and the intimate and personal nature of the dimensions of religiosity and the end of life, exploring the multidimensional ... Read more...

When "no" means no: elderly patients' right to refuse treatment.

11 Aug 2009 In the complicated health care and legal system of the United States, all patients are endowed with certain rights. The American Hospital Association and the U.S. Supreme Court have each delineated certain rights to which patients who have the ... Read more...

Understanding the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

29 Jun 2009 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 was enacted as a result of the Government adopting the recommendations of the Bichard Inquiry (2004), that looked into the circumstances surrounding the death of two children in Soham in 2002. The 2006 Act ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Advocacy - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications. 29 Nov 2009
• Japan approves brain death to increase donors: will it work? 22 Oct 2009
• Euthanasia debate reignited. 19 Sep 2009
• When "no" means no: elderly patients' right to refuse treatment. 11 Aug 2009
• Nurse blows whistle on EMT's dereliction of duty. Baybridge v. City of Ortonville, 2009-MN-0408.128 (4/7/2009)-MN. 30 Jul 2009
• Protection of vulnerable adults. 29 Jun 2009
• Uncertainty over safeguards. 29 Jun 2009
• Understanding the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. 29 Jun 2009
• Disclosure of research results from cancer genomic studies: state of the science. 21 Jun 2009
• [Disclosing bad news, or the art of communication] 30 May 2009
• Safeguarding vulnerable adults in the emergency department. 26 May 2009
• Prescriptive authority and psychology: a status report. 29 Apr 2009
• Power dynamics, health policy, and politics. 29 Apr 2009
• Nurse research and the law in competent adults. 29 Apr 2009
• [Personnel's rights and obligations in elder abuse in institutions] 29 Apr 2009
• HIPAA impacting patient medical information. 29 Apr 2009
• Public opinion on mandatory reporting of abuse and/or neglect of older adults in Manitoba, Canada. 30 Mar 2009
• The impact of European Union law on individuals as patients. 27 Feb 2009
• STAR Program. 27 Feb 2009
• Nurses need to debate involuntary outpatient treatment. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Patient Advocacy'

Definition: Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.

Descriptor UI: D010344

Alternative terms: Patient Advocacy; Advocacy, Patient; Patient Ombudsmen; Ombudsmen, Patient; Patient Ombudsman; Ombudsman, Patient; Patient Representatives; Patient Representative; Representative, Patient; Representatives, Patient; Clinical Ombudsman; Ombudsman, Clinical;

Related Mesh Headings: Patient Rights;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.631; N03.706.678;

History Note: 76