Patient Advocacy - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 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...

Perspectives on transcultural care.

29 Nov 2009 Culture has been defined as the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups. A culture of nursing refers to the learned and transmitted lifeways, values, symbols, ... Read more...

Healing during existential moments: the "art" of nursing presence.

29 Nov 2009 This article addresses nursing presence, a phenomenon essential to holistic nursing care. The concept is introduced and explained, supporting background information is reviewed, barriers are identified, and successful applications are illustrated in ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Advocacy - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Nursing, religiosity, and end-of-life care: interconnections and implications. 29 Nov 2009
• Perspectives on transcultural care. 29 Nov 2009
• Healing during existential moments: the "art" of nursing presence. 29 Nov 2009
• Moral accountability and integrity in nursing practice. 29 Nov 2009
• The Japanese value of harmony and nursing ethics. 30 Aug 2009
• Municipal night nurses' experience of the meaning of caring. 30 Aug 2009
• AIDS advocates and doctors brace for impact of lost funding. 30 Jul 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
• Nursing advocacy in procedural pain care. 29 Apr 2009
• The ethics of conducting research with mental health service users. 27 Feb 2009
• Incorporating spiritual beliefs into end-of-life care. 30 Dec 2008
• The ethics of nursing student international clinical experiences. 30 Dec 2008
• Practical use of the nursing code of ethics: part I. 30 Dec 2008
• Overcoming injustice in nursing and healthcare. 30 Dec 2008
• A heart for justice? 30 Dec 2008
• A comfortable place to say goodbye. 30 Dec 2008
• Participant recruitment from minority religious groups: the case of the Islamic population in South Australia. 29 Nov 2008
• The content of advocacy in procedural pain care - patients' and nurses' perspectives. 29 Nov 2008
• A multidisciplinary program to educate and advocate for living donors. 29 Nov 2008

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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