"Patient Advocacy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.
Descriptor ID |
D010344
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MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.631 N03.706.678
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Concept/Terms |
Patient Ombudsmen- Patient Ombudsmen
- Ombudsmen, Patient
- Patient Ombudsman
- Ombudsman, Patient
Patient Representatives- Patient Representatives
- Patient Representative
- Representative, Patient
- Representatives, Patient
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2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Advocacy" by people in Profiles.
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Wells KJ, Valverde P, Ustjanauskas AE, Calhoun EA, Risendal BC. What are patient navigators doing, for whom, and where? A national survey evaluating the types of services provided by patient navigators. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 02; 101(2):285-294.
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Meade CD, Wells KJ, Arevalo M, Calcano ER, Rivera M, Sarmiento Y, Freeman HP, Roetzheim RG. Lay navigator model for impacting cancer health disparities. J Cancer Educ. 2014 Sep; 29(3):449-57.
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Jean-Pierre P, Fiscella K, Winters PC, Post D, Wells KJ, McKoy JM, Battaglia T, Simon MA, Kilbourn K. Psychometric development and reliability analysis of a patient satisfaction with interpersonal relationship with navigator measure: a multi-site patient navigation research program study. Psychooncology. 2012 Sep; 21(9):986-92.