Patient advocacy: a concept analysis.

Full Abstract

AIM:
To clarify the ill-defined concept of patient advocacy and develop a model.

METHOD:
An eclectic concept analysis was used in the study.

RESULTS:
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.

CONCLUSION:
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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Author information

Author/s: Baldwin, Moyra A (MA);

Affiliation: Chester College of Higher Education, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral. m.baldwin(-atsign-)chester.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) (Nurs Stand), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2003 Feb 5-11; vol 17 (issue 21) : pp 33-9

Dates: Created 2003/03/18; Completed 2003/04/17; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 12640807, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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